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PXI-3920/3910 3U PXI System Controller User’s Manual Manual Revision: 2.00 Revision Date: January 29, 2008 Part No: 50-17028-2000 Advance Technologies; Automate the World. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Revision History Revision Release Date Description of Change(s) Document Created 2.00 2008/01/29 Initial Release Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Preface Copyright 2008 ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC. This document contains proprietary information protected by copy- right. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be repro- duced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual of the PXI systems Alliance. Realtek and ALC260 are trademarks of Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Yukon® is a registered trademark of Marvell Corporation. Product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Table of Contents PXI-3920/3910 ................i Revision History..............ii Preface ..................iii Copyright 2008 ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC....iii Disclaimer ...............iii Trademarks ..............iii Conventions ..............iv Getting Service ............... v Table of Contents..............vii List of Figures ................ xi List of Tables................
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual List of Tables Table 2-1: Peripheral Connectivity............ 6 Table 2-2: LED Indicators ............... 11 Table 2-3: Gigabit Ethernet LED Status Description....... 15 List of Tables xiii Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Introduction The PXI-3920 and PXI-3910 are ADLINK’s next generation 3U PXI system controllers designed to be the core of hybrid PXI- based testing systems. The PXI-3920 incorporates an Intel Pentium M 760 2.0 GHz processor and 915GME chipset to provide superior computing performance;...
User’s Manual 1.1 Features PXI specification Rev. 2.2 Compliant Scalable computing power Intel Pentium M 760 2.0 GHz processor (PXI-3920) Intel Celeron M 373 1.0 GHz processor (PXI-3910) On-board soldered CPU and memory to provide excellent shock and vibration resistance...
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 2.2 PXI-3920/3910 Specifications Form Factor • 3-slot 3U PXI Module • One system slot and two controller expansion slots Weight • 0.9 kg PXI-3920 • Intel Pentium M 760 2.0 GHz processor, 2 MB L2 cache, & 533 MHz FSB supported PXI-3910 •...
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Electromagnetic compatibility and Tests • Emissions: EN 55011 Class A • Immunity: EN 61326-1 CE Compliance • PXI-3920/3910 meet the requirements of applicable European Directives. Hardware Information Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The PXI trigger connector is a SMB connector and is used to route an external trigger signal to or from the PXI backplane. Trigger sig- nals are TTL compatible and edge sensitive. The PXI-3920/3910 provides four trigger routing modes from/to the PXI trigger connec-...
User’s Manual 2.4.2 DVI-I Connector The DVI-I connector is used to connect PXI-3920/3910 to the monitor. PXI-3920/3910 supports both digital (DVI) and analog (VGA) monitors. While connecting to an analog (VGA) monitor, you need to install the DVI-to-VGA adapter, which is shipped with PXI-3920/3910 controllers, on the DVI-I connector.
User’s Manual 2.4.3 GPIB Connector The GPIB connector on PXI-3920/3910 is a micro D-sub 25P con- nector and is used to control external bench-top instruments. You need the ACL-IEEE488-MD1 cable to connect PXI-3920/3910 and any instruments. The on-board GPIB controller has the following...
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 2.4.4 Reset Button The reset button is used to perform hard reset for PXI-3920/ 3910. You can use a pin-like object to push the reset button. 2.4.5 LED Indicators There are four LED indicators on the faceplate to indicate the operating status of the PXI-3920/3910.
User’s Manual 2.4.6 COM Ports The PXI-3920/3910 provides two COM ports on the faceplate in D-sub 9P connectors. These two serial ports are 16C550 UART compatible and support RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 by jumper selection. Please refer to section 2.6.2 for setting the COM ports.
User’s Manual 2.4.7 USB 2.0 Ports The PXI-3920/3910 provides four USB 2.0 ports via Type A USB connectors on the faceplate. All USB ports are compatible with high-speed, full-speed, and low-speed USB devices. The PXI-3920/3910 controller supports multiple boot devices, including USB flash drive, USB floppy, USB CD-ROM, etc.
