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MI.61xx Manual
Windows NT / Windows 2000 32 Bit
Software Driver Installation
Windows NT / Windows 2000 32 Bit
Installation
Under Windows NT and
Windows 2000 the Spectrum
driver must be installed man-
ually. The driver is found on
CD in the directory \Driv-
er\win32\winnt.
Please start the
„winNTDrv_Install.exe“ pro-
gram. The installation is per-
formed totally automatically,
simply click on the „Next“
button. After installtion the
system must be rebooted
once (see picture on the right
side). The driver is install to support one PCI/PXI or CompactPCI device. If more boards are installed in the system the configuration of the
driver has to be changed. Please see the following chapter for this topic.
Adding boards to the Windows NT / Windows 2000 driver
The Windows NT lagacy
driver must be configured
by the Driver Configura-
tion utility to support more
than one board. The Driver
Configuration utility is au-
tomatically installed with
the driver. The Utility can
be found in the start menu
as „DrvConfig“.
To add a new card please follow these steps:
• Increase the board number on top of the screen by pressing the right button
• Change the board type from „Not Installed“ to „PCI Board“
• Press the „Apply changes“ button
• Press the „OK“ button
• Restart the system
Driver - Update
If a new driver version should be installed no Spectrum board is allowed to be in use by any software. So please stop and exit all software
that could access the boards.
When updating a system please simply execute the setup file of the new driver version. Afterwards the system has to be rebooted. The driver
configuration is not changed.
Important Notes on Driver Version 4.00
With Windows driver version V4.00 and later the support for Windows 64 bit versions was added for MI, MC and MX series cards. This
required an internal change such that Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows 2000 versions are no longer compatible with the WDM
driver version.
Because changing from one driver model (WDM) to another (NT legacy) might result in conflicts please contact
Spectrum prior to the update.
