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- Page 1 PC-HELPER Network Analyzer Bord for PCI VNA-300M-PCI User’s Guide CONTEC CO.,LTD.
- Page 2 Check Your Package Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC product. The product consists of the items listed below. Check, with the following list, that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer. Product Configuration List - Board [VNA-300M-PCI] …1...
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Page 3: Copyright
No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. CONTEC CO., LTD. makes no commitment to update or keep current the information contained in this document. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Step 3 Installing the Hardware ......................17 Turning on the PC ........................17 When Using the API-VNA(WDM) ....................17 Step 4 Checking and Changing the Initialization Setup ..............18 Step 5 Checking Operations with the Front Panel Software ............. 20 VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 5 CD-ROM Directory Structure ......................35 About Software for Windows ......................36 When using the API-VNA(WDM) ....................37 Accessing the Help File ......................37 Using Sample Programs ......................38 Uninstalling the Driver Libraries ...................... 39 ABOUT HARDWARE Hardware specification ........................43 VNA-300M-PCI...
- Page 6 Block Diagram ..........................46 Timing for Control Signal ......................... 47 Timing for Control Signal of Measurement function ................ 47 VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 8: Introduction
This enables you to immediately use the product without writing any programs. The front panel software has functions for diagnosing the status of the board and device drivers and for generating reports. VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 9 API-PAC (W32) driver library, which supports Windows, included A driver library in the form of Windows API functions is included to enable program development. VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 10: Support Software
1. Introduction Support Software You should use CONTEC support software according to your purpose and development environment. Windows version of digitizer driver API-VNA(WDM) [Stored on the bundled CD-ROM driver library API-PAC(W32)] The API-VNA(WDM) is the Windows version driver library software that provides products in the form of Win32 API functions (DLL). -
Page 11: Customer Support
You can download updated driver software and differential files as well as sample programs available in several languages. Note! For product information Contact your retailer if you have any technical question about a CONTEC product or need its price, delivery time, or estimate information. Limited Three-Years Warranty CONTEC products are warranted by CONTEC CO., LTD. -
Page 12: Safety Precautions
Otherwise, this product may malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure. Be sure that the personal computer power is turned off. Make sure that your PC or expansion unit can supply ample power to all the products installed. Insufficiently energized products could malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure. VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 13 Even when using the product continuously, be sure to read the manual and understand the contents. Do not modify the product. CONTEC will bear no responsibility for any problems, etc., resulting from modifying this product. Regardless of the foregoing statements, CONTEC is not liable for any damages whatsoever (including damages for loss of business profits) arising out of the use or inability to use this CONTEC product or the information contained herein.
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Page 14: Environment
(3) Store the package at room temperature at a place free from direct sunlight, moisture, shock, vibration, magnetism, and static electricity. Disposal When disposing of the product, follow the disposal procedures stipulated under the relevant laws and municipal ordinances. VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 15 1. Introduction VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 16: Setup
Step 3 Installing the Hardware Step 4 Checking and Changing the Initialization Setup Step 5 Checking Operations with the front panel software If Setup fails to be performed normally, see the “Setup Troubleshooting” section at the end of this chapter. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 17: Step 1 Installing The Software
Before installing the software in Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, Server 2003 log in as a user with administrator privileges. Select API-VNA(WDM) (1) The following dialog box appears to select “Driver to install” and “Install option”, “Usage of driver library”. VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 18 (2) Select the "Vector Network Analyzer Driver". (3) Click on the [Install] button. Run the installation (1) Complete the installation by following the instructions on the screen. (2) The Readme file appears when the installation is complete. You have now finished installing the software. VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 19: Step 2 Setting The Hardware
Note that the switches and jumpers setting shown below is the factory default. LED Indica tor STA TUS (Red) (Green) Setting the B oard ID Switch BOAR D ID Interface Connector Mode Switch (EX T R EF, OUT, IN, TRG) E XT REF Figure 2.1. Part Names VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 20: Setting The Board Id
Table 2.1. Mode switch DIP switch Details 1 (Reserved) 2 (MODE) Use this setting during normal operation. The product will start in loader mode. Use this mode when performing maintenance such as when the firmware no longer starts normally. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 21: Led Indicator
