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Chapter 7
ibconf—Interface Bus Configuration
Utility
This chapter contains a description of ibconf, the software configuration
program you can use to configure the NI-488.2M software.
Overview
The ibconf utility is a screen-oriented, interactive program you can use to
view or modify the configuration parameters of your GPIB interface boards and
the GPIB devices connected to them.
The ibconf utility can read in and display configuration parameters for the
driver file on disk, the driver resident in memory, or the configuration data file,
depending on which you select. You can then save the changes to any or all of
these files.
Instead of using ibconf, you can configure your driver dynamically by using
the ibconfig function to alter any board or device characteristic while your
program is running. If you use dynamic configuration, you do not need to run
ibconf before you start your application. Also, you can run your application
on any computer with the appropriate NI-488.2M software regardless of its
configuration, because the application configures the driver as necessary.
Note:
Dynamic configuration is the preferred method of GPIB application
development.
Starting ibconf
The ibconf utility is included on the distribution disk with your
NI-488.2M software. After installation, ibconf resides in your GPIB
directory. To run ibconf, change to your GPIB directory and enter the
following command:
ibconf [-h[elp]] [-c] [-m] [-e]
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