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VXI/VME

VXI/VMEpc

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600 Series

User Manual

VXI/VMEpc 600 Series User Manual

May 1998 Edition

Part Number 321881A-01

Summary of Contents for VMEpc 600 series

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Page 4: ...dential 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...

Page 5: ... Slot 1 Functionality 1 4 Custom Application Specific Interface Chips 1 4 Front Panel Features 1 5 Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXI VMEpc 600 Series Functional Description 2 1 Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation Default Settings 3 1 Configuring the VXI VMEpc 600 Series 3 6 VXI VMEbus System Controller Non System Controller 3 6 VXIbus CLK10 Routing VXIpc 600 Series Only 3 7 Trigger Input Term...

Page 6: ...er Communication Glossary Index Figures Figure 1 1 VXIpc 650 Embedded Controller 1 1 Figure 1 2 VMEpc 650 Embedded Controller 1 2 Figure 2 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Block Diagram 2 2 Figure 3 1 VXIpc 650 Parts Locator Diagram 3 2 Figure 3 2 VMEpc 650 Parts Locator Diagram 3 3 Figure 3 3 CPU Module Attached to VXI VMEpc 650 3 4 Figure 3 4 System Controller Slot Configuration 3 6 Figure 3 5 VXIbus CLK1...

Page 7: ... C 9 SCSI Connector Location and Pinout C 12 Figure C 10 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout C 14 Figure C 11 SMB Connectors Location and Pinout C 16 Figure C 12 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout C 18 Tables Table 1 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Peripherals Overview 1 6 Table 3 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Hardware Default Settings 3 5 Table B 1 LEDs and System Startup Status B 2 Table C 1 Keyboard and Mous...

Page 8: ...mation on BIOS Basic Input Output System 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 and mechanical specifications of the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Appendix B LED Indicators describes how to read the LEDs on the front panel to interpret the status of the VXI VMEpc 600 Ser...

Page 9: ...ing which advises you of precautions to take to avoid being electrically shocked bold Bold text denotes the names of menus menu items dialog box buttons or options or LEDs bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note caution or warning italic Italic text denotes variables emphasis a cross reference or an introduction to a key concept monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you s...

Page 10: ...elp describes the NI VXI functions to help you fully understand the purpose and syntax of each function You can find this same information in the NI VXI Programmer Reference Manual These two manuals are available in the c NIVXI Manuals directory under the names NI VXIUsersMan pdf and NI VXIProgrammerMan pdf respectively Use the Acrobat Reader program Version 3 or later to open these files You can ...

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Page 12: ...are and lists optional equipment and software Overview The VXI VMEpc 600 Series consists of the VXIpc 650 and VMEpc 650 models which are functionally equivalent in many ways Figure 1 1 shows the VXI model and Figure 1 2 shows the VME model Refer to Appendix C Front Panel and Connectors for information about the location and pinout assignment of each connector on the module Figure 1 1 VXIpc 650 Emb...

Page 13: ...tion the VXI VMEpc 600 Series has Ethernet capability plus an IEEE 488 2 interface that is compatible with the NI 488 2 architecture The VXI VMEpc 600 Series is a custom computer that you install directly in two B size slots of your VXI or VME mainframe An embedded computer can take full advantage of the VXI VME high performance backplane capabilities and give you direct control of VXI registers m...

Page 14: ...ts through the GPIB port on the front panel of your VXI VMEpc 600 Series The GPIB interface on your VXI VMEpc controller is fully compatible with the NI 488 2M driver for a variety of operating systems Any software using NI 488 2M will run on the VXI VMEpc 600 Series You can use the NI VISA high level programming API to program GPIB serial parallel and VXI VME devices in much the same manner You c...

