
Chapter 3
Install the NI-488.2 Software for MS-DOS
© National Instruments Corp.
3-3
GPIB-232CT-A for MS-DOS/Windows
example programs for board calls in C, Professional BASIC,
QuickBASIC, BASICA, and
IBIC
, respectively.
•
CSAMP488.C
,
MSAMP488.BAS
,
QBSAMP488.BAS
,
BSAMP488.BAS
, and
SAMP488
are example programs for NI-488.2
routines in C, BASIC, QuickBASIC, BASICA, and IBIC. For
additional examples, refer to Chapter 4, NI-488.2 Software
Characteristics and Routines, of the NI-488.2 Software Reference
Manual for MS-DOS.
ReadMe files are included on the distribution disk.
ReadMe.DOC
and
ReadMe.DOS
discuss the NI-488.2 software. The remaining ReadMe files
discuss programming considerations for the supported languages.
Terminology
The term source disk or source directory refers to the NI-488.2 distribution
disk. The term destination directory refers to the location on your hard disk
or disk where the software will be installed (usually
C:
\
GPIB-CT
). The
term boot drive refers to the drive that is read by your computer when you
power-on or restart your computer.
Step 1. Run INSTALL
The NI-488.2 distribution disk contains a program named
INSTALL.EXE
that installs and tests the NI-488.2 software for you. You can install the
NI -488.2 software using one of two methods: quick installation or
interactive installation.
Quick Installation
This quick version of the
INSTALL
program assumes that
C
: is your boot
drive.
INSTALL
copies files to the GPIB destination directory, named
C:\GPIB-CT
and makes a change to your
C:\CONFIG.SYS
file.
Note:
If your boot drive is not
C
:, or you do not want the default
destination directory to be created, you must install the NI-488.2
software interactively. Refer to the following section, Interactive
Installation, for more information.