National Instruments MXI Getting Started page 27

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application
Open the selected resource and navigate to the Register I/O tab. In this tab,
you can read registers on your 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 . The Return Value field shows the
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function status, such as for (see Figure 3-3).
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Figure 3-3. Successful viIn Access in the VISAIC Register I/O Tab
(This Dialog Box May Look Slightly Different for LabVIEW Users)
If the data value ends in , you have successfully read the National
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Instruments manufacturer ID from your VXI/VME controller's ID register.
You may now want to read the configuration registers from other VXI
devices in your system by opening the devices in VISAIC. Try reading a
register from each device listed in the MAX view of your VXI system. This
way, you can verify that your VXI controller can access each device in your
VXI system successfully.
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