Model 3000 Demo v1.1 Program

  The Model 3000 Demo v1.1 program is a standalone application that demonstrates the 
basic features of the Model 3000 Digital Capacitance Meter and USB control under 
LabVIEW®. The demonstration program is written in LabVIEW® 7 and complied with 
National Instruments' (www.ni.com) Application Builder. Users without LabVIEW® 7 can  
run the application by installing the free LabVIEW® runtime engine included on the Model 
3000 application CD. 

  When the demonstration program is launched, a virtual Model 3000 front panel is 
displayed along with additional functions that include plots of the meter readings and 
histogram, offset adjustments, sample rate, and data logging to disk file. For many users, the 
Model 3000 Demo v1.1 program maybe all that is needed to acquire and store data. 
For users who wish to customize the demonstration program or write their own virtual 
instrument program, a complete set of LabVIEW® 7 VI's are available on the Model 3000 
application CD or can be downloaded from our website:

 www.glkinst.com/cmetersoftware/LabVIEW7VIs.zip

  To get started, follow the instructions below to unzip and install the "Model 3000 Demo 
v1.1.exe" program and the LabVIEW® 7 runtime engine. For users who own LabVIEW® 7, 
the runtime engine is already installed. There is no need to run the installer; simply launch 
the "Model 3000 Demo v1.1.exe" program after installation. For standalone applications and 
users without LabVIEW® 7, you will need to install the runtime engine (see below).

Quick Start for Existing LabVIEW® 7 Installations:

  If you already have LabVIEW® 7 installed, copy all of the files and subdirectories in the 
Model 3000 applications CD directory \LabVIEW7DemoPrograms\ to a local directory on 
your computer such as \LabVIEW Data\app\. Alternatively, they can be downloaded from 
our website:

 www.glkinst.com/cmetersoftware/LabVIEW7DemoPrograms/

These are the files and subdirectories that should be copied to your computer: 

LabVIEW Data\app\CmtrData.txt 
LabVIEW Data\app\Fonts\ 
LabVIEW Data\app\Model 3000 Demo v1.1.ini 
LabVIEW Data\app\Model 3000 Demo v1.1.exe 
LabVIEW Data\app\Readmefirst.txt
LabVIEW Data\app\Readmefirst.pdf

  Open the directory LabVIEW Data\app\Fonts\ and copy fonts "OPTIMI.TTF" and 
"OPTIM.TTF" to your C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ directory or to the location of the fonts on your 
computer. This completes the installation. 

  Connect the Model 3000 to the USB port on your computer. The Model 3000 is 
powered-up as soon as it is connected to a USB port. Make sure the USB drivers were 
installed properly. You can check the status of the USB drivers by looking at the "Device 
Manager" in the "Computer Management" console in Windows XP®.  Launch the "Model 
3000 Demo v1.1.exe" program, and a LabVIEW® 7 virtual instrument panel will appear. 
The panel should look identical to the screen shown in the link below:

 www.glkinst.com/cmetersoftware/LabVIEWScreenShots/image002.jpg

You are ready to exercise the meter and store data to disk files. The file "CmtrData.txt" 
contains example data collected previously by using options to "Write Data to File" or to 
"Append Data". The data are stored in tab-delimited format for easy input to a spreadsheet. 
Note: You must select each range manually from the instrument front panel; the range 
switch is not programmable through software.

Installation for Users without LabVIEW® 7:

  Unzip the installation program "LabVIEW7DemoInstallation.zip" to a local directory. 
This file can be found on the Model 3000 application CD or can be downloaded from our 
website: 

 www.glkinst.com/cmetersoftware/LabVIEW7DemoInstallation.zip

All files will be placed in a directory called LabVIEW Data\app\. The directory will contain 
the following programs and subdirectories:

data\
Fonts\
Installer\
Model 3000 Demo v1.1.exe
Model 3000 Demo v1.1.ini
Readmefirst.txt
Readmefirst.pdf

  Open the directory LabVIEW Data\app\Fonts\ and copy fonts "OPTIMI.TTF" and 
"OPTIM.TTF" to your C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ directory or to the location of the fonts on your 
computer.  Change to the installer directory LabVIEW Data\app\Installer\ and run 
"setup.exe". Upon completion of the setup program, the LabVIEW® 7 runtime engine is 
installed. This completes the installation. Connect the Model 3000 to the USB port on your 
computer and follow the instructions in the Quick Start section above to exercise the Model 
3000 Digital Capacitance Meter. 

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Note: USB drivers for Model 3000 Digital Capacitance Meter must be installed on your 
computer for LabVIEW® 7 to recognize and communicate with the instrument. USB drivers 
and installation procedure are available on the Model 3000 application CD or can be 
downloaded from our website: 

 www.glkinst.com/cmetersoftware/USBDriverRev100103.zip

The USB port on the Model 3000 uses the DLP-2232M module and FDTI FT2232C chip. 
The most recent information and drivers can be found on their websites: 

 www.dlpdesign.com/usb/2232m.html
 www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/FT2232CDrivers.htm

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Note: All software and drivers for the Model 3000 have been tested only on computers 
running Microsoft's Windows XP® Professional and Home editions. All of the Model 3000 
and FTDI VI's were written in LabVIEW® 7 and will not run in earlier versions of 
LabVIEW®. Contact National Instruments, www.ni.com, to upgrade to version 7 or later.

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Copyright 2005 	GLK Instruments  	3/8/2005

