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Carefully lower the board into the PCI expansion slot using the card guide to properly align the
board in the slot.
CAUTION: DO NOT FORCE THE BOARD INTO PLACE. MOVING THE BOARD
FROM SIDE TO SIDE DURING INSTALLATION MAY DAMAGE THE BUS
CONNECTOR. IF YOU ENCOUNTER RESISTANCE WHEN INSERTING THE BOARD,
REMOVE THE BOARD AND TRY AGAIN.
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When the bottom of the board contacts the bus connector, gently press down on the board until it
clicks into place.
Secure the board in place at the rear panel of the system unit using the screw removed from the slot
cover.
Power up the computer.
If you installed the DT300 Series software (as described above), the DT300 Series device
driver is automatically loaded. If you have not installed the software, ensure that you do
so now.
Once you have installed the DT300 Series driver from the Data Acquisition OMNI CD,
installed a DT300 Series board, and powered up the host computer, the New Hardware
Found dialog box appears. Perform the following steps to load the device driver in
Windows XP:
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Click Next.
Click Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended).
Click Specify a location, and click Next.
Browse to Windows/System32/Drivers/DT300.Inf, then click Open.
Click Ok.
Click Next. The files are copied.
Click Finish.
Open the Control Panel.
Double-click the Open Layers Control Panel icon.
Select the DT300 Series board to configure, then click Advanced. By default, the prompt Handles
Overloaded Bus? is checked.
11. When you are finished, click Close.
Finally the DT321 board needs to be set-up in Control Panel to be able to communicate
with COMPEND software.
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Open the windows Control Panel.
Launch the Open Layers Control Panel. The open layers control panel will be displayed on the
screen.
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