PLX PCI-Proto Lab/PLX-S, Technical Manual

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5. Software
Matching Product Software is optionally available with
PCI-Proto LAB/PLX-S.
PLX SDK
(original manufacturer: PLX Technology), includes Host API Libraries (Applica-
tion Programming Interface) for the PCI controller, WindowsXP /2000 /NT /98/Linux drivers
and some source codes examples.
PLX SDK
comes with a useful monitor program
PlxMon
. This program makes it possible to
read and write data in BYTE, WORD and DWORD formats over I/O or memory accesses.
The on board installed Example Application hardware is accessible with the
PlxMon
program
too. PlxMon makes it easy to change PCI controller configurations and initialisations, allows
the user to read and write the contents of the serial configuration EEPROM and much more.
There are two different variations to get access to the data latches:
- I/O commands (use PCI address region 2, corresponds with local address space 0) or
- Memory commands (use PCI address region 3, corresponds with local address space 1).
The following address offsets are defined for the Example Application:
for 32bit data access:
offset 0h data bits 0 -31, byte lane 0, 1, 2, 3
for 16bit data access:
offset 0h data bits 0 -15, byte lane 0, 1
offset 2h data bits 15 -31, byte lane 2, 3
for 8bit data access:
offset 0h data bits 0 -7, byte lane 0
offset 1h data bits 8 -15, byte lane 1
offset 2h data bits 16 -23, byte lane 2
offset 3h data bits 24 -31, byte lane 3
The user finds further information about handling and use of the PLX SDK and the accompa-
nying software on the disk containing manuals and documentation.
The
PLX SDK
software package is not accompanying part of the
PCI-Proto LAB/PLX-S
product. It must be ordered separately from our company.