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Chapter 3
NI-VXI Software Installation and
Configuration
This chapter lists all the programs and files located on the NI-VXI distribution diskettes, contains
the instructions for installing the NI-VXI software, and describes how to use the VXIEDIT and
VXITEDIT configuration editors to configure the NI-VXI software. This chapter also discusses
programming information for you to consider when developing applications that use the NI-VXI
driver.
NI-VXI Software Overview
The following files make up the NI-VXI software.
Main Programs and Files
The main programs and files of the NI-VXI software package are found in the C:\NIVXI
directory.
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VXIINIT.EXE is the AT-MXI initialization program. This program initializes the
board interrupts, shared RAM, VXI register configurations, and bus configurations.
VXIINIT.EXE can be included in the DOS batch file AUTOEXEC.BAT so that the AT-
MXI is automatically initialized at startup. The configuration settings can be modified using
the VXIEDIT.EXE program.
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RESMAN.EXE is the National Instruments multimainframe Resource Manager.
RESMAN.EXE may be executed only after VXIINIT.EXE has been run.
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VIC.EXE is an interactive control program that executes functions you enter from the
keyboard. It helps you learn the functions, program your VXI devices, and develop and
debug your application programs. This program is described in detail in the NI-VXI DOS
Utilities Reference Manual.
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VICTEXT.EXE is a text-based interactive control program that is functionally equivalent to
VIC.EXE. This program is described in detail in the NI-VXI Text Utilities Reference
Manual.
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VXIEDIT.EXE is the VXI resource editor program. You can use this program to configure
the system, edit the manufacturer name and ID numbers, and edit the model names of VXI
and non-VXI devices in the system, as well as the system interrupt configuration
information. This program also displays the system configuration information generated by
the Resource Manager. This program is described in detail in the NI-VXI DOS Utilities
Reference Manual.
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