Appendix C I/O Hardware Installation

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1 Appendix C I/O Hardware Installation SIGNAL I/O Support: Overview... C-1 Communication Automation Corp (Dart card)... C-2 Data Translation: Overview... C-9 Data Translation under Windows 98/2000/XP... C-10 Data Translation under Windows 95/98... C-18 Measurement Computing Corp... C-32 National Instruments... C-35 National Instruments Current Version... C-36 National Instruments Legacy Version... C-45 Sound Blaster-compatible Sound Card... C-51 This appendix provides installation instructions for I/O drivers and hardware from various marufacturers. SIGNAL I/O Support: Overview An I/O board in Windows is supported by two software layers. These are normally provided by the board manufacturer, but in a few cases (noted below) may be furnished by Engineering Design. The first layer is an I/O library or system driver which supports all I/O operations for all boards by one manufacturer. Examples are DT-Open Layers tm from Data Translation and NI-DAQ tm from National Instruments. The second layer is a board driver which allows the library to communicate with a specific I/O board from that manufacturer. When the user requests an I/O operation (such as acquisition) from an

2 APPENDICES installed I/O board, SIGNAL issues I/O commands to that manufacturer's I/O library, which in turn communicates with the specific board. Installing a particular I/O board involves the following steps, usually in this order: 1. Install the manufacturer's I/O library or system driver. 2. Install the board driver for the particular I/O board. 3. Install the physical board and configure the board driver for the installed board. NOTE: Some manufacturers provide one set of support software for all Windows generations 95, 98, 2000, and XP. Other manufacturers provide different software for different Windows generations, typically one for Windows 95/98 and another for Windows 2000/XP. Be sure to install the correct I/O software for your operating system! This distinction is pointed out below where appropriate. Communication Automation Corp (Dart card) To install your Dart card, perform these steps in the following order: 1. Install the Dart system driver. 2. Install the Dart card. Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP Communication Automation Corporation (CAC) provides different support software for Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP. Be sure to follow the instructions for your operating system. Installation media Dart support software may be provided on a disk or via as a zipped distribution file. In the latter case, unzip the distribution file into an empty directory on your hard disk and substitute this directory wherever the DartDisk disk is referred to below. Dart card under Windows 95/98 The Dart card requires different support software for Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP. Be sure to follow the instructions for your operating system. C-2 SIGNAL Reference Guide

3 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation Install Dart software and card Follow these steps to install the Dart system driver and Dart analog I/O card in Windows 95/ Exit from SIGNAL if it is running. 2. Be sure the Dart card is removed from the computer. 3. Start Windows 95/98. Insert the DartDisk disk in the drive. 4. Insert the Dart card in the PCMCIA slot. Windows will detect the card and report New Hardware Found. 5. At the Add New Hardware wizard, click Next. 6. At the next screen, select "Search for the best driver for your device" and click Next. 7. At the next screen, select "Specify a location" and deselect all other choices. Click Browse and browse to the \driver\win9x directory on the DartDisk disk. Select that directory and click OK to close the Browse for Folder window, then click Next. 8. The next screen should report the location of the driver information file cacdsp.inf. Click Next to begin installation, then Finish to exit the wizard. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-3

4 APPENDICES 9. Alternately, Windows may report "Please insert the disk labeled CACW95 and click OK." Click OK, then browse to the \driver\win9x directory on the DartDisk disk and click OK to close the browse window. Click OK again to proceed. Windows will install the driver software and exit without further notice. 10. Remove the DartDisk disk and restart the computer. 11. To confirm the installation, see "Confirm installation of Dart software and card" below. Confirm installation of Dart software and card To confirm installation, follow these steps: 1. Open Control Panel System Device Manager, open CACDSP, and look for "DART Digital Signal Processor". Uninstall Dart software and card Follow these steps to uninstall the Dart system driver and Dart analog I/O card in Windows 95/ The Dart card must be inserted in the computer to perform the uninstall (otherwise the driver will not be available in Device Manager). 2. Open Control Panel System Device Manager, open CACDSP, and select "DART Digital Signal Processor". 3. Click Remove. 4. At Confirm Device Removal, select "Remove from all configurations" and click OK. Driver removal may take a minute or more. C-4 SIGNAL Reference Guide

5 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 5. When Windows removes the CACDSP entry from Device Manager, the driver has been removed. 6. The above steps remove the system driver but do not delete the driver files. If desired, manually delete the following files from c:\windows\system: cac_cfg.dll, cacdsp.vxd, d32util.dll and the following file from c:\windows\inf\other: "Communication Automation & Control, Inc.cacdsp.inf". Dart card under Windows 2000/XP The Dart card requires different support software for Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP. Be sure to follow the instructions for your operating system. Install Dart software and card Follow these steps to install the Dart system driver and Dart analog I/O card in Windows 2000/XP. 1. Exit from SIGNAL if it is running. 2. Be sure the Dart card is removed from the computer. 3. Start Windows 2000/XP. Insert the DartDisk disk in the drive. 4. Insert the Dart card in the PCMCIA slot. Windows will detect the card and launch the New Hardware wizard. 5. Select No, not this time if Windows offers to connect online to Windows Update. 6. Select "Install from a list or specific location" (do not select "Install the software automatically) and click Next. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-5

6 APPENDICES 7. At the next screen select "Search for the best driver in these locations" and "Include this location in the search", and deselect all other choices. 8. Click Browse and browse to the \driver\win2k directory on the DartDisk disk. Select that directory and click OK to close the Browse For Folder window. 9. Click Next to install Dart system driver files from the DartDisk disk. 10. If you have never installed a Dart on this computer, Windows may present an Insert Disk dialog asking for a "Compact Disc labeled CACDSP", click OK to proceed (the files are on the DartDisk disk). If you have installed a Dart before, the installer will skip this and the following step. C-6 SIGNAL Reference Guide

7 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 11. At the Files Needed dialog (if presented), click Browse and browse again to the \driver\win2k directory on the DartDisk disk. Select the file cac.sys and click Open, then click OK to copy the file. 12. Click Finish to exit the wizard. 13. Remove the DartDisk disk and restart the computer. 14. To confirm the installation, see "Confirm installation of Dart software and card" below. Confirm installation of Dart software and card To confirm installation, follow these steps: 1. Open Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager and look for "CACDSP" under CACDSP. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-7

8 APPENDICES Uninstall Dart software and card Follow these steps to uninstall the Dart system driver and Dart analog I/O card in Windows 2000/XP. 1. The Dart card must be inserted in the computer to perform the uninstall (otherwise the driver will not be available in Device Manager). 2. Open Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager and select "CACDSP" under CACDSP, then R-click and select Uninstall from the menu. Click OK to perform the uninstall. 3. Windows will uninstall the Dart system driver. To confirm the uninstallation, note that CACDSP has been removed from Device Manager. 4. The above steps remove the system driver but do not delete the driver files. If desired, manually delete the two files c:\windows\system32\d32util.dll and c:\windows\system32\drivers\cac.sys. C-8 SIGNAL Reference Guide

