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LabWindows/CVI PID Control Toolkit User Manual
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Overview of the PID Control
Toolkit
This chapter describes how to install the toolkit and describes
Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control applications.
System Requirements
Your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements to run the PID
Control Toolkit:
•
LabWindows/CVI 7.
x
or later
•
Windows Vista/XP/2000
Installation Instructions
If you already have an earlier version of the PID Control Toolkit installed on your computer,
you must uninstall it before installing this version of the PID Control Toolkit.
Note
When you install the PID Control Toolkit, your user account must have
administrator privileges.
Complete the following steps to install the PID Control Toolkit:
1.
Insert the PID Control Toolkit CD into the CD drive. If the CD does not run
automatically, open Windows Explorer, right-click the CD drive icon, and select
AutoPlay
.
2.
On installation startup, the National Instruments PID Control Toolkit screen appears.
Click
Install
Toolkit
.
3.
In the
User
Information
panel, enter your name and organization and the serial number
found on your Certificate of Ownership card. LabWindows/CVI uses this serial number
when you run the NI Activation Wizard.
4.
Follow the instructions on the screen. When the PID Control Toolkit has been
successfully installed, click
Finish
.
