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1. LabVIEW NI 488 2 NI VISA NI VXI and VXlpc are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation Product and company names are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies 321810A 01 Copyright 1996 1997 National Instruments Corp All rights reserved October 1997 Contents What Do You Have eiii riera 2 SO Waite iii ad 2 Acrobat Online Documentation cooooccnnooncnononnnoonncconnnnnoncnnnonnncnnnnns 2 Supported Application Development Environments cee 4 Where Do You Start sirrimi reterii sesia aa rareo E ss 4 Step 1 Install LabVIEW and or LabWindows CVI Optional 4 Step 2 Install Your NI VXI NI 488 2 Driver Software 4 Step 3 Install Your NI VISA Software uuneesnesensensenenenne 5 Installing from Floppy Disk uessenersnesnnennesnnenneenenn 5 Installing from ED miesenie dioses 8 6 Step 4 Install the HyperHelp Runtime Environment 6 Step 5 Check the Readme File for Latest Updates 7 What Do You Have Y our kit contains the following software and documentation Software The VXIplug amp play disks are labeled NI VISA for Solaris 2 x and contain the following software components e VISA Shared Object e VISA GPIB VXI Component e VPP 6 Compliant Solaris Installer You also receive the HyperHelp runtime system on the disks labeled as follows e NI VISA HyperHelp Runtime Environment2. page numbers in the lower left corner of the window not the number displayed at the bottom center of each manual page or listed in the contents and index The number shown in the bottom center of the page is for printed documents only National Instruments Corporation 3 Read Me First NI VISA for Solaris 2 x Supported Application Development Environments This release of NI VISA for Solaris 2 x supports the following Application Development Environments ADEs e LabVIEW version 4 x e LabWindows CVI version 4 x e gcc version 2 6 3 e cc version SC 3 0 1 a Note Although NI VISA has been tested and found to work with these ADEs other ADEs or higher versions of the ADEs listed above may also work Where Do You Start Step 1 Install LabVIEW and or LabWindows CVI Optional If you want to use LabVIEW and or LabWindows CVI as VISA application development environments install them first The NI VISA installer offers to install the appropriate support files in an existing LabVIEW and or LabWindows CVI installation If you install LabVIEW and or LabWindows CVI after you install VISA you may need to rerun the NI VISA installer to ensure you have the latest VISA support files Step 2 Install Your NI VXI NI 488 2 Driver Software The installation method varies depending on the type of controller you purchased as shown in the following table Refer to the documentation that came with your controller for detailed install
3. site ftp ftp adobe com which may be accessible at a significantly lower connection cost Here are some tips on using PDF files efficiently e To view and print the online documentation launch the Acrobat Reader and open the PDF documents You can assemble your own printed documentation by printing out either the entire document or only the sections relevant to your application e To use hypertext links click on any entry in the table of contents to jump directly to that topic s page You can jump to major sections within each manual quickly and easily by clicking on the bookmarks When you open your PDF documents the bookmarks show A bookmark with a triangle in front of it has bookmarks within it To reveal the next level click on the triangle To collapse to a higher level click on the triangle e You can change the magnification of the documents either by selecting the magnifying glass tool in the toolbar and clicking anywhere on the manual page or by using the various options in the View menu e You can quickly find and go to every occurrence of any word or phrase in the entire document Select the Tools Find option and type in the key word or phrase you want to find e The PDF file assigns consecutive numbers to each page throughout the document and displays this page number in the lower left corner of the Acrobat window When you choose the View Go To Page option or wish to print specific pages you must use the
4. NATIONAL READ ME FIRST pPinstruments VXI plug amp play Sortware Kit NI VISA For SOLARIS 2 X SUN ano GSUN Frameworks Thank you for purchasing a National Instruments VXIplug amp play compliant controller To comply with VXIplug play specifications a VXI controller must provide the VISA I O driver library standardized by VXIplug amp play VISA ensures that your controller can run all VXIplug amp play compatible software now and in the future while NI VXI and NI 488 2 ensure that your controller can run the installed base of drivers and applications The NI VXI and or NI 488 2 driver software components are included with your controller and the documentation that accompanies your controller describes how to install and use them This VXI plug amp play software kit includes NI VISA which is the National Instruments implementation of VISA and related documentation This document describes how to use the Setup program to install your NI VISA software The NI VISA software in this kit is compatible with the SUN and GSUN frameworks With NI VISA installed on your computer you can run any VXIplug play software compatible with these frameworks This includes instrument drivers and executable soft front panel software included with VXIplug amp play compatible instruments from a variety of vendors Refer to the readme txt file included with your software for the most up to date information about this release of NI VISA CVI
