National Instruments NI-488.2 - Manual (Page 22)

Chapter 2 Measurement & Automation Explorer (Windows)
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Advanced Communication
For advanced interactive communication with GPIB instruments, use the
Interactive Control utility, as follows:
1. Start Measurement & Automation Explorer as described in the
Starting Measurement & Automation Explorer section.
2. Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking the + next
to the folder.
3. Right-click on your GPIB interface and select Interactive Control
from the drop-down menu that appears. Interactive Control
automatically opens a session to the selected GPIB interface.
4. At the command prompt, type NI-488.2 API calls to communicate
interactively with the your instrument. For example, you might use
ibdev , ibclr , ibwrt , ibrd , and ibonl .
To view the online help for Interactive Control, type help at the Interactive
Control command prompt. For more information on using this utility, refer
to Chapter 7,
Interactive Control Utility .
View NI-488.2 Software Version
To view the NI-488.2 software version, complete the following steps:
1. Start Measurement & Automation Explorer as described in the
Starting Measurement & Automation Explorer section.
2. Expand the Software directory by clicking the + next to the folder.
3. Click NI-488.2.
Measurement & Automation Explorer displays the version number
of the NI-488.2 software in the right window pane.