National Instruments VXI-USB User Manual

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-USB. Complete the following steps to perform the installation:

1.

For the CD, select Start»Run and enter the following text, where 

 is 

your CD drive (usually D):

X:\setup.exe

Press <Enter>. Typically, this setup program runs automatically when 
you insert the CD.

2.

Click the Next button at the Welcome screen to start the installation 
and accept the license agreement.

If you have a previous version of the NI-VXI software installed, Setup installs the 

new version over the previous version.

3.

Select the type of installation from the Installation Options screen.

•

Typical setup installs runtime support and NI-VISA development 
support.

•

Complete setup installs everything including NI-VXI API 
development support. For more information about the NI-VXI 
API, refer to Chapter 3, 

•

Custom setup gives you more control over which driver 
components you want installed on your system. This option is 
recommended for advanced users.

4.

Click the Next button. Confirm that you are ready to install and click 
Next again to begin the installation.

5.

Setup now copies the necessary files to your hard drive and creates 
program icons.

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,