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Summary of Contents for CompuGen 1100

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Page 2: ...GE APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES CompuGen ISA Hardware Manual and Driver Installation Guide Reorder MKT HWM ISA01 0506 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg co...

Page 3: ...es Inc The installation program used to install the GageScope Software InstallShield is licensed software provided by InstallShield Software Corp 900 National Parkway Ste 125 Schaumburg IL InstallShie...

Page 4: ...1100 verifying proper setup using the CompuGen Application 42 Starting CGWIN 42 Using CGWIN to test your card 43 Using the configuration utility 43 CompuGen 1100 triggering 45 CompuGen 1100 output amp...

Page 5: ...able custom features It is assumed that the reader is familiar with using PCs Windows and ISA bus cards No description is included for these topics If you are not comfortable with these areas it is st...

Page 6: ...ntainers or on a metal rail Label any package that contains static sensitive boards 3 Discharge the static voltage from your body by wearing a grounded antistatic wrist strap while handling these modu...

Page 7: ...roduct Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product Do not apply a potential to any terminal including the common terminal that exceeds the maxim...

Page 8: ...n ISA CD with GageBit Software and CompuGen Software Development Kits The Gage CompuGen ISA CD shipped with all CompuGen ISA orders contains all of the user manuals and software drivers that you need...

Page 9: ...system 2 Card Master Slave Timing Module 4 Card Master Slave Timing Module 8 Card Master Slave Timing Module Carefully inspect these articles before proceeding further If you find any damage caused by...

Page 10: ...ster on a single or periodic basis The CompuGen 3250 also provides a TTL External Trigger Input External triggering can be software selected by setting the appropriate bits in an on board register Sof...

Page 11: ...gth 8 double words 32 bits wide Record Length Resolution 2 double words 32 bits wide Output Impedance 50 MATING PARTS On Board Connector 68 pin MDR Type 3M P N 10268 55H3VC Mating Connector Connector...

Page 12: ...le Independent APPLICATION SOFTWARE GageBit Application for Win 95 98 ME Win NT 2000 XP SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITS SDK CompuGen Digital SDK for C C for Windows Includes Sample Programs in Visual C Comp...

Page 13: ...Refer to the Gage website for a list of available upgrades for your CompuGen www gage applied com Software Development Kits SDKs Product Order No Gage SDK Pack on CD Manuals in PDF format provided on...

Page 14: ...CompuGen 3250 57 CompuGen 3250 block diagram Figure 34 CompuGen 3250 block diagram Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 15: ...er Figure 35 CompuGen 3250 model and version Serial number Calibration label Options label Figure 36 CompuGen 3250 base board labels The Calibration label is located on the base board The serial numbe...

Page 16: ...MASTER card and the remaining cards are SLAVE cards SLAVE 1 SLAVE 2 etc The Master Slave label is located on the bracket beneath the BNC connector as shown in the diagram below Figure 37 CompuGen 3250...

Page 17: ...ically requested otherwise This manual assumes your card is an Independent card When configured as a Master card the CompuGen 3250 provides its master clock signal to other slave CompuGen 3250 cards F...

Page 18: ...rs that interface to the user on the CompuGen 3250 are as follows Function Type DATA OUTPUT 68 Pin MDR Trig In BNC Clock In SMA Master Slave connector The Master Slave connector near the top left corn...

Page 19: ...onnector 1 CLK 35 GND 2 D0 36 GND 3 D1 37 GND 4 D2 38 GND 5 D3 39 GND 6 D4 40 GND 7 D5 41 GND 8 D6 42 GND 9 D7 43 GND 10 D8 44 GND 11 D9 45 GND 12 D10 46 GND 13 D11 47 GND 14 D12 48 GND 15 D13 49 GND...

Page 20: ...ary In other words four consecutive I O addresses are needed For example if the base address is 0300H then 0300 0301 0302 and 0303 will be occupied by the CompuGen 3250 card The default I O address Th...

Page 21: ...address you want to calculate 2 Convert the hexadecimal address into its binary form You can use the Windows scientific calculator for this purpose Each digit in the binary form corresponds to an add...

Page 22: ...s The numbers to the right of each address are the switches you must ENABLE to use that particular address Remember that to ENABLE an SW2 switch position set it AWAY from the switch number Artisan Tec...

Page 23: ...may not have enough amperage available to run a CompuGen 3250 Please contact the manufacturer of your computer to rectify the situation 8 If the computer starts properly install GageBit software This...

Page 24: ...xpansion slots as you have cards to install 5 Position your computer so that the external connectors of your computer s expansion cards are facing toward you The MASTER card will be installed in the r...

Page 25: ...ling application software 14 Run GageConfig to verify proper installation of Windows drivers see page 69 15 Run GageBit software to generate a pattern You can do so by clicking on the Generate button...

Page 26: ...Gen 3250 can be installed in a PC and made functional within 15 minutes of opening the box However there are times when there may be a conflict between a CompuGen 3250 and the rest of the PC system Ar...

Page 27: ...erent memory segment addresses into the Memory Address box and click on the Verify button to try again Some common addresses are listed below D000 D100 D200 D300 D400 D500 D600 D700 D800 D900 DA00 DB0...

Page 28: ...indows 95 98 ME 128 MB of RAM for Windows 2000 XP SVGA or better graphics card and monitor and 25 MB minimum 64 MB recommended of available hard disk space A CompuGen 3250 card must be present in orde...

Page 29: ...g External Trigger Manual Trigger Data output appears on the output connectors exactly 5 clock cycles after an external trigger is received from the outside world Trigger Bus for Master Slave systems...

Page 30: ...inated with a 50 load the signal at the load may not be very clean In some cases the signal may be very noisy due to mismatched transmission lines The output connector 3M 10268 55H3VC was selected for...

Page 31: ...quivalent to a 50 coaxial cable Thus this cable is equivalent to 68 coaxial cables CG3250 uses half of these conductors as GROUND wires thereby providing even better noise immunity The BNC Breakout Bo...

Page 32: ...memory map of the 80x86 processor between 640K and 1M factory default is D200 D3FF for the CompuGen 3250 The CompuGen 3250 takes only 4 kilobytes of memory space between 640K and 1M This memory addre...

Page 33: ...76 CompuGen 3250 Notes Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 34: ...o automatic routing of technical support requests originating from the Gage web site support requests received via e mail or telephone calls are routed manually by our staff Providing you with high qu...

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