National Instruments NI PXIe-8130 - Manual (Page 36)

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
NI PXIe-8130 User Manual 2-20 ni.com
The manuals directory contains quick reference guides, technical
reference manuals, and National Instruments software manuals, all in
Adobe Acrobat format. To access any manual, change your directory
to
c:\images\manuals and list the contents of that directory.
The os directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating
system installed on your computer.
The drivers directory contains driver installers for the system
peripherals. These files and directories are copied exactly from the
manufacturer distribution disks, so the naming conventions vary from
peripheral to peripheral.
PXI Express Features
PXI Express Trigger Connectivity
The SMB connector on the NI PXIe-8130 front panel can connect to or
from any PXI backplane trigger line. A trigger allocation process is needed
to prevent two resources from connecting to the same trigger line, resulting
in the trigger being double-driven and possibly damaging the hardware. At
the time of this manual’s publication, this software is not yet available for
Windows. Contact National Instruments for more information.
PXI Chassis Configuration
The PXI Platform Services software installed on your controller and
available on the National Instruments Driver CD included with your kit
automatically identifies your PXI Express system components to generate
a
pxiesys.ini and pxisys.ini file. You can configure your entire PXI
system and identify PXI-1 chassis through Measurement & Automation
Explorer (MAX), included with your controller. MAX creates the
pxiesys.ini and pxisys.ini file, which define your PXI system
parameters. MAX also provides an interface to route and reserve triggers
so dynamic routing, through drivers such as DAQmx, avoids
double-driving and potentially damaging trigger lines. For more
information about routing and reserving PXI triggers, refer to
KnowledgeBase 3TJDOND8, Using PXI Timing and Triggering
Functionality, at
ni.com/support .
The configuration steps for single or multiple-chassis systems are the same.