Chapter1 Introduction
©NationalInstruments Corporation 1-5 GPIB-ENET/100for Mac OS
Time-Saving Development Tools
Your kit includes the NI-488.2 software for Mac OS. In addition, you can
orderL abVIEWfro m National Instruments. LabVIEW includes
instrument driver libraries that make it easier to communicate with your
GPIB instruments.
LabVIEWis a graphical programming environment you can use to acquire
data from thousands of different instruments, including IEEE 488.2
devices,VXI devices, serial devices, PLCs, and plug-in data acquisition
boards.A fter you acquire rawd ata, you can convertit into meaningful
results using the data analysis routines in LabVIEW.The LabVIEW
instrumentdrivers reduce software development time because you do
nothave to program the low-level control of each instrument.
Ifyou already have LabVIEWand want to u seit w ith your
GPIB-ENET/100, refer to your product documentation for information
about GPIB I/O functions. For ordering information, contact National
Instruments.