Chapter 3
Developing Your Application
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launch VISAIC (or VIC) from the
Tools
menu in MAX or from the
VISA
or
VXI
subgroups in
Start»Programs»National Instruments
.
Try the following in VISAIC: In the tree view, navigate using your mouse
to the VISA resource for your controller—probably VXI0::0::INSTR,
representing the VXI system 0, logical address 0 instrument resource, as
shown in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2.
Select Your Controller in VISAIC
Open the selected resource and navigate to the Register I/O tab. In this tab,
you can read registers on your device, such as the VXI device configuration
registers. Execute the viIn operation (called In in LabVIEW compatibility
mode) with the default parameters. The Data Value field shows the I/O
operation result, such as
0x9ff6
. The Return Value field shows the
function status, such as 0 for
VI_SUCCESS
, as shown in Figure 3-3.