September 23, 2002 Interfacing with Measurement Computing I/O   Driver Configuration and Addressing for Devices using the Universal Library  Driver Configuration  and Addressing for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP  Versions To set up your I/O devices or boards to work properly with LABTECH software, follow this basic procedure. Special Note: If you have installed Instacal from the CD that came with your hardware  before you installed LABTECH you should uninstall and reinstall Instacal since LABTECH installs its own default instacal which may conflict with the one on the Instacal CD.  Step 1 - Selecting  Measurement Computing during LABTECH software  installation  During the installation of your LABTECH software from the LABTECH  installation disks, the  installation prompts you to choose your hardware vendor and to select the level of installation: Typical, Compact, or Custom Installation. Typical  Installation : Choose Typical if you are installing a LABTECH system for the first time. Compact  Installation: Choose Compact if you want to conserve disk space.  Custom  Installation: Choose Custom if you have already  installed this version of LABTECH software and now wish to add hardware support (drivers) for additional  vendors. Selecting hardware  vendors - The installation program displays a list of hardware vendors for you to choose from.  A vendor is selected by clicking to the left of the vendor's name.  A check appears to show the vendor is selected. For example:       X  Measurement  Computing  Select only one  vendor during each installation. To select more  than one vendor, repeat the installation as a Custom  installation and select only the Drivers component. Step 2 –  Configuration of the Measurement Computing Driver Using  Instacal At the end of the LABTECH installation, Select Programs from the Windows Start menu. Select Hardware Guide from the LABTECH group and read the Hardware Interface Guide Help file .  This guide describes any special procedures that should be  performed now or immediately after you physically install the data acquisition device.  You should receive an Instacal CD with your Measurement Computing  I/0. Instacal should be  installed from this CD after LABTECH has been installed. This installation will  install the Instacal  driver configuration and I/O test utility as well as the Universal Library which LABTECH  uses to interface with this I/O family.        Turn off the computer and install your Measurement Computing  data acquisition device according to the manufacturer's directions. Restart your PC.  All devices which use the Universal Library are configured using Instacal. Instacal can be run by going to the Measurement Computing Start Menu and clicking on Instacal. Some devices which are not plug and play such as ISA cards and parallel port devices must be added to Instacal using the "add board" button. Other devices such as PCI  and PC-Cards which  are plug and play should be recognized by Instacal when it is Launched. Whether you have had to add the device or Instacal has recognized it  you will find that each device is given a Bd# X.  Make note of the Bd# displayed in the Instacal for each  device which you would like to install for use by LABTECH. These addresses are used in Step 3, below.        Board Configuration  in Instacal:             Each device has it's own configuration dialog in  Instacal. The dialog for             the CIO-DAS08 is shown below: For each device the addressing and  I/O modes should be inspected to make sure that they   match your hardware settings and application. Board  configuration dialogs for a PCIM-DAS1602/16 and CIO-EXP16 attached to it are shown below: Many device functions can be tested and calibrated from Instacal to verify correct hardware  operation prior to device installation in LABTECH. Step 3 - Device or  Board Setup in LABTECH Hardware  Installation Select Programs from the Windows Start menu. Select Hardware  Installation from the LABTECH  Start Menu or select Install Hardware from the Build-Time menu:       Select your particular Measurement Computing device or board from the listed devices. Scroll down the list to make sure you are selecting the proper device or  board. Click Add to add the board to the LABTECH installed devices. Depending on the device, the Hardware Installation will prompt you for  specific hardware  information. For devices using the Universal Library the information that will be asked for is the board number from Instacal. This number is the address obtained from the Instacal dialog shown in Step  2. Once the device has been added with the correct board number and I/O mode combination the  device will be able to be accessed by block types appropriate to the channel types on the device.   Removing  Devices  Use  Install Hardware to remove support for particular  devices or boards.  Simply select the device from the list of  installed devices and choose Remove.