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National Instruments Corporation v VXI/VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95/NT
Contents
About This Manual
Organization of This Manual.........................................................................................vii
Conventions Used in This Manual.................................................................................viii
How to Use This Documentation Set............................................................................ix
Related Documentation..................................................................................................x
Customer Communication.............................................................................................xi
Chapter 1
Introduction
How to Use This Manual...............................................................................................1-1
What You Need to Get Started......................................................................................1-1
Hardware Description....................................................................................................1-2
Software Description.....................................................................................................1-2
Software Configurations..................................................................................1-3
National Instruments Application Software....................................................1-4
Files and Directories Installed on Your Hard Drive......................................................1-5
Chapter 2
Setting up Your VXI/VME System
Configuring the Hardware.............................................................................................2-1
Installing the Hardware..................................................................................................2-2
Installed Software..........................................................................................................2-3
Booting Your System for the First Time.......................................................................2-3
Verifying Your System Configuration..........................................................................2-4
Chapter 3
Developing Your Application
Configuration.................................................................................................................3-1
Device Interaction..........................................................................................................3-3
Programming with VXI.................................................................................................3-4
Notes about VME Support..............................................................................3-5
Compiler Symbols for NI-VXI........................................................................3-6
Debugging......................................................................................................................3-7