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  • Direct PC control of PXI/CompactPCI and PXI Express/CompactPCI Express
  • Direct laptop control of PXI/CompactPCI and PXI Express/CompactPCI Express
  • Copper (up to 14 m) cabling for laptop control of PXI
  • Sustained throughput up to 214 MB/s
  • Fiber-optic (up to 200 m) or copper (up to 10 m) cabling for PC control of PXI
  • NI PXI Network System Controller for Ethernet control of PXI

With the National Instruments PXI Remote Controllers, you can control PXI systems from your PC or laptop computer through a software transparent link. PC control of PXI consists of a PCI/PCI Express board in your computer and a PXI/PXI Express module in slot 1 of your PXI system, connected by a copper or fiber-optic cable. Laptop control of PXI consists of an ExpressCard/PCMCIA CardBus card in the laptop and a PXI/PXI Express module in slot 1 of your PXI system, connected by a copper cable. With an NI PXI Network System Controller, you can control PXI systems over Ethernet.