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VXIpc 800/700 Series User Manual

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1. E 15 External SMBs E 17 Speaker E 18 Table of Contents VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual viii National Instruments Corporation Signal Characteristics E 19 VXIbus P1 and P2 E 20 Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards Height of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards F 1 Length of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards F 2 Length of PCI Plug In Boards F 2 Length of ISA Plug In Boards F 3 Height of VXIpc 860 Plug In Boards F 4 Length of VXIpc 860 Plug In Boards F 4 Length of PCI Plug In Boards
2. 3 12 Ethernet Power On Defaults 3 12 Installing the VXIpc 800 Series 3 13 Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation Default Settings 4 1 Configuring the VXIpc 700 Series 4 3 How to Remove the Metal Enclosure 4 3 VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 4 4 Trigger Input Termination 4 5 EEPROM 4 5 How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration 4 6 Installed System RAM 4 7 Configuring the PC 4 7 System CMOS 4 7 Ethernet Power On
3. 3 6 Table of Contents National Instruments Corporation ix VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure 3 4 SMB CLK10 Direction 3 6 Figure 3 5 SMB CLK10 Termination 3 7 Figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 Polarity 3 7 Figure 3 7 SMB Trigger Input Termination 3 8 Figure 3 8 Power On Self Configuration Status 3 8 Figure 3 9 EEPROM Configuration 3 9 Figure 3 10 SCSI Termination 3 11 Figure 3 11 GPIB Interrupt Level 3 11 Figure 3 12 System CMOS 3 12 Figure 3 13 Parallel Port DMA Channel 3 12 Figure 3 14 Ethernet Power On Defaults 3 13 Figure 4 1 VXIpc 700 Series Parts Locator Diagram
4. B 1 Appendix C VXIpc 700 Series System Resources PCI Interrupts C 1 Resource Tables C 1 Appendix D LED Indicators VXIbus Interface Status LEDs D 1 SYSFAIL LED D 1 FAILED LED D 1 ONLINE LED D 1 TEST LED D 1 LEDs and System Startup Cycle D 2 Board Access LEDs D 3 ACCESS LED D 3 DRIVE LED D 3 Ethernet LEDs VXIpc 800 Series Only
5. 3 1 Configuring the VXIpc 800 Series 3 4 How to Remove the Metal Enclosure 3 4 VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 3 4 VXIbus CLK10 Routing 3 5 Trigger Input Termination 3 7 EEPROM 3 8 How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration 3 9 Installed System RAM 3 10 Table of Contents VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual vi National Instruments Corporation Configuring the PC 3 10 SCSI Termination 3 10 GPIB Interrupt Level 3 11 System CMOS 3 11 Parallel Port DMA Level
6. F 5 Length of ISA Plug In Boards F 5 Installing an I O Board F 6 Materials Needed F 6 Installation Steps F 7 Appendix G Common Questions Appendix H Customer Communication Glossary Index Figures Figure 1 1 VXIpc 850 Embedded Computer 1 1 Figure 1 2 VXIpc 860 Embedded Computer 1 2 Figure 1 3 VXIpc 740 Embedded Computer 1 3 Figure 1 4 VXIpc 745 Embedded Computer 1 3 Figure 2 1 VXIpc 800 Series Block Diagram 2 2 Figure 2 2 VXIpc 700 Series Block Diagram 2 3 Figure 3 1 VXIpc 800 Series Parts Locator Diagram 3 2 Figure 3 2 VXIbus Slot Configuration 3 5 Figure 3 3 VXIbus CLK10 Routing
7. D 3 RX LED D 3 TX LED D 3 LINK LED D 4 DSEL LED D 4 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors Front Panel E 2 Keyboard and Mouse E 5 VGA E 6 Ethernet E 8 COM1 and COM2 E 9 Parallel Port E 11 SCSI E 13 GPIB IEEE 488 2
8. 4 2 Figure 4 2 VXIbus Slot Configuration 4 4 Figure 4 3 SMB Trigger Input Termination 4 5 Figure 4 4 Power On Self Configuration Status 4 5 Figure 4 5 EEPROM Configuration 4 6 Figure 4 6 System CMOS 4 8 Figure 4 7 Ethernet Power On Defaults 4 8 Figure E 1 VXIpc 800 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions E 2 Figure E 2 VXIpc 745 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions E 3 Figure E 3 VXIpc 740 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions E 4 Figure E 4 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout E 5 Figure E 5 VGA Connector Location and Pinout E 6 Figure E 6 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout E 8 Figure E 7 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout E 9 Figure E 8 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout E 11 Figure E 9 SCSI Connector Location and Pin
9. xiii Related Documentation xiv Customer Communication xiv Chapter 1 Introduction Overview 1 1 Optional Equipment 1 4 Optional Software 1 4 Hardware Description 1 5 Slot 0 Functionality 1 6 Custom Application Specific Interface Chips 1 6 Front Panel Features 1 7 Peripheral Expansion 1 9 Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 800 700 Functional Description 2 1 Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation Default Settings
10. Appendix D LED Indicators describes how to read the LEDs on the front panel to interpret the status of the VXIpc 800 700 Series Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors describes the front panel and connectors on the VXIpc 800 700 Series Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards explains how to modify and install an I O board in the VXIpc 800 Series This material is not relevant to the VXIpc 700 Series Appendix G Common Questions answers common questions you may have when using the VXIpc 800 700 Series Appendix H Customer Communication contains forms you can use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual including abbreviations acronyms metric prefixes mnemonics and symbols The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics used in this manual including the page where you can find each one Conventions Used in This Manual The following conventions are used in this manual lt gt Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard for example lt Option gt A hyphen between two or more key names enclosed in angle brackets denotes that you should simultaneously press the named keys for example lt Control Alt Delete gt The symbol indicates that the text following it applies only to a specific p
11. to ground Figure 3 7a shows the default setting for a non terminated trigger input SMB Use the setting of Figure 3 7b to terminate the trigger input SMB Switch S7 is located above switches S4 S5 and S6 which have no effect on this configuration S6 S6 a Does Not Terminate CLK10 SMB Input Default b Terminates CLK10 SMB Input S4 S4 a Noninverted CLK10 Output from SMB Default b Inverted CLK10 Output from SMB Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 8 National Instruments Corporation Figure 3 7 SMB Trigger Input Termination EEPROM The VXIpc 800 has an onboard EEPROM which stores default register values for the VXI circuitry These values are loaded when you power up the computer These values read from the EEPROM tell the PCI interface of the VXIbus registers so that the VXI interface is ready to respond to Resource Manager accesses within the required 5 s of SYSRST deasserting You can use switch S2 to disable this power on self configuration POSC circuit Although this makes the VXI circuitry unusable it is sometimes helpful in debugging address and interrupt conflicts with add in boards In general however you should leave switch S2 in its factory default setting Figure 3 8 shows the possible configurations for S2 Figure 3 8 Power On Self Configuration Status The EEPROM is divided into two halves one half is factory configured and one ha
12. Ethernet 8 1 a VXIpc 800 b VXIpc 745 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 9 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual COM1 and COM2 Figure E 7 shows the location and pinouts for the COM1 connector on all models in the VXIpc 800 700 Series and the COM2 connector on the VXIpc 800 Table E 5 gives the name and description for the COM1 and COM2 connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a serial port mating connector part number MDSM 9SC Z11 for the COM1 and COM2 connectors on the VXIpc 800 Figure E 7 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout Table E 5 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD Receive Data 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 1 5 9 6 COM1 1 5 9 6 COM1 1 5 9 6 COM2 2 1 RESET 1 5 9 6 COM1 a VXIpc 800 b VXIpc 745 c VXIpc 740 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 10 National Instruments Corporation 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Ready to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator Table E 5 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 11 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Parallel Port Figure E 8 shows the loca
13. 14 15 16 Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Table 3 1 lists the factory default settings and options for the onboard jumpers and switches Table 3 1 VXIpc 800 Series Hardware Default Settings Jumper Switch Default Setting Optional Setting W1 Supply SCSI termination power Disable SCSI termination W2 Normal CMOS operation Clear CMOS W4 LPT1 uses DMA Channel 1 LPT uses DMA Channel 3 W13 Enable automatic Slot 0 detection Force Slot 0 Force Non Slot 0 S1 Enable Ethernet EEPROM configuration Disable Ethernet EEPROM configuration uses default power on values S2 Enable MITE self configuration Disable MITE self configuration S3 Source CLK10 from onboard oscillator Source CLK10 from SMB S4 Non inverted CLK10 output Inverted CLK10 output S5 Receive CLK10 input from SMB Source CLK10 output to SMB S6 No termination on CLK10 input Terminate CLK10 input to 50 S7 No termination on external trigger input Terminate external trigger input to 50 S8 GPIB uses IRQ11 GPIB uses IRQ5 S9 MITE user configuration MITE factory configuration Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 4 National Instruments Corporation Configuring the VXIpc 800 Series This section describes how to configure the followin
14. 3 DIO3 Data Bit 3 4 DIO4 Data Bit 4 5 EOI End or Identify 6 DAV Data Valid 7 NRFD Not Ready for Data 8 NDAC Not Data Accepted GPIB 13 1 25 14 GPIB 13 1 25 14 2 1 B G P I 1 a VXIpc 800 b VXIpc 745 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 16 National Instruments Corporation 9 IFC Interface Clear 10 SRQ Service Request 11 ATN Attention 12 SHIELD Chassis ground 13 DIO5 Data Bit 5 14 DIO6 Data Bit 6 15 DIO7 Data Bit 7 16 DIO8 Data Bit 8 17 REN Remote Enable 18 25 GND Logic Ground Table E 8 GPIB Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 17 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual External SMBs Figure E 11 shows the location and pinouts for the SMB connectors on the VXIpc 800 700 The SMB connectors are used for an external clock signal and TTL trigger input and output Table E 9 gives the name and description for the SMB connector signals Also see Table E 10 for a description of the signal characteristics for the SMB connections Amp manufactures an SMB mating connector part number 1 413985 0 Figure E 11 SMB Connectors Location and Pinout Table E 9 SMB Connector Signals Pin Signal Description Center TTL Trigger or Clock Signal Shield Ground Center
15. D08 EO master VMEbus master D64 D32 D16 and D08 data sizes D64 D32 D16 D08 EO slave VMEbus slave D64 D32 D16 and D08 data sizes Appendix A Specifications National Instruments Corporation A 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual BLT MBLT master VMEbus master block and D64 transfers BLT MBLT slave VMEbus slave block and D64 transfers RMW master VMEbus master read modify write transfers RMW slave VMEbus slave read modify write transfers RETRY master VMEbus master retry support RETRY slave VMEbus slave retry support FSD First slot detector SCON VMEbus System Controller Automatic Detection PRI RRS Prioritized or Round Robin Select arbiter ROR FAIR Release on Request and FAIR bus requester IH 7 1 Interrupt handler for levels 7 1 I 7 1 Interrupt requester for levels 7 1 D32 D16 D08 O Interrupt Handler VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupt handler D32 D16 D08 O Interrupter VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupter ROAK RORA Release on Acknowledge or Register Access interrupter BTO x VMEbus bus timer programmable limit LOCK Can lock the VMEbus for indivisible transfers Capability Code Description Appendix A Specifications VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual A 6 National Instruments Corporation Adding RAM To add RAM to the VXIpc 800 700 remove the top cover and add SIMM modules to the empty SIMM sockets National Instrument
16. s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules This device complies with the FCC rules only if used with shielded interface cables of suitable quality and construction National Instruments used such cables to test this device and provides them for sale to the user The use of inferior or nonshielded interface cables could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC rules If necessary consult National Instruments or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions The following booklet prepared by the FCC may also be helpful Interference to Home Electronic Entertainment Equipment Handbook This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Canadian Department of Communications This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada National Instruments Corporation v VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Table of Contents About This Manual Organization of This Manual xi Conventions Used in This Manual xii How to Use This Documentation Set
17. 1 6 National Instruments Corporation The CPU module and its memory sockets are easily accessible for you to install additional DRAM in the field Up to 128 MB for the VXIpc 850 Up to 256 MB for the VXIpc 860 Up to 64 MB for the VXIpc 700 Series The VXIpc 800 700 contains at least an 800 MB internal enhanced IDE hard disk For information on adding RAM by installing SIMMs refer to Appendix A Specifications Slot 0 Functionality You can use the VXIpc 800 700 Series computers to achieve full VXI Slot 0 control of your VXI system You can also install the VXIpc 800 700 in another slot and use it in Non Slot 0 mode You do not have to change any switches or jumpers when moving between these two modes as the VXIpc 800 700 can automatically detect whether it is installed in Slot 0 and it will automatically enable or disable the Slot 0 onboard circuitry Custom Application Specific Interface Chips The VXIpc 800 700 Series uses the MITE and MANTIS custom ASICs to deliver high VXI performance and can achieve more than 20 MB s DMA block mode data transfer rates across the VXI backplane The VXIpc 800 Series and the VXIpc 745 also have the TNT4882C custom ASIC to give full GPIB control of external instruments via a front panel connector This chip is also on the National Instruments PCMCIA GPIB card that you can connect to the VXIpc 740 to achieve the same functionality GPIB capability is fully compatible with IEEE 48
18. If the computer does not boot with this configuration you will have to repeat these steps modifying your configuration until a final configuration is reached Installed System RAM The 16 MB of installed RAM is factory configured per customer order You can change the amount of installed RAM on the VXIpc 800 Series by installing DRAM SIMMs Refer to Appendix A Specifications for more information on SIMMs Configuring the PC This section describes how to configure the following options on the PC SCSI termination GPIB interrupt level System CMOS Parallel port DMA level Ethernet power on defaults SCSI Termination The VXIpc 800 uses active termination on the SCSI 2 bus Because the VXIpc 800 is always an end device you should not need to disable the termination however for informational purposes Figure 3 10 shows the jumper settings for both enabled and disabled termination Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 11 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure 3 10 SCSI Termination GPIB Interrupt Level You can program the GPIB interface on the VXIpc 800 to use one of two ISA interrupts 5 or 11 Switch S8 controls which interrupt line the GPIB interface uses Figure 3 11 shows these settings Figure 3 11 GPIB Interrupt Level System CMOS The VXIpc 800 contains a backed up memory used to store BIOS defaults and configuration inform
19. Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals E 5 Table E 3 VGA Connector Signals E 6 Table E 4 Ethernet Connector Signals E 8 Table E 5 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals E 9 Table E 6 Parallel Port Connector Signals E 11 Table E 7 SCSI Connector Signals E 13 Table E 8 GPIB Connector Signals E 15 Table E 9 SMB Connector Signals E 17 Table E 10 Signal Characteristics for SMB and Speaker Connections E 19 Table E 11 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals E 21 Table E 12 VXIbus P1 Connector Signals E 22 National Instruments Corporation xi VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual About This Manual This manual contains instructions for installing and configuring the National Instruments VXIpc 800 700 Series embedded computer kit The VXIpc 800 700 Series includes all the models of the VXIpc 800 and VXIpc 700 emb
