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Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700

Index

A

A24/A32 slave write posting, 3-4
address space, 3-3
arbiter timeout, 3-4
arbiter type, 3-4
automatic retry protocol, 3-4
automatic VXI slave cycle retry, 3-4

B

Below 1 MB (DOS), 2-3
bulletin board support, A-1
Bus Configuration Editor, 2-3
bus timeout value, 3-4
byte swapping, 3-3

C

CLK10, 3-1
CMOS Clear, 3-2
configuration. See setup.
customer communication, x, A-1 to A-2

D

default settings

Bus Configuration Editor (table), 3-4
Device Configuration Editor (table), 3-3
hardware default settings (table), 3-1

to 3-2

Logical Address Configuration Editor 

(table), 3-3

device settings, viewing, 2-4 to 2-5
device type, 3-3

directories on hard drive, 1-4 to 1-5
documentation

conventions used in manual, viii
how to use documentation set, viii
manuals directory, 1-4
organization of manual, vii
related documentation, ix

DOS setup, 2-3
driver window, 2-3, 3-4
drivers.txt file, 1-5

E

electronic support services, A-1 to A-2
e-mail support, A-2
Ethernet EEPROM, 3-1, 3-2

F

fair requester, 3-4
fax and telephone support, A-2
Fax-on-Demand support, A-2
files on hard drive, 1-4 to 1-5
FTP support, A-1

G

GPIB circuitry interrupt, 3-1

H

handlers, number of, 3-3
hard drive, files and directories, 1-4 to 1-5
hardware default settings (table), 3-1 to 3-2

Содержание VXIpc 800 Series

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Страница 2: ...etting Started with Your VXIpc 800 700 Series Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800 700 April 1997 Edition Part Number 321123E 01 Copyright 1996 1997 National Instruments Corporation All Rights Reserved...

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Страница 5: ...l area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notices to User Changes or modifications not expressly approved by...

Страница 6: ...tion ix Customer Communication x Chapter 1 Introduction What You Need to Get Started 1 1 Hardware Description 1 1 Software Description 1 2 Software Configurations 1 3 Optional Software 1 3 Files and D...

Страница 7: ...ies Hardware Default Settings 3 1 Table 3 2 VXIpc 700 Series Hardware Default Settings 3 2 Table 3 3 Logical Address Configuration Editor Default Settings 3 3 Table 3 4 Device Configuration Editor Def...

Страница 8: ...irectory structure on your hard drive Chapter 2 Setup contains basic instructions for setting up the VXIpc 800 700 and the NI VXI software Chapter 3 Default Settings summarizes the hardware and softwa...

Страница 9: ...names of disk drives paths directories programs subprograms subroutines device names functions variables filenames and extensions VXIpc 700 Series The terms VXIpc 700 Series and VXIpc 700 refer to a s...

Страница 10: ...epts of VXI and prepares you for detailed explanations of the NI VXI functions Study the descriptions of each function given in the NI VXI Programmer Reference Manual to fully understand the purpose a...

Страница 11: ...your comments on our products and manuals We are interested in the applications you develop with our products and we want to help if you have problems with them To make it easy for you to contact us...

Страница 12: ...eries Monitor with VGA or better resolution NI VXI software media for the VXIpc 800 700 Series The NI VXI software is already installed on your VXIpc 800 700 computer It is also included on disk in th...

Страница 13: ...ware kit gives you accessibility to the industry standard NI 488 2 software for controlling external GPIB instruments through the GPIB port on the front panel or through a PCMCIA GPIB card on models t...

Страница 14: ...can run only 32 bit applications with this driver You cannot use this driver in conjunction with either NI VXI for DOS Windows 3 1 or the NI VXI Upgrade for Windows 95 to run 16 bit applications Appl...

Страница 15: ...l in Adobe Acrobat format To access any of these manuals change your directory to c images manuals and list the contents of that directory You will see several directories one corresponding to each pe...

Страница 16: ...tions vary from peripheral to peripheral Because the naming conventions may not be completely straightforward National Instruments provides a text file named drivers txt in the images directory The dr...

Страница 17: ...guration please refer to the VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual for information about the hardware or to the NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series for information about the NI VXI software...

Страница 18: ...are Installation in the NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series Windows Users At Windows 95 NT 3 x startup you are prompted to insert a disk to configure the system for LabVIEW or LabWindo...

Страница 19: ...sed section of the Upper Memory region usually 0xC800 to 0xE800 Notice that this memory cannot be used by another device such as a plug in card or memory manager such as EMM386 EXE This placement is v...

Страница 20: ...the various device specific VME address spaces and VME interrupt lines For more information on configuring non VXI devices in your VXI system refer to the description of the Non VXI Device Configurati...

