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- Page 2 Getting 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.
- Page 3 Mexico 5 520 2635, Netherlands 0348 433466, Norway 32 84 84 00, Singapore 2265886, Spain 91 640 0085, Sweden 08 730 49 70, Switzerland 056 200 51 51, Taiwan 02 377 1200, U.K. 01635 523545 National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Austin, TX 78730-5039 Tel: (512) 794-0100...
- Page 4 90 days from date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace software media that do not execute programming instructions if National Instruments receives notice of such defects during the warranty period.
- Page 5 This device complies with the FCC rules only if used with shielded interface cables of suitable quality and construction. National Instruments used such cables to test this device and provides them for sale to the user. The use of inferior or nonshielded interface cables could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment under the...
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
Hardware Installation....................2-1 Setting up the VXIpc 800/700 ..................2-2 Windows Users....................2-2 DOS Users ...................... 2-3 VME Users ..................... 2-4 Device Interaction......................2-4 Chapter 3 Default Settings Customer Communication © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700... - Page 7 Table of Contents Glossary Index Tables Table 3-1. VXIpc 800 Series 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 Default Settings ........3-3 Table 3-5.
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Page 8: About This Manual
VXI/VME-MXI-2. • The Customer Communication appendix contains forms you can use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals. • The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, and symbols. -
Page 9: Conventions Used In This Manual
VXI controllers. Currently, this series consists of the VXIpc-740 and VXIpc-745. VXIpc 800 Series The terms VXIpc 800 Series and VXIpc-800 refer to a series of C-size, dual-slot, VXI controllers. Currently, this series consists of the VXIpc-850 and VXIpc-860, with various processors and in different speeds. -
Page 10: Related Documentation
ANSI/IEEE Standard 1014-1987, IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus: VMEbus • ANSI/IEEE Standard 1155-1993, IEEE VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation: VXIbus • ANSI/VITA 1-1994, VME64 • VXI-6, VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification, Rev. 1.0, VXIbus Consortium © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700... -
Page 11: Customer Communication
About This Manual Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive 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, this manual contains comment and configuration forms for you to complete. -
Page 12: Introduction
What You Need to Get Started VXIpc 800 Series or VXIpc 700 Series embedded controller (hereafter described together as the VXIpc 800/700 Series) VXIbus mainframe... -
Page 13: Software Description
Introduction All models in the VXIpc 800/700 Series are fully VXIplug&play compliant and can be used with PC-compatible software tools, the ® National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows /CVI application software, and the NI-VXI, NI-VISA, and NI-488.2 bus interface software. For in-depth details on the VXIpc 800/700 hardware (including a description of the differences between the various models in the series), consult the VXIpc 800/700 Series User Manual. -
Page 14: Software Configurations
Optional Software Your VXIpc 800/700 kit includes the NI-VXI bus interface software. In addition, you can use the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI application programs and instrument drivers to ease your programming tasks. These standardized programs match the modular virtual instrument capability of VXI and can reduce your VXI/VMEbus software development time. -
Page 15: Files And Directories Installed On Your Hard Drive
National Instruments software manuals, all in Adobe Acrobat format. To access any of these manuals, change your directory to and list the contents of that c:\images\manuals directory. - Page 16 Chapter 1 Introduction distribution disks of the manufacturers, so the naming conventions vary from peripheral to peripheral. Because the naming conventions may not be completely straightforward, National Instruments provides a text file named in the directory. The file explains drivers.txt images drivers.txt...
