
Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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Identify Resources for the AT-GPIB/TNT
Before installing the AT-GPIB/TNT, use the Add New Hardware
Wizard to inform Windows about the new hardware you are about to
install in your system.
1.
Select Start»Settings»Control Panel.
2.
Launch the Add New Hardware Wizard by double-clicking on the
Add New Hardware icon.
3.
Click on the Next button in the first Add New Hardware Wizard
dialog box.
4.
Because the AT-GPIB/TNT is not a Plug and Play interface,
Windows is unable to detect its presence automatically.
Windows 95:
When the next Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box offers to
detect new hardware, check No instead of Yes (Recommended),
then click on the Next button to continue.
Windows 98:
a.
Click on the Next button in the next Add New Hardware
Wizard dialog box.
b.
In the next dialog box, check No, the device isn’t in the list,
then click on the Next button to continue.
c.
In the next dialog box, check No, I want to select the hardware
from a list, then click on the Next button to continue.
5.
The next Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box lets you select the
type of hardware you want to install. Select the Other Devices item,
as shown in Figure 2-1. You may select the National Instruments
GPIB Interfaces item instead, if it appears in the dialog box. Click
on the Next button to continue.