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About This Manual
VXI-MXI-2 User Manual xvi © National Instruments Corporation
How to Use This Manual
If you will be installing your VXI-MXI-2 into a system with a VXIbus
Multiframe Resource Manager, you only need to read Chapters 1, 2,
and 3 of this manual (or Chapters 1, 2, and 4 if you have a
VXI-MXI-2/B). If you have more than two VXI-MXI-2 modules
extending your system, you will find useful system configuration
information in Chapter 6. Appendix E is a quick reference for users
who have a system containing two mainframes linked by VXI-MXI-2
modules. If you are writing your own VXIbus Multiframe Resource
Manager routines, you can find programming information and
descriptions of the VXI-MXI-2 hardware in Chapters 5 and 6.
Related Documentation
The following documents contain information that you may find
helpful as you read this manual:
• ANSI/IEEE Standard 1014-1987, IEEE Standard for a Versatile
Backplane Bus: VMEbus
• ANSI/IEEE Standard 1155-1993, IEEE VMEbus Extensions for
Instrumentation: VXIbus
• ANSI/VITA 1-1994, VME64
• Multisystem Extension Interface Bus Specification, Version 2.0
(available from National Instruments Corporation)
• VXI-6, VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification, Rev. 1.0,
VXIbus Consortium
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 H, Customer Communication, at the end of this manual.