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PXI-GPIB Installation
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Caution
Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on these GPIB boards. To avoid
electrostatic damage when you handle the board, touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal
part of your system chassis before removing the board from the package.
Complete the following steps to install your PXI-GPIB:
1. Make sure that your PXI or CompactPCI chassis is turned off. Keep the PXI or CompactPCI
chassis plugged in so that it remains grounded while you install the PXI-GPIB.
2. Choose an unused PXI or CompactPCI 5 V peripheral slot. For maximum performance, the
PXI-GPIB has an onboard DMA controller that can only be used if the board is installed in a slot
that supports bus arbitration, or bus master cards. National Instruments recommends
installing the PXI-GPIB in such a slot. If you install the board in a non-master slot, you must
disable the PXI-GPIB onboard DMA controller using the board-level call
ibdma. Refer to the
NI-488.2 Online Help for a complete description of
ibdma.
3. Remove the filler panel for the peripheral slot you have chosen.
4. Touch a metal part on your chassis to discharge any static electricity that might be on your
clothes or body.
5. Insert the PXI-GPIB into the selected 5 V slot. Use the injector/ejector handle to fully inject the
device into place. Figure 19 shows how to install the PXI-GPIB into a PXI or CompactPCI
chassis.
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