Chapter1 Introduction
GPIB-ENET/100for Mac OS 1-4 ni.com
The LEDs showthe current status of the GPIB-ENET/100. Table 1-1
describeseach LED.
NI-488.2 Overview
The NI-488.2 softwarefor Mac OS is a compreh ensive setof programs
and drivers.It sim plifies the job of programming the GPIB-ENET/100 to
function as an IEEE 488.2 (GPIB) Controller with complete
communication and bus management capabilities.
NI-488.2 also includes a GPIB interactivecontrol utility; the Macintosh
Programmer’s Workshop (MPW) C, THINK C, and Metrowerks
CodeWarriorC languageinterfaces; and a shared library for
C programmers developing applications for the PowerPC platform.
Table1-1. LED Descriptions
LED Description
PWR/RDY Flashes rapidly at start-up while performing self
testsand w hen acquiring networkparameters.
A steady yellowstate indicates the box is ready
foroperation. Slow flashing pattern indicates an
error occurred.
LINK
10/100
Indicatesthe GPIB-ENET/100 detected a twisted
pair (10Base-T or 100Base-TX) link. The color
indicatesthe connection speed. If yellow, the speed
is 10 Mbits/s. If green, the speed is 100 Mbits/s.
TX Indicatesthe GPIB-ENET/100 is transmitting to
theEthernet network.
RX Indicatesthe GPIB-ENET/100 is receiving
Ethernetnetwork traffic.
TALK Indicates the GPIB-ENET/100is configured as a
GPIBTalker.
LISTEN Indicatesthe GPIB-ENET/100 is configuredas
a GPIB Listener.