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- Page 1 TAMS 70488 HP-IB Card for Workstations Installation & Operation...
- Page 2 TAMS 70488 HP-IB Interface Installation & Operation Test & Measurement Systems Inc. 750 14 Street SW Loveland, Colorado 80537 Telephone (970) 669 6553 (970) 669 3090 Web Site www.tamsinc.com Copyright © Test & Measurement Systems Inc. 1997...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction ..................3 Hardware Warranty Handling Instructions Installing the HP-IB Interface ............7 Connecting the Cables Installing the Software with HP-UX 10.X ........9 Configuring the Card ..............11 Appendix A Tables ................ 13 Table 1 Table 2 Appendix B Systems Administration Reference ...... 15 Table 3 Appendix C Software License Agreement ........ -
Page 4: Introduction
The TAMS card takes full advantage of the PCI bus performance and delivers the highest possible level of throughput. The TAMS Interface supports both the 3.3v and 5v PCI specifications as a universal card. Thanks to HP’s software architecture and the design of the TAMS driver,... -
Page 5: Hardware Warranty
Should a defect exist, or a failure occur, we apologize. Any defective unit will be repaired or replaced immediately. Please follow the instructions below for service response. In the US please return it to TAMS. Please call or Fax for return • instructions. - Page 6 Handling Interfaces- Some Words of Caution You should note the following guidelines to avoid equipment damage when handling any interface cards. Make sure the computer's power is turned OFF and the power cord is • removed from the AC power outlet, before removing or installing interfaces.
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Page 7: Installing The Hp-Ib Interface
Depending on the computer, is may be advisable to connect the small Cannon connector of the required HP-IB cable to the TAMS interface card prior to fully seating the PCI board. Reassemble the computer. Ensure that the thumbscrews and the small connector are tight for a good connection. - Page 8 Connecting the HP-IB Cable The IEEE 488 specification is for a daisy chain configuration, and so the standard connector on the cable supplied can be attached directly to any HP-IB device or to any device in a chain of HP-IB devices. The following illustrations show correct connections.
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Page 9: Installing The Software With Hp-Ux 10.X
You must have root permission to install the software. In addition, you must have permission to write to the directories in Table 3 in Appendix B. Installation of the TAMS HP-IB driver (t60488) will require rebooting the system. 1. Insert the installation media into the drive and wait for the busy light to remain off. - Page 10 Appendix B is a reference for the Unix systems administrator, who might wish to know where these files are placed. After the system reboots, you will need to use iosetup to configure the new TAMS HP-IB card as a SICL instrument card, as covered in the next section.
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Page 11: Configuring The Card
After installation of the driver software and reboot of the HP-UX system (handled automatically by swinstall), the SICL iosetup command must be executed to configure the TAMS card as a SICL instrument card. See the man page on iosetup (1M). - Page 12 If the TAMS card is set up as a system controller, it is traditional to give it HPIB bus address 21. This is not required, but does serve to reduce confusion. 6. Arg 1: the user must specify either “SYSCON” or “1” if the TAMS card is to be used as the system controller.
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Page 13: Appendix A Tables
Appendix A: Tables Table 1 I/O Setup for HP-UX File View Help Main Menu To configure a new interface, select it in the Available Interface Types list and click on Configure. To edit a previously configured interface, select it in the Configured Interfaces list and click on Edit. - Page 14 Table 2 Custom TULIP Driver Configuration TULIP Driver Default settings for this interface are shown. Make changes if desired, and click on OK to accept. Identifiers Logical Unit #: Symbolic Name HPIB Interface Specific Driver Name: t60488 Location (Integer): Address (Integer): Cancel Arguments (Optional) Defaults...
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Page 15: Appendix B Systems Administration Reference
PCI slot n + 1 In addition, the file /etc/opt/sicl/hwconfig.cf is modified by having comments added describing how to set up the TAMS board. If iosetup is used to configure the card as a SICL instrument card, these comments can be ignored. -
Page 16: Appendix C Software License Agreement
TAMS TERMINATION: TAMS May terminate this software license for failure to comply with any of these terms provided TAMS has requested Customer to cure the failure and Customer has failed to do so within thirty (30) days of such notice. - Page 17 LIMITED WARRANTY TAMS warrants for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase that the software product will execute it’s programming instructions when properly installed on the computer or workstation with a supported version of the Operating System. TAMS does not warrant that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error free.
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Page 18: Warranty Information
While TAMS has made every effort to provide clear and accurate technical information about the application of this product, TAMS assumes no liability for any events arising out of the use of this technical information. - Page 19 TAMS 70488 HP-IB Card for Workstations Printed in USA E3.1.02 Part #70488-90002...
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