National Instruments VXI/VME 600 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Developing Your Application

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manually add your VME devices in T&M Explorer using the Add VME
Device Wizard to reserve system resources when the Resource Manager
runs.

Systems consisting of only a VMEpc 600 Series controller, a VME chassis,
and VME boards do not need to run Resman when using NI-VXI software
even though the devices do not appear in the T&M Explorer connection
tree. However, you would not be able to use VISA without manually adding
the VME devices to the system by using T&M Explorer as described above
and then running Resman. This is because NI-VISA uses the Resource
Manager to create instrument sessions for VXI/VME device
communication. If this is not an issue for you, you can skip Resman.

T&M Explorer presents a graphical display of your entire test and
measurement system to help you configure various components. When
you launch T&M Explorer, you see all your VXI, GPIB, GPIB-VXI, and
serial devices on the screen. You can add devices that cannot be detected
dynamically by T&M Explorer through the Add Device Wizard in the
Edit menu. Such devices include VME devices, certain GPIB devices, and
serial ports. You can view the properties (such as logical address, address
space used, primary address, and so on) of each device by right-clicking
on the device in the tree. When you view the properties of most National
Instruments devices, you can configure the hardware settings directly in the
property pages.

T&M Explorer and Resman are designed to work together. You can run the
Resource Manager through T&M Explorer by either clicking on the Run
Resman button on the toolbar, or selecting VXI Resource Manager from
the Tools menu. From the Options dialog in the Tools menu, you can also
configure T&M Explorer to run Resman automatically when the computer
boots up. Resman reports all errors that it finds in your system to T&M
Explorer. When you view your system through T&M Explorer, you can
easily spot any errors in your system that Resman found.

You can find more information about T&M Explorer by using its online
help. From T&M Explorer, open the Help menu and select Help Topics.