Page 15: ...the System Controller slot and it automatically enables or disables the onboard Slot 1 circuitry Custom Application Specific Interface Chips The VXI VMEpc 600 Series uses the MITE and MANTIS custom ASICs to deliver high VXI VME performance DMA block mode data transfer rates across the VXI VME backplane The VXI VMEpc 600 Series has the TNT4882C custom ASIC to give full GPIB control of external inst...

Page 16: ...t panel and onboard clocks Note The MANTIS ASIC contains the exact functionality of the TIC ASIC which appeared on the VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series controllers Any application that currently uses any of the TIC functionality such as the crosspoint switch and counter timers can run on a controller containing the MANTIS ASIC without modification Front Panel Features The VXI VMEpc 600 Series has the fo...

Page 17: ...ts Ethernet port TX LED indicates that the VXI VMEpc 650 Series is transmitting data through its Ethernet port LNK LED reflects Ethernet link status 100B T LED indicates Fast Ethernet Link at 100 Mbits s when lit Table 1 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Peripherals Overview Peripheral External Connector Bus Function Video 15 pin DSUB standard VGA PCI High resolution color support for a Super VGA monitor IDE...

Page 18: ...VMEpc 600 Series VXI VMEpc 600 Series Functional Description The VXI VMEpc 600 Series is a VXI VMEbus embedded controller in a B size form factor It includes many high performance peripherals that normally require add in cards on desktop PCs In addition it has a VXI VMEbus interface that is controlled from the PCI local bus providing extremely high performance and reliability ...

Page 19: ...am is a description of each logic block shown Figure 2 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Block Diagram PCI Based Pentium Memory Cache Chipset Video SCSI 32 Bit 5 Volt PCI Local Bus SCSI 2 10 100 Ethernet RJ 45 VXI VME VXI VME Bus ISA Bus GPIB PC Peripherals Miniature GPIB Connector ECP Parallel Miniature Serial 2 Keyboard Mouse Floppy Reset CPU MITE MANTIS USB 2 EIDE SCSI SCSI 2 SCSI SCSI Connector ...

Page 20: ...an use to route triggers and the CLK10 signal to or from the VXIbus Ethernet This is an PCI based Ethernet circuit It uses an RJ 45 connector for access to an external Ethernet 10 100 Base T LAN GPIB This is the IEEE 488 2 port It uses the National Instruments TNT4882 ASIC for maximum performance as an ISA based GPIB controller PC Peripherals These blocks represent the other peripherals supplied b...

Page 21: ...ly consists of the VXIpc 650 and the VMEpc 650 Caution Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your VXI VMEpc 600 Series 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 VXI VMEpc 600 S...

Page 22: ... Corporation Figure 3 1 shows the location of the user configurable jumpers on the VXIpc 650 base board The figure also shows the location of the serial and assembly numbers Figure 3 1 VXIpc 650 Parts Locator Diagram 1 W11 2 W1 3 Serial Number 4 Assembly Number 5 W4 W7 6 W3 7 W2 8 W9 6 7 8 5 3 4 2 1 ...

Page 23: ...MEpc 600 Series User Manual Figure 3 2 shows the location of the user configurable jumpers on the VMEpc 650 base board The figure also shows the location of the serial and assembly numbers Figure 3 2 VMEpc 650 Parts Locator Diagram 1 W11 2 W1 3 Serial Number 4 W8 5 W3 6 W9 3 4 5 6 2 1 ...

Page 24: ... the base board Figure 3 3 shows the location of the W20 jumper which controls the system CMOS setting Notice that you do not have to remove the CPU module from the base board to configure any of the jumpers on either board Refer to the System CMOS section later in this chapter for more information Figure 3 3 CPU Module Attached to VXI VMEpc 650 1 Serial Number 2 Assembly Number 3 W20 1 2 3 ...

Page 25: ...nal Setting W1 Enable MITE self configuration Disable MITE self configuration W2 No termination on external trigger input Terminate external trigger input to 50 Ω W3 Supply SCSI termination Disable SCSI termination W4 Receive CLK10 input from SMB Source CLK10 output to SMB W5 No termination on CLK10 input Terminate CLK10 input to 50 Ω W6 Source CLK10 from onboard oscillator Source CLK10 from SMB W...

