Chapter 1
Introduction
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VXIpc 700 Series User Manual
National Instruments Software
National Instruments has developed several software kits that you can use
with the VXIpc 700 Series. The NI-VXI bus interface software for the
VXIpc 700 includes a Resource Manager, an interactive VXI resource
editor program, a comprehensive library of software routines for
VXI/VME programming, and an interactive control program for
interacting with VXI/VME. You can use this software to seamlessly
program multiple-mainframe configurations and have software
compatibility across a variety of VXI/VME controller platforms.
The NI-488.2M software kit gives you access to the industry-standard
NI-488.2M software for controlling external GPIB instruments through the
GPIB port on the front panel of your VXIpc-745, or through a PCMCIA
slot on the VXIpc-740. The GPIB interface on your VXIpc controller is
fully compatible with the NI-488.2M driver for a variety of operating
systems. Any software using NI-488.2M will run on the VXIpc 700 Series.
You can use the NI-VISA high-level programming API to program GPIB,
serial, parallel, and VXI devices in much the same manner.
You can also use the National Instruments LabVIEW and
LabWindows/CVI application programs and instrument drivers to
ease your programming task. These standardized programs match the
modular virtual instrument capability of VXI and can reduce your
VXI/VMEbus software development time. These programs are fully
VXI
plug&play
compliant and feature extensive libraries of GPIB, Serial,
and VXI instrument drivers written to take full advantage of direct VXI
control. LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI include all the tools needed for
instrument control, data acquisition, analysis, and presentation.
LabVIEW is a complete programming environment that departs from the
sequential nature of traditional programming languages and features a
graphical programming environment.
LabWindows/CVI is an interactive C development environment for
building test and measurement and instrument control systems. It includes
interactive code-generation tools and a graphical editor for building custom
user interfaces.
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