Installation
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your chassis.
b. For use in primary PXI bus – Choose any unused PXI or CompactPCI
peripheral slot except slot 1 (Slot 1 is reserved for the system
controller.)
3. Remove any covers blocking access to the slot in which you intend to install
PXI-8570.
4. Make sure the injector/ejector handle is in its downward position.
5. Hold the handle as you slide the module into the chassis until the handle
catches on the injector/ejector rail.
6. Raise the injector/ejector handle until the module firmly seats into the
backplane receptacle connectors. The front panel of PXI-8570 should be
even with the front panel of chassis.
7. Tighten the bracket-retaining screws.
2.5.4
Configuration & Cabling
Because PCI/PXI-8570 extension module functions as standard PCI-to-PCI
bridge, it can take advantage of a variety of extension configurations. Figure 2.3
& 2.4 show the most basic PCI extension configuration. Each primary extension
module can connect to two secondary extension modules at most in order to
extend two PCI segments. Figure 2.5 & 2.6 show the Star and Daisy-chain
configurations to extend more than two PXI chassis.
Each PCI/PXI-8570 extension module has two link ports (Link 0 and Link 1), and
each link is divided into transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx). Please follow these steps
to link the primary and secondary extension modules:
1. Connect the cooper cables to both primary and secondary extension
modules. Two cables are needed while linking the primary and secondary
modules. One cable is used for connecting transmit (Tx – black if ADLINK
cables are used) of primary module with receive (Rx) of secondary module.
The other is used for connecting receive (Rx – red if ADLINK cables are
used) of primary module with transmit (Tx) of secondary module. Please
refer to Figure 2.3 and 2.4 for the connection. Turn on the system with the
secondary extension module first.
2. And then turn on the system with the primary extension module.
Notes:
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If your operation is correct, the indicated LED of primary extension
module is dark and the LED of secondary extension module is bright.
