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TAMS 81488

HP-IB Card for Linux

Installation & Operation

Summary of Contents for 81488

Page 1: ...TAMS 81488 HP IB Card for Linux Installation Operation...

Page 2: ...nstallation Operation Test Measurement Systems Inc 750 14th Street SW Loveland Colorado 80537 USA Telephone 970 669 6553 Fax 970 669 3090 Web Site www tamsinc com Email info tamsinc com Copyright Test...

Page 3: ...Equivalent Loads 6 Installing the HP IB Interface 7 Connecting the HP IB Cable 8 Installing the Software 9 Configuring the Card 11 Configuring the Card Using iosetup 11 Configuring the Card Manually...

Page 4: ...h the TAMS I O Libraries your code will now run at full performance without modification Hardware Warranty All TAMS products use the highest quality components and are assembled to the highest specifi...

Page 5: ...ng an interface with the power on can damage the interface and the computer Most interfaces contain components that are sensitive to damage from electrostatic discharge Use protective measures includi...

Page 6: ...rs are installed If your bus system will have more than nine additional devices carefully remove both of the resistor packs and store them If the resistors need to be reinstalled later on be sure that...

Page 7: ...nstructions on opening your computer and installing PCI boards Follow the instructions being careful to handle the TAMS interface board only by its edges After the board has been plugged in and the re...

Page 8: ...nfiguration and so the standard connector on the cable supplied can be attached directly to any HP IB device or to any device in a chain of HP IB devices The following illustrations show correct conne...

Page 9: ...Change to the directory where the driver is cd mnt cdrom 81488 5 Use RPM to install the driver Architecture specific versions of the software have been provided for systems running the supported kerne...

Page 10: ...he necessary directories by default Appendix Ais a reference for the Linux systems administrator who might wish to know where these files are placed You will still need to configure the new TAMS HP IB...

Page 11: ...ntly configured under SICL 3 Rotary Switch the user must specify the setting of the rotary DIP switch on the card 4 HP IB Address the user must specify the HP IB bus address that the TAMS card is to u...

Page 12: ...vice In a system configuration the total device capacitance should be no more than 50pF for each equivalent resistive load in the system d All devices in the system should be powered on e Interconnect...

Page 13: ...se on the HP IB bus This value must not be the same as any other device connected to the HP IB cable It may be the same as other HP IB interface cards in the computer so long as those other cards are...

Page 14: ...d be no more than 50pF for each equivalent resistive load in the system d All devices in the system should be powered on e Interconnecting cable links should be as short as possible up to a maximum of...

Page 15: ...1488 o lib modules kernel version kernel drivers char kernel driver module t81488 etc init d start stop scripts for un loading the kernel module and un creating the device files S95t81488 K05t81488 et...

Page 16: ...t or violation of this License Agreement TRANSFER OF RIGHTS IN SOFTWARE Customer may transfer rights in the software to a third party only as part of the transfer of all their rights and only if Custo...

Page 17: ...able amount of time Customer s alternate remedy shall be a refund of the purchase price upon return of the entire product and all copies NOTICE OF WARRANTY CLAIMS Customer must notify TAMS in writing...

Page 18: ...gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state and from country to country This Warranty is in Lieu of all other express warranties which now or her...

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