Appendix E
Common Questions
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so when you power the chassis, Resman runs. If you power-cycle the
chassis, the PC reboots, forcing Resman to run again.
How do I handle VME devices?
Although there is no way to automatically detect VME devices in a system,
you can add them easily through the
Add Device Wizard
in T&M
Explorer. Through this procedure, you can reserve resources for each of
your VME devices and configure T&M Explorer to show VME devices
on the screen with all your other devices.
How can I determine which version of the NI-VXI/VISA software
I have installed?
Following are several ways to find this information:
•
From T&M Explorer, select
About...
from the
Help
menu. In the
About
dialog box, press the
Software Info
button. This displays
version information on NI-VXI and NI-VISA files.
•
Under Windows NT and Windows 98, you can find version
information by right-clicking on any component and selecting the
Properties
option. This displays a property sheet with a version tab.
This tab has version information about the product (NI-VXI) and the
component (
NIVXINT.DLL
, for example).
•
You can find version information about the NI-VXI driver by running
the VIC utility program. Type
ver
at the prompt, and the utility
displays the versions of VIC and NI-VXI, and the latest VXIpc
hardware revision that this NI-VXI driver supports.
•
You can find version information about the VISA driver through
VISAIC by selecting
About...
from the
Help
menu.
How can I determine the serial number and hardware revision of the
VXIpc embedded computers?
Run T&M Explorer and right-click on the name of the VXIpc. Select
Hardware Configuration
, and T&M Explorer displays the dialog box for
the device. The title bar includes the serial number and hardware revision.
Which NI-VXI utility program must I use to configure the VXIpc 870
Series?
Use the T&M Explorer program to configure the VXIpc. T&M Explorer is
located in the
NIVXI
program group folder.
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