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USER MANUAL

EvaluationTools

STIM300 STIM377H Evaluation Kit

DOK453 rev.2

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STIM300
STIM377H

Evaluation kit
User Manual

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Page 1: ...USER MANUAL EvaluationTools STIM300 STIM377H Evaluation Kit DOK453 rev 2 Page 1 of 29 STIM300 STIM377H Evaluation kit User Manual ...

Page 2: ...STALLATION 9 4 2 1 Installation of FTDI serial driver 9 4 2 2 Connecting the USB EVK to your PC 9 4 2 3 Verification and configuration of serial driver 9 4 3 INSTALLATION OF PC SOFTWARE 12 5 CONNECTING THE STIM300 STIM377H TO YOUR PC 12 6 USING PC SOFTWARE 13 7 INTRODUCTION TO PC SOFTWARE 19 7 1 PANELS OVERVIEW 19 7 1 1 Service mode panel 19 7 1 2 Utilty mode panel 20 7 1 3 Measure panel 20 7 1 4 ...

Page 3: ...processor capacity of PC o Various stop criteria for measurements available Manually No of samples or Time elapsed Measurements of up to 4 gyro modules simultaneously supported requires additional cable 1 1 General descriptions The evaluation kits provide measurement and configuration access to STIM300 STIM377H IMU Configuration graphical result presentation and saving data to file functions are s...

Page 4: ... 1 Wiring diagrams 4 GND 1 VSUP AUX GND AUX AUX TOV ExtTrig 4 RxD 5 RxD 9 TxD 8 TxD 10 RxD 2 RxD 1 TxD 9 TxD 15 GND 8 VSUP 13 GND 7 AUX 4 TOV 11 ExtTrig 6 AUX_GND 14 AUX D SUB P USB Break out Micro D PPS 12 PPS CRS 3 CRS 1 GND Figure 1 Wiring diagram PCIe kit Figure 2 Wiring diagram USB kit ...

Page 5: ...each measurement axis are available from the supported SERVICE mode Note Time of Validity TOV and external trigger functionalities of STIM300 STIM377H are not supported by the EVK PC software 2 Kit contents PCIe kit o PCIe to RS422 interface card o STIM300 STIM377H communication and power cable USB kit o USB to RS422 interface cable with USB power supply connector Memory stick with o PC software o...

Page 6: ... DOK453 rev 2 Page 6 of 29 4 Getting started Preparing your system involves the following steps 4 1 NI Serial Driver installation Serial Driver verification EVK PC Software installation PCI card installation Figure 3 Installation PCIe Figure 4 Installation USB ...

Page 7: ...ial driver Install the serial driver from the memory stick included in the kit This procedure is self instructive Follow the on screen messages without doing any configuration changes Figure 5 and Figure 6 show two of the messages that appear during serial driver installation Figure 5 NI serial driver installation summary Figure 6 NI serial driver ...

Page 8: ...e slot 4 1 3 Verification of serial driver set up Launch Device Manager Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Devices and Printers Device Manager Verify that the serial driver installation has completed successfully An example is shown in Figure 7 Make a note of the assigned COM port value s information This will be needed later for connecting to the STIM300 STIM377H from the PC software Figure 7...

Page 9: ...s versions will silently connect to the Windows Update website and install a suitable driver In the event that no automatic installation takes place please refer to the set up guide from FTDI http www ftdichip com Support Documents InstallGuides htm 4 2 2 Connecting the USB EVK to your PC Figure 8 shows how to connect the EVK to a PC Micro D P USB C USB Break out Figure 8 Connecting the EVK to a c...

Page 10: ...ssignments for USB cable in Windows 7 Make a note of the assigned COM port value s information This will be needed later for connecting to the STIM300 STIM377H from the PC software Right click USB Serial Port COM n and select Properties Figure 10 COM port properties Select Advanced from the Port Setting tab ...

Page 11: ...TIM300 STIM377H Evaluation Kit DOK453 rev 2 Page 11 of 29 Figure 11 Settings for COM port Set the Receive Bytes and Transmit Bytes settings to 256 Press OK twice The computer may have to be restarted for the changes to take effect ...

Page 12: ...nstallation See the following screen shots for guidance The PC software can also be downloaded from the STIM support site Check this site regularly for updates 5 Connecting the STIM300 STIM377H to your PC Error Reference source not found PCIe and Error Reference source not found USB shows how to connect e EVK to a PC Figure 12 Connecting the STIM300 STIM377H to the computer via PCIe Figure 13 Conn...

Page 13: ...u Click on the shortcut named STIM300 STIM377H EVK to start the PC software For full functionality the computer user should have Local Administrator rights Figure 14 Starting PC software from Windows 10 start menu 2 A pop up window will ask for a parameter INI file Select the INI file available in the installation folder by default and press Load Figure 15 INI file selection ...

