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1. or C Windows Inf folder gt D P PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Next remove IEEE Controller hardware by entering the System device manager located in the control panel Highlight and remove the specific controller Installation For all 488 controllers do not install the controller at this time 1 Go to Control Panel select Add New Hardware and click Next Windows will then ask if you want Windows to find the hardware 2 Select No An item window will then be displayed If there is an IEEE 488 2 controller item in the list highlight and click next If there is no IEEE 488 item highlight POther Devices and click Next 3 Click Have Disk Windows will default to the A drive 4 Browse to the CD s root directory This is where the iotech inf file is located Make sure this file is highlighted and click OK then OK again 5 Select the relevant controller and click Next For the ISA version note the hardware settings recommended by Windows 6 Click Next then Finish 7 Select Add Remove Programs then Install 8 Browse to the floppy drive and select the appropriate controller folder W95_98 SDK Disk 1 and finally Setup exe 9 Click Finish and agree to all defaults 10 When the installation is complete close the newly created program group and an option to configure will be displayed Use this option only if hardware settings need to be changed You can change hardware settings by
2. Flag CA SC Primaddr Secaddr addrChange talker listener bytein byteout SRQ triggered cleared transfer Values and Description TRUE Active Controller FALSE Not CA TRUE System Controller FALSE Not SC 0 to 30 Two digit decimal number 0 to 31 Two digit decimal number or 1 if no address TRUE Address change has occurred FALSE Not so TRUE Talker FALSE Not Talker TRUE Listener FALSE Not Listener TRUE Byte in ready to read FALSE Not so TRUE Byte out ready to output FALSE Not so TRUE SRQ is asserted FALSE SRQ is not asserted TRUE Trigger command received FALSE Not so TRUE Clear command received FALSE Not so TRUE Transfer in progress FALSE Not so E M3 MM PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD These Status items are more fully described in the following paragraphs The Controller Active flag CA 1s true if Driver488 is the Active Controller If Driver488 is not the System Controller then it is initially a Peripheral and it becomes a controller when Driver488 receives control from the Active Controller The System Controller flag SC is true if Driver488 is the System Controller The System Controller mode may be configured during installation or by using the SysController command The Primary Bus Address Primaddr is the IEEE 488 bus device primary address assigned to Driver488 or the specifie
3. If it returns 0 immediately the device did not respond Check the cabling and address of the peripheral If it returns 0 after the time out period or returns 1 this is almost always an interrupt conflict Check BIOS again move the device to a different free interrupt and try again 3 Goto Device gt MakeNewDevice Fill in the primary parameter with the address of the peripheral There is no reason for this command to fail it should return a number other than 1 4 Goto Datalransfer Output command Output Enter a short command to the peripheral preferably one that you can observe on the device Was the EE A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Bytecount correct Was the command understood If yes go to step 5 If no check the DMA for conflicts or disable it Verify that the terminators match the peripheral settings 5 Write a message that gives a response back to the controller take a reading or check a setting Then read that response with Data Transfer gt Output commands gt Enter Did you get anything Does it make sense a If Yes yes go to step 6 b If Yes no gt make sure that the DMA is disabled and check the terminators c If No no gt make sure a valid command was sent and check the terminators 6a Engage the DMA and send a long command about 9 bytes or longer or request a long response same as 9 byte threshold Did it work If yes you are
4. and the version of the device driver The returned byte count will never exceed 247 bytes Mode Any Bus States None Example char message 247 result Hello ieee message printf os n message See Also Status OpenName GetError PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The Hello command is used to verify communication with Driver488 and to read the software revision number If a non null string pointer is passed Hello fills in up to 247 bytes in the string The application must ensure that sufficient space is available When the command is sent Driver488 returns a string similar to the following Driver488 Revision X X C 199X where X is the appropriate revision or year number 6 25 KeepDevice Syntax INT WINAPI KeepDevice DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to an external device Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example errorcode KeepDevice scope See Also MakeDevice MakeNewDevice RemoveDevice OpenName NOTE KeepDevice will update an existing device or will create a new device in the Registry This update feature is new and useful For example if you wish to change the bus address of the device and make it a permanent change The KeepDevice command changes the indicated temporary Driver488 device to a permanent device visible to all applications Permanent Driver488 devices are not removed when Driver488 is closed Driver488 devices are created by MakeDevice and are in
5. 001 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD A 3 ASCII Codes Decimal Values 00 to 31 ACG and UCG Characteristics ASCII Control Codes Decimal 00 to 31 Dec Hex Character amp Name Bus Message Value Valve S Abbreviation Addressed Command Group ACG 00 00 None NUL Null None 01 01 A SOH Start of Header Go to Local GTL 02 02 B STX Start of Text None 03 03 C ETX End of Text None 04 04 D EOT End of Transmission Selected Device Clear SDC 05 05 E ENQ Inquiry None 06 06 F ACK Acknowledgement None 07 07 G BEL Bell Parallel Poll Disable PPD 08 08 H BS Backspace Group Execute Trigger GET 09 09 M HT Horizontal Tab Take Control TCT 10 SOA J LF Line Feed None 11 0B K VT Vertical Tab None 12 0C L FF Form Feed None 13 0D M CR Carriage Return None 14 0E AN SO Shift Out None 15 0F O SI Shift In None Universal Command Group UCG 16 10 P DLE Data Link Escape None 17 11 Q DC1 Device Control 1 Local Lockout LLO 18 12 AR DC2 Device Control 2 None 19 13 S DC3 Device Control 3 None 20 14 AT DC4 Device Control 4 Device Clear DCL 21 15 AU NAK Negative Parallel Poll Unconfig PPU Acknowledgement 22 16 AV SYN Synchronous Idle None 23 17 AW ETB End of Transmission None Block 24 18 AX CAN Cancel Serial Poll Enable SPE 25 19 AY EM End of Medium Serial Poll Disable SPD 26 1A AZ SUB Substitute None 27 1B N ESC Escape None MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSO
6. 10 0 0 O 1 0 0 0 O RTS Request To Send 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Serial Interface Handshake Lines CTS Clear To Send 04 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 O DCD Data Carrier Detect 08 0 0 0 O 1 0 0 O DSR Data Set Ready 20 0 0 1 0000 0 Hexadecimal and Decimal Values Hexadecimal Value 80 40 20 10 08 04 02 01 Decimal Value 128 064 032 016 008 004 002 001 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD A 2 IEEE 488 Bus Commands Table A 2 IEEE 488 Bus Commands Bus State IEEE 488 Bus Command Data Transfer DIO Lines ATN is asserted 1 8 76 54 3 2 1 DCL Device Clear 00 0 1 0 1 0 0 GET Group Execute Trigger 08 0 0 0 O 1 0 0 O0 GTL Go To Local 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 LAG Listen Address Group 20 3F 0 0 1 a d d r n LLO Local Lock Out 11 0 0 0 1 0 O 1 MLA My Listen Address 0 0 1 a d d r n MTA My Talk Address 0 1 0 a d d r n PPC Parallel Poll Config O 1 1 0 s P2 P1 PO PPD Parallel Poll Disable 07 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 PPU Parallel Poll Unconfig 60 7F 0 0 0 1 O0 1 0 1 SCG Second Command Group 60 7F 0 1 1 c o m m d SDC Selected Device Clear 04 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 O SPD Serial Poll Disable 19 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 SPE Serial Poll Enable 18 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 OQ TAG Talker Address Group 40 5F 0 1 0 a d d r n TCT Take Control 09 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 UNL Unlisten 3F Oo O 1 1 1 1 1 1 UNT Untalk 5F 0 1 O0 1 14 1 1 1 Hexadecimal and Decimal Values Hexadecimal Value 80 40 20 10 08 04 02 01 Decimal Value 128 064 032 016 008 004 002
7. 2 Eebaty DeVICOScaess evden eee eee deu e ox cibus oes 2 5 1 3 Driver Installation Removal for IEEE Controllers 28 D2 Windows NT Users Ondara 32 5 2 1 Plug and Play and Legacy Devices 32 5 2 2 Windows NT Service Packet 3 SP3 Driver Installation Removal for IEEE Controllers 34 6 API Command Reference eee 38 Oly ee Ce e EE 38 DEZA DOE aa OE a t 38 Oo Al oe EA A ees TEE TENES 39 0 4 AUTOREMOtE issi esen ra a E RR ER UE RU E 41 OO BUPICE EE 42 0 0 BUSAGCTESS 4 ci ud ace DE x appear MP RED E ES 43 6 7 C heckLIstenet ceo S vetu x EIE use IESUS ENS 44 G8 Cleat EE 45 OO GE Es cte eb ntes EE 46 O TOCIOSG octo ecu Rak edant detener abs dm 47 LL Controles EE 48 O12 A EE fara du napi ibus 49 oS Dig APIISObUD cet ioni y AT 99 A ee eS 50 ooo El PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD o A A EAE 51 A PSEUD A RR eae 52 OO DIC WEG ereecht tate ea 8 53 OLD epa da leet ua e Sd aaa Sui e Ek uus 54 AA Ct AA A E 55 OO Brin a EE 59 6 20 PIDOLISCGTIGE cnica aaa ds 60 62I EMDI at ito aia oda 61 A EE 62 0 29 Gerona A A At 63 0 24 Hello dd easier isos datado idos 64 OO A A E A TR 65 A E A O EN EE 66 027 Local A RS eed tru 66 6238 Locallisten diodo andado 67 e AA E Md aon dr ebd ele ar Ono aS 68 0 30 Make DEN E i c eurer Ra eek b e E o ea ue 69 6 31 MakeNewDevice 70 0 92 MVEN Add EEN 71 Oo Sn eE eO NS IS eio SONORES EE EO aae 72 6 34 OnDisbventag zie AN V tact so u
8. 3 2 Installing the New Hardware Typical IEEE 488 interface boards are installed into expansion slots inside the PC s system unit PCs have the following types of expansion slots e ISA expansion slots ISA slots can either be an 8 bit slot with one card edge receptacle PC bus compatible or a 16 bit slot with two card edge receptacles AT bus compatible Fight bit ISA boards may be used in either the 8 bit or 16 bit ISA slot while 16 bit ISA boards may only be used in the 16 bit ISA slot e PCI expansion slots PCI slots are 32 bit slots used only by PCI boards For technical assistance see Chapter 7 Troubleshooting in this manual or the troubleshooting section in your PC s manual If you are still not sure of the problem call Black Box Technical Support at 724 746 5500 Installing the Personal 488 PCI Card in a PCI Slot You ll find general instructions for installing the board here since the design of computer cases varies Refer to your PC s reference manual if you need to MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 1 Turn OFF the power to your computer and any other connected peripheral devices e Touch a large grounded metal surface to discharge any static electricity buildup in your body e Avoid any contact with internal parts Handle cards only by their edges e Disconnect the AC power before removing the cover 2 Unplug all power cords and cables that may interfere from the back of the computer 3 Re
9. 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD amp LPT look for a list of used ports For each port highlight the port and click on the Properties button 2 Properties already being used in the system are displayed under the Resources tab Values NOT listed are available For more information on the configuration of Driver488 software settings for IEEE 488 interfaces and external devices see Chapter 5 Checking the Driver488 WNT Software Settings 1 From the console mode or DOS prompt execute the program WINMSD EXE 2 When the Windows NT Diagnostic dialog box appears you can check the set ngs from the available tab displays For more information on the configuration of Driver488 software settings for IEEE 488 interfaces and external devices see Chapter 5 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Appendix A 1 IEEE 488 Bus and Serial Bus Table A 1 IEEE 488 Bus and Serial Bus Lines Bus State Bus Line Data Transfer DIO Lines 8 7 65 43 2 1 Bus Management Lines IFC Interface Clear REN Remote Enable IEEE 488 Interface Bus Management Lines ATN Attention 04 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 OQ EOI End Or Identify 80 1 00 O O O O 0 SRQ Service Request 40 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 IEEE 488 Interface Handshake Lines DAV Data Valid 08 0 0001 0 0 OQ NDAC Not Data Accepted 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 NRFD Not Ready For Data 20 0 0 1 0000 0 Serial Interface Bus Management Lines DTR Data Terminal Ready 02 0 00000 1 0 RI Ring Indicator
10. Arm FALSE Disarm Returns 1 if neither nibble is set for input or other error Mode Any Bus States None Example DigArm devHandle TRUE Arms digital input event generation See Also DigArmSetup DigSetup OnDigEvent OnDigEventVDM The DigArm command arms or disarms the event generation due to a digital I O port match condition The caller should configure the digital I O port the event callback mechanism and the match condition prior to arming the event generation The following code snippet illustrates this sequence DigSetup devHandle FALSE FALSE Configure both nibbles for input OnDigEventVDM devHandle MyFunc 0 On event call function MyFunc DigArmSetup devHandle 0x0A5 Trigger when inputs equals 0xA5 DigArm devHandle TRUE Enable event generation Event generation is automatically disarmed when an event is triggered The event generation configuration however remains intact so event generation can be re armed just by calling DigArm The other steps shown in the above code snippet do not need to be repeated unless the event configuration is to be changed Event generation may be disarmed bArm FALSE at any time MAMA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD NOTES 1 This function does not configure the digital UO port for input The caller must use DigSetup to configure the port for input before performing arming event generation If neither nibble is configured for input the functio
11. Cancel Figure 5 6 Resources Settings screen NOTE Steps 12 through 14 pertain to making settings changes for resource types Perform these steps only if you need to change your device settings 12 If you need to make settings changes first access the Device Manager Do this by beginning with the Desktop Start button Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager Settings Control Panel A System System Properties General Device Manager Hardware Figure 5 7 Accessing Device Manager 13 In the Device Manager select IEEE 488 2 Controllers then the specific device The example shows Personal488 AT the Personal 488 ISA Card 26 All PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD selected The Personal 488 PCI card is called Personal 488 PCI After selecting the device click the Properties button System Properties Ei Ea General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance Ce View devices by type C Miew devices by connection m Computer Disk drives mj Display adapters 3 Floppy disk controllers 53 Hard disk controllers W Otech IEEE 488 2 Controllers ESSI tech Personal488 Bai ard B mo t Mouse BY Network adapters d Ports COM amp LPT m System devices Properties e Refresh Remove Print E AA Figure 5 8 Device Manager screen When the device properties wndow opens select the Resources tab A screen similar to the one
12. Carrier Detect line DCL Device Clear bus command DDE Dynamic Data Exchange DEL Delete ASCII code DIO Data Transfer I O line DLE Data Link Escape ASCII code DLL Dynamic Link Library DMA Direct Memory Access DMM Digital Multimeter DSR Data Set Ready line DTR Data Terminal Ready line EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EM End of Medium ASCII code ENQ Inquiry ASCII code EOI End Or Identify line EOL End Of Line character EOT End of Transmission ASCII code EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ESB Event Status Register bit ETX End of Text ASCII code FCC Federal Communications Commission MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD FF Form Feed ASCII code FS File Separator ASCII code GET Group Execute Trigger bus command GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus GS Group Separator ASCII code GTL Go To Local bus command GUI Graphical User Interface H W Hardware HT Horizontal Tab ASCII code IDDC Invalid Device Dependent Command IDDCO Invalid Device Dependent Command Option IEEE Insttute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IFC Interface Clear line IOCTL Input Output Control ISA Industry Standard Architecture bus ISR Interrupt Service Routine IST Bus Device Individual Status LAG Listen Address Group bus command LED Light Emitting Diode LF Line Feed ASCII code LLO Local L
13. LF EOI which is appropriate for most bus devices End Or Identify EOI has a different meaning when it is specified for input than when it is specified for output During input EOI specifies that input is terminated on detection of the EOI bus signal regardless of which characters have been received During output EOI specifies that the EOI bus signal is to be asserted during the last byte transferred 6 61 TermQuery Syntax INT TermQuery DevHandleT devHandle TermT terminator INT TermType devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device terminator is a pointer to the terminator structure TermType can be either TERMIN TERMOUT or TERMIN TERMOUT specifying whether input output or both are being set Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None See Also Term EnterX OutputX Status E A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The TermQuery function queries the terminators setting Terminators are defined by the TermT structure 6 62 TimeOut Syntax INT WINAPI TimeOut DevHandleT devHandle DWORD millisec devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device millisec is a numeric value given in milliseconds Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example errorcode TimeOut ieee 100 Sets the timeout value to 100 msec See Also TimeOutQuery Reset The TimeOut command sets the number of milliseconds that Driver488 waits for a transfe
