Chapter 3
VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation
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VXIpc 800/700 Series User Manual
Figure 3-9 shows the configuration settings for EEPROM operation.
Figure 3-9. EEPROM Configuration
How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration
VXIedit
is the software configuration utility in the NI-VXI software. This
utility is described in the NI-VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800/700
Series, which you can access through the
c:\images\manuals
directory.
You can use this utility to edit the configuration of the VXIpc-800. Some
of these settings are stored in files that are read by the NI-VXI software,
while other settings are stored directly in the VXIpc-800 EEPROM.
Certain EEPROM configurations can lock up your PCI computer while it
is booting up. Generally, only the size and location of the memory windows
can cause your VXIpc-800 to lock up your system. For example, many
PCI-based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more
memory space than the computer can allocate. If you encounter this
situation you should reduce the size of the VXIpc-800 user window.
If this situation occurs after you change the configuration, perform the
following steps to reconfigure the VXIpc-800.
1.
Turn your computer off.
Warning: To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards, the
mainframe should remain off until you are finished changing the settings
on the VXIpc-800 module.
2.
Change switch S9 to the OFF position as shown in Figure 3-9b to
restore the factory configuration.
3.
Turn on the computer. The computer should boot this time because
the factory-default configuration is being used to initialize the
VXIpc-800 module.
S9
S9
a. Boot from User
Configuration (Default)
b. Boot from Protected
Configuration
