Pxie-1073 trigger

Can the PXIe-1073 drive/monitor the PXI trigger lines?

Hello Robert,
I have not seen any software that can monitor and display the information of the PXI Trigger Bus that is in the backplane of the PXI. A workaround is using an external card that can be used to export this lines to the front panel of the PXI. Some of the cards that can help with this are the 6652 or the 6653 timing and synchronization cards.
On the following link you should be able to see an example on how to export a Trigger to a PFI line:
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2350
Also, I would like to show you some articles that speaks how to manipulate the trigger lines:
Using PXI Timing and Triggering Functionality
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/BD37A128B1DF27F3862570FC0072359D
Routing PXI Trigger Lines Across the Buses of Multisegment PXI Chassis
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/CA9A49FA50393C4186256DC200774E2B
Signal Routing for PXI Devices - NI Digital Waveform Generator/Analyzer Help
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370520J-01/hsdio/hsignal_routing_pxi/
I really hope this answer properly your question. If not, please let me know so I can see how I can assist you further.
Regards,
Luis C.

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I have a PXI express chassis PXIe-1073 with an integrated controller MXI-Express controller PCIe-8361. I now want to use the chassis as a standalone system with an embedded controller.
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Hello kanad,
The PXIe-1073 is a MXI-integrate chassis. This means that the MXI card that would normally go into the controller slot (slot 1) is built into the chassis. The PCIe-8361 or Expresscard8360 are placed into the desktop or laptop, respectively, and connect to the chassis. The cards in the PXIe-1073 then appear as if they are part of the desktop of laptop.
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Consider reading page 1-3 and 1-6 in the manual below:
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Hi cjp1,
The KnowledgeBase article Programmtic PXI Slot Detection walks you through the steps to do this. There is also a community example called Read PXI an PXIe Card Serial Numbers Programatically that demonstrates the type of LabVIEW architecture you can use to do it.
You should first ensure that all of your modules can be identified and self-test in MAX.
In case the above hyperlinks don't work, you can copy-paste the addresses below:
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How to use PXI Star Trigger for PXIe-5663 in PXIe-1075 chassis

HI all,
I have this sytem configuration:
PXIe-8135 controller. Windows 7 64-bit, RFSA 2.7.5. NI-SYNC 3.4.1
PXIe-1075 chassis
PXIe-5663 (2x)
PXIe-6672 Timing & Sync Card (slot #10)
I want to trigger the recording of my Digitizer with an external trigger.
The External Trigger is connected to PFI0 of the PXIe-6672 Timing card.
Then, the PXIE-6672 card routes the trigger to the backplane of the PXIe-1072 (Destination "NISYNC_VAL_PXITRIG0")
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I would like to use the PXI Star trigger instead, I think that I should be able to acheive much better synchronization with this.
But NI-RFSA won't let me do this:
When I try to call
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"Specified Route Cannot Be Satisfied, Because the Hardware Does Not Support It"
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Any idea?
Regards,
Serge
Serge Malo, ing.
Concepteur logiciel
Software Developer
T (514) 842-7577 x648 | [email protected]

That explanation isn't quite right. Usually, even PXIe modules have a connection to PXI_Star. The PXIe standard added the PXIe_DStar trigger buses, and it also preserved the PXI_Star bus from the PXI standard.
However, there is an additional twist in this situation. I'm assuming that your PXIe-5663 includes a PXIe-5622 as the digitizer. It turns out that a synchronization technique called NI-TClk has eliminated the need for our more recent digitizers to rely on triggering from PXI_Star. I was able to find some documentation that includes this information, here and here. Given that, I think you have two options that should result in better synchronization.
The first option is to use TClk; I found an example program that demonstrates using TClk to acheive phase coherent signal acquisition across two 5663s. The second option is to use cables of matched length to connect two PFI front panel terminals of the timing board (6672) to the PFI1 front panel terminals of the digitizers (5622). The timing board would accept the external trigger on PFI0 and then issue triggers on PFI1 and PFI2 with around 500 ps of skew (manual, page A-4) . The digitizers would use NIRFSA_VAL_PFI1_STR as the trigger. I hope one of these solutions will meet the demands of your particular application.
I will also follow up with the owners of the RFSA product documentation to see if we can include a note about why PXI_Star is not supported in some cases.
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NI R&D

