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VXIpc

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800 Series

User Manual

VXIpc 800 Series User Manual

September 1997 Edition

Part Number 321744A-01

Summary of Contents for 800 Series

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Page 4: ...al area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notices to User Changes or modifications not expressly approved by National Instruments could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules This device complies with the FCC rules only if used with shielded interface cables of suitable qual...

Page 5: ... Hardware Description 1 4 Slot 0 Functionality 1 4 Custom Application Specific Interface Chips 1 5 Front Panel Features 1 6 Peripheral Expansion 1 7 Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 800 Functional Description 2 1 Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation Default Settings 3 1 Configuring the VXIpc 800 Series 3 4 How to Remove the Metal Enclosure 3 4 VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 3 4 V...

Page 6: ... DMA Level 3 12 Ethernet Power On Defaults 3 13 Installing the VXIpc 800 Series 3 13 Chapter 4 BIOS Entering BIOS Setup 4 1 Appendix A Specifications Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources Appendix C LED Indicators Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards Appendix F Common Questions Appendix G Customer Communication Glossary ...

Page 7: ...ower On Defaults 3 13 Figure D 1 VXIpc 800 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions D 2 Figure D 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout D 3 Figure D 3 VGA Connector Location and Pinout D 4 Figure D 4 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout D 5 Figure D 5 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout D 7 Figure D 6 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout D 8 Figure D 7 SCSI Connector Locati...

Page 8: ...VXIpc 800 Series Peripherals Overview 1 8 Table 3 1 VXIpc 800 Series Hardware Default Settings 3 3 Table B 1 VXIpc 800 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations B 1 Table B 2 VXIpc 800 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations B 2 Table B 3 VXIpc 800 Series I O Address Map B 3 Table C 1 LEDs and System Startup Status C 2 Table D 1 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals D 3 Table D 2 VGA Connector Sign...

Page 9: ...800 Series embedded computers Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 800 Series embedded computer Chapter 4 BIOS contains information on BIOS the low level interface between the hardware and PC software that configures and tests your hardware at boot up Appendix A Specifications describes the environmental electrical a...

Page 10: ...kets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard for example Option A hyphen between two or more key names enclosed in angle brackets denotes that you should simultaneously press the named keys for example Control Alt Delete The symbol indicates that the text following it applies only to a specific product a specific operating system or a specific software version This icon to the left of bold itali...

Page 11: ...our VXIpc 800 700 Series manual for basic instructions for setting up the hardware and software This is a brief quick start manual that describes how to get started with your kit using the default hardware and software settings and how to configure and use the NI VXI software Refer to the following manuals for more information about the hardware or software This manual the VXIpc 800 Series User Ma...

Page 12: ... information that you may find helpful as you read this manual ANSI IEEE Standard 1014 1987 IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus VMEbus ANSI IEEE Standard 1155 1993 IEEE VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation VXIbus ANSI VITA 1 1994 VME64 VXI 6 VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification Rev 1 0 VXIbus Consortium Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our p...

Page 13: ...duction This chapter describes the VXIpc 800 Series of embedded VXI computers lists what you need to get started describes the hardware and lists optional equipment and software Overview Figure 1 1 shows a VXIpc 850 model with its cover removed Figure 1 1 VXIpc 850 Embedded Computer ...

Page 14: ...C function calls In addition the VXIpc 800 Series has Ethernet capability plus an IEEE 488 2 interface that is compatible with the NI 488 2 architecture The VXIpc 800 Series is a custom computer that you install directly in two C size slots of your VXIbus mainframe An embedded computer can take full advantage of the VXI high performance backplane capabilities and give you direct control of VXI reg...

Page 15: ...variety of VXI VME controller platforms The NI 488 2 software kit gives you accessibility to the industry standard NI 488 2 software for controlling external GPIB instruments through the GPIB port on the front panel of your VXIpc 800 Series The GPIB interface on your VXIpc controller is fully compatible with the NI 488 2 driver for a variety of operating systems Any software using NI 488 2 will ru...

Page 16: ...hat makes it easy to use interchangeable daughterboards to upgrade your controller to new microprocessors without having to replace the motherboard or enclosure The VXIpc 800 Series currently consists of two models the VXIpc 850 and the VXIpc 860 which vary in processors and speeds The CPU module and its memory sockets are easily accessible for you to install additional DRAM in the field Up to 128...

Page 17: ...oth the address bus and data bus are used to transfer data directly into the ASIC to perform the fastest transfer operation to instruments With the multiple windowing scheme of the MITE you can easily access all of VXI address space The VXI trigger interface on the VXIpc 800 is based on the MANTIS custom ASIC The VXIpc 800 front panel has two SMB trigger I O connectors which you can use to route a...

