Installation

Notice Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your GPIB board. To avoid such damage in handling your board, touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your computer chassis before removing the board from the package.
Complete the following steps to install your interface:
  1. Make sure that your computer is powered off. Keep the computer plugged in so that it remains grounded while you install the GPIB hardware.
  2. Remove the top cover (or other access panels) to gain access to the computer expansion slots.
  3. Find an unused expansion slot in your computer. Your PCI board can be plugged into either a 3.3 V or 5 V, 32- or 64-bit PCI slot.
  4. Remove the corresponding slot cover on the back panel of the computer.
  5. Insert the GPIB board into the slot with the GPIB connector sticking out of the opening on the back panel, as shown in the following figure. It might be a tight fit, but do not force the board into place.

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    1 PCI Express Board

    2 PCI Express Slot

    3 Computer
  6. Screw the mounting bracket of the GPIB board to the back panel rail of the computer.
  7. Replace the top cover (or the access panel to the expansion slot).
  8. Power on your computer.

    The GPIB hardware installation is now complete.