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Running ibconf – National Instruments GPIB-PC User Manual

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Section Two

Installation and Configuration

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GPIB-PC User Manual

device is automatically terminated when END is received. No
end-of-string character is recognized.

The time limit on I/O and wait function calls is approximately
10 seconds.

GPIB0

is a Model GPIB-PCII, is at base I/O address hex 02B8,

and uses DMA Channel 1 and TLC Interrupt Line 7.

You must run

IBCONF

if you are using a GPIB-PCIIA or if you

have changed the hardware switches/jumpers on any GPIB-PC
from the factory settings. Otherwise, it is unnecessary to run

IBCONF

. Consult the appropriate supplement to Section Two

of the user manual to find the factory settings of your GPIB-PC
model.

Running

IBCONF

When you ran

IBSTART

, a copy of

IBCONF.EXE

was placed on your

boot drive.

To run

IBCONF

, go to the root directory of the boot drive and enter:

ibconf

If you have a color monitor, the configuration program will
automatically appear in color. If you have a color monitor but want the
configuration program to appear in monochrome, enter:

ibconf -m

IBCONF

scans the handler file,

GPIB.COM

, and reads its data structures

into memory. After you press a key, the program displays the Device
Map for board

GPIB0

.