Page 26: ...lot You can manually configure the VXI VMEpc 600 Series for either System Controller or Non System Controller operation by defeating the automatic detection circuitry Use the three position jumper W11 to select automatic detection System Controller or Non System Controller operation Figure 3 4 shows these three settings Caution Do not install a device configured for System Controller into another ...

Page 27: ...e VXIbus specification the VXIpc 600 Series drives the 10 MHz signal CLK10 on a differential ECL output when installed in Slot 0 When not installed in Slot 0 the VXIpc 600 Series only receives the CLK10 signal VXIbus CLK10 Routing VXIpc 600 Series Only When the VXIpc 600 Series is installed in Slot 0 of your mainframe it supplies the VXIbus CLK10 signal The VXIpc 600 Series can use two different s...

Page 28: ...K10 to the backplane from the SMB instead use the setting shown in Figure 3 5a Figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 Direction When jumper W4 is set so that the VXIpc 650 receives the SMB CLK10 signal you have the option to add a 50 Ω termination to the signal by setting W5 W5 is unused its setting does not matter when W4 is configured to drive the external CLK SMB signal Figure 3 7 shows the settings for switch W...

Page 29: ...LK SMB signal Figure 3 8 SMB CLK10 Polarity Trigger Input Termination VXIpc 600 Series Only You can use jumper W2 to terminate the external trigger input SMB with 50 Ω to ground Figure 3 9a shows the default setting for a non terminated trigger input SMB Use the setting of Figure 3 9b to terminate the trigger input SMB Figure 3 9 SMB Trigger Input Termination W4 W5 W6 W7 a Noninverted CLK10 Output...

Page 30: ...and interrupt conflicts with add in boards In general however you should leave jumper W1 in its factory default setting Figure 3 10 shows the possible configurations for W1 Figure 3 10 Power on Self Configuration Status The EEPROM is divided into two halves one half is factory configured and one half is user configurable Use jumper W9 to control the operation of the EEPROM The setting of this jump...

Page 31: ... many PCI based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more memory space than the computer can allocate If you encounter this situation you should reduce the size of the VXI VMEpc 600 Series user window If this situation occurs after you change the configuration perform the following steps to reconfigure the VXI VMEpc 600 Series 1 Turn off your computer Warning To protect both y...

Page 32: ...nation The VXI VMEpc 600 Series uses active termination on the UW SCSI bus Because the VXI VMEpc 600 Series is always an end device you should not need to disable the termination however for informational purposes Figure 3 12 shows the jumper settings for both enabled and disabled termination Figure 3 12 SCSI Termination System CMOS The VXI VMEpc 650 contains a backed up memory used to store BIOS ...

Page 33: ...mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished installing the VXI VMEpc 600 Series module 2 Remove or open any doors or covers blocking access to the mainframe slots Caution If the VXI VMEpc 600 Series is not configured for automatic System Controller detection be certain that the slot you select in your VXI VMEbus mainframe matches the VXI VMEpc 600 Serie...

Page 34: ...ning screws on the top and bottom edges of the front panel 5 Check the installation 6 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 VXI VMEpc 600 Series mini DIN connector 7 Connect the VGA monitor video cable to the VGA connector 8 Connect devices to ports as required by your system c...

Page 35: ...rform 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 with the keyboard Modify the settings to reflect system options Default BIOS Setup Settings To restore the default settings while inside the BIOS setup program select either Au...

Page 36: ... of the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Unless otherwise specified these specifications apply to all models in the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Requirements Electrical Characteristic Specification VXIbus Configuration Space 64 KB A24 or A32 Space 16 KB minimum programmable Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum Fused 5 6 5 A 12 A 5 2 224 5 mA 2 A 2 67 2 mA 2 A 12 112 6 mA 2 A 12 2 43 mA 2 A ...

