Chapter 1
Introduction
Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700
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LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI include all the tools needed for
instrument control, data acquisition, analysis, and presentation. When
you order the LabVIEW Full Development System for Windows or the
LabWindows/CVI Full Development System for Windows, you also get
more than 500 complete instrument drivers, written to take full
advantage of the VXI bus.
Files and Directories Installed on Your Hard Drive
Your hard drive includes a directory called
images
in its root that
contains software and soft copies of manuals for the operating system
and for the peripherals. The directory structure under the
images
directory is logically organized into several levels.
In the
images
directory itself, you will find a
manuals
directory,
an
os
directory, and directories for each of the peripherals of your
computer.
The
manuals
directory contains quick reference guides, technical
reference manuals, and National Instruments software manuals, all in
Adobe Acrobat format. To access any of these manuals, change your
directory to
c:\images\manuals
and list the contents of that
directory. You will see several directories, one corresponding to each
peripheral. Within each of those directories is the manual. In the case
where there are separate manuals depending on the operating system,
you will need to enter the directory of the appropriate operating system.
For example, you should find the PCMCIA manual for Windows 3.11
in
c:\images\manuals\pcmcia\win311
.
The
os
directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating
system installed on your computer. That subdirectory contains an image
of the CD from which your operating system was installed. As a result
you do not have to insert the CD when you install a new peripheral.
When you are asked to insert the CD, you can simply direct the system
to look in the
images\os
directory instead.
For example, if your system has Windows 95 installed, you should find
an image of the Windows 95 CD in
c:\images\os\win95
.
The rest of the directories correspond to each of the peripherals in
your system. Within each of these directories are the drivers for the
peripherals. These files and directories are copied exactly from the
