Chapter 3
Software Installation and Configuration
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AT-GPIB for SCO UNIX
Complete the following steps to verify the software installation:
1.
Run
ibtsta
by typing in the following command:
ibtsta
2.
If
ibtsta
completes with no errors and a bus analyzer is available,
connect the bus analyzer to the AT-GPIB board, and then run
ibtstb
by typing in the following command:
ibtstb
If no error occurs, the NI-488M driver is installed correctly.
Removing the Driver
You may want to remove the NI-488M software at some time. Remove the
NI-488M software according to the following steps:
1.
Remove the driver from the kernel automatically or manually.
•
For automatic removal, go to the working directory that you
created earlier in this chapter under the A. Set Up a Working
Directory section and enter the following command:
./ibremove
ibremove
uses
ibrmnod
to delete the GPIB device nodes and
expects
ibrmnod
to be present in the current directory.
•
For manual removal, enter the following commands:
/etc/conf/bin/idinstall -d ib
/etc/conf/bin/idbuild
ibrmnod
2.
Restart the system by typing in the following commands:
cd /
reboot