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Introduction and Quick Start
This chapter describes the VXI/VME-PCI8026 interface kits, lists what
you need to get started, introduces the concepts of MXI-2, and includes a
brief description of the hardware and software.
This chapter also contains a
section, which has the basic
information you need to install the VXI/VME-PCI8026 interface kit with a
simple configuration, along with a
section, which lists the
hardware and software default settings for easy reference. You may find
that these sections contain as much information as you need to get started
with your VXI/VME-PCI8026 interface kit.
This manual uses the term VXI/VME-PCI8026 when information applies to
either the VXI-PCI8026 kit, which contains a VXI-MXI-2 module, or the
VME-PCI8026 kit, which contains a VME-MXI-2 module. Similarly, the
term VXI/VME-MXI-2 means that information applies to either the
VXI-MXI-2 or the VME-MXI-2.
The following flowchart shows where to turn in this manual for more
details on configuring and using the hardware and software.