Glossary
Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700
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VXIbus
VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation
VXIedit or VXItedit
VXI Resource Editor program, a part of the NI-VXI bus interface
software package. Used to configure the system, edit the manufacturer
name and ID numbers, edit the model names of VXI and non-VXI
devices in the system, as well as the system interrupt configuration
information, and display the system configuration information
generated by the Resource Manager.
VXIinit
A program in the NI-VXI bus interface software package that initializes
the board interrupts, shared RAM, VXI register configurations, and bus
configurations
W
Word Serial Protocol
The simplest required communication protocol supported by
message-based devices in a VXIbus system. It utilizes the A16
communication registers to transfer data using a simple polling
handshake method.
write posting
A mechanism that signifies that a device will immediately give a
successful acknowledge to a write transfer and place the transfer in a
local buffer. The device can then independently complete the write
cycle to the destination.