14. SendEoi DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data DWORD len devHandle refers to an interface handle data points to a string of data bytes to be sent len is the length of the data string Response None Mode Any Bus States User defined Example char data WOX errorcode SendEoi ieee data strlen data See Also sendCmd SendData The SendEoi command provides byte by byte control of data transfers and gives greater flexibility than the other commands This command can specify exactly which operations Driver488 executes Driver488 asserts EOI during the transfer of the final byte 6 55 SPoll Syntax INT WINAPI SPoll DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or a specific external device Returns 1 if error otherwise O or 64 hardware interface in the range O to 255 external device H PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Mode Any Bus States ATN UNL MLA UNT TAG SPE ATN ATN SPD UNT Examples errorcode SPoll ieee Returns the internal SRQ status errorcode SPoll dmm Returns the Serial Poll response of the specified device See Also SPollList PPoll In Active Controller mode the SPoll Serial Poll command performs a Serial Poll of the bus device specified and responds with a number from 0 to 255 representing the decimal equivalent of the eight bit device response If rsv DIO7 decimal value 64 is set then that device is signaling that it requires service The meanings
15. The AutoRemote command enables or disables the automatic assertion of the Remote Enable REN line by Output When AutoRemote is enabled Output automatically asserts REN before transferring any data When AutoRemote is disabled there is no change to the REN line AutoRemote is on by default PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 5 Buffered Driver488 W95 only Syntax LONG WINAPI Buffered DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Buffered command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error otherwise long integer from O to 1 048 575 220 1 Mode Any Bus States None Example result Buffered ieee printf ld bytes were received result See Also EnterX OutputX The Buffered command returns the number of characters transferred by the latest Enter Output SendData or SendEoi command If an asynchronous transfer is in progress the result is the number of characters that have been transferred at the moment the command is issued This command is most often used after a counted Enter EnterN EnterNMore etc to determine if the full number of characters was received or if the transfer terminated upon detection of term It is also used to find out how many characters have currently been sent during an asynchronous DMA transfer PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PC
16. Windows 95 98 Driver Installation Removal 28 Windows E e EEN 30 Windows NIT 7 9 10 13 21 32 34 Windows NTService Packet 3 SP3 Driver Installation Removal 34 lt BLACK BOX O Copyright 1999 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746
17. done If no go to step b b Change the DMA channel and see if you need to reserve this resource in BIOS Alternatively you can leave the DMA disabled this only costs some speed performance on longer transfers 6 API Command Reference 6 1 Introduction This chapter contains the API command reference for Driver488 W95 and Driver488 WNT using the C language The following 67 commands are presented in alphabetical order for ease of use 6 2 Abort Syntax INT WINAPI Abort DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Abort command will act on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error Mode SC or SC CA Bus States IFC IFC if SC ATN MTA if SC CA Example errorflag Abort ieee See Also MyTalkAddr Talk UnTalk As the System Controller SC whether Driver488 is the Active Controller or not the Abort command causes the Interface Clear IFC bus management line to be asserted for at least 500 microseconds By asserting IFC Driver488 regains control of the bus even if one of the devices has locked it up during a data transfer Asserting IFC also makes Driver488 the Active Controller If a non System Controller was the Active Controller it is forced to relinquish control to Driver488 Abort forces all IEEE 488 device interfaces into a quiescent state BH P
18. error CA ATN TAG errorcode Talk ieee 12 1 Listen SendCmd The Talk command addresses an external device to Talk 6 60 Term Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI Term DevHandleT devHandle TermT terminator DWORD TermType devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device terminator is a pointer to the terminator structure TermType can be either TERMIN TERMOUT or TERMIN TERMOUT specifying whether input output or both are being set 1 if error Any None term EOl TRUE term nChar 1 term EightBits TRUE term termChar 0 13 errorcode Term ieee amp term TERMIN TermQuery EnterX OutputX Status MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The Term command sets the end of line EOL terminators for input from and output to I O adapter devices These terminators are sent at the end of output data and expected at the end of input data in the manner of CR LF as used with printer data During output Term appends the bus output terminator to the data before sending it to the I O adapter device Conversely when Driver488 receives the bus input terminator it recognizes the end of a transfer and returns the data to the calling application The terminators never appear in the data transferred to or from the calling application The default terminators for both input and output are set by the startup configuration and are normally CR
19. for a Listener 00 to 30 secondary is the secondary bus address to check for a Listener 00 to 31 For no secondary address a 1 must be specified 1 if error otherwise it returns a 1 if a listener was found at the specified address or a O if a listener was not found at the specified address CA ATN UNL LAG check for NDAC asserted result CheckListener ieee 15 4 if result 1 d printf Device found at specified address wl if result 0 d printf Device not found at specified address wi j FindListener BusAddress HU DD 3 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The CheckListener command checks for the existence of a device on the IEEE 488 bus at the specified address 6 8 Clear Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Examples See Also INT WINAPI Clear DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device If devHandle refers to a hardware interface then a Device Clear DCL is sent If devHandle refers to an external device a Selected Device Clear SDC is sent 1 if error CA ATN DCL all devices ATN UNL MTA LAG SDC selected device errorcode Clear ieee Sends the Device Clear DCL command to the IEEE interface board errorcode Clear wave Sends the Selected Device Clear SDC command to the WAVE device errorcode Clear dmm Sends the Selected Device Clear SDC command to the DMM dev
20. gt B ACK BOX esses IC098C IC099C Personal 488 PCI Card Personal 488 ISA Card Dn suco E DS RR TE RR IE ES Io pIEDE A ER opo GOoe So LX LLL ER E LL TT TTTTTTT Order toll free in the U S 24 hours 7 A M Monday to midnight Friday 877 877 BBOX CUSTOMER SUPPORT FREE technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 INFORMATION Mail order Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info Oblackbox com PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with the manufacturer s instructions may cause interference to radio communication It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved b
21. is complete PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 5 da op the Hardware Drivers and Configuring the Software NOTE Throughout this manual and in the software screens the ISA card is sometimes called the Personal488 AT and the PCI card is sometimes called the Personal488 PCIl 5 1 Windows 95 or 98 Users Only NOTE If you are using Windows NT go to Section 5 2 5 1 1 PCI VERSION If the operating system you are using is Windows 95 or 98 follow these steps to install a Personal 488 PCI Card If the operating system you are using is Windows NT go to Section 5 2 1 Remove power from the PC 2 Physically install the device into a 32 bit expansion slot as described in Chapter 3 or 4 3 Return power to the PC After the computer powers up and detects the new device you should see a screen prompt asking for a CD ROM 4 Place CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 5 Follow the screen prompts This completes the plug and play device install procedure for Windows 95 and Windows 98 users 5 1 2 ISA VERSION NOTE If you are using Windows NT go to Section 5 2 If you are using Windows 95 or 98 follow these steps to install a Personal 488 ISA Card 1 Remove power from the PC ooo VH PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 2 Physically configure and install the device as described in Chapter 3 or 4 3 Return power to the PC 4 Access the Add New Hardware dialog box by selecting the Windows Start butt
22. of the other bits are device specific Serial Polls are normally performed in response to assertion of the Service Request SRQ bus signal by some bus device In Active Controller mode with the interface device specified the SPoll command returns the internal SRQ status If the internal SRQ status is set it usually indicates that the SRQ line is asserted Driver488 then returns a 64 If itis not set indicating that SRQ is not asserted then Driver488 returns a 0 With an external device specified SPoll returns the Serial Poll status of the specified external device In Peripheral mode the SPoll command is issued only to the interface and returns the Serial Poll status If rsv DIO7 decimal value 64 is set then Driver488 has not been Serial Polled since the issuing last Request command The rsv is reset whenever Driver488 is Serial Polled by the Controller 6 56 SPollList Syntax INT WINAPI SPollList DevHandlePT dhList LPBYTE result BYTE flag dhList is a pointer to a list of external devices result is an array that is filled in with the Serial Poll results of the corresponding external devices flag refers to either ALL WHILE SRQ or UNTIL RSV MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Returns 1 if error Mode CA 98 ATN UNL MLA TAG SPE ATN ATN SPD UNT Example deviceList 0 wave deviceList 1 timer deviceList 2 dmm deviceList 3 NODEVICE result SPollList deviceList resultList AL
23. refers to either an interface or an external device func is a user specified interrupt handler function that is to perform some user defined function when one of the Armed conditions occur Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example Arm ieeeO acSRQ OnEventVDM ieeeO srqHandler Arms SRQ detection and sets up SRQ function handler See Also OnEvent Arm Disarm PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The OnEventVDM VDM refers to Virtual DOS Machine allows a call back to a user specified function in a console mode application The following is a full example of a console mode program using the OnEventVDM function include lt windows h gt include lt stdio h gt include iotieee h For debugging define qsk v x v x printf x returned d n vil void srqHandler DevHandlerT devHandle UINT mask LONG xfered printf A007n nEVENT FUNCTION on d mask 0x 04x n devHandle mask qsk xfered Spoll devHandle printf n n j void main void LONG result xfered int ioStatus x DevHandleT eee0 wavel4 wave16 TermT mylerm UCHAR buffer 500 printf nNaSROTEST program PID d n GetCurrentProcessId qsk ieee0 OpenName eee0 qsk wavel4 OpenName Wave14 qsk wavel6 OpenName Wave16 qsk result Abort wavel4 qsk result Abort wavel6 qsk x Hello ieee0 buffer printf n s n n buffer myTerm EOI 1 myTerm nChar 0 myT e
24. the cabling and the address of the peripheral If it returns 0 after the time out period or returns 1 this is almost always an interrupt conflict Check BIOS again move the device to a free interrupt and try again 3 Go to Device gt MakeNew Device Fill in the primary parameter with the address of the peripheral There is no reason for this command to fail it should return a number other than 1 4a Go to Data Transfer Output Commands Output Enter a short command to the peripheral preferably one that can be observed on the device Was the Bytecount correct Was the command understood If yes go to step 5a If no go to step 4b b Check the DMA for conflicts or disable it c Verify that the terminators match the peripheral settings 5a Write a message that gives a response back to the controller take a reading or check a setting Then read that response with Data Transfer Output Commands gt Enter Did you get anything Does it make sense b If Yes yes go to step 6a c If Yes no gt make sure that the DMA is disabled and check the terminators d If No no gt make sure a valid command was sent Check the terminators ooo A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6a Engage the DMA and send a long command about 9 bytes or longer or request a long response same 9 byte threshold Did it work If yes you are done If no go to step b b Change the DMA channel and see i
25. the input terminators If term is set to O the default terminator is used async is a flag that allows asynchronous data transfer Note that this asynchronous flag is ignored in Driver488 WNT compStat is a pointer to an integer containing completion status information PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Returns 1 if error otherwise the actual count of bytes transferred The memory buffer pointed to by the data parameter is filled in with the information read from the device Note that the actual count does not include terminating characters if term characters are specified by the term in function In addition term characters are not returned but are discarded Mode CA Bus States With interface handle ATN data With external device handle ATN UNL MLA TAG ATN data Example term EOI TRUE term nChar 1 term EightBits TRUE term termChar 0 r bytecount EnterX timer data 1024 0 amp term 1 amp stat See Also OutputX Term Buffered NOTE The asynchronous flag async is ignored in Driver488 WNT The EnterX command reads data from the I O adapter If an external device is specified then Driver488 is addressed to Listen and that device is addressed to Talk If an interface is specified then Driver488 must already be configured to receive data and the external device must be configured to Talk either as a result of an immediately preceding EnterX command or as a result of one of the Sen
26. 123 5670123 5670123 5670123 DMA 16 Bit Channel 5 DMA 8 Bit Channel 0 DMA 8 Bit Channel 1 DMA 8 Bit Channel 2 DACK o e eeee NE E IC DRQ 0 E NEC O e e ee o o O Sg e o e e NE 6 O e D e e e O 0 NE GS e e e e e e e 9 9 j 5670123 5670123 5670123 DMA 8 Bit Channel 3 DMA 16 Bit Channel 6 DMA 16 Bit Channel 7 DMA Channel Selections Figure 4 4 Personal 488 ISA Card DMA Channel Selections 1 The factory default DMA channel is 5 If this creates a conflict reset jumpers DACK and DRQ according to Figure 4 4 2 If you change the default record the new DMA channel being used Direct Memory Access DMA is a high speed method of transferring data from or to a peripheral such as a digitizing oscilloscope to or from the PC s memory 1 E PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The AT class machine has seven DMA channels Channels 0 to 3 8 bit 5 6 and 7 16 bit are available only in a 16 bit slot on an AT class machine Channel 2 is usually used by the floppy disk controller and is unavailable Channel 3 is often used by the hard disk controller in PCs XTs and the PS 2 with the ISA bus but is usually not used in ATs Channels 5 to 7 are 16 bit DMA channels and offer the highest throughput up to 1 Megabyte per second Channels 0 to 3 are 8 bit DMA channels and although slower they offer compatibility with existing applications that
27. 8 PCI CARD 6 34 OnDigEvent Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also PCI Card Only INT WINAPI OnDigEvent DevHandleT devHandle HWND hwnd OpaqueP IParam devHandle refers to an interface handle hwnd is the window handle to receive event notification IParam value will be passed in the notification message 1 if error Any None OnDigEvent devHandle TRUE Ox10L Sets the event notification to be via a window message to the specified window handle The value 0x10 will be passed with the message DigArm OnDigEventVDM OnEvent The OnDigEvent command sets the handle of a window to receive a notification message when a digital match event is triggered This function uses the same mechanism as the OnEvent command For details see the description of OnEvent NOTE This function sets the event generation mechanism to be a window notification message replacing any previously defined event notification mechanism Only one event notification mechanism can be used at one time A HH PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 35 OnDigEventVDM Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also PCI Card Only INT WINAPI OnDigEventVDM DevHandleT devHandle DigEventFuncT func OpaqueP IParam devHandle refers to an interface handle func is a user defined function to be called when the digital match event is triggered IParam value will be passed in the notification message 1 i
28. ARD 6 44 PPollDisableList Syntax INT WINAPI PPollDisableList DevHandlePT dhList dhList is a pointer to a list of external devices that are to have their Parallel Poll response disabled Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN UNL MTA LAG PPC PPD Example deviceList 0 wave deviceList 1 timer deviceList 2 dmm deviceList 3 NODEVICE errorcode PPollDisableList deviceList See Also PPoll PPollConfig PPollUnconfig The PPollDisableList command disables the Parallel Poll response of selected bus devices 6 45 PPollUnconfig Syntax INT WINAPI PPollUnconfig DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to a hardware interface If devHandle refers to an external device then the PPollUnconfig command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN PPU Example errorcode PPollUnconfig ieee PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD See Also PPoll PPollConfig PPollDisable The PPollUnconfig command disables the Parallel Poll response of all bus devices 6 46 Remote Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Examples See Also INT WINAPI Remote DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an interface then the Remote Enable REN line is asserted If devHandle refers to an external device then that device is addressed to Listen and placed into the Remot
