5‐ PCIe cards

First, the PCIE-GPIB card:

Follow the next steps:

• Before installing the 82351B verify that the shipping container has the following items:

  • Keysight 82351B PCIe-GPIB Interface Card.
  • Low profile Bracket.
  • Quick Start Poster.
  • DVD with Keysight IO Libraries Suite.

• Install the Keysight IO Libraries Suite, insert the DVD and click on it, after the libraries are installed there should be an IO icon on the Windows taskbar notification area. On the Keysight website you can also find the libraries.

• Install the card in the PC

  • Turn off the PC.
  • Remove the PC cover and find the PCIe slots.
  • The card can be plugged in a x4 or x8 slot too.
  • Replace the standard profile bracket with the low profile bracket.
  • Plug the card.
  • Put the PC cover.

• Connect the GPIB Instruments.

  Check the cable connection here

• Go to the taskbar notification area and click on the IO icon.

• The interface will open and there you can see the connection between the instrumentation.

• Refresh to check that every instrument is recognized.

Then, PCIE Network Adapter:

Unlike the other card, now we will start installing it in the pc:

We need to find other PCIE slots for the installation:

Now, with the card installed follow the next steps:

• Connect the LAN cable to the PCIE Network Adapter port.

• With the card's package there must be a small CD:

• Open the device manager, click on Network Adapters, right-click on Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller and click Update Driver.

• Select Browse my computer for driver software.

• Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.

• Have disk.

• Click browse, computer, find your windows version and choose the .inf file, click ok.

• Select Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller, not the (windows) one.

• Click next, finish and restart the pc.