Keysight M9506A AXIe Chassis Startup Guide
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Step 5: Install IO Libraries Suite and Connect to the Web Interface
Turning on the Chassis
In powering the chassis up or down, please follow the steps listed in
on page 12 and the sequences shown below.
In brief, the host PC must be off whenever the chassis is powered up or down.
Note the need to restart the host PC (after Windows starts) if the chassis
configuration has been changed in any way while the PC was turned off.
While the power sequencing shown above doesn’t apply to an embedded
controller (because an embedded controller and chassis are powered
simultaneously), an embedded controller must also be restarted (after Windows
starts) if the chassis configuration was changed in any way while the chassis and
embedded controller were turned off.
The chassis and host PC must be powered up and down in the following
sequence. The chassis should be powered up first, which will initiate its built-in
self test. During self test, the chassis STATUS LED (in the power switch) flashes
green. The STATUS LED blinks green and then stays green continuously when the
ESM is ready. The ESM then powers up each module in the chassis. The PC
should be turned on only after all the installed modules have performed their
initialization—see your module documentation for initialization information.
Host PC
(High = turned on)
Chassis power
(High = powered up)
The chassis must be
powered up before the
PC is turned on to
ensure that the PC
BIOS will enumerate
the chassis slots as
the PC boots.
It is recommended that the
PC be shut down before the
chassis is powered down
because many PCs don’t have
the capability to safely
remove (eject) PCIe-
connected devices. Therefore,
powering-down the chassis
first can disrupt operation of
the PC.
Chassis
STATUS LED
The STATUS LED flashes green at power-on while the chassis
performs self test. It will stay green continuously when the
ESM is ready. The ESM then powers up each module slot.
Turn on the host PC only after all installed
modules have performed their initialization.
See your module documentation for
initialization information.
module
initialization
