Keithley KPCI-3101 Series, User Manual

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KPCI-3101 — KPCI-3104 Series User’s Manual Overview 1-5
System requirements
The system capabilities required to run the KPCI-3101–4 Series board, and to use the Driver-
LINX software supplied with the board, are listed in
Table 1-2 .
Software
The user can select a fully integrated data acquisition software package such as TestPoint or
LabVIEW or write a custom program supported by DriverLINX.
DriverLINX is the basic Application Programming Interface (API) for the KPCI-3101–4 Series
boards:
•
It supports programmers who wish to create custom applications using Visual C/C++, Visual
Basic, or Delphi.
• It accomplishes foreground and background tasks to perform data acquisition.
•
It is the needed interface between TestPoint and LabVIEW and a KPCI-3101–4 Series board.
DriverLINX software and user’s documentation on a CD-ROM are included with your board.
TestPoint is an optional, fully featured, integrated application package with a graphical drag-
and-drop interface which can be used to create data acquisition applications without
programming.
LabVIEW is an optional, fully featured graphical programming language used to create virtual
instrumentation.
Refer to Section 3 , “Installation and Configuration” for more information about DriverLINX,
TestPoint, and LabView.
Table 1-2
System requirements
CPU Type
Pentium or higher processor on motherboard with PCI bus version 2.1
Operating system
Windows 95 or 98
Windows NT version 4.0 or higher
Memory
16 MB or greater RAM when running Windows 95 or 98
32 MB or greater RAM when running Windows NT
Hard disk space
4 MB for minimum installation
50 MB for maximum installation
Other
A CD-ROM drive*
A free PCI-bus expansion slot capable of bus mastering
Enough reserve computer power supply capacity to power the
KPCI-3101–4 Series board, which draws 0.9A at 5VDC and 48mA at
+12VDC.
A VGA, or compatible, display (640 x 480 or higher, 256 colors
recommended)
*Any CD-ROM drive that came installed with the required computer should be satisfactory. However, if you have
post-installed an older CD-ROM drive or arrived at your present system by updating the microprocessor or replacing
the motherboard, some early CD-ROM drives may not support the long file names often used in 32 bit Windows files.