National Instruments MXI-2 Reference Manual page 76

Always power on the chassis first. Doing so makes it possible for your external
Note
computer to access the VME boards in the chassis upon startup.
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same for a PXI-8320 board installed in a PXI/CompactPCI chassis. Notice
that you can expand your system to include other devices by using an
additional MXI-2 cable. However, in such a case the first cable must have
a double connector on one end. You can use a cable with a single connector
on each end to connect the last device on the MXIbus.
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1 To External Computer
2 PCI-MXI-2 or PCI-MXI-2 Universal
Interface Module
3 MXI-2 Cable
4 VME Chassis
Figure 7-7. MXI-2 Cable Configuration Using a PCI-MXI-2 and a VME-MXI-2
When you have properly connected the MXI-2 cable, power on the
VMEbus chassis and then the computer.
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5 VME-MXI-2 Module
6 Additional MXI-2 Cable
7 To Other Chassis
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