Page 18: ... 5 in floppy drive System reset push button 13 front panel connectors as listed below Two RS 232 Serial Extended Capabilities Parallel ECP VGA Controller IEEE 488 2 10BaseT Ethernet SCSI 2 External Clock Trigger Output Trigger Input Audio Output PS 2 Style Keyboard PS 2 Style Mouse Six front panel LEDs that show VXI and PC status SYSFAIL LED indicates that the VMEbus SYSFAIL line is asserted FAILE...

Page 19: ...LINK LED reflects Ethernet link status Peripheral Expansion The VXIpc 800 uses the PCI local bus and ISA bus for peripheral expansion The PCIbus is a 32 bit multimaster bus that achieves a top throughput of 132 MB s and can handle numerous peripherals The ISA bus is the legacy peripheral bus found on current and older PCs For information on installing and configuring these peripherals for use with...

Page 20: ...st ATA 2 hard drive Ethernet RJ 45 ISA 10BaseT Ethernet connection PCMCIA Type I II and Type I II III PCI Supports two independent PCMCIA slots SCSI 36 pin SCSI 2 PCI External SCSI 2 connection for hard drives CD ROM drives and so on GPIB 24 pin CHAMP ISA IEEE 488 2 interface compatible with the National Instruments AT GPIB TNT VXI Two 96 pin DIN rear of board PCI High performance VXIbus interface...

Page 21: ...l Description The VXIpc 800 is a modular PC in a VXIbus C size form factor It includes many high performance peripherals that normally require add in cards on desktop PCs In addition it has a VXIbus interface that is controlled from the PCI local bus providing extremely high performance and reliability Figure 2 1 is a functional block diagram of the VXIpc 800 Series Following the diagram is a desc...

Page 22: ...hipset Video SCSI 32 bit 5 V PCI Local Bus System I O PCI Expansion Slot ISA Expansion Slot RTC SCSI IDE Internal PCMCIA VXI VXI Bus ISA Bus Ethernet GPIB PC Peripherals Miniature Floppy CPU MITE MANTIS SCSI 2 Connector SCSI 2 Connector Type I II III Slot Type I II Slot RJ 45 Connector GPIB Connector ECP Parallel Miniature Miniature Serial 2 Speaker Keyboard Mouse Reset ...

Page 23: ...een the VXIbus and the processor via the PCI bus The MANTIS ASIC also developed by National Instruments performs VXIbus arbitration and manages interrupts and triggers Also part of the VXIbus interface are the SMB connectors which you can use to route triggers and the CLK10 signal to or from the VXIbus Ethernet This is an ISA based Ethernet circuit on the VXIpc 800 Series It uses an RJ 45 connecto...

Page 24: ...dware such as the DMA and interrupt controllers PCI Expansion Slot This is a general purpose PCI slot It can accommodate any standard 5 V 32 bit PCI card with a modified mounting bracket ISA Expansion Slot This is a general purpose ISA expansion slot The VXIpc 860 can accommodate a half length XT size card while the VXIpc 850 can accommodate a full length XT size card However the DRAM configuratio...

Page 25: ...60 Caution Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your VXIpc 800 module To avoid such damage in handling the module touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your VXI chassis before removing the module from the package Default Settings This section summarizes the hardware default settings for the VXIpc 800 Series for easy reference The module is set at the factory f...

Page 26: ...Trigger In Termination S7 2 CLK10 Inversion S4 3 Ethernet EEPROM Config S1 4 LPT DMA Channel W4 5 MITE EEPROM Config S9 6 MITE Self Config S2 7 Slot 0 Identification W13 8 CLK10 Source S3 9 Serial Number 10 Product Name 11 Assembly Number 12 CLK10 Direction S5 13 GPIB IRQ Level S8 14 CMOS W2 15 SCSI Termination W1 16 CLK10 Termination S6 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ...

Page 27: ...annel 3 W13 Enable automatic Slot 0 detection Force Slot 0 Force Non Slot 0 S1 Enable Ethernet EEPROM configuration Disable Ethernet EEPROM configuration uses default power on values S2 Enable MITE self configuration Disable MITE self configuration S3 Source CLK10 from onboard oscillator Source CLK10 from SMB S4 Non inverted CLK10 output Inverted CLK10 output S5 Receive CLK10 input from SMB Source...

Page 28: ...t of DRAM installed on the module Remove the top cover by removing the 12 screws that attach it to the module VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 The VXIpc 800 is configured at the factory to automatically detect if it is installed in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe With automatic Slot 0 detection you can install the module into any VXIbus slot You can manually configure the VXIpc 800 for either Slot 0 or Non S...

