Programming Considerations Chapter 5
VXI-MXI User Manual 5-8 © National Instruments Corporation
VXIbus
Mainframe
#1
VXI-MXI
VXI-MXI
VXIbus
Mainframe
#2
VXI-MXI
MXIbus
Device
A
MXIbus
Device
B
VXIbus
Mainframe
#3
VXI-MXI
VXI-MXI
VXIbus
Mainframe
#6
VXI-MXI
VXIbus
Mainframe
#4
VXI-MXI
VXIbus
Mainframe
#5
VXI-MXI
Level 1
Level 2
Multiframe
Resource
Manager
MXIbus #1
MXIbus #2
MXIbus #3
Figure 5-5. Example VXIbus/MXIbus System
Table 5-2. Example VXIbus/MXIbus System Required Logical Addresses
Number of Logical
Device Addresses Required
VXIbus Mainframe #1 12
MXIbus Device A 3
MXIbus Device B 1
VXIbus Mainframe #2 23
VXIbus Mainframe #3 6
VXIbus Mainframe #4 13
VXIbus Mainframe #5 9
VXIbus Mainframe #6 7