newbi needs help installing GPIB card

[sdeyoreo@hotmail.com]

I "inherited" a PC at work with a Nat Inst PCI GPIB+ card in it, but
no software and I can't seem to talk to it or the HP8753 spectrum
analyzer connected to it. I installed Labview 6.1 from a CD. I
downloaded NI488 ver 1.7 from the NatInst web site, which installed
MAX. MAX sees the GPIB card in "Devices and Interfaces", but when I
click on it and "scan for instruments", I get an error, saying the
card is not configured correctly. When I go thru the configuration in
MAX, I select the board type as PCI GPIB+, but don't see any serial
number listed. Nothing I do seems to configure the card so I can "scan
for instruments" and see the spectrum analyzer.
What am I missing?

[Steven B]

Hello,

Depending on what OS you are using, the first step might be to upgrade your driver. Here is a list of the recommended driver versions to use with a specific OS.

http://www.ni.com/support/gpib/versions.htm

If you upgrade to version 2.1 does that help?

Regards,

Steven B.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

[sdeyoreo@hotmail.com]

I'm running WinNT.
On Fri, 14 May 2004 08:56:00 -0500 (CDT), Steven B wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Depending on what OS you are using, the first step might be to upgrade
>your driver. Here is a list of the recommended driver versions to use
>with a specific OS.
>
>http://www.ni.com/support/gpib/versions.htm
>
>If you upgrade to version 2.1 does that help?
>
>Regards,
>
>Steven B.
>Applications Engineering
>National Instruments

[Steven B]

Hello,

Well, it looks like 488.2 1.7 is the version you want to be using. The errors you are seeing look like they are being caused by some resource conflict in your PC. Here is a Knowledgebase that discusses some possible reasons and solutions for this to occur when using NT.

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/D4369B86117A0E15862567A90051B27C?OpenDocument

Any luck with this? What about if you try installing the same board in another computer? Does it work ok then?

Regards,

Steven B.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

[sdeyoreo@hotmail.com]

Thanks for the info.I'll try it and let you know. I'll remove the
board, uninstall the software, reinstall the software, and then
install the board and see if that works. Then I'll look at BIOS stuff.
On Mon, 17 May 2004 08:28:09 -0500 (CDT), Steven B wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Well, it looks like 488.2 1.7 is the version you want to be using.
>The errors you are seeing look like they are being caused by some
>resource conflict in your PC. Here is a Knowledgebase that discusses
>some possible reasons and solutions for this to occur when using NT.
>
>http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/D4369B86117A0E15862567A90051B27C?OpenDocument
>
>Any luck with this? What about if you try installing the same board
>in another
computer? Does it work ok then?
>
>Regards,
>
>Steven B.
>Applications Engineering
>National Instruments