Chapter 2
Hardware and Software Installation
PCMCIA-GPIB for MacOS
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After you have installed your PCMCIA-GPIB card, follow the
instructions in the next section to install the software.
Install the Software
The NI-488.2 software is in compressed form on one disk. Installing all
of the software requires about 1.5 MB of space on your hard disk and
takes about five minutes.
NI-488.2 Software Components
The NI-488.2 software includes the following components:
•
NI-488.2 Installer
is the software installation program.
•
NI-488 INIT
is an INIT file that loads the device drivers for
installed National Instruments GPIB interfaces when you power on
or restart your Macintosh.
•
NI-488 Config
is a control panel configuration utility that you can
use to examine or change the software settings.
•
The
C LI
and
BASIC LI
folders contain language interfaces for
Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) C, THINK C,
Metrowerks CodeWarrior C, and FutureBASIC.
•
MacGPIB.shlb
is a shared library for C programmers developing
applications for the PowerPC platform.
•
IBIC 488.2
is an interactive GPIB control utility.
•
NI-488.2 Test
is a software diagnostic utility.
•
IBDIAG NUBUS
,
IBDIAG PCI
, and
IBDIAG PCMCIA
are hardware
diagnostic utilities.
•
The
Ethernet
folder contains utilities that are applicable only if
you have a National Instruments GPIB-ENET.
•
The
Read Me
file contains the latest updates and corrections to the
manual when appropriate.
•
PCCARD-GPIB is a native Power Mac device driver for Power
Books that adhere to PC Card 3.0.
