National Instruments NI VXI-8360T manual

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    VXI VXI-MXI-Express Series Us er Manual NI PCIe- 8361, NI PC Ie-8362, NI ExpressCa rd-836 0, and NI VXI- 8360T VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Januar y 200 8 372145B-01[...]

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    Supp ort Worl dwide Tec hnical Su pport an d Product Informa tion ni.com Nation al Inst rument s Corpor ate He adquar ters 11500 Nor th Mopac E xpressway Austin, T exas 78759 -3504 USA Tel: 512 683 0100 Worldwide Offices Australi a 1800 300 800, Aust ria 43 662 4 57990-0, Belgiu m 32 (0) 2 757 0020, B razil 55 11 32 62 3599, C a n a d a8 0 04 3 33 [...]

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    Important Information Warranty The VXI-MXI-Express Series controllers are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipme nt, as ev idenced by re ceipts or ot her docume ntation. National Instruments w ill, at i ts option, repair or re place equ ip ment t hat prov es to be d efective during th[...]

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    Compliance Compliance with FCC/Can ada Radio Fr equency Interf erence Regulations Determining FCC Class The Fed eral C ommunica tions C ommissio n (FCC ) has ru les t o prote ct wire less co mmunic ations f rom in terfer ence. The FCC places digi tal electronics int o two classes. These classes are known as Class A (for use in indu strial-comm erci[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration v VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Contents About This M anual Conventions . ............ ........... ........... ........... ............ ................. ........... ........... ............ ...... v ii Related Documentation............. ........... ................. ........... ........... ............ [...]

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    Contents VXI-MXI-Express Series U ser Manual vi ni.com Compatibility Layer Options .................. ........... ............ ................. .. 3-8 Debugging ............. ........... ................. ........... ............ ........... ........... ................. ............ .. 3 -9 Appendix A Specific ations Appendix B Default Set tings [...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration vii VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual About This Manual This manual co ntains instructions for in stalling an d conf igu ring the VXI-MXI-Express se ries controller interf ace kit. It also di scusses ho w to start de veloping your VXI/VME application. Conventions The follo wing con vention s appear in this m[...]

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    About This Ma nual VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Manual viii ni.com x1 MXI-Expr es s This term implies an y of the x1 MXI-Expres s host adapters, such as the host adapt er NI PCIe-8 361, NI PCIe-83 62, and NI ExpressCard-836 0. Related Documentation The follo wing documents contain infor mati on that you might find help ful as you re ad this manual:[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration 1-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual 1 Introduction This chapter descr ibes your VXI-MXI- E xpress Series con t roller interface kit, lists what you need to get started, and includes a brief description of the hardware and soft ware. The VXI-MXI-Expr es s Series controller interf ace kits link a PCI Express[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 1-2 ni.com The kits also include the NI-VXI/N I-VISA bus interf ace software, which is fully VXIplug&play -compliant. NI-VXI/NI-VISA is the National Instr uments implementat i on o f the VISA I/O so ftware stan dard on which all VXIplug& play sof t ware components are bas ed. What Y[...]

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    Chap ter 1 I ntroduc tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 1-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual VXI-MXI-Express Front Panel Features The VXI-MXI-E xpress Series cont roller has the foll o wing fro nt panel features: • Eight front panel LEDs – FAILED —Indicates the VXI-MXI-Express Series con troller fail ed power on diagno stics. – [...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 1-4 ni.com Advanced Configuration Options The VXI-MXI-E xpress default hardware configurat ion should be acceptable for mo st systems. Refer to Append i x B, Default Settings , only if your s ystem uses the front-p anel CLK10 and trig ger SMB connectors. The NI-VISA/NI-VXI b us interface so[...]

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    Chap ter 1 I ntroduc tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 1-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual extensive libraries of VXI instr ument drivers written to take fu ll advantage of direct VXI control. LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, and LabWindows/CVI i nclude all the tools needed for instrum ent control, data acquisition, analysis, and presenta[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual 2 Installation and Configuration This chapt er explains how to set up your test sy stem. Installing the Software Use the Setup pr ogram that came with y our NI-VXI/NI-VISA so ftware to install the entire software package or a software update, or to reinstall software in [...]

