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M2i.60xx / M2i.60xx-exp Manual
Card Control Center
Software
Hardware information
Through the control center you can easily get the main information about all
the installed Spectrum hardware. For each installed card there is a separate
tree of information available. The picture shows the information for one in-
stalled card by example. This given information contains:
• Basic information as the type of card, the production date and it’s serial
number, as well as the installed memory, the hardware revision of the
base card, the number of available channels and installed acquisition
modules
• Information about the maximum sampling clock and the available quartz
clock sources.
• The installed features/options in a sub-tree. The shown card is equipped
by example with the option Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Times-
tamp and ABA-mode.
• Detailed Information concerning the installed acquisition modules. In
case of the shown analog acquisition card the information consists of the
module’s hardware revision, of the converter resolution and the last cali-
bration date as well as detailed information on the available analog
input ranges, offset compensation capabilities and additional features of
the inputs.
Firmware information
Another sub-tree is informing about the cards firmware version. As all
Spectrum cards consist of several programmable components, there is
one firmware version per component.
Nearly all of the components firmware can be updated by software. The
only exception is the configuration device, which only can receive a fac-
tory update.
The procedure on how to update the firmware of your Spectrum card
with the help of the card control center is described in a dedicated sec-
tion later on
Driver information
The Spectrum card control center also offers a way to gather information on
the installed and used Spectrum driver.
The information on the driver is available through a dedicated tab, as the pic-
ture is showing in the example.
The provided information informs about the used type, distinguishing be-
tween Windows or Linux driver and the 32 bit or 64 bit type.
It also gives direct information about the version of the installed Spectrum kernel driver and the library (*.dll under Windows).
The information given here can also be found under Windows using the control panel. For details in driver details within the control panel
please stick to the section on driver installation in your hardware manual.