Page 14: ...button to accept the agreement and enable the EVK software to have full functionality Figure 16 EULA confirmation window 4 A pop up box for software registration appears Fill in the open fields and press Submit The default email client opens Press Send in order to complete this step user information is sent for support issues This step will only have to be completed once ...

Page 15: ...nd software registration 5 The Normal mode panel is shown Figure 18 Normal mode panel after selecting INI file 6 Verify the correct COM port settings in the Parameters view If needed port setting needs to be changed do this by double clicking on the value and enter correct value The default password to edit is stim ...

Page 16: ... Figure 19 Edit the INI file in order to verify correct COM port settings 7 From the Normal mode panel connect to and open the COM port by pressing the Connect to HW button A green LED light indicates that the COM port is active Figure 20 Normal mode panel after first hardware connection ...

Page 17: ...insert the power supply cable at this point The pop up message asking for confirmation of bitrate appears Press OK Figure 21 Confirmation of bitrate 9 A pop up message telling Connect power cable to voltage supply and then press OK to continue appears First insert the red USB connector into a free USB port of the PC laptop and then confirm the supply voltage is applied by pressing OK ...

Page 18: ...s switched on 10 A green LED Data arriving from device n indicates that data is received from the gyro module s Verify the communication to module by clicking on the Request serial DG button An example of such a result is shown in Figure 17 The system is now ready for use Figure 23 Example of Request serial DG response ...

Page 19: ...STIM377H Evaluation Kit DOK453 rev 2 Page 19 of 29 7 Introduction to PC software 7 1 Panels overview In addition to the Normal mode and Parameters panel other panels are also available 7 1 1 Service mode panel Figure 24 Service mode panel ...

Page 20: ...USER MANUAL EvaluationTools STIM300 STIM377H Evaluation Kit DOK453 rev 2 Page 20 of 29 7 1 2 Utilty mode panel Figure 25 Utility mode panel 7 1 3 Measure panel Figure 26 Measure panel ...

Page 21: ...USER MANUAL EvaluationTools STIM300 STIM377H Evaluation Kit DOK453 rev 2 Page 21 of 29 7 1 4 Logging panel Figure 27 Logging panel for saving data to file ...

Page 22: ...cts to interface hardware Opens COM port according to settings specified in active parameter file LED Indicator for hardware connection A GREEN light indicates the COM port is opened Disconnect from HW Disconnects from interface hardware Closes the COM port Apply voltage switch On Off Toggles supply voltage if connected to an external power supply Controls certain functions of the PC software Devi...

Page 23: ...ility mode panel Utility mode is used for configuration and communication with the STIM300 STIM377H through a machine to machine interface Utility mode is entered by clicking on the Utility mode tab after the IMU has been powered up Utility mode usage functionalities and descriptions are listed in Table 6 Exit from Utility mode by selecting any available panel tab Note Changes made to the IMU in U...

Page 24: ...picture of the plot to the default printer 1 1 icon Resets zoom level to 1 1 if ZOOM is active See below Zoom icon Enables a custom zoom of the presented results in the strip chart graph area according to placement of the cursors Cursors On Off switch Enables usage of cursors default is Off Cursor 1 Shows the location of cursor no 1 Cursor 2 Shows the location of cursor no 2 Delta Shows the delta ...

Page 25: ...Inclinometer signal X axis 19 INC_Y X Inclinometer signal Y axis 20 INC_Z X Inclinometer signal Z axis 21 INC_STS X Status byte for Inclinometer 22 INC_TMP_X X Temperature X axis inclinometer 23 INC_TMP_Y X Temperature Y axis inclinometer 24 INC_TMP_Z X Temperature Z axis inclinometer 25 INC_TMP_STS X Inclinometer temperature status 26 AUX X Auxiliary input measurement 27 AUX_STS X Auxiliary statu...

Page 26: ...Panel content Functionality and description General parameters Password Current valid password to be able to edit the parameters list The default password is stim Folder for result file storage Path to storage e g c userdata test What priority will this program run with Instructs the program priority for the PC operation system What format to use for result files ASCII text by default Can be chang...

Page 27: ...ve the expected response to the sent service mode command 4 There is no measurement data available for storage To be able to save measurement data there must be data available 5 Unable to open the selected file Saving of measurement data failed unable to open or create the selected file 6 Unable to allocate the required memory Failed to acquire the requested number of datagrams from the gyro modul...

Page 28: ...e 21 Edit mode of parameters is active unable to exit The edit mode of parameters are active unable to exit the program until edit mode is ended 22 You are about to change the RS422 bit rate If are you using the USB kit hardware provided please notice that you will not be able to communicate with the device if you change to something else than supported 460800 b s For the PCI card there are no wor...

Page 29: ...es No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of Safran Trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Safran products are not intended for any application in which the failure of the Safran product could create a situation where personal injury or death may occur Should Buyer purchase or use Safran products for any such un...

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