
VXI-8340 Series
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Installing the Hardware
This section summarizes how to install your VXI-8340 series hardware. Your kit
contains a VXI-8340 series interface module and may also contain a PCI-8330
series interface board and MXI-3 cable.
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 1 shows a system with a PCI bus-equipped computer and a VXI chassis
with a VXI-8340 series module.
Figure 1.
Typical VXI System with a VXI-8340 Series Interface Module