User manual

can simultaneously run depends on the speed of your computer (it should at least be a dual-core), and

the rate at which you run and save sweeps during an experiment (be sure to test beforehand).

To install a second M- or X-Series board in your computer perform the following steps:

1) Make sure the WinLTP program that uses the “Dev1” board is not running.

2) Install a second National Instruments M- or X-Series board into your computer. Run National

Instruments Measurement and Automation Explorer program (MAX) and make sure that this second

board is called “Dev2”. If it is not, then rename it in MAX.

3) Copy the contents of the \WinLTP folder into a second folder and rename the folder, say to

\WinLTP_Dev2

You do not need to copy any of the subfolders of \WinLTP.

4) Make a shortcut for the WinLTPm210.exe file in the \WinLTP_Dev2 folder, put it on the Desktop, and

give it a new title of say,

WinLTP M,Xseries Dev2

5) Then run the WinLTP program that is to use the “Dev2” board. Once it has started up, use the menu

commands (Fig. 3.2.4):

Option -> Set M,X-Series Board Device Number…

to call up the Set M,X-Series Board Device Number dialog box (Fig. 2.4.7.1).

The current M,X-Series board and Device Number is presented at the top of the dialog box. - in the

example in Fig. 2.4.7.1 it is:

PCI-6221, “Dev1”

Then you set the second M,X-Series board to the desired Device Number that is found in MAX, which in

Fig. 2.4.7.1 is:

PCIe-6321, “Dev2”

so you would enter 2 into the “Dev ” field box.

Then you click the ‘OK’ button. This will automatically save the new Device Number (in Fig. 2.4.7.1 it is

“Dev2”) to a “Mseries_DeviceNUmber.ini” file in the \WinLPT folder, and then WinLTP will automatically

exit. Then you have to manually restart WinLTP. During startup, WinLTP will read the new Device

Number from the “Mseries_DeviceNumber.ini” file, and use this Device Number to initialize WinLTP for

the correct second board found in MAX (in the example in Fig. 2.4.7.1 its PCIe 6321).

WinLTP has to be manually restarted because WinLTP will only correctly initialize the new Device

Number and board during startup.