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Glossary
© National Instruments Corporation Glossary-5 GPIB-VXI/C User Manual
Q
Query similar to a command in that it also causes the GPIB-VXI/C to take some
action, but it always returns a response containing data or other information
R
RCI See Resident CI
Register-Based Device a Servant-only device that supports VXIbus configuration registers.
Register-Based devices are typically controlled by Message-Based devices
via device-dependent register reads and writes.
Resident CI RCI; a CI that is supplied by National Instrument and resides in the
firmware
RM See Resource Manager
Resource Manager a Message-Based Commander located at Logical Address 0 that provides
configuration management services such as address map configuration,
Commander/Servant mappings, self-test and diagnostic management.
S
s seconds
SC Static Configuration, or Statically Configured
SC Device See Static configuration device
Servant a device that is controlled by a Commander. Any device can be a Servant.
Static configuration
device SC device; a device that has its logical address set by static means, such as
by a DIP switch
System configuration
table during the execution of the RM and general configuration operations, the
GPIB-VXI/C builds up a table of system configuration information. Each
device has an entry in the table containing the device’s logical address, its
Commander’s logical address, its secondary address, slot number, device
class, manufacturer ID number, model code, memory space requirement,
memory base address, and memory size. This table remains after the RM
and general configuration operations are complete. It is accessible through
the GPIB-VXI/C local command set.