National Instruments NI-488.2 - Manual (Page 25)

Chapter 2 Measurement & Automation Explorer (Windows)
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To toggle between the different modes, complete the following steps:
1. Start MAX as an administrator as described in the Starting
Measurement & Automation Explorer section.
Note You must choose to run as Adminstrator to run in administrator mode. To do this,
right-click on the Measurement & Automation Explorer icon and select Run as
Administrator.
2. Select Tools»NI-488.2»Require Administrator Privileges from the
menu.
3. Enable or disable the requirement in the NI-488.2 Settings dialog box
and click OK.
View GPIB Instrumentation Information
To view information about your GPIB instruments, complete the
following steps:
1. Start Measurement & Automation Explorer as described in the
Starting Measurement & Automation Explorer section.
2. Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking the + next
to the folder.
3. Select your GPIB interface.
Measurement & Automation Explorer displays the connected
instruments in the right window pane.
4. If you have not already done so, scan for connected instruments.
Right-click on your GPIB interface and select Scan for Instruments
from the drop-down menu that appears. Refer to the
Scan for GPIB
Instruments section earlier in this chapter for more information.
5. Double-click on the instrument displayed in the right window pane.
Measurement & Automation Explorer lists all the attributes for
the instrument, such as the primary address, the secondary address
(if applicable), the instrument’s response to the identification query
(
*IDN? ), and the GPIB interface number to which the device is
connected.