National Instruments NI-488.2 - Manual (Page 39)

Chapter 4 Developing Your NI-488.2 Application
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Linux
1. To launch the Interactive Control utility, enter the following command:
<InstallDir>/natinst/ni4882/bin/gpibintctrl
where <InstallDir> is the directory where you chose to install the
NI-488.2 software. The default is /usr/local .
2. At the command prompt, type NI-488.2 API calls to communicate
interactively with your instrument. For example, you might use
ibdev ,
ibclr , ibwrt , ibrd , and ibonl .
Choosing Your Programming Methodology
Based on your development environment, you can select a method for
accessing the driver, and based on your NI-488.2 programming needs,
you can choose how to use the NI-488.2 API.
Choosing a Method to Access the NI-488.2 Driver
Applications gain access to the NI-488.2 API using an NI-488.2 language
interface. Depending on your operating system, the following forms are
possible:
Windows
You can find the supported language interfaces and sample programs in
the Languages folder in your installation directory. NI-488.2 has language
interfaces for Microsoft Visual C/C++ (2.0 or later), Borland C/C++ (4.0 or
later), or Microsoft Visual Basic (4.0 or later).
You also can find samples of using NI-488.2 under LabWindows ™ /CVI ™ ,
LabVIEW, Delphi, and with direct-entry DLL calls.
You can access the DLL directly from any programming environment that
allows you to request addresses of variables and functions that a DLL
exports.
gpib-32.dll exports pointers to each of the global variables and
all the NI-488.2 calls.
Note When installed on 64-bit Windows Vista, NI-488.2 supports GPIB access from
32-bit applications. Access to the NI-488.2 driver is not currently available from 64-bit
applications.
Mac OS X
NI-488.2 has NI488.framework Carbon framework for Mac OS X,
which you can use from your C/C++ applications.