Change device symbolic name on GPIB-ENET

[raman_epfl]

Using a GPIB-ENET/100 interface under MacOS X, I want to communicate with an old device that requires a specific symbolic name. There is no device confuguration utility with NI488.2 package. So how does one change the device name from the default one?

[Ray K]

Please clarify what you mean by the device requiring a specific symbolic name. The device should only need a primary/secondary address. Are you perhaps referring to the device's software requiring a device template? (i.e. Device template: The driver associates the name "foo" with an instrument at address 2 that requires EOI and no EOS characters. The software calls an ibfind on the name foo to obtain an instrument handle.) National instruments suggests dynamically creating a handle with the ibdev function instead, this is better for portability to different computers and different OS's. So if your application uses device templates, I suggest just modifying the code to use ibdev instead of the ibfind. If this is not possible, let me know.

Ray K
National I
nstruments
Applications Engineer