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1. Click OK Reboot your computer Verifying User Window Size for Windows NT 2000 XP To verify user window size for Windows NT 2000 XP 1 ET ON Install NI VXI_VISA Tools for PCI Based MXI 2 for Windows NT 2000 and XP version 3 3 Select Start Programs National Instruments Measurements amp Automation The Measurements amp Automation Explorer main screen is displayed Under Configuration double click Devices and Interfaces All devices and interfaces are displayed Right click on VXI Systems 0 PCI MXI 2 and select Hardware Configuration The Settings for PCI MXI 2 dialog box is displayed Click the PCI tab In the User window size field select 8 MB Click OK Reboot your Computer Installation Instructions page 7 Installation Instruction for EXC 4000VME and EXC 4000VXI Boards on a PCI MXI 2 System Viewing Global Module Information Registers for Windows 2000 XP To view the Global Module Information registers on a VME VXI board using National Instruments Measurements amp Automation Explorer utility for Windows 2000 XP To view a Global Module Information register 1 10 11 12 page 8 Select Start Programs National Instruments Measurements amp Automation The Measurements amp Automation Explorer main screen is displayed Select Tools NI VISA VISA Interactive Control The VISA Interactive Control dialog box is displayed Select the View by Connection option b2. See the file readme txt in the MerlinPlus or MerlinMCH folder for other troubleshooting tips 5 Ifyou receive a system error message Unknown database Alias DevDB_BDE when you first run a Merlin application the correct configuration file was not selected in BDE Administrator Select Control Panel BDE Administrator Object Open Configuration merlin cfg from the Merlin folder C Program Files Excalibur Merlin or from the BDE folder C Program Files Common Files Borland Shared BDE Exit the BDE Administrator and save this as your default configuration 6 Errors 2711 1603 1309 The directory structure for all VxWorks products has been changed Therefore when installing any Software Tools with a CD newer than your original installation the error reports Error 2711 Error 1603 and Error 1309 may occur Solution e Write down the Excalibur products installed on your computer Run the Excalibur Installation Wizard See Software Installation for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards on page 4 Select Remove This removes all unmodified Excalibur files from your system New and modified files remain and are unaffected Run the Excalibur Installation Wizard again and select the specific products you want to install October 2007 Installation Instructions page 13
3. Carrier Boards and PCMCIA Cards This document describes how to install Excalibur hardware and software for all c PCI VME and VXI carrier boards and their modules and PCMCIA cards For all PMC boards and for ISA boards running on Windows 9x ME NT4 see the installation instructions in the Programmer s Reference for your module or board For ISA boards running on Windows 2000 XP see the ISA KernelDriver support for Windows 2000 txt file on the root directory of the Excalibur Installation CD Installation Instructions page 1 Installation Instructions for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards Supported Operating Systems This document contains installation instructions for the following Windows operating systems e Windows 9x ME e Windows NT4 e Windows 2000 XP Vista Most Excalibur products support all of these operating systems Each of these groups has a separate kernel driver that is installed automatically when installing the Software Tools using the Excalibur Installation CD When upgrading your Software Tools from our website make sure to select the correct kernel driver software for your operating system Note The EXC 15583PCMCIA Px card requires Windows 2000 XP Vista Windows Vista Note Excalibur Software Tools are fully compatible with Windows Vista However a difficulty may arise when running the ExcConfig utility due to Microsoft s new User Account Control technology This technology requires you to specifically request adm
4. Getting Started Installation Instructions for Excalibur Carrier Boards PCMCIA Cards and Software Tools Welcome to Excalibur Systems suite of boards modules PCMCIA cards and software drivers This document describes how to install Excalibur hardware and software and contains the following sections Getting Started icc ci cece ccicsccs cece cacceccesucitetanes cena cecetbeesecsuee vanes adama ia eaaa aenak vacescuenrecteexeesenesie 1 Supported Carrier Boards and PCMCIA Catrds ceccececeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeseaeeseaeeeaeesieeenaeeeneeeaas 1 Supported Operating Systems cecceeeceeeceeeneeseeeeeeeecaeeeeaeeeaeeseaeeeaeeseeeeeaeeseeeseaeeeseeseeeseaeeseeeeeeeneeesas 2 Installation Instructions for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards csscessesseenseeserees 2 Hardware Installation for PCI Carrier Boards and PCMCIA Cards ecceeeceseeeeeeeeeeeeteneeeeeeeeeetaas 2 Verifying Board Card Installation eccceceeseeceeeeeeeeeeeeteaeeeeeeceeeeeaeeseeseaeeseaeeeaeesaeeeaeeseeeeseeseeeeeaeens 3 Software Installation for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards ceecceesceeeceseneeeeeeeeeeeeneeseeeeeeeseaeeeneeenaten 4 R nning amp Test Progra spstr otsata iiser cia i oraina ain iso rina r Eii oieee Ea EEA 6 Installation Instruction for EXC 4000VME and EXC 4000VXI Boards na PCIAINIXI 2 System eeren ara rarae thy scetseccewrececevelsdcuvesdcederaetessbdeeuccceetauilaseeatcuuntindetenes 6 Hardware Installation for VME VXI Carr
