
Publication No. 980938 Rev. K
Model T940 User Manual
Astronics Test Systems
Installation 2-11
Included with the instrument driver is the Soft Front Panel (SFP) software. The
soft front panel is a graphical user interface for the DRM. It can be used to verify
communications and to debug applications during development and integration.
The DRM VXI
plug&play
Instrument Driver uses the VISA communication library
to operate the instrument. The VISA library is typically provided by the
manufacturer of the VXI Slot 0 device. Contact your Slot 0 device manufacturer
if you do not have the VISA library installed on your system.
Installing the Instrument Driver
1. Insert the included documentation CD into your computer’s CD/DVD drive.
2. There are two versions of the driver installer on the CD, one with the Run-
Time Engine (RTE) and one without.
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The installer with the RTE is in the
Driver with RTE
folder.
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The installer without the RTE is in the
Driver without RTE
folder.
3. Double-click the
setup.exe
file.
4. Follow the setup directions.
After the instrument driver is installed, the DRM soft front panel will be launched.
The following files are installed from the CD:
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ANSI C source code for the Instrument Driver and Soft Front Panel, i.e., .c
and .h files.
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MS Windows 32 bit DLL library, i.e., tat964_32.dll and tat964.def files.
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Microsoft 32 bit DLL import library, i.e., tat964.lib file.
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Function panel file, i.e., tat964.fp file.
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MS Visual Basic Function Declaration text file, i.e., tat964.bas file.
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Windows help file, i.e., tat964.chm file.
Visit the Astronics Test Systems website at
http://www.astronicstestsystems.com/support/downloads
to check for
updated DRM driver or firmware updates.