Chapter 1 Required Configuration, Installation, and Upgrade Information
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National Instruments Corporation 1-11 LabVIEW 5.1 Addendum
You can find further information about the NI-DAQ driver in the NI-DAQ
Read Me File. To view this file, click the Start button and select
Programs»LabVIEW»NI-DAQ Read Me File.
Macintosh
The LabVIEW installation program installs a control panel and various
extensions in your system folder:
• For GPIB, LabVIEW installs the NI-488 Config control panel,
which contains the driver code that communicates with your GPIB
devices. LabVIEW also installs extensions that your GPIB hardware
and software require.
• For DAQ, LabVIEW installs the NI-DAQ extension, which contains
driver code that communicates with your DAQ devices, along with
several other libraries and extensions that support NI-DAQ 6.1.
• The NI-DMA/DSP extension contains DSP and DMA drivers used by
DAQ, GPIB, and DSP drivers.
Sun
While installing LabVIEW, you can choose the NI-488.2M drivers for
the GPIB hardware you are using (one of the following: SB-GPIB-TNT,
GPIB-ENET, or GPIB-SCSI-A). The installer then installs that driver
for you.
If you have a GPIB-SCSI-A, follow the installation instructions in the
documentation that came with your original GPIB-SCSI-A hardware and
software kit, including the Getting Started with Your GPIB-SCSI-A and the
NI-488.2M Software for the Sun SPARCstation manual.
Note LabVIEW does not work with the GPIB-1014 series (VME) devices or the original
GPIB-SCSI box. It does work with the newer GPIB-SCSI-A box.
A VXI device driver must be installed on your system to perform VXIbus
operations from LabVIEW. Install the device driver for Solaris 2.x before
beginning development. To install the VXI device driver, refer to the
Getting Started with Your VXI/VME-PCI8022 and the NI-VXI Software for
Solaris manual.
Note National Instruments periodically updates drivers for GPIB and VXI. If you add
new GPIB or VXI hardware for use with LabVIEW, the included drivers might
supersede those sent with LabVIEW. Compare the version numbers and use the
driver with the higher number.