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Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring Your NI 6034E/6035E/6036E

8. Visually verify the installation. Make sure the device is not touching

other devices or components and is fully inserted in the slot.

9. Plug in and turn on your computer.

The PXI-6035E/6036E device is now installed.

You are now ready to configure your hardware and software.

Configuring Your Hardware

Because of the National Instruments standard architecture for data

acquisition and standard bus specifications, the NI 6034E/6035E/6036E

device is completely software-configurable. Two types of configuration

are performed on the NI 6034E/6035E/6036E device: bus-related and data

acquisition-related.

The PCI-6034E/6035E/6036E device is fully compatible with the

industry-standard PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.2.The

PXI-6035E/6036E device is fully compatible with the PXI Specification

Revision 2.0. These specifications allow your PCI or PXI system to

automatically perform all bus-related configurations with no user

interaction. Bus-related configuration includes setting the device base

memory address and interrupt channel.

Data acquisition-related configuration, which you must perform, includes

such settings as analog input coupling and range, and others. You can

modify these settings using NI-DAQ or ADE software, such as LabVIEW

and Measurement Studio. Refer to your software documentation for

configuration instructions. Refer to Chapter 3, Hardware Overview, for

more information about the various settings available for your device.

To configure your device in Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX),

refer to

ni.com/manuals

to view either the DAQ Quick Start Guide or the

NI-DAQ User Manual for PC Compatibles, or launch MAX to access the

Measurement & Automation Explorer Help for DAQ (Help»Help Topics»

NI-DAQ).

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