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Configuration
Configuring Your VXIbus Controller
After you install all your software, run the following configuration
programs to configure your VXIbus system with NI-DAQ:
• Run the Resource Manager, RESMAN, to initialize the VXIbus
modules in your chassis.
RESMAN is not an interactive utility. RESMAN
assigns resources to the VXIbus modules in your chassis.
Note:
You must run
RESMAN every time you reset your VXIbus controller or
VXIbus chassis.
• Run VXIEDIT or Test & Measurement Explorer to configure your
VXIbus controller. Read the section of this note that is appropriate
for your VXIbus controller to configure your controller to use
VXI-DAQ products.
• Run the NI-DAQ Configuration Utility to configure your VXI-DAQ
modules. More detailed information is in the Configuring Your
VXI-DAQ Module with NI-DAQ section later in these release notes.
Note:
You only need to run
VXIEDIT or Test & Measurement Explorer when
you configure your system for the first time or when you add or remove
memory on your controller. You only need to run the NI-DAQ
Configuration Utility when you add or remove VXI-DAQ modules or
when you add or remove memory on your VXI-DAQ modules.
Configuring VXIpc-800/700 Series Embedded
Controllers
♦ Configuration using NI-VXI 1.5 and VXIEDIT
1. Launch VXIEDIT.
2. Choose the VXIpc Configuration Editor.
3. Select Load Configuration From File.
4. If you have a VXIpc-860 embedded controller, find
\NIVXI\TBL\VDAQ860.CFG and select it. If you have a VXIpc-850
embedded controller, find
\NIVXI\TBL\VDAQ850.CFG and select it.
If you have a VXIpc-740 embedded controller, find
\NIVXI\TBL\VDAQ740.CFG and select it.