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About This Manual
Thank you for purchasing the National Instruments NI PXI-665
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Timing and Synchronization
Module. The NI PXI-665x enables you to route PXI timing and trigger signals between two or
more devices within a single PXI chassis or between two or more chassis. The NI PXI-665
x
can
generate and route clock signals between devices in multiple chassis, providing a method to
synchronize multiple devices in a multichassis PXI system.
This manual describes the electrical and mechanical aspects of the NI PXI-665
x
and contains
information concerning its operation and programming.
National Instruments Documentation
is one piece of the documentation set for your measurement
system. You could have any of several other documents describing your hardware and software.
Use the documentation you have as follows:
•
Measurement hardware documentation—This documentation contains detailed
information about the measurement hardware that plugs into or is connected to the
computer. Use this documentation for hardware installation and configuration instructions,
specifications about the measurement hardware, and application hints.
•
Software documentation—Refer to the
NI-Sync User Manual
, available at
ni.com/
manuals
.
You can download NI documentation from
ni.com/manuals
.
Related Documentation
The following documents contain information that you might find helpful as you read this
manual:
•
PICMG 2.0 R3.0
,
CompactPCI Core Specification
, available from PICMG at
www.picmg.org
•
PXI Specification
, Revision 2.1, available from
www.pxisa.org
•
NI-VISA User Manual
, available from
ni.com/manuals
•
NI-VISA Help
, included with the NI-VISA software
•
NI-Sync User Manual
, available from
ni.com/manuals
•
NI PXI-665x Calibration Procedure
, available from
ni.com/manuals
