National Instruments NI PCIe-8255R Quick Start Manual

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NI PCIe-8255R User Manual 10 ni.comFigure 5. Closed Ferrite on the Power Supply Cable4. Plug the power supply cord into an outlet.The orange LED on the NI 8255R front panel will illuminate when thecomputer is on and an isolated power supply is properly connected.Configuring the NI 8255RCaution Updating your computer to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 may decreasethe performance of your IEEE 1394 devices. Refer to the NI KnowledgeBase article3J0A446W or Microsoft Knowledge Base article 885222 for more information.After you have installed the NI 8255R and powered on your computer,Windows will recognize the device and assign resources to it. UseMeasurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), the National Instrumentsconfiguration utility, to configure the IEEE 1394 camera connected to theNI 8255R for acquisition.Note You must install NI Vision Acquisition Software 8.2 or later before configuring yourcamera in MAX. Refer to the NI Vision Acquisition Release Notes for information aboutconfiguring your camera.Related DocumentationThe following documents contain additional information about theNI 8255R:• NI Vision Acquisition Software Release Notes—This documentcontains information about how to install the driver software.• LabVIEW Help—This document contains reference information forthe NI-IMAQ I/O shutdown states VIs, terminal references for theconfigurable I/O module on the NI-IMAQ I/O device, and parameter1 Power Supply Output Cable 2 Ferrite12