Setting to factory default Continuous Continuous values / Writing the flashing flashing firmware comes on comes on Error (Hardware error) *1 goes out goes out comes on goes out *1: Turn the computer off, and then turn it back on again. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 22: Plugging The Board
In the board there is a part with the possibility that the high voltage is applied to. Make sure that the board does not approach and does not come into contact with an inside cable of personal computer or others board. False action of others board or personal computer will be the reason of malfunction. VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 23 If +5V or +3.3V is not supplied from the PCI bus slot, board is not recognized from PC (”Found New Hardware Wizard” in the next page is not displayed.). In this case, change the expansion slot to be attached or PC to be installed. VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 24: Step 3 Installing The Hardware
[Recommended]" and then click the "Next" button. The wizard may not appear for some OS versions and instead the installation will start automatically. In this case, proceed to the software initial setup step. VNA VNA-300M-PCI You have now finished installing the hardware. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 25: Step 4 Checking And Changing The Initialization Setup
- VNA-300M-PCI (2) Hardware that was installed is registered under the CONTEC Devices tree. When you open the devices tree, hardware name that was installed is displayed. The character string of “VNA000” displayed in the right side of hardware name is the device name. - Page 26 (1) In Device Manager, double-click the device to display its property page. On the Setting tab, select [ON] or [OFF] for PI Circuit and set the reference clock, and then click [SET]. (2) After you finish configuring the settings, click [OK]. You have now finished installing the initial setting of Software. VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 27: Step 5 Checking Operations With The Front Panel Software
Operating the Front Panel Software Starting the front panel software Click the [Front Panel] button on the device property page to start the front panel. For more details on the using method of front panel software, refer to the API-VNA(WDM) HELP. VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 28 Click [Diagnosis Report] and then specify the folder to save the diagnosis report (text file). (2) The diagnosis report contains the following data. Version of OS Device Information (Device Name, Device description) File Information (file version, time stamp) Initialization, interrupts, current input or output state for each channel VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 29: Setup Troubleshooting
Check the return values of the API functions. Refer to the source code for the sample programs. The OS won’t normally get started or detect the device. Refer to the "Troubleshooting" section of API-VNA(WDM) HELP. If your problem cannot be resolved Contact your retailer. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 30: External Connection
(EXT REF), and a digital I/O connector (TRG). Interface Connector (EXT REF, OUT, IN, TRG) EXT REF EXT REF * Please refer to chapter 1 for more information on the supported cable and accessories. Figure 3.1. Interface Connector Shape VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 31: Connector Pin Assignment
Use the software to change the function of the terminal. Figure 3.2. Signal Arrangement of the Connectors (EXT REF, OUT, IN, and TRG) CAUTION Do not short the TRG terminal to ground. Doing so may lead to malfunctions. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 32: Connecting To The Device Under Test
Accurate measurements may not be possible if this product and the device under test (DUT) are affected by noise or if there is a large distance between this product and the device under test (DUT). The output from the OUT terminal is uncertain immediately after the computer starts (for a few seconds after the power turns on). VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 33: Transmission Measurement (When Using A Pi-Network Jig)
(DUT). An uncertain signal may be generated from the OUT terminal immediately after the computer starts (for a few seconds after the power turns on). VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 34: Reflection Measurement
Accurate measurements may not be possible if this product and the device under test are affected by noise or if there is a large distance between this product and the device under test. The output from the OUT terminal is uncertain immediately after the computer starts (for a few seconds after the power turns on). VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 35: Connecting The External Trigger Input Signal
You can use a 5V TTL or 5V CMOS signal for the input. When the power turns on, the TRG terminal is set as an input. Reference For the operation timing of trigger I/O signals, refer to "Timing for Control Signal" in "Chapter 6 About Hardware". VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 36: Connecting The Digital I/O Signals
Target Shield cable 10k SN74LVC245A 50 Output Ground Figure 3.8. Connecting the Digital Output CAUTION You can use a 5V TTL signal for the digital input. When the power turns on, the TRG terminal is set as an input. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 37: Connecting The Reference Clock Input Signal
When you have specified external reference clock input, if the applied reference clock does not meet the input specifications, the product will automatically switch to the internal clock. Reference For the input specifications of the external reference clock, refer to "Reference clock input" under "Hardware specification" in "Chapter 6 About Hardware". VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 38: Functions