20. National Instruments Corporation A 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixA Specifications This appendix describes the environmental electrical and mechanical specifications of the VXIpc 800 700 Series embedded computer Requirements Electrical Characteristic Specification VXIbus Configuration Space 64 B A24 or A32 Space 16 KB Minimum Programmable VXIpc 850 Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum Fused 5 5 82 A 12 A 5 2 224 5 mA 2 A 2 67 2 mA 2 A 12 2 26 mA 2 A 12 2 43 mA 2 A Appendix A Specifications VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual A 2 National Instruments Corporation VXIpc 860 Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum Fused 5 8 52 A 12 A 5 2 224 5 mA 2 A 2 67 2 mA 2 A 12 2 60 mA 2 A 12 2 43 mA 2 A VXIpc 700 Series Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum Fused 5 3 85 A 7 A 5 2 331 4 mA 2 A 2 78 1 mA 2 A 12 3 92 mA 2 A 12 2 98 mA 2 A Appendix A Specifications National Instruments Corporation A 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Physical Characteristic Specification Size VXIpc 800 Series Two slot VXIbus C Size Module 233 35 by 340 by 60 96 mm VXIpc 700 Series One slot VXIbus C Size Module 233 35 by 340 by 30 48 mm Board Dimensions Fully Enclosed Shielded VXI C Size Board 233 35 by 340 mm 9 187 by 13 386 in Slot Requirements VXIpc 800 Series Two VXI C
21. Shield Center Shield Center Shield 2 1 1 RESET TM VXIpc 740 ONLINE FAILED DRIVE SYSF TEST ACC a VXIpc 800 c VXIpc 740 DRIVE FAILED ONLINE ACC TEST SYSF B G P I 1 RESET VXIpc 740 TM b VXIpc 745 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 18 National Instruments Corporation Speaker Figure E 12 shows the location of the speaker connection on the VXIpc 800 Switchcraft manufactures a mating speaker connector part number 750 Figure E 12 Speaker Connection Location 2 1 Speaker Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 19 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Signal Characteristics Refer to the relevant standard for the signal characteristics for VGA SCSI Ethernet keyboard mouse parallel serial and GPIB Table E 10 shows the signal characteristics for the SMB and speaker connections Table E 10 Signal Characteristics for SMB and Speaker Connections Signal Voltage Range Maximum Current Frequency Range SMB TRIG out CLK out 0 to 3 4 V 200 mA DC 10 MHz Speaker VXIpc 800 only 0 to 4 3 V 75 mA DC 20 kHz SMB TRIG in 0 to 5 V 100 mA DC 10 MHz with 50 termination Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 20 National Instruments Corporation VXIbus P1 and P2 Figure E 13 shows t
22. Specifications for more information on SIMMs Configuring the PC This section describes how to configure the following options on the PC System CMOS Ethernet power on defaults System CMOS The VXIpc 700 contains a backed up memory used to store BIOS defaults and configuration information To clear the CMOS contents simply short the pins of W3 as shown in Figure 4 6b Warning You should not keep these two pins shorted because the CMOS memory cannot be sustained when the power is turned off if these two pins are shorted Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 4 8 National Instruments Corporation Figure 4 6 System CMOS Ethernet Power On Defaults The VXIpc 700 Ethernet circuitry loads its power on settings from an EEPROM You should not change W6 from its default setting however the jumper setting required to do so is included in Figure 4 7 for informational purposes Figure 4 7 Ethernet Power On Defaults Installing the VXIpc 700 Series This section contains general installation instructions for the VXIpc 700 Consult your VXIbus mainframe user manual or technical reference manual for specific instructions and warnings 1 Plug in your mainframe before installing the VXIpc 700 The power cord grounds the mainframe and protects it from electrical damage while you are installing the module Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe f
23. documentation National Instruments will at its option repair or replace equipment that proves to be defective during the warranty period This warranty includes parts and labor The media on which you receive National Instruments software are warranted not to fail to execute programming instructions due to defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from date of shipment as evidenced by receipts or other documentation National Instruments will at its option repair or replace software media that do not execute programming instructions if National Instruments receives notice of such defects during the warranty period National Instruments does not warrant that the operation of the software shall be uninterrupted or error free A Return Material Authorization RMA number must be obtained from the factory and clearly marked on the outside of the package before any equipment will be accepted for warranty work National Instruments will pay the shipping costs of returning to the owner parts which are covered by warranty National Instruments believes that the information in this manual is accurate The document has been carefully reviewed for technical accuracy In the event that technical or typographical errors exist National Instruments reserves the right to make changes to subsequent editions of this document without prior notice to holders of this edition The reader should consult National Instruments if errors are suspected In no e
24. 4 ISA interrupt resource allocations C 1 to C 2 PCI interrupts C 1 resource tables C 1 to C 3 VXIpc 800 Series DMA channel resource allocations B 2 I O address map B 3 to B 4 ISA interrupt resource allocations B 1 to B 2 PCI interrupts B 1 resource tables B 1 to B 4 system startup cycle and LEDs D 2 to D 3 T technical support H 1 to H 2 terminal See monitor TEST LED 1 8 D 1 TNT4882C custom ASIC 1 6 trigger input termination SMB trigger input termination figures 3 7 4 5 VXIpc 700 Series 4 5 VXIpc 800 Series 3 7 troubleshooting problems G 1 to G 4 TX LED 1 9 D 3 V VGA connector E 6 to E 7 video interface See also monitor common questions and answers G 2 VGA connector E 6 to E 7 VMEbus capability codes A 4 to A 5 VXIbus accessing 32 bit registers G 1 CLK10 routing 3 5 to 3 7 interface status LEDs 1 8 D 1 to D 3 P1 and P2 connectors and signals E 20 to E 23 Slot 0 capability configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 4 VXIpc 800 Series 3 4 to 3 5 overview 1 5 questions and answers G 3 VXIpc 700 Series embedded computer VXIpc 740 figure 1 3 VXIpc 745 figure 1 3 VXIpc 800 Series embedded computer VXIpc 850 figure 1 1 VXIpc 860 figure 1 2 VXIpc 800 700 Series block diagrams VXIpc 700 Series 2 3 VXIpc 800 Series 2 2 embedded computers figures 1 1 to 1 3 functional description 2 1 to 2 5 hardware description 1 5 to 1 10 custom application specific interface chips 1 6
25. CLS 440 0 per manufacturer s specifications far side or drill through 125 3 18 for 4 40 screw and nut Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual F 10 National Instruments Corporation Figures F 10 and F 11 give dimensions and instructions for creating a connector cutout and expansion bracket for an ISA board Figure F 10 Side View of ISA Board with Expansion Bracket 4 200 106 68 XT Card 3 500 88 90 I O Connector Window 300 7 62 050 1 27 1 1 Length of XT ISA card shall be 7 72 196 1 if SIMMs on processor card are taller than 85 21 6 Otherwise ISA specification length of 13 415 340 74 may be used ISA Expansion Bracket Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation F 11 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure F 11 Front View of ISA Board Expansion Bracket 490 12 45 I O Connector Window I O Connector Window 490 12 45 X 3 500 88 90 3 550 90 17 09 2 3 200 5 08 4 46 113 28 4 080 103 63 19 4 8 180 4 57 050 1 27 560 14 22 760 19 30 1 1 Install PEM self clinching nut P N CLS 440 0 per manufacturer s specifications far side or drill through 125 3 18 for 4 40 screw and nut National Instruments Corporation G 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixG Common Questions This appendix answers c
26. D LED Indicators VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual D 2 National Instruments Corporation LEDs and System Startup Cycle Table D 1 shows a system startup cycle and possible points of failure up to and including the state in which the VXIinit initialization program asserts the ONLINE LED Table D 1 LEDs and System Startup Status Step LEDs Lit Status Possible Problem if VXIpc 800 700 Fails 1 None Machine just turned on The VXIpc 800 700 is not receiving power 2 FAILED SYSFAIL Now asserting SYSFAIL because VXIbus interface has not been initialized yet Power on self configuration POSC cannot execute because of problems with system reset or because the POSCEN switch is incorrectly configured 3 FAILED TEST VXI interface is being initialized by MITE power on self configuration POSC circuitry POSC has stalled 4 TEST POSC circuitry has initialized VXI interface setting PASSED and DONE bits POSC stalled before clearing the TEST LED 5 None POSC cycles are complete VXI port is ready to respond to Resource Manager inquiries POSC completed successfully however the Resource Manager either hung or was not executed 6 ONLINE Resource Manager has been executed indicating that the VXI software can now communicate with the VXI circuitry Resource Manager interface initialized successfully Appendix D LED Indicators National Instruments Corporation D 3 VXIpc 800 700 Se
27. Defaults 4 8 Installing the VXIpc 700 Series 4 8 Chapter 5 BIOS Entering BIOS Setup 5 1 Appendix A Specifications Requirements A 1 Electrical A 1 Physical A 3 Environmental A 4 VMEbus Capability Codes A 4 Adding RAM A 6 Table of Contents National Instruments Corporation vii VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources PCI Interrupts B 1 Resource Tables
28. Expansion Boards This appendix explains how to modify and install an I O board in the VXIpc 800 Series This material is not relevant to the VXIpc 700 Series Notice that some material is different between the VXIpc 850 and the VXIpc 860 Height of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards In general the VXIpc 850 can accommodate any standard size PCI card and any XT height ISA card The height of an I O card is measured from the bottom of the bus connector to the top of the board as shown in Figure F 1 Figure F 1 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 850 Expansion Slot Both XT height ISA cards and PCI cards are 4 2 in high The VXIpc 850 does not support AT height ISA cards which are 4 8 in high Height 4 2 in max Length 13 415 in maximum when using 85 in high SIMMs on processor board Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual F 2 National Instruments Corporation Length of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards The VXIpc 850 will accommodate PCI or ISA I O boards that are up to 4 2 in high and up to 13 415 in long when DRAM SIMMs 0 85 in or shorter are used on the processor board National Instruments provides 0 85 in SIMMs Due to slight variances in I O board geometries however take care in every application to identify possible contact with the SIMMs The maximum recommended board length is 7 72 in if you are using SIMMs taller than 0 85 in If you want to install a longer board with
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30. II cards or one Type III card VXI This is the PCI VXIbus interface circuitry The MITE is a National Instruments ASIC developed to efficiently manage data transfers between the VXIbus and the processor via the PCI bus The MANTIS ASIC also developed by National Instruments performs VXIbus arbitration and manages interrupts and triggers Also part of the VXIbus interface are the SMB connectors which you can use to route triggers and the CLK10 signal to or from the VXIbus Ethernet This is an ISA based Ethernet circuit on the VXIpc 800 Series and VXIpc 745 It uses an RJ 45 connector for access to an external Ethernet based LAN GPIB This logic block represents the IEEE 488 2 port on the VXIpc 800 Series and VXIpc 745 It uses the National Instruments TNT4882 ASIC for maximum performance as an ISA based GPIB controller PC Peripherals These blocks represent the other peripherals supplied by the VXIpc 800 700 The VXIpc 800 Series has PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports two miniature serial ports and ECP EPP parallel port speaker jack reset button and a 1 44 MB 3 5 in floppy drive Refer to the Front Panel Features section of Chapter 1 Introduction to see which of these apply to the models in the VXIpc 700 Series VXIpc 800 Series users only The following logic blocks apply only to the VXIpc 800 Series CPU Card The modular architecture of the VXIpc 800 Series contains a plug in CPU card that can accommodate vari
31. Side View of PCI Board with Expansion Bracket F 8 Figure F 9 Front View of PCI Board Expansion Bracket F 9 Figure F 10 Side View of ISA Board with Expansion Bracket F 10 Figure F 11 Front View of ISA Board Expansion Bracket F 11 Tables Table 1 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series Peripherals Overview 1 10 Table 3 1 VXIpc 800 Series Hardware Default Settings 3 3 Table 4 1 VXIpc 700 Series Hardware Default Settings 4 3 Table B 1 VXIpc 800 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations B 1 Table B 2 VXIpc 800 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations B 2 Table B 3 VXIpc 800 Series I O Address Map B 3 Table C 1 VXIpc 700 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations C 1 Table C 2 VXIpc 700 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations C 2 Table C 3 VXIpc 700 Series I O Address Map C 3 Table D 1 LEDs and System Startup Status D 2 Table E 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series Connectors E 1 Table E 2
32. You can use jumper W12 to terminate the external trigger input SMB with 50 to ground Figure 4 3a shows the default setting for a non terminated trigger input SMB Use the setting of Figure 4 3b to terminate the trigger input SMB Figure 4 3 SMB Trigger Input Termination EEPROM The VXIpc 700 has an onboard EEPROM which stores default register values for the VXI circuitry These values are loaded when you power up the computer These values read from the EEPROM tell the PCI interface of the VXIbus registers so that the VXI interface is ready to respond to Resource Manager accesses within the required 5 s of SYSRST deasserting You can change jumper W10 to disable this power on self configuration POSC circuit Although this makes the VXI circuitry unusable it is sometimes helpful in debugging address and interrupt conflicts with add in boards In general however you should leave W10 in its factory default setting Figure 4 4 shows the possible configurations for W10 Figure 4 4 Power On Self Configuration Status The EEPROM is divided into two halves one half is factory configured and one half is user configurable Use jumper W7 to control the operation of the EEPROM The setting of this jumper determines W12 W12 a Trigger Input Unterminated Default b Terminate Trigger Input a VXI Circuitry Loads Power on Defaults from EEPROM Default b Power on Self Configuration Circuit is Disabled W10 W10 Chapter 4 VX
33. backplane or both VXIbus VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation VXIedit VXI Resource Editor program a part of the NI VXI bus interface software Used to configure the system edit the manufacturer name and ID numbers edit the model names of VXI and non VXI devices in the system as well as the system interrupt configuration information and display the system configuration information generated by the Resource Manager VXIinit A program in the NI VXI bus interface software package that initializes the board interrupts shared RAM VXI register configurations and bus configurations National Instruments Corporation Index 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Index A ACCESS LED 1 8 D 3 adding RAM A 6 address map I O See I O address map audio capability See speaker B BIOS See also CMOS clearing CMOS contents VXIpc 700 Series 4 7 VXIpc 800 Series 3 11 entering setup 5 1 viewing settings G 4 block diagrams VXIpc 700 Series 2 3 VXIpc 800 Series 2 2 board access LEDs D 3 bulletin board support H 1 C CLK10 signal VXIbus accuracy G 1 definition G 1 routing 3 5 to 3 7 selecting signal source figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 direction figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 polarity figure 3 7 SMB CLK10 termination figure 3 7 CMOS See also BIOS PC configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 7 to 4 8 VXIpc 800 Series 3 10 to 3 13 setting back to default G 4 COM1 and COM2 connectors and signals E 9 to E 10 common
34. can use with the VXIpc 800 700 Series The NI VXI bus interface software for the VXIpc 800 700 includes a Resource Manager graphical and text based versions of an interactive VXI resource editor program a comprehensive library of software routines for VXI VME programming and an interactive control program for interacting with VXI VME You can use this software to seamlessly program multiple mainframe configurations and have software compatibility across a variety of VXI VME controller platforms The NI 488 2 software kit gives you accessibility to the industry standard NI 488 2 software for controlling external GPIB instruments through the GPIB port on the front panel of your VXIpc 800 Chapter 1 Introduction National Instruments Corporation 1 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Series or VXIpc 745 or through a PCMCIA slot on the VXIpc 740 The GPIB interface on your VXIpc controller is fully compatible with the NI 488 2 driver for a variety of operating systems Any software using NI 488 2 will run on the VXIpc 800 700 You can also use the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI application programs and instrument drivers to ease your programming task These standardized programs match the modular virtual instrument capability of VXI and can reduce your VXI VMEbus software development time These programs are fully VXIplug amp play compliant and feature extensive libraries of VXI instrument drivers written to take full adva
