National Instruments NI-488.2 - Manual (Page 15)

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Measurement & Automation
Explorer (Windows)
This chapter describes Measurement & Automation Explorer,
an interactive utility you can use with the NI-488.2 software for Windows.
Mac OS X and Linux
NI-488.2 for Mac OS X and NI-488.2 for Linux have a similar program
called GPIB Explorer. For more information, refer to Chapter 3,
GPIB
Explorer (Mac OS X and Linux) .
Overview
You can perform the following GPIB-related tasks in Measurement &
Automation Explorer:
• Establish basic communication with your GPIB instruments.
• Scan for instruments connected to your GPIB interface.
• Launch the NI-488.2 Troubleshooting Utility to troubleshoot GPIB
and NI-488.2 problems.
• Launch NI Spy to monitor NI-488.2 or VISA API calls to GPIB
interfaces.
• View information about your GPIB hardware and NI-488.2 software.
• Reconfigure GPIB interface settings.
• Locate additional help resources for GPIB and NI-488.2.