LimeSDR-QPCIe driver installation: Difference between revisions

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Driver installation

This chapter guides through the USB3 and PCIe drivers installation for the LimeSDR-QPCIe board under Windows and Linux operating systems.

USB3 drivers

USB driver installation procedure is the same as LimeSDR-USB board and same LimeSDR-USB driver installation description instructions can be applied for LimeSDR-QPCIe board.

PCIe drivers

In this chapter PCIe drivers installation procedure can be found.

Linux PCIe drivers

No need to install PCIe drivers for Linux operating system.

Windows pcie driver installation procedure

Download the latest drivers , select xillybus-windriver-1.2.0.0.zip package and unzip. First time LimeSDR-QPCIe board is connected to the PC, follow the installation procedure below.

First time LimeSDR-USB board is connected to the PC, follow the installation procedure below.

Press Start Menu, type Device Manager and press enter. Device Manager window appears.
When LimeSDR-PCIe board is plugged in, in Device Manager it appears as PCI Device under Other devices. Right click on the PCI device and select Update Driver Software.

Select Browse my computer for driver software and in browse window choose driver from downloaded package (extracted files from xillybus-windriver-1.2.0.0.zip).

After selecting driver files and clicking Next button Windows security warning might appear, check Always trust software from “Xillybus Ltd” and click Install.

After successful installation (Figure 6) “Xillybus driver for generic FPGA interface” will appear under Xillybus device (Figure 7).

Figure 6. Successful LimeSDR-PCIe installation

Figure 7. Device manager window after installation

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 == Driver installation ==
-This chapter guides through the USB3 driver installation for the LimeSDR-USB board under Windows and Linux operating systems.
+This chapter guides through the USB3 and PCIe drivers installation for the LimeSDR-QPCIe board under Windows and Linux operating systems.
+=== USB3 drivers ===
-=== Linux USB drivers ===
+USB driver installation procedure is the same as LimeSDR-USB board and same [[LimeSDR-USB_driver_installation | LimeSDR-USB driver installation description]] instructions can be applied for LimeSDR-QPCIe board.
-No need to install USB3 drivers for Linux operating system, while it comes with libusb library.
+=== PCIe drivers ===
+In this chapter PCIe drivers installation procedure can be found.
+==== Linux PCIe drivers ====
-=== Windows USB driver installation procedure ===
+No need to install PCIe drivers for Linux operating system.
-Download the [http://github.com/myriadrf/Windows-drivers/ latest Windows drivers] from Github, select Clone or Download and then [http://github.com/myriadrf/Windows-drivers/archive/master.zip/ Download ZIP] as shown in Figure 1. The name of the archive will be Windows-drivers-master.zip by default. Extract the archive.
-[[File:LimeSDR-USB_1v4_Drivers_Github.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 1. Driver download from GiHub]]
+==== Windows pcie driver installation procedure ====
+Download the latest [http://xillybus.com/downloads/xillybus-windriver-1.2.0.0.zip drivers] , select xillybus-windriver-1.2.0.0.zip package and unzip. First time LimeSDR-QPCIe board is connected to the PC, follow the installation procedure below.
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-<li> When LimeSDR-USB board is plugged in, in '''Device Manager''' it appears as '''LimeSDR-USB''' under '''Other devices'''. Right click on the '''LimeSDR-USB''' and select '''Update Driver Software'''. </li>
+<li> When LimeSDR-PCIe board is plugged in, in '''Device Manager''' it appears as '''PCI Device''' under '''Other devices'''. Right click on the '''PCI device''' and select '''Update Driver Software'''. </li>
-[[File:LimeSDR-USB_1v4_Drivers_Update_Software.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 2. Update driver software]]
+[[File:LimeSDR-QPCIe_1v4_Drivers_Update_Software.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 2. Update driver software]]
-<li> Select driver installation manually and choose driver from downloaded package (Windows-drivers-master\WinDriver_LimeSDR-USB). Choose the driver which is suitable for the operating system running: </li>
+<li> Select Browse my computer for driver software and in browse window choose driver from downloaded package (extracted files from xillybus-windriver-1.2.0.0.zip).  </li>
-* Windows XP (wxp)
+[[File:LimeSDR-QPCIe_Drivers_Browse.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 3. Browse for driver software]]
-* Windows Vista (vista)
-* Windows 7 (win7)
-* Windows 8 (win8)
-* Windows 8.1 (win81)
-OS version:
+[[File:LimeSDR-QPCIe_Drivers_Select.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 4. Select driver location]]
-* x86 (32bit-i386)
-* x64 (64bit-amd64)
-[[File:LimeSDR-USB_1v4_Drivers_Browse.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 3. Browse for driver software]]
+<li> After selecting driver files and clicking Next button Windows security warning might appear, check Always trust software from “Xillybus Ltd” and click Install.  </li>
-[[File:LimeSDR-USB_1v4_Drivers_Select.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 4. Select driver location]]
+[[File:LimeSDR-QPCIe_Drivers_windows_security_warning.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 5. Windows security warning]]
-<li> After successful installation “Myriad-RF LimeSDR-USB” will appear under USB controller devices. </li>
+<li> After successful installation (Figure 6) “Xillybus driver for generic FPGA interface” will appear under Xillybus device (Figure 7). </li>
-[[File:LimeSDR-USB_1v4_Drivers_Succesfull_Inst.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 5. Successful LimeSDR-USB installation]]
+[[File:LimeSDR-QPCIe_Drivers_Device_Man_Succ.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 6. Successful LimeSDR-PCIe installation]]
+[[File:LimeSDR-QPCIe_Drivers_Device_Man_after_success.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 7. Device manager window after installation]]
-[[File:LimeSDR-USB_1v4_Drivers_Device_Man_Succ.png|thumb|center|600px|Figure 6. Device manager window after installation]]
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