Chapter 4
Developing Your Application
VXIpc 770/870B Series User Manual
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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 it, 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
VXI1::0::INSTR
,
representing the VXI system 1, logical address 0 instrument resource (refer
to Figure 4-2).
Figure 4-2.
Select Your Controller in VISAIC
Open the selected resource and navigate to the
Register I/O
tab. In this tab,
you can read registers on your device, such as the VXI device configuration
registers. Execute the
viIn
operation (called
In
in LabVIEW compatibility
mode) with the default parameters. The
Data Value
field shows the I/O
operation result, such as
0x9ff6
. The
Return Value
field shows the
function status, such as
0
for
VI_SUCCESS
(see Figure 4-3).
