Glossary
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Glossary-7
VXIpc 800/700 Series User Manual
VMEbus System
A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe
Controller
or Slot 1 of a VMEbus chassis. This device is unique in the VMEbus
system in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions,
including clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the
backplane. Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the
device, the VMEbus/VXIbus backplane, or both.
VXIbus
VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation
VXIedit
VXI Resource Editor program, a part of the NI-VXI bus interface
software. Used to configure the system, edit the manufacturer name and
ID numbers, edit the model names of VXI and non-VXI devices in the
system, as well as the system interrupt configuration information, and
display the system configuration information generated by the Resource
Manager.
VXIinit
A program in the NI-VXI bus interface software package that initializes
the board interrupts, shared RAM, VXI register configurations, and bus
configurations