5. ard card 11 Do one of the following Note When using more than one carrier board or PCMCIA card of the same type you must select a unique value for each board card in the Unique ID or Socket Number field This number must match the DIP switches jumpers or the socket number of the board card In the remaining fields leave the Auto values and click Save Repeat steps 9 11 for each board card For additional information see Multiple Board Support on page 9 When using one carrier board or PCMCIA card leave all the Auto values and click Save Make a note of the row number in the Excalibur Configuration Utility assigned to the device This device number is used as the parameter for the Init_Module function For a PCMCIA card running under Windows NT you cannot use the Auto values See PCMCIA Configuration Values for Windows NT on page 5 12 Reboot your computer For PCMCIA cards the card must remain in the computer throughout the reboot operation The Software Tools are installed PCMCIA Configuration Values for Windows NT For PCMCIA cards under Windows NT use the following values in the Excalibur Configuration Wizard Name of Field Enter the value Type Select the appropriate PCMCIA card Memory base A 72K area of memory To determine which memory areas are available on your computer Select Start gt Programs gt Administrative Tools gt Windows NT Diagnostics gt Memory The memory areas curren
6. ards and PCMCIA Cards To install the Software Tools for your module card Note If there is already a previous version of Software Tools for the same module card installed on the computer the new version will overwrite it However the software installation works best on a system that does not have any Excalibur products installed on it Therefore it is strongly recommended to uninstall the previous version before installing the new version e For Windows 9x ME NT select Start Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs e For Windows 2000 XP select Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs If you want to save the earlier version you can choose to install the new version in a different directory when the Excalibur Installation Wizard prompts you for an installation location 1 Insert the Excalibur Installation CD in the CD drive A webpage is displayed enabling you to select installation options 2 Click Install Drivers Applications Utilities on the top left of the webpage or on the lower part of the webpage 3 Click the Setup Button icon or the Setup Button link 4 If you are asked whether to save or run the file click Run A security message may be displayed 5 Click Run 6 Follow the on screen instructions to select the software that matches your product 7 When an Excalibur product is already installed the following options are displayed Option Description Modify When you select Modify the in
7. ch position Switch OFF or Open logic 1 at switch position Note The numbers in the above table under Switch Settings indicate switch positions Address lines A15 and A14 are always decoded as 1 e Address lines A5 AO are always decoded as 0 Installation Instructions page 11 Multiple Board Support Using Multiple EXC 1553cc VME Px Boards A unique Logical Address must be set for each board Use jumpers JP1 JP8 to set the board s Logical Address Examples of Logical Address Jumper JP1 JP8 Settings MSB Logical Address Jumpers JP1 JP8 LSB A15 A14 A13 A12 A11 A10 A9 A8 A7 A6 Logical Address Jumper Settings Hex Dec 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 80 128 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 129 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Co 192 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 FF 255 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Example For a logical address of CO H A16 Address F000 H short jumpers JP3 JP8 and do not short jumpers JP1 and JP2 Jumper shorted logic 0 Jumper not shorted logic 1 Note The numbers in the above table under Switch Settings indicate jumper positions Address lines A15 and A14 are always decoded as 1 Address lines A5 AO are always decoded as 0 page 12 Excalibur Systems Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This section contains troubleshooting information for software installation from the Excalibur Installation CD 1 Ifthe Excalibur webpage does not open automatically when you insert the Excalib
