# GPIB/GPIB 488.2 Library Overview

This section describes the functions in the LabWindows/CVI GPIB/GPIB 488.2 Library and contains general information about the GPIB/GPIB 488.2 Library functions and panels, the GPIB DLL, and guidelines and restrictions you should know when using the GPIB/GPIB 488.2 Library. To access information about each function, you can use the function tree list of GPIB/GPIB 488.2 Library functions or click the function name in the Alphabetical List of Functions section of the Contents tab. Refer to the NI-488.2 or NI-488.2M function reference for detailed descriptions of the NI-488 and NI-488.2 functions.

You can use the function tree list to access function descriptions only for the Device Manager functions, the callback installation functions, and the functions for returning the thread-specific status variables.

| Note ResetDevs is not available in LabWindows/CVI. This function was available in a previous LabWindows version.

#### Related Topics

GPIB Libraries and the GPIB Dynamic Link Library/Device Driver

Guidelines and Restrictions for Using the GPIB Libraries

Device and Board Functions

Automatic Serial Polling

Hardware Interrupts and Autopolling

Read and Write Termination

Timeouts

Global Variables for the GPIB/GPIB 488.2 Library

GPIB and Multithreading

Notification of SRQ and Other GPIB Events