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 2.4.8 Gigabit Ethernet Port The PXI-3920/3910 integrates two Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet controllers via X1 PCI-Express interface to provide dual Ethernet connectivity. The Ethernet controller supports the following features: x1 PCI Express interface with 2.5 GHz signaling...
The PXI-3920/3910 implements Intel High Definition audio using the Realtek ALC260 chip. The HD audio supports up to 24-bit, 192 Kbps high quality headphone/speaker output and line input. Users can access the audio jacks on the faceplate of PXI-3920/3910. Figure 2-10: High Definition Audio Ports Hardware Information...
User’s Manual 2.5.1 CompactFlash Socket The PXI-3920/3910 is equipped with a type II CompactFlash socket which is located on the first layer of the PCB (under the CPU core module). The CF interface supports both ATA and PIO modes. You can use a CF card as replacement of hard drive for better shock/vibration resistance.
User’s Manual 2.5.2 SATA Port The PXI-3920/3910 provides a SATA Gen. 1 port and is shipped with a pre-installed 2.5" SATA hard drive. The SATA host controller supports two modes of operation, the legacy mode using I/O space and AHCI mode using memory space.
User’s Manual 2.6.1 Clear CMOS (JP9) If you encounter an abnormal condition that causes PXI-3920/ 3910 to halt or fail to boot, clear the CMOS and restore the controller BIOS to its default settings. To clear the CMOS, locate the JP9 jumper on the board and shorten pin#2 and pin#3.
User’s Manual 2.6.2 COM1/COM2 Mode Settings (JP1/JP2/JP3/JP4/JP5/JP6) COM1 and COM2 on PXI-3920/3910 controllers support RS- 232, RS-422, and RS-485 specifications. JP1, JP2, JP3, JP4, JP5, and JP6 are used set the operation mode of COM1 and COM2. Please refer to the following table for mode settings.
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Getting Started This chapter illustrates how to install PXI-3920/PXI-3910 into your PXI system. Additional hardware installations are also discussed. 3.1 Installation Environment Whenever unpacking and preparing to install any equipment described in this manual, please refer to the Important Safety Instructions chapter of this manual.
3.1.1 Compatible Chassis The PXI-3920/3910 implements rear I/O functions for inter-chassis signal transmissions. Before installing the PXI-3920/3910, please make sure your PXI chassis is compatible with PXI-3920/3910. You can use the following PXI chassis with PXI-3920/3910. ADLINK PXIS-2506 ADLINK PXIS-2508 ADLINK PXIS-2558T-B (See section 3.9 for details)
3.2 Package Contents Before continuing, check the package contents for any damage and check if the following items are included in the packaging. PXI-3920 PXI-3920 Controller (equipped with CPU, RAM and HDD) USB-to-PS2 KB/MS cable DVI-to-VGA adapter User's Guide ADLINK All-In-One CD...
2. Push down (loosen) the ejector/injector handle of the PXI-3920/3910 controller. 3. Align the controller's top and bottom edges to the card guides, then carefully slide the PXI-3920/3910 into the chassis. Getting Started Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 4. Pull up the ejector/injector handle until the PXI-3920/ 3910 is properly connected to the chassis backplane. 5. Fasten the screws on the faceplate of PXI-3920/3910, and then connect all peripheral devices to the PXI-3920/ 3910 controller.
User’s Manual 3.4 Hard Drive Replacement By default, the PXI-3920/3910 PXI controller is shipped with a 2.5" 80 GB SATA hard drive pre-installed. For users who need to change the SATA hard drive or use a solid state disk (SSD) as the replacement hard drive, please follow the instructions below.
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SATA Board-to-Board connector. 4. To replace the HD with your choice of solid state hard drive or other compatible SATA hard drive, follow the revers steps, and re-install the PXI-3920/3910 to your PXI system. Getting Started...
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 3.5 CompactFlash card installation The PXI-3920/3910 provides a CompactFlash Type II socket to accommodate a CF card as a replacement hard drive. You can also install a SATA hard drive and CF card simultaneously and set the boot device preferences in BIOS (refer to section 3.8 for details).