Страница 21: ...w want to read the configuration registers from other VXI devices in your system using the command vxiinreg This command accesses only the upper 16 KB of A16 space Try reading the registers from one o...

Страница 22: ...r kit Refer to the VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual for more detailed information about the hardware default settings and options The NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series contains more...

Страница 23: ...Series Hardware Default Settings Hardware Component Default Setting W1 Slot detection Automatically detect slot W3 CMOS Clear CMOS not cleared W6 Ethernet EEPROM Enabled Do not alter this setting W7 M...

Страница 24: ...ared RAM Size 0 KB Shared RAM Pool 0 KB Lower Half Window Byte Swapping Disabled non swapped Upper Half Window Byte Swapping Disabled non swapped Map Upper and Lower Halves to Same Address Disabled Re...

Страница 25: ...try Protocol Enabled Automatic VXI Slave Cycle Retry Enabled on the VXIpc 800 Series Disabled on the VXIpc 700 Series A24 A32 Slave Write Posting Disabled VXI Transfer Limit 256 Arbiter Type Priority...

Страница 26: ...ce A24 Requested Memory 16 KB A16 Write Posting Disabled A24 A32 Write Posting Disabled Interlocked Mode Disabled VXI VME System Controller Auto VXI VME Bus Timeout Value 125 s VXI VME Auto Retry Disa...

Страница 27: ...quester Disabled MXI CLK10 Signal Direction Set by hardware switch VXI MXI 2 only Assumes no DRAM is installed If DRAM is installed the Address Space would be A32 and Requested Memory would match the...

Страница 28: ...se systems does not answer your questions we offer fax and telephone support through our technical support centers which are staffed by applications engineers Electronic Services National Instruments...

Страница 29: ...urce from which you purchased your software to obtain support Telephone Fax Australia 03 9879 5166 03 9879 6277 Austria 0662 45 79 90 0 0662 45 79 90 19 Belgium 02 757 00 20 02 757 03 11 Canada Ontari...

Страница 30: ...______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ National Instruments hardware product model ________________ Revision ___...

Страница 31: ...__________________________ W2 Setting CMOS ____________________________________________________________ W4 Setting LPT1 DMA ________________________________________________________ W13 Setting Slot 0...

Страница 32: ...________________________________ VXI Shared RAM Size _____________________________________________________________ Shared RAM Pool_________________________________________________________________ Byte...

Страница 33: ...pace ________________________________________________________________ Requested Memory ____________________________________________________________ A16 Write Posting __________________________________...

Страница 34: ...ion ___________________________________________________________ Operating system mode ____________________________________________________________ Programming language ________________________________...

Страница 35: ..._____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________...

Страница 36: ...address space equivalent to the VME 16 MB standard address space A32 space VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 4 GB extended address space address Character code that identifies a specific loca...

Страница 37: ...f bused connectors called J1 J2 and J3 BERR Bus error signal BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS functions are the fundamental level of any PC or compatible computer BIOS functions embody the basic op...

Страница 38: ...e device type model manufacturer address space and memory requirements In order to support automatic system and memory configuration the VXIbus specification requires that all VXIbus devices have a se...

Страница 39: ...use of the bus G GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus IEEE 488 H hex hexadecimal the numbering system with base 16 using the digits 0 to 9 and letters A to F Hz hertz cycles per second I IEEE Institute...

Страница 40: ...Device message based device An intelligent device that implements the defined VXIbus registers and communication protocols These devices are able to use Word Serial Protocol to communicate with one a...

Страница 41: ...me of the National Instruments Resource Manager in NI VXI bus interface software See Resource Manager Resource Manager A message based Commander located at Logical Address 0 which provides configurati...

Страница 42: ...Either TTL or ECL lines used for intermodule communication TTL Transistor Transistor Logic U user window A region of address space reserved by the VXIpc 800 700 Series for use via the NI VXI low level...

Страница 43: ...tion generated by the Resource Manager VXIinit A program in the NI VXI bus interface software package that initializes the board interrupts shared RAM VXI register configurations and bus configuration...

Страница 44: ...dware default settings table 3 1 to 3 2 Logical Address Configuration Editor table 3 3 device settings viewing 2 4 to 2 5 device type 3 3 directories on hard drive 1 4 to 1 5 documentation conventions...

Страница 45: ...2 NI VXI software configurations 1 3 DOS Windows 3 1 1 3 Upgrade for Windows 95 1 3 Windows 95 1 3 Windows NT 1 3 description 1 2 installation DOS 2 3 Windows 95 NT 3 1 2 2 Non VXI Device Configuratio...

Страница 46: ...I shared RAM size 3 3 VXI transfer limit 3 4 VXIbus system controller 2 1 VXIedit VXIedit utility DOS setup 2 3 Resource Manager Display 2 4 to 2 5 VME devices 2 4 VXIinit utility DOS setup 2 3 Window...

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