35. exact functionality of the TIC ASIC which appeared on the VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series controllers Any application that currently uses any of the TIC functionality such as the crosspoint switch and counter timers can run on a controller containing the MANTIS ASIC without modification Front Panel Features The VXIpc 800 700 has the following front panel features PCMCIA slots The VXIpc 800 Series has one Type I II and one Type I II III slot The VXIpc 700 Series has either two Type I II slots or one Type III slot One full size expansion slot on the VXIpc 850 only that accepts either a PCI or a PC ISA XT height plug in board One half length expansion slot on the VXIpc 860 only that accepts either a PCI or a PC ISA XT height plug in board Internal 3 5 in floppy drive System reset push button Up to 13 front panel connectors as listed in the following table Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 1 8 National Instruments Corporation Six front panel LEDs that show VXI and PC status SYSFAIL LED indicates that the VMEbus SYSFAIL line is asserted FAILED LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 700 is driving the SYSFAIL signal TEST LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 700 is performing its self tests or startup Resource Manager operations ON LINE LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 700 is performing or has completed its startup Resource M
36. images manuals directory VXIpc 800 Series users only If your application requires a special type of video display you can remove the PCI video card included with your VXIpc 800 Series Contact National Instruments for information on how to do this What kind of monitor can I use with the VXIpc 800 700 VXIpc 800 700 computers that use Super VGA video output will work only with monitors having a horizontal scan rate of at least 50 kHz and a vertical scan rate of 60 Hz Warning Make sure that your monitor meets this specification Enabling the Super VGA option on a monitor that does not meet this specification will cause damage to your monitor Appendix G Common Questions National Instruments Corporation G 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual What if my keyboard connector does not fit into the keyboard port on the VXIpc 800 700 You can plug keyboards that have a 6 pin Mini DIN PS 2 type connector directly into the VXIpc 800 700 You can use the keyboard adapter cable that is included with every VXIpc 800 700 kit to adapt the larger AT keyboard connector to the 6 pin Mini DIN connector How do I connect an external speaker to get audio capability VXIpc 800 Series users only A twisted pair cable connects the front panel audio connector to the VXIpc 800 Series motherboard Connect the external speaker to this front panel connector The center pin of the connector provides the audio signal The shield of the conne
37. in inches and millimeters with millimeter dimensions in square brackets The front panel thickness for all models in the VXIpc 800 700 Series is 2 49 mm 0 098 in Figure E 1 VXIpc 800 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions VXIpc 850 TM RESET I B P G OUT CLK TRG TRG IN LNK TX RX DSEL ACC SYSF TEST ONLINE DRIVE FAILED 2 1 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure E 2 shows the front panel layout of the VXIpc 745 Figure E 2 VXIpc 745 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions DRIVE FAILED ONLINE ACC TEST SYSF B G P I 1 RESET VXIpc 740 TM 236 5 99 464 11 79 9 159 232 64 5 467 138 86 4 209 138 86 3 701 94 00 3 177 80 70 2 080 52 83 2 091 53 11 0 829 21 06 795 20 19 273 6 93 199 5 05 405 10 29 473 12 01 673 17 09 0 3 417 86 79 2 937 74 60 4 137 105 08 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 4 National Instruments Corporation Figure E 3 shows the front panel layout of the VXIpc 740 Figure E 3 VXIpc 740 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions 1 RESET TM VXIpc 740 ONLINE FAILED DRIVE SYSF TEST ACC 2 859 72 62 2 091 53 11 0 199 5 05 829 21 06 236 5 99 464 11 79 735 18 67 0 3 70
38. installation See also configuration I O expansion boards F 6 to F 11 VXIpc 700 Series electrostatic discharge warning 4 1 4 8 installation procedure 4 8 to 4 9 Slot 0 detection warning 4 9 VXIpc 800 Series electrostatic discharge warning 3 1 3 13 installation procedure 3 13 to 3 14 Slot 0 detection warning 3 13 interrupts GPIB interrupt level PC configuration 3 11 ISA interrupt resource allocations table VXIpc 700 Series C 1 to C 2 VXIpc 800 Series B 1 to B 2 Index VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Index 4 National Instruments Corporation PCI VXIpc 700 Series C 1 VXIpc 800 Series B 1 I O address map VXIpc 700 Series table C 3 to C 4 VXIpc 800 Series table B 3 to B 4 I O expansion boards installation materials needed F 6 procedure F 7 to F 11 VXIpc 850 plug in boards height F 1 length of ISA boards F 3 length of PCI boards F 2 VXIpc 860 plug in boards height F 4 length of ISA boards F 5 to F 6 length of PCI boards F 4 to F 5 ISA interrupt resource allocations table VXIpc 700 Series C 1 to C 2 VXIpc 800 Series B 1 to B 2 J jumper settings See also configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 3 VXIpc 800 Series 3 3 K keyboard connector location and pinout figure E 5 problems with plugging in keyboards G 3 signals table E 5 L LabVIEW software 1 4 to 1 5 LabWindows CVI software 1 4 to 1 5 LEDs on front panel board access LEDs D 3 common questions and answ
39. questions about VXIpc 800 700 Series G 1 to G 4 configuration VXIpc 700 Series default settings 4 1 to 4 3 factory default settings table 4 3 parts locator diagram 4 2 EEPROM 4 5 to 4 7 configuration settings figure 4 6 fixing invalid configuration 4 6 to 4 7 power on self configuration status figure 4 5 protecting against electrical hazards warning 4 6 electrostatic discharge warning 4 1 installed system RAM 4 7 installing VXIpc 700 Series 4 8 to 4 9 PC configuration 4 7 to 4 8 Ethernet power on defaults 4 8 system CMOS 4 7 to 4 8 removing metal enclosure 4 3 trigger input termination 4 5 SMB trigger input termination figure 4 5 VXIbus Slot 0 non Slot 0 4 4 configuration VXIpc 800 Series default settings 3 1 to 3 3 factory default settings table 3 3 parts locator diagram 3 2 EEPROM 3 8 to 3 9 configuration settings figure 3 9 Index VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Index 2 National Instruments Corporation fixing invalid configuration 3 9 power on self configuration status figure 3 8 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 9 electrostatic discharge warning 3 1 installed system RAM 3 10 installing VXIpc 800 Series 3 13 to 3 14 PC configuration 3 10 to 3 13 Ethernet power on defaults 3 12 GPIB interrupt level 3 11 parallel port DMA level 3 12 SCSI termination 3 10 system CMOS 3 11 removing metal enclosure 3 4 trigger input termination 3 7 SMB trigger
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41. these peripherals for use with the VXIpc 800 700 refer to the c images manuals directory The drivers txt file explains how to install support for each peripheral This directory also contains manufacturer s documentation for the video PCMCIA and SCSI peripherals Also refer to the readme files for the most up to date information Table 1 1 lists the various peripherals indicates the VXIpc model s on which the peripheral is available and describes the external connector its bus interface and its function Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 1 10 National Instruments Corporation Table 1 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series Peripherals Overview Peripheral Availability External Connector ISA or PCI Function Video VXIpc 800 VXIpc 700 15 pin DSUB standard VGA PCI High resolution color support for a Super VGA monitor IDE VXIpc 800 VXIpc 700 None PCI Supports internal fast ATA 2 hard drive Ethernet VXIpc 800 VXIpc 745 RJ 45 ISA 10BaseT Ethernet connection PCMCIA VXIpc 800 Type I II and Type I II III PCI Supports two independent PCMCIA slots VXIpc 700 Two Type I II or One Type III SCSI VXIpc 800 36 pin SCSI 2 PCI External SCSI 2 connection for hard drives CD ROM drives and so on GPIB VXIpc 800 VXIpc 745 24 pin CHAMP ISA IEEE 488 2 interface compatible with the National Instruments AT GPIB TNT VXI VXIpc 800 VXIpc 700 Two 96 pin DIN rear o
42. to 1 7 front panel features 1 7 to 1 9 models available 1 5 peripheral expansion 1 9 Slot 0 functionality 1 6 logic blocks 2 3 to 2 5 optional equipment 1 4 optional software 1 4 to 1 5 overview 1 1 to 1 4 upgrading G 4
43. you change the configuration perform the following steps to reconfigure the VXIpc 700 1 Turn your computer off Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished changing the settings on the VXIpc 700 module 2 Change jumper W7 as shown in Figure 4 5b to restore the factory configuration a Boot from User Configuration Default b Boot from Protected Configuration W7 W7 Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 4 7 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 Turn on the computer The computer should boot this time because the factory default configuration is being used to initialize the VXIpc 700 module 4 Run VXIedit to re adjust the VXIpc 700 configuration Refer to the NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series for instructions on using this utility 5 After saving the configuration exit Windows and turn off the computer 6 Change jumper W7 back to the position shown in Figure 4 5a 7 Turn on the computer If the computer does not boot with this configuration you will have to repeat these steps modifying your configuration until a final configuration is reached Installed System RAM The 16 MB of installed RAM is factory configured per customer order You can change the amount of installed RAM on the VXIpc 700 Series by installing DRAM SIMMs Refer to Appendix A
44. 056 200 51 51 056 200 51 55 Taiwan 02 377 1200 02 737 4644 U K 01635 523545 01635 523154 Fax on Demand Support E Mail Support currently U S only Technical Support Form Photocopy this form and update it each time you make changes to your software or hardware and use the completed copy of this form as a reference for your current configuration Completing this form accurately before contacting National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently If you are using any National Instruments hardware or software products related to this problem include the configuration forms from their user manuals Include additional pages if necessary Name __________________________________________________________________________ Company _______________________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Fax ___ ___________________ Phone ___ ________________________________________ Computer brand ________________ Model ________________ Processor___________________ Operating system include version number ____________________________________________ Clock speed ______MHz RAM _____MB Display adapter __________________________ Mouse ___yes ___no Other adapters installed _______________________________________
45. 1 94 01 4 209 106 91 5 467 138 86 9 159 232 64 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Keyboard and Mouse Figure E 4 shows the location and pinouts for the keyboard connector on the VXIpc 800 700 Series and the mouse connector on the VXIpc 800 For the VXIpc 700 you need to use the COM1 serial port if you want to connect a mouse Table E 2 gives the name and description for the keyboard and mouse connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 212437 4 housing 212435 7 ferrule and 66735 4 pin contact Figure E 4 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout Table E 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DATA Data 2 NC Not Connected 3 GND Ground 4 5V 5 volts 5 CLK Clock 6 NC Not Connected Keyboard Mouse 1 2 4 3 5 6 1 2 4 3 5 6 Keyboard 1 2 4 3 5 6 Keyboard 1 2 4 3 5 6 2 1 a VXIpc 800 b VXIpc 745 c VXIpc 740 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 6 National Instruments Corporation VGA Figure E 5 shows the location and pinouts for the VGA connector on the VXIpc 800 700 Series Table E 3 gives the name and description for the VGA connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 748364 1 ho
46. 678 Austin TX 78730 5039 National Instruments Corporation Glossary 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Glossary A A Amperes address Character code that identifies a specific location or series of locations in memory address space A set of 2n memory locations differentiated from other such sets in VXI VMEbus systems by six addressing lines known as address modifiers n is the number of address lines required to uniquely specify a byte location in a given space Valid numbers for n are 16 24 and 32 In VME VXI because there are six address modifiers there are 64 possible address spaces ANSI American National Standards Institute ASIC application specific integrated circuit Prefix Meaning Value n nano 10 9 micro 10 6 m milli 10 3 K kilo 103 M mega 106 G giga 109 Glossary VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Glossary 2 National Instruments Corporation B b bits B bytes backplane An assembly typically a printed circuit board with 96 pin connectors and signal paths that bus the connector pins A C size VXIbus system will have two sets of bused connectors called J1 and J2 A D size VXIbus system will have three sets of bused connectors called J1 J2 and J3 BERR Bus error signal BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS functions are the fundamental level of any PC or compatible computer BIOS functions embody the basic operations needed for successful u
47. 8 2 and the industry standard NI 488 2 driver for a variety of operating systems The MITE custom ASIC is a sophisticated dual channel DMA controller with standard interfaces for VXI and PCI By using MITE DMA to transfer data and commands to and from devices the MITE frees the computer s microprocessor to perform other tasks such as data analysis and presentation In addition to DMA the MITE incorporates the new VME64 MBLT 8 byte block transfers in which both the address bus and data bus are used to transfer data directly into the Chapter 1 Introduction National Instruments Corporation 1 7 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual ASIC to perform the fastest transfer operation to instruments With the multiple windowing scheme of the MITE you can easily access all of VXI address space The VXI trigger interface on the VXIpc 800 700 is based on the MANTIS custom ASIC The VXIpc 800 700 front panel has two SMB trigger I O connectors which you can use to route any of the TTL trigger lines between the backplane and external devices The MANTIS ASIC on the VXIpc 800 700 provides the complete VXI interface to the backplane connector in a single chip The VXIpc 800 700 can respond to all VXI defined protocols on all P2 TTL and ECL trigger lines at the same time The MANTIS features an internal cross matrix switching system for routing between lines as well as to and from the front panel and onboard clocks Note The MANTIS ASIC contains the
48. CSI compatible connector part number 749111 4 Figure E 9 SCSI Connector Location and Pinout SCSI II Table E 7 SCSI Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 11 15 25 35 36 40 42 GND Ground 12 14 37 39 NC Not Connected 26 D0 Data 0 27 D1 Data 1 28 D2 Data 2 29 D3 Data 3 30 D4 Data 4 31 D5 Data 5 SCSI 1 18 19 36 2 1 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 14 National Instruments Corporation 32 D6 Data 6 33 D7 Data 7 34 DP Parity 38 TERMPWR Termination Power 41 ATN Attention 43 BUSY Busy 44 ACK Acknowledge 45 RESET Reset 46 MSG Message 47 SEL Select 48 CMD_DATA Command Data 49 REQ Request 50 IN_OUT In Out Table E 7 SCSI Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 15 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual GPIB IEEE 488 2 Figure E 10 shows the location and pinouts for the GPIB connector on the VXIpc 800 and VXIpc 745 Table E 8 gives the name and description for the GPIB connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a GPIB mating connector part number MDSM 255C Z11 Figure E 10 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout Table E 8 GPIB Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DIO1 Data Bit 1 2 DIO2 Data Bit 2
