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Installing Your GPIB Hardware and NI-488.2 for Solaris
Installing the PMC-GPIB
Caution
Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on
your GPIB board. To avoid electrostatic damage when you handle the
module, touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your
computer chassis before you remove the board from the package.
Complete the following steps to install the PMC-GPIB.
1. Log on as superuser. To become a superuser, type
su root
and enter the root
password.
2. Shut down your system by typing the following commands at the command
line prompt:
sync;sync;shutdown
3. Power off your system.
4. Find an unused PMC slot in your system. You may need to remove the host
from the system to access the slot.
5. Remove the corresponding slot filler panel from the host.
6. Touch a metal part on your chassis to discharge any static electricity that might
be on your clothes or body.
7. Insert the PMC-GPIB into the slot as shown in Figure 3. It might be a tight fit,
but do
not
force the board into place.
8. Use the mounting hardware provided to fasten the PMC-GPIB to the host.
9. Reinstall the host, if you removed it to install the PMC-GPIB.
10. Power on your system. The PMC-GPIB interface board is now installed.
