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Summary of Contents for GPIB-1014 Series

Page 1: ... Copyright 1992 National Instruments Corporation All Rights Reserved Getting Started with Your GPIB 1014 Series Board and the NI 488M Software for Motorola UNIX May 1992 Edition Part Number 320509 01 ...

Page 2: ...Canada Technical support fax 512 794 5678 Branch Offices Australia 03 879 9422 Belgium 02 757 00 20 Canada 519 622 9310 Denmark 45 76 73 22 France 1 48 65 33 70 Germany 089 714 50 93 Italy 02 48301892 Japan 03 3788 1921 Netherlands 01720 45761 Norway 03 846866 Spain 91 896 0675 Sweden 08 984970 Switzerland 056 45 58 80 U K 0635 523545 ...

Page 3: ...ore any equipment will be accepted for warranty work National Instruments will pay the shipping costs of returning to the owner parts which are covered by warranty National Instruments believes that the information in this manual is accurate The document has been carefully reviewed for technical accuracy In the event that technical or typographical errors exist National Instruments reserves the ri...

Page 4: ...allation operation or maintenance instructions owner s modification of the product owner s abuse misuse or negligent acts and power failure or surges fire flood accident actions of third parties or other events outside reasonable control Copyright Under the copyright laws this publication may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording sto...

Page 5: ... from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications DOC These regulations are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference from the equipment to radio and television reception in commercial areas There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation However the chances of interference are...

Page 6: ...void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules If necessary consult National Instruments or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions The following booklet prepared by the FCC may also be helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Stock N...

Page 7: ... a user manual Organization of This Manual This manual is organized as follows Chapter 1 Introduction briefly describes the GPIB 1014 series interface boards and the NI 488M software and lists the contents of your NI 488M kit and optional equipment Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration lists all the files located on the distribution medium and contains step by step instructions for configuring ...

Page 8: ... cross reference or an introduction to a key concept monospace Lowercase text in this font denotes text or characters that are to be literally input from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives paths directories programs subprograms subroutines device names functions variables filenames and extensions and for...

Page 9: ...e GPIB Related Documentation This manual is to be used with the following documentation GPIB 1014 User Manual National Instruments Corporation Part Number 320030 01 GPIB 1014D User Manual National Instruments Corporation Part Number 320140 01 GPIB 1014DP User Manual National Instruments Corporation Part Number 320049 01 GPIB 1014P User Manual National Instruments Corporation Part Number 320026 01 ...

Page 10: ...s on our products and manuals We are interested in the applications you develop with our products and we want to help if you have problems with them To make it easy for you to contact us this manual contains comment and configuration forms for you to complete These forms are in Appendix B Customer Communication at the end of this manual ...

Page 11: ...ry 2 1 Install the Utility Files 2 2 Install the C Library 2 2 Install the NI 488M Driver 2 3 Step 3 Configure and Install the Hardware 2 5 A Unpack Your GPIB 1014 2 5 B Configure the GPIB 1014 Series Board 2 5 Configure the GPIB 1014 or GPIB 1014D 2 6 Configure the GPIB 1014P or GPIB 1014DP 2 6 C Install the GPIB 1014 Series Board 2 6 Step 4 Verify the Software Installation 2 7 Step 5 Configure t...

Page 12: ...e data transfer rates up to 500 kbytes sec The GPIB 1014D also uses DMA transfers and has two independent GPIB ports The GPIB 1014P controls IEEE 488 compatible instruments using programmed I O The GPIB 1014DP also uses programmed I O and has two independent GPIB ports What Your Kit Should Contain Your NI 488M driver kit should contain the following components Component Part Number NI 488M Distrib...

Page 13: ...B Type X2 Cable 4 m 763061 01 763061 02 763061 03 To meet FCC emission limits for this Class A device you must use a shielded Type X1 or X2 GPIB cable Operating this equipment with a non shielded cable may cause interference to radio and television reception in commercial areas Software Description The NI 488M software is a comprehensive package of programs and drivers that transforms any computer...

Page 14: ...st have super user privilege The distribution medium is in tar format The distribution medium should contain the following files gpib o NI 488M driver cib c C language library ugpib h Include file for user programs ibtsta Installation test part A ibtstb Installation test part B ibic Interactive control utility ibconf Software configuration utility gpib1014 Kernel configuration file Step 2 Install ...

Page 15: ...sr include sys ugpib h 2 Copy the file gpib o to usr src uts m68k io gpib o by entering the following command cp gpib o usr src uts m68k io gpib o 3 Copy the files ibic and ibconf to a directory in the command search path for example bin or usr bin by entering the following commands cp ibic usr bin cp ibconf usr bin Install the C Library The file cib c should be compiled and converted to a library...