49. DSEL Device Select LED lights when Ethernet registers are being accessed National Instruments Corporation E 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixE Front Panel and Connectors This appendix describes the front panel and connectors on the VXIpc 800 700 Series This material contains the information relevant to VXIplug amp play Specification VPP 8 VXI Module Mainframe to Receiver Interconnection Note The illustrations in this appendix show the mating face of the connectors An asterisk suffix on a signal name indicates that the signal is active low As shown in Table E 1 the VXIpc 745 and VXIpc 740 each have a subset of the connectors found on the VXIpc 800 Table E 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series Connectors Connector VXIpc 800 VXIpc 740 VXIpc 745 RS 232 Serial Two One One Extended Capabilities Parallel ECP VGA Controller IEEE 488 2 10BaseT Ethernet SCSI 2 External Clock Trigger Output Trigger Input Audio Output PS 2 Style Keyboard PS 2 Style Mouse Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 2 National Instruments Corporation Front Panel Figures E 1 through E 3 show the front panel layout of the VXIpc 800 VXIpc 745 and VXIpc 740 respectively The drawings show dimensions relevant to key elements on the front panel Dimensions are shown
50. Ipc 700 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 4 6 National Instruments Corporation whether the VXIpc 700 boots off the factory configured half or the user modified settings This is useful in the event that the user configured half of the EEPROM becomes corrupted in such a way that the VXIpc 700 boots to an unusable state In its default setting the VXIpc 700 boots off the user configurable half Figure 4 5 shows the configuration settings for EEPROM operation Figure 4 5 EEPROM Configuration How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration VXIedit is the software configuration utility in the NI VXI software This utility is described in the NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series which you can access through the c images manuals directory You can use this utility to edit the configuration of the VXIpc 700 Some of these settings are stored in files that are read by the NI VXI software while other settings are stored directly in the VXIpc 700 EEPROM Certain EEPROM configurations can lock up your PCI computer while it is booting up Generally only the size and location of the memory windows can cause your VXIpc 700 to lock up your system For example many PCI based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more memory space than the computer can allocate If you encounter this situation you should reduce the size of the VXIpc 700 user window If this situation occurs after
51. OM 3F0 3F7 Floppy 3F8 3FF COM Relocatable Table C 3 VXIpc 700 Series I O Address Map Continued I O Address Device National Instruments Corporation D 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixD LED Indicators This appendix describes how to read the LEDs on the front panel to interpret the status of the VXIpc 800 700 Series VXIbus Interface Status LEDs The VXIbus interface status LEDs are located at the top of the module and include four LEDs FAILED SYSFAIL ONLINE and TEST They indicate the various stages of initialization that occur as the VXIpc 800 700 boots The following paragraphs describe each LED SYSFAIL LED The SYSFAIL LED is lit when the VMEbus SYSFAIL signal is asserted It does not necessarily indicate that the VXIpc 800 700 is asserting SYSFAIL only that there is a device in the system asserting SYSFAIL FAILED LED The FAILED LED is lit when the VXIpc 800 700 is driving the SYSFAIL signal The VXIpc 800 700 asserts SYSFAIL when the PASSED bit in its VXIbus status register is clear The PASSED bit is set by the power on self configuration circuitry POSC when it has completed initializing the VXIbus interface ONLINE LED The ONLINE LED is lit when the Resource Manager has successfully completed and the VXIbus interface is ready for application programs TEST LED The TEST LED is lit when the power on self configuration circuitry is configuring the VXIbus interface Appendix
52. Series I O Address Map Continued I O Address Device National Instruments Corporation C 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixC VXIpc 700 Series System Resources This appendix describes what system resources are available on the VXIpc 700 Series and where they are allocated Because PCI is a relatively new addition to PCs this appendix describes how PCI interrupts fit into a PC architecture before listing the devices that use them PCI Interrupts PCI interrupts can be shared by multiple devices and are therefore more flexible than ISA interrupts They do not actually connect to the processor directly they are instead mapped through ISA interrupts in the system I O module The interrupt handler for a particular ISA interrupt must know if it will be acknowledging a PCI device Resource Tables This section provides tables describing where system resources are assigned Table C 1 lists how the ISA interrupts are allocated on the VXIpc 700 Series and whether they are driven by a PCI interrupt Table C 2 lists DMA channel allocation and Table C 3 gives the I O address map Table C 1 VXIpc 700 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations ISA Interrupt PCI Interrupt Device NMI None Parity 0 None Timer 1 None Keyboard 2 None IRQ Expansion 8 15 3 None PCMCIA Slot 4 None COM1 Appendix C VXIpc 700 Series System Resources VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual C 2 National Instruments Corpor
53. Size Slots VXIpc 700 Series One VXI C Size Slot Compatibility Fully Compatible with VXI Specification VXI Keying Class Class 1 TTL MTBF VXIpc 850 22 094 hours VXIpc 860 Contact National Instruments VXIpc 740 41 982 hours VXIpc 745 41 563 hours Weight VXIpc 800 Series 2 5 Kg 5 5 lb Typical 16 MB DRAM Installed VXIpc 700 Series 1 6 Kg 3 66 lb Typical 16 MB DRAM Installed Appendix A Specifications VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual A 4 National Instruments Corporation Environmental Note Random vibration profiles were developed in accordance with MIL T 28800E and MIL STD 810E Method 514 Test levels exceed those recommended in MIL STD 810E for Category 1 Basic Transportation Figures 514 4 1 through 514 4 3 Test report available upon request VMEbus Capability Codes Characteristic Specification Temperature 0 to 55 C Operating 20 to 70 C Storage Relative Humidity 0 to 95 Noncondensing Operating 0 to 95 Noncondensing Storage EMI FCC Class A Verified EC Verified Vibration Operational 5 to 500 Hz 0 31 g 3 axes Non operational 5 to 500 Hz 2 5 g 3 axes Functional Shock MIL T 28800E Class 3 per Section 4 5 5 4 1 Half Sine Shock Pulse 11 ms duration 30 g peak 3 shocks per face Capability Code Description A32 A24 A16 master VMEbus master A32 A24 and A16 addressing A32 A24 A16 slave VMEbus slave A32 A24 and A16 addressing D64 D32 D16
54. System Resources National Instruments Corporation B 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Table B 3 VXIpc 800 Series I O Address Map I O Address Device 000 00F 8237 DMA 1 020 021 8259 PIC 1 040 043 8253 Timer 060 066 8742 Controller 070 077 CMOS RAM amp NMI Mask Reg 078 07B BIOS Timer 080 090 DMA Page Registers 092 Reserved 094 09F DMA Page Registers 0A0 0A1 8259 PIC 2 0B2 0B3 Advanced Power Management 0C0 0DF 8237 DMA 2 word mapped 0F0 0FF Numeric Processor Error Reg 170 177 Reserved 1F0 1F7 IDE 200 270 Free 278 27F LPT 280 2DF Free 2C0 2DF GPIB 2E8 2EF COM 2F8 2FF COM 300 30F Ethernet 310 36F Free 370 377 Reserved 378 37F LPT 380 3B0 Free 3BC 3BF LPT Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual B 4 National Instruments Corporation Note I O locations in italics indicate addresses above 1 KB These locations are not usually accessible in an ISA based system however newer PCI based chipsets have increased the amount of I O space available 3E8 3EF COM 3F0 3F7 Floppy 3F8 3FF COM 40A Scatter Gather Int Status Reg 40B DMA1 Extended Mode Regs 410 41F Scatter Gather Status 420 43F Scatter Gather Descriptor Table Pointer 481 488 DMA High Page Regs 4D0 4D1 Interrupt Edge Level Control Regs 4D6 DMA2 Extended Mode Regs Relocatable Table B 3 VXIpc 800
55. VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual April 1997 Edition Part Number 321124C 01 Copyright 1996 1997 National Instruments Corporation All Rights Reserved support natinst com E mail info natinst com FTP Site ftp natinst com Web Address http www natinst com BBS United States 512 794 5422 BBS United Kingdom 01635 551422 BBS France 01 48 65 15 59 512 418 1111 Tel 512 795 8248 Fax 512 794 5678 Australia 03 9879 5166 Austria 0662 45 79 90 0 Belgium 02 757 00 20 Canada Ontario 905 785 0085 Canada Qu bec 514 694 8521 Denmark 45 76 26 00 Finland 09 527 2321 France 01 48 14 24 24 Germany 089 741 31 30 Hong Kong 2645 3186 Israel 03 5734815 Italy 02 413091 Japan 03 5472 2970 Korea 02 596 7456 Mexico 5 520 2635 Netherlands 0348 433466 Norway 32 84 84 00 Singapore 2265886 Spain 91 640 0085 Sweden 08 730 49 70 Switzerland 056 200 51 51 Taiwan 02 377 1200 U K 01635 523545 National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Austin TX 78730 5039 Tel 512 794 0100 Internet Support Bulletin Board Support Fax on Demand Support Telephone Support U S International Offices Important Information Warranty The National Instruments VXIpc 800 700 Series embedded computers and accessories are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment as evidenced by receipts or other
56. _____________________ W2 Setting CMOS ________________________________________________________________ W4 Setting LPT1 DMA ____________________________________________________________ W13 Setting Slot 0 Detection________________________________________________________ S1 Setting Ethernet EEPROM _______________________________________________________ S2 Setting MITE Self Configuration __________________________________________________ S3 Setting CLK10 Source __________________________________________________________ S4 Setting Inverted Non inverted CLK10 Output ________________________________________ S5 Setting CLK10 SMB____________________________________________________________ S6 Setting CLK10 Input Termination _________________________________________________ S7 Setting External Trigger Input Termination __________________________________________ S8 Setting GPIB IRQ Level _________________________________________________________ S9 Setting MITE User Factory Configuration ___________________________________________ VXIpc 700 Series Hardware Settings VXIpc 700 Series Model Number ____________________________________________________ VXIpc 700 Series Part Number ______________________________________________________ VXIpc 700 Series Serial Number _____________________________________________________ Processor Speed __________________________________________________________________ DRAM SIMMs Installed _________
57. _____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Hardware and Software Configuration Form Record the settings and revisions of your hardware and software on the line to the right of each item Complete a new copy of this form each time you revise your software or hardware configuration and use this form as a reference for your current configuration Completing this form accurately before contacting National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently National Instruments Products VXIpc 800 Series Hardware Settings VXIpc 800 Series Model Number_____________________________________________________ VXIpc 800 Series Part Number_______________________________________________________ VXIpc 800 Series Serial Number _____________________________________________________ Processor Speed___________________________________________________________________ DRAM SIMMs Installed____________________________________________________________ Hard Drive Size_____________________ Video Memory ________________________________ Slot Location _____________________________________________________________________ W1 Setting SCSI Termination __________________________________
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59. __________________________________________________ Hard Drive Size ____________________ Video Memory ________________________________ Slot Location_____________________________________________________________________ W1 Setting Slot 0 Detection ________________________________________________________ W3 Setting CMOS________________________________________________________________ W6 Setting Ethernet EEPROM ______________________________________________________ W7 Setting MITE User Factory Configuration __________________________________________ W10 Setting MITE Self Configuration ________________________________________________ W12 Setting External Trigger Input Termination ________________________________________ Other Products Mainframe make and model ________________________________________________________ Microprocessor __________________________________________________________________ Clock frequency or speed ___________________________________________________________ Type of video board installed _______________________________________________________ Operating system version ___________________________________________________________ Operating system mode ____________________________________________________________ Programming language ____________________________________________________________ Programming language version ______________________________________________________ Other boards in system __________
60. __________________________________________________ Monitor manufacturer model ______________________________________________________ Mouse manufacturer model ________________________________________________________ Keyboard manufacturer model _____________________________________________________ Other peripherals manufacturer model _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs Title VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Edition Date April 1997 Part Number 321124C 01 Please comment on the completeness clarity and organization of the manual _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________
61. ality through interactive utilities and C function calls In addition the VXIpc 800 Series and the VXIpc 745 have Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 1 4 National Instruments Corporation Ethernet capability plus an IEEE 488 2 interface that is compatible with the NI 488 2 architecture You can install a PCMCIA GPIB card in a PCMCIA slot to get IEEE 488 2 capability on the VXIpc 740 The VXIpc 800 Series is a custom computer that you install directly in two C size slots of your VXIbus mainframe while the VXIpc 700 Series requires only one slot An embedded computer can take full advantage of the VXI high performance backplane capabilities and give you direct control of VXI registers memory interrupts and triggers All models in the VXIpc 800 700 Series are fully VXIplug amp play compliant and are compatible with PC compatible software tools the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI application software and the NI VXI NI VISA and NI 488 2 bus interface software Optional Equipment You can contact National Instruments to order any of the following optional equipment COM1 2 adapter cable for VXIpc 800 Series Enhanced parallel port adapter cable for VXIpc 800 Series Single shielded 2 m GPIB cable for VXIpc 800 Series and VXIpc 745 Upgrades for the VXIpc 800 Series modular CPU card Optional Software National Instruments has developed several software kits that you
62. anager operations ACCESS LED indicates when the VXIpc 800 700 MODID line is asserted or the VXIbus registers or shared memory are accessed by another bus master DRIVE LED indicates when the internal hard drive is in use Connector VXIpc 800 VXIpc 740 VXIpc 745 RS 232 Serial Two One One Extended Capabilities Parallel ECP VGA Controller IEEE 488 2 10BaseT Ethernet SCSI 2 External Clock Trigger Output Trigger Input Audio Output PS 2 Style Keyboard PS 2 Style Mouse Chapter 1 Introduction National Instruments Corporation 1 9 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Four front panel LEDs that show Ethernet port status VXIpc 800 Series only RX LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 Series is receiving data through its Ethernet port TX LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 Series is transmitting data through its Ethernet port DSEL LED indicates that the Ethernet circuitry is being accessed LINK LED reflects Ethernet link status Peripheral Expansion The VXIpc 800 700 uses the PCI local bus and ISA bus for peripheral expansion The PCIbus is a 32 bit multimaster bus that achieves a top throughput of 132 MB s and can handle numerous peripherals The ISA bus is the legacy peripheral bus found on current and older PCs For information on installing and configuring
63. anel Possible Support Bracket Positions 85 in High SIMMs 48 in VXI Connector 8 4 in max Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual F 6 National Instruments Corporation Contact of the board with the SIMMs should not cause electrical shorts because of through hole component leads on the side of the plug in board that contacts the SIMMs Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical stress to the plug in board Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical stress to the riser board into which the plug in board is inserted Figure F 6 shows the length restrictions for ISA cards for the VXIpc 860 when tall SIMMs are used Figure F 6 Length Restrictions for ISA Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 860 when SIMMs Taller than 0 85 in Are Used Installing an I O Board The following material applies equally to all models in the VXIpc 800 Series Materials Needed You need the following pieces to install an expansion board in the VXIpc 800 A user defined panel is required on the expansion boards based on National Instruments blank PCI or ISA panels The panel should be manufactured from 0 03 in 0 76 mm thick 1010 cold rolled steel The finish should be 0 0003 in 0 008 mm nickel plate over 0 0001 in 0 003 mm copper flash Contact National Instruments if you have any questions about specifications for user define