9 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation Connecting signals to the analog I/O card The Dart card is accessed through the I/O cable provided with the card. See "Analog I/O Connections" in Appendix B, "Hardware Reference" for details. Data Translation: Overview IMPORTANT: Read this section before installing any Data Translation boards!! Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 98/2000/XP DT provides separate software support for Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 98/2000/XP. The Windows 98/2000/XP system driver does not support the SIGNAL 3.1 (DT2821 family) analog I/O board. Therefore computers running Windows 2000 or XP will not be able to host the DT2821 family board. This is a limitation of the DT software, not a decision of Engineering Design. Select the correct DT system driver for your computer according to the following rules: 1. If you wish to operate a DT2821 family analog I/O board, your computer must have Windows 95/98 and you must install the Windows 95/98 system driver. 2. In all other cases, install the Windows 98/2000/XP system driver. 3. These drivers are covered in separate sections below. Installation media for Windows 95/98 vs. 98/2000/XP DT software support is provided on different installation media for Windows 95/98 vs. 98/2000/XP. Windows 95/98 support is provided on a disk entitled "DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98", which is provided by Engineering Design and not available from Data Translation. It can be downloaded from the Support section of the Engineering Design website ( The disk contains the DT-Open Layers system driver and board drivers for DT2821 family and DT3010 family boards. These are the only DT boards supported by SIGNAL under Windows 95/98. Note: the "DT2821 Device Driver" disk included with DT2821 boards does not include all necessary support files and is not needed. Windows 98/2000/XP support is provided by the "OmniCD" from Data Translation, which is included with all Data Translation boards. SIGNAL requires OmniCD version or later. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-9

10 APPENDICES Installing and uninstalling DT software support NOTE: If you install one version of DT software support, such as Windows 95/98, then decide to install the other version, you must completely uninstall one software library before installing the other, or the second library will not function, and future uninstallation may be difficult!! Data Translation under Windows 98/2000/XP IMPORTANT: Read "Data Translation: Overview" above before installing any Data Translation boards!! Data Translation provides different support software for Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP. Be sure to follow the instructions for your operating system. Installation overview Installing a Data Translation (DT) board under Windows 98/2000/XP involves two steps: 1. Run the setup program on the OmniCD, which will install the DT-Open Layers Windows 98/2000/XP system driver and I/O board driver. 2. Install and configure the I/O board. Instructions are provided below for DT3010/3016 boards and the DT9834 USB I/O module. For other boards, see the instructions provided with the board. In the following, "DT3010" refers to both the DT3010 and DT3016 boards unless otherwise specified. Install DT-Open Layers system driver and board driver Follow these steps to install the DT-Open Layers Windows 98/2000/XP system driver and DT analog I/O board driver in Windows 98/2000/XP. Installation is performed by the OmniCD disk, which may be provided either by DT or Engineering Design (ED). If provided by Engineering Design, note the special instructions at steps 2 and Exit from SIGNAL if it is running. 2. Insert the OmniCD installation CD. If the CD doesn't start automatically, click Start Run and type "d:\launch.exe" (DT CD) or "d:\setup.exe" (ED CD), where d: is the CD drive letter. C-10 SIGNAL Reference Guide

11 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 3. If you see the following screen, select Install Products. Then do the following. With OmniCD 2.8, select Device Drivers. With OmniCD 2.9, select either DT9834 Device Driver to install the DT9834 I/O unit or Other Device Drivers for all other DT boards. 4. If you see following welcome screen, check the driver version. SIGNAL reqiures DT- Open Layers version or later (this version number is different from the OmniCD version printed on the CD). Click Next. 5. Approve the license agreement. 6. At Choose Destination Location, accept the default folder and click Next. 7. At Select Components or Select Features, select your board family (e.g., "DT3010 Series Software" for DT3010 or DT3016 boards) and click Next. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-11

12 APPENDICES 8. At Select Program Folder, enter a program folder and click Next. The Open Layers system driver and the device driver for your I/O board will be installed. For example, oldaapi32.dll will be copied to c:\windows\system32 and the files dtxxx.inf, dtxxxk.sys and possibly dtxxxld.sys (where xxx is the board model) will be copied to c:\windows\system32\drivers. 9. Click Finish to close the installer. If necessary, click Main Menu then Exit to exit the CD browser. Remove the CD. Install DT3010/3016 I/O boards Follow these steps to install and configure a DT3010 or DT3016 I/O board: 1. Open the Getting Started manual for your board. For example, click Start Programs Data Translation DT3010 Series DT3010 Getting Started Manual. 2. Open the section "Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver". Print this section or copy the document file to another computer, so you can refer to it with the computer powered off. 3. Power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord. 4. Insert the I/O board in the computer, according to the instructions in "Inserting the DT3010 Series Board into the Computer". 5. Power on the computer. Windows should recognize the board and display the Found New Hardware Wizard. 6. Select No, not this time if Windows offers to connect online to Windows Update. 7. Turn to "Loading the Device Driver" under "Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver" in the Getting Started manual. Skip to the section for your operating system. Read the following steps before proceeding. C-12 SIGNAL Reference Guide

13 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 8. Windows 98: If Windows launches the Add New Hardware wizard, begin at step 1 in the Getting Started instructions. After the board driver is installed, click Finish to close the installation wizard, then skip to step 8 below. If Windows installs the board automatically without launching the Add New Hardware wizard, go to step 11 below. 9. Windows 2000: Begin at step 1 in the Getting Started instructions. After the board driver is installed, click Finish to close the installation wizard, then go to step 11 below. 10. Windows XP: Select "Install the software automatically" in the hardware wizard and click Next. If Windows prompts for information, follow the steps under "Loading the Device Driver" in the Getting Started manual. Or Windows may install the board without prompts. After the board driver is installed, click Finish to close the installation wizard, then go to step 11 below. 11. In the Getting Started instructions, skip to the step "Open the Control Panel" and perform the remaining steps. You can change the board name if desired, but the name must begin with "DT3010" or "DT3016" so SIGNAL can recognize the board. 12. To confirm installation, see "Confirm and troubleshoot I/O card and driver installation" below. Install DT9834 USB I/O module Follow these steps to install and configure a DT9834 I/O module: 1. Click Start Programs Data Translation DT9834 Series DT9834 Getting Started Manual to open the Getting Started Manual (GSM). 2. Open the section "Setting Up and Installing a DT9834 Series Module". 3. Make sure the I/O module is not connected to the computer via the USB cable. Apply power to the I/O module as described in "Applying Power to the Module". 4. Connect the I/O module to the computer as described in "Attaching Modules to the Computer", steps 1-3. The green communication light on the DT9834 should light. The DT9834 has no power light. Ignore the remaining steps in that section. 5. Windows should recognize the module and display the Found New Hardware Wizard. 6. Select No, not this time if Windows offers to connect online to Windows Update. 7. Windows XP: select "Install the software automatically". Windows will install the module. Click Finish to close the wizard. If the New Hardware wizard starts again, repeat these steps. Allow the system to reboot if asked. 8. Windows 98 and 2000: installation has not been tested. 9. Configure the I/O module according to the steps in "Configuring the DT9834 Series Device Driver" in the same section of the GSM, with the following additional instructions. 10. At the Data Acquisition Control Panel (step 3 in GSM), you can change the module name via Edit Name, but the name must begin with "DT9834" so SIGNAL can recognize the module. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-13

