ibconf–Interface Bus Configuration Utility
Chapter 7
NI-488.2M UM for Windows NT
7-8
© National Instruments Corp.
Enable CIC
If a device-level NI-488 call is made after control has been passed to
Protocol
another device, this protocol causes the interface board to assert SRQ
with a serial poll response byte of hex 42 to regain control. If the
current Controller recognizes this request and passes control back to the
board, the device-level call is executed as usual. If control is not
passed back within the timeout period, the ECIC error is returned. If
your board needs to regain control, but this protocol is disabled, ECIC
is returned immediately. By default this option is not selected.
Assert REN
When this option is selected and the interface board is the System
When SC
Controller, the GPIB Remote Enable (REN) line is automatically
asserted any time a device-level call is made. By default this option is
not selected.
Device
Template
Configuration
To view or modify the configuration of a GPIB device, select the device name in the
main GPIB Configuration dialog box and click on the Configure button. You can also
double-click on the device name. The device template dialog box appears as shown in
Figure 7-4.
Figure 7-4. Device Template Configuration
Use the device templates if you have an older application that uses the
ibfind
function
to find a given device by name (for example,
ibfind ("dev1")
) instead of using the
preferred function
ibdev
. In some cases, you might need to change the actual name of
the device template.