Appendix B Troubleshooting - National Instruments VME-SB2020 Getting Started

Appendix B
Troubleshooting
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
may inform you that it cannot find one or more of the configuration or table files, for
vxiinit
example,
File vxila.cfg not found
include ,
vxibus.cfg
possible causes for this error message.
• Ensure that you are using the proper
program distributed with another National Instruments controller to initialize the
vxiinit
SB-MXI.
• The file(s) may have been deleted accidentally. If the file does not exist in your
directory—
nivxi/tbl
installed your software, you can find it on your original NI-VXI distribution media and
restore it manually.
• The environment variable may be pointing to the wrong directory. The path
NIVXIPATH
should be set in the
(Refer to the Using the NI-VXI Software section of Chapter 3). Set the correct path for the
variable, for example,
NIVXIPATH
Solaris 2.x.
vxiinit Cannot Find Device Driver
If you receive the message
communicate with the driver. This can be due to the driver either not being in memory or it has
become corrupted.
First, verify that the driver is in memory. To do this, use the appropriate command associated
with your Solaris platform:
• For Solaris 1.x, type
• For Solaris 2.x, type
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. Other files for which error messages are generated
,
vxidev.cfg mfnameid.tbl
vxiinit
for Solaris 1.x or
or
.cshrc .profile
/usr/nivxi
VXI device driver not found
modstat.
.
nivxi.info
, and
model.tbl
program for your system. You cannot use the
for Solaris 2.x— after you
NICsbmxi/tbl
files, depending on the shell type you are using
for Solaris 1.x, or
,
vxiinit
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. There are three
tbl
for
/opt/NICsbmxi
has been unable to