National Instruments 850, VXIpc Setting up the VXIpc-850

Chapter 2 Setup

Getting Started with Your VXIpc-850 2-2 © National Instruments Corporation

For VXI systems that include VME devices, ensure that the VME

devices are not configured in the upper 16 KB (starting from 0xC000)

of the A16 address space. This region is reserved for VXI device

configuration registers which are used for initializing, configuring, and

interacting with VXI devices.

Also ensure that no VXI devices in your system are configured for

logical address 0. This is the default configuration for the VXIpc-850 .

Setting up the VXIpc-850

The VXIpc-850 kit works with Windows 95/NT/3.1 or DOS, but the

operating systems have different installation and configuration

requirements. Be sure to observe any specific instructions for

Windows 95/NT/3.1 or DOS in the following information. For more

details about installing the NI-VXI software, refer to Chapter 2,

NI-VXI Software Installation, in the NI-VXI Software Manual for the

VXIpc-850 Series.

At Windows 3.x or Windows 95 startup, you are prompted to insert a

disk to configure the system for LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI. If

you ordered either of these programming environments, select the

appropriate checkbox and insert the configuration disk. Follow the

instructions as prompted.

Do not select either checkbox if you did not order LabVIEW or

LabWindows/CVI. Instead you should click on the Next button to

continue with the installation.

You will need to initialize your VXIbus system by performing the

following steps.

1. Locate the NI-VXI group in the Program Manager and run the

VXIinit item. This utility initializes the VXIpc-850 hardware.

♦Windows 95 users—Because Windows 95 supports the plug and

play architecture, you do not need to run VXIinit to initialize the

VXIpc-850. Proceed to step 2.

2. Execute the Resman item, which is located within the same

NI-VXI group.