I have a legacy system that I'm looking at upgrading by removing the embedded controllers and replacing with a desktop PC via MXI connection. Due to the large amount of wiring, a minimal amount of hardware changing is required. The intention was to use a hybrid star connection, because 2 chassis are tied together to do 1 function and the 3rd chassis does another function.
The first PXI controller to replace is in a PXI-1000 chassis which is connected via MXI-3 to a PXI-1000B
The second PXI controller to replace is in a PXI-1002 chassis.
Can I use the PXI-8360 (MXI-Express) in the PXI-1000 and PXI-1002 chassis or do I have to use a MXI-4 controller, either the 8331 or 8336?
Thanks,
Adam