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Contents VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual vi ni.com Compatibility Layer Options ............................................................ 3-8 Debugging ..................................................................................................................... 3-9 Appendix ASpecificati...

© National Instruments Corporation vii VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual About This Manual This manual contains instructions for installing and configuring the VXI-MXI-Express series controller interface kit. It also discusses how to start developing your VXI/VME application. Conventions The follow...

About This Manual VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual viii ni.com x1 MXI-Express This term implies any of the x1 MXI-Express host adapters, such as the host adapter NI PCIe-8361, NI PCIe-8362, and NI ExpressCard-8360. Related Documentation The following documents contain information that you might fi...

© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 1 Introduction This chapter describes your VXI-MXI-Express Series controller interface kit, lists what you need to get started, and includes a brief description of the hardware and software. The VXI-MXI-Express Series controll...

Chapter 1 Introduction VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 1-2 ni.com The kits also include the NI-VXI/NI-VISA bus interface software, which is fully VXIplug&play -compliant. NI-VXI/NI-VISA is the National Instruments implementation of the VISA I/O software standard on which all VXIplug&play ...

Chapter 1 Introduction VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 1-4 ni.com Advanced Configuration Options The VXI-MXI-Express default hardware configuration should be acceptable for most systems. Refer to Appendix B, Default Settings , only if your system uses the front-panel CLK10 and trigger SMB connect...

© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 2 Installation and Configuration This chapter explains how to set up your test system. Installing the Software Use the Setup program that came with your NI-VXI/NI-VISA software to install the entire software package or a softw...

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 2-2 ni.com Caution To keep the manufacturer/model name tables or the VME device configuration from a previous installation, be sure to back them up before starting Setup. They are in the TBL subdirectory of your NI-VXI direc...

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Note If you save and restore the TBL files from an older version of NI-VXI, the software will use TBL files that do not have the latest updates from National Instruments and may not inc...

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 2-6 ni.com Figure 2-1. Installing the NI PCIe-8361/NI PCIe-8362 Installing Your NI ExpressCard-8360 ExpressCard MXI Interface Complete the following steps to install the ExpressCard interface card. 1. Power off your computer...

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-7 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Figure 2-2 shows a system that includes a PCI Express-based host computer and a VXI-MXI-Express Series controller. Figure 2-2. Host System with VXI-MXI-Express Series Controller For inf...

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 2-8 ni.com 1. Power on all of the VXI expansion chassis in any order you choose. 2. Power on the host computer. Powering Down the MXI-Express System Because operating systems and drivers commonly make the assumption that PCI...

© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 3 Developing Your Application This chapter discusses the software utilities you can use to start developing applications that use NI-VXI. After installing the NI-VXI software, you can begin developing your VXI/VME application....

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 3-2 ni.com provide a high level of performance; however, there may be some slight changes in behavior for certain applications. Your software features several system development utilities including MAX, Resman, NI Spy, VISA Int...

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application © National Instruments Corporation 3-3 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Resman to run on all VXI systems automatically when the computer boots. Resman reports to MAX all errors it finds in your system. When you view your VXI system in MAX, you can easily spot ...

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application © National Instruments Corporation 3-5 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Figure 3-3. Successful viIn Access in the VISAIC Register I/O Tab (This Window May Look Slightly Different for LabVIEW Users) If the data value ends in FF6 , you have successfully read the...

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 3-6 ni.com Programming for VXI NI-VISA and the NI-VXI API are the two National Instruments programming interfaces for accessing your VXI/VME instruments. With NI-VXI 3.0 or later, NI-VISA is the native API for communicating wit...

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application © National Instruments Corporation 3-7 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Table 3-1 summarizes the topics the example programs address. All files are found through the Windows Start menu under Programs» National Instruments»VISA»Examples , in the subdirectories ...

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual 3-8 ni.com NI-VXI API Notes The following notes apply only if you are using the NI-VXI API. National Instruments recommends that all new VXI/VME applications use the NI-VISA API, but you can still develop with the older NI-VXI ...

Chapter 3 Developing Your Application © National Instruments Corporation 3-9 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual The interrupt and trigger routing in the NI-VXI 3.0 or later low-level drivers is somewhat different from the default routing in previous versions of NI-VXI. Therefore, the compatibility l...

© National Instruments Corporation A-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual A Specifications This appendix lists the specifications for the VXI-MXI-Express Series controller. Power Requirement EXT CLK Output Drive .......................................... 50 Ω source terminated ±24 mA output driver V...

Appendix A Specifications VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual A-2 ni.com TRIG OUT Output Drive ...........................................50 Ω source terminated ±40 mA output driver V OL ..........................................................<800 mV V OH ...........................................

