National Instruments ENET-232 Series User Manual

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© National Instruments Corporation 6-1 ENET-232 and ENET-485 Series User Manual6Using Your Serial Device ServerThis chapter lists some general programming requirements and describeshow to use the following various options available with your serial deviceserver:• Using DHCP• Using the CFG RESET Switch• Updating the Firmware• Configuring Transceiver Modes on the ENET-485• Changing the Bias Resistors on the ENET-485General Programming RequirementsWindows 2000/NT 4.0The serial server software is fully integrated into the standardWindows 2000/NT communications software. NI serial ports are usedlike any other Windows 2000/NT communications (COM) port.Windows 2000/NT has standard serial communication functions for usewithin either Win16 or Win32 applications. For information aboutMicrosoft Windows serial communication functions, refer to the Win32Software Development Kit and to the Win32 Overviews and Win32Reference online help.If you have LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, or another NationalInstruments application software product, and want to use it with yourserial device server, refer to your product documentation for informationabout serial I/O functions.Linux x86/Solaris 2.xOn Linux x86/Solaris 2.x, you can use the NI-VISA API to control theserial ports on the serial device server; NI-VISA is the NationalInstruments implementation of the industry-standard VISA specification.You can develop NI-VISA applications using any ANSI C compiler. TheNIvisa subdirectory of your installation contains more information aboutNI-VISA.