PCI-PDISO16 User's Guide
Installing the Board
Installing the hardware
The PCI-PDISO16 board is completely plug-and-play, with no switches or jumpers to
set. Configuration is controlled by your system's BIOS. To install your board, follow the
steps below:
1.
2.
3.
Turn your computer off, open it up, and insert your board into an available PCI slot.
Close your computer and turn it on.
If you are using an operating system with support for plug-and-play (play (such as
Windows 95 or Windows 2000), a dialog box displays as the system loads,
indicating that new hardware has been detected. If the information file for this board
is not already loaded onto your PC, you are prompted for the disk containing this
file. The
Insta
Cal software supplied with your board contains this file. If required,
insert the disk or CD and click
OK
.
To test your installation and configure your board, run the
Insta
Cal utility you
installed in the previous section. Refer to the
Software Installation Manual
that
came with your board (
www.mccdaq.com/PDFmanuals/sm-installation.pdf
) for
information on how to initially set up and load
Insta
Cal.
Configuring the hardware
All hardware configuration options on the PCI-PDISO16 are software controlled. You
can select some of the configuration options using
Insta
Cal. Once configured, any
program that uses the Universal Library will initialize the hardware according to these
selections.
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