Table Of Contents - Measurement Computing miniLAB 1008 User Manual

Table of Contents

Preface
About this User's Guide.....................................................................................vii
What you will learn from this user's guide................................................................... vii
Conventions in this user's guide................................................................................... vii
Where to find more information ................................................................................. viii
Documents on your local drive............................................................................................... viii
Documents on MCC's web site .............................................................................................. viii
Chapter 1
Introducing the miniLAB 1008......................................................................... 1-1
miniLAB 1008 block diagram .................................................................................... 1-2
Software features......................................................................................................... 1-2
InstaCal .................................................................................................................................. 1-3
TracerDAQ............................................................................................................................. 1-3
Universal Library.................................................................................................................... 1-4
SoftWIRE Graphical Programming limited time license........................................................ 1-4
SoftWIRE MCC DAQ Components for .NET........................................................................ 1-5
SoftWIRE MCC DAQ Controls for VB6 ............................................................................... 1-6
Universal Library for LabVIEW ............................................................................................ 1-6
Connecting a miniLAB 1008 to your computer is easy .............................................. 1-7
Chapter 2
Installing the miniLAB 1008............................................................................. 2-1
What comes with your miniLAB 1008 shipment? ...................................................... 2-1
Hardware ................................................................................................................................ 2-1
Software ................................................................................................................................. 2-2
Documentation (PDF format) ................................................................................................. 2-2
Unpacking the miniLAB 1008 .................................................................................... 2-3
Be sure you are using the latest system software ........................................................ 2-3
USB driver.............................................................................................................................. 2-4
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) ....................................................................... 2-4
.NET Framework.................................................................................................................... 2-4
Installing the miniLAB 1008 ...................................................................................... 2-5
Installing the software................................................................................................. 2-5
Installing InstaCal, TracerDAQ, and the Universal Library ................................................... 2-6
Installing Universal Library for LabVIEW............................................................................. 2-7
Installing SoftWIRE Graphical Programming........................................................................ 2-8
Installing SoftWIRE MCC DAQ Components or Controls .................................................... 2-8
Setting up the miniLAB 1008 with InstaCal............................................................... 2-9
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