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2.2 DOS
AND/OR WINDOWS 3.X
Most users are now installing boards on systems with Windows 95 or higher operating systems. However, if you
wish to install your PCI board in a machine running Windows 3.1 and/or DOS your BIOS will automatically detect
the board on boot-up. In this case please proceed to the following section titled “InstaCAL”
Note: InstaCal and Universal Library support for the PCI-DAS1200/JR is not currently available in DOS or
Windows 3.x. If you are going to be using the /JR board with DOS or Windows 3.1, call Technical Support for
assistance.
2.2.1 Install the InstaCal software
Insta
Cal installs the same way for Windows 3.x as it does for Windows 95. (i.e., setup.exe). See paragraph 2.1.1. If
you are running DOS, call Technical suppport for special sequences.
2.2.2 Launching InstaCal
Prior to starting
Insta
Cal, reboot your computer so the various changes made to your startup files are active.
From the DOS prompt you may start
Insta
CAL by simply typing:
instacal
and hitting enter.
From Windows 3.x, use the file manager to find
instacal.exe
. It should be on your main hard drive in a directory
called C:\CB. (if C:\ is your main hard drive). To launch
Insta
CAL, simply double click on the file
Instacal.exe
.
(You may also launch
Insta
Cal via the FILE menu, select
RUN
, type
instacal
and click on
OK
.)
2.2.3 Using InstaCal
Insta
Cal is the Installation, Calibration and Test software supplied with all I/O boards. If you have
a PCI board installed in a PCI slot in your computer, the first message
Insta
Cal displays is:
INSTACAL: PCI Card Detection
Card PCI-DAS1200 found in slot # N
Do you wish to add this board to the configuration file?
A dialog box “Add PCI Card?” also appears. You should choose
yes
.
Two additional dialog boxes will open. One shows the boards currently installed in your configuration file, the
second allows you to choose a board number to assign to the PCI board. If this is your first installation simply hit
enter to accept the default of BOARD 0.
If you have other boards already installed, choose a board number not currently in use.
Insta
Cal will do the rest of
the initial installation of your PCI board selecting addresses and other system resource settings which are not your
choice to select. In PCI systems, these settings are assigned by the plug & play system software.
Insta
Cal help is available by pressing the F1 function key. Most of
Insta
Cal is intuitively obvious and for that reason
there is no user's manual for
Insta
Cal.
The base address is allocated by the PCI plug & play procedure and may not be modified. If you have installed ISA
bus boards in the past you are familiar with the need to select a base address and interrupt level. On PCI systems this
is not of concern to you. It is not up to you to select a base address and ensure that it does not conflict with an
installed port. In PCI systems, the operating software and installation software do the selection and checking for
you.
The program
Insta
Cal selects and sets the base address from the range of available addresses. The address and other
information is stored in the configuration file CB.CFG. This file is accessed by the Universal Library for program-
mers. Note also that the Universal Library is the I/O board interface for packaged applications such as Labtech
Notebook and HP-VEE, therefore the
Insta
Cal settings must be made in order for these and other applications to run.
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