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National Instruments PXIe-8861 Getting Started Guide

National Instruments PXIe-8861
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Contents
Getting Started with the PXIe-8861. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started with the PXIe-8861. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the PXIe-8861 into a PXI Express Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Data Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PXIe-8861 Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Removing the PXIe-8861 from a PXI Express Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the Removable Hard Drive (Removable Hard Drive Variant Only). . . . 9
Removing the Removable Hard Drive (Removable Hard Drive Variant Only). . 10
Common Configuration Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Boot Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cables and Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Soware Driver Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Upgrade Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What if the controller does not boot?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What if I can’t see the video?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
My system boots fine as long as a particular module is not in my chassis. How
do I boot the chassis with the module installed?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What if some modules installed in a remote Thunderbolt chassis show up in
Windows Device Manager with yellow exclamation points?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What if some devices, when installed in a system with many remote chassis,
show up in Windows Device Manager with yellow exclamation points?. . . . . . 16
My chassis or controller does not appear in MAX. How do I use MAX to identify
and configure my PXI system?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
My CMOS is corrupted. How do I set it back to default?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
NI Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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National Instruments PXIe-8861 Specifications

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BrandNational Instruments
ModelPXIe-8861
CategoryController
LanguageEnglish

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