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Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Your Measurement Hardware

Installing and Configuring Your Hardware

Before you begin your measurement application development, you must install and configure your measurement hardware. The software drivers need the hardware configuration information to program your hardware properly.

As mentioned earlier, each system architecture is different. Some systems might use general purpose plug-in DAQ devices or a PCMCIA card, others might use a parallel port to control external devices. Still others might use special purpose instruments controlled through serial, Ethernet, GPIB, or VXI ports. Your system requires a unique configuration procedure to ensure your measurement devices work properly and coexist with other peripherals. However, in most cases, you complete the following general steps to install your DAQ device.

1.Install LabVIEW and your driver software. The LabVIEW installer installs National Instruments driver software if the version included with LabVIEW is newer than any previously installed version of the drivers.

2.Power off your computer.

3.Install your measurement hardware.

4.Power on your computer.

5.Configure your measurement hardware using Measurement & Automation Explorer (Windows) or the Configuration Utility (Macintosh).

Note For Windows 2000/NT, be sure you log on as an administrator when installing the LabVIEW and driver software and when configuring your measurement hardware.

Before installing your measurement hardware, consult your hardware user manual to see if you need to change any hardware-selectable options. For example, some hardware have jumpers to select analog input polarity, input mode, analog output reference, and so on. Make a note of which options you change so you can notify the driver software either by entering the information in one of the configuration utilities or using function calls in your application.

Refer to Measurement & Automation Explorer Help or the Troubleshooting Wizards, available at www.ni.com, for more specific information about installing and configuring your hardware.

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