Installation and Connections
19
Overview of the GXSW Software
Once the software is installed, the following tools and software components are available:
GXSW
Panel
– Configures and controls the GX6384 various features via an interactive user interface.
GXSW
driver
- A DLL based function library (GXSW.DLL, located in the Windows System folder) used to
program and control the board.
Programming files and examples
– Interface files and libraries for support of various programming tools such
as C#, C++, VB, VB6, LabVIEW. A complete list of files and development tools supported by the driver is
included in subsequent sections of this manual.
Documentation
– On-Line help and User’s Guide for the GX6384 board, GXSW driver and panel.
HW driver and PXI/PCI Explorer applet
– HW driver allows the GXSW driver to access and program the
supported boards. The explorer applet configures the PXI chassis, controllers and devices. This is required for
accurate identification of your PXI instruments later on when installed in your system. The applet configuration is
saved to PXISYS.ini and PXIeSYS.ini and is used by Marvin Test Solutions instruments HW driver and VISA. The
applet can be used to assign chassis numbers, Legacy Slot numbers and instrument alias names. The HW driver is
installed and shared with all Marvin Test Solutions products to support accessing the PC resources. Similar to HW
driver, VISA provides a standard way for instrument manufacturers and users to write and use instruments drivers.
VISA is a standard maintained by the VXI Plug & Play System Alliance and the PXI Systems Alliance organizations
(
, http://www.pxisa.org/). The VISA resource manager such as National Instruments
Measurement & Automation
(NI-MAX) displays and configures instruments and their address (similar to Marvin
Test Solutions’ PXI/PCI Explorer). The GXSW driver can work with either HW or VISA to control an access the
supported boards.
Installation Folders
The GX6384 driver files are installed in the default folder
C:\Program Files\Marvin Test Solutions\GXSW
,or on
64 bit machines they are installed in the default folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Marvin Test Solutions\GXSW
.
You can change the default GXSW folder to one of your choosing at the time of installation.
During the installation, GXSW Setup creates and copies files to the following folders:
Name
Purpose / Contents
…\ Marvin Test Solutions\GXSW
The GXSW folder. Contains panel programs, programming libraries,
interface files and examples, on-line help files and other documentation.
…\ Marvin Test Solutions\HW
HW device driver. Provide access to your board hardware resources such
as memory, IO ports and PCI board configuration. See the README.TXT
located in this directory for more information.
…\ATEasy\Drivers
ATEasy drivers folder. GXSW Driver and example are copied to this
directory only if ATEasy is installed to your machine.
…\Windows\System32, or
…\Windows\SysWOW64 when running
64 bit Windows
Windows System directory. Contains the GXSW DLL driver, HW driver
shared files and some upgraded system components, such as the HTML
help viewer, etc.
Summary of Contents for GX6384-1
Page 2: ......
Page 7: ...GX6384 User s Guide v Index 55 ...
Page 8: ...vi GX6384 User s Guide ...
Page 36: ...28 GX6384 User s Guide ...