Software Installation; Software Setup; Hardware Veri Cation - HP 84125C User Manual

Note
7-6 Using the HP 84125C Utility
avoid inserting the GPIB board into either the rst or last slot as
it is dicult to connect the HP-IB interface cable with the card in
either of these locations.

Software Installation

1. Insert the NI-488.2 Software for Windows and the AT-GPIB/TNT
disk into the disk drive.
Setup.exe
2. Run .
3. Follow the setup instructions displayed on the computer screen to
complete the installation.

Software Setup

After installation of the NI-488.2 software, the windows group
NI-488.2 GPIB Software will be created. Prior to verifying proper
operation of the hardware and software installation, you will need to
perform the following procedure:
1. In Program Manager, double-click on the
2. In the Main group, double-click on the
GPIB
double-click on
3. In the GPIB Con guration window, with the GPIB0 board
highlighted, click on the
This value (that is, GPIB0) will need to be set later in the GPIB
Con guration of the HP 84125C Utility. Refer to \GPIB Con guration
Window" for more information.
4. In the GPIB0 (AT-GPIB/TNT) window, click on the DMA Channel
drop-down list box and select
5. Set the Base I/O Address and IRQ to the same values set on the
card in steps 2 and 3 above in \Hardware Setup and Installation".
6. Record the Base I/O Address
Level
OK
7. Click on the button.
OK
8. Click on the button in the GPIB Con guration window to exit
the GPIB application.
Hardware Veri cation
1. In the NI-488.2 GPIB Software group, double-click on the
Hardware Diagnostic Test
veri es proper hardware operation.
Read the information and follow all instructions. Press <
on the keyboard to all prompts except for the DMA Channel
prompt which requires you to enter an
2. After verifying that the \AT-GPIB passed IBDIAG," enter
Enter
press < > to exit the Hardware Diagnostic Test.
Main
Control Panel
.
Con gure
button.
None
.
.
icon to access the IBDIAG window that
N
.
group icon.
icon then
and the Interrupt
Enter
>
q
and