National Instruments GPIB-PCII Getting Started

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Chapter 3 Software Installation© National Instruments Corp. 3-3 GPIB-PCII/IIA for Graphics• Confirm that the following line appears in your CONFIG.SYS file:device = \gpib-pc\gpib.comIs the file GPIB.COM located in the GPIB-PC directory? If it is not,run INSTALL again and include it.• Check the GPIB-PCII/IIA to ensure that it is not connected to a GPIBcable. IBTEST may not function properly if a cable is connected tothe GPIB-PCII/IIA.After you complete this checklist, run IBTEST again. If IBTEST stillfails, complete the GPIB-PCII/IIA Hardware and Software ConfigurationForm in Appendix E, Customer Communication, and contact NationalInstruments for technical support.If no errors occur, the NI-488.2 handler for MS-DOS is installed correctlyand you are ready to start using your GPIB-PCII/IIA with your graphicsapplication program.If your graphics application program instructs you to change the defaultsettings of the software handler, refer to Appendix B, Changing Board andDevice Characteristics, for more information on how to run IBCONF andon the configurable software parameters and their default values.Installing the NI-488.2 Software for WindowsComplete the following steps to install the NI-488.2 software for Windows.Note: You must have approximately 300 kilobytes of free disk space toinstall the NI-488.2 software files.Step 1. Run INSTALLThe quick version of the INSTALL program assumes that Windows isinstalled in the default directory (C:\WINDOWS). It copies the NI-488.2files for Windows to C:\WINDOWS and the GPIB destination directory,GPIB-PCW.