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NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows Index-4 © National Instruments Corp.
compiling, linking, and running applications
Borland C++, 3-17
direct entry with C, 3-18 to 3-22
direct entry with Visual Basic, 3-23
Microsoft C, 3-17
Visual Basic, 3-18
configuration, 1-4 to 1-6. See also GPIB Spy utility; wibconf utility.
controlling more than one board, 1-5
linear and star system configuration (illustration), 1-4
requirements, 1-5 to 1-6
configuration errors, 4-5 to 4-6
configuration file for wibconf batch mode, 8-13 to 8-14
Configure (CFGn) message, 7-2
Configure Enable (CFE) message, 7-2
Controller-in-Charge (CIC)
Active Controller as CIC, 1-1
CIC protocol, 7-3, 8-9
configuring GPIB board as CIC, 7-3 to 7-4, 8-9
System Controller as, 1-1
Controllers
definition, 1-1
emulation of non-controller GPIB, example, 2-20 to 2-21
idle Controller, 1-1
System Controller, 1-1, 8-9
count, in wibic, 5-10
count variables - ibcnt and ibcntl, 3-5
customer communication, xvi, C-1
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data lines, 1-2
data transfers
high-speed (HS488), 7-2 to 7-3
enabling, 7-2 to 7-3
system configuration effects, 7-3
terminating, 7-1 to 7-2
DAV (data valid) line, 1-3
DCAS status word condition
bit position, hex value, and type (table), 3-4
description, A-5
monitoring for messages from Controller, 7-4
debugging. See also GPIB Spy utility.
common questions, 4-7 to 4-8 to 4-9
communication errors, 4-6
repeat addressing, 4-6
termination method, 4-6
configuration errors, 4-5 to 4-6