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Drivers and Software

If you purchased a system preinstalled with Windows, your hard drive includes a directory called

in its root that contains software and soft copies of manuals for the peripherals. The

images

directory structure under the

In the images directory are

contains driver installers for the system peripherals. These files and directories are copied

exactly from the manufacturer distribution disks, so the naming conventions vary from

peripheral to peripheral. The

Services drivers preinstalled on the controller.

PXI Express Features

PXI Express Trigger Connectivity

The SMB connector on the NI PXIe-8880 front panel can connect to or from any PXI Express

backplane trigger line. A trigger allocation process is needed to prevent two resources from

connecting to the same trigger line, resulting in the trigger being double-driven and possibly

damaging the hardware. At the time of this manual's publication, this software is not

yet available for Windows. Contact National Instruments for more information.

PXI Express Chassis Configuration

The PXI Express Platform Services software installed on your controller and available on the

National Instruments Driver DVD or PXI Platform Services CD included with your kit

automatically identifies your PXI Express system components to generate a

file. You can configure your entire PXI Express system through Measurement &

pxisys.ini

Automation Explorer (MAX), included with your controller. MAX creates the

and

file, which define your PXI Express system parameters. MAX also provides

pxisys.ini

an interface to route and reserve triggers so dynamic routing, through drivers such as DAQmx,

avoids double-driving and potentially damaging trigger lines. For more information about

routing and reserving PXI Express triggers, refer to KnowledgeBase 3TJDOND8, Using PXI

Timing and Triggering Functionality, at

The configuration steps for single or multiple-chassis systems are the same.

PXI Express System Configuration

Launch Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX).

In the Configuration tree, expand Devices and Interfaces.

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directory is logically organized into several levels.

images

and

directories. The

drivers

NIDRIVERS

directory contains the GPIB and PXI Platform

NIDRIVERS

ni.com/support

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