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HP HP 9000 Series 800 Tutorials Manual (306 pages)

Device I/O and User Interfacing HP-UX Concepts and Tutorials

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Table of Contents
5
1 Interfacing Concepts

13
- Variation between Computer Systems
  13
- Manual Organization
  14
- DIL Interfacing Subroutines
  15
- General Interface Concepts
  17
  - Definition
    17
  - Interface Functions
    18
  - Handshake I/O
    19
    
    Handshake Input
    19
    
    Handshake Output
    19
  - HP-IB Protocol
    20
- The HP-IB Interface
  21
  - General Structure
    21
  - Handshake Lines
    22
  - Bus Management Control Lines
    25
    
    ATN: the Attention Line
    26
    
    EOI: the End or Identify Line
    26
    
    IFC: the Interface Clear Line
    26
    
    REN: the Remote Enable Line
    26
    
    SRQ: the Service Request Line
    27
- The GPIO Interface
  27
2 General-Purpose Routines

29
- Additional Series 300 Routines
  32
- Opening Interface Special Files
  32
- Closing Interface Special Files
  34
- Low-Level Read/Write Operations
  35
  - Example
    37
- Designing Error Checking Routines
  38
  - The Errno Variable
    38
  - Using Errno
    38
    
    The Errno.h Header File
    38
    
    Displaying Errno
    39
    
    Error Handlers
    40
- Resetting Interfaces
  41
- Locking an Interface
  42
- Controlling I/O Parameters
  43
- Determining Why a Read Terminated
  52
  - Example
    53
- Interrupts
  55
  - Series 300 and 800 Interrupt Support
    55
    
    HP-IB Interrupts
    55
    
    GPIO Interrupts
    56
    
    Io_On_Interrupt
    56
    
    Io_Interrupt_Ctl
    59
3 Controlling the HP-IB Interface

61
- Overview of HP-IB Commands
  62
  - Unlisten
    63
  - Untalk
    64
  - Device Clear
    65
  - Local Lockout ~5
    65
  - Serial Poll Enable
    65
  - Serial Poll Disable
    65
  - TRIGGER (Group Execute Trigger)
    65
  - Selected Device Clear
    66
  - Go to Local
    66
  - Parallel Poll Configure
    66
  - Parallel Poll Enable
    66
  - Parallel Poll Disable
    66
- Overview of HP-IB DIL Routines
  67
  - Standard DIL Routines
    67
  - HP-IB: the Computer's Role
    69
    
    Available Subroutines Versus Controller Role
    69
    
    Ground Rules
    69
- Bus Citizenship: Surviving Multi-Device/Multi-Process
  71
  - Hp-Ib
    71
  - Io_Lock and Io_ Unlock
    71
  - Io_Burst
    72
  - Hpib_Io
    72
- Opening the HP-IB Interface File
  73
- Sending HP-IB Commands
  73
  - Errors While Sending Commands
    76
  - Changing Parity on Commands
    77
- Active Controller Role
  77
  - Determining Active Controller
    78
  - Setting up Talkers and Listeners
    79
    
    Auto-Addressing
    79
    
    Using Hpib_Send_Cmnd
    82
    
    Calculating Talk and Listen Addresses
    83
    
    An Example Configuration
    84
    
    Locking out Local Control
    85
    
    Remote Control of Devices
    85
    
    Enabling Local Control
    86
    
    Triggering Devices
    86
    
    Data Output
    87
    
    Transferring Data
    87
    
    Data Input
    89
    
    Clearing HP-IB Devices
    90
  - Responding to Service Requests
    91
    
    Monitoring the SRQ Line
    91
    
    Processing the Service Request
    93
  - Parallel Polling
    94
    
    Configuring Parallel Poll Responses
    95
    
    Conducting a Parallel Poll
    99
    
    Disabling Parallel Poll Responses
    99
    
    Errors During Parallel Polls
    101
  - Waiting for a Parallel Poll Response
    102
    
    Calculating the Mask
    102
    
    Calculating the Sense
    103
    
    Example
    104
  - Serial Polling
    106
    
    Conducting a Serial Poll
    106
    
    Errors During Serial Poll
    108
  - Passing Control
    109
    
    What if Control Is Not Accepted
    109
    
    Errors While Passing Control
    110
  - Controlling the ATN Line
    111
  - Changing the Interface Bus Address
    111
- System Controller Role
  112
  - Determining System Controller
    112
  - System Controller's Duties
    114
    
    Hpib_Abort
    114
    
    Errors During Hpib_Abort and Hpib_Ren_Ctl
    115
    
    Hpib_Abort
    115
    
    Hpib_Ren_Ctl
    115
- The Computer as a Non-Active Controller
  117
  - Checking Controller Status
    117
  - Requesting Service
    118
    
    Errors While Requesting Service
    120
  - Responding to Parallel Polls
    121
    
    Calculating the Response
    122
    
    Limitations of Hpib_Card_Ppollresp
    122
    
    Error Conditions
    123
    
    Hpib_Ppollresp_Ctl
    123
  - Disabling Parallel-Poll Response
    124
  - Accepting Active Control
    125
    
    Errors While Waiting on Status
    126
  - Determining When You Are Addressed
    127
- Combining I/O Operations into a Single Subroutine Call
  132
  - The Mode Component
    133
  - The Terminator Component
    135
  - The Count Component
    135
  - The Buf Component
    136
  - Allocating Space
    136
  - Example
    137
  - Locating Errors in Buffered I/O Operations
    139
4 Controlling the GPIO Interface

143
- Interface Configuration
  143
  - Creating the GPIO Interface File
    143
- Interface Control Limitations
  144
- Using DIL Subroutines
  144
  - Resetting the Interface
    145
  - Performing Data Transfers
    146
  - Using Status and Control Lines
    147
    
    Reading STIO and Stll
    148
  - Controlling Data Path Width
    149
  - Controlling Transfer Speed
    150
    
    GPIO Timeouts
    150
  - Burst Transfers
    151
  - Read Terminations
    151
    
    Determining Why a Read Operation Terminated
    151
    
    Specifying a Read Termination Pattern
    151
  - Interrupts
    151
- Location of the DIL Subroutines A-I
  153
- The GPIO Interface
  154
  - Data Lines
    154
  - Handshake Lines
    154
  - Special-Purpose Lines
    155
  - Data Handshake Methods
    155

HP HP 9000 Series 800 Manuals

HP HP 9000 Series 800 Tutorials Manual (306 pages)

Table of Contents

1 Interfacing Concepts

2 General-Purpose Routines

3 Controlling the HP-IB Interface

4 Controlling the GPIO Interface

HP HP 9000 Series 800 Manual (222 pages)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to DTC Manager/Ux

2 Before Installing DTC Manager/Ux

3 Installing DTC Manager/Ux

4 Using Dtcconﬁg

5 Adding Dtcs

6 Modifying Dtcs with Dtcconﬁg

7 Conﬁguring a DTC CPU/LAN or LAN Board with Dtcconﬁg

8 Conﬁguring DTC Ports with Dtcconﬁg

9 Other Commands with Dtcconﬁg

10 Modifying Conﬁgurations with Dtcmodifyconfs

11 Resetting DTC Conﬁgurations

12 Conﬁguring DTC Manager for Operation with MC/Serviceguard

13 Diagnosing Problems with Dtcdiag, Dtcping and Dtccheckip

14 Listing Conﬁgurations and Events with Dtclist

15 Troubleshooting Conﬁguration Problems

DTC Terminal User Commands

DTC Manager/Ux File System

Error Messages

Glossary

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