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    Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-2 ni.com Caution T o keep the manuf acturer/model name tables or the VME d evice conf iguration from a previous installation, be s ure to back them up before starting Setu p. They are in the TBL subd irec tory of your N I-VX I dire ctor y , usua lly Program FilesNatio[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installatio n and Configura tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Note If you save and rest ore the TBL f iles from an older version of NI-VXI, the software will use TBL files that do not hav e the latest updates from National Instruments an d may not include recent ha rdware releases. If y ou[...]

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    Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-4 ni.com Cautio ns Having more than one de vice configur ed as system controller can damage the VXI system. F or VXI systems that include VME de vices, ensure that the VME devices are not conf igured in the upper 16 KB (starting from 0xC 000) of the A16 address s pace.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installatio n and Configura tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Installing Y our NI PCIe-8361/ NI PCIe-8362 x1 PCI Express to MXI-Express Interfa ce Card To install your NI PCIe -8361/NI P CIe-8362 x1 PC I Express to MXI-Express mo dule, complete the following steps. 1. Power of f your compu[...]

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    Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-6 ni.com Figur e 2-1. Installing the NI PCIe-836 1/NI PCIe-8362 Installi ng Y our NI ExpressCard-8360 ExpressCar d MXI Interface Complete the following steps to in stall the ExpressCard interface card. 1. Po wer off your computer . Note Y ou may want t o connect one en[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installatio n and Configura tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-7 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Figure 2-2 sho ws a system that includes a PCI Express-based hos t computer and a VXI-MXI-Express Series controller . Figu re 2-2. Ho st System with VX I-MXI-Express Se ries Controlle r For information on connecting cables to TR[...]

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    Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-8 ni.com 1. Po wer on all of the V XI e xpansion chass is in any o rder you choose . 2. Power on the host computer . Powering Down th e MXI-Express System Because operating s ystems and drivers commo nly make the assumption that PCI devices will be present in the syste[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual 3 Developing Y our Application This chapter discusses th e software utilities yo u can use to start developing applications that use NI- V XI. After installing the NI-VXI software, you can begin de veloping your VXI/VME application. Be sure to check the release notes for[...]

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    Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-2 ni.com prov ide a high le vel of performance; ho we ver , there may be some slight ch anges in beha vior for certain a pplications. Y our so ftware features sev e ral system dev elop ment utilities including MAX, Resman, NI Spy , VISA Interacti ve Control ( VISAIC), [...]

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    Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Resman to run on all VXI systems au to matically when the comput er boots. Resman r eports to MAX al l errors it f inds in your sys tem. When you vie w your VXI system in MAX, you can easily spot an y errors that Resman found w [...]

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    Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-4 ni.com Note Y ou can also use VXI Interacti ve Control Program (VIC) to control your VXI/VME de vices and de velop and d ebug VXI appl ication programs. VIC is no t included i n the default NI-VXI installation. T o install VIC, select NI-VXI API Develo pment in the i[...]

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    Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Figu re 3-3. Successf ul viIn Access in the VISAIC Regi ster I/O T ab (Thi s Window May L ook Slig htly Di fferen t for LabV IEW Users ) If the data v alue ends in FF6 , you hav e successfully read the Nationa l Instr uments man[...]

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    Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-6 ni.com Programming for VXI NI-VISA and the NI-VXI API are the two National Instruments programming interfaces for acce ssing your VXI/VME ins truments. With NI-VXI 3.0 or later, NI-VISA is the nativ e API for communicating wi th a VXI or VME system, and NI recommends[...]

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    Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-7 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual T able 3-1 summarizes the topi cs the e xample progr ams address. All fi les are found t hrough t h e W indo ws Start menu under Programs» Nationa l Instrum ents»VISA »Exam ples , in the subdirectories listed below . Note MAX[...]

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    Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-8 ni.com NI-VXI API Notes The follo w ing no tes apply onl y if yo u are using the NI-VX I API. National In struments recommends that all new VXI/VME ap plications use the NI-VISA AP I, but you can still develop with t he older NI-VXI API for compatibility with legacy [...]

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    Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-9 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual The interrupt and trigger routin g in the NI-VXI 3.0 or later low-le vel dri vers is somewhat differ en t from the default routin g in previous versions of NI-VXI. Therefore, the compatibility layer may b ehav e differently than[...]

