Download and install National Instruments NI PCI-8531 CANopen driver

NI PCI-8531 CANopen is a NI-CANopen Device device. This driver was developed by National Instruments. PCI/VEN_1093&DEV_73C1 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install National Instruments NI PCI-8531 CANopen driver

1. Download the setup file for National Instruments NI PCI-8531 CANopen driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 1.0.3.0 released on 2013-07-30.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 97611 bytes (95.32 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 99117 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the National Instruments NI PCI-8531 CANopen driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the National Instruments NI PCI-8531 CANopen driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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