Page 29: ...ives the 16 MHz VXIbus system clock by an onboard 16 MHz oscillator As required by the VXIbus specification the VXIpc 800 drives the 10 MHz signal CLK10 on a differential ECL output when installed in Slot 0 When not installed in Slot 0 the VXIpc 800 only receives the CLK10 signal VXIbus CLK10 Routing When the VXIpc 800 is installed in Slot 0 of your mainframe it supplies the VXIbus CLK10 signal Th...

Page 30: ...ternal CLK SMB signal from the VXIbus CLK10 signal Switch S5 controls whether the VXIpc 800 drives or receives the external CLK SMB signal If you change the S5 setting to drive CLK10 out the external CLK10 SMB connector Figure 3 4b do not set S3 to source CLK10 to the backplane from the SMB instead use the setting shown in Figure 3 3a Figure 3 4 SMB CLK10 Direction S3 S3 S5 a CLK10 Generated from ...

Page 31: ...nfigured to drive the external CLK SMB signal Figure 3 5 shows the settings for switch S6 Figure 3 5 SMB CLK10 Termination You can use an additional switch S4 to control the polarity of the external CLK SMB signal when S5 is configured to drive it S4 is unused its setting does not matter when S5 is configured to receive the external CLK SMB signal Figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 Polarity S6 S6 a Does Not Ter...

Page 32: ...es are loaded when you power up the computer These values read from the EEPROM tell the PCI interface of the VXIbus registers so that the VXI interface is ready to respond to Resource Manager accesses within the required 5 s of SYSRST deasserting You can use switch S2 to disable this power on self configuration POSC circuit Although this makes the VXI circuitry unusable it is sometimes helpful in ...

Page 33: ...on Figure 3 9 EEPROM Configuration How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration The NI VXI software includes a configuration utility you can use to edit the configuration of the VXIpc 800 Use T M Explorer under Windows 95 NT or VXIedit for all other platforms Some of these settings are stored in files that are read by the NI VXI software while other settings are stored directly in the VXIpc 800 EEPR...

Page 34: ...tialize the VXIpc 800 module 4 Run your software configuration utility to re adjust the VXIpc 800 configuration 5 After saving the configuration exit Windows and turn off the computer 6 Change switch S9 to the ON position as shown in Figure 3 9a 7 Turn on the computer If the computer does not boot with this configuration you will have to repeat these steps modifying your configuration until a fina...

Page 35: ... for informational purposes Figure 3 10 shows the jumper settings for both enabled and disabled termination Figure 3 10 SCSI Termination GPIB Interrupt Level You can program the GPIB interface on the VXIpc 800 to use one of two ISA interrupts 5 or 11 Switch S8 controls which interrupt line the GPIB interface uses Figure 3 11 shows these settings Figure 3 11 GPIB Interrupt Level a Terminate SCSI Si...

Page 36: ...b Caution You should not keep these two pins shorted because the CMOS memory cannot be sustained when the power is turned off if these two pins are shorted Figure 3 12 System CMOS Parallel Port DMA Level You can use jumper W4 to configure the parallel port for either DMA level 1 or DMA level 3 Refer to Figure 3 13 for the jumper settings Figure 3 13 Parallel Port DMA Channel a Normal Operation Def...

Page 37: ...ile you are installing the module Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished installing the VXIpc 800 module 2 Remove or open any doors or covers blocking access to the mainframe slots 3 If you are installing the VXIpc 800 into a D size mainframe install a support designed for installing C size boards in D size ...

Page 38: ...n the expansion slot The front panel of the VXIpc 800 should be even with the front panel of the mainframe 5 Tighten the retaining screws on the top and bottom edges of the front panel 6 Check the installation 7 Connect the keyboard and mouse to the appropriate connectors Use the keyboard adapter cable that your received with your kit to adapt AT style keyboards to the VXIpc 800 mini DIN connector...

Page 39: ...t System provides an easy to use graphical user interface to allow you to configure system aspects according to your needs Entering BIOS Setup To enter the BIOS setup program perform the following steps 1 Turn on or reboot the system A screen appears with a series of diagnostic checks 2 When Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP appears press the DEL key to enter the BIOS setup program 3 Choose options...

Page 40: ... VXIpc 800 Series embedded computer Unless otherwise specified these specifications apply to all models in the VXIpc 800 Series Requirements Electrical Characteristic Specification VXIbus Configuration Space 64 B A24 or A32 Space 16 KB Minimum Programmable VXIpc 850 Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum Fused 5 5 82 A 12 A 5 2 224 5 mA 2 A 2 67 2 mA 2 A 12 2 26 mA 2 A 12 2 43 mA 2 A ...

Page 41: ...2 43 mA 2 A Characteristic Specification Size Two slot VXIbus C Size Module 233 35 by 340 by 60 96 mm Board Dimensions Fully Enclosed Shielded VXI C Size Board 233 35 by 340 mm 9 187 by 13 386 in Slot Requirements Two VXI C Size Slots Compatibility Fully Compatible with VXI Specification VXI Keying Class Class 1 TTL MTBF VXIpc 850 22 094 hours VXIpc 860 25 001 hours Weight 2 5 Kg 5 5 lb Typical 16...

