National Instruments VXI-USB User Manual
Chapter 3
Developing Your Application
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launch VISAIC (or VIC) from the Tools menu in MAX or from the VISA or VXI
subgroups in Start»Programs»National Instruments.
subgroups in Start»Programs»National Instruments.
Try the following in VISAIC: In the tree view, navigate using your mouse
to the VISA resource for your controller—probably VXI0::0::INSTR,
representing the VXI system 0, logical address 0 instrument resource, as
shown in Figure 3-2.
to the VISA resource for your controller—probably VXI0::0::INSTR,
representing the VXI system 0, logical address 0 instrument resource, as
shown in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2. Select Your Controller in VISAIC
Open the selected resource and navigate to the Register I/O tab. In this tab,
you can read registers on your device, such as the VXI device configuration
registers. Execute the viIn operation (called In in LabVIEW compatibility
mode) with the default parameters. The Data Value field shows the I/O
operation result, such as
you can read registers on your device, such as the VXI device configuration
registers. Execute the viIn operation (called In in LabVIEW compatibility
mode) with the default parameters. The Data Value field shows the I/O
operation result, such as
0x9ff6
. The Return Value field shows the
function status, such as 0 for
VI_SUCCESS
, as shown in Figure 3-3.