Chapter 2
Setup
Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700
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manager (such as
EMM386.EXE
), you must exclude the region
assigned to your VXIpc 800/700. This region may shift if you
insert any expansion boards into the PCI expansion slot.
8.
Execute the Resource Manager utility,
RESMAN
,
to configure your
VXI system.
VME Users
RESMAN
identifies and configures the VXI devices.
RESMAN
does not
configure VME devices. The VME specification does not define the
initialization and configuration procedures that the VXI specification
requires.
However, it is recommended that you enter the information about your
VME devices into the
VXIedit
or
VXItedit
utility.
RESMAN
can then
use this information to properly configure the various device-specific
VME address spaces and VME interrupt lines. For more information
on configuring non-VXI devices in your VXI system, refer to the
description of the Non-VXI Device Configuration Editor in Chapter 3,
VXI Resource Editor: VXIedit, of the NI-VXI Graphical Utilities
Reference Manual.
Device Interaction
After
RESMAN
has detected and configured all VXI/VME devices, you
can view specific information on each device in your system by using
the
VXIedit
or
VXItedit
utilities. These utilities include a Resource
Manager Display, which contains a description for each device,
including each VXI device’s logical address.
You can interact with your VXI/VME devices by using the
VIC
or
VICtext
utilities. With these utilities, you can interactively control
your VXI/VME devices without having to use a conventional
programming language, LabVIEW, or LabWindows/CVI.
Try the following in
VIC
or
VICtext
:
At the prompt, type:
help vxiinreg
