Access Additional Help And Resources; Windows 2000/Nt; Ni-488.2 Online Help - National Instruments NI-488.2 User Manual

Chapter 2 Measurement & Automation Explorer

Windows 2000/NT

Access Additional Help and Resources

NI-488.2 Online Help

NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows
3. Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking on the + next
to the folder.
4. Click on your GPIB interface and select Tools»Settings»NI-488.2
from the Explorer menu.
5. Enable or disable DOS support in the NI-488.2 Settings dialog box
and click on the OK button.
6. If you are prompted to do so, restart your system.
To enable NI-488.2 DOS support in Windows 2000/NT, complete the
following steps:
1. Open your
config.nt
directory (for example,
2. Find the following lines:
REM ***To run DOS GPIB applications, uncomment the
REM ***following line
REM device=<path>\doswin16\gpib-nt.com
where is the directory in which you installed the NI-488.2
<path>
software.
3. Remove from the last line so that it reads as follows:
REM
device=<path>\doswin16\gpib-nt.com
To disable DOS support, add
To access additional help and resources for the NI-488.2 software and your
GPIB hardware, refer to the following sections.
The NI-488.2 for Windows Online Help addresses questions you might
have about NI-488.2, includes troubleshooting information, and describes
the NI-488.2 API. You can access the NI-488.2 online help as follows:
1. Select Start»Programs»National Instruments NI-488.2»Explore
GPIB to start Measurement & Automation Explorer.
2. Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking on the + next
to the folder.
file, located in the Windows NT system32
c:\windows\system32
back to the line where it was removed.
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