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80188EB-Based Fieldbus Round Card User Manual
Chapter
3
Software Installation
This chapter contains instructions for installing the software that came
with your Fieldbus Round Card.
Fieldbus Round Card Interface Kit Components
The Fieldbus Round Card Interface Kit contains the following software
components:
•
Function Block Shell Code Generation and Configuration
Generation utilities for Windows
•
Combined protocol stack, NI-FBUS Function Block Shell, and
Serial Driver linkable library for Borland C/C++ 4.5
•
Sample function block templates for all standard Foundation
Fieldbus function blocks
•
Sample function block configuration files
•
C language header files for interfacing to the NI-FBUS Function
Block Shell
Install the Software
Complete the following steps to run the software installation program.
1.
Insert the Fieldbus Round Card Interface Kit distribution disk into
an unused drive.
2.
Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.x: Choose Run... from the Start
menu.
Windows 3.x or Windows NT 3.5 or earlier: Choose Run... from
the File menu in the Program Manager window.
3.
Type the following command into the dialog box that appears:
x:\setup
where
x
is the letter of the drive containing the distribution disk
(usually
a
or
b
).