Page 42: ...Operating 20 to 70 C Storage Relative Humidity 0 to 95 Noncondensing Operating 0 to 95 Noncondensing Storage EMI FCC Class A Verified EC Verified Vibration Operational 5 to 500 Hz 0 31 g 3 axes Non operational 5 to 500 Hz 2 5 g 3 axes Functional Shock MIL T 28800E Class 3 per Section 4 5 5 4 1 Half Sine Shock Pulse 11 ms duration 30 g peak 3 shocks per face Capability Code Description A32 A24 A16 ...

Page 43: ...upport FSD First slot detector SCON VMEbus System Controller Automatic Detection PRI RRS Prioritized or Round Robin Select arbiter ROR FAIR Release on Request and FAIR bus requester IH 7 1 Interrupt handler for levels 7 1 I 7 1 Interrupt requester for levels 7 1 D32 D16 D08 O Interrupt Handler VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupt handler D32 D16 D08 O Interrupter VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupter ROAK RO...

Page 44: ... 70 ns The VXIpc 860 can use Fast Page Mode FPM Extended Data Out EDO or Bursts Extended Data Out BEDO National Instruments recommends the following types of SIMMs for use with the VXIpc 860 8 MB 2 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns 16 MB 4 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns 32 MB 8 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns 64 MB 16 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns The height of SIMMs used with VXIpc 800 Series controllers sh...

Page 45: ...not actually connect to the processor directly they are instead mapped through ISA interrupts in the system I O module The interrupt handler for a particular ISA interrupt must know if it will be acknowledging a PCI device Resource Tables This section provides tables describing where system resources are assigned Table B 1 lists how the ISA interrupts are allocated on the VXIpc 800 Series and whet...

Page 46: ...9 None Ethernet 10 INTA VXI SCSI PCMCIA 11 None GPIB PCMCIA Slot Expansion 12 None Mouse 13 None FPERR 14 INTD IDE 15 None PCMCIA Slot Expansion Table B 2 VXIpc 800 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations DMA Channel Device 0 Free 1 Free 2 Floppy Drive 3 Free 4 Free 5 GPIB 6 Free 7 Free Table B 1 VXIpc 800 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations Continued ISA Interrupt PCI Interrupt Device ...

Page 47: ...8742 Controller 070 077 CMOS RAM NMI Mask Reg 078 07B BIOS Timer 080 090 DMA Page Registers 092 Reserved 094 09F DMA Page Registers 0A0 0A1 8259 PIC 2 0B2 0B3 Advanced Power Management 0C0 0DF 8237 DMA 2 word mapped 0F0 0FF Numeric Processor Error Reg 170 177 Reserved 1F0 1F7 IDE 200 270 Free 278 27F LPT 280 2DF Free 2C0 2DF GPIB 2E8 2EF COM 2F8 2FF COM 300 30F Ethernet 310 36F Free 370 377 Reserv...

Page 48: ...the VMEbus SYSFAIL signal is asserted It does not necessarily indicate that the VXIpc 800 is asserting SYSFAIL only that there is a device in the system asserting SYSFAIL FAILED LED The FAILED LED is lit when the VXIpc 800 is driving the SYSFAIL signal The VXIpc 800 asserts SYSFAIL when the PASSED bit in its VXIbus status register is clear The PASSED bit is set by the power on self configuration c...

Page 49: ...zed yet Power on self configuration POSC cannot execute because of problems with system reset or because the POSCEN switch is incorrectly configured 3 FAILED TEST VXI interface is being initialized by MITE power on self configuration POSC circuitry POSC has stalled 4 TEST POSC circuitry has initialized VXI interface setting PASSED and DONE bits POSC stalled before clearing the TEST LED 5 None POSC...

Page 50: ... Board Access LEDs The board access LEDs ACCESS and DRIVE indicate when board resources have been accessed The following paragraphs describe these LEDs ACCESS LED When lit the ACCESS LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 MODID line is asserted or that another VXIbus master is accessing VXIbus shared registers or shared memory DRIVE LED The DRIVE LED light indicates that an access to the internal hard d...

Page 51: ...ser Manual C 4 National Instruments Corporation LINK LED The LINK LED indicates LINK status and can generally be used to check if Ethernet activity is occurring DSEL LED The DSEL Device Select LED lights when Ethernet registers are being accessed ...

Page 52: ...P 8 VXI Module Mainframe to Receiver Interconnection Note The illustrations in this appendix show the mating face of the connectors An asterisk suffix on a signal name indicates that the signal is active low The VXIpc 800 Series has the following front panel connectors Two RS 232 Serial Extended Capabilities Parallel ECP VGA Controller IEEE 488 2 10BaseT Ethernet SCSI 2 External Clock Trigger Outp...