PXIe-1073 sytem not detected

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Hi Matt
Sorry for delay in replying.
After a lot of uninstallation/installation/repair of different driver versions, i have currently got the following software (see attached pic): NI-DAQmx 9.5.5, Ni PXI platform services 3.2.1.
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My PXIe-1073 is not detected or listed in MAX. I expect to see chassis controller detected and all the cards listed under the chassis controller as "PXI2slot2" device or "PXI2slot4" device etc.
The attached pic shows NI-MAX and device manager snap shot.
Please advise.
Thanks
Jeet
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nimax dev man.jpg ‏316 KB

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PXIe-1073 not detected

I'm trying to install a PXIe-1073 chassis on a new Dell system running Windows 7 x64. I have the latest version of Labview, NI-DAQmx, etc. The PCI express controller shows as properly installed in the Device Manager ("PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge"). The chassis and installed DAQ card are not detected in MAX.
I am actually transferring this system from an older computer. I recall having exactly the same problem before, and I'm fairly certain I solved it by installing the "MXI-Express BIOS Compatability Software". There was never any way to actually identify the "PXI System" as anything other than "External PC" even when it was working properly.
After installing the current version of the MXI-Express software, I rebooted and was able to load MAX briefly before Windows BSODed with an error involving "niraptrk.dll". This proceeded to occur every time I tried to load Windows. I was able to start in safe mode, but attempting to uninstall any NI software gave me an "error 1601". I was finally able to load the last known good configuration and uninstall the software.
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Hello Bob_mcbob,
After looking over this issue, I think we have a problem with the Windows installer on your machine. I have found a KnowledgeBase about the Error 1601 stating that this is a Microsoft Windows installer error and that the installer will need to be reinstalled. The Knowledgebase explains how to do this.
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I was wondering how the grounds from the hybrid slots of a PXIe 1073 chassis are connected within the chassis. I'm using 3 PXI 6255 cards, though I don't believe that makes a difference. What I'm looking for is whether they are tied together or not, or similar information. Thank you.
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http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/02A451C0A88A3EAE8625702F0059C98E
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Yeah, I discovered that not long ago. Every ground on DAQ cards are tied to the chassis ground. It is just that each type of ground (DGND, AGND) have their own planes on the card itself. And chassis ground will be going to Earth Ground, in case that matters to you.
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PXI-6541 Trigger Interrupt

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I'm using the PXI6541 to perform a simple digital output based on an interrupt input.
As seen in the attached diagram I drew up, I want one of the PXI's trigger lines to listen for a falling edge from my hardware.
Once the CONVST falling edge occurs, I want to wait x ns before I set one of the DIO pins (EN) to go high until CONVST goes high.
I've been modifying the HSDIO "Dynamic Generation of Multiple Waveforms" example VI in LabVIEW, trying to add triggering to it. (See attached VI).
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Also, what happens if I do not enable "Voltage Configuration"? What's the logic level it will work at by default?
Many thanks in advance.
Attachments:
Dynamic Generation + Trigger.vi ‏33 KB

Hi guys,
To answer each of your questions in turn.
Regarding the trigger lines, what is the difference between say PFI 0 and PXI Trigger Line 0/RTSI 0? I had been using the latter pin from the breakout cable. The hardware I am testing is just a bench top eval board for the part. I hadn't realised there was access to PFI 0 via the SMB connectors.
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Hope this clarifies the questions.

PXIe 1073 Power On Start

Hello.,
I have a PXIe 1073 system
I want to start it automatically when there the Mains Power is connected.
any clues !!

Dear aparab,
as far as I understand your inquiry, you'd like to boot a pxi controller without pressing the on-switch. The PXI chassis has three different methods on how to power on: Wake-On-LAN, an inbuilt switch and a BIOS setting. Details you can find in the following article.
Remote Power of a PXI Chassis
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/FF5AB8BB6A1157DB8625756D00502D55
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Hi,
The NI PXIe-1073 is lacking support of remote power control. For high priority applications or long time test systems I recommend upgrading to one of the supported chassis.
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Best regards,
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National Instruments Sweden

PXIe-1065 Trigger lines

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Does someone have an idea...

Ok, i found the problem, it has nothing to do with the PXIe 1065 chassis.
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Hi,
I have a PXI-5412 FGen and a PXI-5105 Digitizer. I was wondering if anyone could explain how to internally and/or externally set up a trigger. The idea is that I'm sending a signal with a pulse repetition frequency (PRF of 500Hz for example) from my Fgen to one of the channels on my, but I would like the digitizer to acquire at that same PRF so that my signal is not all over the place.
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sankar,new delhi

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