Instruction manual

AMPDIO DRIVERS
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2 GETTING STARTED
2.1 General Information
The installed software package contains a number of ready-to-run Windows 32-bit executable
programs. These programs allow the user to perform I/O operations on the target card
immediately after installing the board and software onto a PC.
2.2 Installing the Software
2.2.1 Software Installation from CD-ROM
To install the AMPDIO driver software from CD-ROM you will first need to decompress it on to
your hard disk.
From the start/run menu, browse the Amplicon “SOFTMAN” CD. From the software directory run
AMPDIO.EXE (or ADIO32.EXE on some versions) and follow the on screen instructions.
For AMPDIO 4.46 and earlier, once the software has been decompressed onto your hard drive, if
the setup program does not run automatically, run the installation program
C:\AMPLICON\AMPDIO\SETUP.EXE (C:\AMPLICON\ADIO32\SETUP.EXE on some versions).
This is not necessary for AMPDIO 5.00 and later.
The source code and examples will have been decompressed into sub directories in the target
directory. For AMPDIO 5.00 and later, installation of the source code and examples is optional.
2.3 Installing ADIO cards in the system
Once the AMPDIO software has been installed, it is necessary to install the drivers for your card
onto the operating system. The way this is done varies between the various Windows operating
systems.
Note: PCI ADIO cards are ‘plug and play’ and the operating system will try to install the drivers
automatically. It may need some manual assistance to find the driver files.
For AMPDIO 5.00 and later, the AMPDIO.EXE program can pre-install the driver files as a
Windows driver package for Windows 2000 onwards. Installing the Windows driver package for
Windows 2000 onwards updates the drivers for any Amplicon ADIO cards already installed in the
system. It also lets the system know about Amplicon ADIO cards before the first card is installed.
For Windows 2000 onwards, the Windows driver package will be installed when the ‘AMPDIO
Device Driver’ component is selected when running the AMPDIO.EXE installation program. On
later versions of Windows it is also necessary to press the ‘Install’ button on the ‘Windows
Security’ dialog that pops up during installation.
2.3.1 Installing a card in Windows 7
Installing a card in Windows 7 requires AMPDIO version 5.00 or later, but version 5.04 or later is
recommended as it installs a hardware installation guide specific to Windows 7.
It is recommended to install the driver as a Windows driver package as described in section 2.3.