Spectrum M2p.59 Series Hardware Manual page 7

Table of Contents
Timestamps ................................................................................................................... 157
General information ......................................................................................................................................................... 157
Example for setting timestamp mode: ............................................................................................................................ 158
Timestamp modes............................................................................................................................................................. 158
Standard mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 158
StartReset mode.......................................................................................................................................................... 158
Refclock mode............................................................................................................................................................ 159
Reading out the timestamps ............................................................................................................................................... 160
General..................................................................................................................................................................... 160
Data Transfer using DMA ............................................................................................................................................ 161
Data Transfer using Polling .......................................................................................................................................... 162
Comparison of DMA and polling commands.................................................................................................................. 163
Data format ............................................................................................................................................................... 163
Combination of Memory Segmentation Options with Timestamps ........................................................................................... 165
Multiple Recording and Timestamps .............................................................................................................................. 165
Gate-End Alignment.................................................................................................................................................... 165
Gated Sampling and Timestamps ................................................................................................................................. 166
ABA Mode and Timestamps......................................................................................................................................... 167
Option Star-Hub ............................................................................................................ 168
Star-Hub introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 168
Star-Hub trigger engine ............................................................................................................................................... 168
Star-Hub clock engine ................................................................................................................................................. 168
Software Interface ............................................................................................................................................................ 168
Star-Hub Initialization.................................................................................................................................................. 168
Setup of Synchronization ............................................................................................................................................. 170
Limits of Clock for synchronized cards........................................................................................................................... 171
Setup of Trigger ......................................................................................................................................................... 171
Run the synchronized cards ......................................................................................................................................... 172
Error Handling ........................................................................................................................................................... 172
Option Remote Server ................................................................................................... 173
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 173
Installing and starting the Remote Server ............................................................................................................................. 173
Windows .................................................................................................................................................................. 173
Linux ......................................................................................................................................................................... 173
Detecting the digitizerNETBOX/generatorNETBOX/hybridNETBOX ....................................................................................... 173
Discovery Function...................................................................................................................................................... 173
Finding the digitizerNETBOX/generatorNETBOX/hybridNETBOX in the network ............................................................... 174
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................................................... 175
Accessing remote cards .................................................................................................................................................... 175
Appendix ...................................................................................................................... 176
Error Codes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 176
Spectrum Knowledge Base .......................................................................................................................................... 177
Pin assignment of the multipin connector ............................................................................................................................. 178
Option "Digital I/O Dig-FX2"....................................................................................................................................... 178
Pin assignment of the multipin cable ................................................................................................................................... 178
IDC footprints............................................................................................................................................................. 179
Details on M2p cards I/O lines.......................................................................................................................................... 180
Multi Purpose I/O Lines............................................................................................................................................... 180
Additional I/O Lines (Option -DigFX2) .......................................................................................................................... 180
Additional I/O Lines (Option -DigSMB) ......................................................................................................................... 181
Additional I/O Lines (Option -DigBNC) ......................................................................................................................... 181
Interfacing M2p clock in/out with M4i/M4x.................................................................................................................. 181
Temperature sensors ......................................................................................................................................................... 183
Temperature read-out registers ..................................................................................................................................... 183
Temperature hints ....................................................................................................................................................... 183
59xx temperatures and limits ....................................................................................................................................... 183
Details on M2p cards status LED ........................................................................................................................................ 184
Turning on card identification LED ................................................................................................................................ 184
Abbreviations................................................................................................................ 185
List of Figures ................................................................................................................ 186
List of Tables ................................................................................................................. 188
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