Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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You now have the choice of automatically detecting which modules are
installed in the chassis or manually adding them.
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If you have just added the chassis to Devices and Interfaces and
are using an E Series or 1200 DAQ device, you can automatically
detect the modules.
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If the chassis was already listed in Devices and Interfaces, you
must add new modules manually.
Go to the appropriate section that follows to continue the software
configuration of your chassis.
Auto-Detecting Modules
If you selected auto-detect, your chassis must be connected to your DAQ
device, except in the case of a remote chassis, which must connect to the
computer using a serial port cable.
Before auto-detecting modules, do the four steps of the
To auto-detect your SCXI module(s), follow these steps:
1.
Make sure the chassis power is turned on.
2.
Select Yes under Auto-Detect modules and click Next. If your chassis
is a remote SCXI chassis, go to step 4, otherwise go to step 3.
3.
Select your communication path and click Next. If modules were
detected, select the module connected to your DAQ device as your
communication path.
4.
Click Finish.
Your Measurement & Automation Explorer software should now recognize
your SCXI chassis and SCXI module(s). If the software did not recognize
your module(s), check your cable connections and retry auto-detecting or
try installing the modules manually before taking troubleshooting
measures. If the software recognized any module as an SCXI custom
module, you may be using the wrong version of NI-DAQ. See Appendix B,
, for information on getting the latest version of
NI-DAQ.
