Roger,
Unfortunately, after asking around, I could not find anyone that remembers the earlier incident. However, we have a troubleshooting technique that will narrow down the problem. Most NI drivers, including NI-VXI and NI-VISA, install with a utility called NI-SPY. NI-SPY will log all function calls to the appropriate driver (ie NI-VISA, NI-VXI, IEEE 488.2, etc), as well as the value of all parameters passed and returned by the function. Therefore, the next thing to try is to simply launch NI-SPY and start logging. Then, go ahead and run the Soft Front Panel and do what is necessary to generate the error. Finally, go back to NI-SPY and stop logging. Then, save the log file and attach it to this email thread. Hopefully, by looking at th
is NI-SPY log, we can determine exactly where the SFP is failing, and then correct whatever configuration problem is the cause.
You can find NI-SPY at Start >> Programs >> National Instruments >> NI-SPY.
To help understand the NI-SPY log file, we will also need to understand how the VXI system is configured. Please go ahead and let us know what VXI and/or VME modules are in your VXI system, the Logical Address of these modules, and any address space in A24 or A32 that these modules are requesting. If the system is small, it might be best just to look through the configuration in MAX and type that information in the reply. However, for a large system, you might consider generating a logfile of the resman run. To do this, goto "Start >> Run" and run "resman -l". This will generate a logfile called "resman0.out", which will hold much information about the system.
By the way, what I am describing above is a technique that National Instruments Technical Support uses frequently
when we see support calls of this type. This very well may have been the technique that was used in the earlier incident.
Regards,
Greg Caesar
National Instruments
Applications Engineering
