Older Specifications

Version 1.5 LXI Specification

Version 1.5 of the LXI Specification consists of

(1) a core specification, LXI Device Specification 2016, to which all LXI Devices must conform; and

(2) a set of optional Extended Features, to which vendors may choose to conform. Vendors are required to declare to which Extended Functions (if any) they conform.

All Extended Functions are defined in separate documents. In the front sections of these documents they state to which rules an LXI Device must conform. If that Extended Function is supported, those rules may include common rules contained in the LXI Device Specification 2016, and may require that other extended rules have to be supported.

It should be noted that VXI-11 is now an Extended Function. Previous versions of the specification mandated VXI-11 support.

LXI Device Specification

LXI Device Specification 2016

LXI Interpretations and Clarifications for LXI Standard, Vers. 1.5

Extended Functions

LXI Clock Synchronization Extended Function

LXI Event Log Extended Function

LXI Event Messaging Extended Function

LXI HiSLIP Extended Function v1_02

LXI IPv6 Version v1_1

LXI Timestamped Data Extended Function

LXI VXI-11 Discovery and Identification Extended Function

LXI Wired Trigger Bus Extended Function

Other Specification Documents

LXI IEEE 1588 Profile (Released December 1, 2008)

IVI-3.15 IviLxiSync Specification (Released October 7, 2014, managed by IVI Foundation)

LXI Wired Trigger Bus Cable and Terminator Specifications rev 2.0 (Released May 18, 2011

LXI Example and Reference Material

Conformance Documents

The following documents describe the LXI Consortium policies for certifying conformance and the application forms that vendors should use when making an application

LXI Consortium Policy for Certifying to LXI Consortium Standards

Application for Certification to LXI Device Specification 2016

Version 1.4 Specification

The LXI Device Specification 2011 Version 1.4 provides optional extended functions that differentiate LXI from LAN based instrumentation. Previous versions of the standard included a Class model for LXI devices. With Version 1.4 of the LXI specification, this Class structure has been removed – instead a “Core” LXI Specification is defined and a set of five optional Extended Functions. Each extension has conformance requirements in addition to the base class. An LXI device can include one or all of the Extended Functions. The following documents provide details of the Specification Version 1.4 and its Extended Functions: