National Instruments PXI Series User Manual

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
© National Instruments 2-23 NI PXI-8109 User Manual
In the images directory, you will find a manuals directory, an
os directory, and a drivers directory.
The
manuals directory contains quick reference guides, technical
reference manuals, and National Instruments software manuals, all in
Adobe Acrobat format. To access any manual, change your directory
to
c:\images\manuals and list the contents of that directory.
The
os directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating
system installed on your computer.
The
drivers directory contains driver installers for the system
peripherals. These files and directories are copied exactly from the
manufacturer distribution disks, so the naming conventions vary from
peripheral to peripheral.
PXI Features
PXI Trigger Connectivity
The SMB connector on the NI PXI-8109 front panel can connect to or from
any PXI backplane trigger line. A trigger allocation process is needed to
prevent two resources from connecting to the same trigger line, resulting in
the trigger being double-driven and possibly damaging the hardware. At
the time of this manual’s publication, this software is not yet available for
Windows. Contact National Instruments for more information.
PXI Chassis Configuration
The PXI Platform Services software installed on your controller and
available on the National Instruments Driver DVD or PXI Platform
Services CD included with your kit automatically identifies your PXI
system components to generate a
pxisys.ini file. You can configure
your entire PXI system and identify PXI-1 chassis through Measurement &
Automation Explorer (MAX), included with your controller. MAX creates
the
pxisys.ini file, which defines your PXI system parameters. MAX
also provides an interface to route and reserve triggers so dynamic routing,
through drivers such as DAQmx, avoids double-driving and potentially
damaging trigger lines. For more information about routing and reserving
PXI triggers, refer to KnowledgeBase 3TJDOND8, Using PXI Timing and
Triggering Functionality, at
ni.com/support.

National Instruments PXI Series Specifications

General

Brand	National Instruments
Model	PXI Series
Category	Chassis
Language	English