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Chapter 1

Introduction

National Instruments Corporation

1-7

VXIpc 700 Series User Manual

PCMCIA

VXIpc-740
VXIpc-745

Two Type I/II or
One Type III

PCI

Supports two independent
PCMCIA slots

GPIB

VXIpc-745

24-pin CHAMP

ISA

IEEE 488.2 interface
compatible with the National
Instruments AT-GPIB/TNT

VXI

VXIpc-740
VXIpc-745

Two 96-pin DIN
(rear of board)

PCI

High-performance VXIbus
interface

Serial

VXIpc-740
VXIpc-745

Serial Port
(Mini DSUB)

ISA

16550 serial ports

Table 1-1.

VXIpc 700 Series Peripherals Overview (Continued)

Peripheral

Availability

External

Connector

ISA

or PCI

Function

Summary of Contents for VXIpc-745-100

Page 1: ...VXIpc 745 100...

Page 2: ...VXI VXIpc 700 Series User Manual VXIpc 700 Series User Manual December 1997 Edition Part Number 321745A 01...

Page 3: ...3336 Canada Ontario 905 785 0085 Canada Qu bec 514 694 8521 Denmark 45 76 26 00 Finland 09 725 725 11 France 01 48 14 24 24 Germany 089 741 31 30 Hong Kong 2645 3186 Israel 03 6120092 Italy 02 413091...

Page 4: ...PROFITS USE OF PRODUCTS OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF This limitation of the liability of National Instruments will apply regardless of the form of...

Page 5: ...ential 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 approv...

Page 6: ...onality 1 4 Custom Application Specific Interface Chips 1 4 Front Panel Features 1 5 Peripheral Expansion 1 6 Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 700 Functional Description 2 1 Chapter 3 VXIpc 700 Ser...

Page 7: ...pendix C LED Indicators Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors Appendix E Common Questions Appendix F Customer Communication Glossary Index Figures Figure 1 1 VXIpc 740 Embedded Computer 1 1 Figure 1 2...

Page 8: ...ation and Pinout D 12 Figure D 9 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout D 14 Tables Table 1 1 VXIpc 700 Series Peripherals Overview 1 6 Table 3 1 VXIpc 700 Series Hardware Default Settings 3 3 Table B...

Page 9: ...ce 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 VXIpc 7...

Page 10: ...ses you of precautions to take to avoid injury data loss or a system crash This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a warning which advises you of precautions to take to avoid being elect...

Page 11: ...u for detailed explanations of the NI VXI functions The NI VXI online help describes the NI VXI functions to help you fully understand the purpose and syntax of each function You can find this same in...

Page 12: ...or 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 o...

Page 13: ...need to get started describes the hardware and lists optional equipment and software Overview The VXIpc 700 Series consists of the VXIpc 740 and VXIpc 745 models Refer to Appendix D Front Panel and C...

Page 14: ...architecture You can install a PCMCIA GPIB card in a PCMCIA slot to get IEEE 488 2 capability on the VXIpc 740 The VXIpc 700 Series is a custom computer that you install directly in one C size slot o...

Page 15: ...ating systems Any software using NI 488 2M will run on the VXIpc 700 Series You can use the NI VISA high level programming API to program GPIB serial parallel and VXI devices in much the same manner Y...

Page 16: ...nable or disable the Slot 0 onboard circuitry Custom Application Specific Interface Chips The VXIpc 700 Series uses the MITE and MANTIS custom ASICs to deliver high VXI performance and can achieve mor...

Page 17: ...s at the same time The MANTIS features an internal cross matrix switching system for routing between lines as well as to and from the front panel and onboard clocks Note The MANTIS ASIC contains the e...

Page 18: ...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...

Page 19: ...PIB VXIpc 745 24 pin CHAMP ISA IEEE 488 2 interface compatible with the National Instruments AT GPIB TNT VXI VXIpc 740 VXIpc 745 Two 96 pin DIN rear of board PCI High performance VXIbus interface Seri...

Page 20: ...the VXIpc 700 Series embedded computers VXIpc 700 Functional Description The VXIpc 700 is a modular PC in a VXIbus C size form factor It includes many high performance peripherals that normally requi...

Page 21: ...y The MITE is a National Instruments ASIC developed to efficiently manage data transfers between the VXIbus and the processor via the PCI bus The MANTIS ASIC also developed by National Instruments per...

Page 22: ...e III card PC Peripherals These blocks represent the other peripherals supplied by the VXIpc 700 Refer to the Front Panel Features section of Chapter 1 Introduction to see which of these apply to the...

Page 23: ...ries which currently consists of the VXIpc 740 and the VXIpc 745 Caution Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your VXIpc 700 module To avoid such damage in handling the module touc...

Page 24: ...tory default settings of most of the configuration jumpers on the VXIpc 700 Series Figure 3 1 VXIpc 700 Series Parts Locator Diagram 1 Assembly Number 2 Product Name 3 Serial Number 4 CMOS W3 5 Slot 0...

Page 25: ...sy handling You must remove the top cover to change many of the switch and jumper settings You must also remove the top cover to change the amount of DRAM installed on the module Remove the top cover...

Page 26: ...s backplane or both Figure 3 2 VXIbus Slot Configuration When the VXIpc 700 is installed in Slot 0 it becomes the VXIbus System Controller In this role it has VXIbus Data Transfer Bus Arbiter circuitr...

Page 27: ...nterrupt conflicts with add in boards In general however you should leave W10 in its factory default setting Figure 3 4 shows the possible configurations for W10 Figure 3 4 Power on Self Configuration...

Page 28: ...any 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 VXIpc 700 use...

Page 29: ...nstalled RAM on the VXIpc 700 Series by installing DRAM SIMMs Refer to Appendix A Specifications for more information on SIMMs Configuring the PC This section describes how to configure the following...

Page 30: ...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 700 module 2 Remove or ope...

Page 31: ...traight in until it seats in the expansion slot The front panel of the VXIpc 700 should be even with the front panel of the mainframe 5 Tighten the retaining screws on the top and bottom edges of the...

Page 32: ...m the following steps 1 Turn on or reboot the system A screen appears with a series of diagnostic checks 2 When the message Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP appears press the DEL key to enter the BIOS...

Page 33: ...lectrical and mechanical specifications of the VXIpc 700 Series embedded computer Requirements Electrical Characteristic Specification VXIbus Configuration Space 64 B A24 or A32 Space 16 KB Minimum Pr...

Page 34: ...h VXI Specification VXI Keying Class Class 1 TTL MTBF VXIpc 740 41 982 hours VXIpc 745 41 563 hours Weight 1 6 Kg 3 66 lb Typical 16 MB DRAM Installed Characteristic Specification Temperature 0 to 55...

Page 35: ...EO master VMEbus master D64 D32 D16 and D08 data sizes D64 D32 D16 D08 EO slave VMEbus slave D64 D32 D16 and D08 data sizes BLT MBLT master VMEbus master block and D64 transfers BLT MBLT slave VMEbus...

Page 36: ...ntrollers Fast Page Mode 8 MB 2 MB 36 SIMMs 70 ns 16 MB 4 MB 36 SIMMs 70 ns 32 MB 8 MB 36 SIMMs 70 ns The height of SIMMs used with VXIpc 700 Series controllers should be 1 2 in Contact National Instr...

Page 37: ...ually 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 acknowledgi...

Page 38: ...None RTC 9 None Ethernet 10 INTC VXI 11 None GPIB 12 None PCMCIA Slot 13 None FPERR 14 INTD IDE 15 None PCMCIA Slot Table B 2 VXIpc 700 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations DMA Channel Device 0 Fre...

Page 39: ...066 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 823...

Page 40: ...ries System Resources VXIpc 700 Series User Manual B 4 National Instruments Corporation 3BC 3BF Free 3E8 3EF COM 3F0 3F7 Floppy 3F8 3FF COM Relocatable Table B 3 VXIpc 700 Series I O Address Map Conti...

Page 41: ...bus SYSFAIL signal is asserted It does not necessarily indicate that the VXIpc 800 700 is asserting SYSFAIL only that there is a device in the system asserting SYSFAIL FAILED LED The FAILED LED lights...

Page 42: ...ssible Problem If VXIpc 700 Fails 1 None Machine just turned on The VXIpc 700 is not receiving power 2 FAILED SYSFAIL Now asserting SYSFAIL because VXIbus interface has not been initialized yet Power...

Page 43: ...ate when board resources have been accessed The following paragraphs describe these LEDs ACCESS LED When lit the ACCESS LED indicates that the VXIpc 700 MODID line is asserted or that another VXIbus m...

Page 44: ...sterisk suffix on a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Front Panel Figures D 1 and D 2 show the front panel layout of the VXIpc 745 and VXIpc 740 The drawings show dimensions relevant...

Page 45: ...the VXIpc 745 Figure D 1 VXIpc 745 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions DRIVE FAILED ONLINE ACC TEST SYSF B G P I 1 RESET VXIpc 740 TM 236 5 99 464 11 79 9 159 232 64 5 467 138 86 4 209 138 86 3 701 94 0...

Page 46: ...nual Figure D 2 shows the front panel layout of the VXIpc 740 Figure D 2 VXIpc 740 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions 1 RESET TM VXIpc 740 ONLINE FAILED DRIVE SYSF TEST ACC 2 859 72 62 2 091 53 11 0 19...

