Astronics OMNIBUS II NI PXIe, User Manual

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INSTALLATION
2-2 OmniBus II NI PXIe User Manual
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While simultaneously pressing the bottom of the handle against
thehorizontal rail of the subrack, move the injector handle up to lock
the card in place.
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Secure the card with the screw located at the top of the front panel.
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Restart the system.
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If the system fails to boot, check if the clock select or chassis slot
type is incorrectly configured. For more information, refer to
Chapter 5.
2.2 Step 2: Install the Driver Software
Drivers allow programmatic control of the PXIe card(s) from a host computer.
The driver is available for download on the product page at NI.com . The 32-bit
installation package only supports 32-bit Windows and 32-bit LabVIEW
installations. The 64-bit installation package only supports LabVIEW installations
on 64-bit Windows. Both packages include LabVIEW RT support.
To install the driver software:
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Download the appropriate installation package for your system.
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Select RUN or double click the installer after the download is complete.
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The Installer will install the hardware driver, LabVIEW Instrument
Driver files, Examples, the Graphical Configuration Editor
(BTIXMLEdit) and Help files.
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If LabVIEW is installed, the Instrument Driver VI files will be compiled
for the latest supported version of LabVIEW automatically.
If you encounter problems or have installation questions, please reboot the
controller prior to contacting Support (see Section 1.5).
2.3 Step 3: Set the Card Number and Test the Installation
You must set a card number on the controlling computer for software to uniquely
identify each PXIe card.
Since you can concurrently connect many Ballard BTIDriver -compliant hardware
devices (e.g., OmniBus II PXIe cards) to the same computer, software running on
a given computer uses a unique card number to designate the hardware device
accessed. If you have only one
BTIDriver -compliant device connected to the
computer, we recommend that you set it to card number zero because the example
programs included with the driver software assume a card number of zero. After
the card number has been set, you can then test the PXIe card.
In Windows, you can use the BTITST32.EXE/ BTITST64.EXE test program to
assign and manage card numbers and to test the PXIe card (and other BTIDriver -
compliant devices). The test program discovers all connected BTIDriver -
compliant devices and displays important information about each device such as
card number, configuration, serial number, and assembly part number. Running
the test sequence verifies both the device hardware and the interface between the