14 APPENDICES 11. Following is the DT9834 Series Control Panel (steps 4-7 in GSM): 12. DT9834 models supplied by Engineering Design normally have single-ended inputs (model DT ). In this case, clear all check boxes under 10Kohm Resistor Terminations. If your DT9834 has differential inputs (model DT ), check all the 10Kohm Resistor boxes as advised in step 5 of GSM. 13. Clear all check boxes under Digital Input Interrupt On Change (step 6 of GSM). 14. The "USB Version 2.0" box will be checked if the USB bus is version 2.0 or later and unchecked if the bus is 1.0. Maximum sample rate will be reduced on a USB 1.0 bus. 15. Click OK to close the DT9834 panel, then Close to close the Data Acquisition panel. 16. To confirm installation, see "Confirm and troubleshoot I/O card and driver installation" below. C-14 SIGNAL Reference Guide

15 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation Confirm and troubleshoot I/O card and driver installation To confirm and troubleshoot your installation, follow these steps: 1. DT9834 only confirm that the unit is communicating with the computer. Connect power supply to DT9834, then connect unit to computer. Windows may launch the New Hardware Found wizard, even if already installed (see "Reconnecting the DT9834 module"). Confirm that the green communication light is lit (the unit has no power light). 2. Confirm that the device is present in Device Manager. In Windows 95/98, click Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager. In Windows 2000/XP, click Start Settings Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager. Open DT-Open Layers Data Acquisition Devices and confirm that your board is present. 3. Open Control Panel and launch Open Layers Control Panel. 4. If the panel displays the message "No Open Layers boards installed": Power down and remove the device from the computer. Uninstall the DT-Open Layers system driver per "Uninstall DT-Open Layers system driver and DT board driver" below. Reinstall the system driver per "Install DT-Open Layers system driver and board driver" and board driver per "Install DT3010/3016 I/O boards" or "Install DT9834 USB I/O module" above. Return to step If the device is present in the control panel, check the board driver configuration: For DT3010/3016, follow steps beginning with "Open the Control Panel" under "Loading the Device Driver" under "Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver" in the DT Getting Started device manual. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-15

16 APPENDICES For DT9834, follow steps in "Configuring the DT9834 Series Device Driver" in DT Getting Started device manual. 6. Launch the DTDisk I/O program and test acquisition and playback with the device. Confirm DT9834 using test program The DT OmniCD includes a demo program called Quick Data Acq for testing the DT9834. Follow these steps to install this program and use it to test the DT9834: 1. Install and launch Quick Data Acq as described in "Installing the Quick Data Acq Application" in "Verifying the Operation of a Module" in the DT9834 Getting Started manual. 2. Click Start Programs Data Translation, navigate to Quick Data Acq, and launch the program. 3. Select Acquisition Scope from the menu to display the virtual oscilloscope. 4. Select your module under Board. Set Sec/Div to.001 (1 msec per scope division). Click Config and set Channel Type to Single-Ended (default for Engineering Design-supplied units) or Differential and click OK. 5. Connect a signal source (sine generator or sound source) to the AD Ch0 connector on the DT9834 and click Start to start the display. 6. The waveform generator (Control Wave Generator) should serve as an output test, but apparently does not work. C-16 SIGNAL Reference Guide

17 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation Reconnecting the DT9834 module When the DT9834 is reconnected to the computer (via the USB) after a disconnection, Windows may launch the Found New Hardware wizard and reinstall the device. Allow Windows to do this, as described in the installation instructions in "Install DT9834 USB I/O module" above. Windows may perform the installation process twice, for unknown reasons. Uninstall DT-Open Layers system driver and DT board driver Follow these steps to uninstall the DT board driver. 1. Make sure that the board or I/O module is present in the computer. 2. Click Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager in Windows 95/98 or Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager in Windows 2000/XP. Open DT- Open Layers Data Acquisition Devices and select your board. 3. In Windows 98, click Remove, select "Remove from all configurations" and click OK, then Close. In Windows 2000/XP, R-click and select Uninstall. Follow these steps to uninstall the DT-Open Layers system driver. 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Add/Remove Programs. 2. Select DT-Open Layers Data Acquisition Software and click Add/Remove or Remove. 3. Restart the computer to complete the uninstallation. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-17

18 APPENDICES Connecting signals to the analog I/O board Analog I/O boards from Data Translation can be accessed through a cable and I/O panel available from Engineering Design or a cable and screw panel available from DT. See "Analog I/O Connections" in Appendix B, "Hardware Reference" for details. Data Translation under Windows 95/98 IMPORTANT: Read "Data Translation: Overview" above before installing any Data Translation boards!! Data Translation provides different support software for Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP. Be sure to follow the instructions for your operating system. Installation overview Installing a Data Translation I/O board under Windows 95/98 involves three steps. See "Limitations under Windows 95/98" below. 1. Install the DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98 system driver. 2. Install the Windows 95/98 device driver for the DT2821 family or DT3010 family analog I/O boards. 3. Install your particular DT2821 or DT3010 board in the board device driver. Note: DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98 may be provided on a disk or as a zipped distribution file. In the latter case, unzip the distribution file into an empty directory on your hard disk and substitute this directory wherever the DTDisk disk is referred to below. DT2821 resource conflicts The DT2821 board is not plug-and-play, so it cannot automatically resolve resource conflicts with other installed hardware. Conversely, plug-and-play boards cannot see the DT2821 and may assign resources claimed by the DT2821, creating conflicts. IRQ conflicts are most common (because of the few IRQ lines available), and they may cause either board involved to acquire a certain amount of data, then hang. The best solution, available on many computers, is to select an IRQ for the DT2821 (IRQ 10 is recommended), jumper the DT2821 for this IRQ, then reserve this IRQ in the system C-18 SIGNAL Reference Guide

