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Glossary
NI-VISA
NI-VXI
Non-Slot 0 device
O
OHCI
P
PCI
R
register-based device
Resman
Resource Manager
retry
RMS
VXI-1394 Interface for Windows NT/98
The National Instruments implementation of the VISA standard; an
interface-independent software that provides a unified programming
interface for VXI, GPIB, and serial instruments.
The National Instruments bus interface software for VME/VXIbus
systems.
A device configured for installation in any slot in a VXIbus mainframe
other than Slot 0. Installing such a device into Slot 0 can damage the device,
the VXIbus backplane, or both.
Open Host Controller Interface. Specification for the register set for a 1394
controller card. This standard allows interoperability of software with
controllers from different vendors.
Peripheral Component Interconnect. The PCI bus is a high-performance
32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines.
A Servant-only device that supports VXIbus configuration registers.
Register-based devices are typically controlled by message-based devices
via device-dependent register reads and writes.
The name of the National Instruments Resource Manager in NI-VXI bus
interface software. See Resource Manager.
A message-based Commander located at Logical Address 0, which
provides configuration management services such as address map
configuration, Commander and Servant mappings, and self-test and
diagnostic management.
An acknowledge by a destination that signifies that the cycle did not
complete and should be repeated.
Root mean squared. See g
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RMS
G-8
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