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HOLT AN-6130PCIe MIL-STD 1553 User Manual page 14

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The PLX SDK installs a "Plx" folder on the root drive with several sub folders. The "PlxSdkUserManual" is
located in the C:\Plx\PlxSdk\Documentation folder. This is an important document for information on
installation, drivers, utilities and PLX API's for the PEX8311 PCIe interface.
Follow these steps to install the demo project into the PLX SDK Samples folder:
Install the PLX SDK.
Locate the zipped Holt demo project "PCIe 6130 test.zip" on the CD-ROM and unzip this project folder
into the C:\Plx\PlxSdk\Samples folder. Use this directory structure because some PLX files reference
other files in these directories.
Launch Microsoft Visual Studio and open the project using Open Project from the File menu, or from the
Open Project short cut that may appear on the Start Page. Alternately, double-click on the PCIe6130Test
project file in the PCIe6130 test project folder.
1. The Solution Explorer with the source files is shown on the left side. If this is not seen, then open the
Solution Explorer from the View menu at the top.
2. To run the program with the Visual Studio debugger, verify that the "Debug" configuration is
selected at the top. Build the solution from the Build menu using Build Solution or just press F7.
There should be no errors produced in the Output window.
3. Press the green arrow labeled "Local Windows Debugger" to run the program. The console output
should be displayed like the one shown in the Quick Start Guide.
4. To build an executable version of the demo code, select the "Release" configuration instead of
"Debug" and rebuild the project. The executable file is put into the "Release" sub folder of the
project folder. Use the "Debug" configuration for software development so that source level
debugging features are operational.
Note: When the SDK is installed a driver is installed for the PEX8311.
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