National Instruments NI PCIe-8361 User Manual

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Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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Caution
To keep the manufacturer/model name tables or the VME device configuration 
from a previous installation, be sure to back them up before starting Setup. They are in the 
TBL
 subdirectory of your NI-VXI directory, usually 
Program Files\National 
Instruments\VXI
.
Setup is an interactive, self-guiding program that installs the NI-VXI and 
NI-VISA software and configures your system to use the software with 
the VXI-MXI-Express. Complete the following steps to perform the 
installation.
1.
Insert the CD. When prompted, select Install NI-VXI from the menu.
If no menu appears when the CD is inserted:
a.
Select Start»Run and enter the following text, where 
X
 is your 
CD drive (usually D):
X:\setup.exe
b.
Click the OK button to begin installing NI-VXI.
2.
Click the Next button at the Welcome screen to start the installation 
and accept the license agreement.
Note
If you have a previous version of the NI-VXI software installed, Setup installs the 
new version over the previous version.
3.
Select the installation features from the Features screen.
For more information about the NI-VXI API, refer to Chapter 3, 
4.
Click the Next button. After reading the license agreement(s), confirm 
your acceptance.
5.
Click the Next button. Confirm that you are ready to install and click 
Next again to begin the installation.
6.
Setup now copies the necessary files to your hard drive and creates 
program icons.
Completing the Software Installation
Review the information in any 
README
 files that Setup prompts you 
to read.
When the installation process completes, reboot the system for the changes 
to take effect. If you backed up the manufacturer and model name files, 
restore them to the 
TBL
 subdirectory of your NI-VXI directory before 
running MAX.