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- Page 1 TAMS 61488/64487/64488/ 65488 GPIB Cards for Windows XP/Vista Installation & Operation...
- Page 2 TAMS 61488/64487/64488/65488 GPIB Interface Installation & Operation Test & Measurement Systems Inc. 750 14th Street SW Loveland, Colorado 80537 Telephone (970) 669 6553 (970) 669 3090 Web Site www.tamsinc.com Copyright © Test & Measurement Systems Inc. 2007-2008...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction ..................4 Hardware Warranty ............... 5 Installing the 61488/64487/64488/65488 GPIB Interface ... 6 Software Installation ..............6 Hardware Installation ..............6 Configuring the Equivalent Loads (Resistor Packs) ....7 Installing the GPIB Interface ............8 Connecting the GPIB Cable ............9 New Hardware Wizard .............. -
Page 4: Introduction
The 65488 is similar to the 64488, but provides two independent GPIB busses. It is available with a standard height bracket only. The TAMS 61488 provides a single GPIB bus, with a 32 bit, 33 MHz PCI 3.0 implementation. The other TAMS Interfaces are one-lane PCI-Express implementations that can be used in sockets from 1X to 16X that support PCI-Express standards 1.0a, 1.1, or 2.0. -
Page 5: Hardware Warranty
Please follow the instructions below for service response. In the US please return it to TAMS. Please call or Fax for return instructions. Internationally, please contact the local distributor for return instructions. Any customer may contact TAMS, or return products directly to TAMS, but for customers outside the US, this may cause a delay, which could be avoided by working with the local distributor. -
Page 6: Installing The 61488/64487/64488/65488 Gpib Interface
TAMS 6x488 driver software. Installing the 6x488 software before the hardware ensures that Windows will be able to find the correct driver that is associated with the TAMS PCI/ PCI-Express/GPIB interface. If the IO Libraries are reinstalled or updated, then the 6x488 driver software must then be reinstalled. -
Page 7: Configuring The Equivalent Loads (Resistor Packs)
As shipped, there are two resistor packs installed in sockets RN1-RN2 for the 64487/ 64488 cards. With the 65488, there are four packs installed in RN1-RN4. The 61488 card has sockets labeled J2 and J3 for the resistor packs. These provide 10 additional equivalent loads, as defined in the IEEE 488.1-1987 standard. -
Page 8: Installing The Gpib Interface
Before installing the GPIB card note the settings of the rotary switches on the card. Each channel of every 61488, 64487, 64488, and 65488 card installed in the computer must have a unique switch setting. The 65488 has two channels, so the two switches must have unique settings. -
Page 9: Connecting The Gpib Cable
Connecting the GPIB 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 GPIB device or to any device in a chain of GPIB devices. The following illustrations show possible connections. -
Page 10: New Hardware Wizard
New Hardware Wizard After the PCI or PCI-Express card is installed in the computer, New Hardware Wizard will detect the card and associate the appropriate driver at the next bootup. Click on Next. - Page 11 You will get a screen that looks like this: Click on Next...
- Page 12 This completes the driver installation process for a 61448, 64487, or 64488. For a 65488, the process is repeated for the other GPIB channel. In order to use the TAMS GPIB Interface, the Agilent IO Libraries needs to be configured to recognize the added interfaces. This process is explained in the next section.
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Page 13: Using The Device Manager
All of the TAMS 61488, 64487, 64488, and 65488 cards will be listed under “TAMS PCI/ PCI-Express/GPIB Interfaces”. Click on the ‘+’ icon next to “TAMS PCI/PCI-Express/GPIB Interfaces”, to see all of the interfaces that are installed. - Page 14 TAMS GPIB is operational. The Setting indicates the position of the Rotary Switch as well as the Firmware Revision. Firmware revision will be 6 or greater for a 61488 card, and 17 or greater for one of the PCI-Express cards.
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Page 15: Configuring The Card For Windows 2000/Xp
Configuring the Card for Windows XP/Vista Configure the interface by executing the IO Config program (iocfg32.exe), which will be located in the IO Libraries bin subdirectory. If you are running I/O Libraries Suite 14 or 15, then you need to manually run iocfg32.exe from the IO Libraries Suite bin directory. Note If the Agilent IO Libraries were installed using the default values the IO Libraries bin subdirectory will be found here: C:\Program Files\Agilent\IO Libraries Suite\bin\... - Page 16 To configure your PCI-Express interface, please highlight the TAMS 61488/64488/ 65488 GPIB entry under Available Interface Types and double click on it or click on Configure. The following window will appear if you have multiple interfaces to configure, such as with a 65488 card: Select the interface you wish to configure.
- Page 17 Otherwise, use the default of 500 ns. Since most instruments have a fixed T1 delay time of 350 ns, the constraints of section 5.2.3 in IEEE 488.1-1987 generally apply, regardless of the Min T1 Delay setting on the TAMS card.
- Page 18 Switch Setting on the PCI card. Only change the Rotary Switch setting when the computer is turned off and power is disconnected. The two switches on a 65488 card must be set to unique numbers, and must not conflict with switch settings on other 61488/ 64488/65448 cards in the system.
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Page 19: Using The Interface With Transera Htbasic
Configure at least one instrument per interface, using the Logical Unit number assigned to the TAMS GPIB interface as the prefix, and then perform I/O as usual. The refresh button will not report that the card is present: this is normal and does not indicate malfunction. -
Page 20: Appendix A - 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 21 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 22: Appendix B - Hardware Warranty Information
TAMS may at its option repair or replace, a defective unit with a new or refurbished unit. The customer shall be solely responsible for the failure of any TAMS product, resulting from accident abuse, or misapplication of the product, and TAMS and its suppliers assume no liability as a consequence of such events under the terms of this warranty. -
Page 23: Appendix C: Specifications
Weight 62.4 grams (61488/64488) 56.7 grams (64487) 79.4 grams (65488) Size (excluding bracket) 11.9 cm x 7.6 cm (61488) 13.3 cm x 7 cm (64487/64488) 13.3 cm x 9.4 cm (65488) Form Factor PCI Std. Height Short Card (61488) PCI-Express Low Profile Short Card (64487) PCI-Express Std. - Page 24 TAMS GPIB Cards for Windows XP/Vista Printed in USA E09.01.08 Part #6x488-90001...