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IV. TROUBLESHOOTING - 18. Troubleshooting Checklists

18E. Driver488/W95

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parameters are used concurrently somewhere else in the computer, otherwise a system crash is
probable. In the case of NB488, the DMA channel is not applicable.

The interface

NAME

represents DOS device name of the controller interface. This

NAME

recommended to be IEEE for direct compatibility with application programs. This

NAME

should

not be related to an external instrument unless you are configuring an external device and not the
interface itself.

The IEEE bus address should be set to any address between

and

and should not conflict with

any addresses on the bus. This is not the address of your instrument and should not be, unless you
are configuring an external device and not the interface itself.

SysController

and

LightPen

typically should be checked unless you are using the interface in

Peripheral mode.

Press

to get a picture of the configured board and verify jumper settings.

Press

to save the

DRVR488.INI

file and exit.

10.

If the

DRVR488W.EXE

is already loaded in memory, remove it.

DRVR488W.EXE

reads the

DRVR488W.INI

file only at loading time.

11.

Before starting to program in a high-level language, run the

QUIKTEST

WINTEST

program from

the

\UTILS

directory and make sure you can read and write, and communicate properly with your

instrument. For information on the use of

QUIKTEST

and

WINTEST

, refer to the Sub-Chapter

“Getting Started” in Chapter 10 “Driver488/WIN.”

12.

If you can write properly to your instrument but you cannot read anything from it, refer to the

Term

subroutine in “Section III: Command References” in this manual, to match up the

terminators sent by the instrument with the terminators expected by Driver488. Refer to your
instrument manual to find the types of terminators appended to its response. Typically, these
terminators are

and

If problems still persist, consult your service representative for assistance. Once Driver488/W31 is
properly installed and configured, you are ready to start programming.

18E. Driver488/W95 & Driver488/WNT

Note:

The differences among Driver488 for Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and Windows NT are
slight. However, because additional changes are being made to Driver488/W95 and
Driver488/WNT at the time this manual is being revised, refer to your operating system
header file (and

README.TXT

text file, if present) to obtain the current material on these

driver versions.