National Instruments GPIB-PCII Getting Started

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Appendix D Interactive Software Installation© National Instruments Corp. D-3 GPIB-PCII/IIA for GraphicsRunning IBDIAG for MS-DOSUpon completion of the software installation, INSTALL returns to the mainmenu. Select Diagnostics to run the hardware diagnostic program,IBDIAG. IBDIAG confirms that the hardware is functioning properly, andverifies that the software configuration settings are set correctly.If IBDIAG returns an error message, check the GPIB-PCII/IIA to ensurethat it is not connected to a GPIB cable. IBDIAG may not functionproperly if a cable is connected to the GPIB-PCII/IIA.If IBDIAG still returns an error message, you may need to check thehardware configuration switch and jumper settings. Refer to Appendix C,Hardware and Software Configuration, for information on checking andchanging the GPIB-PCII/IIA hardware configuration settings.If there are no errors, INSTALL displays the DOS installation menu.Exiting INSTALLYou have completed the interactive version of INSTALL forMS-DOS.Select Return to DOS from the DOS installation menu to exit INSTALL.Proceed to Step 2. Test the Software Installation in Chapter 3, SoftwareInstallation, to complete the installation procedure.INSTALL for WindowsSelect Windows GPIB Installation from the main menu.INSTALL displays a Windows installation menu with three options:Windows Installation, Diagnostics, and Return toWindows.If you have already installed the NI-488.2 software files and need to runIBDIAG again, refer to Running IBDIAG for Windows, later in this section.