Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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The
manuals
directory contains quick reference guides, technical
reference manuals, and National Instruments software manuals, all in
Adobe Acrobat format. To access any manual, change your directory
to
c:\images\manuals
and list the contents of that directory. You will
see several files, one corresponding to each device.
The
os
directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating
system installed on your controller.
The rest of the directories correspond to each device in your controller.
Within each of these directories are the drivers for the devices. These files
and directories are copied exactly from the manufacturer distribution disks,
so the naming conventions vary from device to device.
PXI Features
PXI Trigger Connectivity
The SMB connector on the NI PXI-8101/8102 front panel can connect to
or from any PXI backplane trigger line. A trigger allocation process is
needed to prevent two resources from connecting to the same trigger line,
resulting in the trigger being double-driven and possibly damaging the
hardware. At the time of this manual’s publication, this software is not yet
available for Windows. Contact National Instruments for more
information.
Chassis Configuration
Configuration of the PXI system is handled through Measurement &
Automation Explorer (MAX), included with the software pre-installed
on your controller. MAX creates the
pxisys.ini
file, which defines
the layout and parameters of your PXI system.
