Chapter2 Installationand Configuration
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4. Touchany metal part of your computer chassis to discharge any static
electricity that might be on your clothes or body.
5. Insertthe device into a 5 V PXI slot. Use the inject or/ejector handle to
fully insert the deviceinto the chassis.
6. Screwthe front panel of the device to the front panel mounting rail o f
the system.
7. Visuallyverify the installation.
8. Plug in and turn on your computer.
Thedevice is installed. You are now ready to configure your hardware and
software.
Hardware Configuration
National Instruments standard architecture for data acquisition and
standardbus specifications, makes these devices completely
software-configurable.You must perform two types of configuration on the
devices—bus-related and data acquisition-related configuration.
ThePCI devices are fully compatible with the industry-standard PCI Local
BusSpecification Revision 2.2. The PXI device is fully compatible with the
PXI Specification Revision 2.0. These specifications let your computer
automatically set the devicebase memory address and interrupt ch annel
without your interaction.
Youcan modify data acquisition-related configuration settings, such as
analoginp utr ange and mode, through application-levelsoft ware.Refer to
Chapter3, HardwareOverview,for morei nformation about the various
settings availablefor your device. These settings are chang ed and
configuredthrough software after you install yo urdevice. Refer to your
softwaredocume ntation for configurationinstructions.