Omega Engineering user manual Installing the IOP-241 Under Windows 95/98

3. Windows 95/98® Installation

To allow easy configuration of the IOP-241, a Windows 95/98 "INF" configuration file has been written for the hardware, (DAQPCARD.INF).

3.1Installing the IOP-241 Under Windows 95/98

1.Insert the IOP-241 into any available PC Card socket.

2.The first time a new PC Card type is installed the New Hardware Found window opens. After this first installation Windows 95/98 will automatically detect and configure the card. If the New Hardware Found window does not open, then skip to the next section, “IOP-241 Resource Settings".

3.The New Hardware Found window provides several options to configure the IOP-241 card. Click the "Driver from Disk" option button. Click "OK" to continue.

4.An "Install from Disk" dialog box should appear. Insert the customer software CD-ROM, select the correct drive letter and path for the configuration file (DAQPCARD.INF) and click "OK". Windows 95/98 will browse the path for the aforementioned file.

The IOP-241 should now be configured. In the future, Windows 95/98 will automatically recognize and configure the IOP-241.

3.2Resource Settings in Windows 95/98

Windows 95/98 maintains a registry of all known hardware installed in the computer. Inside this hardware registry Windows 95 keeps track of all computer resources, such as base I/O addresses, IRQ levels and DMA channels. In the case of a PC Card (PCMCIA), Windows 95/98 configures the new hardware using free resources it finds within the hardware registry and then updates the registry automatically.

To view and/or edit hardware devices in Windows 95/98 use the system Device Manager. To access Device Manager double click the System icon in the Windows 95/98 Control Panel or click the My Computer icon on the Windows 95/98 desktop with the right mouse button and select Properties from the pull down menu. Consult Windows 95/98 on-line help for details on using the Device Manager.

3.2.1Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager

1.Start the Device Manager.

2.Double click on the hardware class Data_Acquisition to list hardware devices in the class. The IOP-241 belongs to this hardware class. The device name for the IOP-241 is Omega IOP-241 : PCMCIA Digital I/O Card.

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