19 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation BIOS, preventing use by plug-and-play boards. This is usually done by entering the BIOS setup program during the computer boot. A more arduous approach is to click Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager, examine the resources used by each plug-and-play board, then alter the DT2821 settings to avoid the conflict. Alternately, the plug-and-play resource can be assigned manually, but this compromises plug-and-play allocation and should be a last resort. All DT2821 settings, such as base address, IRQ, and DMA., are established via on-board jumpers. See Appendix B, "Hardware Reference", for more detail on DT2821 settings. Limitations under Windows 95/98 The Data Translation Windows 95/98 system driver has the following known limitations. 1. DT2821 family boards are allowed a maximum playback bandwidth of 130 khz, unlike the 200 khz bandwidth achievable with the DT2821G board under SIGNAL The DT3010 board may not achieve the full playback bandwidth (500 khz), performing up to about 350 khz instead. Full bandwidth is achieved with this board under the Windows 98/2000/XP driver. 3. The playback progress dialog may not close after playback completes under the Windows 95/98 driver. Playback still completes properly. Click OK to close the box. SIGNAL may report playback halted even though playback has completed. Install DT-Open Layers system driver Install DT-Open Layers system driver Follow these steps to install the DT-Open Layers system driver for Windows 95/98. These steps will copy DT-Open Layers system files to the c:\windows\system directory and make an entry for the DT-Open Layers driver in the c:\windows\system.ini file. 1. Exit from SIGNAL if it is running. 2. Start Windows 95/ Insert the DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98 disk. 4. Click Start Run, type "a:\setup" and click OK to install the DT-Open Layers system driver. 5. When installation is complete, the installer should report: SIGNAL Reference Guide C-19

20 APPENDICES 6. To confirm the installation, perform step 1 under "Confirm installation of DT-Open Layers system driver". 7. Proceed to "Install DT2821 family analog I/O board" or "Install DT3010/3016 analog I/O board" to install the board device driver. Confirm installation of DT-Open Layers system driver To confirm installation, follow these steps: 1. Remove the DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98 disk. 2. Restart the computer and watch the screen carefully during the boot process. 3. If the Win 95/98 DT-Open Layers system driver is installed, the following text message will appear briefly when the screen goes black after the Windows splash screen: VDTDAD.386 Data Translation Data Acquisition VxD DT-Open Layers V Uninstall DT-Open Layers system driver Follow these steps to uninstall the DT-Open Layers system driver. These steps will delete DT-Open Layers system files from the c:\windows\system directory and delete the DT-Open Layers driver entry from the c:\windows\system.ini file. 1. Insert the DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98 disk. 2. Click Start Run, type "a:\uninstall" and click OK. 3. When installation is complete, the installer should report: Install DT2821 family analog I/O board Installing the DT2821 board involves two steps: 1. Install the DT2821 family device driver 2. Install your board in the device driver. Install DT2821 device driver Follow these steps to install the DT2821 family device driver. 1. Power off the computer. 2. Install the DT2821 board and power on the computer. 3. Insert the "DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98" disk. 4. Click Start Settings Control Panel Add New Hardware. C-20 SIGNAL Reference Guide

21 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 5. In the Add New Hardware wizard, click Next, then Next again to let Windows search for Plug and Play hardware. 6. The next screen will present a list of devices. Select "No, the device isn't in the list" and click Next. 7. At the next screen, if presented, select "No, I want to select the hardware from a list" and click Next. 8. The next screen will present a list of Hardware types. Select "Sound, video and game controllers" and click Next. 9. At the next screen, ignore the Manufacturers and Models columns and click Have Disk. 10. At the Install From Disk screen, click Browse. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-21

22 APPENDICES 11. On the "Folders" side of the Open screen, select the a:\ drive and double-click on the \dt2821 folder. On the "File name" side of the screen, the file dt2821setup.inf should appear in the "File name" box and in the file list below it. If not, browse until you achieve this. Then click OK. 12. Click OK to close the Install From Disk screen. 13. If an Update Driver Warning appears, click Yes to override it. 14. Click OK at the Select Device window. Then click Finish to install the driver. The Finish screen may take a while to close. C-22 SIGNAL Reference Guide

23 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 15. To confirm installation, perform step 1 under "Confirm installation of DT2821 device driver and board" below. 16. Now proceed to "Install DT2821 board in device driver". Install DT2821 board in device driver Follow these steps to install your DT2821 board in the device driver. 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia. Select the Advanced tab (Windows 95) or Devices tab (Windows 98). Select Media Control Devices DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series Device Driver and click Properties. 2. Select "Use this media control device" and click Settings to open the Data Translation DT2821 Series Driver Configuration screen. The Description box should read "No DT2821 series boards installed in the system", unless you have previously installed this board in Windows. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-23

24 APPENDICES 3. Click New to add your board. 4. At the DT2821 Series Installation box, accept the default board address of 240 hex unless you have rejumpered the board for a different base address, then click Add. 5. The system should respond, "A DT2821 Series Board was found at address 0x0240. Add it?". Click Yes. 6. The driver will now display the configuration screen with default board parameters. The following steps will guide you to adjust the screen parameters to match your board. C-24 SIGNAL Reference Guide

25 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 7. Board Name: This name is selected by the system for internal identification. If you have only one DT2821 board, it will be named "DT2821" and there will be only one choice in the drop list. If you have multiple DT2821 boards, each board will have a different name in the drop list, and can be selected to edit its parameters if you return to this screen at a later date. 8. Model: If you are not sure of your board model but you know its bit resolution and sample rate, you can look up the model in the following table, which shows the four DT2821 boards supplied by Engineering Design. Do not select DT2821-F-16SE or DT2821-G-16SE; use the "8DI" selections instead. Model Resolution Maximum sample rate DT bits 50 khz DT2821-F-8DI 12 bits 150 khz DT2821-G-8DI 12 bits 250 khz DT bits 100 khz 9. IRQ: Indicate the IRQ setting for which the board is jumpered. This setting must match the IRQ jumper setting on the board, as shown in the following table, or the board will halt during I/O. If in doubt, remove the board and check the jumpers visually. IRQ10 (first choice) and IRQ5 (second choice) are recommended. IRQ15 will not work with many computers manufacturered after about 1998 due to conflicts with the hard disk. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-25

26 APPENDICES IRQ Jumper 10 W27 15 W28 3 W29 5 W30 7 W31 6. DMA: Select the DMA channels. This must be set to the following for all boards supplied by Engineering Design (unless you have changed the DMA board jumpers): DMA Ch1 = 5, DMA Ch2 = Channel Type: Set to "DI" (differential) if your board was supplied by Engineering Design. 8. Range: set to +/-10 V. 9. Output Encoding: set to Binary except for DT2823, which should be Twos Complement. 10. DAC0 Range and DAC1 Range: set to +/-10V. 11. Double-check your settings in the screen box! If set incorrectly, the board will not function or SIGNAL will misinterpret board data. Then click Update (not Close). If you click Close by mistake, return to step After clicking Update, no acknowledgement is given. Wait a few seconds, then click Close. 13. Windows will display a Changes Saved screen with the message "These changes may not take effect until you restart Windows". Click OK. 14. Click OK to close the DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series Device Driver Properties screen. Then click OK to close Multimedia Properties. 15. Remove the DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98 disk, then restart the computer. 16. To confirm installation, see "Confirm installation of DT2821 device driver and board" below. Confirm installation of DT2821 device driver and board To confirm installation, follow these steps: 1. To confirm the installation of the device driver, click Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager, open "Sound, video and game controllers", and confirm the presence of "DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series". 2. To confirm the installation of the board, click Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia. Select the Advanced tab (Windows 95) or Devices tab (Windows 98). Select Media Control Devices DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series Device Driver and click Properties, then Settings. You should see the Data Translation DT2821 Series Driver Configuration screen shown above. C-26 SIGNAL Reference Guide

