National Instruments MXI Getting Started page 57

Glossary
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m
master
master-mode
operation
MAX
MB
MBLT
message-based
device
MITE
MXI-2
MXIbus
MXIbus System
Controller
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NI-488 or NI-488.2
NI-DAQ
PCI-Based MXI-2 Interfaces for Windows 2000/NT/Me/98
meters
A functional part of a MXI/VME/VXIbus device that initiates data transfers
on the backplane. A transfer can be either a read or a write.
A device is in master mode if it is performing a bus cycle which it initiated.
Measurement & Automation Explorer; an environment to view, configure,
and interact with hardware.
Megabytes of memory
Eight-byte block transfers in which both the Address bus and the Data bus
are used to transfer data
An intelligent device that implements the defined VXIbus registers and
communication protocols. These devices are able to use Word Serial
Protocol to communicate with one another through communication
registers.
A National Instruments custom ASIC, a sophisticated dual-channel DMA
controller that incorporates the Synchronous MXI and VME64 protocols to
achieve high-performance block transfer rates
The second generation of the National Instruments MXIbus product line.
MXI-2 expands the number of signals on a standard MXIbus cable by
including VXI triggers, all VXI interrupts, CLK10, SYSFAIL*,
SYSRESET*, and ACFAIL*. MXI-2 also defines higher-performance data
transfer protocols.
Multisystem eXtension Interface Bus; a high-performance communication
link that interconnects devices using round, flexible cables
A functional module that has arbiter, daisy-chain driver, and MXIbus cycle
timeout responsibility. Always the first device in the MXIbus daisy-chain
The National Instruments software for GPIB systems
The National Instruments software for data acquisition instruments
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