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User Manual PXA125
Windows 2000/XP Device
Driver Installation
A device driver is necessary for the PXA125 software to communicate
to the PXI boards. Windows applications cannot communicate to PXI
devices without a device driver installed. The PXI PXA125's
installation CD includes instrument drivers for supporting the required
Windows platform. In Windows 2000/XP, the installation package
cannot automatically assign device drivers for PXI devices and
therefore leaving for the Plug & Play Manager the responsibility for
detecting devices and prompting the user for the correct driver. To
assign a driver to a device, Windows refers to an *.INF file. The *.INF
file provides instructions for Windows as to which driver files to install
and which registry entries to insert. To install a driver for your
PXA125, complete the following steps:
1. Power down your computer and PXI chassis.
2. Insert the PXI PXA125 board into a free PXI slot.
Power on your PXI chassis
3.
4. Power on the computer. Windows should first detect the new
hardware device with a "Found New Hardware Wizard"
message box.
5. Windows then displays the "Found New Hardware Wizard" as
shown in Figure 2-9, which will search for new drivers
Follow the procedure as shown below.
6.
Figure 2-9 – The Welcome to the Found New Hardware
Press Next and select one of the options in the dialog box below. We
recommend that you check the "Search for a suitable driver for my
device" option as shown in Figure 2-10.
Wizard
Installation 2-27
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