Page 37: ...tion VXI Keying Class Class 1 TTL MTBF 112 000 hours Characteristic Specification Temperature 0 to 50 C functional 20 to 70 C storage Meets IEC 60068 2 1 2 Relative Humidity 10 to 90 noncondensing functional Meets IEC 60068 2 3 EMI FCC Class A verified EC verified Random Vibration Functional 5 to 150 Hz 01 A S D 1 204 gRMS Survival 10 to 500 Hz 02 A S D 3 130 gRMS Meets IEC 60068 2 34 Sine Vibrati...

Page 38: ...MBLT master VMEbus master block and D64 transfers BLT MBLT slave VMEbus slave block and D64 transfers RMW master VMEbus master read modify write transfers RMW slave VMEbus slave read modify write transfers RETRY master VMEbus master retry support RETRY slave VMEbus slave retry support FSD First slot detector SCON VMEbus System Controller Automatic Detection PRI RRS Prioritized or Round Robin Selec...

Page 39: ...al Instruments Corporation D32 D16 D08 O Interrupter VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupter ROAK RORA Release on Acknowledge or Register Access interrupter BTO x VMEbus bus timer programmable limit LOCK Can lock the VMEbus for indivisible transfers Capability Code Description ...

Page 40: ...signal is asserted It does not necessarily indicate that the VXI VMEpc 600 Series is asserting SYSFAIL only that there is a device in the system asserting SYSFAIL FAIL LED The FAIL LED is lit when the VXI VMEpc 600 Series is driving the SYSFAIL signal The VXI VMEpc 600 Series asserts SYSFAIL when the PASSED bit in its VXIbus status register is clear The PASSED bit is set by the power on self confi...

Page 41: ... self configuration POSC cannot execute because of problems with system reset or because the POSCEN switch is incorrectly configured 3 FAIL TEST VXI VMEbus interface is being initialized by MITE power on self configuration POSC circuitry POSC has stalled 4 TEST POSC circuitry has initialized VXI VMEbus interface setting PASSED and DONE bits POSC stalled before clearing the TEST LED 5 None POSC cyc...

Page 42: ...indicate when board resources have been accessed The following paragraphs describe these LEDs ACC LED When lit the ACC LED indicates that the VXI VMEpc 600 Series MODID line is asserted or that another VXI VMEbus master is accessing VXI VMEbus shared registers or shared memory DRV LED The DRV LED light indicates that an access to the internal hard disk drive is occurring Ethernet LEDs The Ethernet...

Page 43: ...Appendix B LED Indicators VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual B 4 National Instruments Corporation 100B T The 100B T LED indicates that the current Ethernet connection is at 100 Mbits s when lit ...

Page 44: ...ame to Receiver Interconnection Note The illustrations in this appendix show the mating face of the connectors An asterisk after a signal name indicates that the signal is active low The VXI VMEpc 600 Series has the following front panel connectors Two RS 232 Serial Extended Capabilities Parallel ECP SVGA Controller IEEE 488 2 RJ 45 Ethernet UW SCSI External Clock VXIpc 650 only Trigger Output VXI...

Page 45: ...e VMEpc 650 The drawings show 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 VXI VMEpc 600 Series is 2 49 mm 0 098 in Figure C 1 VXIpc 650 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 TRG OUT TRG CLK IN RESET 10...

Page 46: ...anel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation C 3 VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual Figure C 2 VMEpc 650 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX RX ...

Page 47: ...numbers 212437 4 housing 212435 7 ferrule and 66735 4 pin contact Figure C 3 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout Table C 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 Connected Keyboard 1 2 4 3 5 6 a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 1...

Page 48: ...ctor with part numbers 748364 1 housing and 748333 2 pin contact Figure C 4 VGA Connector Location and Pinout Table C 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 a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX RX TRG OUT TRG CLK IN 1 2 FA...

