Chapter 2
Hardware and Software Installation
NI CardBus-8310-to-PXI Expansion User Manual
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7.
The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear again, and
will find another PCI to PCI bridge, because there are two bridge chips.
Follow the instructions outlined in steps 4 through 7 to successfully
install the second PCI to PCI bridge.
8.
The Found New Hardware Wizard will now detect the PXI modules
that have been installed in the PXI chassis. Follow the same procedure
described in steps 4 through 7 to successfully install each module.
Note
Remember that PXI devices in the chassis will not be recognized unless the
device-specific driver has been installed. The devices will show up as generic PCI devices
and will not operate properly.
Verifying the Installation
Go to
Start»Control Panel»Printers and Other Hardware»System»
Hardware»Device Manager
and make sure
View device by connection
is selected. From there, go to
ACPI»Microsoft ACPI-Compliant
System»PCI Bus
. Open the device branches until you reach the CardBus
bridge. Under this entry you should see any hardware that is installed in the
PXI chassis. In Figure 2-7, a PXI-GPIB card has been installed in a
PXI chassis.
