Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the SCXI-119X
© National Instruments Corporation 1-7 SCXI-1190/1191 User Manual
You should have already installed your SCXI-119X module and any other
SCXI modules in the chassis according to their installation instructions.
Touse the SCXI-119X module with a DAQ device or computer-based
instrument in a PXI combination chassis, turn on the SCXI chassis.
Consult your PXI chassis documentation, other SCXI module
documentation, and DAQ device or computer-based instrument
documentation for additional instructions and warnings.
If you have already installed the appropriate software, you are ready to
configure the SCXI-119X. If you have not installed the appropriate
software, refer to the Installing the Software section.
Configuration and Self-Test
NI-SWITCH installed the Measurement & Automation Explorer icon
on your PC desktop. This utility allows you to configure and test your
National Instruments hardware.
Follow these steps to configure your SCXI system:
1. Double-click the Measurement & Automation Explorer icon on
your PC desktop. Click the + next to Devices and Interfaces.
If you are adding new modules to an existing chassis, go to step 4.
Ifyou are inserting modules into an empty chassis, go to step 2.
2. Add a new chassis to the configured devices and interfaces by
right-clicking on Devices and Interfaces and selecting Insert. Select
the appropriate chassis from the list box and click OK.
3. Configure the chassis.
a. Select a Chassis ID. The ID is an integer value you choose to
uniquely identify the chassis for programming and scanning.
b. Select the Chassis Address. This selection is needed to address
the chassis in a multichassis SCXI system. Unless you are using
multiple chassis with the same DAQ device or computer-based
instrument, select a chassis address of zero, which is the
factory-default setting of all SCXI chassis. If you are using
multiple chassis, refer to your SCXI chassis user manual for
further information.
c. For remote SCXI chassis, such as the SCXI 2000 or a SCXI
chassis using SCXI 2400 modules, you also need to select the
Baud Rate and COM Port.
d. After completing the chassis configuration, click Next.