8. d 2 Inthe ExcConfig utility program create a separate device number for each board For each board enter the appropriate values in the ExcConfig screen as described in the table below Name of field Enter this value Type Select EXC 4000PCI from the drop down list Unique ID Set to the unique ID configured above in Step 1 Memory Set to automatic setting Interrupt Setup Set to automatic setting I O ports Set to automatic setting page 10 Excalibur Systems Multiple Board Support Using Multiple VME VXI Family Boards Support for the use of multiple boards is implemented via the module specific Init_Module function See the Programmer s Reference for your module This section discusses Using Multiple VME VXI boards on page 11 Using Multiple EXC 1553ccVME Px Boards on page 12 Using Multiple VME VXI boards A unique Logical Address must be set for each board Use DIP switch SW1 to set the board s Logical Address Examples of Logical Address Switch SW1 Settings MSB Logical Address Switch SW1 LSB A15 A14 A13 A12 A11 A10 A9 A8 A7 A6 Logical Address Switch Settings Hex Dec 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 80 128 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 129 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 co 192 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 FF 255 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Example For a logical address of CO H A16 Address F000 H set position 1 and 2 to OFF or Open and all other switches to ON or Closed Switch ON or Closed logic 0 at swit
9. e Data Value field Excalibur Systems Multiple Board Support Multiple Board Support 4000 PCI Software Tools support the use of a maximum of one to four modules for EXC 4000 c PCI carrier boards or one to eight modules for EXC 4000VME VXI carrier boards simultaneously See Table 1 2 Modules per Carrier Board In addition you can use multiple boards simultaneously See Using Multiple PCI Family Boards on page 10 Using Multiple VME VXI Family Boards on page 11 EXC 4000 c PCI EXC 4000VME VXI M4K1553Pxil 4 8 M4K1553MCH 4 8 M4K429RTx 4 8 M4KDiscrete 4 8 M4KSerial 4 8 M4KHO009 2 4 M4KCAN 4 8 M4K708 4 8 Table 1 2 Modules per Carrier Board Note The EXC 15538ccVME Px board comes with up to 16 built in M4K1553PxIT modules Installation Instructions page 9 Multiple Board Support Using Multiple PCI Family Boards To use multiple PCI boards 1 Each board must be set for a unique ID The ID of a board is set via the SW1 DIP switch To set the ID of the board set the jumpers as follows Board ID SW1 Switch contact 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 Set DIP switch SW1 to a unique ID by setting the switch contacts open or off to rep resent logic 1 and closed or on to represent logic 0 Note Although the Unique ID drop down list in the Excalibur Installation Wizard displays the values Auto and 0 4 you can type 0 15 in this field for the Unique ID of the boar
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11. inistrative privileges whenever necessary Administrative privileges are required to run the ExcConfig utility due to registry modifications made by the utility Therefore you can no longer run ExcConfig by double clicking on its icon nor can you run ExcConfig by choosing it from the Start menu Attempting either of these options will result in an error message Instead right click on the icon or menu item and choose Run as administrator Installation Instructions for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards Warning Whenever handling an Excalibur board or PCMCIA card make sure to wear a suitably grounded electrostatic discharge ESD wrist strap Hardware Installation for PCI Carrier Boards and PCMCIA Cards page 2 To install an Excalibur carrier board PCMCIA card 1 Do one of the following For carrier boards Make sure the computer is turned off Insert the board into one of the available slots For more information see the Installation section in the User s Manual for the board you are using Start your computer and wait until Windows boots up For PCMCIA cards Turn on the computer and wait until the operating system boots up Insert the PCMCIA card into any PCMCIA slot When the card is almost all the way in the slot push firmly but gently to ensure a firm connection with the computer Do not force the card into position 2 For Windows operating systems that support Plug and Play 9x ME 2000 and XP a wizard is displayed
12. s page 6 Warning Whenever handling an Excalibur board make sure to wear a suitably grounded electrostatic discharge ESD wrist strap This section explains the procedure for installing the Software Tools for the Excalibur EXC 4000VME VXI boards under a Windows operating system Installation of the EXC 4000VME VXI board on a Windows system is accomplished by determining the board s logical address setting the DIP switch on the board and installing Software Tools To verify board installation run the test programs that are included on the Excalibur Installation CD All the files needed to run Software Tools on Windows operating systems are on the Excalibur Installation CD Note Software Tools for VME VXI boards were written for VISA standard To install an EXC 4000VME VXI board 1 Ensure the National Instruments PCI MXI 2 system is installed correctly 2 Before installing the Excalibur board it is very important to determine the board s logical address The board requires a 1MB area of memory within A24 or A32 memory space Choose a logical address within A16 memory space that does not conflict with any other devices in your system The board is set at default address 80H 128 Dec Warning Jf a logical address is already in use and it is also used for the EXC 4000VME VXI the board will not function properly 3 Set the Board Logical Address DIP switch SW1 according to the logical address chosen See the sec
13. s do not apply to Windows NT For Windows NT to verify installation install the software see Software Installation for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards on page 4 reboot your computer then run a test program see Running a Test Program on page 6 1 Make sure that the Excalibur board card is in place in the computer Right click My Computer and select Properties The System Properties dialog box is displayed 3 Do one of the following For Windows 9x ME In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab For Windows 2000 XP In the System Properties dialog box click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager 4 Double click Excalibur PCI or PCMCIA Cards 5 Verify that the Excalibur board card is listed next to a gray diamond shaped icon If you see a yellow exclamation point superimposed on the gray diamond or a yel low question mark this indicates that the board card is not properly installed In this case Verify that there is enough memory available in the system If not free up more memory or IRQs For Windows 9x ME Verify that the computer is Plug and Play compatible Many computers claim to be Plug and Play but are not fully compatible with the Plug and Play specification See step 3 of Hardware Installation for PCI Carrier Boards and PCMCIA Cards on page 2 Installation Instructions page 3 Installation Instructions for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards Software Installation for PCI Bo
14. stallation wizard detects all Excalibur software on your computer and then allows you to install uninstall additional products from the system Use this option to install new products or to uninstall products Select the items that should remain on the system Deselect those that you want to remove Note The Modify option detects only those items installed using this installation program Repair When you select Repair the installation wizard detects all Excalibur products that are installed and reinstalls them without any user interaction Use this option to repair a possibly faulty installation or to install the latest released version of all currently installed products on top of the currently installed versions on your system This is especially useful for installing an updated version of the software Remove When an Excalibur product is installed you can select Remove to remove all unmodified Excalibur files from your system New and modified files remain and are unaffected 8 Continue with the Excalibur Installation Wizard page 4 Excalibur Systems Installation Instructions for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards 9 When the Excalibur Configuration Utility ExcConfig main screen is displayed double click the Card Type field If the Excalibur Configuration Utility is not displayed automatically select Start Programs Excalibur ExcConfig Board Setup Utility 10 In the Excalibur Configuration Wizard select the appropriate bo
15. tion on DIP Switch Settings in the EXC 4000VME VXI hard ware User s Manual 4 Turn on your VME VXI and PC computers Run the two programs that establish the connection to the VME VXI VXIINIT the hardware initialization program and Resman the resources manager program Note Later versions of the National Instruments PCI MXI 2 may not require running VXIINIT Excalibur Systems Installation Instruction for EXC 4000VME and EXC 4000VXI Boards on a PCI MXI 2 System Software Installation for VME VXI Carrier Boards For software installation see Software Installation for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards on page 4 Verifying VME VXI User Window Size This section discusses how to verify that there is enough memory user window size on the VME VXI machine for the board 8 MB and contains the following sections Verifying User Window Size for Windows 9x Verifying User Window Size for Windows NT 2000 XP Note If there is not enough memory the board may not work properly Verifying User Window Size for Windows 9x To verify user window size for Windows 9x 1 2 Set Install NI VXI VISA for PCI Based MXI 2 Windows 9x version 2 0 Select Start Programs NiVXI T amp M Explorer The T amp M Explorer main screen is displayed In System view right click on PCI MXI 2 and select Hardware Configuration The Settings for PCI MXI 2 dialog box is displayed Click the PCI tab In the User window size field select 8 MB
