Table of Contents
Advertisement
Glossary
VIC
VISA
VISAIC
VITA
VME
VMEbus System
Controller
VXIbus
W
W
Word Serial Protocol
write posting
VXI-1394 Interface for Windows NT/98
VXI Interactive Control program, a part of the NI-VXI bus interface
software. Used to program VXI devices and develop and debug VXI
application programs.
Virtual Instrument Software Architecture. This is the general name given to
VISA and its associated architecture.
VISA Interactive Control program, a part of the NI-VISA software. Used to
program devices and develop and debug application programs.
VMEbus International Trade Association
Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014
A device configured for installation in Slot 0 or a VXIbus mainframe or the
first slot in a VMEbus chassis. This device is unique in the VMEbus system
in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions, including
clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane.
Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device, the
VMEbus/VXIbus backplane, or both.
VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation
watts
The simplest required communication protocol supported by
message-based devices in a VXIbus system. It utilizes the A16
communication registers to transfer data using a simple polling
handshake method.
A mechanism that signifies that a device will immediately give a successful
acknowledge to a write transfer and place the transfer in a local buffer. The
device can then independently complete the write cycle to the destination.
G-10
www.ni.com
Advertisement
Table of Contents
