DI-4108 and DI-4208 Hardware Manual
Installation
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6. Software installation is complete - you will now see a “Successful Installation” box - click
OK
to exit W
IN
D
AQ
Installation.
You can now plug the device(s) into your PC. Click on the appropriate program group (specified above — default is
Start > Programs > WINDAQ) and click on “WinDaq Dashboard” to access W
IN
D
AQ
software.
Connect the Instrument to Your Computer
All DI-4108 and DI-4208 instruments can be connected to your computer’s USB port using the provided USB cable.
No external power is required when connected via the USB port. Connect one end of the communications cable to the
instrument port and the other to your PC’s port. Ethernet devices are equipped with a USB port and can be used as a
USB device. Open the WinDaq Dashboard to run WinDaq Data Acquisition software, set the device clock, and con-
figure and record data to a thumb drive.
Note: Use a powered USB hub or a USB port on your PC. Non-powered USB hubs may not have sufficient power to
run the instrument.
Install an Ethernet Device on Your Local Area Network
All Ethernet instruments are shipped DHCP-enabled. We recommend you setup a DHCP reservation on your network
for your data acquisition applications.
1. Find the MAC address of your DI-4x08. The device MAC address is printed on the bottom label of the device:
2. Login to your Router and ensure the DHCP server is enabled.
3. Access the DHCP Reservations, Static DHCP, or IP Allocations page/table.
4. Enter the MAC address of your device in the table (you may need to enter colons for proper format - for example,
001B1000232 may need to be 00:1B:81:00:02:32), enter an unused IP address in the table row (or allow your
router to select it for you if possible), and Select/Enable for DHCP Reservation.
5. Save your router settings.
6. Connect your DI-4x08 unit into your Local Area Network using the supplied Ethernet Cable.
7. Apply Power to the device if required. PoE devices can derive power from a PoE switch.
Open the WinDaq Dashboard utility to access device settings and run WinDaq Data Acquisition software. The
WinDaq Dashboard allows you to set the device clock, change your Ethernet settings (DHCP/Static), setup and
record to a thumb drive, access files on the thumb drive, and view live data.
If your device is not discovered in WinDaq Dashboard, connect it to your computer via the USB cable and configure
the Ethernet settings to allow for DHCP.
If the device is available in WinDaq Dashboard but you cannot run WinDaq Acquisition software, you may have the
application blocked in Windows Firewall. See
https://www.dataq.com/blog/data-acquisition-software/is-the-win-
dows-defender-firewall-blocking-windaq/
for more information and resolution.
