Running Diagnostic Tests
Section Four
GPIB-LPT User Manual
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The printer should begin printing a string of characters. To stop the test, press any key. The
following message then appears:
Printer test finished.
Please check output to printer with user manual instructions.
The output on the printer should read:
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS GPIB-LPT DIAGNOSTIC TEST!"#$%&'()*+,-.
/0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]_'abcdefghijkl
mnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ !"#$%&'()*+,./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHI
JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
Z[\]_'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ !"#$%&'
()*+,./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]_'abcdefghi
jklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ !"#$%&'()*+,./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFG
HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]_'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
If the printer does not respond, an error message appears on the screen along with a message
telling you to recheck all of your connections and jumper settings. If the test still fails after
everything has been checked, write down the error message, if any, and call National Instruments.
-2 plotter test
Select this test to verify the configuration of the GPIB-LPT when connecting it to a GPIB HP-GL
plotter. This test will send output to the plotter.
When this command is selected, the computer prints the following message:
Starting plotter test.
As illustrated in Figure 4-1, the plotter begins to draw four ovals.
Figure 4-1. Plotter Output