Page 16: ...hardware settings In the default configuration the file gpib1014 is set up for four boards two DMA boards and two PIO boards The default values in the file gpib1014 are as follows The default base addresses are gpib0 0x3000 gpib1 0x3200 gpib2 0x4000 gpib3 0x4200 The default interrupt levels are gpib0 gpib1 4 gpib2 gpib3 2 The default interrupt vectors are gpib0 0xD4 gpib1 0xD5 gpib2 0xD7 gpib3 0xD...

Page 17: ...each DMA board For example if you have one DMA board set the buffer value to 2 Follow these steps if you need to change the number of buffers a Enter sysgen to run the utility b Position the arrow on the line which reads Standard Configuration and type the letter O c Move the arrow next to Kernel Paging parameters and type the letter O d Move the arrow next to Raw I O Buffer Number and type the le...

Page 18: ... Caution Do not remove the board from its plastic bag at this point 2 Notice that your GPIB 1014 board is packaged in an antistatic plastic bag to prevent electrostatic damage to the board Several components on the board can be damaged by electrostatic discharge To avoid such damage in handling the board touch the plastic bag to a metal part of your computer chassis before removing the board from ...

Page 19: ... the same interrupt request and priority code as in the file gpib1014 the same interrupt status ID vector as in the file gpib1014 2 Record the board settings on the configuration form in Appendix B Customer Communication C Install the GPIB 1014 Series Board The GPIB 1014 can be installed in any unused expansion slot in your computer After you change the settings if needed and record the settings o...

Page 20: ...NI 488M software is installed and functioning with the GPIB 1014 series hardware Power on the computer The following message should appear on the screen National Instruments DMA PIO board installed If this message does not appear check that the base address jumper settings on the board s are the same as specified in the file gpib1014 There are two software installation tests ibtsta and ibtstb ibts...

Page 21: ...s to explain all commands and options ibconf also creates all other special files needed by the NI 488M software If you changed the software default settings in the file gpib1014 make a corresponding change to the default parameters shown in ibconf To run the ibconf utility enter the following command ibconf file where file is the full pathname of your UNIX kernel if it is different than the defau...

Page 22: ...nt configuration by typing y before exiting ibconf Even if you did not make any changes to the configuration settings you should still type a y to have ibconf create the special device files gpib and dev in the dev directory The software should now be installed and configured correctly Reboot the system to run on the new kernel ...

Page 23: ...nd Software Configuration Form in Appendix B Customer Communication and then call National Instruments for technical support Hardware Make sure the GPIB 1014 board is positioned securely in its slot Check the jumper setting on the board making sure that it is set to the correct VME base address Make sure all GPIB cables are connected properly Software Make sure the file gpib o is copied to usr src...

Page 24: ...ion requested on the line after each item Fax Technical Support If you encounter any technical problems please complete the fax and configuration forms before requesting technical support by fax You can contact us by fax at any time at the following number 512 794 5678 Telephone Technical Support For best service by telephone please complete the fax and configuration forms record any error message...

Page 25: ...r configuration form Use additional pages if necessary Name Company Address Fax Phone Computer brand Model Processor Operating system Speed MHz RAM M Display adapter Mouse yes no Other adapters installed Hard disk capacity M Brand Instruments used National Instruments hardware product model Revision Configuration National Instruments software product Version Configuration continues ...

Page 26: ...The problem is List any error messages The following steps will reproduce the problem ...

Page 27: ... reference for your current configuration National Instruments Products NI 488M Software Revision Version Number on Distribution Medium National Instruments board installed GPIB 1014 GPIB 1014D GPIB 1014P or GPIB 1014DP Board Revision Hardware Settings Base I O Address Interrupt Request Line DMA Channel 1st GPIB 1014 2nd GPIB 1014 3rd GPIB 1014 4th GPIB 1014 Software Settings Base I O Address Inte...

Page 28: ...lication Programming Language Version Computer Make and Model Microprocessor Clock Frequency Type of Video Board Installed Type of other boards installed and their respective hardware settings Board Type Base I O Address Interrupt Level DMA Channel ...

Page 29: ... our products This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs Title Getting Started with Your GPIB 1014 Series Board and the NI 488M Software for Motorola UNIX Edition Date May 1992 Part Number 320509 01 Please comment on the completeness clarity and organization of the manual continues ...

Page 30: ...be the errors Thank you for your help Name Title Company Address Phone Mail to Technical Publications National Instruments Corporation 6504 Bridge Point Parkway MS 53 02 Austin TX 78730 5039 Fax to Technical Publications National Instruments Corporation MS 53 02 512 794 5678 ...

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