27 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation Adjust DT2821 board settings To change the DT2821 board settings that you reported to the board driver, follow these steps: 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia. Select the Advanced tab (Windows 95) or Devices tab (Windows 98). Select Media Control Devices DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series Device Driver and click Properties, then Settings. You should see the Data Translation DT2821 Series Driver Configuration screen shown above. 2. Adjust board settings as desired. 3. Click Update. No acknowledgement is given. Wait a few seconds, then click Close. 4. Windows will display a Changes Saved screen with the message "These changes may not take effect until you restart Windows". Click OK. 5. Click OK to close the DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series Device Driver Properties screen. Then click OK to close Multimedia Properties. 6. Restart Windows. Uninstall DT2821 board and device driver Uninstalling the DT2821 board involves two steps: first, uninstall the DT2821 board from the DT2821 family device driver, then uninstall the DT2821 device driver. Follow these steps to uninstall your DT2821 board from the device driver: 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia. Select the Advanced tab (Windows 95) or Devices tab (Windows 98). Select Media Control Devices DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series Device Driver and click Properties, then Settings. 2. Select your board under Board Name, then click Delete, Yes, and Close. 3. Click OK at "These changes may not take effect until you restart Windows", then OK to close Device Driver Properties, then OK to close Multimedia Properties. Follow these steps to uninstall the DT2821 device driver: 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia. Select the Advanced tab (Windows 95) or Devices tab (Windows 98). Select Media Control Devices DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series Device Driver and click Properties. 2. Click Remove then Yes, then OK, then OK again, then OK to close Multimedia Properties. 3. Click Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager. 4. Open "Sound, video and game controllers" and select "DT-Open Layers DT2821 Series". Click Remove, select "Remove from all configurations" and click OK, then Close. 5. Restart the computer to finish the uninstall. You must restart the computer to release the driver files before uninstalling the DT-Open Layers system driver. To completely uninstall Data Translation support, now uninstall the DT-Open Layers system driver, as described in "Install DT-Open Layers system driver" above. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-27

28 APPENDICES Install DT3010/3016 analog I/O board In the following, "DT3010" refers to both the DT3010 and DT3016 unless otherwise specified. Install DT3010 device driver Follow these steps to install the DT3010 family device driver. 1. Power off the computer. 2. Install the DT3010 board and power on the computer. 3. Windows will recognize the board and launch the Add New Hardware Wizard. Click Next. 4. Select "Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location" and click Next. 5. Select "Sound, video and game controllers" from the list and click Next. 6. At the next screen, ignore the Manufacturers and Models columns and click Have Disk. C-28 SIGNAL Reference Guide

29 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 7. Insert the DT-Open Layers for Windows 95/98 disk. At the Install From Disk screen, click Browse. 8. On the "Folders" side of the Open screen, select the a:\ drive and double-click on the \dt3010 folder. On the "File name" side of the screen, the file dt3010setup.inf should appear in the "File name" box and in the file list below it. If not, browse until you achieve this. Then click OK. 9. Click OK to close the Install from Disk window. 10. If an Update Driver Warning appears, click Yes to override it. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-29

30 APPENDICES 11. Click OK at the Select Device window. 12. At the next screen, click Next to install the driver. 13. If the next screen reports "Windows has not installed a driver for this device", ignore this message. Click Finish. 14. To confirm installation, perform step 1 under "Confirm installation of DT3010 device driver and board" below. 15. Now proceed to "Install DT3010 board in device driver". C-30 SIGNAL Reference Guide

31 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation Install DT3010 board in device driver Follow these steps to install your DT3010 board in the device driver. 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia. Select the Advanced tab (Windows 95) or Devices tab (Windows 98). Select Media Control Devices DT-Open Layers DT3010 Series Device Driver and click Properties. 2. Select "Use this media control device" and click Settings to open the Data Translation DT3010 Series Driver Configuration screen. The Description box should read "No DT3010 series boards installed in the system" (unless you have previously installed this board in Windows). 3. Click New to add your board. Select "Board 1", select the correct device type (DT3010 or DT3016) and enter a board name ("DT3010" or "DT3016" are recommended, according to your board type). Then click Add. The system should reporting finding the DT3010 board and request permission to add it. Click Yes. 4. Click Close, then OK at "These changes may not take effect until you restart Windows", then OK to close Device Driver Properties, then OK to close Multimedia Properties. 5. Restart Windows. Confirm installation of DT3010 device driver and board To confirm installation, follow the steps under "Confirm installation of DT2821 device driver and board" above, substituting "DT3010" for "DT2821" in the board and device driver names. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-31

32 APPENDICES Uninstall the DT3010 board To uninstall the DT3010 in Windows 95/98, follow the steps under "Uninstall the DT2821 board" above, substituting "DT3010" for "DT2821" in the board and device driver names. Connecting signals to the analog I/O board Analog I/O boards from Data Translation can be accessed through a cable and I/O panel available from Engineering Design or a cable and screw panel available from DT. See "Analog I/O Connections" in Appendix B, "Hardware Reference" for details. Measurement Computing Corp To install your Measurement Computing Corporation (MCC) card, perform these steps in the following order: 1. Install the Instacal software from MCC, which will install the MCC analog I/O board driver. Instacal is provided with all MCC boards. 2. Install your MCC I/O card. 3. Configure your MCC I/O card. Windows 95/98/2000/XP MCC provides provides one library for Windows 95/98/2000/XP. Installation media All MCC support software is provided on the Instacal CD that is included with all MCC boards. SIGNAL requires Instacal version 5.23 or later, and has been tested with versions 5.23 (March 2002) and 5.44 (November 2003). Note: you must install the MCC driver software before the MCC hardware, so that the MCC software can automatically detect the hardware when it is installed. Install Instacal Follow these steps to install Instacal. 1. Exit from SIGNAL if it is running. 2. Start Windows 95/98/2000/XP. C-32 SIGNAL Reference Guide

