Keysight M9018A PXIe 18-Slot Chassis Startup Guide
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Using Connection Expert to connect to the chassis
STEP 3: Turn On and Verify Operation of the Chassis System
Using Connection Expert to connect to the chassis
This section describes use of Connection Expert to confirm that the host
controller can connect to the chassis and applies to both versions, 16.0 and 16.1.
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First, start Connection Expert on the host controller. Once Connection Expert
is running, a chassis indicator should appear under the PXIO label in the
Instrument I/O on this PC pane as shown in Figure 8—in this case, the chassis
indicator is “Chassis1”. Clicking “Chassis1” displays the contents of each slot
in the M9018A chassis in the right pane under the label Keysight model
M9018A PXI chassis.
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Figure 8
Connection Expert display of the chassis contents
If Connection Expert successfully displays the chassis slots, please continue to
the next section, and verify that the soft front panel can interface to the chassis.
If Connection Expert fails to display the chassis slots, see the M9018A User
Guide for troubleshooting suggestions.