Step 4: Installing The Cabling; Step 5: Installing The Software - Pentek 7858 Getting Started Manual

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Step 4: Installing the Cabling

Connect a cable for each input and output your application requires to the Model 7158
PMC front panel SMC microminiature coaxial connectors. These are labeled CH 1 and
CH 2 IN: one for each ADC input channel, and CH 1 and CH 2 OUT: one for each DAC
output channel. The other cabling you install on the Model 7158 PMC front panel
depends on how you want to handle timing and synchronization (see Timing and Syn−
chronization). Multiple modules can be synchronized via the 26−pin sync bus connec−
tors (SYNC) using a ribbon cable. The bus format is compatible with other Pentek PMC
modules and can be used with Pentek's Clock/Sync Distribution Amplifier products
for creating larger, multi−channel systems.
NOTE:
Note that if you transfer a new configuration for the Virtex−5 FPGAs on the Model
7158, you will use a Xilinx download cable as described in Sections 2.3 and 2.4 of the
Pentek Model 4953−158−083/084/085/087 User's Manual (807.71580).

Step 5: Installing the Software

ReadyFlow Software
Pentek's ReadyFlow Libraries are software packages designed to provide software
development tools for specific Pentek products on specific operating systems or plat−
forms. The installation procedure is different for each platform:
Linux − The installation steps can be summarized as follows:
• Installing ReadyFlow in a Linux system
• Installing WinDriver (required to run example programs)
• Building the ReadyFlow example programs
• Building the ReadyFlow board support libraries
Full procedures are in Chapter 2 of the Model 4994A Option 156 User's Guide (816.71560).
Windows − You must install the ReadyFlow package BEFORE you attempt to boot the
Model 7158 under Windows. The installation steps can be summarized as follows:
• Installing ReadyFlow in a Windows system
• Initializing the hardware in Windows (responding to the New Hardware Wizard)
• Building the ReadyFlow example programs
• Building the ReadyFlow board support libraries
Full procedures are in Chapter 2 of the Model 4995A Option 156 User's Guide (815.71560).
Rev. C
When connecting LVPECL Sync Bus pins to additional 7158 PMC modules,
the LVPECL pins on the LAST unit must be terminated. Pentek includes a
terminating board, part # 002.71504, with your shipment for this purpose.
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