Hardware Installation
1.
Make sure to set switches and jumpers from either the Option Selection section of this manual or from the
suggestions of SETUP.EXE.
2.
Do not install card into the computer until the software has been fully installed.
3.
Turn OFF computer power AND unplug AC power from the system.
4.
Remove the computer cover.
5.
Carefully install the card in an available 5V or 3.3V PCI expansion slot (you may need to remove a
backplate first).
6.
Inspect for proper fit of the card and tighten screws. Make sure that the card mounting bracket is properly
screwed into place and that there is a positive chassis ground.
7.
Install an I/O cable onto the card’s bracket mounted connector.
8.
Replace the computer cover and turn ON the computer which should auto-detect the card (depending on
the operating system) and automatically finish installing the drivers.
9.
Run PCIfind.exe to complete installing the card into the registry (for Windows only) and to determine the
assigned resources.
10.
Run one of the provided sample programs that was copied to the newly created card directory (from the
CD) to test and validate your installation.
The base address assigned by BIOS or the operating system can change each time new hardware is installed into
or removed from the computer. Please recheck PCIFind or Device Manager if the hardware configuration is
changed. Software you write can automatically determine the base address of the card using a variety of methods
depending on the operating system. In DOS, the PCI\SOURCE directory shows the BIOS calls used to determine
the address and IRQ assigned to installed PCI devices. In Windows, the Windows sample programs demonstrate
querying the registry entries (created by PCIFind and NTIOPCI.SYS during boot-up) to determine this same
information.
INPUT/OUTPUT CONNECTIONS
To ensure that there is minimum susceptibility to EMI and minimum radiation, it is important that the card mounting
bracket be properly screwed into place and that there be a positive chassis ground. Also, proper EMI cabling
techniques (cable connect to chassis ground at the aperture, shielded twisted-pair wires, etc) should be used for
the input/output wiring.
Manual PCI-DIO-48(S)
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