Page 53: ...ws dimensions relevant to key elements on the front panel Dimensions are shown in inches and millimeters with millimeter dimensions in square brackets The front panel thickness for all models in the VXIpc 800 Series is 2 49 mm 0 098 in Figure D 1 VXIpc 800 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions VXIpc 850 TM RESET I B P G OUT CLK TRG TRG IN LNK TX RX DSEL ACC SYSF TEST ONLINE DRIVE FAILED 2 1 ...

Page 54: ...ame and description for the keyboard and mouse connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 212437 4 housing 212435 7 ferrule and 66735 4 pin contact Figure D 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 1 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DATA Data 2 NC Not Connected 3 GND Ground 4 5V 5 volts 5 CLK Clock 6 NC Not Co...

Page 55: ...able D 2 gives the name and description for the VGA connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 748364 1 housing and 748333 2 pin contact Figure D 3 VGA Connector Location and Pinout Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 R Red 2 G Green 3 B Blue 4 NC Not Connected 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 2 1 VGA 11 15 6 10 1 5 ...

Page 56: ...e D 3 gives the name and description for the Ethernet connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector part number 554739 1 Figure D 4 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout 9 5 VDC 5 VDC 10 GND Ground 11 NC Not Connected 12 SD Serial Data 13 HSync Horizontal Sync 14 VSync Vertical Sync 15 SC Serial Clock Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description Ethernet 2 ...

Page 57: ...the VXIpc 800 Table D 4 gives the name and description for the COM1 and COM2 connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a serial port mating connector part number MDSM 9SC Z11 for the COM1 and COM2 connectors on the VXIpc 800 Table D 3 Ethernet Connector Signals Pin Signal Description 1 Differential Transmit 2 Differential Transmit 3 Differential Receive 4 NC 5 NC 6 Differential Receive 7 NC 8 NC ...

Page 58: ...OM2 Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 4 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD Receive Data 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Ready to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator 1 5 9 6 COM1 1 5 9 6 COM2 2 1 ...

Page 59: ...e location and pinouts for the IEEE 1284 connector on the VXIpc 800 Table D 5 gives the name and description for the IEEE 1284 connector signals Amp manufactures a parallel port compatible connector part number 2 175677 5 Figure D 6 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout Parallel Port 1 18 19 36 2 1 SYSF ACC TEST ONLINE FAILED DRIVE ...

Page 60: ...scription 1 BUSY Device Busy 2 SLCTIN Select Input 3 ACK Acknowledge 4 FAULT Fault 5 ERROR Error 6 PD0 Data Bit 0 7 PD1 Data Bit 1 8 PD 2 Data Bit 2 9 PD3 Data Bit 3 10 PD4 Data Bit 4 11 PD5 Data Bit 5 12 PD6 Data Bit 6 13 PD7 Data Bit 7 14 INIT Initialize Printer 15 STROBE Strobe 16 SLCT Select 17 AUTOFD Auto Line Feed 18 5V 5 Volts 19 35 GND Ground 36 NC Not Connected ...

Page 61: ...ion SCSI Figure D 7 shows the location and pinouts for the SCSI connector on the VXIpc 800 Table D 6 gives the name and description for the SCSI connector signals Amp manufactures a SCSI compatible connector part number 749111 4 Figure D 7 SCSI Connector Location and Pinout SCSI II SCSI 1 18 19 36 2 1 ...

Page 62: ...ription 1 11 15 25 35 36 40 42 GND Ground 12 14 37 39 NC Not Connected 26 D0 Data 0 27 D1 Data 1 28 D2 Data 2 29 D3 Data 3 30 D4 Data 4 31 D5 Data 5 32 D6 Data 6 33 D7 Data 7 34 DP Parity 38 TERMPWR Termination Power 41 ATN Attention 43 BUSY Busy 44 ACK Acknowledge 45 RESET Reset 46 MSG Message 47 SEL Select 48 CMD_DATA Command Data 49 REQ Request 50 IN_OUT In Out ...

Page 63: ...PIB IEEE 488 2 Figure D 8 shows the location and pinouts for the GPIB connector on the VXIpc 800 Table D 7 gives the name and description for the GPIB connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a GPIB mating connector part number MDSM 255C Z11 Figure D 8 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout GPIB 13 1 25 14 2 1 ...

