Introduction
Measurement&Automation Explorer(MAX)provides access to all your
National Instruments DAQ,GPIB,IMAQ,IVI,Motion,VISA,and VXI
devices.With MAX,you can configure your National Instruments hardware
and software,add new channels,interfaces,and virtual instruments,execute
system diagnostics,and view the devices and instruments connected to your
system.
MAX installs automatically with NI-VISA version2.5or higher or NI-VXI
version3.0or higher.MAX is available only for Win32-based operating
systems.
In this course manual addendum,you will examine MAX and use it to
configure a VXI system.
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Exercise 1
Objective:To examine MAX.
1.Launch MAX by double-clicking on the desktop icon or selecting Start»Programs»National Instruments»Measurement &Automation .
2.After launching,MAX displays the dialog box shown below.You can
use this dialog to configure MAX to search for new devices each time
you launch it or only when you refresh (<F5>or View»Refresh ).
Also,you can configure the dialog box to appear the next time you
launch MAX.
Do not change the settings and click on OK .
Figure 1.MAX User Preferences
timeout on t2 timer
Note Y ou selected not to search for new devices when MAX launches,so MAX will not show the updated system view if there are any changes to it.Remember to refresh after making any changes.To change these preferences,you can access this dialog box by selecting Tools»
MAX
icon
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3.Expand the Devices and Interfaces folder by clicking on the plus(+)
sign next to it.Select VXI System0and expand it also.Expand
Frame0.The MAX interface should appear as shown below.
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1Configuration Tree2Configuration View3Task List
Figure2.The MAX Interface
Configuration Tree
The configuration tree shows a hierarchical view of the instruments in your
system.In the setup shown in Figure2,MAX shows a VXI system with one
VXI chassis(Frame0),a National Instruments VXIpc-870embedded
controller,a Wavetek1375arbitrary waveform generator,and a National
Instruments MIO-64E-1multifunction data acquisition board.
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The following MAX toolbar appears when you select the VXI system in the
Configuration Tree:
Properties —Displays properties of the selected VXI system.
Run VXI Resource Manager —Runs VXI Resource Manager (Resman)
for the selected VXI system.
Note
Because NI-VXI 3.0or higher supports multiple VXI systems,properties apply to the currently selected VXI system.Resman also runs for only the selected VXI system.To run Resman for all VXI systems,select Tools »NI-VXI »VXI Resource Manager .System Properties
Y ou can examine the properties for the selected VXI system by clicking on
the Properties button from the toolbar or right-clicking on the particular
VXI system and selecting Properties ,as shown below.
Figure 3.System Properties for VXI System 0
In addition to viewing the properties,you can also launch Resman for
this VXI system,access the hardware configuration for the system
controller,and create a new VME
device.
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©National Instruments Corporation 5VXI Course Manual Addendum 4.Examine the VXI System 0properties.Right-click on VXI System 0
and select Properties .The properties dialog box appears as shown below.Figure 4.Properties Dialog for VXI System 0This dialog box reports the device status.If there is a problem with this system,you can access online help by clicking on the Troubleshoot …button.The properties dialog box also shows you the device type and whether the device is
enabled.

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