About This Manual
VXI-MXI User Manual xii © National Instruments Corporation
How to Use This Manual
If you will be installing your VXI-MXI into a system with a VXIbus Resource Manager, you
only need to read Chapters 1 through 3 of this manual. If you have more than two VXI-MXIs
extending your system, you will find useful system configuration information in Chapter 5.
Appendix E is a quick reference for users who have a system containing two mainframes linked
by VXI-MXI modules. If you are writing your own VXIbus Resource Manager routines, you
can find programming information and descriptions of the VXI-MXI hardware in Chapters 4
through 6.
Related Documentation
The following manuals contain information that you may find helpful as you read this manual:
•IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus: VMEbus, ANSI/IEEE Standard 1014-1987
•Multisystem Extension Interface Bus Specification, Version 1.2 (part number 340007-01)
•VXIbus System Specification, Revision 1.4, VXIbus Consortium (available from National
Instruments, part number 350083-01)
Customer Communication
National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals. We are
interested in the applications you develop with our products, and we want to help if you have
problems with them. To make it easy for you to contact us, this manual contains comment and
configuration forms for you to complete. These forms are in Appendix F, Customer
Communication, at the end of this manual.