Gage CompuScope 14100C, Hardware Manual And Driver Installation Manual

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Installing CompactPCI/PXI Master/Slave multi-card systems 9
Installing CompactPCI/PXI Master/Slave multi-card systems
Below, you will find detailed instructions to guide you through the installation process of your Master/Slave
Multi-Card system.
Before installing the CompuScope cards, please refer to page 1 for Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) handling
procedures.
Please note that, unlike other types of CompuScope cards, multiple CS85GC cards cannot be configured as a
Master/Slave Multi-Card system. Multi-Card CompuScope 85GC systems must be installed and operated as a
Multiple-Independent Multi-Card system.
If you are installing a Multiple/Independent system, follow the instructions listed in the previous section,
Installing single or multiple/independent CompuScope CompactPCI/PXI , for installing each of the cards.
1 Power off your CompactPCI chassis.
CompuScope cards are not hot-swappable and all installation and removal must be done with the power
off.
2 Select adjacent full-sized 6U CompactPCI expansion slots.
If you are installing a Master/Slave system consisting of CompuScope 82GC, CompuScope 14100C-1M,
CompuScope 1610C-1M or CompuScope 3200C-2MB cards, the number of adjacent slots should be
equal to the number of CompuScope cards you want to install.
If you are installing a Master/Slave system consisting of the following CompuScope cards with 8M or
more memory: CompuScope 14100C, CompuScope 1610C, CompuScope 3200C, the number of
adjacent slots should be twice the number of CompuScope cards you want to install.
There is no limitation on which slots are used, as the CompuScope cards will operate correctly in any
slot.
FOR HIGHEST SIGNAL FIDELITY, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COMPUSCOPE CARDS BE
INSTALLED AT LEAST ONE SLOT AWAY FROM A HIGH FREQUENCY NOISE SOURCE,
SUCH AS A POWER SUPPLY OR CPU CARD