PXI-GPIB and PXI-8232 Installation

Notice Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your GPIB board. To avoid electrostatic damage when you handle the board, touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your system chassis before removing the board from the package.
Complete the following steps to install your PXI card:
  1. Make sure that your PXI or CompactPCI chassis is powered off. Keep the PXI or CompactPCI chassis plugged in so that it remains grounded while you install your PXI card.
  2. Choose an unused PXI or CompactPCI 5 V peripheral slot. For maximum performance, your PXI card has an onboard DMA controller that can only be used if the board is installed in a slot that supports bus arbitration, or bus master cards. National Instruments recommends installing your PXI card in such a slot. If you install the board in a non-master slot, you must disable your PXI card’s onboard DMA controller using the board-level call ibdma. Refer to the NI-488.2 Help for a complete description of ibdma.
  3. Remove the filler panel for the peripheral slot you have chosen.
  4. Touch a metal part on your chassis to discharge any static electricity that might be on your clothes or body.
  5. Insert your PXI card into the selected 5 V slot. Use the injector/ejector handle to fully inject the device into place. The following figure shows how to install your PXI card into a PXI or CompactPCI chassis.
    Figure 1. Installing Your PXI Card

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    1 Injector/Ejector Handle (In Down Position)

    2 Your PXI Card

    3 PXI Chassis

    4 Injector/Ejector Rail
  6. Screw the front panel of the PXI card to the front panel mounting rail of the PXI or CompactPCI chassis.
  7. Power on your PXI or CompactPCI chassis.

    The PXI card installation is now complete.