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1014/NI-488M/Motorola UNIX
Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
This chapter lists all the files located on the distribution medium, and
contains step-by-step instructions for configuring and installing the
NI -488M software and the GPIB-1014 series interface boards, and verifying
the software installation.
Step 1. Prepare for Software Installation
Before installing the NI-488M software, consider the following:
•
You must have super-user privilege.
•
The distribution medium is in
tar
format.
The distribution medium should contain the following files:
gpib.o
NI-488M driver
cib.c
C language library
ugpib.h
Include file for user programs
ibtsta
Installation test part A
ibtstb
Installation test part B
ibic
Interactive control utility
ibconf
Software configuration utility
gpib1014
Kernel configuration file
Step 2. Install the Software
The following procedures explain how to install the NI-488M software. If
you already have a GPIB-1014 series interface board installed, you do not
need to remove it before installing the software.
Set Up a Working Directory
1.
Log on as
root
.