Chapter 1 Introduction
VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 1-6 © National Instruments Corporation
Front Panel Features
The VXIpc 800 has the following front-panel features:
• PCMCIA slots
– The VXIpc 800 Series has one Type I/II and one Type I/II/III
slot.
• One full-size expansion slot (on the VXIpc-850 only) that accepts
either a PCI or a PC ISA (XT-height) plug-in board
• One half-length expansion slot (on the VXIpc-860 only) that
accepts either a PCI or a PC ISA (XT-height) plug-in board
• Internal 3.5 in. floppy drive
• System reset push-button
• 13 front-panel connectors as listed below
– Two RS-232 Serial
– Extended Capabilities Parallel (ECP)
– VGA Controller
– IEEE 488.2
– 10BaseT Ethernet
– SCSI-2
– External Clock
– Trigger Output
– Trigger Input
– Audio Output
– PS/2-Style Keyboard
– PS/2-Style Mouse
• Six front-panel LEDs that show VXI and PC status
–SYSFAIL LED indicates that the VMEbus SYSFAIL line is
asserted.
–FAILED LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 is driving the
SYSFAIL signal.
–TEST LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 is performing its
self-tests or startup Resource Manager operations.
–ON LINE LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 is performing or
has completed its startup Resource Manager operations.