National Instruments PXI-8186, User Manual

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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
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• LabVIEW RT Options —Use this setting to bring up the LabVIEW
RT Options submenu. (Refer to the LabVIEW RT Options Submenu
section.)
• Local Bus IDE Adapter —The NI PXI-8186 controller has
two integrated IDE/ATA channels (Primary and Secondary), each
capable of supporting two ATA devices (Master and Slave). Use this
setting to disable one or more of these integrated channels. You should
modify this setting only if specified in other sections of this manual.
The default is
Both .
• Quick Boot Mode —When you enable this option, certain lengthy
BIOS tests that rarely fail are skipped to shorten controller boot time.
The default is
Enabled .
• Summary Screen —This setting controls the display of the summary
screen shown after BIOS completes its initialization, but before
booting takes place. You can disable this screen in the interest of
shortening controller boot time. The default is
Disabled .
• PXE Network Boot —This setting enables the option for booting from
a network PXE server on the subnet. The default is Disabled .
• Write Protect Boot Sector —When set to Yes , this setting prevents
modification of a hard disk boot sector via INT 13h services, which
may help prevent certain computer viruses from infecting the
controller. This setting does not prevent boot sector modification
by 32-bit operating system drivers that access the hard disk directly.
The default is
No .
Integrated Peripherals Submenu
Use this submenu to apply nondefault configurations to the front panel
peripherals of an NI PXI-8186 controller. Normally, you do not need
to modify these settings, as the factory default settings provide the most
compatible and optimal configuration possible.
• Serial Port A & B —This setting enables or disables COM1 and
COM2, respectively. You also can change this setting to Enabled and
modify the base address and Interrupt Request Level (IRQ) of a port.
The default is
Auto , which places COM1 at 0x3F8 IRQ 4 and COM2
at 0x2F8 IRQ 3.
• Parallel Port —Use this setting to enable or disable LPT1. You also
can change this setting to Enabled and modify the base address,
IRQ level, and ISA Direct Memory Access (DMA) channel of the
port. The default is
Auto , which places LPT1 at 0x378, IRQ 7, using
ISA DMA Channel 3 if necessary.