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    Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Manual 3-10 ni.com Figur e 3-4. NI Spy VISAIC, as shown in Figure 3-5, is an excellent pl atform for q uickly testing i n stru ments and learning ho w to commun i cate with t hem. Th is utility is fu rther discusse d in the Device In teraction section of this chapter . Figu re [...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration A-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual A Specifications This appendix lists the sp ecifi cations for the VXI-MXI-Expr ess Series controller . Power Requirement EXT CLK Output Drive ...................... .................... 50 Ω source terminated ±24 mA output d river V OL ............... .................[...]

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    Appendix A Spec ifications VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual A-2 ni.com TRIG OUT Output Drive ............... ...................... ...... 50 Ω source terminated ±40 mA output d river V OL ............. ............................ .................<800 mV V OH ............ ...................... .......................>2.0 V Physical Si[...]

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    Appendix A Specificati ons © National Inst ruments Cor poration A-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Oper ating En vironm ent Ambient temperature ra nge ........... ......... 0 to 55 °C (Tested in accordance with IE C-60068-2-1 a nd IEC-6006 8-2-2: meets MIL-PRF -28800F Class 3 low temperature limit and MIL-PRF -28800F Class 2 high temperatur[...]

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    Appendix A Spec ifications VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual A-4 ni.com Safety This product is designed to m eet the requirements of the following standards of safety for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use: • IEC 6101 0-1, EN-61010-1 • UL 6101 0-1, CSA 61010-1 Note F or UL and other saf et y certif ications, ref[...]

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    Appendix A Specificati ons © National Inst ruments Cor poration A-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Environmental Management National Instruments is committed to d esigni ng and ma nufactu ring products in an en v ironmentally respo nsible manner . NI recognizes that eliminating certain hazardo us substances fro m our products is benef icial [...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration B-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual B Default Settings This appendix summarizes the default settings for the hardware and softwa re in the VXI-MXI -Express kit. If you need more informati on about a pa rticular setting or want to try a different co nfiguratio n, refer to Appe ndix C, Advanced Hardware Conf[...]

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    Appendix B Def ault Setting s VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual B-2 ni.com Figur e B-1. V XI-MXI -Expr ess Sh ipping Confi gurati on Se tting s W7—TRIG CARD CLK10 DIR 1-2—OUT 2- 3 —IN W2— S MB CLK10 DIR 1-2—IN (DFL T) 2- 3 —OUT W 3 —EXT . S OURCE S ELECT 1-2— S MB (DFL T) 2- 3 —TRIGGER CARD W4—CLK10 S OURCE S ELECT 1-2—INTER[...]

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    Appendix B Default Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration B-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Default Soft ware Settings The follo wing hardware conf igurations are a vailable thro ugh Measurement & Au t omation Explo rer (MAX). Table B -1. VXI -MXI-E xpre ss Serie s Cont ro ller Hardware Default Settin gs Jumper Description Set ti[...]

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    Appendix B Def ault Setting s VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual B-4 ni.com Table B -4. MAX VXI Bus T ab Default Set tings Editor Fi eld Default Setting Bus timeo ut v alu e 500 μ s VXI retry gener ation Enabled Automatic re tries Enabled VXI transfer limit 256 A24/A32 write po sting Enabled Requeste r mode Release on Request Request level 3 Oper[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration C-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings This append ix describes the al ternate hardw are confi guration se ttings fo r the VXI-MXI-Expres s Series controller . The board is set at the f actory for the most commonly used co nfigurat i on. Use t his appendix if yo u wa[...]

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    Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-2 ni.com Figur e C-1. Sl ot 0 Detectio n through t he J2 Jumper Caution Do not install a device con figured as the Syst em Controller in any slot o t her than Slot 0. When instal ling into a slot other than Slot 0, f irst reconf i gure it as either a Non-Sys[...]

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    Appendix C Advan ced Hardwa re Configuration Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration C-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Figure C-2 shows the configuration settings for EEPR OM o peration. Figur e C-2. E EPROM Configur atio n Power -On Self Con figuration The VXI-MXI- Express Series co ntroller has an onboard EEP R OM, which stores def [...]

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    Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-4 ni.com location of the mem o ry windo ws can cause the VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series controller to lo ck up your system. F or example, man y PCI-based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more memory space than the computer can allocate. If [...]

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    Appendix C Advan ced Hardwa re Configuration Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration C-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual • The front pane l TRIG/CLK POR T A(B). CLK10 can be routed into the VXI-836 0T from anot her VXI-83 60T through the TRIG /CLK POR T A(B) on the front pane l. Onboard jumpers are used to set this conf iguration. Fro[...]