BIOS setup program includes menus for configuring settings and enabling PXI-3920/3910 controller features. Most users do not need to use the BIOS setup program, as the PXI-3920/3910 con- troller ships with default settings that work well for most configura- tions.
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Read the release notes and installation documentation provided by the operating system vendor. Be sure to read all the README files or documents provided on the NOTE: NOTE: distribution disks, as these typically note documentation discrepancies or compatibility problems.
User’s Manual 3.8 Setting PXI-3920/3910 Boot Devices The PXI-3920/3910 controller by default boots up from the SATA hard drive. However, you can also set a USB device or a CF card as the boot device in BIOS. Please follow the instructions below to set the boot device of PXI-3920/3910.
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Connect the USB CD-ROM drive via a USB port on the faceplate. Put a bootable CD in the USB CD-ROM Drive. Power on the PXI-3920/3910 and enter BIOS to modify the setting of boot device as following: [Advanced BIOS Features] » [First Boot Device] » [USB-...
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Boot from USB external hard drive Connect a bootable USB external hard drive via a USB port on the faceplate. Power on the PXI-3920/3910 and enter BIOS to modify the setting of boot device as following: [Advanced BIOS Features] » [First Boot Device] » [Hard Disk] [Advanced BIOS Features] »...
LCD display and warrants special BIOS configurations to properly operate the system controller. The PXI-3920/3910 controller supports a rear I/O option. The rear I/O option is designed to operate with a matching rear transition module which provides internal chassis I/O, including video sig- nals, USB signals, etc.
4.1 Chipset Drivers This section describes the procedure to install the chipset driver of PXI-3920/3910. The chipset driver outlines to the operating system how to configure the Intel 915GME chipset components in order to ensure that the following features func-...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual One of the following operating systems must be fully installed and running on the system before installing this software: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition* Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition* Microsoft Windows XP...
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 4.2 Graphics Driver The PXI-3920/3910 controller is equipped with Intel GMA 900 graphic media accelerator integrated in the Intel 915GME Express Chipset. The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver package supports the following operating systems: Windows 2000 Windows XP Please follow the following steps to install graphics drivers for PXI-3920/3910.
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 4.3 Ethernet Drivers The PXI-3920/3910 controller integrates two Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet controllers to provide connectivity for LAN or LXI instruments. Please follow the following steps to install Ethernet drivers for PXI-3920/3910: For Windows 2000 Users: After booting the Windows system, there are two unidenti- fied Ethernet controllers listed in the Device Manager.
PXI-3920/3910. The PXI-3920/3910 controller supports Intel High Definition audio using Realtek ALC260 chip, which provides up to 24-bit, 192 Kbps high quality audio input/output. Please follow the following steps to install audio driver for PXI-3920/3910. For Windows 2000 and XP users: 1. Close any running application.
4. Reboot your system. 4.5 GPIB Driver The PXI-3920/3910 controller features the on-board GPIB con- troller to provide connectivity between PXI and GPIB instru- ments. To use the GPIB controller, you need to install the ADLINK GPIB driver package for Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The driver package also contains function libraries and a utility to interact with GPIB instruments.
You need to install the WDT driver to program the WDT. Please follow the following steps to install GPIB driver for PXI-3920/ 3910 (for information on programming the watchdog timer, please refer to Appendix B).
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Appendix A: PXI Trigger I/O Function Reference This appendix describes the usage of the PXI trigger I/O function library for PXI-3920/3910 controllers. Users can use the function library to program the routing of the trigger signal between the trig- ger I/O SMB connector on the faceplate and the PXI trigger bus on the backplane.
User’s Manual A.2 Function TRIG_Init @ Description Initializes the trigger I/O function of the PXI-3920/3910 control- ler. TRIG_Init must be called before the invocation of any other trigger I/O function. TRIG_Init does not reset the current trigger routing. @ Supported controllers...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual TRIG_Close @ Description Closes the trigger I/O function of PXI-3920/3910 controller. This function releases the resources allocated for the trigger I/ O function. Users must invoke TRIG_Close before exiting the application. @ Supported controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910, PXI-3800...