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Page 17: Setup
VXI system. For VXI systems that include VME devices, ensure that the VME devices are not configured in the upper 16 KB (starting from 0xC000) © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700... -
Page 18: Setting Up The Vxipc 800/700
VXIinit initialize the VXIpc 800/700. Similarly, you do not need to run under Windows NT unless fails. Proceed to VXIinit RESMAN step 2. Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700 © National Instruments Corporation... -
Page 19: Dos Users
User Window and Driver Window section in Chapter 3, NI-VXI Configuration Utility, in the NI-VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800/700 Series. Notice that if you are using a memory © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700... -
Page 20: Vme Users
With these utilities, you can interactively control VICtext your VXI/VME devices without having to use a conventional programming language, LabVIEW, or LabWindows/CVI. Try the following in VICtext At the prompt, type: help vxiinreg Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700 © National Instruments Corporation... - Page 21 For more information regarding operation and commands, refer to the NI-VXI Graphical Utilities Reference Manual. For more information regarding operation and commands, refer to VICtext the NI-VXI Text Utilities Reference Manual. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700...
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Page 22: Default Settings
The NI-VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800/700 Series contains more details about the NI-VXI software default settings and options. Table 3-1. VXIpc 800 Series Hardware Default Settings Hardware Component Default Setting S1—Ethernet EEPROM... -
Page 23: Table 3-2. Vxipc 700 Series Hardware Default Settings
Chapter 3 Default Settings Table 3-1. VXIpc 800 Series Hardware Default Settings (Continued) Hardware Component Default Setting W1—SCSI Termination Enabled W2—CMOS Clear CMOS not cleared W4—Parallel Port DMA Channel 1 Channel W13—Slot Detection Automatically detect slot Table 3-2. VXIpc 700 Series Hardware Default Settings... -
Page 24: Table 3-3. Logical Address Configuration Editor Default Settings
Table 3-4. Device Configuration Editor Default Settings Editor Field Default Setting Disabled System IRQ Level Servant Area Size Number of Handlers Number of Interrupters 0xFF0 Protocol Register 0x8448 Read Protocol Response © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700... -
Page 25: Table 3-5. Bus Configuration Editor Default Settings
Table 3-5. Bus Configuration Editor Default Settings Editor Field Default Setting Bus Timeout Enabled Automatic Retry Protocol Enabled on the VXIpc 800 Series Automatic VXI Slave Disabled on the VXIpc 700 Series Cycle Retry Disabled A24/A32 Slave Write Posting VXI Transfer Limit... -
Page 26: Table 3-6. Vxi/Vme-Mxi-2 Configuration Editor Default Settings
VXI/VME Fair Requester Enabled VXI/VME Arbiter Timeout Enabled MXI System Controller Auto MXI Bus Timeout Value 1 ms MXI Auto Retry Disabled MXI Transfer Limit Unlimited MXI Parity Checking Enabled © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700... - Page 27 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 amount of DRAM. Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700 © National Instruments Corporation...
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Page 28: Customer Communication
Electronic Services Bulletin Board Support National Instruments has BBS and FTP sites dedicated for 24-hour support with a collection of files and documents to answer most common customer questions. From these sites, you can also download the latest instrument drivers, updates, and example programs. For recorded instructions on how to use the bulletin board and FTP services and for BBS automated information, call (512) 795-6990. - Page 29 Telephone and Fax Support National Instruments has branch offices all over the world. Use the list below to find the technical support number for your country. If there is no National Instruments office in your country, contact the source from which you purchased your software to obtain support.
- Page 30 National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently. If you are using any National Instruments hardware or software products related to this problem, include the configuration forms from their user manuals. Include additional pages if necessary.
- Page 31 Complete a new copy of this form each time you revise your software or hardware configuration, and use this form as a reference for your current configuration. Completing this form accurately before contacting National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently.
- Page 32 Processor Speed_______________________________________________________________ DRAM SIMMs Installed _______________________________________________________ Slot Location ________________________________________________________________ W1 Setting: Slot 0 Detection ____________________________________________________ W3 Setting: CMOS ___________________________________________________________ W6 Setting: Ethernet EEPROM __________________________________________________ W7 Setting: MITE User/Factory Configuration _____________________________________ W10 Setting: MITE Self-Configuration ____________________________________________ W12 Setting: External Trigger Input Termination ___________________________________ NI-VXI Software Settings NI-VXI Software Version Number____________________________________________________ Using VXIedit or VXItedit? _________________________________________________________...
