National Instruments GPIB-PC - Manual (Page 26)

©National Instruments Corp. 2-1 GPIB-PC User Manual
Section Two - Installation and
Configuration
The procedures for installing your GPIB-PC depend on your model of
board and your make of computer. A supplement to Section Two
contains information about your interface board. Section Two A, for
example, contains information about the model GPIB-PCIIA for the IBM
PC and compatible computers.
Installing the Hardware
To install your hardware, follow the instructions in the Section Two
supplement for your interface board.
If you change the default settings of any switches, make a note of the
new values so that you can refer to them when you configure your
software.
Install the hardware before continuing.
The GPIB-PC Software Package
Before you install your software, you might wish to review the files on
your GPIB-PC distribution diskette to gain an understanding of what
they are.
The following files are the main files of the GPIB-PC software:
• GPIB.COM - is a device handler file that is loaded at system
start-up by the DOS operating system. Handler is a term used
by National Instruments to refer to a loadable device driver.
• BIB.M - is a language interface file that provides an
application program access to the GPIB-PC handler. BIB.M is
intended for use with programs written in BASICA.
• QBIB*.OBJ - is a language interface file that provides an
application program access to the GPIB-PC handler.
QBIB*.OBJ is intended for use with programs written in
QuickBASIC.