Hi,
I have a PCI-GPIB card installed in my PC. It controls a GPIB instrument. The PC program is in visual c++. It was working well for a while. A few days ago, the instrument was not responding as I expected. I found that the PCI device was not recognized in Device Manager. So I tried to install the driver, which is NI-488.2 version 3.1.1. I think I didn't install it successfully. After that I still could not see the controller in Device Manager. So I played with Scan new hardware a few times and then I used "Choose the file myself" and pick a windows default driver. Then I can see the controller in Device Manager. However, I still cannot see this controller in NI's software. It worked for one day and now it stops working again. I think I need to install NI-488.2 properly. I don't know how. I hope there is a step by step instruction somewhere.
When I extracted NI-488.2 version 3.1.1, I ran this autorun.exe. Then I chose Install software. Then I chose to install a package for c/c++. What did I do wrong? I don't remember seeing driver mentioned anywhere.
Please help.