Chapter 1 GPIB Hardware
© National Instruments 1-11 GPIB Hardware Guide
PXI-GPIB and PXI-8232
Caution Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your GPIB board. To
avoid electrostatic damage when you handle the board, touch the antistatic plastic package
to a metal part of your system chassis before removing the board from the package.
Complete the following steps to install your PXI card:
1. Make sure that your PXI or CompactPCI chassis is powered off. Keep
the PXI or CompactPCI chassis plugged in so that it remains grounded
while you install your PXI card.
2. Choose an unused PXI or CompactPCI 5 V peripheral slot. For
maximum performance, your PXI card has an onboard DMA
controller that can only be used if the board is installed in a slot that
supports bus arbitration, or bus master cards. National Instruments
recommends installing your PXI card in such a slot. If you install the
board in a non-master slot, you must disable your PXI card’s onboard
DMA controller using the board-level call
ibdma. Refer to the
NI-488.2 Help for a complete description of
ibdma.
3. Remove the filler panel for the peripheral slot you have chosen.
4. Touch a metal part on your chassis to discharge any static electricity
that might be on your clothes or body.
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