Verifying the Installation

To verify proper DIO board installation, install the software first, and then use the Panel to configure the driver and initialize the board. To access the Panel, GTDIO software must be installed. Run the panel by selecting Marvin Test Solutions, GTDIO, DIO Panel from the Windows Start menu.

Initializing DIO Boards

A DIO board installation is successful if the driver configuration database can be updated and all boards can be initialized.

When software installation is complete, do the following to configure and initialize the new boards.

1.    Run PXI/PCI Explorer from the Windows Control Panel or from the Windows Start menu, Marvin Test Solutions, HW, PXI/PXI Explorer.

2.    Make sure that your chassis is configured as described in configuring your PXI System using PXI/PCI Explorer. Locate your DIO board under PXI/PCI Explorer note the chassis number and the slot number it appears under.

3.    Configure the DIO boards according to the procedure at The GTDIO Panel in the Software User's Guide.

4.    Click Initialize to accept the domain configuration.

5.    If the new DIO board(s) can be successfully configured and initialized, installation is successful, the memory density and number of SIMMs displays for each board.