Ni-488.2M Software Overview - National Instruments GPIB-ENET Getting Started

NI-488.2M Software Overview

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Table 1-1. LED Descriptions (Continued)
LED
RECEIVE
LINK
The NI-488.2M software includes a native, 32-bit multitasking Windows
NT driver and supporting utilities.
The NI-488.2M software for Windows NT supports only the GPIB-ENET
interface. If you need to access other National Instruments GPIB interfaces,
you must remove the software for the GPIB-ENET and install the software
for the other type of interface.
The NI-488.2M software, along with the GPIB-ENET hardware,
transforms a general-purpose PC into a GPIB Talker/Listener/Controller
with complete communications and bus management capability. The
NI-488.2M software includes the following components:
• Device driver
• Diagnostic utility
• Configuration utilities
• Interactive control program
• Utilities for software development
• Language interface libraries for Microsoft Visual C/C++ 2.0 or higher,
Borland C/C++ 4.0 or higher, and Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 or higher
• Virtual device driver and special DOS and Windows 3 drivers for
running existing NI-488.2 for DOS and Windows 3 applications under
Windows NT
• Example programs that use NI-488 functions and NI-488.2 routines
Refer to Appendix E, Specifications, for information about the NI-488.2M
software transfer rate for the GPIB-ENET.
Indication
Indicates that the GPIB-ENET is receiving Ethernet
network traffic.
Indicates that the GPIB-ENET has detected a
twisted pair (10Base-T) link. For GPIB-ENET coax
and AUI options, this LED is not used and remains
OFF.
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GPIB-ENET for Windows NT