How The Ni-488.2M Software Works With Os/2 - National Instruments NI-488.2M Software Reference Manual

NI-488.2M Software Description Chapter 1

How the NI-488.2M Software Works with OS/2

The NI-488.2M driver operates as a standard OS/2 system device driver, which
is loaded at system startup. OS/2 device driver services are available to all OS/2
programs running in the system.
Figure 1-1 shows two ways you can access the NI-488.2M driver. You can use
either the NI-488.2 language interface or the OS/2 API (Application Program
Interface) calls. Both methods access the NI-488.2M driver through the OS/2
system. The driver then accesses your GPIB hardware.
User
IBIC
User
Application
OR OR
Application
utility for using
Program
NI-488.2 commands
Program
interactively
OS/2 Application
Program
NI-488.2 Language Interface
Interface
OS/2 System
NI-488.2M Driver
GPIB Hardware Interface
Figure 1-1. How the NI-488.2M Software Works with OS/2
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