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Introduction to the NI Spy Utility

Running Existing GPIB Applications

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Included with the GPIB software is NI Spy, a Win32 utility that monitors
and records multiple National Instruments APIs (for example, NI-488.2
and VISA). You can use NI Spy to monitor Win32, Win16, and DOS GPIB
applications. Use NI Spy to do the following:
• Capture information about NI-488 functions and NI-488.2 routines as
your GPIB applications invoke them.
• Display captured information, including, but not limited to, input and
output parameter values, I/O buffer contents, and return values.
• Save, restore, and print captured information.
To run NI Spy, select the NI Spy item under Start»Programs»GPIB
Software.
For more information about the NI Spy utility, refer to Chapter 5, NI Spy
Utility, in the GPIB User Manual for Windows 95 and Windows NT, or use
its built-in, context-sensitive online help.
You can run existing Win32, Win16, and DOS GPIB applications under
Windows NT.
Win32 and Win16 GPIB applications run without any special
modifications. To run an existing DOS GPIB application, complete the
following steps.
Load the special GPIB device driver
which you normally use with DOS. When you install the GPIB software,
the GPIB setup program copies
called . To use
doswin16
file to load
config.nt
The file is located in your
config.nt
is your Windows NT directory, for example,
winnt
GPIB setup program modifies the
lines:
REM *** To run DOS GPIB applications, uncomment the
REM *** following line
REM device= path \doswin16\gpib-nt.com
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gpib-nt.com
gpib-nt.com
, you must modify your
gpib-nt.com
whenever a DOS application runs.
gpib-nt.com
winnt \system32
config.nt
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Begin to Use the GPIB Software
instead of
gpib.com
into a new subdirectory
directory, where
. The
c:\windows
file by adding the following
PXI-GPIB/PMC-GPIB for Windows NT
,