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Quick Start Guide:
STEP 1
Check Components and Details
Make sure your Data Acquisition (DAQ) Device includes the following components:
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STEP 2
Additional Components Required
To complete the NI Terminal Board set up, you will need the following:
RCP Toolkit
ni.com/labviewtools/rcp
STEP 3
Install NI LabVIEW™ Add-ons
Make sure LabVIEW™ and required add-ons are installed.
• LabVIEW™
• NI-DAQmx
• Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping Toolkit®
NI M and X Series Terminal Board
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Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping Toolkit for NI LabVIEW™
Visit www.ni.com/labviewtools/rcp
Note:
Note:
installed after LabVIEW. See the RCP Toolkit Installation Guide for
more information www.quanser.com/products/rcptk/documentation
1. NI M and X Series Terminal Board
2. NI PCI/PCI Express Data
Acquisition Device
3. 68-pin shielded ribbon cable
(NI SHC68-68, can be purchased
with NI PCI/PCIe DAQ device)
4. RCA to RCA (analog loopback) cable
(supplied with NI M and X Series)
5. Quanser Workstation Resources*
(includes User Manual and
Quick Start Guide)
Set Up and Configuration
*Download from the RCP Toolkit Resources
at www.ni.com/labviewtools/rcp.
Quanser educational solutions
are powered by:
must be purchased separately.
The Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) Toolkit must be
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Summary of Contents for Quanser NI M Series
- Page 1 Install NI LabVIEW™ Add-ons Make sure LabVIEW™ and required add-ons are installed. • LabVIEW™ Note: The Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) Toolkit must be • NI-DAQmx installed after LabVIEW. See the RCP Toolkit Installation Guide for more information www.quanser.com/products/rcptk/documentation • Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping Toolkit®...
- Page 2 STEP 4 Install Data Acquisition Device The installation procedure for the NI PCI/PCIe data acquisition device is shown below. For detailed instructions, go to http: //www.ni.com/gettingstarted/ or the User Manual (enclosed with shipment) Confirm that the software components listed Power off and unplug your computer. in Step 3 have been installed.
- Page 3 Examples... from the Help Menu 2. In the NI Example Finder dialog, when browsing In the RCP CL HIL Analog Loopback Example.lvproj according to Task, open the Toolkits and Modules/Quanser example, double-click on the RCP CL HIL Analog Rapid Control Prototyping/Hardware folder.
- Page 4 Review the following recommendations before contacting Quanser’s technical support engineers. You are getting ‘VI Missing’ • Make sure you installed the LabVIEW™ add-ons listed in Step 3, such as the Quanser messages when Rapid Control Prototyping Toolkit®. opening the NI DAQ Test.