Introduction Chapter 1
GPIB-ENET for Macintosh 1-2 © National Instruments Corp.
Optional Equipment
You can call National Instruments to order any of the following optional equipment.
• Ethernet Cables:
Twisted Pair (10Base-T) Cables – 1 m, 5 m, or 10 m
Coax (10Base-2) Cables – 1 m, 5 m, or 10 m
AUI (10Base-5) Cables – 1 m, 5 m, or 10 m
• Shielded GPIB Cables*:
Type X1 Single-Shielded GPIB Cables – 1 m, 2 m, or 4 m
Type X2 Double-Shielded GPIB Cables – 1 m, 2 m, or 4 m
* To meet FCC emission limits for this Class A device, you must use a shielded
(Type X1 or X2) GPIB cable. Operating this equipment with a non-shielded GPIB
cable may cause interference to radio and television reception in commercial areas.

Multiple-Computer Software License

A multiple-computer software license is also available so that one or more hosts on a
single physical network can access one or more GPIB-ENET boxes. Contact National
Instruments for more information regarding the software license.
Software Description
The NI-488.2 software is a comprehensive set of programs and drivers that comes with
your kit. It simplifies the job of programming the GPIB-ENET to function as an IEEE
488.2 (GPIB) Controller with complete communication and bus management capabilities.
The NI-488.2 software also comes with an interactive debugger and the Microsoft
QuickBASIC, Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) C, THINK C, and
Metrowerks CodeWarrior C language interfaces.