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Installation
KPCI-3160 User’s Manual
Configuring and checking the board and DriverLINX installations
This subsection helps you to do the following:
•
Configure the combined board and DriverLINX installations, using the DriverLINX Plug
and Play Wizard.
•
Check the combined board and DriverLINX installations by checking the ability to start the
DriverLINX PIO Control Panel.
Configuring the combined board and DriverLINX installations
After physically installing the board, turn on and reboot the computer. The DriverLINX Plug
and Play Wizard screen appears automatically. Run the Wizard immediately by following the
progressive instructions on the screen.
If you do not run the Wizard immediately (you cancel the Wizard after rebooting) it will nor-
mally appear automatically on subsequent reboots until you complete the final page of the Wiz-
ard. However, it is also possible to manually restart it later during the same computer session, as
follows:
1. Open the Windows Explorer.
2. Double click on X:\DrvLINX4\Help\kcpi3160.bat, where X = the letter of the drive on
which you installed DriverLINX. The Wizard appears.
NOTE
You can also start this batch file directly from the CD-ROM by double
clicking on Y:\DrvLINX4\Help\kpci1800.bat, where Y = the drive letter
of your CD-ROM drive.
3. On the Plug and Play Wizard, click Wizard and follow the series of on-screen instructions
that appear. The wizard will first lead you through the steps of installing your hardware—
from a software viewpoint—and configuring it.
4. After you have finished configuring the board and DriverLINX, continue with the next sub-
section “
Checking the combined board and DriverLINX installations
.”
Checking the combined board and DriverLINX installations
Before making any connections to the board, check the combined board and DriverLINX instal-
lations. The ability to start the AIO Panel utility, which is available after you install DriverLINX,
verifies that DriverLINX and the board are installed and configured satisfactorily and are work-
ing together.
1. Try starting the AIO Panel as follows:
a. Click the Windows 95/98/NT Start tab.
b. In the Start menu, click Programs.
c. Under DriverLINX
➧
Test Panels, find the AIO Panel entry.
d. Click on the AIO Panel entry. The Analog I/O Panel should appear.
e. Based on the results of step 1d, do one of the following:
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If you are able to start the AIO Panel, skip to the next subsection, “
Connecting the
KPCI-3160 board
.”
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If you are not able to start the AIO Panel, then continue with step 2.
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