Driver Installation; Operating The Dc4100 Series Remotely; Connecting A Device - THORLABS DC4100 Operation Manual

DC4100

4.3 Driver Installation

On the software download website, please also find an Instrument Driver package for DC4100
for programming in C, .Net. These drivers are being installed automatically together with the
Remote Control Application software and can be found at:
C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WINNT\Thorlabs DC4100 Series
In this directory you will find the drivers, a Programmer's Reference Manual and a sample for
C.
If the installer recognized a LabVIEW
be installed to the recognized LabVIEW
installation of a 32 bit LabVIEW 2011 to a Win7 64 bit system the path is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2011\instr.lib\DC4100 Ser-
ies\TLDC4100.llb
The TLDC4100.llb contains a number of driver VIs and a sample VI. They can also be ac-
cessed via the LabVIEW functions Palette ( -> Instrument I/O -> Instr Drivers -> TLDC4100).

4.4 Operating the DC4100 Series remotely

4.4.1 Connecting a Device

Please connect the DC4100 to your PC with the shipped USB cable. The USB socket is labeled
'USB' at the back of the main control. Windows recognizes the connected instrument and auto-
matically loads the necessary drivers:
To start the remote application, double click to the "DC4100 Series" software icon on your
desktop.
Use the green button or the menu option 'Connect...' to open the device selection dialog.
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