National Instruments PXI-8150B User Manual

Also see for PXI-1025 MegaPAC: User manual

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Chapter 1 Introduction©National Instruments Corporation1-7PXI-8150B Series User ManualPXI-1020 and PXI-1025 Chassis SupportThe PXI-8150B Series controller is designed to directly interface toPXI-1020 and PXI-1025 chassis. This interface contains the signalsrequired to control a TFT LCD, an IDE device, a PS/2 keyboard, and aPS/2 mouse.Because the keyboard/mouse controller on the PXI-8150B Series supportsonly one keyboard and one mouse at a time, the controller has two switchesyou can use to control whether to enable either the keyboard and mouseports on the front panel of the PXI-8150B or the built-in chassis devices.Refer to the Keyboard and Mouse section in Chapter 3, PXI-8150B SeriesConfiguration and Installation, for switch settings.PXI-1020 ChassisThe PXI-1020 chassis currently does not contain a built-in keyboard.When using the PXI-8150B Series controller with the PXI-1020 chassis,the LCD may be dimmed through software. The software is located on yourhard drive in the C:\Images\PXI815xB\LCD directory. Also, with thischassis you can select whether the LCD is enabled while booting or offuntil the operating system loads and software turns it on. Refer to theLCD Output section in Chapter 3, PXI-8150B Series Configuration andInstallation, for the jumper settings.Optional EquipmentYou can contact National Instruments to order the following optionalequipment:• Enhanced parallel port adapter cable• Single-shielded 2 m GPIB cableNational Instruments SoftwareNational Instruments has developed several software kits that you can usewith the PXI-8150B Series. The software is already installed on your harddrive.The NI-488.2M software kit gives you access to the industry-standardNI-488.2M software for controlling external GPIB instruments through theGPIB port on the front panel of the PXI-8156B. The GPIB interface is fullycompatible with the NI-488.2M driver for a variety of operating systems.