Use a load that has a known value (Open, Thru, or Load) to compensate for errors caused by factors such as crosstalk, errors caused by impedance non-conformance between the signal source and the measurement terminal, and frequency response errors. Open Thru Load Figure 4.2. Transmission Full Calibration VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 39: Reflection Calibration
Use a load that has a known value (Open, Short, or Load) to compensate for errors caused by impedance non-conformance between the signal source and the measurement terminal and frequency response errors. C PL OUT I N Open Directinoal coupler Short Load Figure 4.3. Reflection Calibration VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 40: Measurement Procedure Overview
Start delay time Measurement parameters Sweep time Frequency range Start conditions Output level Stop conditions Number of measured points 4. Starting/stopping operation Start Stop 5. Status/data acquisition Status Number of data entries stored in memory Data acquisition 6. End processing VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 41: 1．Board Initial Settings
You can monitor the status and acquire data even while measurements are being performed. 6．End Processing To stop the operations being performed by this product, you have to perform device end processing. For details, refer to the "VnaExit" VNA driver reference in Help. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 42: About Software
|––AioWdm |––CntWdm |––VnaWdm |––…… | ––INF INF file for each driver |––WDM |––Aio |––Cnt |––Vna |––……. |–––LINUX LINUX driver | ––Readme Readme file for each driver | ––SOFTWARE Measurement software | ––UsersGuide Hardware User's Guide (PDF files) | ––UTILITY VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 43: About Software For Windows
The ability to stop sampling and to monitor the usage status of buffer memory For details, refer to the help file. The help file provides various items of information such as “Function Reference”, “Sample Programs”, and “FAQs”. Use them for program development and troubleshooting. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 44: When Using The Api-Vna(Wdm)
5. About Software When using the API-VNA(WDM) Accessing the Help File (1) Click on the [Start] button on the Windows taskbar. (2) From the Start Menu, select “Programs” – “CONTEC API-PAC(W32)” – “API-VNA(WDM)” – “API-VNA(WDM) HELP” to display help information. VNA-300M-PCI... -
Page 45: Using Sample Programs
The sample programs are stored in \Program Files\CONTEC\API-PAC(W32)\VNAWDM\Samples. Running a Sample Program (1) Click on the [Start] button on the Windows taskbar. (2) From the Start Menu, select “Programs” - “CONTEC API-PAC(W32)” - “API-VNA(WDM)” - “SAMPLE…”. (3) A sample program is invoked. -
Page 46: Uninstalling The Driver Libraries
[Device Manager] tab. (You can also open Device Manager by right clicking on My Computer and selecting Properties.) 2. All of the hardware that uses the API-TOOL(WDM) driver is registered under the CONTEC Devices tree. Open the device tree, select the hardware to uninstall, and then right-click the hardware. - Page 47 3. The [Confirm Device Uninstall] dialog box is displayed. Do not select the [Delete the driver software for this device] check box. Click [OK]. 4. In [Programs and Features] of [Control Panel], select [Windows Driver Package - CONTEC (cvna) Contec (XX/XX/XXXX X.X.X.X)], and then click [Uninstall/Change].
- Page 48 < Uninstall the device driver > Use [My Computer] - [Control Panel] - [Add and Remove Programs] to uninstall the device driver. Select [Windows driver package - CONTEC (cvna)] and then click [Change/Remove]. < Uninstall the development environment > Use [My Computer] - [Control Panel] - [Add and Remove Programs] to uninstall the development environment.
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Page 50: About Hardware
150MHz - 300MHz : 18.0dBp-p Sweep parameter: Frequency Range setting: Start/stop or center/span Sweep characteristics Sweep time: Max. 0.05ms/point (RBW 15kHz) Measurement points: Max. 1601 (Segment) Sweep trigger: Continuous, single Output : Single Output format Connector : SMA(Female), 50Ω VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 51 16MB × 1, 1MB × 1 region Power consumption +5V[1200mA (Max.)], +3.3V[2000mA (Max.)] Operating condition *3 0 - 50°C, 10 - 90%RH (No condensation) Bus specification PCI (32bit, 33MHz, Universal key shapes supported *4) Dimension (mm) 176.41(L) x 105.68(H) Weight 200g VNA-300M-PCI...
- Page 52 *4: This board requires power supply at +5V and +3.3V from an expansion slot (it does not work on a machine with a +3.3V power supply alone). Board Dimensions 176.41(L) 外形寸法の (L) は、基板の端から The standard outside dimension (L) is the distance スロットカバーの外側の面までの from the end of the board to the サイズです。 outer surface of the slot cover. [mm] VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 53: Block Diagram
6. About Hardware Block Diagram Figure 6.1 is a circuit block diagram of this product. EXT REF Port A Port R Oscillator (10MHz) Timing Oscillator Controller Local Oscillator FPGA Memory PCI BUS Figure 6.1. Block Diagram VNA-300M-PCI... - Page 54 Set up time of sampling start signal (Falling edge) nsec Hold time of sampling start signal (Falling edge) nsec *1: When digital filter is being used, the delay time is added by 4µsec. CAUTION All the model values are shown at the time of Table 6.2. VNA-300M-PCI...
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Page 55: Vna-300M-Pci
3-9-31, Himesato, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0025, Japan Japanese http://www.contec.co.jp/ English http://www.contec.com/ Chinese http://www.contec.com.cn/ No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. [03312014] [08202014] Management No. NA03660 Parts No. LYRW301...