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Chapter 3 Developing Your Application
You also can use VXI Interactive Control Program (VIC) to control the VXI/VME
Note
devices and develop and debug VXI application programs. VIC is not included in the
default NI-VXI installation; to install it, select NI-VXI API Development from the
custom installation screen in the installer.
PCI-Based MXI-2 Interface for Windows
You can launch VISAIC (or VIC) from the Tools menu in MAX or from the
VISA or VXI subgroups in Start»Programs»National Instruments.
Try the following in VISAIC: In the tree view, navigate using your mouse
to the VISA resource for your controller—probably VXI0::0::INSTR,
representing the VXI system 0, logical address 0 instrument resource (refer
to Figure 3-2).
Figure 3-2. Select Your Controller in VISAIC
Open the selected resource and navigate to the Register I/O tab. In this tab,
you can read registers on the device, such as the VXI device configuration
registers. Execute the viIn operation (called In in LabVIEW compatibility
mode) with the default parameters. The Data Value field shows the I/O
operation result, such as
function status, such as
slightly different for LabVIEW users. Refer to Figure 3-3.
. The Return Value field shows the
0x9ff6
for . This dialog box may look
0 VI_SUCCESS
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