National Instruments NI-VXI

Glossary

VIC VXI Interactive Control program, a part of the NI-VXI bus interface

software package. Used to program VXI devices, and develop and

debug VXI application programs. Called VICtext when used on text-

based platforms.

VME Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014

VMEbus Class device Also called non-VXIbus or foreign devices when found in VXIbus

systems. They lack the configuration registers required to make them

VXIbus devices.

void In the C language, a generic data type that can be cast to any specific

data type.

VXIbus VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation

VXIedit VXI Resource Editor program, a part of the NI-VXI bus interface

software package. Used to configure the system, edit the manufacturer

name and ID numbers, edit the model names of VXI and non-VXI

devices in the system, as well as the system interrupt configuration

information, and display the system configuration information

generated by the Resource Manager. Called vxitedit when used on

text-based platforms.

VXItedit Text based version of VXIedit

Word Serial Protocol The simplest required communication protocol supported by

message-based devices in the VXIbus system. It utilizes the A16

communication registers to perform 16-bit data transfers using a simple

polling handshake method.

word A data quantity consisting of 16 bits.

write Copying data to a storage device.

WR Write Ready; a bit in the Response register of a message-based device

used in Word Serial Protocol indicating the ability for a Servant to

receive a single command/query written to its Data Low register.