Chapter 8 wibconf-Windows Interface Bus Configuration Utility
© National Instruments Corp. 8-13 NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows

Checking for Errors

Unless you started in expert mode, wibconf checks for possible problems before
quitting. It alerts you to situations such as the following:
• GPIB addressing conflict between a device and its access board
• GPIB boards not present in the host machine at the specified address
• Timeouts disabled on a device or board
To disable automatic checking when starting wibconf, use the -e option.
wibconf Batch Mode
The wibconf batch mode offers an alternative method for modifying the configurations
of the NI-488.2 driver. Batch mode can also modify the loaded driver.
In batch mode, the configuration information is contained in a configuration file that you
create. To use the configuration file that you created, enter the following command:
wibconf -b
filename
where
filename
is the name of the configuration file. You must include at least one
space between -b and
filename
.
The configuration file is a free-form text file consisting of pairs of items. Each item must
be separated by at least one space or new line character. The first item of a pair is a
mnemonic that represents a board or device characteristic or a device map configuration
function (for example, rename, connect, disconnect ) to be configured. The
second item of a pair is the value to which the first item (mnemonic) should be set.
Before configuring a board or device, that board or device must be found by the find
name# pair, where name is board or device and # is the index of the GPIB board or
device you are configuring.
When wibconf is run in batch mode, it checks the syntax of the first item in the pair
and the value range of the second item, and it reports any errors as it finds them. If a
value range error is found, the correct range of values is displayed. If any errors are
found, the driver is not configured.