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Installing exfo labview drivers – EXFO FTB-500 (Window XP) User Manual

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Getting Started with Your FTB-500

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Installing EXFO LabVIEW Drivers

Installing EXFO LabVIEW Drivers

Before being able to work with EXFO LabVIEW drivers, you must install the
following elements on your computer or on your FTB-500:

National Instruments LabVIEW software and the corresponding
patches.

EXFO LabVIEW drivers (including demo applications to help you get
started with the drivers).

For more information, see Working with EXFO LabVIEW Drivers on
page 228

Note: Only administrator-level users can install software under Windows XP.

To install the LabVIEW software:
Follow the instructions provided with your LabVIEW installation CD.

To install the EXFO LabVIEW drivers:
1.
Insert the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2. Start the installation process as follows:

2a. On the Windows taskbar, click Start and select Run.

2b. In the Open box, locate Labview Drivers\setup.exe on the storage

device where the drivers are located.

2c. Click OK to start the InstallShield Wizard and follow the on-screen

instructions.

For easier use, the drivers will be installed in LabVIEW’s default
instrument library folder:
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6\instr.lib\EXFO.