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VME-MXI-2 User Manual
VME-MXI-2 Configuration
and Installation
Chapter
3
This chapter contains the instructions to configure and install the
VME-MXI-2 module.
Some features of the VME-MXI-2 are not configurable with onboard
switches or jumpers but are instead programmable. Refer to Chapter 6,
VXIplug&play for the VME-MXI-2, or Appendix B, Programmable
Configurations, for a description of the programmable features.
Warning:
Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your
VME-MXI-2 module. To avoid such damage in handling the module,
touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your VME
chassis before removing the VME-MXI-2 from the package.
Configure the VME-MXI-2
This section describes how to configure the following options on the
VME-MXI-2.
•
VMEbus A16 base address
•
VME-MXI-2 intermodule signaling
•
MXIbus termination
•
Configuration EEPROM
•
Onboard DRAM
The VME-MXI-2 automatically detects if it is located in the first slot of
the chassis to perform the VMEbus System Controller functions. It is
not necessary to configure the VME-MXI-2 System Controller option.
The module can be installed in any double-height slot of a VMEbus
chassis.
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