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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
© National Instruments Corporation 2-3 PXI-8461 or PXI-8460 and NI-CAN for Windows 98/95
4. Touch a metal part on your chassis to discharge any static electricity
that might be on your clothes or body.
5. Insert the PXI board into the selected 5 V slot. Use the injector/ejector
handle to fully inject the device into place. Figure 2-2 shows how to
install the PXI board into a PXI or CompactPCI chassis.
Figure 2-2. Installing the PXI Hardware
6. Screw the front panel of the PXI board to the front panel mounting rail
of the PXI or CompactPCI chassis.
7. Turn on your PXI or CompactPCI chassis and start Windows.
Windows should automatically detect the hardware and associate it
with the NI-CAN software. A New Hardware Found dialog box
appears, then goes away on its own. If the dialog box does not go away,
select Windows default driver and click on the OK button.
1 Injector/Ejector Handle (In Down Position)
2 PXI Board
3 PXI Chassis
4 Injector/Ejector Rail
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