33 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 3. Note: SIGNAL requires Instacal 5.23 or later. Instacal can be downloaded at no charge from the Measurement Computing Corporation website ( 4. Insert the Instacal CD and select "Install Instacal" at the first screen to launch the Instacal setup program. 5. Accept all defaults, including the default installation directory c:\mcc. The installer will copy the necessary files. 6. At "Restarting Computer", allow the system to restart, then remove the CD. 7. After the system restarts, copy the file CBW32.DLL from the MCC installation directory (c:\mcc) to c:\windows\system32 (Windows 2000/XP) or c:\windows\system (Windows 95/98). To do this, select this file in Windows Explorer (Start Programs Windows Explorer in Win 95/98 or Start Programs Accessories Windows Explorer in Win2000/XP), then R-click and select Copy. Then browse to the specified Windows subdirectory, R-click and select Paste. Look in the destination directory to make sure the file has been copied! Install I/O card Follow these steps to install your MCC analog I/O PCI card (desktop) or PCMCIA card (notebook). 1. For a desktop card, power down the computer. PCMCIA cards can be installed with the machine running. 2. Install the analog I/O card and connect the I/O cable between the card and I/O panel. Note for PCI card: the mating connectors between the I/O cable and PCI card are oriented, but they give little tactile indication, so install carefully. The I/O cable for the PCI card consists of two cables use the cable labeled "Pins 1-50" and ignore the one labeled "Pins ". 3. If the computer was powered down, start it again. 4. Windows will detect the I/O card and launch the New Hardware wizard. 5. Select No, not this time if Windows offers to connect online to Windows Update. 6. Accept all defaults. Click Finish to close the wizard. Allow Windows to restart if asked. 7. To confirm the installation, see "Confirm installation of system driver and I/O card" below. Configure I/O card Follow these steps to configure install your MCC analog I/O card. These steps are required for SIGNAL to find your card. 1. Run the Instacal program (Start Programs Measurement Computing Instacal) to install the I/O card in the MCC configuration file c:\mcc\cb.cfg. Instacal should detect the new card and offer to add it: SIGNAL Reference Guide C-33

34 APPENDICES 2. In the next screen, be sure that your MCC card appears as board #0 in the Instacal display. Instacal may install a virtual "Demo board" at board #0. In this case, remove all boards by selecting Install Remove All in the Instacal menu. Then exit Instacal and run it again. Your board should now be installed as board #0. 3. Some MCC I/O cards must be configured manually for differential (vs. single-ended) operation. Check this as follows. Select Install Configure from the Instacal menu. If an items such as "No. of Channels" appears, select a differential mode such as "8 Differential". If no differential choices are available, select a single-ended mode. If no such item exists, the card is configured internally by SIGNAL. Confirm installation of system driver and I/O card To confirm installation, follow these steps: 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager in Windows 95/98 or Start Settings Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager in Windows 2000/XP and verify that the card is installed under "DAS Component" (for example, "PC-CARD- DAS16/330"). C-34 SIGNAL Reference Guide

35 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation Connecting signals to the analog I/O board Analog I/O boards from Measurement Computing Corporation can be accessed through a cable and I/O panel available from Engineering Design or a cable and screw panel available from MCC. See "Analog I/O Connections" in Appendix B, "Hardware Reference" for details. National Instruments Overview To install your National Instruments card, perform these steps in the following order: 1. Uninstall any older NI-DAQ before installing current NI-DAQ. 2. Install the NI-DAQ driver software, which is provided with all NI cards. 3. Install your NI card in the computer. 4. Configure your card in the NI-DAQ device driver. Windows 95/98/2000/XP National Instruments (NI) provides one library for Windows 95/98/2000/XP. NI-DAQ Versions Be sure to install the version of NI-DAQ required by your software and hardware!! The NI-DAQ driver software is available in multiple versions. You must install the correct NI-DAQ version for your NIDisk software and NI analog I/O hardware. Software Support NIDisk versions 2.0 and earlier require NI-DAQ v6.9.2, which as of April 2006 can be downloaded at 56b59006bca56?OpenDocument (60 MB) Alternately, search the National Instruments website for the phrase "NI-DAQ 6.9.2". NIDisk versions 3.0 and later require NI-DAQ version 8.0 or later (also referred to as NI-DAQmx), which as of April 2006 can be downloaded at document&node=132050_us (470 MB). Alternately, search the NI website for the phrase "NI-DAQ 8.0". SIGNAL Reference Guide C-35

36 APPENDICES Hardware Support NI-DAQ supports older NI analog I/O cards, such as the 6036 (PCI) and 6062E (PCMCIA) and very old or obsolete cards, but not new "M-series" cards such as the 6251 (PCI). NI-DAQmx 8.x supports the new 6251 and most older boards, including the 6036 and 6062E, but not very old or obsolete boards. Thus, 6251 cards require NIDisk 3.0 or later and NI-DAQmx 8.x or later, while older cards can run with older or newer versions of NIDisk and NI-DAQ. Installation media NI-DAQ software is provided on the NI-DAQ CD that is included with all NI boards. National Instruments Current Version Uninstall NI-DAQ before installing NI-DAQ 8.x If NI-DAQ is installed on your system, you must uninstall it before installing NI-DAQ 8.x.!! Follow these steps to uninstall NI-DAQ 6.9.2: 1. Select Start Settings Control Panel Add or Remove Programs. 2. Select NI Measurement & Automation Explorer from the list and click Remove. Click Yes at the warning message "It is recommended that you do not uninstall this program." 3. Select NI-DAQ from the list and click Remove. 4. Select Start Turn Off Computer Restart to restart Windows. Install NI-DAQ 8.x system driver and configure I/O card NOTE: NI-DAQ 8.x is the recommended version of NI-DAQ, and is required by current Engineering Design releases. See "NI-DAQ Versions" above for background. To install the older NI-DAQ 6.9.2, see "Install NI-DAQ system driver and configure I/O card" below. Install NI-DAQ 8.x system driver Follow these steps to install the NI-DAQ software and NI analog I/O card. 1. Exit from SIGNAL if it is running. C-36 SIGNAL Reference Guide

37 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 2. Start Windows 95/98/2000/XP. 3. Insert the NI-DAQ CD or launch the downloaded setup file. If the CD does not start automatically, select Start Run and entter "x:\autorun.exe", where x is the letter of the CD drive. At the following screen, select "Install NI-DAQmx / VI Logger". 4. The installer will display the NI-DAQmx welcome screen, then initialize, which may take a minute or two. 5. At Product Information (if displayed), click Next. 6. At Destination Directory, use the default directory "C:\Program Files\National Instruments" and click Next. 7. At "Features", select the NI-DAQ components to install. To install a component, select the disk icon and to decline a component, select the icon. Open NI-DAQmx 8.0 and deselect all its sub-features (unless you plan to use your I/O with software other than SIGNAL). Deselect VI Logger and select NI Measurement & Automation Explorer. See the figure. Click Next. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-37

