Chapter 3
Developing Your Application
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Device Interaction
You can interact with your VXI/VME devices using the VISA Interactive
Control (VISAIC) utility. VISAIC allows you to control your VXI/VME
devices without using LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, or another
programming language. You can also control your devices in MAX by
right-clicking a device name and selecting
Open VISA Session
.
Note
You can also use VXI Interactive Control Program (VIC) to control your VXI/VME
devices and develop and debug VXI application programs. VIC is not included in the
default NI-VXI installation. To install VIC, choose either a Complete install or select
NI-VXI API Development
from the custom installation screen in the installer.
You can launch VISAIC (or VIC) from the
Tools
menu in MAX or from
the
VISA
or
VXI
subgroups in
Start»Programs»National Instruments
.
Try the following in VISAIC: In the tree view, navigate using your mouse
to the VISA resource for your controller—probably
VXI0::0::INSTR
,
representing the VXI system 0, logical address 0 instrument resource,
as shown in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2.
Select Your Controller in VISAIC
