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© National Instruments Corporation 6-1 PCI-MXI-2 for Linux
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NI-VXI Configuration Utility
This chapter contains instructions for using the VXI Resource Editor utility
of the NI-VXI software to configure the PCI-MXI-2 and the VXI-MXI-2
or VME-MXI-2.
vxiedit is the VXI resource editor program that you use to configure the
system and to edit the manufacturer name and ID numbers, the model
names of VXI and non-VXI devices in the system, and the system interrupt
configuration information. This program also displays the system
configuration information generated by the Resource Manager.
Note A text-based version, vxitedit, is also available as an alternative. Although this
chapter focuses only on the graphical
vxiedit program, the two programs are
functionally equivalent. For information on
vxitedit, refer to the NI-VXI Text Utilities
Reference Manual.
Running the VXIedit Configuration Utility
To run vxiedit, type vxiedit at the command prompt. You can run
vxiedit from any directory, but make sure that both the PATH and
NIVXIPATH environment variables have the destination directory of the
NI-VXI software added to them.
NIVXIPATH is used by the application to
find the different configuration files (
*.cfg), table files (*.tbl), and help
files (
*.hlp) during its execution. The default pathname used by the
program if
NIVXIPATH is not set is /usr/local/nivxi.
Most of the features on the PCI-MXI-2, VXI-MXI-2, and VME-MXI-2
are configurable through software, using
vxiedit, rather than through
hardware switches or jumpers on the boards themselves. In addition,
the
vxiedit utility can override some of the hardware settings.