Chapter 2 Measurement & Automation Explorer
NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows 2-14 www.natinst.com
3. Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking on the + next
to the folder.
4. Click on your GPIB interface and select Tools»Settings»NI-488.2
from the Explorer menu.
5. Enable or disable DOS support in the NI-488.2 Settings dialog box
and click on the OK button.
6. If you are prompted to do so, restart your system.
Windows 2000/NT
To enable NI-488.2 DOS support in Windows 2000/NT, complete the
following steps:
1. Open your config.nt file, located in the Windows NT system32
directory (for example, c:\windows\system32).
2. Find the following lines:
REM ***To run DOS GPIB applications, uncomment the
REM ***following line
REM device=<path>\doswin16\gpib-nt.com
where <path> is the directory in which you installed the NI-488.2
software.
3. Remove REM from the last line so that it reads as follows:
device=<path>\doswin16\gpib-nt.com
To disable DOS support, add REM back to the line where it was removed.
Access Additional Help and Resources
To access additional help and resources for the NI-488.2 software and your
GPIB hardware, refer to the following sections.

NI-488.2 Online Help

The NI-488.2 for Windows Online Help addresses questions you might
have about NI-488.2, includes troubleshooting information, and describes
the NI-488.2 API. You can access the NI-488.2 online help as follows:
1. Select Start»Programs»National Instruments NI-488 .2»Explore
GPIB to start Measurement & Automation Explorer.
2. Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking on the + next
to the folder.