Chapter 1
Introduction and Quick Start
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Installing and Loading the NI-VXI/VISA Software for Linux
For information on installing, uninstalling, or using the NI-VXI/VISA
software, refer to Chapter 5,
NI-VXI/VISA Software Installation
VME Users
When used with a VXI-MXI-2,
resman
identifies and configures the VXI
devices, including the VXI-MXI-2. When used with a VME-MXI-2,
resman
configures the VME-MXI-2 to allow the PCI-MXI-2 to access
devices in the VME chassis.
resman
does not configure VME devices. The
VME specification does not specify the initialization and configuration
procedures that the VXI specification requires.
It is recommended that you enter the information about your VME devices
into the
vxitedit
utility.
resman
can then properly configure the various
device-specific VME address spaces and VME interrupt lines. For more
information on configuring non-VXI devices in your VXI system, refer to
the description of the Non-VXI Device Configuration Editor in Chapter 3,
VXI Text Resource Editor, in the NI-VXI Text Utilities Reference Manual.
For more details about installing the NI-VXI software, refer to Chapter 5,
NI-VXI/VISA Software Installation
, in this manual.
Device Interaction
After
resman
has detected and configured all VXI/VME devices, you can
view specific information on each device in your system by using the
vxitedit
utility. These utilities include a Resource Manager Display,
which contains a description for each device, including each VXI device’s
logical address.
You can interact with your VXI/VME devices by using the
victext
utility
for NI-VXI. These utilities let you interactively control your VXI/VME
devices without having to use a conventional programming language,
LabVIEW, or LabWindows/CVI.
Try the following in
victext
:
At the prompt, type
help vxiinreg
This help file shows you the syntax for this command, which reads VXI
device configuration registers. The first argument is a logical address, and
the second is the offset of the VXI device configuration register to be read.
Now type
vxiinreg 1,0