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Chapter 5 NI-CAN Configuration Utility
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1. Double-click on the System icon in the Control Panel , which can be
opened from the Settings selection of the Start menu.
2. Select the Device Manager tab in the System Properties dialog box
that appears.
3. Click on the View devices by type button at the top of the Device
Manager tab, and double-click on National Instruments CAN
Interfaces .
4. In the list of installed interfaces immediately below National
Instruments CAN Interfaces , double-click on the particular interface
type you want to configure. If you have only one National Instruments
CAN interface in your computer, only one interface type appears in the
list. If an exclamation point or an X appears next to the interface, there
is a problem, and you should refer to the
Problem Shown in Device
Manager section of Appendix B, Windows 98/95: Troubleshooting
and Common Questions , to resolve your problem before you continue.
Use the Resources tab to provide information about the hardware
resources assigned to the CAN interface, and use the Settings tab to
configure the objects for the CAN interface. For information on using
the
Settings tab to configure your objects, refer to Configuring Objects
with the NI-CAN Configuration Utility , later in this chapter.
Starting the NI-CAN Configuration Utility in Windows NT
To start the NI-CAN Configuration utility on Windows NT, open your
Windows NT Control Panel, and double-click on
NI-CAN Configuration .
Because you can use the NI-CAN Configuration utility to modify the
configuration of the NI-CAN kernel drivers, you must be logged on to
Windows NT as the
Administrator
to make any changes. If you start the
NI-CAN Configuration utility without
Administrator
privileges, it runs
in read-only mode; you can view the settings, but you cannot make
changes.
The main dialog box of the NI-CAN Configuration utility for Windows NT
contains a list of all National Instruments CAN interfaces in your computer.
For each CAN interface, the
Resources button opens a dialog box you can
use to specify hardware resources for the CAN interface, and the Settings
button opens a dialog box you can use to configure the objects for the CAN
interface. For information on using the
Settings tab to configure your
objects, refer to Configuring Objects with the NI-CAN Configuration
Utility , later in this chapter.