ni 488.2

[Tim-Zh]

I have two quenstions:

1. what is the difference between NI 444.2 driver installation package  and NI visa driver installation package？  In common, which is selected to install  when   remote contro of instrument  via GPIB  cable  or the two must be installed together

2.  can an installation package  support  Chinese and English win os? or Chinese and English win os need different package?

Thanks a lot

[Dennis_Knutson]

NI-488 is the api for an NI GPIB controller device. You must have this if you want to use GPIB. VISA, whether from NI or another vendor, is a higher level api that abstracts the actual hardware being used. A VISA application can be used for GPIB, serial, USB, Ethernet, and PCI communication with little or no changes to code when switching hardware. VISA is a standard and recommended for all development so you should be installing both. The VISA resource name determines which low level api gets called.