29. D PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Bus States Example See Also None errorcode RemoveDevice dmm MakeDevice KeepDevice The RemoveDevice command removes the specific temporary or permanent Driver488 device that was created with either the MakeDevice command or the startup configuration This command also removes a device that was made permanent through a KeepDevice command 6 49 Request Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Examples INT WINAPI Request DevHandleT devHandle BYTE spstatus devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Request command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached spstatus is the Service Request status in the range O to 255 1 if error CA SRA if rsv is set SRQ if rsv is not set errorcode Request ieee 0 Clears SRQ and Serial Poll Response errorcode Request ieee 64 2 4 o Ul PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Generates an SRQ decimal 64 with DIO2 decimal 2 and DIO3 decimal 4 set in the Serial Poll Response See Also Status ControlLine In Peripheral mode Driver488 is able to request service from the Active Controller by asserting the Service Request SRQ bus signal The Request command sets or clears the Serial Poll status including Service Request of Driver488 Request takes a numeric argument in the decimal range 0 to 255 hex range
30. E1 7AE1 Address 0 Address 0 1 1EE1 3EE1 5EE1 7EE1 Address 1 End of String The I O base address sets the addresses used by the computer to communicate with the Personal 488 ISA Card hardware on the board The address is normally specified in hexadecimal and can be 02E1 22E1 42E1 or 62E1 The registers of the IOT7210 IEEE 488 controller chip and other auxiliary registers are then located at fixed offsets from the base address Most versions of Driver488 are capable of managing as many as four Personal 488 ISA Cards To do so you must arrange the interface configurations to avoid conflict among themselves No two Cards may have the same I O address but they may and usually should have the same DMA channel and interrupt level PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Step 3 Configuring the Personal 488 ISA Card Interface Interrupt IRO 2 IRQ O O LI e O O O O Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Level 7 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 9 S2 IRQ O Q O e O CH O O CC CC IC LE MM CC E ME ME E M Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 14 Level 15 Interrupt Selections Figure 4 3 Configuring the Personal 488 ISA Card Interface Interrupt IRQ 1 The factor
31. ERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD If Driver488 is a non System Controller in the Active Controller state SC CA it asserts Attention ATN which stops any bus transactions and then sends its My Talk Address MTA to Untalk any other Talkers on the bus It does not and cannot assert IFC 6 3 Arm Syntax INT WINAPI Arm DevHandleT devHandle ArmCondT condition devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Arm command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached condition is one of the following acError acSRQ acPeripheral acController acTrigger acClear acTalk acListen acldle acByteln acByteOut or acChange Returns 1 if DevHandleT is an illegal device or interface otherwise the current state of the event trigger flag Mode Any Bus States None Example errorflag Arm ieee acSRQ acTrigger acChange See Also Disarm OnEvent The Arm command allows Driver488 to signal to the user specified function when one or more of the specified conditions occurs Arm sets a flag for each implementation of the conditions which are userindicated Arm conditions may be combined using the bitwise OR operator PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The following Arm conditions are supported Condition acSRQ acPeripheral acController acTrigger acClear acTalk acListen acidle acByteln acBy
32. Hardware Types Personald8S AT W System Controller Cancel Sg Apply mm Properties que Add Device E Rename UK Cancel Figure 5 11 Selecting the Card o A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 7 In Windows NT after selecting the device from the IEEE 488 Properties window click the Properties button to access the device properties wndow Then click the System Resources button to make changes to I O IRQ and DMA settings as applicable Figure 5 11 shows selection of an AT488 type device designated as IEEEO Figure 5 12 represents the Windows NT Change System Resources dialog box and the button used to access it System Resources Change System Resources Interface Mame IEEEU Device Type 41400 Settings Input Output 10 O2E1 z Interrupt Request IR GI 5 Direct Memory Access DMA v Mone Set Defaults SH Figure 5 12 Windows NT Change System Resources screen 8 When prompted restart your computer to put the new settings into effect This completes the install procedure for users of Windows NT 5 2 2 WINDOWS NT SERVICE PACKET 3 SP3 DRIVER INSTALLATION REMOVAL FOR IEEE CONTROLLERS This procedure assumes that you have the most recent revision of the driver software You must remove any previous versions of drivers and applicable software before you begin Removal Perform the removal steps only if you have a previous installation or if you mad
33. I CARD 6 6 BusAddress Syntax INT WINAPI BusAddress DevHandleT devHandle BYTE primary BYTE secondary devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device primary is the IEEE 488 bus primary address of the specified device secondary is the IEEE 488 bus secondary address of the specified device If the specified device is an IEEE 488 hardware interface this value must be 1 since there are no secondary addresses for the IEEE 488 hardware interface For no secondary address a 1 must be specified Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example errorcode BusAddress dmm 14 0 See Also MakeDevice The BusAddress command sets the IEEE 488 bus address of the IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device Every IEEE 488 bus device has an address that must be unique within any single IEEE 488 bus system The default IEEE 488 bus address for Driver488 is 21 but this may be changed if it conflicts with some other device PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 7 CheckListener Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI CheckListener DevHandleT devHandle BYTE primary BYTE secondary devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device lf devHandle refers to an external device the CheckListener command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached primary is the primary bus address to check
34. ISA card is sometimes called the Personal488 AT and the PCI card is sometimes called the Personal488 PCI 3 Personal 488 PCI Card This chapter describes the PCI version If you have the ISA version skip this chapter and go to Chapter 4 3 1 What the Package Includes The Personal488 PCI Card including the IEEE 488 interface board and the Driver488 software is carefully inspected both mechanically and electrically before shipment After unpacking the product carefully check for any obvious signs of physical damage that may have occurred during shipment If you suspect damage call Black Box immediately at 724 746 5500 Retain all shipping materials in case you need to ship the unit back to Black Box The Personal488 PCI Card package includes e Personal 488 PCI Card 1 CD ROM e 1 Ribbon cable e 1 Faceplate e This user manual NOTE For proper operation of the cards using the Windows NT operating system load the software BEFORE configuring and installing the hardware See Section 5 2 Controller Interface The Personal 488 PCI interface board is easy to install if you re using Windows 95 or 98 just plug and play You don t have to physically configure the hardware Instead after you install your board as described in the following text the board is configured automatically PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD IEEE 488 Connector 32 Bit PCI Edge Figure 3 1 Personal 488 PCI Card
35. L Returns the Serial Poll response for a list of device handles See Also SPoll PPoll In Active Controller mode the SPollList Serial Poll command performs a Serial Poll of the bus devices specified and responds with a number from 0 to 255 representing the decimal equivalent of the eight bit device response for each device on the list If rsv DIO7 decimal value 64 is set then that device is signaling that it requires service The meanings of the other bits are device specific Serial Polls are normally performed in response to assertion of the Service Request SRQ bus signal by some bus device In Active Controller mode with the interface device specified the SPollList command returns the internal SRQ status for each device If the internal SRQ status is set it usually indicates that the SRO line is asserted Driver488 then returns a 64 If it is not set indicating that SRO is not asserted then Driver488 returns a 0 With an external device specified SPollList returns the Serial Poll status of the specified external device In Peripheral mode the SPollList command is issued only to the interface and returns the Serial Poll status If rsv DIO7 decimal value 64 is set then Driver488 has not been Serial Polled since the last Request command was issued The rsv is reset whenever Driver488 is Serial Polled by the Controller gt AL PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The untilflag refers to either A
36. LL WHILE_SRO or UNTIL RSV If ALL is chosen all the devices are Serial Polled and their results placed into the result array If untilflag is WHILE SRO Driver488 Serial Polls the devices until the SRQ bus signal becomes unasserted and the results are put into the result array If untilflag is UNTIL RSV Driver488 Serial Polls the devices until the first device whose rsv bit is set is found and the results are put into the result array 6 57 Status Syntax INT WINAPI Status DevHandleT devHandle leeeStatusPT result devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device Status acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached result is a pointer to a Status structure Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example result Status ieee 8 StatusResult if statusResult transfer TRUE printf We have a transfer in progress WW else printf There is no transfer in progressin See Also GetError SPoll PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The Status command returns various items detailing the current state of Driver488 They are returned in a data structure based on the following table Status Item Controller Active System Controller Primary Bus Address Secondary Bus Address Address Change Talker Listener Byteln ByteOut Service Request Triggered Cleared Transfer in Progress
37. MA 14 15 18 111 DINNER e oa Ee 15 18 31 32 37 DMA Channel we A Acte Aug EE SES 16 19 eet dls a A Eoi iiti 24 Rue ada aaa 111 MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Driver488 software 10 13 Driver488 W95 res 7 Driver488 W95 Driver Disk 21 Driver488 W95 Software Settings 111 Driver488 WNT 0 7 Driver488 WNT Software Settings 112 DRO inacabada A 15 18 F factor default sestesrisaciosona ibas 16 HOPP controller octal 19 H hardware installation eene 12 20 Hardware Software Conflicts 111 E O daddfess Ad Ai St adi a 14 15 16 18 I O base address e 15 16 I O Base Address 111 Ne DEE 10 12 13 14 19 111 IEEE 488 bus cables o ooooo ooo oo 110 IEEE 488 Bus Errors oooooooooo eee eee 110 IEEE 469 controller chips eri 16 IEEE 438 port CODDectOr rie arcada 12 20 IREE 4959 2 esitare ri x mia dolere RR es 7 9 TEERASO E EE 8 IEEEA88 Bus and Serial Bus 113 IEEEA88 Bus Commandes 114 IEEEAS88 Software Development Disk 30 IEEEA88 related inf file o 28 JERRASS 2 oues Sede dia ed aic 27 IEEEController hardware oo 29 Input Output I O address o o ooooo 15 16 Iiterrapt IRO sas sei ve qe eo dert eb adve 15 17 18 as AAA A NEQU 16 nterr
38. NAL 488 PCI CARD ASCII Control Codes Decimal 00 to 31 continued Dec Hex Character amp Name Bus Message Value Valve S Abbreviation Universal Command Group UCG continued 28 1C N FS File Separator None 29 1D WIER Group Separator None 30 1E MRS Record Separator None 31 1F US Unit Separator None NOTE 1 ASCII control codes are sometimes used to formalize a communications session between communication devices 2 DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 FS GS RS and US all have user defined meanings and may vary in use between sessions or devices 3 DC4 is often used as a general stop transmission character 4 Codes used to control cursor position may be used to control print devices and move the print head accordingly However not all devices support the full set of positioning codes PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Decimal Values 00 to 31 ACG and UCG Descriptions Dec Name Addressed Command Group ACG 00 Null NUL 01 Start of Header SOH 02 Start of Text STX 03 End of Text ETX 04 End of Transmission EOT 05 Inquiry ENQ 06 Acknowledgement ACK 07 Bell BEL 08 Backspace BS 09 Horizontal Tab HT 10 Line Feed LF 11 Vertical Tab VT 12 Form Feed FF 13 Carriage Return CR 14 Shift Out SO 15 Shift In SI Universal Command Group UCG 16 Data Link Escape DLE 17 Device Control 1 DC1 18 Device Control 2 DC2 19 Device Control 3 DC3 20 De
39. NAPI Trigger DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device 1 if error CA With interface handle ATN GET With external device handle ATN UNL MTA LAG GET errorcode Trigger ieee Issues a Group Execute Trigger GET bus command to those devices that are already in the Listen state as the result of a previous Output or Send command E LL J PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD See Also errorcode Trigger dmm Issues a Group Execute Trigger GET bus command to the device specified TriggerList Status SendCmd The Trigger command issues a Group Execute Trigger GET bus command to the specified device If no interface devices are specified then the GET only affects those devices that are already in the Listen state as a result of a previous Output or Send command 6 65 TriggerList Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI TriggerList DevHandlePT dhList dhList is a pointer to a list of external devices 1 if error CA ATN UNL MTA LAG GET deviceList 0 wave deviceList 1 timer deviceList 2 dmm deviceList 3 NODEVICE errorcode TriggerList deviceList Issues a Group Execute Trigger GET bus command to a list of specified devices Trigger SendCmd Status The TriggerList command issues a Group Execute Trigger GET bus command to the specified devices If no interface devices are spec
40. R errText devHandle refers to either the IEEE 488 interface or the external device that has the associated error errText is the string that will contain the error message If errText is non null the string must contain at least 247 bytes 1 if error otherwise it returns the error code number associated with the error for the specified device Any None errnum GetError ieee errT ext printf Error number d s n errnum errT ext Error GetErrorList Status The GetError command is user called after another function returns an error indication The device handle sent to the function that returned the error indication is sent to GetError as its devHandle parameter GetError finds the error associated with that device and returns the error code associated with that error If a non null error text pointer is passed GetError also fills in up to 247 bytes in the string The application must ensure that sufficient space is available PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 23 GetErrorList Syntax ErrorCodeT WINAPI GetErrorList DevHandlePT dhList LPSTR errText DevHandlePT errHandle dhList is a pointer to a list of external devices that was returned from a function due to an error associated with one of the external devices in the list errText is the text string that contains the error message You must ensure that the string length is at least 247 bytes errHandle is a pointer to the device h
41. Talk Address Group bus command TCT Take Control bus command TTL Transistor Transistor Logic UCG Universal Command Group UNL Unlisten bus command UNT Untalk bus command US Unit Separator ASCII code VDM Virtual DOS Machine VT Vertical Tab ASCII code E LL d PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Index lOsbIUSIOE Sua e iP a ae 18 19 I2 DIL EXPANSION slot i e Ere as 21 SDICSIOU EE A 19 A AG EE 12 Add New Hardware 22 29 Add New Hardware Wizard 22 22 Add Remove Program iode r pe petu ERE 35 INSCIICOOGS abor eei cius caia 115 ASCIIControl Codes eese 116 AT class machine eee 18 19 A Tstyle interruptsharing oooooomo o 18 auxiliary Ye listes 6 ia eeu AA 16 B BIOS dE dE ee Sox quud db cet S o de tra oos 30 31 32 36 37 C Card edpe receptacle uod a eet etel 19 Change Setting button 27 Change SystemResources dialog box 34 COMA za 14 Control Panel EE 22 26 D DACGK sxc 8k ciao bap evince ie cet ca EE 15 18 Data Transfer Output Commands gt Enter 31 Data Transfer Output Commands Output 31 36 Desktop Start D ttOll 24 eer RERO ba 26 Device Manager seba toda esti 25 26 27 Device Manager tasas da es 14 Device gt MakeNew Device 0000000 31 Device gt MakeNewDevice o oo ooocooomo ooo 36 RI e RE 13 DIPSwitenes 2 65 2st ook ad ri AS ES 35 Direct Memory Access D
42. amp HO to amp HFF that is used to set the Serial Poll status When Driver488 is Serial Polled by the Controller it returns this byte on the DIO data lines The data lines are numbered DIOS through DIOI DIOS is the most significant line and corresponds to a decimal value of 128 hex amp H80 DIO7 is the next most significant line and corresponds to a decimal value of 64 hex amp H40 DIO7 has a special meaning It is the Request for Service rsv bit If rsv is set then Driver488 asserts the Service Request GRO bus signal If DIO7 is clear a logic 0 then Driver488 does not assert SRO When Driver488 is Serial Polled all eight bits of the Serial Poll status are returned to the Controller The rsv bit is cleared when Driver488 is Serial Polled by the Controller This causes Driver488 to stop asserting SRO 6 50 Reset Syntax INT WINAPI Reset DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Reset command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example errorcode Reset ieee See Also Abort Term TimeOut gt 31 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The Reset command provides a warm start of the interface It is equivalent to issuing the following command process including clearing all error conditions 1 Stop 2 Disarm 3 Reset hardware rese