64. ation To clear the CMOS contents simply short the pins of W2 as shown in Figure 3 12b Warning You should not keep these two pins shorted because the CMOS memory cannot be sustained when the power is turned off if these two pins are shorted W1 a Terminate SCSI Signals Default W1 b Do Not Terminate SCSI Signals S8 S8 a GPIB Uses IRQ11 Default b GPIB Uses IRQ5 Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 12 National Instruments Corporation Figure 3 12 System CMOS Parallel Port DMA Level You can use jumper W4 to configure the parallel port for either DMA level 1 or DMA level 3 Refer to Figure 3 13 for the jumper settings Figure 3 13 Parallel Port DMA Channel Ethernet Power On Defaults The VXIpc 800 Ethernet circuitry loads its power on settings from an EEPROM You should not change switch S1 from its default setting however the switch setting required to do so is included in Figure 3 14 for informational purposes W2 W2 a Normal Operation Default b Clear CMOS Contents W4 W4 a Parallel Port Uses DMA Channel 1 Default b Parallel Port Uses DMA Channel 3 Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 13 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure 3 14 Ethernet Power On Defaults Installing the VXIpc 800 Series This section contains general installation instructions f
65. ation 5 INTD PCMCIA 6 None Floppy Drive 7 None PCMCIA Slot 8 None RTC 9 None Ethernet 10 INTC VXI 11 None GPIB 12 None PCMCIA Slot 13 None FPERR 14 INTD IDE 15 None PCMCIA Slot Table C 2 VXIpc 700 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations DMA Channel Device 0 Free 1 Free 2 Floppy Drive 3 Free 4 Free 5 GPIB 6 Free 7 Free Table C 1 VXIpc 700 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations Continued ISA Interrupt PCI Interrupt Device Appendix C VXIpc 700 Series System Resources National Instruments Corporation C 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Table C 3 VXIpc 700 Series I O Address Map I O Address Device 000 00F 8237 DMA 1 020 021 8259 PIC 1 040 043 8253 Timer 060 066 8742 Controller 070 077 CMOS RAM amp NMI Mask Reg 078 07B BIOS Timer 080 090 DMA Page Registers 092 Reserved 094 09F DMA Page Registers 0A0 0A1 8259 PIC 2 0B2 0B3 Advanced Power Management 0C0 0DF 8237 DMA 2 word mapped 0F0 0FF Numeric Processor Error Reg 170 177 Reserved 1F0 1F7 IDE 200 270 Free 278 27F Free 280 2DF Free 2C0 2DF GPIB 2E8 2EF COM 2F8 2FF COM 300 30F Ethernet 310 36F Free 370 377 Reserved 378 37F Free 380 3B0 Free 3BC 3BF Free Appendix C VXIpc 700 Series System Resources VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual C 4 National Instruments Corporation 3E8 3EF C
66. ctor is GROUND How do I add RAM to the VXIpc 800 700 What is the maximum amount of RAM that I can have on the VXIpc 800 700 For information about adding RAM to the VXIpc 800 700 refer to Appendix A Specifications Which interrupt levels are free to be used by ISA bus boards Which area of upper memory adapter space is free for use by ISA bus boards or expanded memory manager software programs See Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources or Appendix C VXIpc 700 Series System Resources for information on the available port I O register space upper memory area interrupts and DMA channels How do I install the VXIpc 800 700 in a slot other than Slot 0 The VXIpc 800 700 automatically detects whether it is in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe You do not need to change jumper settings to install the VXIpc 800 700 in a slot other than Slot 0 unless you have defeated the first slot detector FSD circuitry by changing the appropriate jumper setting on the VXIpc 800 700 Refer to either Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation or Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation for information on enabling and defeating the FSD circuitry Appendix G Common Questions VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual G 4 National Instruments Corporation How do I check the configuration of the memory floppy drive hard drive time date and so on You can view these parameters in the BIOS setup To enter t
67. d panels Heat Sink ISA Board Possible Support Bracket Positions 85 in High SIMMs 8 4 in max Riser Card Front Panel VXI Connector Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation F 7 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual As an alternative you can modify the blank panels provided with the VXIpc 800 Custom panel design services are available from National Instruments for a nominal fee PEM nut or a 4 40 nut with lock washer hole diameter should be 0 125 in 3 18 mm 4 40 x 1 4 in stainless steel panhead screw Installation Steps Follow these steps to install the expansion board 1 Notice that the VXIpc 800 includes one card guide that can be rotated to secure the top of either a PCI or an ISA plug in board You may use the card guide in either of two locations depending on the length of your installed board Notice the possible locations as shown previously Figures F 2 and F 3 for the VXIpc 850 or Figures F 5 and F 6 for the VXIpc 860 Loosen the screw holding the guide and rotate the guide to the uppermost position for PCI boards or the lowermost position for ISA boards See Figure F 7 2 Replace the manufacturer supplied panel bracket with the custom bracket The two holes in the bracket align with existing holes in the VXIpc 800 front panel 3 Seat the board firmly in one of the expansion bus connectors 4 Attach the board to the front pa
68. ded to be a substitute for any form of established process procedure or equipment used to monitor or safeguard human health and safety in medical or clinical treatment FCC DOC Radio Frequency Interference Class A Compliance This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions in this manual may cause interference to radio and television reception Classification requirements are the same for the Federal Communications Commission FCC and the Canadian Department of Communications DOC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the following two regulatory agencies Federal Communications Commission This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notices to User Changes or modifications not expressly approved by National Instruments could void the user
69. e VXIpc 800 Series which currently consists of the VXIpc 850 and the VXIpc 860 If you have a VXIpc 700 Series computer skip this chapter and refer to Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation Warning Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your VXIpc 800 module To avoid such damage in handling the module touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your VXI chassis before removing the module from the package Default Settings This section summarizes the hardware default settings for the VXIpc 800 Series for easy reference The module is set at the factory for the most commonly used configuration Figure 3 1 shows the location and factory default settings of most of the configuration switches and jumpers on the VXIpc 800 Series Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 2 National Instruments Corporation Figure 3 1 VXIpc 800 Series Parts Locator Diagram 1 Trigger In Termination S7 2 CLK10 Inversion S4 3 Ethernet EEPROM Config S1 4 LPT DMA Channel W4 5 MITE EEPROM Config S9 6 MITE Self Config S2 7 Slot 0 Identification W13 8 CLK10 Source S3 9 Serial Number 10 Product Name 11 Assembly Number 12 CLK10 Direction S5 13 GPIB IRQ Level S8 14 CMOS W2 15 SCSI Termination W1 16 CLK10 Termination S6 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
70. edded computers Organization of This Manual This manual is organized as follows Chapter 1 Introduction describes the VXIpc 800 700 Series of embedded VXI computers lists what you need to get started describes the hardware and lists optional equipment and software Chapter 2 Functional Overview contains functional descriptions of each major logic block on the VXIpc 800 700 Series embedded computers Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 800 Series embedded computer Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 700 Series embedded computer Chapter 5 BIOS contains information on BIOS the low level interface between the hardware and PC software that configures and tests your hardware at boot up Appendix A Specifications describes the environmental electrical and mechanical specifications of the VXIpc 800 700 Series embedded computer Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources describes what system resources are available on the VXIpc 800 Series and where they are allocated Appendix C VXIpc 700 Series System Resources describes what system resources are available on the VXIpc 700 Series and where they are allocated About This Manual VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual xii National Instruments Corporation
71. efers to all models of the VXIpc 800 and VXIpc 700 Series Abbreviations acronyms metric prefixes mnemonics symbols and terms are listed in the Glossary How to Use This Documentation Set Begin by reading the Getting Started with Your VXIpc 800 700 Series manual for basic instructions on setting up the hardware and software This is a brief quick start manual that describes how to get started with your kit using the default hardware and software settings Refer to the following manuals for more information about the hardware or software This manual the VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual contains more details about changing the installation or configuration from the defaults and using the hardware The NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series contains more details about changing the NI VXI software installation or configuration from the defaults and using the NI VXI software on the VXIpc 800 700 This manual is installed on your hard drive in the c images manuals directory Use the Acrobat Reader program to open the file called NIVXISM pdf When you are familiar with the material in these manuals you can begin to use the NI VXI User Manual This manual presents the concepts of VXI and prepares you for detailed explanations of the NI VXI functions Study the descriptions of each function given in the NI VXI About This Manual VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual xiv National Instruments Corporation Programmer Refe
72. ensures that all requesting devices will be granted use of the bus FPERR Floating Point Error G GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus IEEE 488 H hex hexadecimal the numbering system with base 16 using the digits 0 to 9 and letters A to F Hz hertz cycles per second I IDE Integrated Drive Electronics Denotes the most common interface to the hard drive on PCs IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Glossary VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Glossary 4 National Instruments Corporation in inches I O input output the techniques media and devices used to achieve communication between machines and users INT interrupt INTA PCI interrupt A INTB PCI interrupt B INTC PCI interrupt C INTD PCI interrupt D interrupt A means for a device to request service from another device interrupt handler A VMEbus functional module that detects interrupt requests generated by interrupters and responds to those requests by requesting status and identify information interrupt level The relative priority at which a device can interrupt IRQ Interrupt signal ISA Industry Standard Architecture denotes a common expansion bus used in PCs K KB kilobytes of memory L LED Light emitting diode M m meters master A functional part of a VME VXIbus device that initiates data transfers on the backplane A transfer can be either a read or a write Glossary National I
73. ers G 1 Ethernet LEDs 1 9 D 3 to D 4 system startup cycle D 2 to D 3 VXIbus interface status LEDs 1 8 D 1 to D 3 length of plug in boards VXIpc 850 F 2 to F 3 VXIpc 860 F 4 to F 6 LINK LED 1 9 D 4 logic blocks 2 3 to 2 5 M MANTIS custom ASIC 1 6 to 1 7 2 4 manual See documentation memory See RAM MITE custom ASIC 1 6 to 1 7 2 4 monitor See also video interface booting for color G 2 type to use G 2 mouse connector E 5 N NI 488 2 software kit 1 4 NI VXI bus software 1 4 O ONLINE LED 1 8 D 1 P parallel port connector and signals E 11 to E 12 DMA level PC configuration 3 12 PC configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 7 to 4 8 Ethernet power on defaults 4 8 Index National Instruments Corporation Index 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual system CMOS 4 7 to 4 8 VXIpc 800 Series 3 10 to 3 13 Ethernet power on defaults 3 12 GPIB interrupt level 3 11 parallel port DMA level 3 12 SCSI termination 3 10 system CMOS 3 11 PCI interrupts VXIpc 700 Series C 1 VXIpc 800 Series B 1 peripheral expansion 1 9 physical specifications A 3 plug in boards See I O expansion boards Q questions and answers about VXIpc 800 700 Series G 1 to G 4 R RAM adding RAM A 6 installed system RAM VXIpc 700 Series 4 7 VXIpc 800 Series 3 10 RX LED 1 9 D 3 S SCSI interface common questions and answers G 2 G 4 connector and signals E 13 to E 14 setting up in BIOS G 2 terminati
74. f PCI Plug In Boards The VXIpc 860 accommodates any 32 bit 5 V PCI I O boards that are a maximum of 8 4 in long with the standard height of 4 2 in see Figure F 5 PCI cards are installed in the VXIpc 860 such that the board components face the processor board which contains the processor and system RAM PCI components higher than 0 48 in in the area shown in Figure F 4 on a plug in board may physically contact the DRAM SIMMs installed on the CPU card as shown in Figure F 5 Figure F 5 Length Restrictions for PCI Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 860 Because larger DRAM sizes may employ taller SIMMs you must be careful that the component height of the PCI board does not interfere with the SIMMs in such a way that electrical shorts occur or that the PCI board is stressed enough to compromise its physical or electrical integrity Length of ISA Plug In Boards Because ISA boards mount with the components facing away from the CPU card which contains the processor and system RAM tall DRAM SIMMs may interfere with the circuit card of the plug in board Most SIMM modules are at least 1 in high and would extend into the ISA circuit card Therefore National Instruments provides SIMMs of 0 85 in high to give a clearance of 0 07 in to the ISA circuit card only in the area shown in Figure F 4 If you choose to use taller SIMMs 0 92 maximum height take care to ensure the following conditions PCI Card Heat Sink Riser Card Front P
75. f board PCI High performance VXIbus interface Serial VXIpc 800 VXIpc 700 Serial Port Mini DSUB ISA 16550 serial ports Parallel VXIpc 800 Parallel Port IEEE 1284 ISA Extended capabilities National Instruments Corporation 2 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Chapter2 Functional Overview This chapter contains functional descriptions of each major logic block on the VXIpc 800 700 Series embedded computers VXIpc 800 700 Functional Description The VXIpc 800 700 is a modular PC in a VXIbus C size form factor It includes many high performance peripherals that normally require add in cards on desktop PCs In addition it has a VXIbus interface that is controlled from the PCI local bus providing extremely high performance and reliability Figure 2 1 is a functional block diagram of the VXIpc 800 Series Figure 2 2 is a functional block diagram of the VXIpc 700 Series Following the diagrams is a description of each logic block shown Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 2 2 National Instruments Corporation Figure 2 1 VXIpc 800 Series Block Diagram PCI Based CPU Card Memory Cache Chipset Video SCSI 32 bit 5 V PCI Local Bus System I O PCI Expansion Slot ISA Expansion Slot RTC SCSI IDE Internal PCMCIA VXI VXI Bus ISA Bus Ethernet GPIB PC Peripherals Miniature Floppy CPU MITE MANTIS SCSI 2 Connector SCSI 2 C
76. g options on the VXIpc 800 VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 VXIbus CLK10 routing Trigger input termination EEPROM Installed system RAM How to Remove the Metal Enclosure The VXIpc 800 is housed in a metal enclosure comprised of a top and bottom cover to improve EMC performance and to provide easy handling You must remove the top cover to change many of the switch and jumper settings You must also remove the top cover to change the amount of DRAM installed on the module Remove the top cover by removing the 12 screws that attach it to the module VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 The VXIpc 800 is configured at the factory to automatically detect if it is installed in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe With automatic Slot 0 detection you can install the module into any VXIbus slot You can manually configure the VXIpc 800 for either Slot 0 or Non Slot 0 operation by defeating the automatic detection circuitry Use the three position jumper W13 to select automatic Slot 0 detection Slot 0 or Non Slot 0 operation Figure 3 2 shows these three settings Warning Do not install a device configured for Slot 0 into another slot without first reconfiguring it to either Non Slot 0 or automatic configuration Neglecting to do this could result in damage to the device the VXIbus backplane or both Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manua