Page 49: ... connector part number 554739 1 Figure C 5 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout 9 NC Not Connected 10 GND Ground 11 NC Not Connected 12 SD Serial Data 13 HSync Horizontal Sync 14 VSync Vertical Sync 15 SC Serial Clock Table C 2 VGA Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX RX TRG...

Page 50: ...s on the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Table C 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 Table C 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 51: ...ption 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 a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX RX TRG OUT TRG CLK IN 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX RX 1 5 9 6 COM1 1...

Page 52: ...the name and description for the IEEE 1284 connector signals Amp manufactures a parallel port compatible connector part number 2 175677 5 Figure C 7 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX RX TRG OUT TRG CLK IN 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX RX Parallel Por...

Page 53: ... Description 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 54: ... description for the USB connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector part number 787633 Figure C 8 USB Connectors Location and Pinout Table C 6 USB Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 VCC Cable Power 5 V 2 Data USB Data 3 Data USB Data 4 GND Ground 4 1 USB 4 1 4 1 USB 4 1 a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L TX R...

Page 55: ...ded enclosure 750752 1 Figure C 9 SCSI Connector Location and Pinout Table C 7 16 Bit Wide SCSI 3 P Primary Connector Pinout Single Ended SCSI Signal HighDensity 68 Pin Connector SCSI Signal High Density 68 Pin Connector GND 1 DB 12 35 GND 2 DB 13 36 GND 3 DB 14 37 GND 4 DB 15 38 GND 5 DP1 39 GND 6 DB 0 40 a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N ...

Page 56: ... 14 DP0 48 GND 15 GND 49 GND 16 GND 50 TERMPWR 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 RSRVD 19 RSRVD 53 GND 20 GND 54 GND 21 ATN 55 GND 22 GND 56 GND 23 BSY 57 GND 24 ACK 58 GND 25 RST 59 GND 26 MSG 60 GND 27 SEL 61 GND 28 C D 62 GND 29 REQ 63 GND 30 I O 64 Table C 7 16 Bit Wide SCSI 3 P Primary Connector Pinout Single Ended Continued SCSI Signal HighDensity 68 Pin Connector SCSI Signal High Density ...

Page 57: ...onnector part number MDSM 255C Z11 Figure C 10 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout GND 31 DB 8 65 GND 32 DB 9 66 GND 33 DB 10 67 GND 34 DB 11 68 Table C 7 16 Bit Wide SCSI 3 P Primary Connector Pinout Single Ended Continued SCSI Signal HighDensity 68 Pin Connector SCSI Signal High Density 68 Pin Connector a VXIpc 650 b VMEpc 650 1 2 FAIL DRV SYSF TEST ACC G P I B O N L I N E 1 2 RESET 100B T K N L ...

Page 58: ...tion 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 59: ...t and output Table C 9 gives the name and description for the SMB connector signals Also see Table C 10 for a description of the signal characteristics for the SMB connections Amp manufactures an SMB mating connector part number 1 413985 0 Figure C 11 SMB Connectors Location and Pinout Table C 9 SMB Connector Signals Pin Signal Description Center TTL Trigger or Clock Signal Shield Ground VXIpc 650...

Page 60: ...e signal characteristics for VGA SCSI Ethernet keyboard mouse parallel serial and GPIB Table C 10 shows the signal characteristics for the SMB connections Table C 10 Signal Characteristics for SMB Connections Signal Voltage Range Maximum Current Frequency Range SMB TRIG out CLK out 0 to 3 4 V 200 mA DC 10 MHz SMB TRIG in 0 to 5 V 100 mA DC 10 MHz with 50 Ω termination ...

Page 61: ...nd VME versions The VME P2 connector connects only to Row B of the P2 connector Table C 11 gives the name and description for the VXI VMEbus P1 connector signals Table C 12 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P2 connector signals Table C 13 describes the P2 connector signal assignments on the VMEpc 600 Series Figure C 12 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout P1 Connector P2 Connector a V...