16. tly in use are displayed Find a 72K block of unused memory Type the starting address of the unused block in the Memory base field Interrupts To determine which interrupts are available on your computer select Start gt Programs gt Administrative Tools gt Windows NT Diagnostics gt Resources You will see which Interrupt Numbers are currently in use Find a number that is not in use often 5 or 7 and type that number into the Interrupt field Sometimes an Interrupt IRQ is not listed as in use but is in fact unavailable You may need to try several IRQs before you find one that is available and allows you to continue working If you are not using interrupts it is recommended to leave the Interrupt field undefined Table A 1 PCMCIA Memory IRQ Configuration under Windows NT4 Installation Instructions page 5 Installation Instruction for EXC 4000VME and EXC 4000VXI Boards on a PCI MXI 2 System Running a Test Program The Software Tools for each module card includes various demo programs to verify that the specific module card is operating properly The source code is provided with the demo programs as a guide to develop your own applications using the Software Tools for the module card To run a test program Select Start Programs Module Card Name Demo Program Icon Installation Instruction for EXC 4000VME and EXC 4000VXI Boards on a PCI MXI 2 System Hardware Installation for VME VXI Carrier Board
17. to help you install your new hardware When the wizard asks for a disk or CD containing the driver for the board select the root folder of the CD The operating system will find the correct file and install the kernel driver Excalibur Systems Installation Instructions for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards Note Windows NT does not automatically recognize new hardware For Windows NT continue with Software Installation for PCI Boards and PCMCIA Cards on page 4 reboot your computer then run a test program see Running a Test Program on page 6 3 Ifthe wizard is not displayed do the following For Windows 9x ME Right click My Computer and select Properties Click the Device Manager tab then double click Excalibur PCI or PCMCIA Cards Double click the Excalibur PCI or PCMCIA Cards click the Driver tab then click Update Driver Follow the Update Device Driver Wizard For Windows 2000 XP Right click My Computer and select Properties Click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager Double click Excalibur PCI or PCMCIA Cards Right click the Excalibur PCI or PCMCIA Cards and select Update Driver Follow the Hardware Update Wizard 4 Insert the Excalibur Installation CD in the CD drive and follow the wizard to install the new hardware The board installation is complete 5 If you are prompted to reboot your computer reboot now Verifying Board Card Installation To verify board card installation Note The following instruction
18. ur Installation CD into the CD drive double click the CD drive in My Computer then double click setup exe 2 When the Setup program starts you may be advised by Setup Do you want to install and run setup exe The publisher cannot be determined due to the problems below Authenticode signature not found The Excalibur CD is made in house and is virus free so there is no risk in running the Setup program Click Yes to proceed with setup 3 When running the installation the first time you may get a message that the system is installing items such as Windows Messaging and that the system must now reboot before continuing This is normal depending on the current setup of your system The installation will proceed after rebooting 4 Ifyou selected MerlinPlus or MerlinMCH at the end of the installation of the selected Software Tools the installation wizard will install the Merlin product Upon completion of the Merlin installation select the checkbox to Launch the program file Follow the on screen instructions During Merlin installation the Borland Database Engine BDE is installed and a configuration file for Merlin is set up At the end of this screen text press any key and the BDE Administrator will run Select Object Open Configuration from the menu Select the file C Program Files Excalibur Merlin merlin cfg Close the BDE Administrator and answer Yes to the question Use C merlin cfg as default configuration
19. utton Find the Excalibur VME VXI board in the list You can identify the board by its device number which is defined by the DIP switch settings on the board Double click the Excalibur board A new dialog box is displayed with three tabs Template Basic IO Register IO and sev eral sub tabs This dialog box enables you to access the board read from and write to the A16 amp A24 32 spaces Select the Register IO tab then select the viMapAddress sub tab Under Address Space select VI_A16_SPACE Click Execute In the Map Address field an address is displayed This address points to the beginning of the Global Registers area Make a note of this address This address can be used in other functions viPeek viPoke Click the viPeek sub tab Make sure the address in the Map Address field is the same as the address displayed on the viMapAddress sub tab Under Width select 16 bits To view the data value in any Global Module Information register add a hex value to the address displayed in the Map Address field For example if the starting address of the Global Registers area is 1232000 add 32 to view the data value in the Module 1 Information area To view its data value type 1230032 in the Map Address field For information on the hex values of the Global Module Information registers see the section on Board Global Registers in the EXC 4000VME VXI User s Manual Click Execute The value at this address is displayed in th
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