Introduction; What Your Kit Should Contain - National Instruments VME-SB2020 Getting Started

Chapter 1

Introduction

This chapter describes the VME-SB2020 interface kit, lists the contents of your kit, and lists
optional equipment and software.
The VME-SB2020 is an interface kit that links any Sun workstation or compatible (hereafter
referred to as the Sun) equipped with SBus expansion slots directly to the VMEbus. A Sun
equipped with a VME-SB2020 can control the VMEbus directly. The VME-SB2020 makes the
Sun function as though it were an embedded CPU plugged directly into the VME backplane, or
as though it has internal VME slots for plug-in VME boards. With the VME-SB2020, a Sun can
use plug-in VME boards such as those designed for use with Sun-3 and Sun-4 VME-based
workstations. The driver software for these boards must, of course, be ported to run on the Sun
with the VME-SB2020 kit.

What Your Kit Should Contain

Your kit should contain the following components:
SB-MXI Interface Board
Standard VME-MXI Interface Module
or
Enhanced VME-MXI Interface Module with INTX option
NI-VXI Distribution Disk for the SB-MXI and Solaris 1.x
and
NI-VXI Distribution Disk for the SB-MXI and Solaris 2.x
2 m Type M1 MXIbus Cable *
Getting Started with Your VME-SB2020 and the NI-VXI
Software for Solaris
NI-VXI C Software Reference Manual for VME
NI-VXI Text Utilities Reference Manual
* The 2 m Type M1 MXIbus cable is included in your kit unless you specified
otherwise in your order. You may have ordered your kit without this cable so
that you could order a different type or length of MXIbus cable. Refer to the
Optional Equipment section on the following page.
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Component
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Part Number
181155-01
180960-01
180960-02
422190-58
422925-58
180758-02
320338-01
320389-01
320321-01
VME-SB2020/NI-VXI/Solaris Getting Started