About This Manual
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How to Use This Documentation Set
Begin by reading the
Read Me First VXIpc 870 Series for Windows NT/98
manual.
This manual, the
VXIpc 870 Series User Manual
, contains more details
about changing the installation or configuration from the defaults, and
using the hardware.
When you are familiar with the material in these manuals, you can begin to
use the
NI-VXI User Manual
. This manual presents the concepts of VXI
and prepares you for detailed explanations of the NI-VXI functions. The
NI-VXI online help describes the NI-VXI functions to help you fully
understand the purpose and syntax of each function. You can find this same
information in the
NI-VXI Programmer Reference Manual
. These two
manuals are available in the
c:\NIVXI\Manuals
directory under the
names
NI-VXIUsersMan.pdf
and
NI-VXIProgrammerMan.pdf
,
respectively. Use the Acrobat Reader program, Version 3 or later, to open
these files.
You can also access the NI-VXI online help for Windows in the
NIVXI
folder.
Refer to the
NI-VISA User Manual
to learn about VISA and how to use it
in your system. The NI-VISA online help describes the attributes, events,
and operations you can use in NI-VISA. You can find this same information
in the
NI-VISA Programmer Reference Manual
. These two manuals are
available in the
c:\Vxipnp\os\NIvisa\Manuals
directory (where
os
is
either
Win95
or
WinNT
) under the names
NI-VISAUsersMan.pdf
and
NI-VISAProgrammersMan.pdf
, respectively. Use the Acrobat Reader
program, Version 3 or later, to open these files.
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 1155-1998,
IEEE VMEbus Extensions for
Instrumentation: VXIbus
•
ANSI/VITA 1-1994,
VME64
•
VXI-6,
VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification
, Rev. 2.0,
VXIbus Consortium
