Chapter 3 Developing Your NI-488.2 Application
© National Instruments Corporation 3-17 NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows
Running Existing NI-488.2 Applications

Running Existing Win32 and Win16 NI-488.2 Applications

The NI-488.2 software includes the necessary components to allow
existing Win32 and Win16 NI-488.2 applications to run properly.

Running Existing DOS NI-488.2 Applications Under Windows 98/95

To configure the NI-488.2 software to run existing DOS NI-488.2
applications, complete the following steps:
1. Make sure that no older version of the NI-488.2 DOS device driver is
being loaded from your config.sys file. To do so, complete the
following steps:
a. Locate your config.sys file and open it for editing.
b. Find the following line:
device=<path>\gpib.com
where <path> refers to the drive and directory where gpib.com
is located.
c. If that line appears, type REM at the beginning of the line, as
follows:
REM device=<path>\gpib.com
d. Save your config.sys file and close it.
2. Select Start»Programs»National Instruments NI-488 .2»Explore
GPIB to start Measurement & Automation Explorer.
3. Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking on the + next
to the folder.
4. Select 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.