GPIB-USB-B Connector - USB series B plug?

[davidAry]

I am in the evaluation process of NI GPIB-USB-B product.
My question is regarding the I/O connector.
The datasheet says that the USB connector is of the standard type B plug. Supposedly this is the connector that plugs into the PC (am I right?).
It is my understanding that there is only one kind of USB cable, that is the A to B cable (with exception of Mini-A and Mini-B cable), where the plug for the PC is always of the A type.
So, the info in the GPIB-USB data sheet confuses me here - how do you plug the GPIB-USB standard B type plug to the PC (which only accepts USB standard type A plug)?
Anybody can enlighten me here?

Thank you,

- david hadiprijanto

[Ray K]

The GPIB-USB-B has a type A plug. I just checked the datasheet, and it is a typo. I suspect the writer of the datasheet was thinking of the USB-232, which uses a type B connector and requires an A to B cable. I will notify our web support team to have it corrected. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Ray K
Applications Engineer
National Instruments