National Instruments GPIB-ENET/100 User Manual
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Appendix B
Troubleshooting and Common Questions
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What do I do if I have installed NI-488.2 and now my Macintosh
crashes upon startup?
Try changing the name of the NI-488 INIT to ZNI-488 INIT. Because
INITs load in alphabetical order, the ZNI-488 INIT will load last,
preventing possible corruption from INITs that load after it. If changing
the name of the NI-488 INIT does not solve the problem, another INIT file
might have a conflict with the NI-488 INIT. Try removing some of your
other INIT files. You can store them in a temporary folder, in case you need
to reload them later. You can use the Extensions Manager utility to disable
certain extensions and control panels.
I have a GPIB-ENET. Can I use the GPIB-ENET and GPIB-ENET/100
in the same system?
Yes, this version of NI-488.2 supports systems containing both products as
well as systems containing only one of the two products.
How do I configure my existing GPIB-ENET with this software?
This version of NI-488.2 includes options for configuring both the
GPIB-ENET and the GPIB-ENET/100. Use the utilities in the Ethernet
folder with the GPIB-ENET, and the utilities in the Ethernet/100 folder
with the GPIB-ENET/100. For information on configuring the
GPIB-ENET hardware, refer to Getting Started with Your GPIB-ENET and
the NI-488.2 Software for MacOS.
I have an application using the GPIB-ENET. Can I replace the
GPIB-ENET with a GPIB-ENET/100?
Yes. You do not need to rewrite your application code to replace
a GPIB-ENET with a GPIB-ENET/100. However, you do need to
configure the GPIB-ENET/100 to have the same network identity as the
GPIB-ENET you are replacing. First, acquire network parameters for the
GPIB-ENET/100 using DHCP or the NI Ethernet Device Configuration
utility. Then use the NI-488 Config utility to remove the GPIB-ENET
information from the Bus/Device list and reassociate the same entry with
the IP address for the GPIB-ENET/100. For example, if your application
code refers to the GPIB-ENET as
gpib1
, reconfigure
gpib1
to refer to the
GPIB-ENET/100.