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VXI Technology EX2500 Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality new and certified-used/pre-owned equipment SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT • FAST SHIPPING AND DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess, underutilized, and idle used equipment at our full-service, in-house repair center We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins •...
  • Page 2 EX2500 LXI-VXI S NTERFACE UICK TART UIDE P/N: 82-0115-001 Rev: May 23, 2006 VXI Technology, Inc. 2031 Main Street Irvine, CA 92614-6509 (949) 955-1894...
  • Page 3 VXI Technology, Inc. EX2500 Preface...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Agilent VISA as Secondary VISA Installation Path ..................9 VISA VISA ........................10 GILENT RIMARY VISA Installation..............................10 EX2500 Driver Installation..........................14 Add the EX2500 Interface to Agilent VISA.......................16 VISA VISA ........................21 GILENT ECONDARY VISA Installation..............................21 EX2500 Driver Installation..........................25 Configure NI-VISA for Use with Agilent VISA ....................27 Add the EX2500 Interface to Agilent VISA.......................28...

  • Page 5: Certification

    VXI Technology, Inc. shall not be liable for injury to property other than the goods themselves. Other than the limited warranty stated above, VXI Technology, Inc. makes no other warranties, express or implied, with respect to the quality of product beyond the description of the goods on the face of the contract.

  • Page 6: Declaration Of Conformity

    RODUCT ONFIGURATIONS VXI Technology, Inc. declares that the aforementioned product conforms to the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the EMC Directive 89/366/EEC (inclusive 93/68/EEC) and carries the “CE” mark accordingly. The product has been designed and manufactured...

  • Page 7: Eneral Afety Nstructions

    VXI Technology, Inc. ENERAL AFETY NSTRUCTIONS Review the following safety precautions to avoid bodily injury and/or damage to the product. These precautions must be observed during all phases of operation or service of this product. Failure to comply with these precautions, or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual, violates safety standards of design, manufacture, and intended use of the product.

  • Page 8: Warnings

    To avoid damage and potential loss of phone service, ensure that Connect Cables Properly the RJ-45 connector on the front panel of the EX2500 is not connected to a standard telephone jack. This should only be connected to a network interface card, network router, or network hub.

  • Page 9: Support Resources

    VXI Technology, Inc. UPPORT ESOURCES Support resources for this product are available on the Internet and at VXI Technology customer support centers. VXI Technology World Headquarters VXI Technology, Inc. 2031 Main Street Irvine, CA 92614-6509 Phone: (949) 955-1894 Fax: (949) 955-3041...

  • Page 10: Section 1

    Agilent VISA as Primary VISA Installation Path If Agilent VISA revision 14.1 or later is installed on the PC that will be connected to the EX2500, go to page 14. If a different version of Agilent VISA is installed on the host PC, go to page 10 to install revision 14.1.

  • Page 11: Agilent Visa As Primary Visa

    RIMARY VISA I NSTALLATION 1) Start installation of Agilent VISA. From the VXI Technology, Inc. Distribution CD, run the program iolibs_suite_14_1_8016_0.exe (or later). At the Welcome screen, click the Next button. 2) At the License Agreement dialog box, click on the “accept” radio button to accept the license agreement, and then click Next to continue.
  • Page 12 4) At the Install Agilent VISA dialog box, a prompt appears asking if Agilent VISA will be installed as the primary VISA. Ensure that “Install Agilent VISA as primary VISA” is selected, and then click the Next button. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 13 6) At the Select Features dialog box, a summary of features that will be installed is provided. Make certain that the “Agilent VISA as primary VISA” check box is selected. Once this has been verified, click the Next button to continue. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 14 8) Once Agilent VISA installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Complete dialog box will appear. As the EX2500 driver must be installed before the Agilent Connection Expert can be used, ensure that both check boxes on this dialog box are not selected. Click the Finish button to complete VISA installation.

  • Page 15: Ex2500 Driver Installation

    EX2500_Driver_R1p0p0.msi (or later). At the Welcome dialog box, click the Next button. 2) From the Select Installation Folder dialog box, select an appropriate radio button according to host PC demands. No changes are required in the Folder field. Click the Next button to proceed. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 16 3) At the Confirm Installation dialog box, click the Next button. 4) Click the close button and continue to Add the EX2500 Interface to Agilent VISA. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 17: Add The Ex2500 Interface To Agilent Visa