43. andle that caused the error Returns 1 if error otherwise it returns the error number associated with the given list of devices Mode Any Bus States None Example char errText 329 int errHandle int errnum result ClearList list if result 1 errnum GetErrorList list errText amp errHandle printf Error d s at handle d n errnum errText errHandle See Also Error GetError Status MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The GetErrorList command is user called after another function identifying a list of device handles returns an error indication The device handle list sent to the function that returned the error indication 1s sent to GetErrorList GetErrorList finds the device which returned the error indication returning the handle through errHandle and returns the error code associated with that error Ifa non null error text pointer is passed GetError also fills in up to 247 bytes in the string The application must ensure that sufficient space is available 6 24 Hello Syntax INT WINAPI Hello DevHandleT devHandle LPSTR message devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Hello command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached message is a character pointer that contains the returned message Returns 1 if error otherwise the version of the Dynamic Link Library DLL
44. anges to take effect For Driver488 W95 close all applications using the interface board and restart your programs For Driver488 WNT you can use the following commands to restart your device driver net stop drvr488 and net start drvr488 7 3 Hardware Software Conflicts NOTE The following list applies only to the ISA card e O Base Address Check to make sure that the I O base address you selected through the configuration utility of Driver488 matches the interrupt setting configured through the appropriate DIP switch on your IEEE 488 interface e Interrupt Setting Check to make sure that the interrupt setting selected through the configuration utility of Driver488 matches the interrupt setting configured through the appropriate jumper s and DIP switch es on your IEEE 488 interface e Direct Memory Access DMA Setting Check to make sure that the DMA setting selected through the configuration utility of Driver488 matches the DMA setting configured through the appropriate jumper s on your IEEE 488 interface 7 4 Checking Hardware and Software Settings Checking the Interface Board Settings NOTE The following applies only to the ISA card Remove the interface board from the computer and refer to Chapter 4 Checking the Driver488 W95 Software Settings 1 Open the Control Panel window from the Start gt Settings menu click on the System icon and select the Device Manager tab Under the line Ports COM 2 PERSONAL
45. ansfer rate Offers full IEEE 488 2 support Supported by Windows 95 or 98 and Windows NT drivers Provides eleven interrupt lines and seven DMA channels CE compliant 2 2 About this Manual This manual is divided into the following sections e Chapter 1 Specifications lists the technical specifications for the Cards Chapter 2 Introduction this chapter gives a general description of both the interface hardware and the driver software associated with each of the Personal 488 Cards Chapter 3 Personal 488 PCI Card explains how to install and configure the Personal 488 PCI Card Chapter 4 Personal 488 ISA Card explains how to install and configure the Personal 488 ISA Card e Chapter 5 Driver 488 W95 and Driver 488 WNT describes in more detail the Windows driver software that comes with each of the Personal 488 Cards and includes instructions for configuring this software Chapter 6 API Command Reference provides descriptions for the entire API command set covering both versions of Driver 488 Driver488 W95 and Driver488 WNT and both Cards The description format of the individual MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD API commands includes the command syntax returned response operating mode bus states and an example program excerpt e Chapter 7 Troubleshooting provides a reference for possible solutions to technical problems Before calling for technical support refer to this chapter e T
46. ators are chosen by specifying a 0 pointer as the terminator parameter Synchronous transmission is specified by sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending a 0 pointer for the compStat pointer PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD OUTPUTNMORE Syntax LONG WINAPI OutputNMore DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data DWORD count Remarks OutputNMore is equivalent to the following call to OutputX OutputX devHandle data 0 0 0L 0 0L The OutputNMore function passes the device handle and a pointer to the data buffer to the OutputX function It specifies that the forceAddr flag is set FALSE so Driver488 does not re address the device if it is the same device as that previously used The default terminators are chosen by specifying a 0 pointer as the terminator parameter Synchronous transmission is specified by sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending a 0 pointer for the compStat pointer 6 40 PassControl Syntax INT WINAPI PassControl DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to an external device to which control is passed Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN UNL MLA TAG UNL TCT ATN Example errorcode PassControl scope See Also Abort Reset SendCmd The PassControl command allows Driver488 to give control to another controller on the bus After passing control Driver488 enters the Peripheral mode If Driver488 was the Sys
47. case T Lowercase U Lowercase V Lowercase W Lowercase X Lowercase Y Lowercase Z Opening Brace Vertical Line Closing Brace Tilde Delete Bus Message Command 00 Command 01 Command 02 Command 03 Command 04 Command 05 Command 06 Command 07 Command 08 Command 09 Command 10 Command 11 Command 12 Command 13 Command 14 Command 15 Command 16 Command 17 Command 18 Command 19 Command 20 Command 21 Command 22 Command 23 Command 24 Command 25 Command 26 Command 27 Command 28 Command 29 Command 30 Command 31 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Abbreviations CA Not Controller Active mode SC Not System Controller mode A D Analog to Digital ACG Addressed Command Group ACK Acknowledgement ASCII code ADC Analog to Digital Converter API Application Program Interface ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ATN Attention line BEL Bell ASCII code BS Backspace ASCII code CA Controller Active mode CAN Cancel ASCII code CCL Character Command Language CJC Cold Junction Compensation CMD Bus Command interpretation CR Carriage Return ASCII code CSR Calibration Status Register CTS Clear To Send line DAV Data Valid line DCl Device Control 1 ASCII code DC2 Device Control 2 ASCII code 122 L L PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD DC3 Device Control 3 ASCII code DC4 Device Control 4 ASCII code DCD Data
48. d commands EnterX terminates reception on either the specified count of bytes transferred or the specified or default terminator being detected Terminator characters if any are stripped from the received data before the EnterX command returns to the calling application 56 U 1 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The forceAddr flag is used to specify whether the addressing control bytes are to be issued for each EnterX command If the device handle refers to an I O adapter then forceAddr has no effect and command bytes are not sent For an external device if forceAddr is TRUE then Driver488 always sends the UNL MLA and TAG command bytes If forceAddr is FALSE then Driver488 compares the current device with the previous device that used that interface adapter board for an EnterX command If they are the same then no command bytes are sent If they are different then EnterX acts as if the forceAddr flag were TRUE and sends the command bytes The forceAddr flag is usually set TRUE for the first transfer of data from a device and then set FALSE for additional transfers from the same block of data from that device Additional Enter Functions Driver488 provides additional Enter routines that are short form versions of the EnterX function The following Enter functions are already defined in your header file ENTER Syntax LONG WINAPI Enter DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data Remarks Enter is equivalent to the fol
49. d device This will be an integer from 0 to 30 The Secondary Bus Address Secaddr is the IEEE 488 bus device secondary address assigned to the specified device This will be either 1 to indicate no secondary address or an integer from 0 to 31 Note that the Personal 488 Card can never have a secondary address The Address Change indicator addrChange is set whenever Driver488 become a Talker Listener or the Active Controller or when it becomes no longer a Talker Listener or the Active Controller It is reset when Status is read The Talker talker and Listener listener flags reflect the current Talker Listener state of Driver488 As a Peripheral Driver488 can check this status to see if it has been addressed to Talk or addressed to Listen by the Active Controller In this way the desired direction of data transfer can be determined The ByteIn byteIn indicator is set when the I O adapter has received a byte that can be read by an Enter command The ByteOut byteOut indicator is set when the I O adapter is ready to output data The Service Request field SRQ as an active controller reflects the IEEE 488 bus SRO line signal Asa peripheral this status reflects the rsv bit that can be set by the Request command and is cleared when the Driver488 is Serial Polled For more details refer to the SPoll command in this chapter The Triggered triggered and Cleared cleared indicators are set when as a Peripheral Driver488
50. d peripheral devices Follow these precautions for static electricity discharge e Touch a large grounded metal surface to discharge any static electricity buildup in your body MEM D PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD e Avoid any contact with internal parts Handle cards only by their edges e Disconnect the AC power before removing the cover 2 Unplug all power cords and cables that may interfere from the back of the computer 3 Remove your computer s cover by removing its mounting screws with a screwdriver Slide the cover OFF If necessary refer to your PC s manual 4 Your Personal 488 ISA Card must be installed in an 8 bit ISA bus expansion slot Select an available ISA expansion slot and remove its slot cover by unscrewing the holding screw and sliding it out Save this screw for securing the Card after it is installed 5 To install the Personal 488 ISA Card carefully align the card edge connector with the ISA slot on the motherboard fitting the IEEE 488 port through the rear panel opening Push the board down firmly but gently until it is well seated 6 Replace the cover slot holding screw to secure the Card in place 7 Replace the computer s cover and screws Then reconnect all power cords and cables to the back of the computer If available connect your external data acquisition instrument to the IEEE 488 port connector on the interface 8 Turn on your PC At this point the hardware installation
51. e This user manual After unpacking all the items carefully check for any obvious signs of physical damage that may have occurred during shipment If anything is missing or damaged call Black Box immediately at 724 746 5500 Retain all shipping materials in case you need to ship the unit back to Black Box 4 2 Configuring the New Hardware Figure 4 1 shows the board layout and default DIP switch settings for the Personal 488 ISA Card NOTE For proper operation of the cards using the Windows NT operating system load the software BEFORE configuring and installing the hardware See Section 5 2 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD d 1234 1 OPEN S1 S2 IEEE 488 Connector DACK Sosa pps ee o o a aa 16 Bit Two Card Edge Figure 4 1 Board Layout The following text will guide you through the setup of your IEEE 488 controller interface It includes instructions on how to verify the resource settings of ports in your system and how to properly configure the switches and jumpers on your interface board To avoid a configuration conflict you must first verify which I O addresses IRQs and DMAs are being used by existing ports in your system before you configure and install the Personal 488 ISA Card Step 1 Verifying Recording the Current System Settings The Windows Control Panel enables you to easily determine and configure the I O addresses IRO se
52. e a mistake during installation E PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 1 Uninstall the software using Add Remove Programs in the control panel The keywords of the program name will be Personal IEEE 2 Highlight and remove 3 Answer yes to uninstall shared files if queried 4 Shut down and Restart Installation For all 488 controllers Do NOT install the controller at this time Follow these steps 1 Go to Control Panel select Add Remove Programs click Install and Next Windows NT will then default to the A drive 2 Browse to the CD drive and select the appropriate controller folder XWN T Disk 1 and finally Setup exe The full path of the installation program is now displayed in the text box 3 Click Finish and then Next The Select Components wndow is now displayed 4 Select the appropriate controller 5 Click Next and accept defaults 6 When the installation is complete close the newly created program group and click Finish For the ISA version use this IEEE 488 properties window to enter the system resources and change hardware settings as needed NOTE We recommend that you disable the DMA until you establish a non conflicting IRQ 7 Power down the computer 8 Install the configured card and power up the computer Proceed to the verification process NOTE You might need to repeat the power down and settings routine until there is no conflict Remember that not only
53. e of the default terminators for the device or it may point to a terminator structure requesting no terminators The async is a flag that allows asynchronous data transfer If this flag is TRUE the OutputX command returns to the caller as soon as the data transfer is underway FALSE indicates that the OutputX command should not return until the transfer is complete The compStat is a pointer to an integer containing completion status information A null pointer indicates that completion status is not requested In the case of an asynchronous transfer this pointer must remain valid until the transfer is complete Additional Output Functions Driver488 provides additional Output functions that are short form versions of the OutputX function The following Output functions are already defined in your header file OUTPUT Syntax LONG WINAPI Output DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data Remarks Output is equivalent to the following call to OutputX OutputX devHandle data strlen data 1 1 0L 0 0L The Output function passes the device handle and a pointer to the data buffer to the OutputX function It determines the size of the data buffer that you provided and passes that value as the count parameter It specifies that the forceAddr flag is set TRUE which causes Driver488 to address the device if an external device is specified The default terminators are chosen by specifying a 0 pointer as the terminator parameter Synchronous transmission is s
54. e state 1 if error SC With interface REN With external device REN ATN UNL MTA LAG errorcode Remote ieee Asserts the REN bus line errorcode Remote scope Asserts the REN bus line and addresses the scope device specified to Listen to place it in the Remote state Local LocalList RemoteList The Remote command asserts the Remote Enable REN bus management line If an external device is specified then Remote will also address that device to Listen placing it in the Remote state o EH PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 47 RemoteList Syntax INT WINAPI RemoteList DevHandlePT dhList dhList is a pointer to a list of devices Returns 1 if error Mode SC CA Bus States REN ATN UNL MTA LAG Example deviceList 0 2 wave deviceList 1 timer deviceList 2 dmm deviceList 3 NODEVICE errorcode RemoteList deviceList Asserts the REN bus line and addresses a list of specified devices to Listen to place these specified devices in the Remote state See Also Remote Local LocalList The RemoteList command asserts the Remote Enable REN bus management line If external devices are specified then RemoteList will also address those devices to Listen placing them in the Remote state 6 48 RemoveDevice Syntax INT WINAPI RemoveDevice DevHandleT devHandle devHandle specifies an interface or an external device to remove Returns 1 if error Mode Any H 1A PERSONAL 488 ISA CAR
55. either using the System Resources button in the IEEE applet or by clicking System Device Manager then highlighting the device and clicking Properties Resources and Change Settings 11 Power down the computer For the ISA version install the configured card power up the computer and proceed to the Verification process For plug and play simply install the card Windows will automatically detect and associate the previously installed software MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Installing the Interface Software Support Files 1 In the Browse window double click the appropriate product folder and operating system The installation program SETUP EXE will be in the subfolder named SDK under the Windows 95 98 operating system folder Locate SETUP EXE and click FINISH The Installation program will step you through various options on installing these software support files NOTE These files are NOT required to get the hardware to work properly but we recommend using them if you plan to do any software development or if you need Help files Any or all of the installed software support files may be removed by going to the Control Panel from the Start gt Settings menu double clicking on the Add Remove Programs icon then selecting Personal IEEE 488 v 2 0 and clicking the Add Remove button At this point the installation of software support files is complete Verification la Run win
