Drivers And Software; Pxi Features; Pxi Trigger Connectivity; Chassis Configuration - National Instruments PXI Series User Manual

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration

Drivers and Software

Your hard drive includes a directory called
contains software and soft copies of manuals for the peripherals. The
directory structure under the
into several levels.
In the
os
The
reference manuals, and National Instruments software manuals, all in
Adobe Acrobat format. To access any manual, change your directory
to
The
system installed on your computer.
The
peripherals. These files and directories are copied exactly from the
manufacturer distribution disks, so the naming conventions vary from
peripheral to peripheral.

PXI Features

PXI Trigger Connectivity

The SMB connector on the NI PXI-8115 front panel can connect to or from
any PXI 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.

Chassis Configuration

The PXI 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
system components to generate a
your entire PXI system and identify PXI-1 chassis through Measurement &
Automation Explorer (MAX), included with your controller. MAX creates
the
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images
directory, you will find a
images
directory, and a directory.
drivers
directory contains quick reference guides, technical
manuals
and list the contents of that directory.
c:\images\manuals
directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating
os
directory contains driver installers for the system
drivers
file, which defines your PXI system parameters. MAX
pxisys.ini
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in its root that
images
directory is logically organized
directory, an
manuals
file. You can configure
pxisys.ini
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