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About This Manual
This manual contains instructions to help you install and configure
the National Instruments GPIB-ENET/100 and NI-488.2 for HP-UX.
The NI-488.2 software included in this kit is intended for use with
Hewlett-Packard 9000 Series 700 workstations running HP-UX
version 9.01 or higher.
This manual assumes that you are familiar with HP-UX and with Ethernet
and Internet networks, and that you have super-user privilege. This manual
also assumes your computer is connected to an Ethernet network and you
have TCP/IP installed on your machine, which is required before you can
use the driver software for the GPIB-ENET/100.
Conventions
The following conventions appear in this manual:
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to
avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.
bold
Bold text denotes items that you must select or click on in the software,
such as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes
parameter names and LED names.
italic
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
or value that you must supply.
monospace
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.
This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,
programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables, filenames and extensions, and code excerpts.
monospace bold
Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer
automatically prints to the screen.
monospace italic
Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value
that you must supply.
