Host Pc Connection; Pci Express Interface; Using Several Units; Using Several Digitizers From A Single Application - Teledyne ADQ8-4X Manual

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HOST PC CONNECTION

8.1 PCI Express interface

The MTCA, and PXIE versions of the digitizer use PCI Express generation 1 and 2 electrical interface
to communicate with the host PC. The PCIe version of the digitizer support up to 8 lanes and the MTCA
version support up to 4 lanes.

8.2 Using several units

8.2.1

Using several digitizers from a single application.

Several digitizers can be connected to the same PC.
Each unit is then available and can be accessed individually.
Each software command contains a pointer to the control unit for all ADQ digitizers and an instance
number that points out the current ADQ.
To identify a specific unit, read the serial number
the instance number and a physical unit.
The record header (Table
card. This gives a mapping between physical unit and data.
8.2.2

Using several digitizers from a several applications.

When several separate applications or threads are used for talking to different digitizers the commands
and
ListDevices OpenDevice
able digitizers to the same application.
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