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Generates a TTL trigger signal to the trigger I/O SMB connec- tor on the faceplate or the PXI trigger bus on the backplane via software command. @ Supported controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910, PXI-3800 @ Syntax C/C++ I16 TRIG_SetSoftTrg(U8 Status) Visual Basic...
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PXI trigger bus on the backplane. This function also allows routing the software-generated trigger signal to SMB connector or trigger bus. @ Supported controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910, PXI-3800 @ Syntax C/C++ I16 TRIG_Trigger_Route (U32 source, U32 dest, U32...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual dest Destination Trigger Routing. Available value Description PXI_TRIG_VAL_SMB SMB connector on the faceplate PXI_TRIG_VAL_TRIG0 PXI trigger bus #0 PXI_TRIG_VAL_TRIG1 PXI trigger bus #1 PXI_TRIG_VAL_TRIG2 PXI trigger bus #2 PXI_TRIG_VAL_TRIG3 PXI trigger bus #3 PXI_TRIG_VAL_TRIG4 PXI trigger bus #4...
Appendix B: Watchdog Timer Function Reference This appendix describes the usage of the watchdog timer (WDT) function library for the PXI-3920/3910 controller. Watch- dog timer is a hardware mechanism to reset the system in case the operating system or an application halts. After starting watchdog timer, you need to periodically reset the watchdog timer in the application before the timer expires.
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual B.1 Function InitWDT @ Description Initializes the watchdog timer function of PXI-3920/3910 con- trollers. InitWDT must be called before the invocation of any other WDT function. @ Supported controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910 @ Syntax C/C++ BOOL InitWDT() Visual Basic...
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Sets the timeout value of watchdog timer. The timeout value should be given in seconds. Users should call ResetWDT or StopWDT before the expiration of the watchdog timer, or the system will be reset. @ Supported controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910 @ Syntax C/C++ BOOL SetWDT(unsigned long second) Visual Basic...
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Starts the watchdog timer function. Once the StartWDT is invoked, the watchdog timer countdown starts. Users should call ResetWDT or StopWDT before the expiration of the watch- dog timer, or the system will be reset. @ Supported Controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910 @ Syntax C/C++ BOOL StartWDT() Visual Basic...
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SetWDT function. Users should call ResetWDT or StopWDT before the expiration of the watchdog timer, or the system will be reset. @ Supported Controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910 @ Syntax C/C++ BOOL ResetWDT() Visual Basic...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual StopWDT @ Description Stops the watchdog timer. @ Supported Controllers PXI-3920, PXI-3910 @ Syntax C/C++ BOOL StopWDT() Visual Basic StopWDT() As Boolean @ Parameters None @ Return Codes TRUE if watchdog timer is successfully stopped. FALSE if watchdog timer is failed to stop.
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Important Safety Instructions For user safety, please read and follow all instructions, WARNINGS, CAUTIONS, and NOTES marked in this manual and on the associated equipment before handling/operating the equipment. Read these safety instructions carefully. Keep this user’s manual for future reference.
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Never attempt to fix the equipment. Equipment should only be serviced by qualified personnel. A Lithium-type battery may be provided for uninterrupted, backup or emergency power. RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONS.
PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual Warranty Policy Thank you for choosing ADLINK. To understand your rights and enjoy all the after-sales services we offer, please read the follow- ing carefully. 1. Before using ADLINK’s products please read the user manual and follow the instructions exactly. When send-...
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PXI-3920/3910 User’s Manual 3. Repair service is not covered by ADLINK's two-year guarantee in the following situations: Damage caused by not following instructions in the User's Manual. Damage caused by carelessness on the user's part during product transportation. Damage caused by fire, earthquakes, floods, lightening, pollution, other acts of God, and/or incorrect usage of volt- age transformers.
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