77. get started describes the hardware and lists optional equipment and software The VXIpc 800 700 Series includes the two slot VXIpc 800 Series and the one slot VXIpc 700 Series This manual describes these computers together as the VXIpc 800 700 Series when functionality applies to all models Overview Figure 1 1 shows a VXIpc 850 model with its cover removed Figure 1 1 VXIpc 850 Embedded Computer Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 1 2 National Instruments Corporation Figure 1 2 shows a VXIpc 860 model with its cover removed Figure 1 2 VXIpc 860 Embedded Computer The VXIpc 700 Series includes the VXIpc 740 and VXIpc 745 models Figure 1 3 shows the VXIpc 740 and Figure 1 4 shows the VXIpc 745 Notice the differences in the front panel The VXIpc 745 has front panel connections for Ethernet and IEEE 488 2 in addition to all the functionality of the VXIpc 740 T N E M U R ST IN O I T A N L A N S VXIpc 860 TM TM Chapter 1 Introduction National Instruments Corporation 1 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure 1 3 VXIpc 740 Embedded Computer Figure 1 4 VXIpc 745 Embedded Computer The VXIpc 800 700 Series controllers are C size embedded computers based on the Peripheral Component Interface PCI bus and Industry Standard Architecture ISA These computers are high performance easy to use platforms for controlling VXIbus systems featuring complete VXI function
78. he BIOS setup reboot the VXIpc 800 700 and press the lt DEL gt key during the memory tests Refer to Chapter 5 BIOS for more information Can I upgrade my VXIpc 800 700 VXIpc 800 Series users only You can upgrade the modular CPU card to upgrade the processor Contact National Instruments for information How can I boot from an external SCSI hard drive VXIpc 800 Series users only In the Setup Standard window change the Master drive setting from User to SCSI and make sure that SCSI is enabled in the Setup Chipset window Can I use the internal IDE drive and an external SCSI hard drive at the same time VXIpc 800 Series users only Yes but you can only boot from the internal IDE drive in this configuration My CMOS is corrupted How do I set it back to default 1 Select Default Optimal 2 Save and exit National Instruments Corporation H 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixH Customer Communication For your convenience this appendix contains forms to help you gather the information necessary to help us solve your technical problems and a form you can use to comment on the product documentation When you contact us we need the information on the Technical Support Form and the configuration form if your manual contains one about your system configuration to answer your questions as quickly as possible National Instruments has technical assistance through electronic fax and telepho
79. he location and pinouts for the VXIbus connector on the VXIpc 800 700 Series Table E 11 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P2 connector signals Table E 12 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P1 connector signals Figure E 13 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout P1 Connector P2 Connector C1 B1 A1 C32 B32 A32 P1 Connector P2 Connector C1 B1 A1 C32 B32 A32 a VXIpc 800 Series b VXIpc 700 Series Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 21 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Table E 11 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A 1 CLK10 5 V ECLTRG0 2 CLK10 GND 2 V 3 GND Not Connected ECLTRG1 4 5 2 V A24 GND 5 Not Connected A25 MODID12 6 Not Connected A26 MODID11 7 GND A27 5 2 V 8 Not Connected A28 MODID10 9 Not Connected A29 MODID09 10 GND A30 GND 11 Not Connected A31 MODID08 12 Not Connected GND MODID07 13 2 V 5 V 5 2 V 14 Not Connected D16 MODID06 15 Not Connected D17 MODID05 16 GND D18 GND 17 Not Connected D19 MODID04 18 Not Connected D20 MODID03 19 5 2 V D21 5 2 V 20 Not Connected D22 MODID02 21 Not Connected D23 MODID01 22 GND GND GND 23 TTLTRG1 D24 TTLTRG0 24 TTLTRG3 D25 TTLTRG2 25 GND D26 5 V 26 TTLTRG5 D27 TTLTRG4 27 TTLTRG7 D28 TTLTRG6 Appendix E Front Panel and Connec
80. hernet Power On Defaults Loaded from EEPROM b Hardwired Ethernet Values Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 14 National Instruments Corporation connectors Using slow evenly distributed pressure press the module straight in until it seats in the expansion slot The front panel of the VXIpc 800 should be even with the front panel of the mainframe 5 Tighten the retaining screws on the top and bottom edges of the front panel 6 Check the installation 7 Connect the keyboard and mouse to the appropriate connectors Use the keyboard adapter cable that your received with your kit to adapt AT style keyboards to the VXIpc 800 mini DIN connector 8 Connect the VGA monitor video cable to the VGA connector 9 Connect devices to ports as required by your system configuration Some ports such as the COM ports have adapter cables that you can order from National Instruments 10 Replace or close any doors or covers to the mainframe National Instruments Corporation 4 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Chapter4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation This chapter contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 700 Series embedded computer Unless otherwise noted these instructions apply to all models in the VXIpc 700 Series which includes the VXIpc 740 and the VXIpc 745 If you have a VXIpc 800 Series computer refer to Chapter 3 f
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82. ht in until it seats in the expansion slot The front panel of the VXIpc 700 should be even with the front panel of the mainframe 5 Tighten the retaining screws on the top and bottom edges of the front panel 6 Check the installation 7 Connect the keyboard and mouse to the appropriate connectors Use the keyboard adapter cable that your received with your kit to adapt AT style keyboards to the VXIpc 700 mini DIN connector Connect the mouse to the COM1 serial port 8 Connect the VGA monitor video cable to the VGA connector 9 Connect devices to ports as required by your system configuration 10 Replace or close any doors or covers to the mainframe National Instruments Corporation 5 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Chapter5 BIOS This chapter contains information on BIOS the low level interface between the hardware and PC software that configures and tests your hardware at boot up This BIOS Basic Input Output System provides an easy to use graphical user interface to allow you to configure system aspects according to your needs Entering BIOS Setup To enter the BIOS setup program perform the following steps 1 Turn on or reboot the system A screen appears with a series of diagnostic checks 2 When Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press the lt DEL gt key to enter the BIOS setup program 3 Choose options with the keyboard Modify the settings to reflect system options
83. input termination figure 3 8 VXIbus CLK10 routing 3 5 to 3 7 VXIbus Slot 0 non Slot 0 3 4 to 3 5 connector cutout ISA boards F 10 to F 11 PCI boards F 8 to F 9 connectors COM1 and COM2 E 9 to E 10 Ethernet E 8 external SMBs E 17 front panel connectors table 1 8 E 1 GPIB IEEE 488 2 E 15 to E 16 keyboard and mouse E 5 parallel port E 11 to E 12 SCSI E 13 to E 14 signal characteristics E 19 speaker E 18 VGA E 6 to E 7 VXIbus P1 and P2 E 20 to E 23 custom application specific interface chips 1 6 to 1 7 customer communication xiv H 1 to H 2 D default settings VXIpc 700 Series 4 1 to 4 3 factory default settings table 4 3 parts locator diagram 4 2 VXIpc 800 Series 3 1 to 3 3 factory default settings table 3 3 parts locator diagram 3 2 dimensions board dimensions A 3 connector cutout and expansion bracket ISA boards F 10 to F 11 PCI boards F 8 to F 9 plug in boards VXIpc 850 F 1 to F 3 VXIpc 860 F 4 to F 6 disk drives See IDE controller SCSI interface DMA channel level for parallel port PC configuration 3 12 resource allocations table VXIpc 700 Series C 2 VXIpc 800 Series B 2 documentation online xiii xiv organization of manual xi xii peripherals 1 9 related documentation xiv using xii DRIVE LED 1 8 D 3 drivers txt file 1 9 DSEL LED 1 8 D 4 E EEPROM configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 5 to 4 7 configuration settings figure 4 6 Index National Instr
84. ize and location of the memory windows can cause your VXIpc 800 to lock up your system For example many PCI based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more memory space than the computer can allocate If you encounter this situation you should reduce the size of the VXIpc 800 user window If this situation occurs after you change the configuration perform the following steps to reconfigure the VXIpc 800 1 Turn your computer off Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished changing the settings on the VXIpc 800 module 2 Change switch S9 to the OFF position as shown in Figure 3 9b to restore the factory configuration 3 Turn on the computer The computer should boot this time because the factory default configuration is being used to initialize the VXIpc 800 module S9 S9 a Boot from User Configuration Default b Boot from Protected Configuration Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 10 National Instruments Corporation 4 Run VXIedit to re adjust the VXIpc 800 configuration Refer to the NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series for instructions on using this utility 5 After saving the configuration exit Windows and turn off the computer 6 Change switch S9 to the ON position as shown in Figure 3 9a 7 Turn on the computer
85. l Figure 3 2 VXIbus Slot Configuration When the VXIpc 800 is installed in Slot 0 it becomes the VXIbus System Controller In this role it has VXIbus Data Transfer Bus Arbiter circuitry that accepts bus requests on all four VXIbus request levels prioritizes the requests and grants the bus to the highest priority requester As VXIbus System Controller the VXIpc 800 also drives the 16 MHz VXIbus system clock by an onboard 16 MHz oscillator As required by the VXIbus specification the VXIpc 800 drives the 10 MHz signal CLK10 on a differential ECL output when installed in Slot 0 When not installed in Slot 0 the VXIpc 800 only receives the CLK10 signal VXIbus CLK10 Routing When the VXIpc 800 is installed in Slot 0 of your mainframe it supplies the VXIbus CLK10 signal The VXIpc 800 can use two different sources to generate this signal an onboard oscillator or the external CLK SMB connector Use switch S3 to select these options as shown in Figure 3 3 Notice that Figure 3 3b also shows switch S5 You must configure these switches as shown when using the corresponding CLK10 source setting of S3 W13 a Manual Non Slot 0 Configuration W13 b Automatic Slot 0 Detection Default W13 c Manual Slot 0 Configuration Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 3 6 National Instruments Corporation Figure 3 3 VXIbus CLK10 Routing The VXIpc 800 can also be config
86. lf is user configurable Use switch S9 to control the operation of the EEPROM The setting of this switch determines whether the VXIpc 800 boots off the factory configured half or the user modified settings This is useful in the event that the user configured half of the EEPROM becomes corrupted in such a way that the VXIpc 800 boots to an unusable state In its default setting the VXIpc 800 boots off the user configurable half S7 S7 a Does Not Terminate Trigger Input Default b Terminate Trigger Input S2 S2 a VXI Circuitry Loads Power on Defaults from EEPROM Default b Power on Self Configuration Circuit is Disabled Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 9 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure 3 9 shows the configuration settings for EEPROM operation Figure 3 9 EEPROM Configuration How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration VXIedit is the software configuration utility in the NI VXI software This utility is described in the NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 800 700 Series which you can access through the c images manuals directory You can use this utility to edit the configuration of the VXIpc 800 Some of these settings are stored in files that are read by the NI VXI software while other settings are stored directly in the VXIpc 800 EEPROM Certain EEPROM configurations can lock up your PCI computer while it is booting up Generally only the s
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88. nel with the two screws You can use a PEM nut on the back far side of the bracket or a 4 40 nut with a lock washer hole diameter should be 0 125 in In either case use a 4 40 x 1 4 in stainless steel panhead screw to mount the board bracket assembly to the front panel Figure F 7 PCI Board and ISA Board Installed in a VXIpc 800 a PCI Board Installed b ISA Board Installed Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual F 8 National Instruments Corporation Figures F 8 and F 9 give dimensions and instructions for creating a connector cutout and expansion bracket for a PCI board Note In the following drawings dimensions are given in inches and millimeters with the millimeter dimensions in square brackets Figure F 8 Side View of PCI Board with Expansion Bracket 4 200 106 68 3 224 81 89 I O Connector Window 300 7 62 240 6 10 12 283 311 99 PCI Expansion Bracket Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation F 9 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure F 9 Front View of PCI Board Expansion Bracket 475 12 07 I O Connector Window I O Connector Window 475 12 07 X 3 224 81 89 3 464 87 99 09 2 3 200 5 08 4 46 113 28 4 080 103 63 19 4 8 180 4 57 240 6 10 560 14 22 760 19 30 1 1 1 Install PEM self clinching nut P N
89. nstruments Corporation Glossary 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual MB megabytes of memory MITE A National Instruments custom ASIC a sophisticated dual channel DMA controller that incorporates the Synchronous MXI and VME64 protocols to achieve high performance block transfer rates MODID Module ID Lines Used in VXI to geographically locate boards and to dynamically configure boards MTBF Mean Time Between Failure N NI VXI The National Instruments bus interface software for VME VXIbus systems NMI NonMaskable Interrupt Non Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in any slot in a VXIbus mainframe other than Slot 0 Installing such a device into Slot 0 can damage the device the VXIbus backplane or both P PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect The PCI bus is a high performance 32 bit or 64 bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PEM Penn Engineering Manufacturing Corporation A manufacturer of nuts pressed into metal POSC Power On Self Configuration A process by which the MITE chip programs its own registers from EEPROMs at power up PWB Printed Wire Board Glossary VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Glossary 6 National Instruments Corporation R Resource Manager A message based Commander located at Logical Address 0 which provides configuration management services such as address map configuration Commander and Ser
90. ntage of direct VXI control LabVIEW is a complete programming environment that departs from the sequential nature of traditional programming languages and features a graphical programming environment LabWindows CVI is an interactive C development environment for building test and measurement and instrument control systems It includes interactive code generation tools and a graphical editor for building custom user interfaces LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI include all the tools needed for instrument control data acquisition analysis and presentation When you order the LabVIEW Full Development System for Windows or the LabWindows CVI Full Development System for Windows you also get more than 500 complete instrument drivers which are modular source code programs that handle the communication with your instrument to speed your application development Hardware Description The VXIpc 800 Series controllers feature a modular PCI based local bus design that makes it easy to use interchangeable daughterboards to upgrade your controller to new microprocessors without having to replace the motherboard or enclosure The VXIpc 800 Series currently consists of two models the VXIpc 850 and the VXIpc 860 which vary in processors and speeds The VXIpc 700 Series consists of two models the VXIpc 740 and the VXIpc 745 Both models use a 486 class microprocessor running at 100 MHz Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual
