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SCXI-1581 User Manual
Contents
Chapter 1
Installing and Configuring the SCXI-1581
About the SCXI-1581 ....................................................................................................1-1
What You Need to Get Started ......................................................................................1-1
Installing the Software ...................................................................................................1-2
Installing the SCXI-1581 ...............................................................................................1-2
Unpacking........................................................................................................1-2
Installing the SCXI-1581 Module into the SCXI Chassis...............................1-3
Connecting the SCXI-1581 to an E Series DAQ Device
for Multiplexed Scanning in an SCXI Chassis .............................................1-4
Connecting the SCXI-1581 to an E Series DAQ Device
for Multiplexed Scanning in a PXI Combination Chassis............................1-6
Configuring and Self-Testing ........................................................................................1-7
Configuring SCXI Using Traditional NI-DAQ ...............................................1-7
Manually Adding and Configuring Modules in Traditional NI-DAQ ............1-9
Verifying and Self-Testing the Configuration.................................................1-9
Configuring SCXI Using NI-DAQmx.............................................................1-10
Manually Adding and Configuring Modules in NI-DAQmx ..........................1-11
Verifying and Self-Testing the Configuration.................................................1-11
Troubleshooting the Self-Test Verification ...................................................................1-12
Removing the SCXI-1581 .............................................................................................1-13
Removing the SCXI-1581 from Measurement & Automation Explorer ........1-13
Removing the SCXI-1581 from an SCXI Chassis ..........................................1-14
Removing the SCXI-1581 from Measurement & Automation Explorer ........1-15
Chapter 2
Using the SCXI-1581
Operation of the Current Sources ..................................................................................2-1
Signal Connections ........................................................................................................2-1
Scanning Other SCXI Modules Through the SCXI-1581 .............................................2-4
Theory of Multiplexed Hardware Operation ...................................................2-5
Appendix A
Specifications