56. enced radio television technician for help 7 2 IEEE 488 Bus Errors e Connections Check to make sure that all of the IEEE 488 bus cables are securely fastened to their respective terminals and that the IEEE 488 Standard has been met Primary Addresses Check to make sure that each of the IEEE 488 bus primary addresses has a unique value between 0 and 30 No two interface boards or external devices should have the same primary address within any single IEEE 488 bus system The default IEEE 488 bus primary address is 21 but you can change this if it conflicts with some other device Timeouts Check to make sure that the timeout period is preferred over setting IEEE 488 bus terminators If the timeout period elapses while wai ng to transfer data or while waiting for unspecified terminators a time out error occurs e Bus Terminators Check to make sure that the IEEE 488 bus terminators sent by the device and the IEEE 488 bus terminators expected by the software driver match up Typically these terminators are carriage return CR and line feed LF followed by an End Or Identify EOI o PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD For more information on the configuration of Driver488 software settings for IEEE 488 interfaces and external devices see Chapter 5 NOTE If you make any changes to the configuration parameters such as the Primary Address Timeout and Bus Terminator you must restart the device driver for the ch
57. ered At that point the transfer of data stops The Finish command must be called to assert Attention and release any pending holdoffs to be ready for the next action 6 52 SendCmd Syntax INT WINAPI SendCmd DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE commands DWORD len devHandle refers to an interface handle commands points to a string of command bytes to be sent len is the length of the command string Response None Mode CA Bus States User defined Example char command U 0 H I PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD See Also errorcode SendCmd ieee amp command size of command SendData SendEoi The SendCmd command sends a specified string of bytes with Attention ATN asserted causing the data to be interpreted as IEEE 488 command bytes 6 53 SendData Syntax Response Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI SendData DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data DWORD len devHandle refers to an interface handle data points to a string of data bytes to be sent len is the length of the data string None Any User defined char data WOX errorcode SendData ieee data strlen data SendCmd SendEoi The SendData command provides byte by byte control of data transfers and gives greater flexibility than the other commands This command can specify exactly which operations Driver488 executes PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 54 SendEoi Syntax INT WINAPI
58. external device If devHandle refers to an external device then the Disarm command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached condition specifies which of the conditions are no longer to be monitored If condition is O then all conditions are Disarmed Returns 1 if error otherwise the current bit map of the event condition mask Mode Any Bus States None Examples errorcode Disarm ieee acTalk acListen acChange errorcode Disarm ieee 0 See Also Arm OnEvent 1 h PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The Disarm command prevents Driver488 from invoking an event handler and interrupting the PC even when the specified condition occurs Your program can still check for the condition by using the Status command Ifthe Disarm command is invoked without specifying any conditions then all conditions are disabled The Arm command may be used to re enable interrupt detection 6 18 EnterX Syntax LONG WINAPI EnterX DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data DWORD count BOOL forceAddr TermT term BOOL async LPDWORD compsStat devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device data is a pointer to the buffer into which the data is read count is the number of characters to read forceAddr is used to specify whether the addressing control bytes are to be issued for each EnterX command term is a pointer to a terminator structure that is used to set up
59. f error Any None OnDigEventVDM devHandle MyFunc Ox10L Sets the event notification to be via a function call to the specified callback function The value 0x10 will be passed to the function DigArm OnDigEventVDM OnEventVDM The OnDigEventVDM command sets the address of a C style stdcall function to be called when a digital match event occurs This function uses a similar mechanism as the OnEventVDM command The prototype of the callback function for OnDigEventVDM is void DigEventFunc DevHandleT devHandle LPARAM IParam The IParam value which is passed to OnDigEventVDM is passed on to the callback function when the event occurs For details see the description of OnEventVDM H wG 9PB PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD NOTE This function sets the event generation mechanism to be a callback function replacing any previously defined event notification mechanism Only one event notification mechanism can be used at one time 6 36 OnEvent Syntax INT WINAPI OnEvent DevHandleT devHandle HWND hWnd OpaqueP IParam devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device hWnd is the window handle to receive the event notification IParam value will be passed in the notification message Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example ieee OpenName ieee OnEvent ieee hWnd OpaqueP 12345678L Arm ieee acSRQ acError break See Also OnEventVDM Arm D
60. f you need to reserve this resource in BIOS Alternatively you can leave the DMA disabled this only costs some speed performance on longer transfers 5 2 Windows NT Users Only 5 2 1 PLUG AND PLAY AND LEGACY DEVICES NOTE This section is for users of Windows NT If you re using Windows 95 98 see Section 5 1 1 Remove power from the PC 2 Physically configure and install the device as described in Chapter 3 or 4 3 Return power to the PC 4 Insert the CD ROM into your CD drive The CD contains a folder for all of the IEEE488 interfaces Located under each interface folder are the operating system folders Using Windows Explorer browse the WNT Disk1 folder for Setup exe 5 Run Setup exe 6 Follow the on screen prompts and allow Windows NT to complete the install PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD IEEE 488 Software Support Setup select Components Select the IEEE466 Hardware installed on pour system from the options below If a box is already selected it means that the driver For the hardware has already been installed M iPersonal4BB PCE Personald88 AT Personal488 Perzanald88 MM lt Back TUN Figure 5 10 Driver Setup screen IEEEO Properties ES IEEE 488 Properties Primary Address 21 E a Bus Configuration Cw Timeout ms H ODO T See P e EE EDS Term1 Tem2 Input E 1 IEEE1 npu CR LF IEEE Output v CR_LF o IEEE3 l Interface
61. ferent ik hardware type To see all hardware choices click Unknown Hardware IL tech Personald88 ID tech Persanald8S AT ID tech Personal4B8 ATpnp ID tech Personal466 C4AD IL tech Perszonal488 MM 1C Personal 488 AT Have Disk Back Cancel Figure 5 5 Selecting the Device You Wish to Install 1l Check the default resource settings If the settings do not match your board configuration for example if you changed a default jumper setting you will need to use the Device Manager to enter the changes Regardless of whether or not you need to make settings changes click Next The disk file for the device is copied into the PC Follow the screen prompts When prompted restart the computer If you do not need to change settings the installation is complete If you do need to make setting changes continue with Step 12 MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Windows can install your hardware using the following settings WARNING our hardware may not be set to use the resources listed If you need to vou can adjust these settings by using the Device Manager in the System control panel before restarting your computer To change your hardware settings see the documentation that came with pour hardware To continue installing the software needed by pour hardware click Next Resource type Setting Print Direct Memory Access Ui Input Output Range 42E Interrupt Request 04 Back
62. he Appendix provides background information about the IEEE 488 bus the serial bus and ASCII controls e The Index provides a comprehensive alphabetical listing of the main terms and topics in this manual Also the Abbreviations on the last pages of this manual provides an overall list of abbreviations including acronyms and ASCII control codes as an additional reference for this manual and other related literature 2 3 Hardware Connection The Personal 488 controller interface must be properly connected to a data acquisition device The following diagram depicts an IEEE 488 connection from a Personal 488 controller interface board to a data acquisition master unit PC IEEE 488 Controller Interface PCI488 shown Master Unit IEEE 488 Connection PC to Master Unit Figure 2 1 Typical Hardware Connection H Jh 11 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 2 4 Software Driver488 W95 Driver488 WNT This driver software integrates IEEE 488 2 control into Windows 95 or 98 and Windows N T applications It supports both IEEE 488 Cards and provides true multi tasking device locking Plus it s specifically designed for the 32 bit Windows environment and includes interactive control NOTE For proper operation of the cards using the Windows NT operating system load the software BEFORE configuring and installing the hardware See Section 5 2 NOTE Throughout this manual and in the software screens the
63. he EnterMore function passes the device handle and the pointer to the data buffer to the EnterX function It determines the size of the data buffer that you provided and passes that value as the count parameter It specifies forceAddr is FALSE therefore Driver488 does not address the device if it is the same device as previously used The default terminators are chosen by specifying a 0 as the term parameter Asynchronous transfer is turned off by sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending 0 for the compStat parameter ENTERN MORE Syntax LONG WINAPI EnterNMore DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data int count Remarks EnterNMore is equivalent to the following call to EnterX EnterX devHandle data count 0 0L 0 0L EHE PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The EnterNMore function passes the device handle the pointer to the data buffer and the size of the data buffer to the EnterX function It specifies forceAddr is FALSE therefore Driver488 does not address the device 1f it is the same device as previously used The default terminators are chosen by specifying a 0 as the term parameter Asynchronous transfer is turned off by sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending 0 for the compStat parameter 6 19 Error Syntax INT WINAPI Error DevHandleT devHandle BOOL display devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an externa
64. ice Reset ClearList The Clear command causes the Device Clear DCL bus command to be issued to an interface or a Selected Device Clear SDC command to be issued to an external device IEEE 488 bus devices that receive a Device Clear or Selected Device Clear command normally reset to their power on state nn n PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 9 ClearList Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI ClearList DevHandlePT dhList dhList is a pointer to a list of device handles that refer to external devices If a hardware interface is in the list DCL is sent instead of SDC 1 if error CA ATN DCL all devices ATN UNL MTA LAG SDC selected device deviceList 0 wave deviceList 1 2 scope deviceList 2 dmm deviceList 3 NODEVICE errorcode ClearList deviceList Sends the Selected Device Clear SDC command to a list of devices Clear Reset The ClearList command causes the Selected Device Clear SDC command to be issued to a list of external devices IEEE 488 bus devices that receive a Selected Device Clear command normally reset to their power on state PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 10 Close Syntax INT WINAPI Close DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States Completion of any pending l O activities Example errorcode Close wa
65. id eee 73 O3 gt OnDislventVDM idos aa 74 6 36 OnE vento ido 75 6 37 OnEventVDM REENEN 77 0 99 Open Name LA Roe 79 A A A SE 80 6 40 PassControl sies eee eee eee 84 OZEL PPOlb us don bn une Pee Glens EE 85 6 47 e EE 86 643 PPollDisableso sois A AREE ES 87 6 44 Pbollitsabletisr ooo 88 o et EE 88 OO REMOTE cr ei eee IU EAM adea i as QUE 89 6 47 RemoteList 6 6 06844 00454 ER REIR RARE EVE E a 90 6 48 RemoveDevice llle e 90 l ERCO xs eal uto besten eer aaepe dod db sue 91 A PA aa A EL fL LEE 92 65 L RESUME A A UE dde RAUS 93 6 52 Send GIG dai oed c e n Rate dk A ei aie ee dons 94 0 59 S6 IO DOT s eat ege qoe E NDA AA MASA 95 OO DCM OL A o yatta ea utt ade AAA iE 96 OD DOSE Oll s 107 A Ee de aca d 96 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD A A O aca haa ice wins 97 6 57 StAtUs EE EE 99 E ridad ir Dee i dei od acil bs 102 Doa Acne lee tul dana abd dies aL ib aou d dta are 102 OOE utu emet tae Ue hn Mtt a ELI 103 ODE TOHBOUGE Veo sodes abes b S otia ie iuis 104 0 02 TTE Uria D n Racine A iei nai Redde Ss 105 A A E ud adus atu etel eu qe d due 106 OOT IAS qr DUET 106 OOI E AA te ee eee CI MEUSE 106 0 60 U Blisten mdd 12 nee b e ques eerie ho Att haa ead dbo 108 AS RR 108 GOO Wal TAS A fa SEE EE 109 Te HOUDIESHOOUNE s iia date 110 7 1 Radio Interference ProblemsS ooooooooo o 110 7 2 VEER 488 Bus EXITOS AAA ad tec eia 110 7 3 Hardware Software Conflicts oooooo
66. ified then the GET affects those devices that are already in the Listen state as a result of a previous Output or Send command MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 66 UnListen Syntax INT WINAPI UnListen DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the UnListen command acts on the associated interface Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN UNL Example errorcode UnListen ieee See Also Listen UnTalk SendCmd Status The UnListen command unaddresses an external device that was addressed to Listen 6 67 UnTalk Syntax INT WINAPI UnTalk DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the UnTalk command acts on the associated interface Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN UNT Example errorcode UnTalk ieee See Also Talk UnListen SendCmd Status E PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The UnTalk command unaddresses an external device that was addressed to Talk 6 68 Wait Driver488 W95 only Syntax INT WINAPI Wait DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle is an external device the Wait command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States Determined by previous Ente
67. indListeners command finds all of the devices configured to Listen at the specified primary address on the IEEE 488 bus The command first identifies the primary address to check and returns the number of Listeners found and their addresses Then it fills the user supplied array with the addresses of the Listeners o NN PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD found The number of Listeners found is the value returned by the function The returned values include the secondary address in the upper byte and the primary address in the lower byte If there is no secondary address then the upper byte is set to 255 hence a device with only a primary address of 16 and no secondary address is represented as OxFF10 or 240 decimal 6 21 Finish Driver488 W95 only Syntax INT WINAPI Finish DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Finish command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN Example errorcode Finish ieee See Also Resume PassControl The Finish command asserts Attention ATN and releases any pending holdoffs after a Resume function is called with the monitor flag set PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 22 GetError Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also ErrorCodeT WINAPI GetError DevHandleT devHandle LPST
68. is triggered or cleared These two indicators are cleared when Status is read The Triggered and Cleared indicators are not updated while asynchronous transfers are in progress The Transfer in Progress transfer indicator signifies an asynchronous transfer in progress 200 DI PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 58 Stop Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also Driver488 W95 only INT WINAPI Stop DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Stop command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached 1 if error Any ATN Controller None Peripheral errorcode Stop ieee EnterX OutputX Buffered The Stop command halts any asynchronous transfer that may be in progress If the transfer has completed already then Stop has no effect The actual number of characters transferred is available from the Buffered command 6 59 Talk Syntax INT WINAPI Talk DevHandleT devHandle BYTE pri BYTE sec devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Talk command acts on the associated interface pri and sec specify the primary and secondary addresses of the device which is to be addressed to Talk 10 L 1L M PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also 1 if
69. isarm MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The OnEvent command causes the event handling mechanism to issue a message upon occurrence of an Armed event The message will have a type of WM_IEEE488EVENT whose value is retrieved via RegisterWindowMessage LPSTR WM IEEE488EVENT The associated wParam is an event mask indicating which Armed event s caused the notification and the IParam is the value passed to OnEvent Note that although there is a macro for WM IEEEAS88EVENT in the header file for each language this macro resolves to a function call and therefore cannot be used as a case label The preferred implementation is to include a default case in the message handling case statement and directly compare the message ID with WM IEEE488EVENT The following is a full example of a program using the OnEvent function LONG FAR WINAPI export WndProc HWND hWnd unsigned iMessage WORD wParam LONG IParam HANDLE leee switch iMessage case WM_CREATE ieee OpenName ieee OnEvent ieee hWnd OpaqueP 12345678L Arm ieee acSRQ acError break default if Message WM_IFEE488EVENT char buff 80 wsprintf buff Condition 04X Param 081X wParam lParam MessageBox hWnd LPSTR buff LPSTR Event Noted MB OK return TRUE PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 37 OnEventVDM Syntax INT WINAPI OnEventVDM DevHandleT devHandle EventFuncT func devHandle
