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Glossary
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G-9
PCI-Based MXI-2 Interface for Windows
SYSRESET
A VMEbus signal that is used by a device to indicate a system reset or
power-up condition
System RAM
RAM installed on your personal computer and used by the operating
system, as contrasted with onboard RAM, which is installed on the MXI-2
board
T
trigger
Either TTL or ECL lines used for intermodule timing
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic
U
user window
A region of PCI address space reserved by the PCI-MXI-2, PCI-MXI-2
Universal, or PXI-8320 for use via the NI-VXI low-level function calls.
MapVXIAddress()
uses this address space to allocate regions for use by
the
VXIpeek()
and
VXIpoke()
macros.
V
VIC
VXI Interactive Control Program, a part of the NI-VXI bus interface
software package. Used to program VXI devices, and develop and debug
VXI application programs.
VISA
Virtual Instrument Software Architecture. This is the general name given to
VISA and its associated architecture. The architecture consists of two main
VISA components: the VISA Resource Manager and the VISA Instrument
Control Resources.
VISAIC
VISA Interactive Control Program, a part of the NI-VISA software. Used
to program devices, and develop and debug application programs.
VME
Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014