For
the PCI-DIO-32HS to be recognized correctly by Windows, the Nidaq
drivers need to be installed. The Nidaq drivers are on the CD delivered
together with the PCI-DIO-32HS card. BioSemi does not advices
to use the drivers from the CD. We advice to use the "standalone"
Nidaq drivers from ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/daq/pc/ni-daq/6.9.3/
select the file "Nidaq693.exe". You do not need the additional
LabVIEW support file. (The LabVIEW support file is not needed because
the LabVIEW acquisition software of BioSemi is equipped with better
and faster "Virtual Instruments" for the communication
with the Nidaq drivers). |
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Installing the Nidaq driver software: |
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LabVIEW support needs to be selected, because the BioSemi acquisition
software provides a better and faster method of communication with
Nidaq then the VI's delivered by National Instruments. If you need
drivers for C/C++ support you can choose to select these here. |
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If
the Nidaq drivers are installed correctly, you must be able to run
"Measurement & Automation" (NIMax is located in: C:\Program
Files\National Instruments\MAX\NIMax.exe). |
If
you are not able to run "Measurement & Automation",
then un-install and re-install Nidaq again. |
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The Nidaq test:
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Press
"F5" or go to "Refresh". Now "Measurement
& Automation" will search for any cards. |
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Double
click on Devices and Interfaces. If "Measurement & Automation"
finds the PCI-DIO-32HS, it will be shown as in the picture below.
Now select the PCI-DIO-32HS and the "Test panel" button
will be visible. |
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Note:
If you have other National Instrument cards installed on your PC,
the configuration windows will show a list of them all, in this case,
make sure that the PCI-DIO-32HS is listed as "device 1",
otherwise, the BioSemi acquisition software will not be able to find
the card. |
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Now
run the "test panel" to check if the card works OK. In the
"test panel" you can select a digital line of the PCI-DIO-32HS
to be an output, and then set this line high or low. In the example
below, the first 4 lines are selected as output and their level is
set to high. The 4 first Line state LED's are red which indicate that
the outputs have become high indeed. |
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The device manager:
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If
the Nidaq drivers are installed correctly, then when the device manager
finds the card, it will be able to use the Nidaq drivers and display
it correctly as below: |
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If
the device manager could not find the drivers, it will be displayed
as this: |
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If
the card is listed as an "Other device", then delete
the device. |
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Now
scan for new hardware |
If
the device manager still does not detect the card, then the Nidaq
drivers have not been installed correctly. |
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Installing The "RunTimeEngine":
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The
LabVIEW RunTimeEngine is needed to run the Actiview .exe software
which we provide for customers who have not purchased the LabVIEW
programming environment. |
You
can download the RunTimeEngine from: ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/labview/runtime/windows/6.1/ |
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Installing LabVIEW:
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When
installing LabVIEW, you do not need all the components which are included
in the LabVIEW CDROM. |
- The "Run time engine" is needed for being able to run
.exe files built with the LabVIEW "Application builder"
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Of the drivers you only need the NIDAQ driver. And then only if you
haven't installed it already. |
You
can use the same install preferences as shown in the picture below: |
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