Glossary
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MXIbus Multisystem eXtension Interface Bus; a high-performance communication
link that interconnects devices using round, flexible cables.
MXIbus System
Controller
A functional module that has arbiter, daisy-chain driver, and MXIbus cycle
timeout responsibility. Always the first device in the MXIbus daisy-chain.
N
NI-VXI The National Instruments bus interface software for VME/VXIbus
systems.
Non-Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in any slot in a VXIbus mainframe
other than Slot 0. Installing such a device into Slot 0 can damage the device,
the VXIbus backplane, or both.
O
Onboard RAM The optional RAM installed into the SIMM slots of the PCI-MXI-2 board
or VXI/VME-MXI-2 module.
P
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. The PCI bus is a high-performance
32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines.
propagation The transmission of signal through a computer system.
R
register-based device A Servant-only device that supports VXIbus configuration registers.
Register-based devices are typically controlled by message-based devices
via device-dependent register reads and writes.
resman The name of the National Instruments Resource Manager in NI-VXI bus
interface software. See also Resource Manager.
Resource Manager A message-based Commander located at Logical Address 0, which
provides configuration management services such as address map
configuration, Commander and Servant mappings, and self-test and
diagnostic management.
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