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Configuration and Startup
Procedures
This chapter contains information about the system configuration,
GPIB-VXI/C configuration, and startup operation.
System Configuration
The typical system includes the following components:
•
A VXIbus system mainframe containing the GPIB-VXI/C and
instrument modules
•
A host computer with a GPIB interface module and associated driver
software (available for many computers from National Instruments)
connected to the GPIB-VXI/C GPIB port
•
A dumb terminal or host running a terminal emulator connected to the
GPIB-VXI/C serial port (optional)
The serial port settings are 9,600 baud, 8-bit data, no parity, and one stop
bit. Refer to Appendix D,
, for descriptions of the RS-232 serial
connector and the GPIB interface connector.
Cables for connecting the GPIB-VXI/C serial port to an RS-232 terminal
or COM1 port on an IBM PC-compatible computer are available from
National Instruments. Refer to the
section
of
Chapter 1,
, for more information.