Chapter 2
Setup
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PCI-Based MXI-2 Interface for Windows
Completing the Software Installation
1.
Review the information in any
README
files that Setup prompts you
to read.
2.
When the installation process completes, you must reboot your
computer for the changes to take effect. The NI-VXI driver is loaded
at this time.
3.
If you backed up the manufacturer and model name files, restore
them to the
TBL
subdirectory of the NI-VXI directory before
running MAX.
4.
After you install the NI-VXI/NI-VISA software, run MAX. It will
prompt you to run Resman. You must run Resman every time the
chassis power is cycled so that the application can access devices in the
VXI/VME chassis. You also can configure MAX to run Resman
automatically at every computer startup.
5.
After you run Resman, you are ready to use MAX to interactively
configure the National Instruments hardware in your system. Use the
right-click help for information about the various configuration
options.
Verifying Your System Configuration
After you finish configuring the system through MAX, verify the system
configuration through the interactive control utility, VISAIC.
For more details about the utilities in NI-VXI/NI-VISA, refer to Chapter 3,