Page 64: ...on 1 DIO1 Data Bit 1 2 DIO2 Data Bit 2 3 DIO3 Data Bit 3 4 DIO4 Data Bit 4 5 EOI End or Identify 6 DAV Data Valid 7 NRFD Not Ready for Data 8 NDAC Not Data Accepted 9 IFC Interface Clear 10 SRQ Service Request 11 ATN Attention 12 SHIELD Chassis ground 13 DIO5 Data Bit 5 14 DIO6 Data Bit 6 15 DIO7 Data Bit 7 16 DIO8 Data Bit 8 17 REN Remote Enable 18 25 GND Logic Ground ...

Page 65: ...l clock signal and TTL trigger input and output Table D 8 gives the name and description for the SMB connector signals Also see Table D 9 for a description of the signal characteristics for the SMB connections Amp manufactures an SMB mating connector part number 1 413985 0 Figure D 9 SMB Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 8 SMB Connector Signals Pin Signal Description Center TTL Trigger or Clo...

Page 66: ...uments Corporation D 15 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Speaker Figure D 10 shows the location of the speaker connection on the VXIpc 800 Switchcraft manufactures a mating speaker connector part number 750 Figure D 10 Speaker Connection Location 2 1 Speaker ...

Page 67: ...GA SCSI Ethernet keyboard mouse parallel serial and GPIB Table D 9 shows the signal characteristics for the SMB and speaker connections Table D 9 Signal Characteristics for SMB and Speaker Connections Signal Voltage Range Maximum Current Frequency Range SMB TRIG out CLK out 0 to 3 4 V 200 mA DC 10 MHz Speaker 0 to 4 3 V 75 mA DC 20 kHz SMB TRIG in 0 to 5 V 100 mA DC 10 MHz with 50 Ω termination ...

Page 68: ...gives the name and description for the VXIbus P1 connector signals Figure D 11 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 10 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A 1 CLK10 5 V ECLTRG0 2 CLK10 GND 2 V 3 GND Not Connected ECLTRG1 4 5 2 V A24 GND 5 Not Connected A25 MODID12 6 Not Connected A26 MODID11 7 GND A27 5 2 V 8 Not Connected A28 MODID10 9 Not Connected A29 MODID09 10 GND A30 GND...

Page 69: ...8 Not Connected D20 MODID03 19 5 2 V D21 5 2 V 20 Not Connected D22 MODID02 21 Not Connected D23 MODID01 22 GND GND GND 23 TTLTRG1 D24 TTLTRG0 24 TTLTRG3 D25 TTLTRG2 25 GND D26 5 V 26 TTLTRG5 D27 TTLTRG4 27 TTLTRG7 D28 TTLTRG6 28 GND D29 GND 29 Not Connected D30 Not Connected 30 GND D31 MODID00 31 Not Connected GND GND 32 Not Connected 5 V Not Connected Table D 10 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals Conti...

Page 70: ...1 BG0IN D03 5 D12 BG0OUT D04 6 D13 BG1IN D05 7 D14 BG1OUT D06 8 D15 BG2IN D07 9 GND BG2OUT GND 10 SYSFAIL BG3IN SYSCLK 11 BERR BG3OUT GND 12 SYSRESET BR0 DS1 13 LWORD BR1 DS0 14 AM5 BR2 WRITE 15 A23 BR3 GND 16 A22 AM0 DTACK 17 A21 AM1 GND 18 A20 AM2 AS 19 A19 AM3 GND 20 A18 GND IACK 21 A17 Not Connected IACKIN 22 A16 Not Connected IACKOUT 23 A15 GND AM4 24 A14 IRQ7 A07 25 A13 IRQ6 A06 26 A12 IRQ5 ...

Page 71: ...ctors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D 20 National Instruments Corporation 28 A10 IRQ3 A03 29 A09 IRQ2 A02 30 A08 IRQ1 A01 31 12 V Not Connected 12 V 32 5 V 5 V 5 V Table D 11 VXIbus P1 Connector Signals Continued Pin Row C Row B Row A ...

Page 72: ...Plug In Boards In general the VXIpc 850 can accommodate any standard size PCI card and any XT height ISA card The height of an I O card is measured from the bottom of the bus connector to the top of the board as shown in Figure E 1 Figure E 1 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 850 Expansion Slot Both XT height ISA cards and PCI cards are 4 2 in high The VXIpc 850 does not support AT height ISA cards w...

Page 73: ...are discussed separately in the following sections Length of PCI Plug In Boards The VXIpc 850 accommodates any standard 32 bit 5 V PCI I O board The maximum standard dimensions of a PCI I O board are 12 283 in by 4 2 in PCI cards are installed in the VXIpc 850 such that the board components face the processor card which contains the processor and system RAM Exceptionally tall PCI components higher...

Page 74: ...IMMs They can be made to fit however take care to ensure the following conditions Contact of the board with the SIMMs should not cause electrical shorts because of through hole component leads on the side of the plug in board that contacts the SIMMs Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical stress to the plug in board Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical st...

