data aquisition board installation,how to get the operation system know that the board exsist and to give it a number?

[fenny]

I'm a green hand on hardware. This question is maybe kind of a silly quetsion.
I already have a data acquisition board installed (built-in) and there is the corresponding program to control it.
Now I need to install another board to the computer, and make the necessary Vi to control the new board. I'm wondering what should be the procedure like? HOW to get the computer know the new board. Should there be any driving program coming along with the hardware. Or the operation system should get to know the existing of the new hardware once it's installed( i mean plug in). Thank you for your kind reply! :):)

[LYu]

Hi Fenny,

What is the model number of the second board? If your existing driver has support for this board (which I'm assuming is a NI board, and it's plug and play), your OS (which I'm assuming is Windows) should recognize it when you start up your computer after installation. You can find out the driver support for your board and OS from the link below. If the installation was successful, you should be able to see the new board in the Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) under "Devices and Interfaces". If you can see the board in MAX, there will be a device number assigned to the board, which you can use in your VI to communicate with it.

If any of the above assumptions is incorrect, please provide some details (i.e. hardware used, driver you currently have installed, OS, and the application you'd like to use this new board for), and we can work from there.

Data Acquisition (DAQ) Installation/Configuration Troubleshooter

Thanks,
Lesley Y.

[fenny]

THANKS for your help!
Actually I did not know the Model number yet, becaue we did not buy it yet, but It's in planning. but I think it should be NI product. and it's different from what we alreday have (NI board also). I think it's a model with faster sampling rate(what we alreday have is 120,000 samples/sec), to meet our needs.
I will post again if I couldnot figure it out when it arrives, hopefully in this summer.

thanks again!

Fenny