
7. GP-IB INTERFACE SETTING
(FOR Series 0, 15–A, 16–A, 18–A)
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GP-IB INTERFACE SETTING
(FOR Series 0, 15-A, 16-A, 18-A)
The GP-IB interface performs interface processing by using a GP-IB
BIOS driver provided by each personal computer supplier. The user is to
prepare a GP-IB interface board for a personal computer model to use, and
to initialize the board according to the operator’s manual before usage.
(1) GP-IB interface board
Use the GP-IB interface boards listed below.
(a) NEC PC98 Series
NEC GP-IB (IEEE-488) interface board (PC-9801-29N)
(b) IBM PC-AT Series
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
VAT-GPIB Interface & NI-488.2 MS-DOS/NI-488.2 WindowGs
SoftwareW
FD3/FD5 NO.776207-1
(2) GP-IB interface board setting
(a) Set the GP-IB address to 1E (hexadecimal).
When an address other than 1E is to be used for some reason, the
same address must be set in the parameter -MAxx of the
ROM-format file transmitter command
(MROMWTG/MROMVFG).
When GP-IB address OF is set:
A:\> MROMWTG SAMPL.ROM -K110 -K223 -ID40B0 -MA0F
(b) Select the master mode rather than the slave mode.
The master mode must be selected because the GP-IB control
function is performed on the personal computer.
(c) Others
For other settings, refer to the operator’s manual of each GP-IB
board.
(3) FANUC FA Writer setting
(a) Set the GP-IB address to 00 (hexadecimal).
The address is factory-set to 00.
(b) Set the transfer block size to 2058 bytes.
The block size is factory-set to 256 bytes.
(4) Switching the interface of the FANUC FA Writer
(a) Switching the interface of the FANUC FA Writer to a GPIB
interface.
To switch the interface, turn on the power to the FANUC FA
Writer while pressing the FUNCTION key. The FANUC FA
Writer then enters the GPIB interface mode.