EVM Software Setup
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SLAU727 – August 2017
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DAC8771 Evaluation Module
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EVM Software Setup
This section discusses how to install the EVM software.
3.1
Operating Systems for EVM Software
The EVM software has been tested on the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP and Windows 7 operating systems
with United States and European regional settings. The software should also function on other Windows
operating systems.
3.2
EVM Software Installation
Download the EVM software by following the instructions provided external to this document. To install the
software, locate and extract the file named DAC8771.zip to a specific folder (for example, C:\DAC8771\)
on the hard drive.
Figure 8. DAC8771EVM Installer
After the files are extracted, navigate to the folder created on the hard drive. Locate and execute the
setup.exe file to start the installation. The DAC8771 software installer file then opens to begin the
installation process.
After the installation process initializes, the user is given a choice of selecting the installation directory,
usually defaulting to C:\Program Files(x86)\DAC8771EVM\ and C:\Program Files(x86)\National
Instruments\.