Page 62: ...4 D11 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 I...

Page 63: ...0 GND 2 V 3 GND Retry 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 11 Not Connected A31 MODID08 12 Not Connected GND MODID07 13 2 V 5 V 5 2 V 14 Not Connected D16 MODID06 15 Not Connected D17 MODID05 16 GND D18 GND 17 Not Connected D19 MODID04 18 Not Connected D20 MODID03 19 5 ...

Page 64: ... D31 MODID00 31 Not Connected GND GND 32 Not Connected 5 V Not Connected Table C 13 VMEbus P2 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A 1 Not Connected 5 V Not Connected 2 Not Connected GND Not Connected 3 Not Connected Retry Not Connected 4 Not Connected A24 Not Connected 5 Not Connected A25 Not Connected 6 Not Connected A26 Not Connected 7 Not Connected A27 Not Connected 8 Not Connected A28 Not Co...

Page 65: ... Not Connected 19 Not Connected D21 Not Connected 20 Not Connected D22 Not Connected 21 Not Connected D23 Not Connected 22 Not Connected GND Not Connected 23 Not Connected D24 Not Connected 24 Not Connected D25 Not Connected 25 Not Connected D26 Not Connected 26 Not Connected D27 Not Connected 27 Not Connected D28 Not Connected 28 Not Connected D29 Not Connected 29 Not Connected D30 Not Connected ...

Page 66: ...ystem from the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Yes The VXI VMEpc 600 Series uses the 32 bit PCI bus to interface to the VXI VMEbus In fact its VXI VMEbus circuitry also supports the new VME64 standard for D64 accesses What kind of signal is CLK10 and what kind of signal do I need for an external CLK10 VXI Only CLK10 is a differential ECL signal on the backplane However the oscillator and the EXTCLK input on ...

Page 67: ...rcuitry by changing the appropriate jumper setting on the VXI VMEpc Remember that devices in all other slots must not be manually configured as system controller they should be configured either for automatic detection or manual non System Controller Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation for information on enabling and defeating the FSD circuitry How do I check the configuration of the...

Page 68: ...to default 1 Enter the BIOS setup program as described in Chapter 4 BIOS 2 Select Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings 3 Answer Y yes to the verification prompt 4 Select Save Settings and Exit Why does the SCSI BIOS load twice during bootup The VXI VMEpc 600 Series is a dual controller The PCI BIOS detects both functions of the VXI VMEpc 600 Series and tries to load a ROM extension for each fu...

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Page 75: ...illi 10 3 k kilo 103 M mega 106 G giga 109 t tera 1012 Symbols degrees Ω ohms A A amperes A24 space VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 16 MB standard address space A32 space VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 4 GB extended address space address character code that identifies a specific location or series of locations in memory ...

Page 76: ... and manufactured to perform a set of specific functions for a specific customer B b bit one binary digit either 0 or 1 B byte eight related bits of data an 8 bit binary number Also used to denote the amount of memory required to store one byte of data backplane an assembly typically a printed circuit board with 96 pin connectors and signal paths that bus the connector pins A C size VXIbus system ...

Page 77: ...ed delay of under 8 ns CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor a process used in making chips D DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung German Standards Institute DMA Direct Memory Access a method by which data is transferred between devices and internal memory without intervention of the central processing unit DMA is the fastest method of transferring data to from computer memory DRAM Dynamic RA...

Page 78: ...re of acceleration equal to 9 8 m s2 GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus IEEE 488 gRMS A measure of random vibration The root mean square of acceleration levels in a random vibration test profile H hex hexadecimal the numbering system with base 16 using the digits 0 to 9 and letters A to F Hz hertz cycles per second I IDE Integrated Drive Electronics Denotes the most common interface to the hard dr...

