PXIe-1209 User Manual
Publication No. 981050 REV. A
Installation 3-2
Astronics Test Systems
the VISA software interface layer. The VISA software is provided by the
manufacturer of your PXI controller. Obtain the VISA software from your PXI
controller vendor, and follow their instructions for installing on your computer.
Installing the PXI device driver
The PXI Device Driver is included on both the LabWindows / CVI Instrument Driver
Installer and the LabVIEW Instrument Driver Installer. You MUST install this driver
so that the instrument will be properly recognized by Windows.
If you execute the LabVIEW Driver Installer, the PXI device driver is installed by
default.
If you execute the LabWindows/CVI driver installer, the installer creates a
subdirectory named “Windows Driver” inside the directory selected for installation.
By default, on a 64-bit operating system, this directory will be:
C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\ri1209e
On a 32-bit operating system, the default would be:
C:\Program
Files\IVI
Foundation\VISA\WinNT\ri1209e
To install the PXI device driver:
1. Use the Windows explorer to navigate to the “Windows Driver” subdirectory.
2. Right-mouse click on the file “ri1209e.inf”.
3. Select “Install”.
Installing the LabVIEW instrument driver
1. Insert the install media disk into your computer.
2. Navigate to the “Drivers” folder on the install media.
3. Navigate to the LabVIEW Driver folder.
4. Double-click on the file “setup.exe”.
5. The driver installer will provide you with a choice for a standard or customer
installation.
a. The standard installation will install the Windows PXI device driver for the
1209e. It will also install the driver for the version(s) of LabVIEW that is
currently installed on your computer.
b. The customer installation allows you to select which version(s) of LabVIEW
for which the driver will be installed. If you are running a version of
LabVIEW that is not supported by the installer, you can select an older
version of driver to use. For example, if you are running LabVIEW 2013,
you can install the LabVIEW 2011 version and let LabVIEW re-compile the
driver when it is first used.
6. The driver installer creates a directory “Astronics ri1209e” within the “instr.lib”
subdirectory of the version of LabVIEW you are using.
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