User manual

Configuring PCI-MXI-2 Controllers

♦ Using NI-VXI 1.5 and VXIEDIT

1. Launch VXIEDIT.

2. Choose the PCI-MXI-2 Configuration Editor.

3. Select Load Configuration From File.

4. Select

\NIVXI\TBL\VXIDAQ.CFG.

5. Click on Load.

6. You should see a message that your Configuration Restored

Successfully.

7. Select Update Current Configuration. After updating the

EEPROM, return to the main menu.

8. Select the VXI-MXI-2 Configuration Editor for each VXI-MXI-2

in your system by selecting a particular VXI-MXI-2 and clicking on

OK.

9. Set the Interlocked field to Enable and click on OK. Repeat this

step for each VXI-MXI-2 in your system.

10. Quit

VXIEDIT and restart your computer. Power cycle your VXIbus

chassis, then run

RESMAN.

Note:

After you have configured your controller, if you later add or remove

memory on your controller, you must run

VXIEDIT. Choose the Logical

Address Configuration Editor. In the VXI Shared RAM Size control,

select Share All of System Memory and click on OK. You must actually

select the control even if its setting is already Share All of System

Memory. Only by activating the control is the new memory size

calculated. Then perform step 7.