National Instruments GPIB GPIB-ENET/100 Getting Started Manual

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Chapter 1 Introduction© National Instruments Corporation 1-5 GPIB-ENET/100 for Mac OSTime-Saving Development ToolsYour kit includes the NI-488.2 software for Mac OS. In addition, you canorder LabVIEW from National Instruments. LabVIEW includesinstrument driver libraries that make it easier to communicate with yourGPIB instruments.LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment you can use to acquiredata from thousands of different instruments, including IEEE 488.2devices, VXI devices, serial devices, PLCs, and plug-in data acquisitionboards. After you acquire raw data, you can convert it into meaningfulresults using the data analysis routines in LabVIEW. The LabVIEWinstrument drivers reduce software development time because you donot have to program the low-level control of each instrument.If you already have LabVIEW and want to use it with yourGPIB-ENET/100, refer to your product documentation for informationabout GPIB I/O functions. For ordering information, contact NationalInstruments.