- Page 33 A24/A32 Slave Write Posting ________________________________________________________ VXI Transfer Limit ________________________________________________________________ Arbiter Type _____________________________________________________________________ Request Level ____________________________________________________________________ Fair Requester ____________________________________________________________________ Arbiter Timeout___________________________________________________________________ User Window Base ________________________________________________________________ User Window Size_________________________________________________________________ User Window Below 1 MB __________________________________________________________ Driver Window Base_______________________________________________________________ Driver Window Size _______________________________________________________________ Driver Window Below 1 MB ________________________________________________________ VXI/VME-MXI-2 Configuration Editor Settings (VXIedit) Logical Address ______________________________________________________________...
- Page 34 MXI Fair Requester ___________________________________________________________ MXI CLK10 Direction (VXI-MXI-2 only) _________________________________________ Other Products Computer make and model _________________________________________________________ Microprocessor __________________________________________________________________ Clock frequency or speed ___________________________________________________________ Type of video board installed _______________________________________________________ Operating system version ___________________________________________________________ Operating system mode ____________________________________________________________ Programming language ____________________________________________________________ Programming language version ______________________________________________________ Other boards in system ____________________________________________________________ Monitor (manufacturer, model) ______________________________________________________...
- Page 35 Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products. This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs. Title: Getting Started with Your VXIpc™ 800/700 Series Edition Date: April 1997 Part Number: 321123E-01 Please comment on the completeness, clarity, and organization of the manual.
- Page 36 A set of 2 n memory locations differentiated from other such sets in address space VXI/VMEbus systems by six addressing lines known as address modifiers. n is the number of address lines required to uniquely specify © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700...
- Page 37 Motorola ordering stores the most significant (MSB) byte or word first, followed by the least significant byte (LSB) or word. Intel ordering stores the LSB or word first, followed by the MSB or word. Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700 © National Instruments Corporation...
- Page 38 A region of address space that is decoded by the VXIpc 800/700 for use by the NI-VXI software See Data Transfer Bus. Emitter-Coupled Logic EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700...
- Page 39 A VMEbus functional module that detects interrupt requests generated by interrupters and responds to those requests by requesting status and identify information interrupt level The relative priority at which a device can interrupt IRQ* Interrupt signal Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700 © National Instruments Corporation...
- Page 40 These devices are able to use Word Serial Protocol to communicate with one another through communication registers. MITE A National Instruments custom ASIC, a sophisticated dual-channel DMA controller that incorporates the Synchronous MXI and VME64 protocols to achieve high-performance block transfer rates NI-VXI...
- Page 41 Register-based devices are typically controlled by message-based devices via device-dependent register reads and writes. RESMAN The name 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...
- Page 42 VMEbus System Controller functions, including clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane. Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device, the VMEbus/VXIbus backplane, or both. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700...
- Page 43 A mechanism that signifies that a device will immediately give a successful acknowledge to a write transfer and place the transfer in a local buffer. The device can then independently complete the write cycle to the destination. Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700 © National Instruments Corporation...
- Page 44 3-3 (table), 3-3 hard drive, files and directories, 1-4 to 1-5 device settings, viewing, 2-4 to 2-5 hardware default settings (table), 3-1 to 3-2 device type, 3-3 © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700...
- Page 45 DOS/Windows 3.1, 1-3 software Upgrade for Windows 95, 1-3 configurations, 1-3 Windows 95, 1-3 default settings Windows NT, 1-3 Bus Configuration Editor (table), 3-4 description, 1-2 Device Configuration Editor installation (table), 3-3 Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700 © National Instruments Corporation...
- Page 46 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 Windows 3.1 setup, 2-2 Windows 95/NT setup, 2-2 © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800/700...