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VXI VXI-MXI-Express Series Us er Manual NI PCIe- 8361, NI PC Ie-8362, NI ExpressCa rd-836 0, and NI VXI- 8360T VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual Januar y 200 8 372145B-01.
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Important Information Warranty The VXI-MXI-Express Series controllers are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipme nt, as ev idenced by re ceipts or ot her docume ntation.
Compliance Compliance with FCC/Can ada Radio Fr equency Interf erence Regulations Determining FCC Class The Fed eral C ommunica tions C ommissio n (FCC ) has ru les t o prote ct wire less co mmunic ations f rom in terfer ence. The FCC places digi tal electronics int o two classes.
© National Inst ruments Cor poration v VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Contents About This M anual Conventions . ............ ........... ........... ........... ............ ................. ........... ........... ............ ...... v ii Related Documentation.
Contents VXI-MXI-Express Series U ser Manual vi ni.com Compatibility Layer Options .................. ........... ............ ................. .. 3-8 Debugging ............. ........... ................. ........... ............ ........... ........
© National Inst ruments Cor poration vii VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual About This Manual This manual co ntains instructions for in stalling an d conf igu ring the VXI-MXI-Express se ries controller interf ace kit. It also di scusses ho w to start de veloping your VXI/VME application.
About This Ma nual VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Manual viii ni.com x1 MXI-Expr es s This term implies an y of the x1 MXI-Expres s host adapters, such as the host adapt er NI PCIe-8 361, NI PCIe-83 62, and NI ExpressCard-836 0.
© National Inst ruments Cor poration 1-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual 1 Introduction This chapter descr ibes your VXI-MXI- E xpress Series con t roller interface kit, lists what you need to get started, and includes a brief description of the hardware and soft ware.
Chapter 1 Introduction VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 1-2 ni.com The kits also include the NI-VXI/N I-VISA bus interf ace software, which is fully VXIplug&play -compliant. NI-VXI/NI-VISA is the National Instr uments implementat i on o f the VISA I/O so ftware stan dard on which all VXIplug& play sof t ware components are bas ed.
Chap ter 1 I ntroduc tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 1-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual VXI-MXI-Express Front Panel Features The VXI-MXI-E xpress Series cont roller has the foll o wing fro nt panel features: • Eight front panel LEDs – FAILED —Indicates the VXI-MXI-Express Series con troller fail ed power on diagno stics.
Chapter 1 Introduction VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 1-4 ni.com Advanced Configuration Options The VXI-MXI-E xpress default hardware configurat ion should be acceptable for mo st systems. Refer to Append i x B, Default Settings , only if your s ystem uses the front-p anel CLK10 and trig ger SMB connectors.
Chap ter 1 I ntroduc tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 1-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual extensive libraries of VXI instr ument drivers written to take fu ll advantage of direct VXI control.
© National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual 2 Installation and Configuration This chapt er explains how to set up your test sy stem.
Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-2 ni.com Caution T o keep the manuf acturer/model name tables or the VME d evice conf iguration from a previous installation, be s ure to back them up before starting Setu p.
Chapter 2 Installatio n and Configura tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Note If you save and rest ore the TBL f iles from an older version of NI-VXI, the software will use TBL files that do not hav e the latest updates from National Instruments an d may not include recent ha rdware releases.
Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-4 ni.com Cautio ns Having more than one de vice configur ed as system controller can damage the VXI system. F or VXI systems that include VME de vices, ensure that the VME devices are not conf igured in the upper 16 KB (starting from 0xC 000) of the A16 address s pace.
Chapter 2 Installatio n and Configura tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Installing Y our NI PCIe-8361/ NI PCIe-8362 x1 PCI Express to MXI-Express Interfa ce Card To install your NI PCIe -8361/NI P CIe-8362 x1 PC I Express to MXI-Express mo dule, complete the following steps.
Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-6 ni.com Figur e 2-1. Installing the NI PCIe-836 1/NI PCIe-8362 Installi ng Y our NI ExpressCard-8360 ExpressCar d MXI Interface Complete the following steps to in stall the ExpressCard interface card.
Chapter 2 Installatio n and Configura tion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 2-7 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Figure 2-2 sho ws a system that includes a PCI Express-based hos t computer and a VXI-MXI-Express Series controller . Figu re 2-2.
Chapter 2 Install ation and Confi guration VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 2-8 ni.com 1. Po wer on all of the V XI e xpansion chass is in any o rder you choose .
© National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual 3 Developing Y our Application This chapter discusses th e software utilities yo u can use to start developing applications that use NI- V XI. After installing the NI-VXI software, you can begin de veloping your VXI/VME application.
Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-2 ni.com prov ide a high le vel of performance; ho we ver , there may be some slight ch anges in beha vior for certain a pplications.
Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Resman to run on all VXI systems au to matically when the comput er boots. Resman r eports to MAX al l errors it f inds in your sys tem.
Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-4 ni.com Note Y ou can also use VXI Interacti ve Control Program (VIC) to control your VXI/VME de vices and de velop and d ebug VXI appl ication programs. VIC is no t included i n the default NI-VXI installation.
Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual Figu re 3-3. Successf ul viIn Access in the VISAIC Regi ster I/O T ab (Thi s W.
Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-6 ni.com Programming for VXI NI-VISA and the NI-VXI API are the two National Instruments programming interfaces for acce ssing your VXI/VME ins truments.
Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-7 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual T able 3-1 summarizes the topi cs the e xample progr ams address. All fi les are found t hrough t h e W indo ws Start menu under Programs» Nationa l Instrum ents»VISA »Exam ples , in the subdirectories listed below .
Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 3-8 ni.com NI-VXI API Notes The follo w ing no tes apply onl y if yo u are using the NI-VX I API.
Chapte r 3 Deve loping Y our App licat ion © National Inst ruments Cor poration 3-9 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual The interrupt and trigger routin g in the NI-VXI 3.0 or later low-le vel dri vers is somewhat differ en t from the default routin g in previous versions of NI-VXI.
Chapte r 3 Dev eloping Y our Appl icat ion VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Manual 3-10 ni.com Figur e 3-4. NI Spy VISAIC, as shown in Figure 3-5, is an excellent pl atform for q uickly testing i n stru ments and learning ho w to commun i cate with t hem.
© National Inst ruments Cor poration A-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual A Specifications This appendix lists the sp ecifi cations for the VXI-MXI-Expr ess Series controller . Power Requirement EXT CLK Output Drive ...................... .......
Appendix A Spec ifications VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual A-2 ni.com TRIG OUT Output Drive ............... ...................... ...... 50 Ω source terminated ±40 mA output d river V OL ............. ............................ ..............
Appendix A Specificati ons © National Inst ruments Cor poration A-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Oper ating En vironm ent Ambient temperature ra nge .
Appendix A Spec ifications VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual A-4 ni.com Safety This product is designed to m eet the requirements of the following standards of safety for electrical equipment for me.
Appendix A Specificati ons © National Inst ruments Cor poration A-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Environmental Management National Instruments is committed to d esigni ng and ma nufactu ring products in an en v ironmentally respo nsible manner .
© National Inst ruments Cor poration B-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual B Default Settings This appendix summarizes the default settings for the hardware and softwa re in the VXI-MXI -Express kit.
Appendix B Def ault Setting s VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual B-2 ni.com Figur e B-1. V XI-MXI -Expr ess Sh ipping Confi gurati on Se tting s W7—TRIG CARD CLK10 DIR 1-2—OUT 2- 3 —IN W2— S MB CLK10 DIR 1-2—IN (DFL T) 2- 3 —OUT W 3 —EXT .
Appendix B Default Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration B-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Default Soft ware Settings The follo wing hardware conf igurations are a vailable thro ugh Measurement & Au t omation Explo rer (MAX). Table B -1.
Appendix B Def ault Setting s VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual B-4 ni.com Table B -4. MAX VXI Bus T ab Default Set tings Editor Fi eld Default Setting Bus timeo ut v alu e 500 μ s VXI retry gener .
© National Inst ruments Cor poration C-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual C Advanced Hardware Configuration Settings This append ix describes the al ternate hardw are confi guration se ttings fo r the VXI-MXI-Expres s Series controller . The board is set at the f actory for the most commonly used co nfigurat i on.
Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-2 ni.com Figur e C-1. Sl ot 0 Detectio n through t he J2 Jumper Caution Do not install a device con figured as the Syst em Controller in any slot o t her than Slot 0.
Appendix C Advan ced Hardwa re Configuration Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration C-3 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual Figure C-2 shows the configuration settings for EEPR OM o peration.
Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-4 ni.com location of the mem o ry windo ws can cause the VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series controller to lo ck up your system. F or example, man y PCI-based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more memory space than the computer can allocate.
Appendix C Advan ced Hardwa re Configuration Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration C-5 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual • The front pane l TRIG/CLK POR T A(B). CLK10 can be routed into the VXI-836 0T from anot her VXI-83 60T through the TRIG /CLK POR T A(B) on the front pane l.
Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-6 ni.com • Set the W3 jumper to TRI G/CLK PORT A(B ) , sho wn in Figure C -5b, to select the CLK10 source as the TRIG/CLK PO R T A(B) on t he VXI-83 60T front panel.
Appendix C Advan ced Hardwa re Configuration Settings © National Inst ruments Cor poration C-7 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Use r Manual TRIG/CLK POR T A(B) Direction W7—T rigger Card CLK10 Dir This jumper a llows y ou to conf igure the directi on of CLK10 thr ough the TRIG/CLK POR T A(B).
Appendix C Advance d Hardware Configuration Setti ngs VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual C-8 ni.com Figur e C-8. In verting the CL K10 Signal throu gh MAX CLK10 T ermin ation If the fron t panel SMB connector EXT C LK is conf igured as an input this software setting can enable 50 Ω parallel termination.
© National Inst ruments Cor poration D-1 VXI-MXI-Expres s Series User Ma nual D Using The T rigger Ports On The VXI-8360T The NI VXI-836 0T allows you to extend the 8 TTL backplane triggers and CLK10 between chassi s through co nv enient front panel connectors.
