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In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect,
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Trademarks
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Using this Manual
Audience and Scope
The PCIe-8560 PXI-8565 User’s Manual is intended for hardware
technicians and systems operators with knowledge of installing,
configuring and using PCI Express
This document is specifically intended to describe connecting
ADLINK PCIe-8560 PCI Express
Kit for extended functionality.
Manual Organization
This manual is organized as follows:
Preface: Presents important copyright notifications, disclaimers, trademarks, and associated information on the proper
understanding and usage of this document and its associated
product(s).
Chapter 1, Introduction: Introduces the PCI Express
PXI™ Extension Kit overview, its features, applications, architecture, block diagrams, and package contents.
®
-to-PXI™ extension systems.
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Systems to a PXI™ Extension
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to
Chapter 2, Getting Started: Presents information on properly
installing PCI Express
PCI Express
Chapter 4, Troubleshooting: Provides basic information on
quickly addressing configuration/setup/installation problems
that may occur.
Important Safety Instructions: Presents safety instructions
all users must follow for the proper setup, installation and
usage of equipment and/or software.
Warranty Information: Presents important warranty information for users/manufacturers rights and responsibilities regarding ADLINK products and services.
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Conventions
Take note of the following conventions used throughout this
manual to make sure that users perform certain tasks and
instructions properly.
Additional information, aids, and tips that help users perform tasks.
NOTE:
NOTE:
Information to prevent minor physical injury, component
damage, data loss, and/or program corruption when try-
CAUTION:
WARNING:
ing to complete a task.
Information to prevent serious physical injury, component damage, data loss, and/or program corruption
when trying to complete a specific task.
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Reference Documentation
The following list of documents may be used as reference materials to support installation, configuration and/or the operation of the
PCI Express-to-PXI Extension Kit. This list is prepared in alphabetical order (by vendor name, then by document title) for clarity.
Vendor(s)/Association(s)TitleRev.
PCI-SIG
PCI-SIGPCI-to-PCI Bridge Architecture
PCI-SIGPCI Local Bus Specification3.0
PXI System AlliancePXI Specification2.2
PCI Express® Base Specification
Specification
1.0a
1.2
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