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Expanding Systems with Embedded Controller 7 Special ParBERT Systems
Agilent 81250 ParBERT Installation Guide, May 2004 7-23
Expanding Systems with
Embedded Controller
The embedded ParBERT controller is a 2-slot VXI module that houses an
industry-standard PC. Besides connectors for monitor, keyboard, and
mouse, it has GPIB and LAN interfaces and a SCSI interface for
connecting an external CD-ROM drive. It occupies the slots 0 and 1 of the
ParBERT master mainframe.
This controller communicates directly with the VXI bus of the mainframe.
It does not use the IEEE 1394 PC to VXI interface.
If you wish to add one or two expander frames to a system with
embedded controller, you need a VXI bus extender module for the master
mainframe and another one for each of the expander frames. Bus
extender modules are interconnected by two cables. They extend the VXI
bus of the master mainframe to the expander frames.
A VXI bus extender module requires one mainframe slot.
You can use the Agilent E1482B bus extender option or the National
Instruments VXI-MXI-2 bus extender modules. The Agilent E1482B bus
extender option includes all necessary cables.
To add expander frames to a system with embedded controller:
1 Set the logical address of the first VXI bus extender module to “2” and
install it in slot 2 of the master mainframe (adjacent to the controller).
See
“How to Set the Logical Address” on page 6-5 for instructions.
2 Set the logical addresses of the additional VXI bus extender modules to
“128” (expander frame 1) or “192” (expander frame 2) and install them
in slot 0 of the expander frames.