Chapter 1
Introduction
Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700
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All models in the VXIpc 800/700 Series are fully VXIplug&play
compliant and can be used with PC-compatible software tools, the
National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows
®
/CVI application
software, and the NI-VXI, NI-VISA, and NI-488.2 bus interface
software.
For in-depth details on the VXIpc 800/700 hardware (including a
description of the differences between the various models in the series),
consult the VXIpc 800/700 Series User Manual.
Software Description
The NI-VXI bus interface software for the VXIpc 800/700 Series
includes a Resource Manager, graphical and text-based versions of an
interactive VXI resource editor program, a comprehensive library of
software routines for VXI/VME programming, and a VXI interactive
control program. You can use this software to create applications that
seamlessly control multiple-mainframe configurations. These
applications have software compatibility across a variety of VXI/VME
controller platforms.
The NI-488.2 software kit gives you accessibility to the
industry-standard NI-488.2 software for controlling external GPIB
instruments through the GPIB port on the front panel (or through a
PCMCIA-GPIB card on models that do not include GPIB as a standard
feature). The GPIB interface on your VXIpc controller is fully
compatible with the NI-488.2 driver for a variety of operating systems.
Any software using NI-488.2 will run on the VXIpc 800/700.
For more information on installing and configuring the NI-VXI
software, refer to the NI-VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800/700
Series. This manual is installed on your hard drive in the
c:\images\manuals
directory. Use the Acrobat Reader program
to open the file called
NIVXISM.pdf
. This manual describes each
field in the VXIpc Configuration Editor and the VXI/VME-MXI-2
Configuration Editor of the
VXIedit
software utility. You can use the
NI-VXI Graphical Utilities Reference Manual and the NI-VXI Text
Utilities Reference Manual to get more information about the
VIC
or
VICtext
utilities and the other configuration editors in
VXIedit
. Refer
to the NI-VXI User Manual and the NI-VXI Programmer Reference
Manual for details about NI-VXI function calls. You can also access
online help for Windows 95/NT/3.1 in the NI-VXI folder.