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-3 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Operating Environment Ambient temperature range .................... 0 to 55 °C (Tested in accordance with IEC-60068-2-1 and IEC-60068-2-2: meets MIL-PRF-28800F Class 3 low temperature limit and MIL-P...

Appendix A Specifications VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual A-4 ni.com Safety This product is designed to meet the requirements of the following standards of safety for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use: • IEC 61010-1, EN-61010-1 • UL 61010-1, CSA 61010-1 Note For UL...

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-5 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Environmental Management National Instruments is committed to designing and manufacturing products in an environmentally responsible manner. NI recognizes that eliminating certain hazardous substances...

© National Instruments Corporation B-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual B Default Settings This appendix summarizes the default settings for the hardware and software in the VXI-MXI-Express kit. If you need more information about a particular setting or want to try a different configuration, refer...

Appendix B Default Settings © National Instruments Corporation B-3 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Default Software Settings The following hardware configurations are available through Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX). Table B-1. VXI-MXI-Express Series Controller Hardware Default Setti...

© National Instruments Corporation C-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings This appendix describes the alternate hardware configuration settings for the VXI-MXI-Express Series controller. The board is set at the factory for the most commonly used configurati...

Appendix C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual C-2 ni.com Figure C-1. Slot 0 Detection through the J2 Jumper Caution Do not install a device configured as the System Controller in any slot other than Slot 0. When installing into a slot other than Slot 0, first...

Appendix C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings © National Instruments Corporation C-3 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Figure C-2 shows the configuration settings for EEPROM operation. Figure C-2. EEPROM Configuration Power-On Self Configuration The VXI-MXI-Express Series controller has an on...

Appendix C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual C-4 ni.com location of the memory windows can cause the VXI-MXI-Express Series controller to lock up your system. For example, many PCI-based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more memory s...

Appendix C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings © National Instruments Corporation C-5 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual • The front panel TRIG/CLK PORT A(B). CLK10 can be routed into the VXI-8360T from another VXI-8360T through the TRIG/CLK PORT A(B) on the front panel. Onboard jumpers are use...

Appendix C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual C-6 ni.com • Set the W3 jumper to TRIG/CLK PORT A(B) , shown in Figure C-5b, to select the CLK10 source as the TRIG/CLK PORT A(B) on the VXI-8360T front panel. When selecting the trigger card as the CLK10 input so...

Appendix C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings © National Instruments Corporation C-7 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual TRIG/CLK PORT A(B) Direction W7—Trigger Card CLK10 Dir This jumper allows you to configure the direction of CLK10 through the TRIG/CLK PORT A(B). • In Slot 0 operation with j...

Appendix C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual C-8 ni.com Figure C-8. Inverting the CLK10 Signal through MAX CLK10 Termination If the front panel SMB connector EXT CLK is configured as an input this software setting can enable 50 Ω parallel termination. This s...

Appendix D Using The Trigger Ports On The VXI-8360T VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual D-2 ni.com Figure D-1. VXI-MXI-Express Series Controller Trigger Cabling Software Configuration Triggers are mapped into and out of your NI VXI-8360T though software using the following steps. 1. Open MAX. 2. Find...

© National Instruments Corporation E-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual E VMEbus Capability Codes This appendix summarizes the VMEbus capability codes for the hardware and software in the VXI-MXI-Express kit. VMEbus Capability Codes Capability Code Description A32, A24, A16 (master) VMEbus master ...

© National Instruments Corporation F-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual F Common Questions This appendix addresses common questions you may have about using the NI-VISA/NI-VXI software on the VXI-MXI-Express Series controller platform. What is the maximum length of the VXI-MXI-Express Series contr...

Appendix F Common Questions VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual F-2 ni.com What is Resman? Resman is the utility that performs the duties of a VXI Resource Manager as discussed in the VXIbus specification. When you set a National Instruments controller to Logical Address 0, you will at some point nee...

Appendix F Common Questions VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual F-4 ni.com What is the accuracy of the CLK10 signal? The CLK10 generated by the VXI-MXI-Express Series controller is ±100 ppm per the VXI specification. To use a more accurate reference for CLK10, connect the signal to the controller thr...

© National Instruments Corporation Glossary-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Glossary Symbol Prefix Value p pico 10 – 12 n nano 10 – 9 μ micro 10 – 6 m milli 10 – 3 k kilo 10 3 M mega 10 6 G giga 10 9 T tera 10 12 Symbols ° Degrees. Ω Ohms. A A Amperes. address Character code that identifies a s...

© National Instruments Corporation Index-1 VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Index A advanced configuration options, 1-4advanced hardware configuration settings, C-1application development, 3-1 configuration, 3-2debugging, 3-9device interaction, 3-3NI-VXI API notes, 3-8optimizing large VXIbus trans...