Chapter 1 Introduction
© National Instruments Corporation 1-3 Getting Started with Your VXIpc-850
• NI-VXI Upgrade for Windows 95—this is a compatibility release
that extends your NI-VXI for DOS/Windows 3.1 to allow 32-bit
applications running in Windows 95 to use the 16-bit driver. In this
configuration you can run both 16-bit and 32-bit applications;
however, the core of the driver is 16-bit.
• NI-VXI for Windows 95—this is a fully 32-bit native Plug and
Play driver for Windows 95. You can run only 32-bit applications
with this driver. You cannot use this driver in conjunction with
either NI-VXI for DOS/Windows 3.1 or the NI-VXI Upgrade for
Windows 95 to run 16-bit applications. Applications developed
using this driver will run with NI-VXI for Windows NT without
the need to recompile.
• NI-VXI for Windows NT—this is a 32-bit driver designed for
Windows NT. You can use this version to develop and run 32-bit
applications for Windows 95/NT.
Optional Software
Your VXIpc-850 kit includes the NI-VXI bus interface software. In
addition, you can use the National Instruments LabVIEW and
LabWindows/CVI application programs and instrument drivers to ease
your programming tasks. These standardized programs match the
modular virtual instrument capability of VXI and can reduce your
VXI/VMEbus software development time. These programs are fully
VXIplug&play compliant and feature extensive libraries of VXI
instrument drivers written to take full advantage of the VXI bus.
LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI include all the tools needed for
instrument control, data acquisition, analysis, and presentation. When
you order the LabVIEW VXI Development System for Windows or the
LabWindows/CVI VXI Development System for Windows, you also
get more than 500 complete instrument drivers, which are modular,
source-code programs that handle the communication with your
instrument to speed your application development.