Connecting cables – National Instruments VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual
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Installing Your NI ExpressCard-8360 ExpressCard MXI Interface
Complete the following steps to install the ExpressCard interface card.
1.
Power off your computer.
Note
You may want to connect one end of the x1 MXI-Express cable to the
ExpressCard-8360 prior to installing it into the host computer.
2.
Insert the ExpressCard-8360 in any available ExpressCard/34 or
ExpressCard/54 slot.
Connecting Cables
Connect the x1 MXI-Express cable to the VXI-MXI-Express Series
controller and then to the x1 MXI-Express host adapter in the host
computer.
Figure 2 shows a system that includes a PCI Express-based host computer
and a VXI-MXI-Express Series controller.
Figure 2. Host System with VXI-MXI-Express Series Controller
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VXI-MXI-Express Series Controller in Slot 0
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