70. itially temporary Unless KeepDevice is used all temporary Driver488 devices are forgotten when Driver488 is closed The only way to remove the permanent device once it has been made permanent by the KeepDevice command is to use the RemoveDevice command A E PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 26 Listen Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI Listen DevHandleT devHandle BYTE pri BYTE sec devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Listen command acts on the associated interface pri and sec specify the primary and secondary addresses of the device which is to be addressed to listen 1 if error CA ATN LAG errorcode Listen ieee 12 1 Talk SendCmd SendData SendEoi FindListener The Listen command addresses an external device to Listen 6 27 Local Syntax Returns Mode Bus States INT WINAPI Local DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device 1 if error SC REN H o PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Examples errorcode Local ieee To unassert the Remote Enable REN line the IEEE 488 interface is specified errorcode Local wave To send the Go To Local GTL command an external device is specified See Also LocalList Remote AutoRemote In the System Controller mode the Local command i
71. l device display indicates whether the error message display should be ON or OFF Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example errorcode Error ieee OFF See Also OnEvent GetError GetErrorList Status The Error command enables or disables automatic on screen display of Driver488 error messages Specifying ON enables the error message display while specifying OFF disables the error message display Error ON is the default condition PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 20 FindListeners Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI FindListeners DevHandleT devHandle BYTE primary LPWORD listener DWORD limit devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device then the FindListeners command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached primary is the primary IEEE 488 bus address to check listener is a pointer to a list that contains all Listeners found on the specified interface board You must allocate enough memory to accommodate all of the possible Listeners up to the limit that he specified limit is the maximum number of Listeners to be entered into the Listener list 1 if error otherwise the number of Listeners found on the interface Any ATN MTA UNL LAG WORD listeners 5 errorcode FindListeners ieee 10 listeners 5 CheckListener BusAddress Status The F
72. lList Remote RemoteList The Lol command causes Driver488 to issue an IEEE 488 LocalLockout LLO bus command Bus devices that support this command are thereby inhibited from being controlled manually from their front panels PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 30 MakeDevice Syntax INT WINAPI MakeDevice DevHandleT devHandle LPSTR name devHandle refers to an existing external device name is the device name of the device that is to be made and takes the configuration of the device given by devHandle Returns 1 if error otherwise the DevHandleT of the new device Note that the new device is an exact copy except for the name of the specified device as it currently exists in memory and not in the Registry Mode Any Bus State None Example dmm MakeDevice scope DMM BusAddress dmm 16 1 Create a device named DMM attached to the same l O adapter as scope and set its IEEE 488 bus address to 16 See Also MakeNewDevice KeepDevice RemoveDevice OpenName Close The MakeDevice command creates a new temporary Driver488 device that is an identical copy of an already existing Driver488 external device T he new device is attached to the same I O adapter of the existing device and has the same bus address terminators timeouts and other characteristics The newly created device is temporary and is removed when Driver488 is closed KeepDevice may be used to make the device permanent To change the default val
73. ll 7 Choose Other Devices from the list of hardware types 8 When the Manufacturer Models dialog box appears Select Unknown Devices for Manufacturer Select Unsupported Device for Models Then click the Have Disk button Add New Hardware Wizard Click the manufacturer and model of pour hardware IF your hardware is not Nu listed or if you have an installation disk click Have Disk IF your hardware is still nat listed click Back and then select a different hardware type To see all hardware choices click Unknown Hardware Manufacturers Models Unknown Devices P Unsupported Device neupported Device 4 e SR Have Disk emos Figure 54 Selecting the Manufacturer Model E LL 1 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 9 Insert the CD ROM into the appropriate drive click Browse and select the CD s root directory Windows will now look for an inf file The file iotech inf will now appear in the text field of the Open window Click OK 10 Windows will now display a list of devices to install Select the specific Personal488 device to be installed You should see the device in the Wizard s list of models After making the selection click Next Add New Hardware Wizard Click the manufacturer and model of your hardware IF your hardware is not listed or if you have an installation disk click Have Disk IF vour hardware is still nat listed click Back and then select a dif
74. lowing call to EnterX EnterX devHandle data sizeof data 1 0L 0 0L The Enter function passes the device handle and a pointer to the data buffer to the EnterX function It determines the size of the data buffer that you provided and passes that value as the count parameter It specifies forceAddr is TRUE causing Driver488 to re address the device The default terminators are chosen by specifying a 0 as the term parameter Asynchronous transfer is turned off by sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending 0 for the compStat parameter PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD ENTERN Syntax LONG WINAPI EnterN DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data int count Remarks EnterN is equivalent to the following call to EnterX EnterX devHandle data count 1 0L 0 0L The EnterN function passes the device handle the pointer to the data buffer and the size of the data buffer to the EnterX function It specifies forceAddr is TRUE causing Driver488 to re address the device The default terminators are chosen by specifying a 0 pointer as the term parameter Asynchronous transfer is turned off by sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending 0 for the compStat parameter ENTERMORE Syntax LONG WINAPI EnterMore DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data Remarks EnterMore is equivalent to the following call to EnterX EnterX devHandle data sizeof data 0 0L 0 OL T
75. move your computer s cover by removing its mounting screws with a screwdriver Slide the cover OFF If necessary refer to your PC s manual 4 Your IEEE 488 controller interface must be installed in a 32 bit PCI bus expansion slot Select an available PCI expansion slot and remove its slot cover by unscrewing the holding screw and sliding it out Save this screw for securing the interface after it is installed 5 To install the IEEE 488 controller interface carefully align the card edge connector with the PCI slot on the motherboard fitting the IEEE 488 port through the rear panel opening Push the board down firmly but gently until it is well seated 6 Replace the slot cover holding screw to secure the board in place 7 Replace the computer s cover and screws Then reconnect all power cords and cables to the back of the computer If available connect your external data acquisition instrument to the IEEE 488 port connector on the interface 8 Turn on your PC At this point the hardware installation is complete A Personal 488 ISA Card This chapter describes the ISA version If you have the PCI version read Chapter 3 then skip this chapter and go on to Chapter 5 4 1 What the Package Includes The Personal 488 ISA Card including the IEEE 488 interface board and the Driver488 software is carefully inspected both mechanically and electrically before shipment The package includes e Personal 488 ISA Card e 1 CD ROM
76. n returns 1 and sets the error code to IOT BAD VALUE2 2 Event generation may be re armed from within the event handler to provide continuous detection of match condition events However this is not guaranteed to catch every event if the digital input values are rapidly changing 3 Any digital UO port bits configured for output are treated as don t care bits for the purposes of event generation In other words it is valid to arm an event when only one nibble of the port is configured for input In this case the other nibble is ignored when detecting the match condition 6 13 DigArmSetup PCI Card only Syntax INT WINAPI DigArmSetup DevHandleT devHandle BYTE byMatchValue devHandle refers to an interface handle byMatchValue refers to a value that is compared against the digital UO inputs Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Example DigArmSetup devHandle 0xA5 Sets the match value to OxA5 See Also DigArm DigSetup 50 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The DigArmSetup command sets the match condition value This value will be compared against the digital I O port inputs to detect when an event occurs The event must be armed via DigArm for event notification to take place The comparison operation depends on the current digital port configuration If both nibbles are configured for input then the match value is compared to the entire byte value of the digital port If only o
77. ne of the nibbles is configured for input then the value is compared against just that nibble If no nibbles are configured for input then the match value is ignored The DigArm function will not allow event generation to be armed unless at least one of the nibbles is configured for input 6 14 DigRead PCI Card only Syntax INT WINAPI DigRead DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to an interface handle Returns 1 if no part of the port is configured for input or other error otherwise integer between O and 255 if the entire digital UO port is configured for input or integer between O and 15 if only one nibble either low or high is configured for input Mode Any Bus States None Example inti DigRead devHandle Returns the current value of the digital UO port per the current configuration See Also DigSetup DigWrite The DigRead command reads the current value of the digital IO port per the input output configuration of the port If the entire port is configured for input a value between 0 and 255 is returned If either the upper or lower nibble is A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD configured for input and the other for output a value between 0 and 15 is returned NOTE This function does not configure the digital I O port for input The caller must use DigSetup to configure the port for input before performing any reads If neither nibble is configured for input the function returns 1 and sets the erro
78. ock Out bus command LSB Least Significant Bit MAV Message Available bit E A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD MLA My Listen Address MSB Most Significant Bit MSS Master Summary Status bit MTA My Talk Address N U Not used NAK Negative Acknowledgement ASCII code NDAC Not Data Accepted line NRED Not Ready For Data line NUL Null ASCII code NV RAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect bus PPC Parallel Poll Configure bus command PPD Parallel Poll Disable bus command PPU Parallel Poll Unconfig bus command RAM Random Access Memory REN Remote Enable line RI Ring Indicator line RMS Root Mean Square ROS Request for Service bit RTD Resistance Temperature Device RTS Request To Send line SC System Controller mode SCG Secondary Command Group MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD SCFI Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments SCSI Small Computer System Interface bus SDC Selected Device Clear bus command SI Shift In ASCII code SO Shift Out ASCII code SOH Start of Header ASCII code SPD Serial Poll Disable bus command SPE Serial Poll Enable bus command SRE Service Request Enable Register SRQ Service Request Line STB Status Byte Register STX Start of Text ASCII code SUB Substitute ASCII code SYN Synchronous Idle ASCII code T C Thermocouple TAG
79. of response is the Sense S bit The Sense bit is used to determine when the device will assert its Parallel Poll response Each bus device has an internal individual status ist The Parallel Poll response is asserted when this ist equals the Sense bit value S The ist is normally a logic 1 when the device requires attention so the S bit should normally also be a logic 1 If the S bit 6 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD is 0 then the device asserts its Parallel Poll response when its ist is a logic 0 That is it does not require attention However the meaning of ist can vary between devices so refer to your IEEE 488 bus device documentation The remaining 3 bits of response P2 P1 and PO specify which DIO bus data line is asserted by the device in response to a Parallel Poll These bits form a binary number with a decimal value from 0 through 7 specifying data lines DIO1 through DIOS respectively 6 43 PPollDisable Syntax INT WINAPI PPollDisable DevHandleT devHandle devHandle is either an interface or an external device that is to have its Parallel Poll response disabled Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN UNL MTA LAG PPC PPD Example errorcode PPollDisable dmm Disables Parallel Poll of device DMM See Also PPoll PPollConfig PPollUnconfig The PPollDisable command disables the Parallel Poll response of a selected bus device PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI C
80. on and navigating as follows Start Settings Control Panel Add New Hardware E Settings Control Panel sia Add New Hardware e Figure 5 1 Navigating to Add New Hardware NOTE The following screen images have been taken from Windows 95 The Windows 98 version screen images are similar 5 The Add New Hardware Wizard displays an introductory message and prompts you to click Next NOTE After you click Next Windows 98 will automatically search for installed devices PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard will help you quickly install a new piece of hardware To begin installing your new hardware click Mert Add New Hardware Wizard IF your hardware ls already installed you should have Windows detect it When Windows detects new hardware iE automatically determines the current settings For the device and installs the correct driver Do pou want Windows to search for your new hardware C ves Recommended ELCH Back Lancel Figure 5 2 Add New Hardware Wizard 6 Select No when asked Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware Then click Next PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Add New Hardware Wizard Select the type of hardware you want to install Hardware types Mult functon adapters Network adapters pg other devices PCMCIA socket Figure 5 3 Selecting the Type of Hardware to Insta
81. only used 8 bit DMA channels Under some rare conditions high speed transfers on DMA Channel 1 can demand so much of the available bus bandwidth that a floppy controller cannot access the channel simultaneously 4 3 Installing the New Hardware Typical IEEE 488 interface boards are installed into expansion slots inside the PC s system unit Typical PCs have the following types of expansion slots e ISA expansion slots ISA slots can either be an 8 bit slot with one card edge receptacle PC bus compatible or a 16 bit slot with two card edge receptacles AT bus compatible Fight bit ISA boards may be used in either the 8 bit or 16 bit ISA slot while 16 bit ISA boards may only be used in the 16 bit ISA slot e PCI expansion slots PCI slots are 32 bit slots used only by PCI boards For technical assistance see Chapter 7 Troubleshooting in this manual or the troubleshooting section in your PC s manual If you are still not sure of the problem contact the dealer or manufacturer of your interface board or PC NOTE For proper operation of the cards using the Windows NT operating system load the software BEFORE configuring and installing the hardware See Section 5 2 Installing the Personal 488 ISA Card into an ISA Slot General instructions for installing the board are given since the design of computer cases varies Refer to your PC s reference manual whenever in doubt 1 Turn OFF the power to your computer and any other connecte
82. oo o oo 111 7 4 Checking Hardware and Software Settings 111 O A EA OA 113 A 1 IEEE 488 Bus and Serial Bus 113 A 2 IEEE 488 Bus Commandes 114 AS e E E EE A REESE 115 Ao ASCIDGOde SUMA A Sie ee 115 A 3 2 ASCII Code Deals 117 ee CEET 122 ere TEE 127 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 1 Specifications Maximum Data Transfer Rate 1 Mbps Connectors Both cards 1 standard IEEE 488 with metric studs IC098C 1 DB9 female IC099C 1 IEEE 488 Indicators None Operating Temperature 32 to 158 F 0 to 70 C Relative Humidity 0 to 95 Power From the PC Size IC098C PCI slot card IC099C Half slot card Weight Less than 1 Ib 0 5 kg PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 2 Introduction 2 1 Description The Personal 488 Cards are IEEE 488 2 compatible and are supported by 32 bit Driver488 software for Windows 95 or 98 and for Windows NT named Driver488 W95 and Driver488 WNT respectively This manual describes two versions of the Personal 488 Cards e Personal488 PCI Card IC098C The IC098C interface board features plug and play and 32 bit PCI local bus compatibility Provides 1 Mbps data transfer rate Offers full IEEE 488 2 support Supported by Windows 95 or 98 and Windows NT drivers Provides eight channels of general purpose digital I O e Personal 488 ISA Card 1C099C The IC099C interface board features 16 bit ISA bus compatibility Provides 1 Mbps data tr
83. ored in Driver488 WNT The OutputX command sends data to an interface or external device The Remote Enable REN line is first asserted if Driver488 is the System Controller and AutoRemote is enabled Then if a device address with optional secondary address is specified Driver488 is addressed to Talk and the specified device is addressed to Listen If no address is specified then Driver488 must already be configured to send data either as a result of a preceding OutputX command or as the result of a Send command Terminators are automatically appended to the output data as specified ooo KH PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The forceAddr flag is used to specify whether the addressing control bytes are to be issued for each OutputX command If the device handle refers to an interface forceAddr has no effect and command bytes are not sent If the device handle refers to an external device and forceAddr is TRUE Driver488 addresses the interface to Talk and the external device to Listen If forceAddr is FALSE Driver488 compares the current device with the most recently addressed device on that interface If the addressing information is the same no command bytes are sent If they are different OutputX acts as if the forceAddr flag were TRUE and sends the addressing information The terminator is a pointer to a terminator structure that is used to set up the input terminators This pointer may be a null pointer requesting us
