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PCI Simple Communications Controller

Hardware: GPIB, Counter/Timers (TIO), Digital I/O (DIO), GPIB, Multifunction DAQ (MIO), Serial, Industrial Communications, Modular Instruments

Problem:
The Found New Hardware Wizard cannot find the driver for the PCI Simple Communications Controller. What is the PCI Simple Communications Controller and where is the driver?

Solution:
PCI stands for Peripheal Component Interconnect and is an industry standard bus for attaching peripheal devices to a computer. The PCI Simple Communications Controller is a generic label given by Windows to PCI boards installed in a PC when the drivers for the device are not installed.



You are likely receiving this error because you have not installed the driver for your PCI device.  To determine which device you need to install the driver for, you can follow the steps below:
  1. Right-click on the entry in Device Manager and select Properites
  2. In the Details tab, there should be an entry such as PCI\VEN_1093&DEV_70B8&…
  3. This indicates the Vendor and Device ID of your PCI device.  In the above example, the VEN would be 1093 and DEV would be 70B8
  4. You can look up your device online on sites such as www.PCIDatabase.com.  The Above VEN and DEV values give the following result:



If the device is a National Instruments product, you should be able to download the appropriate driver from our Drivers and Updates page.  To determine which versions of NI Software you have installed currently, you can look in the Software section of Measurement and Automation Explorer.




If the device is from another vendor, you should contact that vendor if you require any assistance in finding and installing the appropriate driver.


Related Links:
Drivers and Updates - National Instruments

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Report Date: 01/10/2007
Last Updated: 07/24/2009
Document ID: 459I8AYW

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