Glossary
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C
C
Celsius
CI
See
Code Instrument
Code Instrument
CI; a proprietary National Instruments software structure that uses software
to emulate the capabilities of a VXI Message-Based device
Command
causes the GPIB-VXI/C to take some action
Commander
a Message-Based device that is also a bus master and can control one
or more Servants
Console response
returned in the form of readable sentences, which is better suited for
interactive command entry
D
DC
Dynamic Configuration, or Dynamically Configured
DC device
See
Dynamic configuration device
DCI
See
Downloaded CI
Diagnostics mode
mode in which you can perform extensive offline diagnostic tests of
the GPIB-VXI/C
Downloaded CI
DCI; a form of CI that is downloaded into the GPIB-VXI/C’s RAM
memory
Dynamic configuration
device
DC device; a device that initially has a logical address of 255.
The RM subsequently assigns it a different, unique logical address
E
ECI
See
EPROMed CI
EEPROM
Electrically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory