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Connecting Instruments to USB
Step 2: Connect Instruments to USB
Steps to Connect
USB Instruments
Use the steps in this figure to directly connect USB instruments to a
Windows 98(SE)/Me/2000/XP PC. If you have not yet installed I/O software
on your PC, go to Installing I/O Software
and install the software BEFORE
you connect USB instruments to your PC. When you have made the
connections for your system, go to Step 3: Set Instrument Alias Name
.
NOTE
If you have not yet installed I/O software on your PC, go to Step 1:
Install I/O Software on Your PC and install the software BEFORE you
connect USB instruments to your PC.
Be sure to use a USB 2.0-compliant USB cable, even if you are using
USB 1.1 operation.
PC
Instrument
USB Cable
a Connect PC end of
USB cable to USB
port on PC
b Apply power
to USB
instrument
c Connect instrument
end of USB cable to
USB port on instrument