91. oards mount with the components facing away from the CPU card which contains the processor and system RAM tall DRAM SIMMs may interfere with the circuit card of the plug in board Most SIMM modules are at least 1 in high and would extend into the ISA circuit card keepout area Therefore National Instruments provides SIMMs of 0 85 in high and does not recommend the use of cards that are longer than 7 72 in if you choose to use taller SIMMs They can be made to fit however take care to ensure the following conditions Contact of the board with the SIMMs should not cause electrical shorts because of through hole component leads on the side of the plug in board that contacts the SIMMs Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical stress to the plug in board Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical stress to the riser board into which the plug in board is inserted Figure F 3 shows the length restrictions for ISA cards for the VXIpc 850 when tall SIMMs are used Figure F 3 Length Restrictions for ISA Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 850 when SIMMs Taller than 0 85 in Are Used ISA Board Heat Sink Possible Support Bracket Positions 1 0 in High SIMMs 7 72 in max Riser Card Front Panel VXI Connector Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual F 4 National Instruments Corporation Height of VXIpc 860 Plug In Boa
92. ommon questions you may have when using the VXIpc 800 700 Series What do the LEDs on the front of the VXIpc 800 700 mean Refer to Appendix D LED Indicators for a description of the front panel LEDs Is something wrong with the VXIpc 800 700 if the red SYSFAIL and FAILED LEDs stay lit after booting the VXIpc 800 700 If either the SYSFAIL or FAILED LED remains lit refer to Appendix D LED Indicators for troubleshooting steps Can I access 32 bit registers in my VXIbus system from the VXIpc 800 700 Yes The VXIpc 800 700 uses the 32 bit PCI bus to interface to the VXIbus In fact the VXIbus circuitry on the VXIpc 800 700 also supports the new VME64 standard for D64 accesses Refer to your VXI software manual for more information What kind of signal is CLK10 and what kind of signal do I need for an external CLK10 CLK10 is a differential ECL signal on the backplane However the oscillator for the VXIpc 800 700 and the EXTCLK input on the VXIpc 800 front panel use TTL levels therefore you need to supply a TTL level signal for EXTCLK Our voltage converters convert the signal to differential ECL You cannot drive CLK10 externally on the VXIpc 700 Series What is the accuracy of the CLK10 signal The CLK10 signal generated by the VXIpc 800 700 is 100 ppm 0 01 as per the VXIbus specification If you need a more accurate CLK10 signal on the VXIpc 800 Series you can use the EXTCLK connector on its front panel Appendi
93. on PC configuration 3 10 serial port connectors and signals E 9 to E 10 signals COM1 and COM2 connectors table E 9 to E 10 Ethernet connector table E 8 GPIB IEEE 488 2 table E 15 to E 16 parallel port table E 11 to E 12 SCSI interface table E 13 to E 14 SMBs characteristics table E 19 connector signals table E 17 speaker characteristics table E 19 VGA connector table E 6 to E 7 VXIbus P1 and P2 table E 21 to E 23 Slot 0 capability configuration as Slot 0 or non Slot 0 G 3 VXIpc 700 Series 4 4 VXIpc 800 Series 3 4 to 3 5 installation of VXIpc 800 700 warning 3 13 4 9 overview 1 6 SMB connector location and pinout figure E 17 signals characteristics table E 19 connector signals table E 17 software optional 1 4 to 1 5 speaker connecting external speaker to VXIpc 800 Series G 3 connector location figure E 18 signal characteristics table E 19 specifications adding RAM A 6 electrical A 1 to A 2 environmental A 4 physical A 3 requirements A 1 VMEbus capability codes A 4 to A 5 startup failure D 2 switch settings See also configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 3 VXIpc 800 Series 3 3 SYSFAIL LED 1 8 D 1 Index VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Index 6 National Instruments Corporation system CMOS PC configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 7 to 4 8 VXIpc 800 Series 3 11 system resources VXIpc 700 Series DMA channel resource allocations C 2 I O address map C
94. onnector Type I II III Slot Type I II Slot RJ 45 Connector GPIB Connector ECP Parallel Miniature Miniature Serial 2 Speaker Keyboard Mouse Reset Chapter 2 Functional Overview National Instruments Corporation 2 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure 2 2 VXIpc 700 Series Block Diagram The VXIpc 800 700 consists of the following logic blocks Video The video circuitry is a plug in PCI card that has a 64 bit data path to up to 4 MB of EDO DRAM IDE This is dedicated PCI IDE circuitry providing fast ATA 2 transfers to the internal hard drive The IDE for the VXIpc 700 Series is built into the chip set PCMCIA This is a dedicated PCI PCMCIA interface that supports two independent PCMCIA cards On the VXIpc 800 Series one socket can accommodate a Type I II or III card while BIOS RTC Host Bus ISA Bridge Controller IBC Keyboard IDE Internal SRAM DRAM Cache Memory PCI Controller CMP 32 Bit 5 Volt PCI Local Bus Video VGA VXI Bus VXI MITE MANTIS ISA Bus PC Peripherals Serial Floppy Reset VXIpc 745 only Ethernet GPIB RJ 45 Connector Miniature GPIB Connector PCMCIA Type I II Slot Type I II Slot 486 CPU Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 2 4 National Instruments Corporation the other accommodates a Type I or II card On the VXIpc 700 Series you can install two Type I or
95. or information on configuring and installing your controller Warning Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your VXIpc 700 module To avoid such damage in handling the module touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your VXI chassis before removing the module from the package Default Settings This section summarizes the hardware default settings for the VXIpc 700 Series for easy reference The module is set at the factory for the most commonly used configuration Figure 4 1 shows the location and factory default settings of most of the configuration jumpers on the VXIpc 700 Series Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 4 2 National Instruments Corporation Figure 4 1 VXIpc 700 Series Parts Locator Diagram 1 Assembly Number 2 Product Name 3 Serial Number 4 CMOS W3 5 Slot 0 Identification W1 6 MITE EEPROM Configuration W7 7 MITE Self Configuration W10 8 Trigger In Termination W12 9 Ethernet EEPROM Configuration W6 1 9 8 2 3 5 4 6 7 Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 4 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Table 4 1 lists the factory default settings and options for the onboard jumpers Configuring the VXIpc 700 Series This section describes how to configure the following options on the VXIpc 700 VXIbu
96. or the VXIpc 800 Consult your VXIbus mainframe user manual or technical reference manual for specific instructions and warnings 1 Plug in your mainframe before installing the VXIpc 800 The power cord grounds the mainframe and protects it from electrical damage while you are installing the module Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished installing the VXIpc 800 module 2 Remove or open any doors or covers blocking access to the mainframe slots 3 If you are installing the VXIpc 800 into a D size mainframe install a support designed for installing C size boards in D size mainframes The VXIpc 800 has no P3 connector and cannot provide P3 Slot 0 control to VXI devices requiring this capability Warning If the VXIpc 800 is not configured for automatic Slot 0 detection be certain that the slot you select in your VXIbus mainframe matches the VXIpc 800 configuration as either a Slot 0 device or a Non Slot 0 device If you install your VXIpc 800 into a slot that does not correspond with the jumper setting you risk damage to the VXIpc 800 the VXIbus backplane or both 4 Insert the VXIpc 800 in the slot you have selected by aligning the top and bottom of the module with the card edge guides inside the mainframe Slowly push the VXIpc 800 straight into the slot until its plug connectors are resting on the backplane receptacle S1 S1 a Et
97. ous Pentium Pentium Pro class processors This card includes the Chapter 2 Functional Overview National Instruments Corporation 2 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual CPU chipset support that connects the CPU subsystem to the PCI bus and the system cache and RAM System I O This block has the bridge between the PCI bus and the ISA bus It also has PCI bus arbitration logic and integrates PC specific hardware such as the DMA and interrupt controllers PCI Expansion Slot This is a general purpose PCI slot It can accommodate any standard 5 V 32 bit PCI card with a modified mounting bracket ISA Expansion Slot This is a general purpose ISA expansion slot The VXIpc 860 can accommodate a half length XT size card while the VXIpc 850 can accommodate a full length XT size card However the DRAM configuration may mechanically interfere with a full length card Refer to Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards for more information SCSI The SCSI circuitry uses a PCI SCSI bridge to provide a flexible SCSI 2 connection on the front panel usable for such devices as external hard disks and CD ROM drives National Instruments Corporation 3 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Chapter3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation This chapter contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 800 Series embedded computer Unless otherwise noted these instructions apply to all models in th
98. out SCSI II E 13 Figure E 10 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout E 15 Figure E 11 SMB Connectors Location and Pinout E 17 Figure E 12 Speaker Connection Location E 18 Figure E 13 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout E 20 Figure F 1 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 850 Expansion Slot F 1 Figure F 2 Component Height Restrictions for PCI Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 850 F 2 Figure F 3 Length Restrictions for ISA Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 850 when SIMMs Taller than 0 85 in Are Used F 3 Figure F 4 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 860 Expansion Slot F 4 Figure F 5 Component Height Restrictions for PCI Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 860 F 5 Table of Contents VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual x National Instruments Corporation Figure F 6 Length Restrictions for ISA Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 860 when SIMMs Taller than 0 85 in Are Used F 6 Figure F 7 PCI Board and ISA Board Installed in a VXIpc 800 F 7 Figure F 8
99. rds In general the VXIpc 860 can accommodate any standard size PCI card and any XT height ISA card The height of an I O card is measured from the bottom of the bus connector to the top of the board as shown in Figure F 4 Figure F 4 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 860 Expansion Slot Both XT height ISA cards and PCI cards are 4 2 in high The VXIpc 860 does not support AT height ISA cards which are 4 8 in high Length of VXIpc 860 Plug In Boards The VXIpc 860 can accommodate PCI or ISA I O boards that are up to 4 2 in high and up to 8 4 in long When DRAM SIMMs 0 85 in are used on the processor board the component side component height on a PCI I O board shall be 0 48 in tall in the area shown in Figure F 4 For the same height DRAM SIMMs the ISA I O board solder side component height shall be 0 07 in tall in the area shown in Figure F 4 Be sure to allow for clearance if you want to use taller DRAM SIMMs Height 4 2 in max Length 8 4 in maximum for both ISA and PCI 2 51 in 1 50 in 4 36 in 48 in Component Height PCI Component Side 07 in Component Height ISA Solder Side With 85 in Tall SIMMs Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation F 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Because DRAM SIMMs taller than 0 85 in are more likely to interfere with ISA cards than PCI cards the two are discussed separately in the following sections Length o
100. rence Manual to fully understand the purpose and syntax of each function These two manuals are also availaable in the c images manuals directory under the names NIVXIUM pdf and NIVXIPRM pdf respectively You can also access online help for Windows 95 NT 3 1 in the NI VXI folder Refer to the NI VXI Graphical Utilities Reference Manual and the NI VXI Text Utilities Reference Manual to learn more about the NI VXI utilities Related Documentation The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as you read this manual ANSI IEEE Standard 1014 1987 IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus VMEbus ANSI IEEE Standard 1155 1993 IEEE VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation VXIbus ANSI VITA 1 1994 VME64 VXI 6 VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification Rev 1 0 VXIbus Consortium Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals We are interested in the applications you develop with our products and we want to help if you have problems with them To make it easy for you to contact us this manual contains comment and configuration forms for you to complete These forms are in Appendix H Customer Communication at the end of this manual National Instruments Corporation 1 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Chapter1 Introduction This chapter describes the VXIpc 800 700 Series of embedded VXI computers lists what you need to
101. ries User Manual If either the SYSFAIL or FAILED LED remains lit perform the following steps 1 Power off the mainframe 2 Remove all other modules from the mainframe 3 Make sure that the VXIpc 800 700 jumper settings are correct 4 Make sure that the VXIpc 800 700 is seated properly in the mainframe 5 Power on the mainframe and observe whether the SYSFAIL and FAILED LEDs become unlit some time before the operating system boots Board Access LEDs The board access LEDs ACCESS and DRIVE indicate when board resources have been accessed The following paragraphs describe these LEDs ACCESS LED When lit the ACCESS LED indicates that the VXIpc 800 700 MODID line is asserted or that another VXIbus master is accessing VXIbus shared registers or shared memory DRIVE LED The DRIVE LED light indicates that an access to the internal hard disk drive is occurring Ethernet LEDs VXIpc 800 Series Only The Ethernet LEDs RX TX LINK and DSEL indicate the status of the Ethernet interface on the VXIpc 800 Series RX LED The RX LED lights when the Ethernet interface is receiving a packet TX LED The TX LED lights when the Ethernet interface is transmitting a packet Appendix D LED Indicators VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual D 4 National Instruments Corporation LINK LED The LINK LED indicates LINK status and can generally be used to check if Ethernet activity is occurring DSEL LED The
102. roduct a specific operating system or a specific software version bold Bold text denotes the names of menus menu items dialog box buttons or options or LEDs bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note caution or warning bold monospace Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer automatically prints to the screen italic Italic text denotes emphasis a cross reference or an introduction to a key concept This font also denotes text from which you supply the appropriate word or value as in Windows 3 x About This Manual National Instruments Corporation xiii VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that are to be literally input from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives paths directories programs subprograms subroutines device names functions variables filenames and extensions VXIpc 700 Series The terms VXIpc 700 Series and VXIpc 700 refer to a series of C size single slot VXI controllers Currently this series consists of the VXIpc 740 and VXIpc 745 VXIpc 800 Series The terms VXIpc 800 Series and VXIpc 800 refer to a series of C size dual slot VXI controllers Currently this series consists of the VXIpc 850 and VXIpc 860 with various processors and in different speeds VXIpc 800 700 Series The term VXIpc 800 700 Series r
103. rom electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished installing the VXIpc 700 module 2 Remove or open any doors or covers blocking access to the mainframe slots 3 If you are installing the VXIpc 700 into a D size mainframe install a support designed for installing C size boards in D size W3 W3 a Normal Operation Default b Clear CMOS Contents a Ethernet Power On Defaults Loaded from EEPROM b Hardwired Ethernet Values W6 W6 Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 4 9 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual mainframes The VXIpc 700 has no P3 connector and cannot provide P3 Slot 0 control to VXI devices requiring this capability Warning If the VXIpc 700 is not configured for automatic Slot 0 detection be certain that the slot you select in your VXIbus mainframe matches the VXIpc 700 configuration as either a Slot 0 device or a Non Slot 0 device If you install your VXIpc 700 into a slot that does not correspond with the jumper setting you risk damage to the VXIpc 700 the VXIbus backplane or both 4 Insert the VXIpc 700 in the slot you have selected by aligning the top and bottom of the module with the card edge guides inside the mainframe Slowly push the VXIpc 700 straight into the slot until its plug connectors are resting on the backplane receptacle connectors Using slow evenly distributed pressure press the module straig