38 APPENDICES 8. Accept the License Agreement and click Next. 9. At Start Installation, review selected components, then click Next. The Upgrading section appears when older NI device drivers are present. 10. The installer will install the selected components, and many others that you did not ask for (such as LabView and Measurement Studio drivers). The process will take several minutes. C-38 SIGNAL Reference Guide

39 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 11. At Installation Complete, click Next. 12. At the next screen, select Exit. Install device documention Follow these steps to install device documentation for your analog I/O card. Note: NI-DAQ installs documentation for all NI devices; it cannot install just one device document. Occasional users can browse the desired document directly from the CD by selecting "View Device Documentation" from the menu in step Remove and reinsert the NI-DAQ CD or launch the downloaded setup file or select Start Run and entter "x:\autorun.exe", where x is the letter of the CD drive. 2. Select "Install Device Documentation" from the menu. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-39

40 APPENDICES 3. At NI-DAQ Device Document Browser Setup, click Next. Accept the license agreement and click Next. At Readme Information, click Next. 4. At Destination Directory, use the default directory and click Next. At Ready to Install the Application, click Next. NI-DAQ will install the device documentation system. 5. Click Finish to exit the device documentation installer. 6. To access device documentation, select Start Programs National Instruments NI-DAQ Browse Device Documentation. Install analog I/O card 1. Select Start Turn Off Computer Turn Off to shut down the computer. Even if you are installing a "hot-swappable" I/O card such as PCMCIA or USB, the system must be restarted in order to recognize the NI-DAQ software. 2. After the computer has powered off, disconnect the AC power cord and remove the NI- DAQ CD. C-40 SIGNAL Reference Guide

41 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 3. Caution: to avoid electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage to the I/O card: 1) never touch the circuit board surface hold the card by the edges or the metal mounting bracket, 2) before inserting the card in the computer, discharge it by grasping its metal mounting bracket with one hand and touching the computer's metal chassis with the other. 4. Inspect the analog I/O card for damage of any kind. 5. Install the analog I/O card in the computer. 6. Start the computer. If you have not installed NIDAQ on this system before, Windows will detect the I/O card and launch the New Hardware wizard. If you have previously installed an I/O card under NIDAQ, the NIDAQmx installer has updated the I/O card driver, and the wizard will not launch skip the remaining steps in this section. 7. If Windows offers to connect online to Windows Update, select No, not this time and click Next. 8. At the next screen, select "Install the software automatically" and click Next. 9. When Windows has finished installing the I/O card, click Finish to close the wizard. If Windows offers to restart the computer, say Yes. Otherwise Windows should report that the new hardware is installed and ready to use. 10. If the Registration Wizard appears, register the I/O card with National Instruments if desired, then click Finish. 11. If your I/O card is not USB-based, you can eliminate the NI Device Monitor from the system tray (screen lower right) by R-clicking its icon, deselecting "Run at startup", then selecting Close. Confirm and troubleshoot I/O card and driver installation To confirm and troubleshoot your installation, follow these steps: 1. Start the Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) from the desktop icon or Programs National Instruments Measurement & Automation. In the Configuration panel, select Devices and Interfaces NI-DAQmx Devices. Confirm that your I/O card is listed, then select it. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-41

42 APPENDICES 2. If your card is listed in the configuration tree but will not perform I/O, perform the following test to determine whether MAX (and other I/O software) can fully communicate with the card. Click Self-Test. It should report "The device has passed the self-test" rather than an error. 3. If the self-test fails and the device is a PCMCIA card, remove and reinsert it, then return to step 2. Otherwise, reboot the computer and return to step A simpler (but less reliable) way to confirm installation is to open Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager and confirm the presence of the I/O card under Data Acquisition Devices. This cannot be used for troubleshooting because Windows may report malfunctioning I/O cards as "working properly". Test I/O card The following steps will test input and output functions on the installed I/O card. 1. An audio signal source, such as an electronic function generator or tape recorder playback, is required for the input test. 2. Connect the test signal to the first input channel on the card, which is channel 1 on the SIGNAL I/O panel or channel 0 on a National I/O panel. See the Operation section below for connection notes. Set the function generator to 1000 Hz, or play an audio signal. 3. Start the Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) from the desktop icon or Programs National Instruments Measurement & Automation. C-42 SIGNAL Reference Guide

43 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 4. In the Configuration panel, select Devices and Interfaces NI-DAQmx Devices, then select your I/O card. If you don't see your card, hit F5 to refresh the display. You should see the display shown under step 1 of "Confirm and troubleshoot I/O card and driver installation". Verify the I/O card is labeled "Dev 1", otherwise NIDisk will not find it. 5. Click the Test Panels button to launch the Test Panel. 6. Select the Analog Input tab and select the settings shown in the figure. Click Start to acquire and display a 10-msec signal segment, and inspect the acquired signal in the graph window. Click Start multiple times to acquire and display new data. To test the card at other sample rates, scale Rate and Samples to Read proportionally, e.g., change Rate to Hz and Samples to Connect the first output channel on the card to an oscilloscope or a loudspeaker. Set the loudspeaker amplifier initially to very low volume to avoid damaging the loudspeaker or your ears. 8. Select the Analog Output tab and select the settings shown in the figure. Set Transfer Mechanism to DMA if possible, otherwise select Interrupts. The Frequency readout will not update until you click Start. Click Start to begin continuous playback. The card should produce a 100 Hz sine wave (by repetitively outputting 1000 points at 100 khz sample rate). Monitor the output through the scope or loudspeaker. To test the card at other sample rates, adjust Update Rate, e.g., to Hz. Frequency will scale proportionally. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-43

44 APPENDICES 9. Click Close, then exit MAX. Uninstall NI-DAQ 8.x system driver and I/O card Follow these steps to uninstall the NI-DAQ software and I/O card. 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Add/Remove Programs. 2. Select NI-DAQ Device Document Browser and click Remove. 3. Select National Instruments Software and click Remove. Connecting signals to the analog I/O board Analog I/O boards from National Instruments can be accessed through a cable and I/O panel available from Engineering Design or a cable and screw panel available from NI. See "Analog I/O Connections" in Appendix B, "Hardware Reference" for details. C-44 SIGNAL Reference Guide

45 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation National Instruments Legacy Version This section provides instructions for installing the obsolete NI-DAQ driver, installing your I/O card under this driver, and testing the I/O card installation. See "NI-DAQ Versions" in the main National Instruments section for background on different NI-DAQ versions. NOTE: NI-DAQ should be installed only if required for hardware or software compatibility; otherwise install NI-DAQ 8.x. Install NI-DAQ system driver and configure I/O card Follow these steps to install the NI-DAQ software and NI analog I/O card. 1. Exit from SIGNAL if it is running. 2. Start Windows 95/98/2000/XP. 3. Insert the NI-DAQ software CD or launch the downloaded setup file. Select "Install NI- DAQ" from the welcome screen or just click Next. Accept the license agreement. 4. At "Feature Tree", select "NI-DAQ Device Driver" (mark it with a disk icon) and decline all other selections (mark them with an X). Click Next. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-45

