National Instruments Two-Slot Embedded Controller NI PXI-8183 - Manual (Page 28)

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
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Drivers and Software
Files and Directories Installed on Your Hard Drive
Your hard drive includes a directory called images in its root that
contains software and soft copies of manuals for the peripherals. The
directory structure under the
images directory is logically organized
into several levels.
In the images directory, you will find a manuals directory,
an os directory, and directories for each computer peripheral.
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\pxi-8180\manuals and list the contents of that directory.
You will see several files, one corresponding to each peripheral.
The os directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating
system installed on your computer.
The rest of the directories correspond to each peripheral in your system.
Within each of these directories are the drivers for the peripherals. These
files and directories are copied exactly from the manufacturer distribution
disks, so the naming conventions vary from peripheral to peripheral.
Because the naming conventions may not be completely straightforward,
National Instruments provides a text file named
drivers.txt in the
c:\images\pxi-8180 directory. The drivers.txt file explains how
to install support for each peripheral. You may want to print this file for
reference when you install your peripheral device drivers.
PXI Features
PXI Trigger Connectivity
The SMB connector on the NI PXI-8183 front panel can connect to or from
any PXI backplane trigger line through software. 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; however, an interim trigger routing software
utility is available from National Instruments. Contact National
Instruments at
ni.com/support for more information.