Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 2-2 ni.com
Caution To keep the manufacturer/model name tables or the VME device configuration
from a previous installation, be sure to back them up before starting Setup. They are in the
TBL subdirectory of your NI-VXI directory, usually Program Files\National
Instruments\VXI.
Setup is an interactive, self-guiding program that installs the NI-VXI and
NI-VISA software and configures your system to use the software with
the VXI-MXI-Express. Complete the following steps to perform the
installation.
1. Insert the CD. When prompted, select Install NI-VXI from the menu.
If no menu appears when the CD is inserted:
a. Select Start»Run and enter the following text, where
X
is your
CD drive (usually D):
X
:\setup.exe
b. Click the OK button to begin installing NI-VXI.
2. Click the Next button at the Welcome screen to start the installation
and accept the license agreement.
Note If you have a previous version of the NI-VXI software installed, Setup installs the
new version over the previous version.
3. Select the installation features from the Features screen.
• For more information about the NI-VXI API, refer to Chapter3,
Developing Your Application.
4. Click the Next button. After reading the license agreement(s), confirm
your acceptance.
5. Click the Next button. Confirm that you are ready to install and click
Next again to begin the installation.
6. Setup now copies the necessary files to your hard drive and creates
program icons.
Completing the Software Installation
Review the information in any README files that Setup prompts you
to read.
When the installation process completes, reboot the system for the changes
to take effect. If you backed up the manufacturer and model name files,
restore them to the TBL subdirectory of your NI-VXI directory before
running MAX.