46 APPENDICES 5. At "Start Installation" click Next, and the installer will copy the necessary files. 6. At "Installation Complete", click Finish. 7. At the next screen, do not allow the system to reboot, i.e., click No. The installer will terminate. 8. Leave the CD in the drive. Shut down Windows and power down the computer. (Even if you are installing a "hot-swappable" I/O card such as PCMCIA or USB, the computer must be restarted in order to recognize the NI-DAQ software.) 9. After the computer shuts down, disconnect the AC power cord, then install your I/O card. 10. Start the computer. Windows will detect the I/O card and launch the New Hardware wizard. 11. Select No, not this time if Windows offers to connect online to Windows Update. 12. Select the default at each step, for example "Install the software automatically" in Windows XP. Click Finish to close the wizard. If Windows offers to restart the computer, say Yes. 13. The system should automatically restart the NI-DAQ installer, usually in parallel with the New Hardware wizard. At the NI-DAQ Documentation Setup screen, deselect the check box "If you do not want to install documents now, check this box", then click Next. 14. At the Select DAQ Devices screen, select your I/O card from the Devices list and click Next. C-46 SIGNAL Reference Guide

47 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 15. At the Select Modules and Accessories screen, click Next without selecting anything. 16. At Documentation Options, select "Install recommended documentation" and click Next. 17. At "Select Documentation" deselect "NI-DAQ User Manual for PC Compatibles" (unless you plan to program the card yourself) and click Next. 18. At "Select Documentation Path", select "Copy selected documents to my hard drive" and accept the default path. Click Next, then Finish to copy the documentation to your disk. 19. At "Installation Complete!", select "Configure Measurement and Automation System" (referred to in this section as MAX) and click Finish. This will terminate the installer and launch the Measurement & Automation Explorer to configure the I/O card. 20. If Windows Firewall attempts to block MAX, click Unblock to proceed. SIGNAL Reference Guide C-47

48 APPENDICES 21. At the first screen, "User Preferences", select "Every time I launch MAX", deselect "Show this dialog the next time I launch MAX", then click OK. 22. Confirm that your card is recognized by MAX, as described in step 1 of "Confirm and troubleshoot I/O card and driver installation". 23. Now follow the steps under "Test I/O card" below. 24. Note: MAX may disable Windows screen font smoothing, producing grainy fonts. To re-enable smoothing, R-click on the desktop, click Appearance Effects, select "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" and select Clear Type in the pulldown menu. Confirm and troubleshoot I/O card and driver installation To confirm and troubleshoot your installation, follow these steps: 5. Start the Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) from the desktop icon or Programs National Instruments Measurement & Automation. In the Configuration panel, open Devices and Interfaces and confirm that your I/O card is listed. C-48 SIGNAL Reference Guide

49 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 6. If your card is listed in the configuration tree but will not perform I/O, perform the following test to determine whether MAX (and other I/O software) can fully communicate with the card. Click Properties Test Resources. It should report "The device has passed the test" rather than an error such as "The device is not responding to the first IRQ level" or "The device is not responding to the selected base address". 7. If this test fails and the device is a PCMCIA card, remove and reinsert it; otherwise, reboot the computer. Return to step A simpler (but less reliable) way to confirm installation is to open Control Panel System Device Manager in Windows 95/98 or Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager in Windows 2000/XP and confirm the NI card under Data Acquisition Devices. This cannot be used for troubleshooting because Windows will frequently report malfunctioning I/O cards as "working properly". SIGNAL Reference Guide C-49

50 APPENDICES Test I/O card The following steps will test input and output functions on the installed I/O card. 10. An audio signal source, such as an electronic function generator or tape recorder playback, is required for the input test. 11. Connect the test signal to the first input channel on the card, which is channel 1 on the SIGNAL I/O panel or channel 0 on a National I/O panel. See the Operation section below for connection notes. Set the function generator to 1000 Hz, or play an audio signal. 12. Start the Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) from the desktop icon or Programs National Instruments Measurement & Automation. 13. Open the Devices and Interfaces folder and select your card. If you don't see your card, hit F5 to refresh the display. You should see the display shown under "Confirm installation of system driver and I/O card". In the right-hand pane, verify that the I/O card is device 1, otherwise NIDisk will not find it. 14. Click the Test Panel button to launch the Test Panel. 15. Select the Analog Input tab. Set Sample Rate to 100,000 Hz, Data Mode to One Shot, and Y Scale Mode to Auto Scale. Click Start to acquire and display 1000 samples of your signal (i.e., 10 msec). View the acquired time signal in the graph window. Ignore the offset on the voltage axis. Click Start as often as desired to acquire and display new data. Note: on some systems, the average voltage increases steadily with time toward a "flat-line" at 10 Volts. Click Start repeatedly to cure this. The Strip Chart option is not useful because it samples at about 20 Hz. 16. Connect the first output channel on the card to an oscilloscope or a loudspeaker at low volume (the output is 5 Volts, which could be ear-splitting). C-50 SIGNAL Reference Guide

51 Appendix C: I/O Hardware Installation 17. Select the Analog Output tab. Set Output Mode to Sine Generator, select channel 0, and set Update Rate to 100,000 Hz. Click Start Sine Generator. The card should produce a 100 Hz, 5-Volt peak signal (by repetitively outputting 1000 points at 100 khz sample rate). 18. Note: the Analog Input test may malfunction after running the Analog Output test, or after sitting idle for a few seconds. If so, relaunch the Test Panel. 19. Click Close, then exit MAX. Uninstall NI-DAQ system driver and I/O card Follow these steps to uninstall the NI-DAQ software and I/O card. 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Add/Remove Programs. 2. Select NI Measurement & Automation Explorer and click Remove. 3. Select NI-DAQ and click Remove. Connecting signals to the analog I/O board Analog I/O boards from National Instruments can be accessed through a cable and I/O panel available from Engineering Design or a cable and screw panel available from NI. See "Analog I/O Connections" in Appendix B, "Hardware Reference" for details. Sound Blaster-compatible Sound Card The support software for a Sound Blaster-compatible sound card or sound chip may be supplied with the card or may already be installed in the computer. 1. Install the sound card software as instructed by the manufacturer, if not pre-installed. 2. No card configuration is usually necessary. Windows 95/98/2000/XP Sound Blaster-compatible support normally applies to Windows 95/98/2000/XP (though some manufacturers omit Windows 95 support). SIGNAL Reference Guide C-51

52 APPENDICES Installation media Sound Blaster-compatible support software is either provided with the sound card on a CD containing card drivers, or is pre-installed on the computer, as in notebooks and desktops with built-in sound chips. C-52 SIGNAL Reference Guide