Peripheral Expansion; Table 1-1. Vxipc 700 Series Peripherals Overview - National Instruments VXIpc-745-100 User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

Peripheral Expansion

Peripheral Availability
Video VXIpc-740
VXIpc-745
IDE VXIpc-740
VXIpc-745
Ethernet VXIpc-745
VXIpc 700 Series User Manual
• Six front-panel LEDs that show VXI and PC status
– SYSFAIL LED indicates that the VMEbus SYSFAIL line is
asserted.
FAILED LED indicates that the VXIpc-700 is driving the
–
SYSFAIL signal.
– TEST LED indicates that the VXIpc-700 is performing its
self-tests or startup Resource Manager operations.
– ON LINE LED indicates that the VXIpc-700 is performing or
has completed its startup Resource Manager operations.
ACCESS LED indicates when the VXIpc-700 MODID line is
–
asserted or the VXIbus registers or shared memory are accessed
by another bus master.
– DRIVE LED indicates when the internal hard drive is in use.
The VXIpc-700 uses the PCI local bus and ISA bus for peripheral
expansion. The PCIbus is a 32-bit multimaster bus that achieves a top
throughput of 132 MB/s and can handle numerous peripherals. The ISA
bus is the legacy peripheral bus found on current and older PCs.
For information on installing and configuring these peripherals for use
with the VXIpc-700, refer to the
file explains how to install support for each peripheral.
drivers.txt
This directory also contains manufacturer's documentation for the video,
PCMCIA, and SCSI peripherals. Also refer to the
most up-to-date information.
Table 1-1 lists the various peripherals, indicates the VXIpc model(s) on
which the peripheral is available, and describes the external connector, its
bus interface, and its function.

Table 1-1. VXIpc 700 Series Peripherals Overview

External
Connector
15-pin DSUB
(standard VGA)
None
RJ-45
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ISA
or PCI
PCI High-resolution/ color support
for a Super VGA monitor
PCI Supports internal fast ATA-2
hard drive
ISA 10BaseT Ethernet connection
1-6
directory. The
files for the
readme
Function
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