Page 75: ...ard is measured from the bottom of the bus connector to the top of the board as shown in Figure E 4 Figure E 4 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 860 Expansion Slot Both XT height ISA cards and PCI cards are 4 2 in high The VXIpc 860 does not support AT height ISA cards which are 4 8 in high Height 4 2 in max Length 8 4 in maximum for both ISA and PCI 2 51 in 1 50 in 4 36 in 48 in Component Height PCI...

Page 76: ...ctions Length of PCI Plug In Boards The VXIpc 860 accommodates any 32 bit 5 V PCI I O boards that are a maximum of 8 4 in long with the standard height of 4 2 in see Figure E 5 PCI cards are installed in the VXIpc 860 such that the board components face the processor board which contains the processor and system RAM PCI components higher than 0 48 in in the area shown in Figure E 4 on a plug in bo...

Page 77: ...use taller SIMMs 0 92 maximum height take care to ensure the following conditions Contact of the board with the SIMMs should not cause electrical shorts because of through hole component leads on the side of the plug in board that contacts the SIMMs Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical stress to the plug in board Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical st...

Page 78: ...l fee PEM nut or a 4 40 nut with lock washer hole diameter should be 0 125 in 3 18 mm 4 40 x 1 4 in stainless steel panhead screw Installation Steps Follow these steps to install the expansion board 1 Notice that the VXIpc 800 includes one card guide that can be rotated to secure the top of either a PCI or an ISA plug in board You may use the card guide in either of two locations depending on the ...

Page 79: ...E 7 PCI Board and ISA Board Installed in a VXIpc 800 Figures E 8 and E 9 give dimensions and instructions for creating a connector cutout and expansion bracket for a PCI board Note In the following drawings dimensions are given in inches and millimeters with the millimeter dimensions in square brackets Figure E 8 Side View of PCI Board with Expansion Bracket a PCI Board Installed b ISA Board Insta...

Page 80: ...f PCI Board Expansion Bracket 475 12 07 I O Connector Window I O Connector Window 475 12 07 X 3 224 81 89 3 464 87 99 09 2 3 200 5 08 4 46 113 28 4 080 103 63 19 4 8 180 4 57 240 6 10 560 14 22 760 19 30 1 1 1 Install PEM self clinching nut P N CLS 440 0 per manufacturer s specifications far side or drill through ø 125 3 18 for 4 40 screw and nut ...

Page 81: ...or creating a connector cutout and expansion bracket for an ISA board Figure E 10 Side View of ISA Board with Expansion Bracket 4 200 106 68 XT Card 3 500 88 90 I O Connector Window 300 7 62 050 1 27 1 1 Length of XT ISA card shall be 7 72 196 1 if SIMMs on processor card are taller than 85 21 6 Otherwise ISA specification length of 13 415 340 74 may be used ISA Expansion Bracket ...

Page 82: ... of ISA Board Expansion Bracket 490 12 45 I O Connector Window I O Connector Window 490 12 45 X 3 500 88 90 3 550 90 17 09 2 3 200 5 08 4 46 113 28 4 080 103 63 19 4 8 180 4 57 050 1 27 560 14 22 760 19 30 1 1 Install PEM self clinching nut P N CLS 440 0 per manufacturer s specifications far side or drill through ø 125 3 18 for 4 40 screw and nut ...

Page 83: ...es the 32 bit PCI bus to interface to the VXIbus In fact the VXIbus circuitry on the VXIpc 800 also supports the new VME64 standard for D64 accesses Refer to your VXI software manual for more information What kind of signal is CLK10 and what kind of signal do I need for an external CLK10 CLK10 is a differential ECL signal on the backplane However the oscillator for the VXIpc 800 and the EXTCLK inp...

Page 84: ...es a special type of video display how do I configure my VXIpc 800 The VXIpc 800 uses the Trident Microsystems TGUI96xx chip family a combination graphics accelerator and RAMDAC The TGUI9660 is the first chip used from this family Subsequent pin compatible chips will follow The chips in this family are compatible with the Standard VGA video output MS Windows video driver as well as the Trident Mic...

Page 85: ... What is the maximum amount of RAM that I can have on the VXIpc 800 For information about adding RAM to the VXIpc 800 refer to Appendix A Specifications Which interrupt levels are free to be used by ISA bus boards Which area of upper memory adapter space is free for use by ISA bus boards or expanded memory manager software programs See Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources for information o...

Page 86: ...n I upgrade my VXIpc 800 You can upgrade the modular CPU card to upgrade the processor Contact National Instruments for information How can I boot from an external SCSI hard drive In the Setup Standard window change the Master drive setting from User to SCSI and make sure that SCSI is enabled in the Setup Chipset window Can I use the internal IDE drive and an external SCSI hard drive at the same t...

