About This Manual - National Instruments MXI Getting Started

About This Manual

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This manual contains instructions for installing and configuring
the National Instruments PCI-based MXI-2 interface kit for
Windows 2000/NT/Me/98. This manual is meant to be used with the
MXI-2 Configuration Reference Manual.
Your kit contains either a VXI-MXI-2 or VME-MXI-2, which plugs into
your VXI or VME mainframe and links your computer to the VXIbus
or VMEbus, respectively. The kit also contains either a PCI-MXI-2
or a PXI-8320 interface board, which links your PCI-based or
PXI/CompactPCI computer to the MXIbus. Your software consists of the
NI-VXI bus interface software, which is fully VXIplug&play compliant,
and the NI-VISA API, which is the National Instruments implementation
of the VISA I/O software standard on which all VXIplug&play software
components are based.
ix PCI-Based MXI-2 Interfaces for Windows 2000/NT/Me/98