National Instruments PXI-8184 User Manual

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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration© National Instruments Corporation 2-15 NI PXI-8184/8185 User Manualc:\images\pxi-8180\manuals and list the contents of that directory.You will see several files, one corresponding to each peripheral.The os directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operatingsystem installed on your computer.The rest of the directories correspond to each peripheral in your system.Within each of these directories are the drivers for the peripherals. Thesefiles and directories are copied exactly from the manufacturer distributiondisks, so the naming conventions vary from peripheral to peripheral.Because the naming conventions may not be completely straightforward,National Instruments provides a text file named drivers.txt in thec:\images\pxi-8180 directory. The drivers.txt file explains howto install support for each peripheral. You may want to print this file forreference when you install your peripheral device drivers.PXI FeaturesPXI Trigger ConnectivityThe SMB connector on the NI PXI-8184/8185 front panel can connectto or from any PXI backplane trigger line through software. A triggerallocation process is needed to prevent two resources from connectingto the same trigger line, resulting in the trigger being double-driven andpossibly damaging the hardware. At the time of this manual’s publication,this software is not yet available; however, an interim trigger routingsoftware utility is available from National Instruments. Contact NationalInstruments or refer to KnowledgeBase 2RCBPFWD at ni.com/supportfor more information.Upgrading RAMYou can change the amount of installed RAM on the NI PXI-8184/8185 byupgrading the SO-DIMM.To upgrade the RAM, remove the NI PXI-8184/8185 from the PXI chassis.Remove the old SO-DIMM module and install the new SO-DIMM in thesocket as shown in Figure 2-5.