84. pecified by gt D D D LL LDnD DD PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending a 0 for the compStat pointer OUTPUTN Syntax LONG WINAPI OutputN DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data DWORD count Remarks OutputN is equivalent to the following call to OutputX OutputX devHandle data count O 1 OL O OL The OutputN function passes the device handle and a pointer to the data buffer to the OutputX function It specifies that the forceAddr flag is set TRUE which causes Driver488 to address the device if an external device is specified The default terminators are chosen by specifying a 0 pointer as the terminator parameter Synchronous transmission is specified by sending 0 for the async parameter and the completion status value is ignored by sending a 0 for the compsStat pointer OUTPUTMORE Syntax LONG WINAPI OutputMore DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data Remarks OutputMore is equivalent to the following call to OutputX OutputX devHandle data strlen data 1 0 0L 0 0L The OutputMore function passes the device handle and a pointer to the data buffer to the OutputX function It determines the size of the data buffer that you provided and passes that value as the count parameter It specifies that the forceAddr flag is set FALSE so Driver488 does not re address the device if it is the same device as that previously used The default termin
85. r before declaring a timeout error Driver488 checks for timeout errors on every byte it transfers except in the case of asynchronous transfers While the first byte of an asynchronous transfer is checked for timeout subsequent bytes are not Your program must check for timely completion of an asynchronous transfer Timeout checking may be suppressed by specifying a timeout value of zero seconds which specifies an infinite timeout The default time out is specified in the startup configuration normally 10 seconds The timeout interval may be specified to the nearest 0 001 seconds 1 millisecond However due to the limitations of the computer the actual interval is always a multiple of 55 milliseconds and there is an uncertainty of 55 msec in the actual interval Timeout intervals from 1 to 110 milliseconds are rounded to 110 milliseconds Larger intervals are rounded to the nearest multiple of 55 msec e g 165 220 275 msec etc MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 63 TimeOutQuery Syntax Returns Mode Bus States See Also INT WINAPI TimeOutQuery DevHandleT devHandle DWORD millisec devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device millisec is a numeric value given in milliseconds 1 if error Any None TimeOut Reset The TimeOutQuery function queries the time out setting given in milliseconds 6 64 Trigger Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Examples INT WI
86. r code to IOT BAD VALUE2 6 15 DigSetup PCI Card only Syntax INT WINAPI DigSetup DevHandleT devHandle BOOL bLowOut BOOL bHighOut devHandle refers to an interface handle bLowOut refers to the lower nibble setup TRUE output FALSE input bHighOut refers to the upper nibble setup TRUE output FALSE input Returns 1 if error Mode Any Bus States None Examples DigSetup devHandle TRUE TRUE All 8 bits output DigSetup devHandle FALSE TRUE Lower 4 bits input upper 4 output DigSetup devHandle TRUE FALSE Lower 4 bits output upper 4 input DigSetup devHandle FALSE FALSE All 8 bits input See Also DigRead DigWrite EB 1 1J M 8 d PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The DigSetup command configures the digital I O port for input and output on a per nibble basis Each of the two nibbles can be set for input or output All combinations are supported Once DigSetup is called the configuration of the digital I O port does not change until the next call to DigSetup The port may be read and written to many times without affecting the port setup NOTE The digital UO port must be configured every time the driver is opened The configuration is not stored between sessions 6 16 DigWrite PCI Card only Syntax INT WINAPI DigWrite DevHandleT devHandle BYTE byDigData devHandle refers to an interface handle byDigData refers to a value to write to the digital output port whe
87. r or Output command Example errorcode Wait ieee See Also EnterX OutputX Buffered Status The Wait command causes Driver488 to wait until any asynchronous transfer has completed before returning to your program It can be used to guarantee that the data has actually been received before beginning to process it or that it has been sent before overwriting the buffer It is especially useful with the Enter command when a terminator has been specified In that case the amount that is actually received is unknown and so your program must check with Driver488 to determine when the transfer is done Timeout checking if enabled is performed while Waiting 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 Radio Interference Problems Personal488 hardware systems generate use and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and not used correctly may cause harmful interference to radio communications If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which you can determine by turning the equipment off and on we encourage you to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Antenna Adjustment Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Spatial Separation Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Circuit Separation Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Otherwise consult the dealer or an experi
88. re the integer range is between 0 and 255 if the entire digital I O port is configured for output or between 0 and 15 if only one nibble either low or high is configured for output Returns 1 if no part of the digital I O port is configured for output Mode Any Bus States None Example DigRead devHandle Ox0A Writes the given value to the digital I O port per the current configuration See Also DigSetup DigRead The DigWrite command writes the given value to the digital I O port per the input output configuration of the port If the entire port is configured for output then the data value with a range from 0 to 255 is written to the port If either the A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD upper or lower nibble is configured for input and the other for output then the data value is truncated to the range from 0 to 15 and it is written to the appropriate nibble per the current configuration NOTES 1 This function does not configure the digital UO port for output The caller must use DigSetup to configure the port before performing any reads or writes If neither nibble is configured for output the function returns 1 and sets the error code to IOT BAD VALUE2 2 Outputs do not persist after an interface is closed At that time all digital I O lines are configured for input 6 17 Disarm Syntax INT WINAPI Disarm DevHandleT devHandle ArmCondT condition devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an
89. riodically by the controller In either case PPoll responds with a number from 0 to 255 corresponding to the eight binary DIO lines Not every device supports Parallel Polling Refer to the manufacturer s documentation for each bus device to determine if PPoll capabilities are supported MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 42 PPollConfig Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI PPollConfig DevHandleT devHandle BYTE ppresponse devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device to configure for the Parallel Poll ppresponse is the decimal equivalent of the four binary bits S P2 P1 and PO where S is the Sense bit and P2 P1 and PO assign the DIO bus data line used for the response 1 if error CA ATN UNL MTA LAG PPC errorcode PPollConfig dmm OxOD Configure device DMM to assert DIO6 when it desires service ist 1 and it is Parallel Polled OxOD amp HOD 1101 binary S 1 P221 P120 PO 1 101 binary 5 decimal DIO6 PPoll PPollUnconfig PPollDisable The PPollConfig command configures the Parallel Poll response of a specified bus device Not all devices support Parallel Polling and among those that do not all support the software control of their Parallel Poll response Some devices are configured by internal switches The Parallel Poll response is set by a four bit binary number response S P2 P1 and PO The most significant bit
90. rm termChar 0 v mylerm termChar 1 n Arm SRO detection and set up SRO function handler qsk x Arm ieee0 acSRQ qsk x OnEventVDM ieee0 srqHandler Tell the Wave to assert SRQ in 3 seconds qsk xfered Output wave 16 t3000x 6L 1 0 amp myTerm 0 8 amp io0Status s E PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD printf Completion code 0x 04x wm ioStatus Normally your program would be off doing other work for this example we will just hold here for a short time For result 0 result 30000 result 1 printf Result is 06d r result j printf n n qsk xfered Spoll wave 16 qsk x Close wave 14 qsk x Close wave 16 qsk x Close ieee0 j 6 38 OpenName Syntax DevHandleT WINAPI OpenName LPSTR name name is the name of an interface or external device Returns 1 if error otherwise the device handle associated with the given name Mode Any Bus State None Examples dmm OpenName DMM Opens the external device DMM dmm OpenName IEEE DMM Specifies the interface to which the external device is connected See Also MakeDevice Close MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD The OpenName command opens the specified interface or external device and returns a device handle for use in accessing that device 6 39 OutputX Syntax LONG WINAPI OutputX DevHandleT devHandle LPBYTE data DWORD count BOOL last BOOL forceAddr Te
91. rmT terminator BOOL async LPDWORD compStat devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the OutputX command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached data is a string of bytes to send count is the number of bytes to send last is a flag that forces the device output terminator to be sent with the data forceAddr is used to specify whether the addressing control bytes are to be issued for each OutputX command terminator is a pointer to a terminator structure that is used to set up the input terminators If terminator is set to 0 the default terminator is used async is a flag that allows asynchronous data transfer Note that this asynchronous flag is ignored in Driver488 WNT compStat is a pointer to an integer containing completion status information H Vi D 0 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Returns 1 if error otherwise the number of characters transferred Mode CA Bus States With interface handle REN if SC and AutoRemote ATN ATN With external device handle REN if SC and AutoRemote ATN MTA UNL LAG ATN ATN Example term EOI TRUE term nChar 1 term EightBits TRUE term termChar 0 r data UOX count strlen data bytecnt Output timer data count 1 0 amp term O amp stat See Also EnterX Term TimeOut Buffered NOTE The asynchronous flag async is ign
92. shown in Figure 5 9 should appear Highlight the first setting you wish to change Click the Change Setting button An edit window appears for the selected setting Follow the screen prompts After you have made all needed changes click OK You will be prompted to restart the computer to put the new settings into effect MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD IO tech Personal488 Properties El E4 General Driver Resources SS Personal488 Resource settings Resource type setting Interrupt Request 04 Direct Memory Access 01 j Input Output Range 4267 setting based opt Basic configuration 0 M P Change Setting Les n Conflicting device list conflicts Cancel Figure 5 9 Change Setting screen This completes the installation procedure for the ISA version in Windows 95 and Windows 98 5 1 3 WINDOWS 95 98 DRIVER INSTALLATION REMOVAL FOR IEEE CONTROLLERS This procedure assumes that you have the most recent revision of the driver software You must remove any previous versions of drivers and applicable software Removal Follow the removal steps only if software is already installed or if you made a mistake during installation First uninstall software using Add Remove Programs in the control panel The keywords of the program name will be Personal IEEE Highlight and remove Second remove the IEEE 488 related inf file located in CXWindows InfOther
93. ss 07 40 28 Opening parenthesis Bus address 08 41 29 Closing parenthesis Bus address 09 42 2A Asterisk Bus address 10 43 2B Plus Sign Bus address 11 44 2C Comma Bus address 12 45 2D Hyphen or Minus Bus address 13 sign 46 2E Period Bus address 14 47 2F Slash Bus address 15 48 30 0 Zero Bus address 16 49 31 1 One Bus address 17 50 32 2 Two Bus address 18 51 33 3 Three Bus address 19 52 34 4 Four Bus address 20 53 35 5 Five Bus address 21 54 36 6 Six Bus address 22 55 37 7 Seven Bus address 23 56 38 8 Eight Bus address 24 57 39 9 Nine Bus address 25 58 3A Colon Bus address 26 59 3B Semicolon Bus address 27 60 3C lt Less Than Sign Bus address 28 61 3D Equal Sign Bus address 29 62 3E gt Greater Than Sign Bus address 30 63 3F Question Mark Unlisten UNL MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Decimal Values 64 to 95 TAG Talk Address Group TAG Dec Hex 64 40 65 41 66 42 67 43 68 44 69 45 70 46 71 47 72 48 73 49 74 4A 75 4B 76 4C 77 4D 78 4E 79 4F 80 50 81 51 82 52 83 53 84 54 85 55 86 56 87 57 88 58 89 59 90 5A 91 5B 92 5C 93 5D 94 5E 95 5F E JA 3 A A Character gt HM ve as SKS Co DO 0 OZ ST zt Con m Do D P e Name At sign Capital A Capital B Capital C Capital D Capital E Capital F Capital G Capital H Capital Capital J Capital K Capital L Capital M Capital N Capital O Capi
94. ssued to an interface device causes Driver488 to unassert the Remote Enable REN line This causes devices on the bus to return to manual operation A Local command addressed to an external device places the device in the local mode via the Go To Local GTL bus command 6 28 LocalList Syntax INT WINAPI LocalList DevHandlePT dhList dhList refers to a pointer to a list of external devices Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN UNL MTA LAG GTL Example deviceList 0 wave deviceList 1 timer deviceList 2 dmm deviceList 3 NODEVICE errorcode LocalList deviceList Sends the Go To Local GTO bus command to a list of external devices See Also Local Remote RemoteList AutoRemote In the System Controller mode the LocalList command issued to an interface device causes Driver488 to unassert the Remote Enable REN line This causes MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD devices on the bus to return to manual operation A LocalList command addressed to an external device places the device in the local mode via the Go To Local GTL bus command 6 29 Lol Syntax INT WINAPI Lol DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the Lol command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN LLO Example errorcode Lol ieee See Also Local Loca
95. t that MakeNewDevice will create a new device based on the parameters specified instead of simply cloning an existing device The MakeNewDevice command does not save the parameters of the newly created device in the system registry To save the device call the KeepDevice function NOTE The MakeNewDevice command will only create not save a new device Interface descriptions are created and maintained by the configuration utility and the IEEE 488 configuration applet in the Windows Control Panel 6 32 MyListenAddr Syntax INT WINAPI MyListenAddr DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the MyListenAddr command acts on the associated interface Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN MLA Example errorcode MyListenAddr ieee See Also MyTalkAddr Talk Listen SendCmd The MyListenAddr command addresses the interface to Listen e MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 33 MyTalkAddr Syntax INT WINAPI MyTalkAddr DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the MyTalkAddr command acts on the associated interface Returns 1 if error Mode CA Bus States ATN MTA Example errorcode MyTalkAddr ieee See Also MyListenAddr Listen SendCmd The MyTalkAddr command addresses the interface to Talk PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 48
96. tal P Capital Q Capital R Capital S Capital T Capital U Capital V Capital W Capital X Capital Y Capital Z Opening Bracket Backward Slash Closing Bracket Caret Underscore Bus Message Bus address 00 Bus address 01 Bus address 02 Bus address 03 Bus address 04 Bus address 05 Bus address 06 Bus address 07 Bus address 08 Bus address 09 Bus address 10 Bus address 11 Bus address 12 Bus address 13 Bus address 14 Bus address 15 Bus address 16 Bus address 17 Bus address 18 Bus address 19 Bus address 20 Bus address 21 Bus address 22 Bus address 23 Bus address 24 Bus address 25 Bus address 26 Bus address 27 Bus address 28 Bus address 29 Bus address 30 Untalk UNT PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Decimal Values 96 to 127 SCG Secondary Command Group Dec Hex 96 60 97 61 98 62 99 63 100 64 101 65 102 66 103 67 104 68 105 69 106 6A 107 6B 108 6C 109 6D 110 6E 111 6F 112 70 113 71 114 72 115 73 116 74 117 75 118 76 119 77 120 78 121 79 122 7A 123 7B 124 7C 125 7D 126 7E 127 7F MA Character SCG 2 Qao road 0D 9 N a Q O O 35 3 EN Gee OR ce E A DEL Name Grave Lowercase A Lowercase B Lowercase C Lowercase D Lowercase E Lowercase F Lowercase G Lowercase H Lowercase Lowercase J Lowercase K Lowercase L Lowercase M Lowercase N Lowercase O Lowercase P Lowercase Q Lowercase R Lowercase S Lower
