Ni-Vxi Configuration Utility; Running The Vxiedit Configuration Utility - National Instruments MXI Series Getting Started

NI-VXI Configuration Utility

Note A text-based version,
chapter focuses only on the graphical
functionally equivalent. For information on
Reference Manual.

Running the VXIedit Configuration Utility

© National Instruments Corporation
This chapter contains instructions for using the VXI Resource Editor utility
of the NI-VXI software to configure the PCI-MXI-2 and the VXI-MXI-2
or VME-MXI-2.
is the VXI resource editor program that you use to configure the
vxiedit
system and to edit the manufacturer name and ID numbers, the model
names of VXI and non-VXI devices in the system, and the system interrupt
configuration information. This program also displays the system
configuration information generated by the Resource Manager.
vxitedit
To run , type
vxiedit
from any directory, but make sure that both the
vxiedit
environment variables have the destination directory of the
NIVXIPATH
NI-VXI software added to them.
find the different configuration files (
files ( ) during its execution. The default pathname used by the
*.hlp
program if
NIVXIPATH
Most of the features on the PCI-MXI-2, VXI-MXI-2, and VME-MXI-2 are
configurable through software, using
hardware switches or jumpers on the boards themselves. In addition, the
utility can override some of the hardware settings.
vxiedit
, is also available as an alternative. Although this
program, the two programs are
vxiedit
, refer to the NI-VXI Text Utilities
vxitedit
at the command prompt. You can run
vxiedit
NIVXIPATH
), table files (
*.cfg
is not set is
/usr/local/nivxi
vxiedit
6-1
6
and
PATH
is used by the application to
), and help
*.tbl
.
, rather than through
PCI-MXI-2 for Linux