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* ME-4000 Driver System 4.08 for Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP *
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In this README-file you find information
on the following topics:
- Supported Boards
- Supported Operating Systems
- Driver Components
* System Drivers:
* High Level Language Support:
* Graphical Programming Support:
- Installation Process
- New in this Version
- Contact per Phone or fax
Supported Boards:
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- ME-4000 family
(ME-6x00 family, not tested yet)
Supported Operating Systems:
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- Windows XP -> WDM driver package, see directory .\winwdm
(tested with personal version only)
- Windows 2000 -> WDM driver package, see directory .\winwdm
(tested with professional version only)
- Windows Me -> WDM driver package, see directory .\winwdm
- Windows 98 -> WDM driver package, see directory .\winwdm (all releases)
- Windows NT4 -> SYS driver package, see directory .\winnt (all service packs)
- DOS -> ME-SDK package, programming samples in C,
see directory ..\me-sdk
samples "as is" Meilhaus Electronic offers no support
- Linux -> LNX driver package, see directory .\linux
(*) If you use Windows 95, we recommend updating to a
newer Windows version and using the WDM driver.
Driver Components:
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* System Drivers:
The Windows system driver consists of operating system specific low level
driver, an user interface with the application programming interface (API)
and a board specific test program.
Kernel drivers for Linux: see appropriate readme file in the directory .\linux
* High Level Language Support:
Use the Meilhaus Electronic Software Developer Kit (ME-SDK)
(-> see the directory ..\me-sdk). Most of the following topics
are supported:
Bc samples for Borland C
BDelphi samples for Borland Delphi
DOS samples for MS-DOS (16 bit)
VBasic samples for Microsoft Visual Basic
VBA samples for MS Office
Vc samples for Microsoft Visual C
Test test program
* Graphical Programming Support:
Agilent VEE / HP VEE -> ME-VEE driver package see directory .\vee
LabVIEW -> LabVIEW driver see directory .\labview
Please read the additional readme.txt in the subdirectories.
If you don't find the sample what you need you have the
following possibilities:
- ask our support division (email: support@meilhaus.com)
- look for a similar sample included with the ME-SDK
Installation under Windows 98/Me/2000/XP:
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Please proceed step by step as described below. This is important
to guarantee a correct Plug&Play procedure as required under
Windows 98/Me/2000 (see also the description in the manual).
- Please install the board first into your computer
(see the manual of your board for hardware installation).
- After power up, the new board will be detected automatically by
the Windows "Hardware Wizard" and the message "New Hardware Found"
will be shown (The dialogs may differ slightly depending on your
Windows release).
- Insert the ME-Power CD with the driver software.
- Select the option "Search for a suitable driver for my device
(recommended)" and click "Next".
- Browse to the directory with the installation software. Mark the
INF file for the board to be installed and confirm with "OK".
-> System driver and API-DLL will be installed
-> The device class "Meilhaus DAQ-boards" will be added in the
device manager
-> The currently installed board will be added to the device class
"Meilhaus DAQ-boards"
-> The resource settings will automatically be assigned
- Reboot your computer.
- For high level language support, demos and test programs
please install the ME-Software-Developer-Kit (ME-SDK).
- Test the function of the board by the test program.
Installation under Windows NT 4.0
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- If you install from CD-ROM double click the file "Start" in the
root directory of the CD-ROM. Navigate to the driver installation
and start the setup program. Alternativly choose "Run" from the
Windows start menu and click "Browse". Enter the path for the
SETUP.EXE file of the board installation.
-> Kernel driver (*.SYS) and API-DLL will be installed.
- Reboot your computer.
- For high level language support, demos and test programs
please install the ME-Software-Developer-Kit (ME-SDK).
- Test the function of the board by the test program.
ME-SDK (optional):
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For programming of ME PCI boards with all common high level languages
the Meilhaus Electronic Software Developer Kit (ME-SDK) is provided.
It includes samples, test programs and tools for all ME PCI boards.
- Start the installation by running the file "setup.exe" in the directory
<CD>:\drivers\me-boards\me-sdk.
- Follow the instructions of the setup program
-> Libraries, samples and test programs will be installed to the
directory C:\Meilhaus\me-sdk (by default).
New in this Version
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0.09 -> 3.91: first release
3.91 -> 3.92: adaptions in me4000Ex.dll for Vee
3.92 -> 3.93: DLL: Bug removed in ADGetNewValues, ADSingle, ADStart
all: new firmware, TTL level inverted
3.93 -> 3.94: All: DIOBP operations bit 15 sometimes inverted
Ex: (Vee) MultiSigAIConfig
Ex: (Vee) new function: MultiSigAIDigitToSizeArray
Ex: (Vee) new function: MultiSigAOVoltToDigitArray
Ex: (Vee) me4000VEE_DIOBPWraparound short* to long*
DLL: timeoutcheck in Start routine
All: new firmware
3.94 -> 3.95: All: new firmware:
ANALOGE TRIGGER negation removed
SCAN and CHAN minimum scan time
DA sysncrone trigger
All: AISingle fixed
3.95 -> 3.96: All: new firmware:
several improvments
3.96 -> 4.00: All: new firmware
new AO functions
new Delphi Samples
4.00 -> 4.01: All: support of ME-4610 (Jekyll)
increase precision of temperature acquisition
4.01 -> 4.02: All: MultiSigThermo module support
support of new versions of ME-6x00
4.02 -> 4.03: SYS: Bug removed. Frequency for the Analog output was
incorrectly calculated.
4.03 -> 4.04 SYS: Special driver initialisation to support Compact-
PCI version.
4.04 -> 4.05 SYS: Bug removed. Incorrect handling of ME6x4x boards
(with 2 x DIO).
4.05 -> 4.06 SYS: Bug removed. After me4000AOReset the ouput voltage
was not necessarily reset to 0 V.
4.06 -> 4.07 SYS: Bug removed. After AOStop the software was not always
immediately ready for a new output.
4.07 -> 4.08 SYS: A number of errors which could only occur on
multi-processor machines, mostly only at very high
external trigger rates, were corrected.
The following problem was resolved:
In an analog acquisition, if the scan time was exactly
equal to the number of channels multiplied by the channel
time then the resulting sample rate was only half that
required.
Contact per Phone or Fax
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If you have sales questions, please contact
our sales department:
Phone: ++49 (0)89/890166-0
Fax: ++49 (0)89/808316
E-Mail: sales@meilhaus.de
If you have difficulties, caused by the driver,
please contact us by:
Fax-Hotline: ++49 (0)89/89016628
or
E-Mail: support@meilhaus.de
For updates, see the support section under www.meilhaus.com
End of README file *****************************************************
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.