97. teOut acError acChange Description The Service Request bus line is asserted An addressed status change has occurred and the interface is a Peripheral An addressed status change has occurred and the interface is an Active Controller The interface has received a device Trigger command The interface has received a device Clear command An addressed status change has occurred and the interface is a Talker An addressed status change has occurred and the interface is a Listener An addressed status change has occurred and the interface is neither Talker nor Listener The interface has received a data byte The interface has been configured to output a data byte A Driver488 error has occurred The interface has changed its addressed status Its Controller Peripheral or Talker Listener Idle states has changed PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 4 AutoRemote Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Example See Also INT WINAPI AutoRemote DevHandleT devHandle BOOL flag devHandle refers to either an IEEE 488 hardware interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device the AutoRemote command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached flag may be either OFF or ON 1 if DevHandleT is an illegal device or interface otherwise the previous state is returned SC None errorcode AutoRemote ieee ON Local Remote EnterX OutputX
98. tem Controller then it remains the System Controller but it is no longer the Active Controller The Controller now has command of the bus U o PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD until it passes control to another device or back to Driver488 The System Controller can regain control of the bus at any time by issuing an Abort command 6 41 PPoll Syntax INT WINAPI PPoll DevHandleT devHandle devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device then the PPoll command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error otherwise a number in the range O to 255 Mode CA Bus States ATN EOI EOI Example errorcode PPoll ieee See Also PPollConfig PPollUnconfig PPollDisable SPoll The PPoll Parallel Poll command is used to request status information from many bus devices simultaneously If a device requires service then it responds to a Parallel Poll by asserting one of the eight IEEE 488 bus data lines DIOI through DIOS with DIOI being the least significant In this manner up to eight devices may simultaneously be polled by the controller More than one device can share any particular DIO line In this case it is necessary to perform further Serial Polling SPoll to determine which device actually requires service Parallel Polling is often used upon detection of a Service Request SRQ though it may also be performed pe
99. test exe IEEEO 1 should be in the device handle box Hit OpenName immediately to the right of the device handle box Does this open a new window with driver information If yes go to Step 2 If no go to Step 1b Check to make sure that the driver has been installed It s on a separate disk for the Windows 95 or 98 environment Check the address and interrupt interrupt is set with switches and jumpers on ISA cards On the card make sure these settings match the settings in the control panel Check the BIOS to see if the interrupt is reserved for an ISA card Check to make sure that it is a Black Box card look for a part number etched in the solder side of the board It should look like a phone number E PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD f Check for conflicts with older revisions of the driver Check autoexec bat for a call to the old DRV version also the path for different installation or a wrong path A successful test in steps 1 through 6 means that the card is an IOTech card the address is OK Also it s not colliding with any of the other drivers and the interrupt is probably OK 2 Make sure there is a device on the bus Query CheckListener Fill in the primary parameter with the address of the peripheral This will return a 0 1 or 1 If it returns 1 CheckListener was successful Go to step 3 If it returns 0 immediately the device did not respond Check
100. the DIP switches and jumpers but also the system resources must also reflect the new settings nn MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Verification la Run wintest exe IEEEO 1 should be in the device handle box b Hit OpenName immediately to the right of the device handle box Does this open a new wndow with driver information If yes go to step 2 c If no check to make sure that the driver has been installed It s on a separate disk for the Windows 95 or 98 environment d Check the address and interrupt interrupt is set with switches and jumpers on ISA cards on the card Make sure that they match the settings in the control panel e Check BIOS to see if the interrupt is reserved for an ISA card f Check to make sure that it is an IOtech card Look for a part number etched in the solder side of the board It should look like a phone number g Check for conflicts with older revisions of the driver Check autoexec bat for a call to the old DRV version also the path for a different installation A successful test in step 1 means we know it is an IOtech card the address is OK Also it is not colliding with any of our other drivers and the interrupt is probably OK 2a Make sure that there is a device on the bus Query CheckListener b Fill in the primary parameter with the address of the peripheral This will return a 0 1 or 1 If it returns 1 CheckListener was successful
101. ts to Peripheral if not System Controller 4 Abort if System Controller 5 Error ON 6 Local x Request 0 if Peripheral 8 Clear Change Trigger and Clear status 9 Reset I O adapter settings to installed values BusAddress TimeOut IntLevel and DmaChannel 6 51 Resume Syntax Returns Mode Bus States Driver488 W95 only INT WINAPI Resume DevHandleT devHandle BOOL monitor devHandle refers to either an interface or an external device If devHandle refers to an external device then the Resume command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached monitor is a flag that when it is ON Driver488 monitors the data 1 if error CA ATN MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Examples errorcode Resume ieee OFF Do not go into monitoring mode errorcode Resume ieee ON errorcode Finish ieee Go into monitoring mode See Also Finish The Resume command unasserts the Attention ATN bus signal Attention is normally kept asserted by Driver488 but it must be unasserted to allow transfers to take place between two peripheral devices In this case Driver488 sends the appropriate Talk and Listen addresses and then must unassert Attention with the Resume command If monitor is specified Driver488 monitors the handshaking process but does not participate in it Driver488 takes control synchronously when the last terminator or EOI is encount
102. tting and DMA settings in your system for proper operation Perform the following steps to verify your system settings 1 Open the Control Panel wndow from the Start gt Settings menu click on the System icon and select the Device Manager tab Under the line Ports COM amp LPT look for a list of used ports For each port highlight the port and click on the Properties button 2 Properties already being used in the system are displayed under the Resources tab Values NOT listed are available uU eO A PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD e For each listed port record which Input Output I O address if any is being used e For each listed port record which Interrupt Request IRO value if any is being used e For each listed port record which Direct Memory Access DMA value if any is being used 3 Exit Windows and turn the system OFF The I O base address IRO and DMA settings are switch jumper selectable via the following locations on the Personal 488 ISA Card One 2 microswitch DIP switch labeled SWI one 4 microswitch DIP switch labeled SW2 two 14 pin headers labeled DACK and DRO and one 22 pin header labeled IRO The DIP switch settings and the way you arrange the jumpers on the headers set the hardware configuration For the next steps make sure that the I O address IRQ and DMA set on the interface board are different from any existing ports in your system A conflict results when
103. two I O addresses IROs or DMAs are the same As the exception additional Personal 488 ISA Cards may share the same IRQ and DMA values Step 2 Configuring the Interface I O Base Address 42 S1 ii SE Base Address Interrupt 02E1 Level 7 OPEN OPEN OPEN 02E1 22E1 DACK y RO PO CC a 2 12 e e e eo 9 NE 8 T NE ME ME ME ME u AN DR oO st OO O CN sx 10 L 4 OPEN OPEN e e ee e Interrupt Level 7 42E1 1 3 VO Base Default Settings Address Selections Figure 4 2 Personal 488 ISA Card I O Base Address Selections nn D PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 1 The factory default I O base address is 02E1 If this creates a conflict reset SWI1 according to the figure and following table The register addresses will be automatically relocated at fixed offsets from the base address 2 If you change the default record the new Input Output I O address being used Table 4 1 Selected I O Base Address Selected 1 0 Base Address Register O2E1 22E1 42E1 6261 Automatic Offset Addresses Read Register Write Register O2E1 22E1 42E1 62E1 Dataln Data Out OGE1 26E1 46E1 62E1 Interrupt Status 1 Interrupt Mask 1 OAE1 2AE1 4AE1 6AE Interrupt Status 2 Interrupt Mask 2 OEE1 2bEE1 4EE1 GEET Serial Poll Status Serial Poll Mode 12E1 32E1 52E1 72E1 Address Status Address Mode 16E1 36E1 56E1 76E1 CMD Pass Through Auxiliary Mode 1AE1 3AE1 5A
104. ues assigned to the device it is necessary to call the appropriate configuration functions such as BusAddress IOAddress and TimeOut MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 31 MakeNewDevice Syntax Returns Mode Bus State Example DevHandleT WINAPI MakeNewDevice LPSTR Name LPSTR aName BYTE primary BYTE secondary TermPT In TermPT Out DWORD tOut devHandle refers to the new external device Name is the user name of the interface on which the device is to be created aName is the user name of the device primary and secondary are the secondary and primary bus addresses to be specified For no secondary address a 1 must be specified In and Out are pointers to terminator structures specified to set up the respective input and output terminators of the device tOut is the timeout parameter to be specified 1 if error otherwise the DevHandleT of the new device based on the parameters specified Any None DevHandleT anotherDevice anotherDevice MakeNewDevice IEEEO Scope 13 1 NULL NULL 10000 Specifies parameters for Pointer to the interface pointer to the device name primary and secondary addresses pointers to the term In and Out structures and timeout in milliseconds 70 Do o PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD See Also MakeDevice KeepDevice RemoveDevice OpenName Close This function is similar to the MakeDevice function excep
105. uptsctuno EE 111 DISC atm O ESA 14 15 17 BO AA AUI ee 13 15 17 18 19 21 28 35 ISA CIPANON Slo ces sese eb adus as 11 19 ISA bus expansion slot oo ooooooo 20 IS XXE erica quat en ad da 2l PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD J JUMPE mpm 35 L local DUS art dais 7 Bg e 14 M Manufacturer Models dialog box 24 Multi task EE 9 My COMPIE gr reg ATEXTUS EPA ES 30 P PC buscompauble cedes teer ess Seis LL I9 POAT DUS a6 eeh a 8 POL Sra ds is ass 10 21 POLexpansion slows panas cata aaa 11 19 POSO Emsa 99 9 eedem ojos 12 EIC v ne Ee EE i n 21 penpheralsettingS besito reacia 31 Personal 468 PGI rerasanan e eee 27 Personal488 AT oooo ooooooomoomoo oo 21 Personal488 AT the Personal 488 ISACard 27 Personal488 NT disk I less 32 Personal488 PCI esee nn 2l Plug and Play and Legacy Devices 22 plug and play ario ee EE 7 10 precautions for static electricity discharge 19 Q Qucry CheckLDistener asias aec E weed ps 31 36 R Resources tab 35 9 92r ergo Sem epbro Oo bios 27 S DW gessi ee e Eed 15 QC TI 15 17 System ReSOUTCOS ocr una dd t Ce e eda 34 T ri AAA d de reboot doped 31 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD W Windows 95 or On 7 9 10 13 21 22 28 Windows 95 or 98 software development kit 10 13
106. us transmission should be disregarded 25 End of Medium EM Marks end of physical media as in paper tape 26 Substitute SUB Used to replace a character known to be wrong 27 Escape ESC Marks beginning of an Escape control sequence 28 File Separator FS Marker for major portion of transmission 29 Group Separator GS Marker for submajor portion of transmission 30 Record Separator RS Marker for minor portion of transmission 31 Unit Separator US Marker for most minor portion of transmission NOTE 1 ASCII control codes are sometimes used to formalize a communications session between communication devices 2 DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 FS GS RS and US all have user defined meanings and may vary in use between sessions or devices 3 DC4 is often used as a general stop transmission character 4 Codes used to control cursor position may be used to control print devices and move the print head accordingly However not all devices support the full set of positioning codes PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Decimal Values 32 to 63 LAG Dec Hex Character Name Bus Message Listen Address Group LAG 32 20 lt space gt Space Bus address 00 33 21 Exclamation Point Bus address 01 34 22 Quotation Mark Bus address 02 35 23 A Number Sign Bus address 03 36 24 Dollar Sign Bus address 04 37 25 Percent Sign Bus address 05 38 26 amp Ampersand Bus address 06 39 27 Apostrophe Bus addre
107. ve See Also OpenName MakeDevice Wait The Close command waits for I O to complete flushes any buffers associated with the device that is being closed and then invalidates the handle associated with the device PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 11 ControlLine Syntax INT WINAPI ControlLine DevHandleT devHandle ControlLine returns a bit mapped number devHandle refers to the I O adapter If devHandle refers to an external device the ControlLine command acts on the hardware interface to which the external device is attached Returns 1 if error otherwise a bit map of the current state of the IEEE 488 interface Under 32 bit Driver488 software serial interfaces are not supported Mode Any Bus States None Example result ControlLine ieee printf The response is XWn result See Also TimeQut The ControlLine command may be used only on IEEE 488 devices Under 32 bit Driver488 software serial interfaces are not supported This command returns the status of the IEEE 488 bus control lines as an 8 bit unsigned value bits 2 and 1 are reserved for future use as shown below Bits Bit7 Bnp Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit EOI SRQ NRFD NDAC DAV AWN 0 0 PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 6 12 DigArm PCI Card only Syntax INT WINAPI DigArm DevHandleT devHandle BOOL bArm devHandle refers to an interface handle bArm refers to a value that arms or disarms event generation TRUE
108. vice Control 4 DC4 21 Negative Acknowledgement NAK 22 Synchronous Idle SYN Description Space filler character Used in output timing for some device drivers Marks beginning of message header Marks beginning of data block text Marks end of data block text Marks end of transmission session Request for identification or information Yes answer to questions or ready for next transmission Used in asynchronous protocols for timing Rings bell of audible alarm on terminal Moves cursor position back one character Moves cursor position to next tab stop on line Moves cursor position down one line Moves cursor position down to next tab line Moves cursor position to top of next page Moves cursor to left margin Next characters do not follow ASCII definitions Next characters revert to ASCII meaning Used to control transmissions using escape sequences Not defined Usually user defined Not defined Normally used for OFF controls Usually user defined No answer to questions or errors found re transmit Used in asynchronous protocols for timing Sent by asynchronous devices when idle to insure sync MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD Decimal Values 00 to 31 ACG and UCG Descriptions continued Dec Name Description Universal Command Group UCB continued 23 End of Transmission Block Marks block boundaries in transmission ETB 24 Cancel CAN Indicates previo
109. y default Interrupt IRQ is 7 If this creates a conflict reset SW2 and jumper IRQ according to Figure 4 3 The switch and jumper settings must both indicate the same interrupt level to operate correctly with interrupts MA PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD 2 If you change the default record the new Interrupt IRO you re using You can set the Personal 488 ISA Card to interrupt the PC when certain hardware conditions occur You can set the main board interrupt to IRQ level 3 through 7 9 through 12 14 or 15 Interrupts 10 through 15 are only available in a 16 bit slot on an AT class machine Interrupt 9 becomes synonymous with Interrupt 2 when used in a PC XT bus Several Personal 488 ISA Cards may share the selected interrupt in the same AT chassis The Card adheres to the AT style interruptsharing conventions When the Card requires service the IRQ jumper determines which PC interrupt level is triggered When an interrupt occurs the interrupting device must be reset by writing to an I O address that is different for each interrupt level The switch settings may determine the I O address to which the Card s interruptrearm circuitry responds Step 4 Configuring the Personal 488 ISA Card DMA Channel DACK e 9 e e e e e e e e e LE WE E NE Oo e 9e e 9 9 9 e e 9 e EI e e 9 e LS LE E E EI O DRQ e 99925 e e e e e see e ee oe e e O eee e o oO e e e e se e oO oO see e e O 5670
110. y the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emission from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of Industry Canada Le pr sent appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe A prescrites dans le Reglement sur le brouillage radio lectrique publi par Industrie Canada ES This equipment complies with the safety and emissions standards of the European Community PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD TRADEMARKS The trademarks mentioned in this manual are the sole property of their owners PERSONAL 488 ISA CARD PERSONAL 488 PCI CARD CONTENTS te o ECE 6 EE EE la E 7 2 DES CAPI 2522092 EE ea 7 2 2 About ms EE 7 2 9 Hardware CONNeCCUOM EE 8 DE e eeren ei tia sees ODORE aweucend qo acd etes 9 2 Personal 490 POI Card 2 0 0 sees Sire uoce etndket war deese 10 oul Whattlie Package Includes sai ore eth ac D Db 10 2 2 Installing the New Hardware sici n oO n ORE YR 11 4s Personal EE 13 4 1 What the Package Includes currada adi daba ee 13 4 2 Configuring the New Hardware 13 4 3 Installing the New Hardware 19 5 Installing the Hardware Drivers and Configuring the Software 21 5 IL Windows 95 95 Users Only wins eene EA 2 o TA Plug and Play Devices o EE o te etes 2 9d

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