Page 79: ... by interrupters and responds to those requests by requesting status and identify information interrupt level the relative priority at which a device can interrupt IRQ interrupt signal ISA Industry Standard Architecture denotes a common expansion bus used in PCs K K kilo 1 the standard metric prefix for 1 000 or 103 used with units of measure such as volts hertz and meters 2 the prefix for 1 024 o...

Page 80: ...488 2M the National Instruments industry standard software for controlling GPIB instruments 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 software for VME VXIbus systems Non Slot 0 device a device configured for ins...

Page 81: ...s SMB Sub Miniature Type B connector that features a snap coupling for fast connection SYSFAIL A VMEbus signal that is used by a device to indicate an internal failure A failed device asserts this line In VXI a device that fails also clears its PASSed bit in its Status register System Controller a device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe or Slot 1 of a VMEbus chassis This...

Page 82: ...nt Software Architecture This is the general name given to VISA and its associated architecture VME Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014 VMEbus System Controller a device configured for installation in 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 ...

Page 83: ...d COM2 connectors and signals C 7 to C 8 common questions about VXIpc 600 Series D 1 to D 3 configuration 3 1 to 3 13 default settings 3 1 to 3 5 CPU module attached to VXI VMEpc 650 figure 3 4 jumper settings table 3 5 VMEpc 650 parts locator diagram 3 3 VXIpc 650 parts locator diagram 3 2 EEPROM 3 10 to 3 12 EEPROM operation figure 3 11 fixing invalid EEPROM configuration 3 11 to 3 12 power on s...

Page 84: ...elf configuration status figure 3 10 electrical specifications A 1 electronic support services E 1 to E 2 e mail support E 2 environmental specifications A 2 equipment optional 1 3 Ethernet connector and signals C 6 to C 7 LEDs B 3 to B 4 100B T B 4 LNK B 3 RX B 3 TX B 3 logic block table 2 3 overview table 1 6 F FAIL LED description B 1 system startup status table B 2 fax and telephone support nu...

Page 85: ... 11 to 3 12 power on self configuration status figure 3 10 SCSI termination 3 12 system CMOS 3 12 to 3 13 trigger input termination 3 9 VXIbus CLK10 routing 3 7 to 3 9 VXI VMEbus System Controller 3 6 to 3 7 W20 located on CPU module 3 4 K keyboard connector location and pinout figure C 5 problems with plugging in keyboards D 2 signals table C 5 L LabVIEW software 1 3 LabWindows CVI software 1 3 1...

Page 86: ... to C 8 overview table 1 6 signals COM1 and COM2 connectors table C 8 Ethernet connector table C 7 GPIB IEEE 488 2 table C 15 keyboard connector table C 5 mouse connector table C 4 P1 and P2 connector signals VMEbus P2 connector signals table C 21 to C 22 VXIbus P2 connector signals table C 20 to C 21 VXI VMEbus P1 connector signals table C 19 to C 20 parallel port table C 10 SCSI interface table ...

Page 87: ...U Universal Serial Bus USB connectors and signals C 11 overview table 1 6 V VGA connector C 5 to C 6 video interface logic block table 2 3 overview table 1 6 VGA connector C 5 to C 6 VME Slot 1 functionality 1 4 VMEbus capability codes table A 3 to A 4 VMEpc 650 front panel layout and dimensions figure C 3 parts locator diagram 3 3 VXIbus CLK10 routing 3 7 to 3 9 interface status LEDs B 1 to B 3 o...

Page 88: ... 1 to 2 3 hardware description 1 4 to 1 6 installation 3 13 to 3 14 LED indicators B 1 to B 4 logic blocks table 2 3 National Instruments software 1 3 to 1 4 optional equipment 1 3 overview 1 1 to 1 2 parts locator diagrams CPU module 3 4 VMEpc 650 3 3 VXIpc 650 3 2 specifications A 1 to A 4 VME model figure 1 2 VXI model figure 1 1 ...

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