Changing Board and Device Characteristics
Appendix B
GPIB-PCII/IIA for Graphics
B-4
© National Instruments Corp.
Repeat Addressing (Device Characteristic Only)
Normally, the GPIB address of a device is issued before each device function
pertaining to that device. If you enter
yes
for the Repeat Addressing field, this
addressing occurs even if the device is already properly addressed. The default
option for this characteristic is
no
.
Changing Board and Device Characteristics
If you are using the NI-488.2 software for Windows, skip to Changing
Characteristics for Windows later in this appendix. If you are using the
NI-488.2 software for MS-DOS, proceed to the following section, Changing
Characteristics for MS-DOS.
Changing Characteristics for MS-DOS
Use the software configuration program,
IBCONF
, to change the board and device
characteristics.
Running IBCONF
Complete the following instructions to change a board or device characteristic
using
IBCONF
.
Note:
Never run
IBCONF
from the distribution diskette without
write-protecting the diskette, as doing so will modify the
master copy.
1.
Run
IBCONF
by entering the following commands:
cd \gpib-pc
ibconf
2.
Press any key to display the configuration map.
3.
When the configuration map appears, make sure that the board or device is
highlighted and press <F8>.
4.
Using the arrow keys, move the highlight to the characteristic you want to
change.
