Installation guide

78 Chapter 4
Configuring I/O Interfaces
Configuring VXI Interfaces
Configuring VXI Interfaces
This section gives guidelines to use the IO Config utility to configure VXI
interfaces, including:
n VXI Interfaces Overview
n Configuring GPIB-VXI (E1406A) Interfaces
n Configuring VXI (E8491B) Interfaces
VXI Interfaces Overview
As shown in the following figure, a typical VXI interface consists of one of
two main hardware configurations: E1406A Command Module or E8491B
IEEE-1394 to VXI Module.
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IEEE-1394
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