Configuration And Self-Test - National Instruments SCXI-1112 User Manual

Configuration and Self-Test

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Run Measurement & Automation Explorer to configure and test your
SCXI-1112. If you need help during the configuration process, open the
Measurement & Automation help file by selecting Help Topics from the
Help menu. Follow these steps to configure your SCXI system:
1. Double-click the Measurement & Automation Explorer icon on
your desktop.
• If you have added new modules to an existing chassis, go to step 4.
• If you inserted modules into an empty chassis, go to step 2.
2. Add a new chassis to the configured Devices and Interfaces by holding
down the right mouse button on Devices and Interfaces and selecting
Insert. Select the appropriate chassis from the list box and click OK.
3. Configure the chassis by selecting a Chassis ID. This is an integer that
uniquely identifies the chassis in a data acquisition application. Select
the Chassis Address. This is needed to address the chassis in a
multi-chassis SCXI system. Unless you are using multiple chassis with
the same DAQ device, select a Chassis Address of zero, which is the
factory-default setting of all SCXI chassis. If you are using multiple
chassis, refer to your SCXI chassis user manual for further
information. For remote SCXI chassis, you also need to select the
Baud Rate and COM Port. After completing the chassis
configuration, click Next.
4. You now have the choice of either automatically detecting which
modules are installed in the chassis or manually adding them.
• If you have just added the chassis to Devices and Interfaces and
are using an MIO DAQ device, you can automatically detect the
modules.
• If the chassis is already listed under Devices and Interfaces, you
must add new modules manually.
Go to the appropriate section that follows to continue the software
configuration of your chassis.
Chapter 2
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SCXI-1112 Module Installation
SCXI-1112 User Manual