Installation of FTDI serial driver ........................9 4.2.2 Verification and configuration of serial driver ....................9 .......................... 11 NSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE CONNECTING THE STIM210/STIM277H TO YOUR PC ..................11 USING PC SOFTWARE ............................13 INTRODUCTION TO PC SOFTWARE ........................18 .............................. 18 ANELS OVERVIEW 7.1.1 Service mode panel ...........................
STIM210/STIM277H EVK USB General description The evaluation kits provide measurement and configuration access to STIM210/STIM277H gyro modules. Configuration, graphical result presentation and saving data to file functions are supported. The single voltage supply required for the gyro module operation is provided from an USB port.
Detailed diagnostic information includes RAM and flash checks, stack handling checks, status of internal voltage supply references, and various parameter reports for each measurement axis are available in SERVICE mode. Note: Time of Validity (TOV) and external trigger functionalities of STIM210/STIM277H are not supported by the EVK PC-software.
Getting started Depending on the version of evaluation kit, preparing your system involves the following steps: NI Serial Driver installation Serial Driver verification EVK PC Software installation PCI card installation Figure 2: Installation, PCIe Figure 3: Installation, USB PCIe installation 4.1.1 Installation of PCIe to RS422 serial driver Install the serial driver from the memory stick included in the kit.
Figure 5: NI serial driver 4.1.2 Installation of PCI / PCIe card Disconnect power from your computer prior to installation. Following your computer manufacturer's directions, insert the card into a free PCI / PCIe slot. DOK451 rev.2 Page 7 of 26...
Verify that the serial driver installation has completed successfully. An example is shown in Figure 6. Make a note of the assigned COM port value(s) information. This will be needed later for connecting to the STIM210/STIM277H from the PC software. Figure 6: COM port assignments for PCI/PCIe card cable in Windows 7 DOK451 rev.2...
USB installation 4.2.1 Installation of FTDI serial driver To install the drivers for the FTDI serial driver under Windows, follow the instructions below: Connect the USB-RS422 plug to a spare USB port on your PC. Figure 7 shows how to connect the EVK to a ...
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Figure 8: COM port assignments for USB cable in Windows 7. Make a note of the assigned COM port value(s) information. This will be needed later for connecting to the STIM210/STIM277H from the PC software. Right-click "USB Serial Port (COM<n>)" and select "Properties"...
Connecting the STIM210/STIM277H to your PC Figure 10 (PCIe) and Figure 11 (USB) shows how to connect the EVK to a PC P-USB Micro-D D-SUB 9 Figure 10: Connecting the STIM210/STIM277H to the computer via PCIe DOK451 rev.2 Page 11 of 26...
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P-USB Micro-D USB- RS422 Figure 11: Connecting the STIM210/STIM277H to the computer via USB DOK451 rev.2 Page 12 of 26...
Using PC software 1. Navigate to the ‘STIM evaluation tools’ folder from Windows start menu. Click on the shortcut named "STIM210 STIM277H EVK" to start the PC software. For full functionality, the computer user should have Local Administrator rights. Figure 12: Starting PC software from Windows 10 start menu 2.
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3. A pop-up window containing the End User License Agreement appears. Click the “Accept” button to accept the agreement and enable the EVK software to have full functionality. Figure 14: EULA confirmation window 4. A pop-up box for software registration appears. Fill in the open fields and press "Submit". The default email client opens.
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5. The Normal mode panel is shown Figure 16: Normal mode panel after selecting INI-file 6. Verify the correct COM port settings in the Parameters view. If needed port # setting needs to be changed, do this by double clicking on the value and enter correct value. The default password for editing is ‘stim’ Figure 17: Edit the INI-file in order to verify correct COM port settings 7.
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Figure 18: Normal mode panel after hardware connection 8. Switch the ’Initiate power-on sequence’ control switch position to ’On’ position. Do not insert the power supply cable at this point. The pop-up message asking for confirmation of bitrate appears. Press OK. Figure 19: Confirm bitrate 9.
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Figure 20: Confirm power supply is switched on 10. A green LED (Data arriving from device n) indicates that data is received from the gyro module(s). Verify the communication to module by clicking on the ‘Request serial# DG’ button. An example of such a result is shown in Figure 21.
Introduction to PC software Panels overview In addition to the Normal mode and Parameters panel, other panels are also available: 7.1.1 Service mode panel Figure 22: Service mode panel 7.1.2 Utility mode panel Figure 23: Utility mode panel DOK451 rev.2 Page 18 of 26...
Main panel menu Menu Description ‘File’ → ‘New parameter file’ Creates a new INI-file with default settings. Note that the new INI-file must be edited to match the hardware and gyro module configuration settings. ‘File’ → ‘Open parameter file’ For loading an existing INI-file ‘File’...
Service mode is entered by clicking on the Service mode tab next to the Normal mode tab after the gyro module has been powered up. Service mode usage, functionalities and descriptions are listed in Table 5. Exit from Service mode to Normal mode by selecting one of the other panel tabs (Normal, Logging, Service or Parameter panel tab).
Measure panel Panel content Functionality and description Measure button Starts a measurement series Samples box Defines the number of samples to be collected (max 50 MS) Save to file button Saves data from a completed measurement series to a result file. The file path defined in the active parameter file is proposed X-, Y- and Z-axis check boxes Selects which axis data to present in the graph area (up to 3 axes can be plotted...
Col. # Heading Comments type Time in seconds (derived from sample rate). First sample is Time[s] always zero. GYRO_X Gyro signal X-axis GYRO_Y Gyro signal Y-axis GYRO_Z Gyro signal Z-axis GYRO_STS Status-byte for gyro GYRO_TMP_X Temperature, X-axis gyro GYRO_TMP_Y Temperature, Y-axis gyro GYRO_TMP_Z Temperature, Z-axis gyro GYRO_TMP_STS...
Parameters panel Panel content Functionality and description ===== General parameters ===== Password Current valid password to be able to edit the parameters list. The default password is “stim” Path to storage (e.g. “c:\userdata\test\") Folder for result-file storage What priority will this program run with Instructs the program priority for the PC operation system What format to use for result files ASCII text by default.
Messages from the program Messages that the program can display are listed in Table 11 Message Description This application is already running! The program is already started, a second instance will not be allowed Stop loading of 2. instance... The password entered does not match the required one for this INI-file Wrong password entered! Did not receive the expected response to the sent service-mode No response to message was received...
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