National Instruments MXI Series Getting Started page 102

Appendix C Common Questions
PCI-MXI-2 for Linux
Which NI-VXI utility program must I use to perform startup Resource
Manager operations?
Use the program to perform startup Resource Manager operations.
resman
It is located in the
NIVXI /bin
default). uses the settings in the Configuration Editor of
resman
. It initializes your VXI/VMEbus system and stores the
vxitedit
information that it collects to the
of the directory.
NIVXI
What can I do to make sure that my system is up and running?
The fastest method for testing the system is to run
attempts to access memory in the upper A16 address space of each device
in the system. If
resman
communication system is operational.
To test individual devices, you can use the
counterpart,
victext
use the and
VXIin()
functions to test register-based devices by programming
VXIoutReg()
their registers. If you have any message-based devices, you can send and
receive messages with the
and
VXIinReg() VXIoutReg()
Finally, if you are using LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI and you have
instrument drivers for the devices in your chassis, you can use the
interactive features of these programs to quickly test the functionality of the
devices.
What do the LEDs on the front of the VXI-MXI-2 or VME-MXI-2
mean?
The SYSFAIL LED shows the state of the VXIbus/VMEbus SYSFAIL
line. This line is asserted whenever any device in the chassis has not yet
passed its self test, if it has failed its self test, or if it has detected a failure
after originally passing its self test. The MXI LED indicates that the
VXI-MXI-2 or VME-MXI-2 is acting as a slave to another device on the
MXIbus, such as when the PCI-MXI-2 communicates with either the
VXI-MXI-2 or VME-MXI-2 or with another device in the chassis. The
VXI (VME) LED, when lit, indicates that the VXI-MXI-2 or VME-MXI-2
is acting as a slave to another device in the VXI (VME) chassis, such as
when a bus master inside the chassis wants to talk to either the VXI-MXI-2
or VME-MXI-2 or another device outside the chassis.
directory (
/usr/local/nivxi/bin
resman.tbl
does not report any problems, the VXI/MXI
vic
, to interactively issue NI-VXI functions. You can
functions or the
VXIout()
and
WSwrt() WSrd()
are for VXI devices only.
C-2
file in the subdirectory
tbl
. This program
resman
program or it text-mode
and
VXIinReg()
functions. Notice that
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