Running Existing Dos And Windows Gpib Applications - National Instruments AT-GPIB/TNT Getting Started

Running Existing DOS and Windows GPIB Applications

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You can run existing DOS and Windows GPIB applications under
Windows NT by using the GPIB Virtual Device Driver,
which is included with your NI-488.2M software.
To run DOS GPIB applications, load the special GPIB device driver
instead of
gpib-nt.com
When you install the NI-488.2M software, the installation program
copies
gpib-nt.com
use , you must modify your
gpib-nt.com
load whenever a DOS application runs. The
gpib-nt.com
file is located in your
Windows NT directory, for example,
, add the following line to your
gpib-nt.com
device= path \doswin16\gpib-nt.com
where is the directory where you installed the NI-488.2M software
path
(the default installation directory is
To run 16-bit Windows GPIB applications, the system uses the special
GPIB dynamic link library,
software, the installation program copies
directory, where
winnt \system32
directory, for example
Windows NT directory, your system automatically accesses
when you launch a 16-bit Windows GPIB application.
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, which you normally use with DOS.
gpib.com
into a new subdirectory called
config.nt
directory, where
winnt \system32
c:\windows
c:\gpib-nt
. When you install the NI-488.2M
gpib.dll
gpib.dll
winnt
. As long as
c:\windows
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gpib-vdd.dll
. To
doswin16
file to
config.nt
winnt
. To load
file:
config.nt
).
into the
is your Windows NT
is in your
gpib.dll
gpib.dll
AT-GPIB/TNT (PnP) for Windows NT
,
is your