Chapter 1
Introduction
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NI-488.2 Software Overview
The NI-488.2 software, along with the GPIB-1284CT, transforms your
PC AT-compatible computer into a GPIB Controller with complete
communications and bus management capability.
The NI-488.2 driver is a dynamic link library (DLL) that loads when a
Windows GPIB application executes one of the NI-488.2 calls. The
NI-488.2 driver supports up to three GPIB-1284CT boxes connected to
three separate parallel ports.
The NI-488.2 software includes the following components:
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Device driver
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Hardware and software diagnostic utilities
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Configuration utility
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Interactive control utility
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Software development utilities
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Language interface libraries for Microsoft C and Microsoft Visual
Basic for Windows
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Example programs that use the NI-488.2 API