Select The Device - Measurement Computing Data Translation DT9857 User Manual

Select the Device

To get started with your DT9857 or DT9857E module and the QuickDAQ application, follow
these steps:
1. Connect the DT9857 or DT9857E module to the USB port of your computer, and connect
your sensors to the module.
2. Start the QuickDAQ application.
The Device Selection window appears.
3. For the Device Family selection, select OpenLayersDevices.
By default, the application "discovers" all devices that are available for the specified
device family and displays the module name for the USB devices in the drop-down list. If
you want to refresh this list to determine if other devices are available, click Refresh.
4. Select the module name for the module that you want to use from the list of Available
Devices, and click Add.
Information about the device, including the model number, serial number, firmware version, driver
version, and scanning status is displayed.
5. (Optional) If you want to remove a device from list of selected devices, click the Row
Selector button for the device, and then click Remove.
6. Once you have added all the devices that you want to use with the application, click OK.
The latest state is saved and used when the application is next run, and the interface of the
QuickDAQ application is displayed.
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