
Chapter 6
Common Questions and Troubleshooting
VXIpc 770/870B Series User Manual
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ni.com
peripherals. The directory structure under the
images
directory is logically
organized into several levels.
In the
images
directory itself, you will find a
manuals
directory,
an
os
directory, and directories for each computer peripheral or installed
driver.
The
manuals
directory contains quick reference guides, technical
reference manuals, and National Instruments software manuals, all in
Adobe Acrobat format. To access any manual, change your directory to
c:\images\manuals
and list the contents of that directory. For copies of
other National Instruments product manuals, visit
ni.com/manuals
.
The rest of the directories correspond to each peripheral in your system.
Within each of these directories are the drivers for the peripherals. These
files and directories are copied exactly from the manufacturer distribution
disks, so the naming conventions vary from peripheral to peripheral. You
can find copies of these peripheral drivers on the VXI support page at
ni.com
.
Because the naming conventions may not be completely straightforward,
National Instruments provides a text file named
drivers.txt
in the
c:\images
directory. The
drivers.txt
file explains how to install
support for each peripheral. You may want to print this file for reference
when you install your peripheral device drivers.
How do I install or reinstall the video driver?
Refer to the
Drivers.txt
file on the hard drive or recovery CD-ROM.
How do I install or reinstall the Ethernet driver?
Refer to the
Drivers.txt
file on the hard drive or recovery CD-ROM.
How do I install or reinstall the GPIB driver?
1.
The best way to set up GPIB is to set up networking on your controller
so you can access
ni.com
to download the latest drivers. You can
access both drivers by going to the current
Drivers and Updates
page.
2.
After these drivers are installed, go into the
Device Manager
in
the
System Propertie
s window, delete the
PCI Bridge
and
PCI
Communication Devic
e entries under
Other Devices
, and reboot the
controller.
3.
When the controller reboots, it correctly finds and installs the proper
drivers for the GPIB adapter.