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GPIB Configuration
This chapter describes how to configure your HP-UX workstation to use
the GPIB-ENET/100.
Configuring the NI-488.2 Software Characteristics
The default settings for NI-488.2 work for most applications and devices.
However, you might want to change a device name or primary address.
Also, if more than one GPIB interface is installed, you might want to
associate a device with a particular interface.
Configuring the Software
The GPIB software configuration utility,
ibconf
, is an interactive utility
that you can use to examine or modify the driver configuration.
To run
ibconf
, enter the full path to the GPIB software configuration
utility. The default path is as follows:
<
Install Directory
>/ibconf
ibconf
displays a list of all the GPIB interfaces and device names, as
shown in Figure 4-1. Context-sensitive online help is available to describe
each configuration option.
