1.4  Installation

        1.  Installation of Plug&Play cards
        2.  Installation of ISA cards

Installation background   The installation process of INES GPIB for Windows constists of two parts. First, the device drivers for the interface card(s) must be installed. This process is guided by the Hardware Wizard. The Hardware Wizard is started whenever a new, unknown devices is mounted, inserted or attached to the computer. After the device driver software has been installed successfully, the generic software components are installed by setup.exe.

1.4.1  Installation of Plug&Play cards

Minimum requirements   In order to install INES GPIB for Windows successfully you need

• A Microsoft Windows compatible Personal Computer
• one or more ines GPIB interface card(s) of any of the following type(s)
  • GPIB-PCI (12.002.00)
  • GPIB-PCMCIA
  • GPIB-PCI-XL
  • GPIB-PCMCIA-XL (32 bit Cardbus)

Removal of previous installations   If a previous version of INES GPIB for Windows is installed remove it prior to installation by using <distribution-dir-or-drive>\tools\igclreg.exe

Installation procedure   Follow these steps to install a ines Plug&Play card:

1. Always follow the instructions of the computer manufacturer for the installation of add-on cards.
2. Insert the card into a free slot, turn on the computer and start Windows. If you have more than one card to install, insert all cards.
3. Windows recognizes the new hardware. Let the Hardware Wizard search for a driver and choose CD-ROM as source.
4. After the Hardware Wizard has finished, execute setup.exe from the installation CD. Follow the instructions of the installation program.

1.4.2  Installation of ISA cards

ISA cards are different to Plug&Play cards. Because the presense of hardware cannot be detected automatically, the card(s) must be added explicitely to the system.

Minimum requirements   In order to install INES GPIB for Windows successfully you need

• A Microsoft Windows compatible Personal Computer with ISA or PC/104 expansion bus
• one or more ines GPIB interface card(s) of any of the following type(s)
  • GPIB-PC104
  • GPIB-PC (NEC 7210 C installed)
  • GPIB-PC-HS (iGPIB 7210 1.1 installed)

Removal of previous installations   If a previous version of INES GPIB for Windows is installed remove it prior to installation by using <distribution-dir-or-drive>\tools\igclreg.exe

Installation procedure   Follow these steps to install a ines ISA card:

1. Carefully configure the IRQ and IO settings of your card to use non-conflicting resources. Unresolved resource conflicts could damage your hardware. Disable all DMA channels. NOTE your settings!
2. Install (all) INES GPIB ISA card(s)
3. Power on again your computer.
4. Select ⇒Windows ⇒Settings ⇒Control Panel ⇒Add/Remove Hardware . The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard appears.
5. Select ⇒Add/Troubleshoot a device, ⇒Next . Windows does search for new Plug&Play hardware.
6. Select ⇒Add a new device ⇒Next.
7. Select ⇒No, I want to select hardware from a list ⇒Next .
8. Select ⇒Other devices .
9. Select ⇒Have Disk , direct Windows to your distribution disk or directory.
10. Select the type of your INES GPIB card
11. Enter the resources assigned in step 1. If you cannot assign a resource because Windows reports it as allocated: Quit the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard and see Troubleshooting Conflicting Resources below.
12. Select ⇒Yes
13. Select ⇒ Start Hardware Installation
14. Repeat starting with step 5 for each card not yet installed. Otherwise allow the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard to reboot your computer.
15. Use the Windows Device Manager to verify the installation. Each device installed must appear as properly functioning device.
16. After the Hardware Wizard has finished, execute setup.exe from the installation CD-ROM (or the directory containing the distribution content) and follow the instructions of the installation program. This adds the generic software components to your computer.

Troubleshooting Conflicting Resources   If Windows reports Resources as being allocated:

• there might be a real resource conflict with existing hardware. Reconfigure the cards in question and start again.
• there might be remains from previously installation attempts, icglreg.exe was not able to remove automatically. In this case open the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, Choose ⇒Deinstall Device and deinstall the devices wrongly reported as conflicting.