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Setting Up the Texas Instruments 
6711 DSK Target

LabVIEW  DSP Module

Complete the following steps to configure the Texas Instruments 
6711 DSK target on Windows 2000 or Windows XP Service Pack 2 
or later.

Note

The TI 6711 DSK is not compatible with Windows Vista.

1.

Restart the computer and enter BIOS setup.

2.

Configure the parallel port settings in the BIOS of the host computer 
to set the printer port mode to EPP.

3.

Restart the computer.

4.

(Windows 2000)

 Reconfigure the Windows OS Device Manager to 

match the new settings in the BIOS.

5.

Connect the 6711 DSK parallel port connector to the parallel port on 
the host computer using a DB25 printer cable.

6.

Plug in the 6711 DSK power supply to a power source. Connect the 
2.5 mm power supply cable connector to the J4 power connector on the 
6711 DSK board. The power-on-self-test (POST) runs automatically 
when you turn on the power.

7.

Navigate to 

labview\Targets\NI\DSP\DSK6711\API\

hardware support\Setup

 and double-click 

Setup.exe

 to launch 

the 6711 DSK target installation program. Follow the instructions on 
the screen.

8.

Restart the host computer to update the Windows registry settings.

9.

Navigate to 

labview\Targets\NI\DSP\DSK6711\API\

hardware support\Setup

 and double-click 

DSKNTREG.BAT

 to 

launch the 6711 DSK configuration batch program. Follow the 
instructions in the DOS shell. The 6711 DSK configuration batch 
program modifies the Windows registry when you successfully 
configure the 6711 DSK target hardware.

10. Restart the computer to update the Windows registry settings.

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