Signal Routing for PXI Devices

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Signal Routing for PXI Devices

You can use the PXI trigger bus to send and receive events, triggers, and Sample and Reference clocks. For more information about triggers, events, and clocks, refer to Dynamic Generation Triggers and Events, Dynamic Acquisition Triggers and Events, and Clocking.

All signal routing operations can be characterized by a source and a destination. The following table summarizes the possible sources and destinations for NI 654x/655x/656x signals. Sources are listed in the far left column, and the possible destinations span the top of the table. Some of the internal signals are broken into separate columns for generation (Gen) and acquisition (Acq).

Destinations → Front Panel Backplane Internal
Sources
↓
CLK
OUT
PFI 0 PFI
<1..3>
DDC CLK OUT PXI_TRIG
<0..6>
PXI_TRIG7 PXI_STAR Start
Trigger
(Gen)
Pause
Trigger
(Gen)
Script
Trigger
Start
Trigger
(Acq)
Advance
Trigger
Ref
Trigger
Pause
Trigger (Acq)
Front Panel
CLK IN √ — — √ — — √ — — — — — — —
PFI 0 — — √ — √ — √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
PFI <1..3> — √ √ — √ — √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Backplane
PXI_TRIG<0..7> — √ √ — √ — √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
PXI_STAR √ — — √ — — — — — — — — — —
Internal
Sample
Clock
√ — — √ — — √ — — — — — — —
Reference
Clock
√ — — — — — √ — — — — — — —
Start
Trigger
(Gen)
— √ √ — √ — √ — √ √ — — — —
Pause
Trigger
(Gen)
— √ √ — √ — √ √ — √ — — — —
ScriptTrigger<0..3> — √ √ — √ — √ √ √ — — — — —
Start
Trigger
(Acq)
— √ √ — √ — √ — — — — — — —
Advance
Trigger
(Acq)
— √ √ — √ — √ — — — — — — —
Ready for Start Event (Gen) — √ √ — √ — √ √ √ √ — — — —
Marker<0..3> Event — √ √ — √ — √ √ √ √ — — — —
Data Active Event — √ √ — — — — — — — — — — —
Reference Trigger (Acq) — √ √ — √ — √ — — — — — — —
Ready for Start Event (Acq) — √ √ — √ — √ — — — √ √ √ —
Ready for Advance Event (Acq) — √ √ — √ — √ — — — √ √ √ —
End of Record Event (Acq) — √ √ — √ — √ — — — √ √ √ —