Using System Configuration And Initialization Files - Keysight M9005A User Manual

Getting Started With The System Installation and Configuration

Using System Configuration and Initialization Files

The PXI Express specification allows many combinations of PXI Express chassis
and system modules. To assist system integrators, the manufacturers of PXI
Express chassis and system modules must document the capabilities of their
products. The minimum documentation requirements are contained in .ini files,
which consist of ASCII text. System integrators, configuration utilities, and device
drivers can use these .ini files.
The capability documentation for the M9005A chassis is contained in the
chassis.ini file on the software media that comes with the chassis. The information
in this file is combined with information about the system controller to create a
single system initialization file called pxisys.ini (PXI System Initialization). The
system controller manufacturer either provides a pxisys.ini file for the particular
chassis model that contains the system controller or provides a utility that can
read an arbitrary chassis.ini file and generate the corresponding pxisys.ini file. The
Keysight IO Libraries provide the Resource Manager which is responsible for
creating the pxisys.ini system description file according to the PXI specification.
Device drivers and other utility software read the pxisys.ini file to obtain system
information. The device drivers should have no need to directly read the
chassis.ini file. For detailed information regarding initialization files, refer to the
PXI Express specification at www.pxisa.org.
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