Page 87: ...ystems does not answer your questions we offer fax and telephone support through our technical support centers which are staffed by applications engineers Electronic Services National Instruments has BBS and FTP sites dedicated for 24 hour support with a collection of files and documents to answer most common customer questions From these sites you can also download the latest instrument drivers u...

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Page 93: ... VXI VMEbus systems by six addressing lines known as address modifiers n is the number of address lines required to uniquely specify a byte location in a given space Valid numbers for n are 16 24 and 32 In VME VXI because there are six address modifiers there are 64 possible address spaces ANSI American National Standards Institute ASIC application specific integrated circuit Prefix Meaning Value ...

Page 94: ...signals failed access to an address Bus errors occur with low level accesses to memory and usually involve hardware with bus mapping capabilities For example nonexistent memory a nonexistent register or an incorrect device access can cause a bus error C CLK10 A 10 MHz 100 ppm individually buffered to each module slot differential ECL system clock that is sourced from Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe a...

Page 95: ...PU controller interface plugged directly into the VXI backplane giving it direct access to the VXIbus It must have all of its required VXI interface capabilities built in EMC Electromagnetic Compliance F fair requester A VXIbus device that will not arbitrate for the VXIbus after releasing it until it detects the bus request signal inactive This ensures that all requesting devices will be granted u...

Page 96: ...or family of instruments and any necessary related files for LabWindows CVI or LabVIEW INT interrupt INTA PCI interrupt A INTB PCI interrupt B INTC PCI interrupt C INTD PCI interrupt D interrupt A means for a device to request service from another device interrupt handler A VMEbus functional module that detects interrupt requests generated by interrupters and responds to those requests by requesti...

Page 97: ...rmance block transfer rates MODID Module ID Lines Used in VXI to geographically locate boards and to dynamically configure boards MTBF Mean Time Between Failure N NI VISA The National Instruments implementation of the VISA standard an interface independent software that provides a unified programming interface for VXI GPIB and serial instruments NI VXI The National Instruments bus interface softwa...

Page 98: ...s such as address map configuration Commander and Servant mappings and self test and diagnostic management S s seconds SCSI Small Computer System Interface SIMM Single In line Memory Module slave A functional part of a VME VXIbus device that detects data transfer cycles initiated by a VMEbus master and responds to the transfers when the address specifies one of the device s registers Slot 0 device...

Page 99: ...itecture VME Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014 VMEbus System A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe Controller or Slot 1 of a VMEbus chassis This device is unique in the VMEbus system in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions including clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane Installing such a device into any other slot ...

Page 100: ... 1 to F 4 configuration default settings 3 1 to 3 3 factory default settings table 3 3 parts locator diagram 3 2 EEPROM 3 8 to 3 10 configuration settings figure 3 9 fixing invalid configuration 3 9 to 3 10 power on self configuration status figure 3 8 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 10 electrostatic discharge warning 3 1 installed system RAM 3 10 installing VXIpc 800 Series 3 13 t...

Page 101: ...0 power on self configuration status figure 3 8 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 10 electrical specifications A 1 to A 2 electronic support services G 1 to G 2 e mail support G 2 environmental specifications A 3 equipment optional 1 3 Ethernet connector and signals D 5 to D 6 LEDs for status 1 7 C 3 to C 4 overview 2 3 power on defaults PC configuration VXIpc 800 Series 3 13 expansi...

Page 102: ...60 plug in boards height E 4 length of ISA plug in boards E 6 length of PCI plug in boards E 5 ISA expansion slot 2 4 ISA interrupt resource allocations table B 1 to B 2 ISA plug in boards length of VXIpc 850 plug in boards E 3 VXIpc 860 plug in boards E 6 J jumper settings 3 3 See also configuration K keyboard connector location and pinout figure D 3 problems with plugging in keyboards F 3 signal...

Page 103: ... C 3 S SCSI interface common questions and answers F 2 F 4 connector and signals D 10 to D 11 overview 2 4 setting up in BIOS F 2 termination PC configuration 3 11 serial port connectors and signals D 6 to D 7 signals COM1 and COM2 connectors table D 7 Ethernet connector table D 6 GPIB IEEE 488 2 table D 13 keyboard connector table D 3 parallel port table D 9 SCSI interface table D 11 SMBs charact...

Page 104: ...rmination 3 8 troubleshooting problems F 1 to F 4 TX LED 1 7 C 3 V VGA connector D 4 to D 5 video interface See also monitor common questions and answers F 2 overview 2 3 VGA connector D 4 to D 5 VMEbus capability codes A 3 to A 4 VXIbus accessing 32 bit registers F 1 CLK10 routing 3 5 to 3 7 interface circuitry 2 3 interface status LEDs C 1 to C 3 P1 and P2 connectors and signals D 17 to D 20 Slo...

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