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PXI

™

PXI-PCI 8330 Series
User Manual

MXI-3 Multi-System Extension Interface for PCI,
CompactPCI, and PXI Bus Computers

PXI-PCI 8330 Series User Manual

July 2000 Edition

Part Number 370251A-01

Summary of Contents for PXI-8335

Page 1: ...PXI 8335...

Page 2: ...PXI PXI PCI 8330 Series User Manual MXI 3 Multi System Extension Interface for PCI CompactPCI and PXI Bus Computers PXI PCI 8330 Series User Manual July 2000 Edition Part Number 370251A 01...

Page 3: ...Germany 089 741 31 30 Greece 30 1 42 96 427 Hong Kong 2645 3186 India 91805275406 Israel 03 6120092 Italy 02 413091 Japan 03 5472 2970 Korea 02 596 7456 Mexico D F 5 280 7625 Mexico Monterrey 8 357 7...

Page 4: ...ts malfunctions or service failures caused by owner s failure to follow the National Instruments installation operation or maintenance instructions owner s modification of the product owner s abuse mi...

Page 5: ...ommunications DOC Changes or modifications not expressly approved by National Instruments could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules Class A Federal Communications Co...

Page 6: ...Directives Readers in the EU EEC EEA must refer to the Manufacturer s Declaration of Conformity DoC for information pertaining to the CE Mark compliance scheme The Manufacturer includes a DoC for most...

Page 7: ...1 2 Unpacking 1 2 Chapter 2 Installation Software Installation 2 1 Hardware Installation 2 2 Installing a PCI MXI 3 Card 2 2 Installing a PXI MXI 3 Card 2 3 Cabling 2 5 Chapter 3 Hardware Overview Fun...

Page 8: ...2 1 Installing the PCI MXI 3 2 3 Figure 2 2 PXI MXI 3 Before Installation as Secondary 2 5 Figure 3 1 MXI 3 Block Diagram 3 2 Figure 3 2 Basic MXI 3 Configurations 3 3 Figure 3 3 Additional MXI 3 Conf...

Page 9: ...e to avoid being electrically shocked bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click on in the software such as menu items and dialog box options Bold text also denotes parameter names ita...

Page 10: ...on that you might find helpful as you read this manual Set Up Your MXI 3 System Your computer or chassis documentation PXI Specification revision 1 0 PCI Specification revision 2 2 PCI PCI Bridge Arch...

Page 11: ...eparate buses with either a copper or fiber optic data link capable of 1 5 Gbit s serial data rates With the MXI 3 system you can do the following Control a PXI CompactPCI backplane with either a PCI...

Page 12: ...MXI 3 card and a PCI MXI 3 card Copper or fiber optic MXI 3 cable Documentation Set Up Your MXI 3 System and Getting Started with Your MXI 3 System Primary bus A computer with a PCI backplane or a PX...

Page 13: ...ve application that installs the MXI 3 software and configures your system for use with the MXI 3 card Follow these steps to perform the installation Note You can quit the setup program at any time by...

Page 14: ...installing the PCI MXI 3 device 2 Remove the top cover or access port to the PCI bus 3 Select any available PCI expansion slot 4 Locate the metal bracket that covers the cut out in the back panel of t...

Page 15: ...damage while you install the module 2 Select a slot for the PXI MXI 3 card For use in secondary PXI bus Choose the controller slot Slot 1 of your chassis This slot must support bus arbitration and bus...

Page 16: ...ndle as you insert the PXI MXI 3 card It will not insert properly unless the handle is in its downward position so that it does not interfere with the injector rail on the mainframe as shown in Figure...

Page 17: ...and secondary MXI 3 cards If you are using a fiber optic cable be sure to remove the protective caps from the connectors Caution Do not remove the cable after the system is powered on Doing so may cr...

Page 18: ...XI 3 card interfaces to the PCI bus with the National Instruments MXI 3 ASIC The ASIC converts PCI transactions into a 20 bit wide parallel bus A parallel to serial converter transmits the 20 bit data...

Page 19: ...ng them with a cable one PXI CompactPCI chassis can be expanded to two The PXI MXI 3 modules detect the slot in which they reside and automatically configure themselves as the primary or secondary bus...

Page 20: ...ecause MXI 3 complies with the standard PCI to PCI bridging specification it can take advantage of a variety of other extension configurations Figure 3 3 shows how MXI 3 can be used to daisy chain mul...

Page 21: ...truments MXI 3 ASIC The MXI 3 ASIC which contains most of the logic in the two board system is a PCI master slave device using the PCI PCI bridge register set MXI 3 uses data queues to store data for...

Page 22: ...embly interfaces the electrical data to the copper serial cable High Speed Serial Data Connector HSSDC Cable The HSSDC 8 position cable assembly is the copper medium through which the serial data is t...

Page 23: ...amic ferrule A standard PC finish is used on both ends Contact Molex through its Web site at http www molex com or at Molex Incorporated 2222 Wellington Court Lisle IL 60532 1682 USA 1 800 786 6539 Co...

Page 24: ...unless otherwise stated Physical Dimensions PCI 10 7 by 17 5 cm 4 2 by 6 9 in PXI 10 0 by 16 0 cm 3 9 by 6 3 in Maximum cable lengths Copper 10 m Fiber optic 200 m Environment Operating temperature 0...

Page 25: ...s the latest example programs system configurators tutorials technical news as well as a community of developers ready to share their own techniques Customer Education National Instruments provides a...

Page 26: ...Web sites from the Worldwide Offices section of www ni com Branch office web sites provide up to date contact information support phone numbers e mail addresses and current events If you have searched...

Page 27: ...it a proprietary semiconductor component designed and manufactured to perform a set of specific functions for a specific customer B bus The group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry i...

Page 28: ...od by which data can be transferred to from computer memory from to a device or memory on the bus while the processor does something else DMA is the fastest method of transferring data to from compute...

Page 29: ...lso used in PXI cards PCI PCI bridge A device that transparently expands the PCI bus on a computer motherboard to another bus segment in the same machine The bridge expands the number of PCI expansion...

Page 30: ...nual ix related x F functional unit descriptions 3 4 H HSSDC High Speed Serial Data Connector Cable 3 5 HSSDC High Speed Serial Data Connector Receptacle 3 5 I installation cable options 3 5 cabling 2...

Page 31: ...PCI PCI bridge 1 2 PXI MXI 3 card installation 2 3 installation figure 2 5 R related documentation x S serial receiver 3 5 serial transmitter 3 5 software 2 1 software transparency 1 2 specifications...

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