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    Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-6 ni.com • Set the W3 jumper to TRI G/CLK PORT A(B ) , sho wn in Figure C -5b, to select the CLK10 source as the TRIG/CLK PO R T A(B) on t he VXI-83 60T front panel. Wh en selecting the trigger card as the CLK10 input source be sur e to set jumper W7 to se[...]

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    Appendix C Advan ced Hardwa re Configuration Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration C-7 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual TRIG/CLK POR T A(B) Direction W7—T rigger Card CLK10 Dir This jumper a llows y ou to conf igure the directi on of CLK10 thr ough the TRIG/CLK POR T A(B). • In Slot 0 operation with ju mpers W4 set for an e xternal[...]

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    Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-8 ni.com Figur e C-8. In verting the CL K10 Signal throu gh MAX CLK10 T ermin ation If the fron t panel SMB connector EXT C LK is conf igured as an input this software setting can enable 50 Ω parallel termination. This setting can be foun d in the hardware [...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration D-1 VXI-MXI-Expres s Series User Ma nual D Using The T rigger Ports On The VXI-8360T The NI VXI-836 0T allows you to extend the 8 TTL backplane triggers and CLK10 between chassi s through co nv enient front panel connectors. Each trigger and the C LK are indep endently conf igurable as either inputs or outputs [...]

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    Appendix D Using Th e T rigger Ports On The VXI-8360T VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual D-2 ni.com Figu re D-1. VXI-MXI -Express Series C ontroller T rig ger Cabling Software Configuration T riggers are mapp ed into and out o f your NI VXI-8360 T though soft ware using the following steps. 1. Open MAX. 2. Find your de vice under Devices and Inter[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration E-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual E VMEbus Capability Codes This appendix summarizes the VMEbus capability codes for the hardware and softw are in the VXI-MXI-Express kit. VMEbus Capability Codes Capab ility Code Description A32, A24, A1 6 (master) VMEb us master A32, A 24, an d A16 add ressing A32, A24,[...]

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    Appendix E VMEbus Capability Codes VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual E-2 ni.com R OAK, R ORA Release on Ackno wledge or Re gister Access interrupter BT O (x) VMEb us b us timer (p rogrammable limit) Capabi lity Code Description[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration F -1 VXI-M XI-Express Series User Manu al F Common Questions This append ix addresses common question s you may have about using th e NI-VISA/NI-VXI software on the VXI-MXI -Express Series controller pla tform . What is the maxim um length of the VXI-MXI-Expr ess Series controller copper ca ble? The maximum l e[...]

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    Appendix F Comm on Questio ns VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual F-2 ni.com What is Resman? Resman is the u tility that performs the duties of a VXI Resource Manager as discussed in the VXIbus specification. When you set a National Instruments controller to Logical Address 0, you will at s ome point need to run Resm an to confi gure your VXI ins t[...]

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    Appendix F Common Qu estions © National Inst ruments Cor poration F -3 VXI-M XI-Express Series User Manu al interacti vely issue NI-VXI functions or NI -VISA operations, respecti vely . Y ou can use viIn() and viOut() with the NI-VISA API (or VXIin( ) or VXIinReg() and VXIout() or VXIoutReg() with the NI-VXI API) to test re gister-bas ed devices b[...]

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    Appendix F Comm on Questio ns VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual F-4 ni.com What is the accuracy of the CLK10 signal? The CLK10 generated by the VXI-MXI-Express Series controller is ±100 ppm per the VXI specification. T o use a more accurate reference for CLK10, conn ect the signal to t he controller through the EXT CLK SMB input on the front pan[...]

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    © National Inst ruments Cor poration G-1 VXI-MXI-Expres s Series User Ma nual G T echnical Support and Professional Ser vices Visit th e following sections of the a ward-winning N ational I n strumen t s Web sit e at ni.com for technical suppo rt and professional services: • Support — T echnical support resources at ni.com/sup port include the[...]

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    Appendix G T echnical Suppo rt and Professional Ser vices VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual G-2 ni.com the manuf act urer’ s declar at ion of con formity . This system affor ds the user pr otection for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and product safety . Y ou can obtain the D oC f or your pr oduct by vis iting ni.com/certification . If you [...]

