ibconf–Interface Bus Configuration Utility
Chapter 7
NI-488.2M UM for Windows NT
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Figure 7-3. Expanded Board Configuration for an AT-GPIB board
If possible, you should change these characteristics within your application program
using the
ibconfig
function. But if you are using an older application that requires
changes to the GPIB characteristics before it can run, you might need to make the
changes in
ibconf
. The following configuration items appear in the expanded dialog
box.
GPIB Primary All GPIB boards must be assigned a unique primary address. This
Address
address, a number in the range 0 to 30 decimal, is used by the
NI -488.2M software to compute the talk and listen addresses of the
board. The default primary address of all interface boards is zero.
GPIB
If extended addressing is needed, the GPIB board sho uld be assigned a
Secondary
unique secondary address. This number must be in the range 96 to 126
Address
decimal. If extended addressing is not required, select None.
Terminate
Some devices send an end-of-string byte to signal the end of a GPIB
Read On EOS data transfer. When this field is selected, the NI-488.2M software
terminates a read operation when it receives the EOS byte. By default
this option is not selected.