104. s Slot 0 Non Slot 0 Trigger Input Termination EEPROM Installed system RAM How to Remove the Metal Enclosure The VXIpc 700 is housed in a metal enclosure comprised of a top and bottom cover to improve EMC performance and to provide easy handling You must remove the top cover to change many of the switch and jumper settings You must also remove the top cover to change the amount of DRAM installed on the module Table 4 1 VXIpc 700 Series Hardware Default Settings Jumper Switch Default Setting Optional Setting W1 Enable automatic Slot 0 detection Force Slot 0 Force Non Slot 0 W3 Normal CMOS operation Clear CMOS W6 Enable Ethernet EEPROM configuration Disable Ethernet EEPROM configuration uses default power on values W10 Enable MITE self configuration Disable MITE self configuration W7 MITE user configuration MITE factory configuration W12 No termination on external trigger input Terminate external trigger input to 50 Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 4 4 National Instruments Corporation Remove the top cover by removing the 10 screws that attach it to the module VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 The VXIpc 700 is configured at the factory to automatically detect if it is installed in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe With automatic Slot 0 detection you can install the module into any VXIbus slot You can man
105. s recommends the following types of SIMMs for use with the VXIpc 850 and VXIpc 700 Series controllers Fast Page Mode 8 MB 2 MB x 36 SIMMs 70 ns 16 MB 4 MB x 36 SIMMs 70 ns 32 MB 8 MB x 36 SIMMs 70 ns The VXIpc 860 can use Fast Page Mode FPM Extended Data Out EDO or Bursts Extended Data Out BEDO National Instruments recommends the following types of SIMMs for use with the VXIpc 860 8 MB 2 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns 16 MB 4 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns 32 MB 8 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns 64 MB 16 MB x 32 36 SIMMs 60 or 70 ns The height of SIMMs used with VXIpc 800 Series controllers should be 0 85 in or less or 1 2 in for VXIpc 700 Series controllers Contact National Instruments for recommendations on specific manufacturers Note The VXIpc 800 must be populated with pairs of SIMMs because the DRAM interface is 64 bits wide National Instruments Corporation B 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixB VXIpc 800 Series System Resources This appendix describes what system resources are available on the VXIpc 800 Series and where they are allocated Because PCI is a relatively new addition to PCs this appendix describes how PCI interrupts fit into a PC architecture before listing the devices that use them PCI Interrupts PCI interrupts can be shared by multiple devices and are therefore more flexible than ISA interrupts They do not actually connect
106. se of the computer s hardware resources C CLK10 A 10 MHz 100 ppm individually buffered to each module slot differential ECL system clock that is sourced from Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe and distributed to Slots 1 through 12 on P2 It is distributed to each slot as a single source single destination signal with a matched delay of under 8 ns CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor a process used in making chips D DIN Deutsches Institut f r Normung German Standards Institute DMA Direct Memory Access a method by which data is transferred between devices and internal memory without intervention of the central processing unit DRAM Dynamic RAM Random Access Memory storage that the computer must refresh at frequent intervals Glossary National Instruments Corporation Glossary 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E ECL Emitter Coupled Logic EDO Extended Data Out a DRAM architecture that shortens overall access latency improving performance EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory embedded controller An intelligent CPU controller interface plugged directly into the VXI backplane giving it direct access to the VXIbus It must have all of its required VXI interface capabilities built in EMC Electromagnetic Compliance F fair requester A VXIbus device that will not arbitrate for the VXIbus after releasing it until it detects the bus request signal inactive This
107. taller system DRAM SIMMs you must consider the strong possibility of contact with the SIMMs Because DRAM SIMMs taller than 0 85 in are more likely to interfere with ISA cards than PCI cards the two are discussed separately in the following sections Length of PCI Plug In Boards The VXIpc 850 accommodates any standard 32 bit 5 V PCI I O board The maximum standard dimensions of a PCI I O board are 12 283 in by 4 2 in PCI cards are installed in the VXIpc 850 such that the board components face the processor card which contains the processor and system RAM Exceptionally tall PCI components higher than 0 52 in on a plug in board may physically contact the DRAM SIMMs installed on the CPU card as shown in Figure F 2 Figure F 2 Component Height Restrictions for PCI Plug In Boards Used with the VXIpc 850 Because larger DRAM sizes may employ taller SIMMs you must be careful that the component height of the PCI board does not interfere with the SIMMs in such a way that electrical shorts occur or that the PCI board is stressed enough to compromise its physical or electrical integrity PCI Card Riser Card Heat Sink Front Panel Possible Support Bracket Positions 85 in High SIMMs VXI Connector 62 in max to Heat Sink 52 in max to SIMMs Appendix F Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation F 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Length of ISA Plug In Boards Because ISA b
108. tion and pinouts for the IEEE 1284 connector on the VXIpc 800 Table E 6 gives the name and description for the IEEE 1284 connector signals Amp manufactures a parallel port compatible connector part number 2 175677 5 Figure E 8 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout Table E 6 Parallel Port Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 BUSY Device Busy 2 SLCTIN Select Input 3 ACK Acknowledge 4 FAULT Fault 5 ERROR Error 6 PD0 Data Bit 0 7 PD1 Data Bit 1 8 PD 2 Data Bit 2 9 PD3 Data Bit 3 Parallel Port 1 18 19 36 2 1 SYSF ACC ACC TEST ONLINE ONLINE FAILED FAILED DRIVE DRIVE Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 12 National Instruments Corporation 10 PD4 Data Bit 4 11 PD5 Data Bit 5 12 PD6 Data Bit 6 13 PD7 Data Bit 7 14 INIT Initialize Printer 15 STROBE Strobe 16 SLCT Select 17 AUTOFD Auto Line Feed 18 5V 5 Volts 19 35 GND Ground 36 NC Not Connected Table E 6 Parallel Port Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 13 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual SCSI Figure E 9 shows the location and pinouts for the SCSI connector on the VXIpc 800 Table E 7 gives the name and description for the SCSI connector signals Amp manufactures a S
109. to the processor directly they are instead mapped through ISA interrupts in the system I O module The interrupt handler for a particular ISA interrupt must know if it will be acknowledging a PCI device Resource Tables This section provides tables describing where system resources are assigned Table B 1 lists how the ISA interrupts are allocated on the VXIpc 800 Series and whether they are driven by a PCI interrupt Table B 2 lists DMA channel allocation and Table B 3 gives the I O address map Table B 1 VXIpc 800 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations ISA Interrupt PCI Interrupt Device NMI None Parity 0 None Timer 1 None Keyboard 2 None IRQ Expansion 8 15 3 None COM2 4 None COM1 Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual B 2 National Instruments Corporation 5 INTC INTB GPIB PCMCIA Slot Expansion 6 None Floppy Drive 7 None LPT1 8 None RTC 9 None Ethernet 10 INTA VXI SCSI PCMCIA 11 None GPIB PCMCIA Slot Expansion 12 None Mouse 13 None FPERR 14 INTD IDE 15 None PCMCIA Slot Expansion Table B 2 VXIpc 800 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations DMA Channel Device 0 Free 1 Free 2 Floppy Drive 3 Free 4 Free 5 GPIB 6 Free 7 Free Table B 1 VXIpc 800 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations Continued ISA Interrupt PCI Interrupt Device Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series
110. tors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 22 National Instruments Corporation 28 GND D29 GND 29 Not Connected D30 Not Connected 30 GND D31 MODID00 31 Not Connected GND GND 32 Not Connected 5 V Not Connected Table E 12 VXIbus P1 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A 1 D08 BBSY D00 2 D09 BCLR D01 3 D10 ACFAIL D02 4 D11 BG0IN D03 5 D12 BG0OUT D04 6 D13 BG1IN D05 7 D14 BG1OUT D06 8 D15 BG2IN D07 9 GND BG2OUT GND 10 SYSFAIL BG3IN SYSCLK 11 BERR BG3OUT GND 12 SYSRESET BR0 DS1 13 LWORD BR1 DS0 14 AM5 BR2 WRITE 15 A23 BR3 GND 16 A22 AM0 DTACK 17 A21 AM1 GND 18 A20 AM2 AS Table E 11 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 23 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 19 A19 AM3 GND 20 A18 GND IACK 21 A17 Not Connected IACKIN 22 A16 Not Connected IACKOUT 23 A15 GND AM4 24 A14 IRQ7 A07 25 A13 IRQ6 A06 26 A12 IRQ5 A05 27 A11 IRQ4 A04 28 A10 IRQ3 A03 29 A09 IRQ2 A02 30 A08 IRQ1 A01 31 12 V Not Connected 12 V 32 5 V 5 V 5 V Table E 12 VXIbus P1 Connector Signals Continued Pin Row C Row B Row A National Instruments Corporation F 1 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual AppendixF Modifying and Installing I O
111. ually configure the VXIpc 700 for either Slot 0 or Non Slot 0 operation by defeating the automatic detection circuitry Use the five position jumper W1 to select automatic Slot 0 detection Slot 0 or Non Slot 0 operation Figure 4 2 shows these three settings Warning Do not install a device configured for Slot 0 into another slot without first reconfiguring it to either Non Slot 0 or automatic configuration Neglecting to do this could result in damage to the device the VXIbus backplane or both Figure 4 2 VXIbus Slot Configuration When the VXIpc 700 is installed in Slot 0 it becomes the VXIbus System Controller In this role it has VXIbus Data Transfer Bus Arbiter circuitry that accepts bus requests on all four VXIbus request levels prioritizes the requests and grants the bus to the highest priority requester As VXIbus System Controller the VXIpc 700 also drives the 16 MHz VXIbus system clock by an onboard 16 MHz oscillator As required by the VXIbus specification the VXIpc 700 drives the 10 MHz signal CLK10 on a differential ECL output when installed in Slot 0 When not installed in Slot 0 the VXIpc 700 only receives the CLK10 signal W1 a Manual Non Slot 0 Configuration W1 b Automatic Slot 0 Detection Default W1 c Manual Slot 0 Configuration Chapter 4 VXIpc 700 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 4 5 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Trigger Input Termination
112. uments Corporation Index 3 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual fixing invalid configuration 4 6 to 4 7 power on self configuration status figure 4 5 protecting against electrical hazards warning 4 6 VXIpc 800 Series 3 8 to 3 9 configuration settings figure 3 9 fixing invalid configuration 3 9 power on self configuration status figure 3 8 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 9 electrical specifications A 1 to A 2 electronic support services H 1 to H 2 e mail support H 2 environmental specifications A 4 equipment optional 1 4 Ethernet connector and signals E 8 LEDs for status 1 9 D 3 to D 4 power on defaults PC configuration VXIpc 700 Series 4 8 VXIpc 800 Series 3 12 expansion boards See I O expansion boards expansion bracket ISA boards F 10 to F 11 PCI boards F 8 to F 9 external SMBs E 17 F FAILED LED 1 8 D 1 fax and telephone support H 2 Fax on Demand support H 2 front panel See also connectors LEDs on front panel features 1 7 to 1 9 layout and dimensions VXIpc 740 figure E 4 VXIpc 745 figure E 3 VXIpc 800 figure E 2 FTP support H 1 G GPIB IEEE 488 2 connectors and signals E 15 to E 16 PC configuration interrupt level 3 11 H hard disk See IDE controller SCSI interface height of plug in boards VXIpc 850 F 1 VXIpc 860 F 4 I IDE controller problems with booting hard disk G 4 using internal IDE drive and external SCSI hard drive G 4
113. ured to drive the external CLK SMB signal from the VXIbus CLK10 signal Switch S5 controls whether the VXIpc 800 drives or receives the external CLK SMB signal If you change the S5 setting to drive CLK10 out the external CLK10 SMB connector Figure 3 4b do not set S3 to source CLK10 to the backplane from the SMB instead use the setting shown in Figure 3 3a Figure 3 4 SMB CLK10 Direction When switch S5 is set so that the VXIpc 800 receives the SMB CLK10 signal you have the option to add a 50 termination to the signal by setting switch S6 Switch S6 is unused its setting does not matter when S5 is configured to drive the external CLK SMB signal Figure 3 5 shows the settings for switch S6 S3 S3 S5 a CLK10 Generated from Onboard Oscillator Default b CLK10 Generated from SMB S5 S5 a CLK10 SMB Receives 10 MHz Signal Default b CLK10 SMB Drives 10 MHz Signal from VXIbus CLK10 Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 7 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual Figure 3 5 SMB CLK10 Termination You can use an additional switch S4 to control the polarity of the external CLK SMB signal when S5 is configured to drive it S4 is unused its setting does not matter when S5 is configured to receive the external CLK SMB signal Figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 Polarity Trigger Input Termination You can use switch S7 to terminate the external trigger input SMB with 50
114. using and 748333 2 pin contact Figure E 5 VGA Connector Location and Pinout Table E 3 VGA Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 R Red 2 G Green 3 B Blue 4 NC Not Connected 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 GND Ground VGA 1 6 11 5 10 15 VGA 1 6 11 5 10 15 VGA 1 6 11 5 10 15 2 1 a VXIpc 800 b VXIpc 745 c VXIpc 740 Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation E 7 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual 8 GND Ground 9 5 VDC 5 VDC 10 GND Ground 11 NC Not Connected 12 SD Serial Data 13 HSync Horizontal Sync 14 VSync Vertical Sync 15 SC Serial Clock Table E 3 VGA Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description Appendix E Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual E 8 National Instruments Corporation Ethernet Figure E 6 shows the location and pinouts for the Ethernet connector on the VXIpc 800 and VXIpc 745 Table E 4 gives the name and description for the Ethernet connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector part number 554739 1 Figure E 6 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout Table E 4 Ethernet Connector Signals Pin Signal Description 1 Differential Transmit 2 Differential Transmit 3 Differential Receive 4 NC 5 NC 6 Differential Receive 7 NC 8 NC Ethernet 2 1 8 1
115. vant mappings and self test and diagnostic management S s seconds SCSI Small Computer System Interface SIMM Single In line Memory Module slave A functional part of a VME VXIbus device that detects data transfer cycles initiated by a VMEbus master and responds to the transfers when the address specifies one of the device s registers Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe This device is unique in the VXIbus system in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions including clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device the VXIbus backplane or both SMB Sub Miniature Type B connector that features a snap coupling for fast connection T trigger Either TTL or ECL lines used for intermodule communication TTL Transistor Transistor Logic V V Volts VME Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014 Glossary National Instruments Corporation Glossary 7 VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual VMEbus System A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe Controller or Slot 1 of a VMEbus chassis This device is unique in the VMEbus system in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions including clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device the VMEbus VXIbus
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117. x G Common Questions VXIpc 800 700 Series User Manual G 2 National Instruments Corporation If I boot the computer without video and then plug in the video why is it in black and white When the computer first boots the video chips try to synchronize with the monitor If the monitor is not there the video chips cannot synchronize and establish color You need to have the monitor attached at boot time to get color I ve installed the SCSI software Why doesn t the VXIpc 800 Series recognize my SCSI device VXIpc 800 Series users only This problem usually occurs when SCSI has not been enabled in the BIOS Enter your BIOS by pressing lt DEL gt at boot time In the Setup window click on the Chipset icon Select the On Board PCI SCSI option and enable it What type of video interface is onboard the VXIpc 800 700 What video drivers are included with the VXIpc 800 700 Can I use Super VGA with my VXIpc 800 700 If my application requires a special type of video display how do I configure my VXIpc 800 700 The VXIpc 800 700 uses the Trident Microsystems TGUI96xx chip family a combination graphics accelerator and RAMDAC The TGUI9660 is the first chip used from this family Subsequent pin compatible chips will follow The chips in this family are compatible with the Standard VGA video output MS Windows video driver as well as the Trident Microsystems video driver For more information on the video driver refer to the c

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