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Organization of This Manual Getting Started with Your VME-SB2020 and the NI-VXI Software for Solaris is organized as follows: • Chapter 1, Introduction, describes the VME-SB2020 interface kit, lists the contents of your kit, and lists optional equipment and software.
About This Manual • Appendix C, Customer Communication, contains forms you can use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals. • The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, and symbols.
About This Manual Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals. We are interested in the applications you develop using our products, and we want to help if you have problems with them. To make it easy for you to contact us, this manual contains comment and configuration forms for you to complete.
Sun function as though it were an embedded CPU plugged directly into the VME backplane, or as though it has internal VME slots for plug-in VME boards. With the VME-SB2020, a Sun can use plug-in VME boards such as those designed for use with Sun-3 and Sun-4 VME-based workstations.
Chapter 1 Introduction Optional Software If you want to use LabVIEW with your VME-SB2020, you must order the LabVIEW for Sun VXI Development System that corresponds to your Sun system. You can use LabVIEW with either Solaris 1.x or Solaris 2.x.
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Introduction Chapter 1 If you want to use LabWindows/CVI with your VME-SB2020, you must order the LabWindows/CVI for Sun VXI Development System that corresponds to your Sun system. You can use LabWindows/CVI with either Solaris 1.x or Solaris 2.x. Software...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration and Installation This chapter contains the instructions to configure and install the VME-SB2020 interface kit. The instructions are given in the order that you should perform them. A summary of the steps is as follows: 1. Unpack the SB-MXI and VME-MXI.
There are two basic types of MXIbus cables. MXIbus cables can have either a single connector on each end or a single connector on one cable end and a double connector on the other end. Your VME-SB2020 kit comes standard with a cable with single connectors on each end. Nonpolarized Cables The cable with a single connector on each cable end is nonpolarized and can be installed with either end connected to either device.
NI-VXI Software Installation and Configuration Chapter 3 • is the National Instruments multiframe Resource Manager program that resman automatically configures the VME-MXI interfaces installed in your VME chassis. Run this program after vxiinit. • is the text-based interactive control program that executes functions you enter from victext the keyboard.
# is an identification number that is returned by the operating system. The following message appears on the console: NI-VXI device driver loaded. Copyright (c) 1994 National Instruments Corporation All Rights Reserved. If the driver is already loaded, the following message appears on the console: Can't load this module: No such device or address.
If you changed any of the software configuration settings from the default settings, record the new settings on the VME-SB2020 Hardware and Software Configuration Form in Appendix C. Developing Your Application Program After you have verified that the driver software has been installed successfully, you can proceed with development of your VXI application software.
This appendix addresses certain problems you may encounter when using the NI-VXI bus interface software for Solaris. If you are unable to resolve your problem, please fill out the appropriate forms in Appendix C, Customer Communication, and contact National Instruments. Problems when Using vxiinit vxiinit Cannot Find .cfg Files...
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Other Products • Computer Make and Model __________________________________________________ • Microprocessor __________________________________________________ • Clock Frequency __________________________________________________ (Bus and Microprocessor) • Type of Video Board Installed __________________________________________________ • Amount of RAM __________________________________________________ • Hard Disk Capacity and Brand __________________________________________________ • Solaris Platform and Version __________________________________________________ •...
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A Servant-only device that supports VXIbus configuration registers. device 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 resman interface software. See Resource Manager. Resource Manager...
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