MXI-4 PXI-PCI bridge

[Intern2005]

I tried to set MXI-4cd it but I have a message that says components are already set (NI-VISA...).
But I have basically a problem with MAX Explorer which does not recognize the PXI system.
In my PC, the first PCI-slot is devoted to a NI PCI-6052E card.
The second one is devoted to the PCI8331 card.

I think the problem comes from the communication between the PCI-8331 in the PCI-slot and the PXI-8331 in the PXI-1031 chassis (bridge).

But this one doesn't seem to be recognized.
In MAX, there's just a device PCI-6052E in Traditional NI-DAQ-device or NI-DAQmx-device.
So if this card is not recognized, then the PXI system (that I powered on) cannot be recognized as well (PXI-1031 and its modules PXI-GPIB, PXI-7344, PXI-4204).
The communication must be wrong maybe because of the PCI-8331 which is not read from the PC? I wonder if the PCI-8331 in the 2nd slot at the moment should be set in the first slot instead of the PCI-6052E???

I tried the VISA option in MAX (show ALL PXI-PCI devices accessible to VISA instead of ONLY) and then to restart the system.
I tried as well to identify PXI as external PC or other (I can't load any PXI-1031 from CD: not a valid file), and to show PXI-buses: but PCI-6052E is shown?

Note: basically I think I can remove the PCI-6052E board (which we shouldn't use) since the Data acquisition can be down by the PXI-4204???

Thanks for quick answer.

Best regards

[Kerouac]

Hello,

Check if your MXI-4 board show up correctly in the Windows Device Manager.
MXI-4 boards contain two distinct PCI functions onboard and will have two separate listings in the Windows Device Manager (WDM).
The first function will show up in the WDM listed under System devices as a PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge.
The second function listing in the WDM will show up as a MXI-4 Connection Monitor when the correct MXI-4 driver is installed.
If the MXI-4 software is not installed, the PCI-to-PCI function will still be detected and work correctly, but the MXI-4 Connection Monitor will be detected as an unknown device.
If MAX indicates that the MXI-4 connection has timed out, the MXI-4 card did not detect that it was connected to another MXI-4 card at power-up
time. This can occur if the host chassis is turned on before the expansion chassis, or if the MXI-4 cable is not plugged in properly. (see screnshot attached).

Hpoe this helps.

Matthieu G.
AE, NI France