National Instruments VXI/VME 600 - Manual (Page 18)

Chapter 2 Setting up Your VXI/VME System
VXI/VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95/NT 2-2 © National Instruments Corporation
Installing the Hardware
Caution To prevent electrostatic discharge, touch the antistatic plastic package to a
metal part of your VXI/VMEbus chassis before removing the VXI/VMEpc-650
from the package.
Warning To protect both yourself and the chassis from electrical hazards, the chassis
should remain off until you are finished installing the VXI/VMEpc module.
Plug in your chassis but leave the power turned off. Install the
VXI/VMEpc-650 in the first slot of the VXI/VME chassis—designated
as Slot 0 in VXI systems, or as Slot 1 in a VME chassis. In its default
configuration, the VXI/VMEpc 600 Series automatically detects whether it
should be the system controller. Although you can use the module in other
slots as non-system controller, this example describes the basic installation
as system controller. The system controller operates certain VXI/VMEbus
lines as required for VXI/VME systems. Verify that any other devices with
system controller capability that are located in the same chassis are not
configured as system controller.
Caution Having more than one device configured as system controller will damage the
VXI/VME system.
For VXI systems that include VME devices, ensure that the VME devices
are not configured in the upper 16 KB (starting from 0xC000) of the A16
address space. This region is reserved for VXI device configuration
registers, which are used for initializing, configuring, and interacting with
VXI devices.
Also ensure that no VXI devices in your system are configured for logical
address 0, which is the default configuration for the VXI/VMEpc 600
Series.
Complete your installation as follows:
1. Attach cables for your keyboard, mouse, video, and any devices you
want to connect to your system. Refer to the VXI/VMEpc 600 Series
User Manual if you are not certain about any of these connections.
2. Turn on power to the chassis.
3. Follow the prompts in the Setup program.
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