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board or device that you want to edit. To exit edit mode, use <F9> or
<Escape>.
Output GPIB Driver Configuration (IBCONF.EXE only)
When configuring a GPIB device driver, you can write a text version of the
driver to a disk file. Use <F2> to direct
IBCONF
to create a text file named
GPIB.TXT
in the current directory. This file contains a description of the
current GPIB driver and should be used only for information purposes.
Autoconfigure (IBCONF.EXE only)
Note: All the devices in the system must be connected and powered on
before running Autoconfigure.
Use <F3> to cause
IBCONF
to perform its automatic configuration. When
asked to autoconfigure a particular GPIB board,
IBCONF
interrogates all
the listen addresses on the GPIB to detect listening devices.
IBCONF
then
adjusts the device map for the board so that only the responding devices are
connected. It also adjusts the primary and secondary address fields of the
devices to match the addresses that responded as Listeners. The entire
operation only takes a few seconds. You may want to rename the connected
devices with names that indicate their function. For more information on
naming devices, refer to the section, Rename, earlier in this chapter.
IBCONF
disconnects devices from higher numbered interface boards to
configure the current board. For this reason, if you have more than one
board in your system, you should plan to autoconfigure all of them,
beginning with board 0 and increasing. If you want to autoconfigure only
one board, and leave the others alone, you should arrange for board 3 to be
the autoconfigured board, and for the others to be left alone.
Note: Do
NOT
use Autoconfigure if you are using LabWindows.
Exit
Use <F9> or <Escape> to exit
IBCONF
. If you have made changes,
IBCONF
asks if you want to save the changes to the disk before exiting.
Type a
y
(yes) to save changes,
n
(no) to lose changes, or
c
(cancel) and
remain in
IBCONF
. For more information on exiting
IBCONF
, refer to the
Exiting IBCONF section at the end of this chapter.