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Install the CAN Hardware
This section describes how to install your CAN hardware on the PCI, PCMCIA,
and PXI buses.
Install Your PCI-CAN Card
Caution
antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your system chassis to
discharge electrostatic energy, which can damage components on your
CAN card.
1. Be sure your computer is powered off and unplugged.
2. Remove the top cover (or other access panels) to give yourself access to the
computer expansion slots.
3. Find an unused PCI slot in your computer.
4. Remove the corresponding slot cover on the back panel of the computer.
5. Insert the CAN card into the slot with the CAN connector sticking out of the
opening on the back panel. It might be a tight fit, but do not force the interface
into place.
6. Screw the mounting bracket of the CAN card to the back panel rail of the
computer.
7. Replace the top cover (or the access panel to the expansion slot).
8. Proceed to the
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Before you remove the card from the package, touch the
Verify Your Installation
section.
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