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Installation
KPCI-3160 User’s Manual
Section 3 describes the following operations, in the order in which they should be performed:
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Reviewing software options and installing software (installation notes that supplement the
Read this first
sheet).
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Preparing for and doing physical installation of the board.
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Configuring the installed software and board.
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Identifying I/O connector pins, connecting the board to interface accessories, and wiring the
I/O to external circuits.
NOTE
Install the DriverLINX software before installing the KPCI-3160 board.
Otherwise, the device drivers will be more difficult to install.
Installing the software
Software options
The KPCI-3160 has two software options. The user can select a fully integrated data acquisition
software package (e.g., TestPoint or LabVIEW). The user can also run a custom program in
Visual C/C++, Visual Basic, or Delphi using DriverLINX (included with the hardware). A sum-
mary of the pros and cons of using integrated packages or writing custom programs is provided
in the Keithley Full Line Catalog. The KPCI-3160 has fully functional driver support for use
under Windows 95/98/NT.
NOTE
DriverLINX must be installed to run any applications for the board,
whether they are custom-programmed applications or integrated soft-
ware packages, such as TestPoint or LabVIEW.
DriverLINX driver software for Windows 95/98/NT
DriverLINX software, supplied by Keithley with the KPCI-3160 board, provides convenient
interfaces to configure and set I/O bits without register-level programming.
Most importantly, however, DriverLINX supports those programmers who wish to create cus-
tom applications using Visual C/C++, Visual Basic, or Delphi. DriverLINX accomplishes fore-
ground and background tasks to perform data acquisition. The software includes memory and
data buffer management, event triggering, extensive error checking, and context sensitive online
help.
More specifically, DriverLINX provides application developers a standardized interface to over
100 services for creating foreground and background tasks for the following:
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Analog input and output
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Digital input and output
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Time and frequency measurement
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Event counting
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Pulse output
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Period measurement
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