    Start Menu via the path Start > All Programs > Agilent IO Libraries Suite > Agilent Connection Expert. 2) From the Connection Expert main window, click the “Add an interface” link in the Task Guide field. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 18 Network on the configuration window. This software utility will search for EX2500s. If the EX2500 is connected directly to the Network Interface Card (NIC) in the host system, the EX2500 software will automatically assign a link-local IP address based on the MAC address of the module.
  • Page 19 5) Connection Expert will display the IP address of all EX2500s discovered on the network. Clicking LEDs runs a test on the LEDs of the highlighted EX2500 causing the Link Status LEDs to blink in a “leap-frog pattern”. An additional dialog box will appear asking if this is the correct module.
  • Page 20 If a MXI-2 interface will be installed into a mainframe after an EX2500 has been installed, the EX2500 should have its VISA interface ID reassigned if its ID is VXI0. If this is not done, it will cause the I/O software to perform improperly and make accessing the EX2500 impossible.
  • Page 21 VXI Technology, Inc. 6) The Slot 0 interface to the EX2500 should now appear in the Instrument I/O on this PC field. The adjacent field contains buttons that allow for EX2500 properties to be changed and provide access to the built-in web interface.

  • Page 22: Agilent Visa As Secondary Visa

    ECONDARY VISA I NSTALLATION 1) Start installation of Agilent VISA. From the VXI Technology, Inc. Distribution CD, run the program iolibs_suite_14_1_8016_0.exe (or later). At the Welcome screen, click the Next button. 2) At the License Agreement dialog box, click on the “accept” radio button to accept the license agreement, and then click Next to continue.
  • Page 23 4) At the Install Agilent VISA dialog box, a prompt appears asking if Agilent VISA will be installed as the primary VISA. Ensure that “Install Agilent VISA as primary VISA” is not selected, and the click the Next button. The screenshot below is from a system with NI-VISA already installed. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 24 5) No changes are required at the Choose Destination Location dialog box. Click the Next button to continue. 6) At the Select Features dialog box, a summary of features that will be installed is provided. Ensure that the “Agilent VISA as primary VISA” check box is not selected. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 25 8) Once Agilent VISA installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Complete dialog box will appear. As the EX2500 driver must be installed before the Agilent Connection Expert can be used, ensure that both check boxes on this dialog box are no selected. Click the Finish button to complete VISA installation.

  • Page 26: Ex2500 Driver Installation

    EX2500_Driver_R1p0p0.msi (or later). At the Welcome dialog box, click the Next button. 2) From the Select Installation Folder dialog box, select an appropriate radio button according to host PC demands. No changes are required in the Folder field. Click the Next button to proceed. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 27 VXI Technology, Inc. 3) At the Confirm Installation dialog box, click the Next button. 4) Click the close button and go to Configure NI-VISA for Use with Agilent VISA. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 28: Configure Ni-Visa For Use With Agilent Visa

    2) When the NI Passport Registry Editor dialog box appears, ensure that the NiVisaTulip.dll check box is selected. Click Apply, and then click OK. 3) A warning will appear, indicating that MAX must be restarted for changes to take effect. Click OK, then close MAX. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 29: Add The Ex2500 Interface To Agilent Visa

    Start Menu via the path Start > All Programs > Agilent IO Libraries Suite > Agilent Connection Expert. 2) From the Connection Expert main window, click the “Add an interface” link in the Task Guide field. EX2500 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 30 Search Local Network on the configuration window. This software utility will search for EX2500s. If the EX2500 is connected directly to the NIC in the host controller, the EX2500 software will automatically assign an IP address based on the MAC address of the module.
  • Page 31 5) Connection Expert will display the IP address of all EX2500s discovered on the network. Clicking LEDs runs a test on the LEDs of the highlighted EX2500 causing the MODE LEDs to blink in a “leap-frog pattern.” An additional dialog box will appear asking if this is the correct module.
  • Page 32 If a MXI-2 interface will be installed into a mainframe after an EX2500 has been installed, the EX2500 should have its VISA interface ID reassigned if its ID is VXI0. If this is not done, it will cause the I/O software to perform improperly and make accessing the EX2500 impossible.
  • Page 33 VXI Technology, Inc. 6) The Slot 0 interface to the EX2500 should now appear in the Instrument I/O on this PC field. The adjacent field contains buttons that allow for EX2500 properties to be changed and provide access to the EX2500’s web interface.

  • Page 34: Web Interface

    NTERFACE The EX2500’s embedded web interface can be accessed via standard Internet browsers, such as © Internet Explorer . Simply type the module’s IP address (10.1.2.140 from the example above) into the browser’s address bar to access the web interface. The web interface allows user’s to pass formatted I/O commands (to message-based devices) or to directly access device registers through the “device status”...

  • Page 35: Front Panel Indicators

    GIGABIT ETHERNET – The module provides connection to gigabit Ethernet via either a Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) fiber module or via standard category 5 (Cat 5) twisted pair. The EX2500 automatically detects which interface is active and switches without user intervention. For Cat 5 connections, the EX2500 provides auto-...
  • Page 36 Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality new and certified-used/pre-owned equipment SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT • FAST SHIPPING AND DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess, underutilized, and idle used equipment at our full-service, in-house repair center We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins •...

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