Appendix D Using Th e T rigger Ports On The VXI-8360T VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual D-2 ni.com Figu re D-1. VXI-MXI -Express Series C ontroller T rig ger Cabling Software Configuration T riggers are mapp ed into and out o f your NI VXI-8360 T though soft ware using the following steps.
© National Inst ruments Cor poration E-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Series Us er Manual E VMEbus Capability Codes This appendix summarizes the VMEbus capability codes for the hardware and softw are in the VXI-MXI-Express kit.
Appendix E VMEbus Capability Codes VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual E-2 ni.com R OAK, R ORA Release on Ackno wledge or Re gister Access interrupter BT O (x) VMEb us b us timer (p rogrammable limit).
© National Inst ruments Cor poration F -1 VXI-M XI-Express Series User Manu al F Common Questions This append ix addresses common question s you may have about using th e NI-VISA/NI-VXI software on the VXI-MXI -Express Series controller pla tform .
Appendix F Comm on Questio ns VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual F-2 ni.com What is Resman? Resman is the u tility that performs the duties of a VXI Resource Manager as discussed in the VXIbus specification.
Appendix F Common Qu estions © National Inst ruments Cor poration F -3 VXI-M XI-Express Series User Manu al interacti vely issue NI-VXI functions or NI -VISA operations, respecti vely .
Appendix F Comm on Questio ns VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual 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.
© National Inst ruments Cor poration G-1 VXI-MXI-Expres s Series User Ma nual G T echnical Support and Professional Ser vices Visit th e following sections of the a ward-winning N ational I n strumen t s Web sit e at ni.com for technical suppo rt and professional services: • Support — T echnical support resources at ni.
Appendix G T echnical Suppo rt and Professional Ser vices VXI-MXI-Express Series User Ma nual G-2 ni.com the manuf act urer’ s declar at ion of con formity . This system affor ds the user pr otection for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and product safety .
© Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-1 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l Glossar y Symbol Pref ix V alue pp i c o 1 0 –1 2 nn a n o 1 0 –9 μ mic ro 10 –6 m milli 10 –3 k kilo 10 3 Mm e g a 1 0 6 Gg i g a 1 0 9 Tt e r a 1 0 12 Symbol s ° Degrees.
Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glo ssary-2 ni.co m ANSI American Nation al Standards Institute API Application Programming In terface—the direct interface that an end us er sees when creating an application. arbitration A process in which a potential bu s master g ai ns contro l over a particular bus .
Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-3 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l byte order Ho w bytes are arranged within a word or ho w words are ar ranged within a longw ord. Motorola order ing stores th e most signif icant b yte (MSB) or word f ir st, followed b y the least s ignificant b yte ( LSB) or word.
Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glossary-4 ni. com dynamically conf igured de vice A de vice that has its logical address assi gned b y the Resour ce Manager . A VXI de vice initially resp onds at Logical Address 255 when its MODID line is asserted.
Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-5 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l g RMS A measur e of random vibration. Th e root mean s quare of acceleration lev els in a rando m vibration test profile. H hex Hexadecimal— the numbering system with base 16, using the digits 0 to 9 and letters A to F .
Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glossary-6 ni. com K K kilo— the prefix f or 1, 024, or 2 10 , used with B (b yte) in quantifying data or computer memory . k kilo — the stan dard metric pref ix for 1,000, or 10 3 , used with units of measure such as vo l ts, hertz, and meters.
Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-7 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l N NI-488 .2 or NI-488 .2M The National In struments indus try-standar d softw are for control ling GPIB instruments. NI-D A Q The National I nstruments industry-stan dard software for data acquisition instrumen ts.
Gloss ar y VXI-M XI-Expre ss Series Use r Manual Glossary-8 ni. com retry An ackno wledge by a destination that signif ies that the cycle d id not complete and shou l d be repeated.
Glossary © Nati onal Instr uments Corp oration Glossary-9 VXI-MXI -Express Series User Manua l V Vv o l t s VIC VXI Interacti ve Control program, a part of the NI-VXI bus inter face softw are. Used to progr am VXI devi ces and de velop and d ebug VXI application prog rams.
© Natio nal Instrum ents Cor poratio n Index-1 VXI-MXI-Exp ress Se ries Use r Manual Index A adv anced conf iguration op tions, 1-4 adv anced hardware co nfiguration s ettings, C-1 application de vel.
Index VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Ma nual Index-2 ni.com E EEPR OM, C-3 conf iguration, C-3 fixing a n inv al id configu rati on, C- 3 electromagnetic compatibility, A -4 en vironmenta l management s.
Index © Natio nal Instrum ents Cor poratio n Index-3 V XI-MX I-Expres s Series Us er Manu al NI-VXI, 1-4, 3-1 compatibility layer , 3-1 examples (table), 3-7 installation, 2-1 utility programs using .
Index VXI-MXI-Express Se ries User Ma nual Index-4 ni.com T technical support, G-1 termination resis tance for CLK10, C-8 training and cer tification (NI resources), G-1 TRIG IN specif ications, A-1 T.
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