Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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1014/NI-488M/Motorola UNIX
3.
Insert the GPIB-1014 in an unused slot with the IEEE 488 receptacle
sticking out of the opening on the back panel. It might be a tight fit,
but do not force the board into place.
4.
Check that the board is firmly seated in its slot.
5.
Plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
6.
Turn your computer back on.
The GPIB-1014 interface board is now installed and ready for verification
testing.
Step 4. Verify the Software Installation
This step verifies that the NI-488M software is installed and functioning
with the GPIB-1014 series hardware.
Power on the computer. The following message should appear on the
screen:
National Instruments DMA(PIO) board installed
If this message does not appear, check that the base address jumper settings
on the board(s) are the same as specified in the file
gpib1014
.
There are two software installation tests:
ibtsta
and
ibtstb
.
•
ibtsta
checks for a correct node
/dev/gpib0
and correct access to
the device driver.
•
ibtstb
checks for correct DMA and interrupt operation.
ibtstb
requires a GPIB bus analyzer and can be omitted if an analyzer is not
available.
Complete the following steps to verify the software installation.
1.
Change to
/usr/gpib
and run
ibtsta
by entering this command:
ibtsta
