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Glossary
VME-SB2020/NI-VXI/Solaris Getting Started
Glossary-6
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MXIbus
Multisystem eXtension Interface Bus; a high-performance communication
link that interconnects devices using round, flexible cables.
MXIbus System
A functional module that has arbiter, daisy-chain driver, and MXIbus
Controller
cycle timeout responsibility. Always the first device in the MXIbus
daisy-chain.
N
NI-VXI
The National Instruments bus interface software for VME/VXIbus
systems.
P
propagation
The transmission of signal through a computer system.
R
Register-Based
A Servant-only device that supports VXIbus configuration registers.
device
Register-Based devices are typically controlled by Message-Based devices
via device-dependent register reads and writes.
resman
The name of the National Instruments Resource Manager in NI-VXI bus
interface software. See Resource Manager.
Resource Manager
A Message-Based Commander located at Logical Address 0, which
provides configuration management services such as address map
configuration, Commander and Servant mappings, and self-test and
diagnostic management.
RM
See Resource Manager.
S
s
seconds
Servant
A device controlled by a Commander; there are Message-Based and
Register-Based Servants.
shell
An interactive program for commands.
shell script
The commands used to perform batch processing.