Chapter 1
Introduction
PXI-GPIB/PMC-GPIB for Windows NT
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What You Need to Get Started
Make sure you have all of the following items before you install your GPIB
hardware and software for Windows NT:
❑
PXI-GPIB or PMC-GPIB board, which your kit contains
❑
The following 3.5 in., high density (1.44 MB) disks, which your kit
contains:
GPIB Software for Windows NT (Disk 1 of 2)
GPIB Software for Windows NT (Disk 2 of 2)
❑
GPIB cable for the PXI-GPIB—single-shielded or double-shielded,
Type X1, X2, X4, X5, or X11, which you can order from National
Instruments
or
GPIB cable for the PMC-GPIB—Type X13, which is included in
your kit
❑
Windows NT version 4.0 or higher installed on your system
Optional Equipment
Call National Instruments for more information about the following
optional equipment:
•
Serial or parallel bus extender and cables
•
Bus expander/isolator
GPIB Hardware Overview
The Plug and Play GPIB hardware, along with the GPIB
software, transforms your system into a fully functional GPIB
Talker/Listener/Controller that has complete communications and bus
management capability. The TNT4882C chip on each Plug and Play GPIB
board combines the circuitry of the NAT4882 ASIC, the Turbo488 ASIC,
and GPIB transceivers to create a single-chip IEEE 488.2 interface. The
TNT4882C also implements the HS488 high-speed protocol, which
increases the maximum data transfer rate to up to 7.8 Mbytes/s, depending
on the system and the system configuration. For more information about
transfer rates, refer to Appendix C,
, in this manual. For
