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Installing exfo labview drivers – EXFO FTB-500 User Manual

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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).

You can find the LabVIEW drivers on the DVD that came with your unit, on
the EXFO Web site at

www.exfo.com

, or on the National Instrument Web

Site at

www.ni.com

.

For more information, see Working with EXFO LabVIEW Drivers on
page 244.

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

Note: You cannot install LabVIEW software or drivers on your unit directly from a

CD. You must use a computer to transfer the required files to a USB key first.

To install the LabVIEW software:
1.
If you intend to install the LabVIEW software on your unit, transfer the

required files from the LabVIEW CD to a USB key using a computer. If
the CD also contains patches, retrieve them on the USB key as well.

2. From your computer, insert the LabVIEW CD in the CD-ROM drive.

OR

From your unit, connect the USB key containing the required files.