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    © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-1 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l Glossar y Symbol Pref ix V alue pp i c o 1 0 –1 2 nn a n o 1 0 –9 μ mic ro 10 –6 m milli 10 –3 k kilo 10 3 Mm e g a 1 0 6 Gg i g a 1 0 9 Tt e r a 1 0 12 Symbol s ° Degrees. Ω Ohms. A A Amperes. address Character code that identifies a sp ecific locatio[...]

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    Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glo ssary-2 ni.co m ANSI American Nation al Standards Institute API Application Programming In terface—the direct interface that an end us er sees when creating an application. arbitration A process in which a potential bu s master g ai ns contro l over a particular bus . B B Byte—eight rel ated [...]

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    Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-3 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l byte order Ho w bytes are arranged within a word or ho w words are ar ranged within a longw ord. Motorola order ing stores th e most signif icant b yte (MSB) or word f ir st, followed b y the least s ignificant b yte ( LSB) or word. Intel ordering s tore[...]

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    Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glossary-4 ni. com dynamically conf igured de vice A de vice that has its logical address assi gned b y the Resour ce Manager . A VXI de vice initially resp onds at Logical Address 255 when its MODID line is asserted. Th e Resource Manager sub s equently assi gns it a new logical address, to which th[...]

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    Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-5 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l g RMS A measur e of random vibration. Th e root mean s quare of acceleration lev els in a rando m vibration test profile. H hex Hexadecimal— the numbering system with base 16, using the digits 0 to 9 and letters A to F . Hz hertz; cycles per second I I[...]

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    Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glossary-6 ni. com K K kilo— the prefix f or 1, 024, or 2 10 , used with B (b yte) in quantifying data or computer memory . k kilo — the stan dard metric pref ix for 1,000, or 10 3 , used with units of measure such as vo l ts, hertz, and meters. L logical address An 8-bit numb er that uniquely id[...]

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    Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-7 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l N NI-488 .2 or NI-488 .2M The National In struments indus try-standar d softw are for control ling GPIB instruments. NI-D A Q The National I nstruments industry-stan dard software for data acquisition instrumen ts. NI-VISA The National Instruments imp le[...]

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    Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glossary-8 ni. com retry An ackno wledge by a destination that signif ies that the cycle d id not complete and shou l d be repeated. RMS Root mean s quared. See also g RMS . S s seconds slav e A functional par t of a VME/VXIbus de vice that detects data transfer cycles initiated by a VMEbus master an[...]

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    Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-9 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l V Vv o l t s VIC VXI Interacti ve Control program, a part of the NI-VXI bus inter face softw are. Used to progr am VXI devi ces and de velop and d ebug VXI application prog rams. VISA V irtual Instrument Soft ware Arch i tectur e. This is t he general n [...]

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    © Natio nal Instrum ents Cor poratio n Index-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Se ries Use r Manual Index A adv anced conf iguration op tions, 1-4 adv anced hardware co nfiguration s ettings, C-1 application de velopment, 3-1 conf iguration, 3-2 deb ugging, 3-9 de v ice interaction, 3-3 NI-VXI API notes, 3-8 optimizing large VXIbus transfers, 3-7 programmi ng fo[...]

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    Index VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Ma nual Index-2 ni.com E EEPR OM, C-3 conf iguration, C-3 fixing a n inv al id configu rati on, C- 3 electromagnetic compatibility, A -4 en vironmenta l management specifi cations, A-5 en vironmental specification s, A -2 e xamples (NI res ources), G-1 EXT CLK specif icati ons, A-1 F front p anel features, 1-3 G g[...]

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    Index © Natio nal Instrum ents Cor poratio n Index-3 V XI-MX I-Expres s Series Us er Manu al NI-VXI, 1-4, 3-1 compatibility layer , 3-1 examples (table), 3-7 installation, 2-1 utility programs using to configure VXI-MXI-Expres s series controlle r, F-2 usin g to per form st artu p Resou rce Mana ger oper atio ns, F-2 NI-VXI API, 3-1 compatibility [...]

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    Index VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Ma nual Index-4 ni.com T technical support, G-1 termination resis tance for CLK10, C-8 training and cer tification (NI resources), G-1 TRIG IN specif ications, A-1 TRIG OUT specif icati ons, A-2 trigger ports cabling, D-1 cabling (f igure), D-2 softw are conf iguration, D-2 troubles hooting (NI resou rces), G-1 U [...]