NI-VISA Platform-Specific and Portability Issues

The topics listed below discuss programming information for you to consider when developing applications that use the NI-VISA driver.

After installing the driver software, you can begin to develop your VISA application software. Remember that the NI-VISA driver relies on NI-488.2 and NI-VXI for driver-level I/O accesses.

Programming Considerations

NI I/O Trace: Debugging Tool

Multiple Applications Using the NI-VISA Driver

Low-Level Access Functions

Interrupt Callback Handlers

Multiple Interface Support Issues

VXI and GPIB Platforms

Serial Port Support

VME Support