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Introduction
This chapter describes the MXI-4 series of products, lists what you need to
get started, and explains how to unpack and set up your hardware.
get started, and explains how to unpack and set up your hardware.
The four products in this series are the PCI-8331, PXI-8331, PCI-8336, and
PXI-8336. For the remainder of this manual the term MXI-4 card will refer
to any of the products in the MXI-4 series.
PXI-8336. For the remainder of this manual the term MXI-4 card will refer
to any of the products in the MXI-4 series.
MXI-4 cards must always be installed as either a pair of PXI cards or as a
PCI card and a PXI card. The term MXI-4 dyad will refer to one of the four
allowable pairings of MXI-4 cards which are described in the
PCI card and a PXI card. The term MXI-4 dyad will refer to one of the four
allowable pairings of MXI-4 cards which are described in the
section of the
About the MXI-4 Series
Description and Features
A MXI-4 dyad is a PCI master/slave implementing the PCI-PCI bridge
register set. It couples two physically separate buses with either a copper or
fiber-optic data link capable of 1.5 Gbit/s serial data rates. With the MXI-4
dyad, you can do the following:
register set. It couples two physically separate buses with either a copper or
fiber-optic data link capable of 1.5 Gbit/s serial data rates. With the MXI-4
dyad, you can do the following:
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Control a PXI/CompactPCI backplane with a PCI based PC
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Control a PXI/CompactPCI backplane with another PXI/CompactPCI
system
system
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Increase the available number CompactPCI or PXI slots for your
application
application
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Physically separate the measurement or automation system from
a host PC
a host PC
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Combine PCI, CompactPCI, and PXI devices in the same system