National Instruments USB Digitizers NI USB-5133 OEM User Manual

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NI USB-5132/5133 OEM User Guide

To modify the device name in the Found New Hardware Wizard and
Windows Device Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista/XP, complete the
following steps.

Note

You must have NI-SCOPE 3.4 or later installed on your PC.

1.

Locate the

NIHSD2k.inf

file in the

y:\WINDOWS\inf\

directory,

where

y:\

is the root directory where Windows is installed.

If you want to revert back, save a copy of this file as

NIHSD2k_original.inf

in a different location.

2.

Edit the device INF file by opening

NIHSD2k.inf

with a text editor.

At the bottom of this file are the descriptors where Windows looks to
identify the device. Locate the four lines of text that contain in quotes
the descriptors for the device name you are modifying. Change the
descriptor on all lines to the new device name, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5. INF File Descriptors Changed to “My Device” (Windows Vista/XP)

3.

Save and close the INF file.

4.

Go to the Windows Device Manager.

(Windows Vista)

In the Device Manager, notice that the OEM device

now appears as

My Device

, as shown in Figure 6.

(Windows XP)

In the Device Manager, right-click the OEM device under

Data Acquisition Devices, and select Uninstall. Power down the OEM
device and disconnect the USB cable from your PC.

Original File

Modified File

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