5. ation instructions Controller Installation VXI SB2020 MXI controller Install the NI V XI for Solaris 2 x software VXI PCI8022 MXI 2 controller GPIB VXI C controller or any National Install the NI 488 2 for Solaris 2 x software Instruments GPIB board that has a Solaris driver If you plan to use NI VISA with only the serial ports of your computer you do not need to install NI VXI or NI 488 2 Read Me First NI VISA for Solaris 2 x 4 National Instruments Corporation Step 3 Install Your NI VISA Software Installing from Floppy Disk 1 Type the following command to change to a temporary directory cd tmp 2 Type one of the following commands to copy the install script from the NI VISA diskette e Ifyou are not running volume management tar xvf dev diskette INSTALL e Ifyou are running volume management tar xvf vol dev rdiskette0 unlabeled INSTALL Note The device name shown in this code example may be different for your system Please refer to your system s user guide or system administrator for the correct device name If it is different modify the install script to reflect the correct device name 3 Type the following command to execute the install script INSTALL Follow the instructions as prompted 4 Type the following command to remove the install script rm INSTALL 5 Add the following environment variables to your shell setup file as shown in the following example for csh The f
6. files In accordance with the terms of the license to obtain source code for the gunzip utility send an e mail to support bristol com 4 Type the following command to unarchive each file that ends with the tar extension tar xvf filename tar 5 Set the HHHOME environment variable to the location of the HyperHelp files Add the following corresponding lines to your login file C shell users setenv HHHOME install_dir hyperhelp Korn shell or Bourne shell users HHHOME install_dir hyperhelp export HHHOME 6 Add HHHOME bin to your PATH environment variable Step 5 Check the Readme File for Latest Updates Please refer to the readme txt file for important information that may affect your application program including known issues and software corrections with this release and additional information relevant for NI VISA API development Use the following path to reach the readme txt file opt vxipnp sun NIvisa readme txt You can also reference the National Instruments www natinst com or ftp natinst com sites for driver updates examples and product news National Instruments Corporation 7 Read Me First NI VISA for Solaris 2 x 321810A 01 Oct97
7. for Solaris 2 x e NI VISA HyperHelp Runtime Configuration Files Acrobat Online Documentation In addition to this Read Me First document your kit includes two manuals that are not in printed form These are available as Adobe Acrobat version 3 0 portable document format PDF files The following list shows the path and filenames of the Acrobat manuals that are available after you install your software e opt vxipnp sun NIvisa Manuals NI VISAUsersMan pdf This is the NI VISA User Manual which describes how to program using VISA Read Me First NI VISA for Solaris 2 x 2 National Instruments Corporation u opt vxipnp sun NIvisa Manuals NI VISAProgrammersMan pdf This is the NI VISA Programmer Reference Manual which describes in detail the attributes events and operations you use in NI VISA You can view these manuals online navigate through them and print them from your computer You must have at least Acrobat Reader 3 0 to view these documents You can get the latest version of the reader directly from Adobe Adobe maintains a Bulletin Board Service BBS which you can use to upload files to Adobe Technical Support and download certain Adobe files The number for the Adobe BBS is 206 623 6984 It is located in Seattle Washington which is in the Pacific time zone If you live outside the United States or Canada you are welcome to connect to the BBS but may first want to try Adobe s Web site http www adobe com or FTP
8. ollowing commands assume that you installed NI VISA into opt vxipnp setenv VXIPNPPATH opt vxipnp setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH opt vxipnp sun bin Note If your shell setup file already contains the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable append opt vxipnp sun binto the end of the statement The required commands may vary from those shown in the previous section if you are not using csh National Instruments Corporation 5 Read Me First NI VISA for Solaris 2 x Installing from CD 1 Type the following command to change to the VISA directory on the CD ROM cd cdrom visa solaris2 Note The directory name shown in this example may be different for your system depending on whether you are running volume management Please refer to your system s user guide or system administrator for the correct device name 25 Type the following command to execute the install script INSTALL Follow the instructions as prompted Add the following environment variables to your shell setup file as shown in the following example for csh The following commands assume that you installed NI VISA into opt vxipnp setenv VXIPNPPATH opt vxipnp setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH opt vxipnp sun bin a Note Tf your shell setup file already contains the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable you need to append opt vxipnp sun bin to the end of the statement The required commands may vary from those shown in the previous section if you are not using csh Step 4 Install the HyperHel
9. p Runtime Environment i Note If you have installed LabVIEW version 4 x on your system the HyperHelp Runtime Environment was installed for you so you may omit this step This section describes how to install the HyperHelp Runtime Environment file You must install this file to access the NI VISA online help To install the file complete the following steps 1 Read Me First NI VISA for Solaris 2 x Identify the directory in which you want to install HyperHelp and switch to that directory For example if you want to install HyperHelp under the opt directory the recommended directory enter the following command cd opt The HyperHelp installation procedure creates a hyperhelp subdirectory in the current working directory 6 National Instruments Corporation 2 Type the following command to insert the HyperHelp media into your installation device and copy the HyperHelp archive files tar xvf dev rfd0 Note The device name shown in this code example may be different for your system Please refer to your system s user guide or system administrator for the correct device name Repeat this procedure for all HyperHelp runtime environment and configuration diskettes 3 Type the following commands to uncompress and unzip the HyperHelp files uncompress Z gunzip sol2 gz The gunzip utility is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License solely for the purpose of uncompressing the HyperHelp
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