Installing And Configuring Driverlinx For Das-800; Series Boards - Keithley DAS-800 series User Manual

Installing and Configuring DriverLINX for DAS-800

Series Boards

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Important: As a precaution against a system crash the first time you
install and test any new hardware, you should exit all other programs
and, if you use a disk cache, disable write caching. If the system does
crash and you're using disk compression software or a disk cache
utility, as a precaution after any crash, run the utility that checks the
directory structures.
This section describes how to install the DAS-800 Series standard
software package. The contents of these software packages are described
as follows:
DAS-800 Series standard software package - Shipped with
DAS-800 Series boards. Includes DriverLINX
Windows and function libraries for writing application programs such
as Microsoft Visual C++; Microsoft Visual Basic; Borland Delphi
utility programs; and language-specific example programs.
DriverLINX-
device drivers for Windows application development includes:
DriverLINX API DLLs and drivers supporting the DAS-800
–
Series hardware
– Analog I/O Panel - A DriverLINX program that verifies the
installation and configuration of DriverLINX to your
DAS-800 Series board and demonstrates several virtual
bench-top instruments
– Learn DriverLINX - an interactive learning and
demonstration program for DriverLINX that includes a
Digital Storage Oscilloscope
– Source Code - for the sample programs
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