Chapter 2 Setup
Getting Started with Your VXIpc-850 2-4 © National Instruments Corporation

VME Users

RESMAN identifies and configures the VXI devices. RESMAN does not
configure VME devices. The VME specification does not define the
initialization and configuration procedures that the VXI specification
requires.
However, it is recommended that you enter the information about your
VME devices into the VXIedit or VXItedit utility. RESMAN can then
use this information to properly configure the various device-specific
VME address spaces and VME interrupt lines. For more information
on configuring non-VXI devices in your VXI system, refer to the
description of the Non-VXI Device Configuration Editor in
Chapter 3, VXI Resource Editor: VXIedit, of the NI-VXI Graphical
Utilities Reference Manual.
Device Interaction
After RESMAN has detected and configured all VXI/VME devices, you
can view specific information on each device in your system by using
the VXIedit or VXItedit utilities. These utilities include a Resource
Manager Display, which contains a description for each device,
including each VXI device’s logical address.
You can interact with your VXI/VME devices by using the VIC or
VICtext utilities. With these utilities, you can interactively control your
VXI/VME devices without having to use a conventional programming
language, LabVIEW, or LabWindows/CVI.
Try the following in VIC or VICtext:
At the prompt:
ROOT>>
Type:
ROOT>>help vxiinreg
This help file shows you the syntax for this command, which reads VXI
device configuration registers. The first argument is a logical address,
and the second is the offset of the VXI device configuration register to
be read.