PCI-DAS6052 User's Guide
Installing the Board
Installing the hardware
The PCI-DAS6052 board is completely plug-and-play. There are no switches or jumpers
to set on the board. Configuration is controlled by your system's BIOS. To install your
board, follow the steps below.
Install
Insta
Cal before you install your board
The driver needed to run your board is installed with
Insta
Cal. Therefore, you need to
install
Insta
Cal before you install your board. Follow the directions for installing
Insta
Cal in the
Software Installation Manual
shipped with your board.
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2.
3.
Turn your computer off, open it up, and insert your board into an available PCI slot.
Close your computer and turn it on.
If you are using an operating system with support for plug-and-play (such as
Windows 95 or Windows 2000), a dialog box displays as the system loads,
indicating that new hardware has been detected.
If the information file for this board is not already loaded onto your PC, you are
prompted for the disk containing this file. The
Insta
Cal software supplied with your
board contains this file. If required, insert the disk or CD and click
OK
.
To test your installation and configure your board, run the
Insta
Cal utility you
installed in the previous section. Refer to the
Software Installation Manual
that
came with your board (
www.mccdaq.com/PDFmanuals/sm-installation.pdf
) for
information on how to initially set up and load
Insta
Cal.
4.
If your board has been powered-off for more than 10 minutes, in order for it to
achieve its rated accuracy, allow your computer to warm up for at least 15 minutes
before acquiring data with this board. The high speed components used on the board
generates heat, and it takes this amount of time for a board to reach steady state if it
has been powered off for a significant amount of time.
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