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Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700
Chapter
2
Setup
This chapter contains basic instructions for setting up the
VXIpc 800/700 and the NI-VXI software.
You can use this material as a guide to quickly configure and operate
your VXI system using the VXIpc 800/700. This chapter assumes that
you intend to perform a basic configuration as follows:
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You have one VXIbus chassis in which you will be using the
VXIpc 800/700 as the Resource Manager (logical address 0).
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You will be using the NI-VXI software for initialization,
configuration, and device interaction.
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You will use the default hardware and software settings.
Refer to Chapter 3, Default Settings, for a complete listing of the
hardware and software default settings. If you need more information,
or if you want to try a different configuration, please refer to the VXIpc
800/700 Series User Manual for information about the hardware, or to
the NI-VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800/700 Series for
information about the NI-VXI software.
Hardware Installation
To prevent electrostatic discharge, touch the antistatic plastic package
to a metal part of your VXIbus chassis before removing the
VXIpc 800/700 from the package. Install the VXIpc 800/700 in
the first slot of a VXI chassis (slot 0). In its default configuration,
VXIpc 800/700 Series automatically detects whether it should be the
VXIbus system controller. The VXIbus system controllers operate
certain VXIbus lines as required for VXI systems. Verify that any
other VXI devices with system controller capability that are located in
the same chassis are not configured as system controller. Having more
than one device configured as system controller will damage the
VXI system.
For VXI systems that include VME devices, ensure that the VME
devices are not configured in the upper 16 KB (starting from 0xC000)
