NI-VISA for Solaris 1.x and 2.x SUN and GSUN Frameworks
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1. Execute the install script by typing the following command INSTALL Follow the instructions as prompted 5 Remove the install script by typing the following command rm INSTALL 6 Add the following environment variables to your shell setup file as shown below for csh 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 you will need to append opt vxipnp sun bin to the end of the statement The required commands may vary from those shown above if you are not using csh 7 Exit super user mode 5 Step 3 Install Your VISA Support Files for LabWindows CVI Version 3 1 Optional This step is necessary only if you are using LabWindows CVI version 3 1 as a VISA application development environment ADE You can use the VISA 1 0 Support Files for LabWindows CVI 3 1 for Solaris 1 x or 2 x diskette to install VISA function panels and the C language header files into the appropriate LabWindows CVI directories Perform the same steps you followed to install your NI VISA software as previously described with the exception of step 6 Setting the environment variables does not apply to LabWindows CVI Step 4 Install the LabWindows CVI Run Time Engine Optional This step is necessary only if you have chosen to install the VISA Interactive Control utility and you do not already have the LabWindows CVI Run Time Engine installed on y2. NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS The Software is the Instrument Read Me First Save this document for future reference _____________________________ LabVIEW NI 488 2 NI VISA NI VXI and VXIpc are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation Product and company names are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies 321219A 01 Copyright 1996 National Instruments Corporation All rights reserved March 1996 VXIplug amp play Software Kit NI VISA for Solaris 1 x and 2 x SUN and GSUN Frameworks Thank you for purchasing a National Instruments VXIplug amp play compliant controller To be compliant with VXIplug amp 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 VXIplug amp play software kit includes NI VISA which is the National Instruments implementation of VISA and related documentation This document describes how to install your NI VISA software The NI VISA software in this kit is compatible with both the SUN and GSUN frameworks for both Solar
3. is 1 x and Solaris 2 x With NI VISA installed on your computer you can run any VXIplug amp play software that is compatible with these frameworks This includes instrument drivers and executable soft front panel software that are included with VXIplug amp play compatible instruments from a variety of vendors Please also see the readme txt file included with your software for the most up to date information about this release of NI VISA Components The VXIplug amp play software kit contains the following software and documentation components Software VISA 1 0 Shared Object VISA 1 0 GPIB VXI Component VISA 1 0 Support Files for LabWindows CVI version 3 1 2 VPP 6 Compliant Solaris Installer HyperHelp Runtime Environment Documentation NI VISA Programmer Reference Manual NI VISA User Manual Supported Application Development Environments The following Application Development Environments ADEs are supported with this release of NI VISA for Solaris 1 x and Solaris 2 x LabVIEW version 4 0 LabWindows CVI version 3 1 gcc version 2 6 3 acc versions SC 1 0 and SC 2 0 1 Solaris 1 x only cc version SC 3 0 1 Solaris 2 x only 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 Installation Procedures Step 1 Install Your NI VXI NI 488 2 Driver Software The installati
4. me 4 Execute the install script by typing the following command INSTALL Follow the instructions as prompted 5 Remove the install script by typing the following command rm INSTALL 6 Add the following environment variables to your shell setup file as shown below for csh The following commands assume that you installed NI VISA into usr vxipnp setenv VXIPNPPATH usr vxipnp setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH usr vxipnp sun bin Note If your shell setup file already contains the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable you will need to append usr vxipnp sun bin to the end of the statement The required commands may vary from those shown above if you are not using csh 4 7 Exit super user mode Installing NI VISA on Solaris 2 x 1 Log on as super user root privileges needed 2 Change to a temporary directory by typing the following command cd tmp 3 Copy the install script from the NI VISA diskette by typing one of the following commands depending on whether you are running volume management If you are not running volume management tar xvf dev diskette INSTALL If you 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 4
5. on method varies depending on the type of controller you have purchased as shown in the following table Refer to the documentation that came with your controller for detailed installation instructions Controller Installation VXI SB2020 MXI controller Install the NI VXI for Solaris software GPIB VXI C controller or any National Instruments GPIB board that has a Solaris driver Install the NI 488 2 for Solaris software If you plan to use NI VISA with only the serial ports on your computer you do not need to install NI VXI or NI 488 2 3 Step 2 Install Your NI VISA Software The remainder of this document describes how to install the NI VISA software on your controller Some of the instructions differ depending on whether you are using Solaris 1 x or Solaris 2 x Installing NI VISA on Solaris 1 x Note The NI VISA driver for Solaris 1 x requires that the kernel configuration include the semaphore and shared memory components 1 Log on as super user root privileges needed 2 Change to a temporary directory by typing the following command cd tmp 3 Copy the install script from the NI VISA diskette by typing the following command tar xvf dev rfd0c 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 na
6. our computer You can use the LabWindows CVI 3 1 Run Time Engine for Solaris 1 x or 2 x diskette to install this component Perform the same steps you followed to install your NI VISA software as previously described with the exception of step 6 Setting the environment variables does not apply to LabWindows CVI Step 5 Install the HyperHelp Runtime Environment This section describes how to install the HyperHelp Runtime Environment file You must install these files so that you can access the NI VISA online help 1 Identify the directory where you want to install HyperHelp and change to that directory For example if you want to install HyperHelp under the usr directory enter the following command cd usr The HyperHelp installation procedure creates a hyperhelp subdirectory in the current working directory Note For Solaris 1 x the recommended directory is usr For Solaris 2 x the recommended directory is opt 6 2 Insert the HyperHelp media into your installation device and copy the HyperHelp archive files with the following command 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 Uncompress and unzip the HyperHelp files with the following commands uncompress Z gunzi
7. p arch gz where arch represents your platform name sol1 or sol2 Note The gunzip utility is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License solely for the purpose of uncompressing the HyperHelp files In accordance with the terms of the license source code for gunzip is available by sending e mail to visa support natinst com 4 Unarchive each file that ends with the tar extension as follows tar xvf filename tar 5 Set the HHHOME environment variable to the location of the HyperHelp files C shell users Add the following to your login file setenv HHHOME install_dir hyperhelp Korn shell or Bourne shell users Add the following to your login file HHHOME install_dir hyperhelp export HHHOME 6 Add HHHOME bin to your PATH environment variable 321219A 321219A 01 ZZYF1D ZZYF1Dm March 1996
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