©NationalInstruments Corporation 3-1 NI8171 Series User Manual
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I/O Information

Front Panel Connectors

Table 3-1 lists various peripherals and their corresponding NI 8171 series
externalconnectors, bus interfaces, and functions.
Note Inthis chapter, the NI 8176 is shown in all illustrations. The connectors are in similar
locations on all NI 8171 series modules.
Table3-1. NI8171 Series Peripherals Overview
Peripheral
External
Connector Function
NI 8171
Series Models
Video 15-pinDSUB
(standard VGA)
Integratedwith Dynamic Video
Memory
All
Serial COM1 RS-232
Serial Port
(9-pinDSUB)
16550 serial port All
Serial COM2 RS-232
Serial Port
(9-pinDSUB)
16550 serial port NI 8176 and
NI 8175
10/100 Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet network connection All
Parallel ParallelPort
(IEEE 1284)
Extended capabilities All
USB 4-pin Series A
receptacle
UniversalSerial Bus
(twoports on all m odels)
All
Keyboard/mouse PS/2 PS/2-stylekeyboard and mouse
(mouse requiresPS/2 Y splitter)
All
PXI trigger Trigger RoutingPXI triggers to or from the
backplane trigger bus
All
GPIB device GPIB(IEEE 488.2 ) General-Purpose InterfaceB us NI 8176