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GPIB Instrument Control for Mac OS

National Instruments offers driver software for developing applications with popular NI GPIB bus controllers on Mac OS X.

NI-488.2 Driver Software
NI-488.2 software is provided FREE with NI GPIB controllers. It includes a device driver, a configuration program, an interactive control program, an NI-488.2 language interface, and hardware and software diagnostic tests. NI-488.2 is a native PowerPC device driver.

NI-488.2 Driver for PCI-GPIB
Use this driver with PCI-GPIB and the LabVIEW GPIB or NI-488.2 primitives. Download.

NI-488.2 Driver for GPIB-ENET/100
Use this driver with GPIB-ENET/100 hardware. Download.

These products feature a TNT ASIC. If you equip your Mac with these devices, it becomes a high-performance IEEE 488.2 controller. You can use it to monitor, control, and communicate with thousands of stand-alone electronic instruments, such as oscilloscopes and signal analyzers.

GPIB Controllers
FeaturesPCI-GPIBGPIB-ENET/100
TNT ASICxx
Maximum IEEE 488.1 transfer rate1.5 MB/s800 kB/s
Maximum HS488 transfer rate3.7 MB/sNA
NI LabVIEWxx
NI-488.2 for Mac OS Xxx

To learn more about National Instruments instrument control products, visit ni.com/gpib.