StreamStor
Real-time Disk Controller
Models PCI-816XF2, PCI-816XF
Installation and User Manual
Страница 1: ...StreamStor Real time Disk Controller Models PCI 816XF2 PCI 816XF Installation and User Manual...
Страница 2: ...served No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Conduant Corporation Printed in the United States 2008 Conduant Cor...
Страница 3: ...TION 11 CONTROLLER CARD 12 DRIVE CONFIGURATION 13 INSTALLING THE DRIVES 14 CONNECTING INTERFACE AND POWER CABLES 14 DRIVE AUTO CONFIGURATION 15 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 16 SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY 17 FPDP...
Страница 4: ...ffective from the date of receipt of the StreamStor Product and the Software This Agreement will terminate automatically at any time without prior notice to you if you fail to comply with any of the p...
Страница 5: ...f you are authorized to resell the StreamStor Product you must distribute the StreamStor Product only in conjunction with and as part of your product that is designed developed and tested to operate w...
Страница 6: ...d PCI 816XF to act as a guide for hardware installation to act as a reference for the operator to provide guidance on software capabilities and choices It is suggested that you periodically check the...
Страница 7: ...amStor Only minor software modifications are generally required to redirect data to the StreamStor PCI card This capability is often in the software provided by the manufacturers of data acquisition d...
Страница 8: ...tem is a flexible and powerful platform for high performance recording applications Many custom and unique capabilities are available that are beyond the scope of this documentation so please contact...
Страница 9: ...a chassis with a PC motherboard and operating system You can skip the installation section for these systems since all installation has been performed at the factory 1 CAUTION Please read the entire i...
Страница 10: ...disk drives Even setting the chassis on a hard surface too roughly can damage the recording surfaces heads or other mechanical components inside the disk drives Never disconnect connect the interface...
Страница 11: ...d black The blue connector end should always attach to the StreamStor card Prior to mounting anything in the chassis place the disk drives and the StreamStor card on a flat static free surface and mod...
Страница 12: ...ance the card should be inserted into a 64 bit PCI slot Consult your system documentation for more information An illustration of the card is shown in Figure 1 TABLE 1 Model Drive Buses Drive Cables D...
Страница 13: ...hassis 6 Proceed to drive installation and cabling Drive Configuration The StreamStor controller and drives must be attached using Ultra ATA cables An Ultra ATA cable has 80 wires and 40 pin connector...
Страница 14: ...damage the disk drive Installing the Drives The method used to mount the disk drives is left to you There are many brackets available to adapt different disk drives into the chassis please contact Co...
Страница 15: ...rticular connector on the controller board for a new installation but they must be used in order starting at connector zero Drive auto configuration The StreamStor controller boards support auto confi...
Страница 16: ...ers will be properly installed You should not cancel the plug and play wizard since this can create hardware conflicts in the system when using the StreamStor controller Note that the setup exe progra...
Страница 17: ...set XLRClearChannels XLRClearOption XLRClearWriteProtect XLRClose XLRDeleteAppend XLRDeviceFind XLRDismountBank XLREdit XLREditData XLRErase XLRGetBankStatus XLRGetBaseAddr XLRGetBaseRange XLRGetChass...
Страница 18: ...XLRReadFifo XLRReadImmed XLRReadSmartThresholds XLRReadSmartValues XLRReadStatus XLRReadToPhy XLRRecord XLRRecoverData XLRReset XLRRetrieveEvents XLRSelectBank XLRSelectChannel XLRSelfTest XLRSetBank...
Страница 19: ...ls regarding FPDP please visit www fpdp com The StreamStor FPDP interface is designed to meet and exceed the basic capabilities of FPDP as defined in the FPDP ANSI standard The following sections desc...
Страница 20: ...wn in Figure 3 Figure 2 StreamStor FPDP Connector location Interface Functions To ready StreamStor to transfer data using FPDP the API routine XLRBindxxxChannel must be called The FPDP port s channel...
Страница 21: ...hile terminating the remaining signals as would a FPDP RM To use this mode StreamStor should be physically positioned at an end of the FPDP bus Note also that the maximum useable frequency in this mod...
Страница 22: ...ter at various clock frequencies The XLRSetDBMode function provided by the StreamStor API is used to set most of these parameters and options see SDK user manual Table 2 lists the supported modes for...
Страница 23: ...event FIFO full SS_OPT_FPDPEVENTLOG Enable event logging SS_OPT_FPDPNOPLL Disable PLL on clock for low frequency operations SS_OPT_FPDPNRASSERT Receiver will assert Not Ready signal until recording st...
Страница 24: ...r output ports is considered a channel and must be bound into the StreamStor controller before recording or playback will occur from that port By default the PCI bus is bound as both the input and out...
Страница 25: ...to the FPDP bus SS_FPDP_XMITMASTER SS_FPDP_RECVM_CLOCKS Table 5 lists the available clock speed settings that can be set using the function XLRSetPortClock TABLE 5 Clock settings Actual Clock speed Cl...
Страница 26: ...n please gather the information described below and report the problem to tech support by phone or through the Conduant web site Have you confirmed that no cabling has been inadvertently disconnected...
Страница 27: ...1 6 X F 2 U S E R M A N U A L Contacting Technical Support E mail support conduant com Web www conduant com Mail Conduant Corporation Technical Support 1501 South Sunset Street Suite C Longmont CO 80...
