Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
VXI-1394 Interface for Windows NT/98
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Installing the Hardware
This section summarizes how to install your VXI-1394 hardware. Your kit
contains a VXI-1394 interface module and a PCI-1394 adapter board.
Caution
To guard against electrostatic discharge, touch the antistatic plastic packages to
a metal part of your computer or chassis before removing the boards from their packages.
Your computer or chassis should be plugged in but powered off.
Figure 2-1 illustrates a system that includes an IEEE 1394-equipped
computer, a VXI-1394/G, IEEE 1394 devices, and a GPIB instrument.
Each 1394 device should have only one connection to the 1394 system.
Figure 2-1.
Typical VXI-1394 System
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GPIB Instrument
GPIB Cable
IEEE 1394
Cables
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Digital Cameras
External Computer
VXI Mainframe
VXI-1394/G
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