National Instruments NI PCIe-8360 Manuals

Set Up Your MXI -Express System This document explains how to set up your MXI-Express system. What You Need to Get Started To set up and use your MXI-Express cards, you need the following: ❑ One NI PCIe-8360 and one NI PXI-8360 ❑ A MXI-Express cable ❑ A host PC with an available x1 (or wider) PCI Express slot ❑ An expansion chassis—the PXI/CompactPCI chassis that you control with MXI-Express Note Your PXI MXI-Express card will work in any standard CompactPCI chassis adhering to the PICMG CompactPCI 2.0 R3.0 specification, or in PXI chassis that are compatible with the PXI Hardware Specification, Revision 1.0 or later. Your PCI Express MXI-Express card will work in systems compliant with the PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a and PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification, Revision 1.0a or later. Unpacking Your MXI-Express cards are shipped in antistatic packages to prevent electrostatic damage (ESD) to the devices. ESD can damage several components on the device. Caution Never touch the exposed pins of connectors. Doing so may damage the device. ™ all-guides.c om

MXI TM MXI-Express Series User Manual MXI-Express Multisystem eXtension Interface for PCI Express, Compact PCI, and PXI Bus Computers NI PCIe-8360 NI PXI-8360 MXI-Express Series User Manual May 2005 371452A-01