© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual
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Installation and Configuration
This chapter contains instructions for installing and configuring your
NI-FBUS Monitor software and your fieldbus interface.

Installing the Software

Caution If you are installing the NI-FBUS software over an existing version, write down
your card configuration and any port configuration parameters you changed from their
defaults. Reinstalling may cause you to lose any existing card and port configuration
information.
Complete the following steps to run the software installation program.
1. Login as Administrator or as a user with Administrator privileges.
2. Insert your NI-FBUS Monitor CD.
The autorun utility should launch the NI-FBUS Monitor installer
wizard. If it does not launch the installer wizard, complete the
following steps.
a. From the Start menu, select Run.
b. In the Run dialog box, type the following:
x
:\setup
where
x
is the letter of the drive containing the distribution disk.
The interactive setup program takes you through the necessary
steps to install the software.

Installing the Hardware

To install the AT-FBUS hardware, refer to the AT-FBUS Getting Started
Manual, which is included in PDF-format on the NI-FBUS
Communications Manager CD.
To install the PCMCIA-FBUS and PCI-FBUS hardware, refer to the
PCMCIA-FBUS Getting Started Manual and the PCI-FBUS Getting