Page 47: ...description for the keyboard connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 212437 4 housing 212435 7 ferrule and 66735 4 pin contact Figure D 3 Keyboard Connector Location an...

Page 48: ...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 4 VGA Connector Location and Pinout Tab...

Page 49: ...ual D 6 National Instruments Corporation 8 GND Ground 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 3 VGA...

Page 50: ...the VXIpc 745 Table D 4 gives the name and description for the Ethernet connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector part number 554739 1 Figure D 5 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout Ta...

Page 51: ...g a serial mouse into this connector Table D 5 gives the name and description for the COM1 connector signals Figure D 6 COM1 Connector Location and Pinout Table D 5 COM1 Connector Signals Pin Signal N...

Page 52: ...Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 9 VXIpc 700 Series User Manual 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator Table D 5 COM1 Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal D...

Page 53: ...me and description for the GPIB connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a GPIB mating connector part number MDSM 255C Z11 Figure D 7 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout Table D 6 GPIB Connector Signa...

Page 54: ...er Manual 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...

Page 55: ...d description for the SMB connector signals Also see Table D 8 for a description of the signal characteristics for the SMB connections Amp manufactures an SMB mating connector part number 1 413985 0 F...

Page 56: ...rd for the signal characteristics for VGA Ethernet keyboard serial and GPIB Table D 8 shows the signal characteristics for the SMB connections Table D 8 Signal Characteristics for SMB Connections Sign...

Page 57: ...name and description for the VXIbus P1 connector signals Figure D 9 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 9 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A 1 CLK10 5 V ECLTRG0 2 CLK10 GND 2...

Page 58: ...nected 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 TT...

Page 59: ...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 BR...

Page 60: ...tors National Instruments Corporation D 17 VXIpc 700 Series User Manual 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 10 VXIbus P1 Connector Signals...

Page 61: ...bit registers in my VXIbus system from the VXIpc 700 Yes The VXIpc 700 uses the 32 bit PCI bus to interface to the VXIbus In fact the VXIbus circuitry on the VXIpc 700 also supports the new VME64 sta...

Page 62: ...ng a horizontal scan rate of at least 50 kHz and a vertical scan rate of 60 Hz Caution Make sure that your monitor meets this specification Enabling the Super VGA option on a monitor that does not mee...

Page 63: ...c 700 Refer to Chapter 3 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation for information on enabling and defeating the FSD circuitry How do I check the configuration of the memory floppy drive hard dr...

Page 64: ...s does not answer your questions we offer fax and telephone support through our technical support centers which are staffed by applications engineers Electronic Services Bulletin Board Support Nationa...

Page 65: ...nts office in your country contact the source from which you purchased your software to obtain support Country Telephone Fax Australia 03 9879 5166 03 9879 6277 Austria 0662 45 79 90 0 0662 45 79 90 1...

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Page 67: ...___________________________________________________________ W6 Setting Ethernet EEPROM ______________________________________________________ W7 Setting MITE User Factory Configuration _______________...

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Page 70: ...ress space A set of 2n memory locations differentiated from other such sets in VXI VMEbus systems by six addressing lines known as address modifiers n is the number of address lines required to unique...

Page 71: ...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...

Page 72: ...quired 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 si...

Page 73: ...terrupt 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...

Page 74: ...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 Nat...

Page 75: ...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 A device configu...

Page 76: ...System Controller A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe or Slot 1 of a VMEbus chassis This device is unique in the VMEbus system in that it performs the VMEbus System Co...

Page 77: ...xing invalid configuration 3 6 to 3 7 power on self configuration status figure 3 5 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 6 electrostatic discharge warning 3 1 installed system RAM 3 7 insta...

Page 78: ...port F 2 Fax on Demand support F 2 front panel See also connectors LEDs on front panel features 1 6 to 1 7 layout and dimensions figure VXIpc 740 D 3 VXIpc 745 D 2 FTP support F 1 G GPIB IEEE 488 2 co...

Page 79: ...tatus LEDs C 1 to C 2 M MANTIS custom ASIC 1 5 manual See documentation memory See RAM MITE custom ASIC 1 4 to 1 5 monitor See also video interface booting for color E 1 type to use with VXIpc 740 E 2...

Page 80: ...ns B 2 I O address map B 3 to B 4 ISA interrupt resource allocations table B 1 to B 2 PCI interrupts B 1 resource tables B 1 to B 4 system startup cycle and LEDs C 2 T technical support F 1 to F 2 ter...

Page 81: ...eripherals overview table 1 6 to 1 7 Slot 0 functionality 1 4 logic blocks 2 2 to 2 3 National Instruments software 1 3 optional equipment 1 2 overview 1 1 to 1 2 VXIpc 740 embedded computer figure 1...

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