Installing The Hp 816X Instrument Driver - HP 8163A Series Programming Manual

Installing the HP 816x Instrument Driver

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Installing the HP 816x
Instrument Driver
The HP 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver comes as a self-extracting archive
with an installation wizard. The installation wizard extracts all the files to preset
destinations, asking you appropriate questions as it does so.
You install the driver by running the executable hp816x.exe.
1 Run hp816x.exe, you see a Welcome screen telling you that the HP 816x
VXIplug&play Instrument Driver will be installed and the instruments that
support the driver.
2 Press Next> to continue.
If you are not an administrator, you see a VXIplug&play window, and a
message telling you that some if you proceed with the installation, some
information will NOT be visible to all users. This means that any program
menu options will only be available to the user that performed the installation.
If you are the administrator all program menu options will be visible for all
users.
If you see the message in Figure 8, press Yes to install the driver or press No
and contact your administrator.
Figure 8 Non-Administrator Installation Pop-Up Box
N O T E If HP 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver is already installed on your system,
you see a message asking you if you want to uninstall the old version.
Press Yes, if required, then wait until you see a message telling you that the
uninstall has been successful. You may be asked for permission to remove shared
files.
Then press Yes to continue.
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