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PCI-GPIB for Solaris 2
Verify the Installation
4
Chapter
This chapter describes how to verify the software installation and how to
troubleshoot problems.
Verify the System Boot Messages
If the following messages are printed out on the console or in the
command tool window during the installation of the NI-488.2M software,
the driver has established communication with the hardware device and
recognized it.
**************************************************
* NI-488.2M GPIB Device Driver, Version 1.x *
* Copyright (c) 1997 National Instruments Corp. *
* All Rights Reserved. *
**************************************************
National Instruments PCI-GPIB (gpibx S/N nnn) XXXXXXX
where
nnn
is the serial number of the board, and
XXXXXXX
could either
be blank, indicating the driver is capable of DMA I/O transfers, or
*** NON-DMA ***
, indicating the driver is not capable of DMA I/O
transfers.
Run the Software Installation Test
The software installation test has two parts:
ibtsta
and
ibtstb
.
•
ibtsta
checks for correct nodes
/dev/gpib
and
/dev/gpib0
and
correct access to the device driver.
•
ibtstb
checks for correct DMA and interrupt operation.
ibtstb
requires a GPIB analyzer, such as the National Instruments GPIB
analyzer, and can be omitted if an analyzer is not available.
