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1260-100/101 Adapt-a-Switch Carrier Module User Manual
Maintenance 4-2 Racal Instruments
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1998
4. Install the carrier into an empty pair of slots in a VXIbus
chassis. Remove all other modules from the chassis
except the slot 0 controller.
5. Insert one or more plug-ins into the 1260-100/101 Carrier.
6. Turn the chassis power on. Verify that the Fail LED on
the carrier illuminates, then extinguishes within five
seconds.
7. Run the National Instruments Resource Manager
program (RESMAN). From the RESMAN output log file,
verify the following:
8. The Option-01T is recognized as DEVICE_3.
9. The self-test for DEVICE_3 passed.
10. 16K-bytes of memory are allocated for DEVICE_3.
11. Start the VXI Interactive Control (VIC) program (by
National Instruments).
12. Send a
*IDN?
command to DEVICE_3 (Option-01T).
13. Read the response from the Option-01T. Verify that the
response is of the form:
14. Racal Instruments,1260A Option-01T,<serial
num>,<revision>
15. where
<serial num>
is the serial number, and
<revision>
is the revision level of the firmware.
16. Click on the Bus Access feature of VIC. Select the
WRITE mode.
17. Calculate the address offset of one of the Adapt-a-Switch
plug-ins. To do this, begin with the address reported by
RESMAN as being the starting address for DEVICE_3.
Add 1. Then add 400
16
times the module address of the
plug-in. Enter this address into the ADDRESS field in
VIC.
18. Select the A24 address mode.
19. In the data field, enter 55
16
. Click on GO. If the plug-in is
a relay type (not a digital type), you should hear the relays
close.
20. Select the READ mode, set the number of bytes to at
least 1, and click on GO. Verify that the Option-01T