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Keysight PXIe Chassis Family Startup Guide
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The two cases described above where Connection Expert does not display the
chassis or a module in the chassis can occur with Connection Expert. If the
New
Wizard is displayed, follow the steps in the Using Connection
Hardware Found
Expert to connect to the chassis section in the
Keysight PXIe Chassis Family
to associate a driver with the device. If Connection Expert, does not
Startup Guide
display a particular device, click the
button to see if Windows has now
Rescan
assigned a driver to the device, which will allow Connection Expert to display the
device.
In general, if it ever appears that your chassis configuration as displayed by
Connection Expert differs from your actual configuration, click the
button.
Rescan
This should align the displayed configuration to the actual configuration.
Even with the latest version of IO Libraries, it is always advisable to boot the PC
a second time to ensure that the PC properly enumerates all of the modules
within the chassis.
Using Connection Expert to connect to the chassis
Use Connection Expert to confirm that the host controller can connect to the
chassis.
Start Connection Expert on the host controller.
Click the
PXI/AXIe Chassis
tab.
Click the
Chassis Content
tab.
The list of connected chassis appears on the right hand pane as shown in the
following image. The chassis indicator is Chassis 2. When you click on Chassis 2,
the contents of each slot in the PXIe chassis are displayed in the right pane.
