National Instruments GPIB-RS232, GPIB-RS485, GPIB-RS422 Installation Manual

INSTALLATION GUIDE

NI GPIB-Serial Converter

GPIB-RS232 and GPIB-RS485/RS422

This guide includes instructions for installing and configuring your GPIB-RS232
or GPIB-RS485/RS422 hardware and NI GPIB-Serial Converter software on
Windows 2000/XP.

Refer to the NI GPIB-Serial Converter Help, available after installing the
NI GPIB-Serial Converter software, for more information about troubleshooting
problems, configuring the hardware and software, programming modes of
operation, and more.

Check the Hardware Configuration

The GPIB-RS232/485/422 is shipped with a 100–240 VAC wall-mount or desktop
power supply. If you plan to use a different power source to power your
GPIB-RS232/485/422, verify that the voltage marked on that power supply
matches the input voltage marked on your GPIB-RS232/485/422.

Caution Do not operate your GPIB-RS232/485/422 at any voltage other

than that labelled on the unit. Doing so could damage the unit.

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The GPIB-RS232/485/422 ships with the following factory default power-on
settings:

•D Mode

• 8 data bits/character

• 1 stop bit/character

• Parity disabled

• Serial port configured to 9600 baud

• Hardware flow control

• GPIB primary address 5

• GPIB secondary address disabled

• SRQ enabled

In D Mode, the GPIB-RS232/485/422 can act only as a GPIB Talker or Listener.
To change any default setting, you must install the NI GPIB-Serial Converter
software. For more information about D Mode settings, refer to the
NI GPIB-Serial Converter Help, available after installing the software.

Install the Software

To install the NI GPIB-Serial Converter software, complete the following steps:

1. Log on as Administrator or as a user with administrator privileges.

2. Insert the NI GPIB-Serial Converter software CD.

3. If the autorun application does not start, run
onscreen instructions to complete installation.

4. Reboot when prompted at the end of software installation.

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setup.exe and follow the