Completing the software installation, Completing the software installation -2 – National Instruments VXI-USB User Manual

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Chapter 2

Installation and Configuration

VXI-USB User Manual

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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-USB. Complete the following steps to perform the installation:

1.

For the CD, select Start»Run and enter the following text, where

X

is

your CD drive (usually D):

X:\setup.exe

Press <Enter>. Typically, this setup program runs automatically when
you insert the CD.

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 type of installation from the Installation Options screen.

Typical setup installs runtime support and NI-VISA development
support.

Complete setup installs everything including NI-VXI API
development support. For more information about the NI-VXI
API, refer to Chapter 3,

Developing Your Application

.

Custom setup gives you more control over which driver
components you want installed on your system. This option is
recommended for advanced users.

4.

Click the Next button. Confirm that you are ready to install and click
Next again to begin the installation.

5.

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,

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