National Instruments 500 Series, Getting Started

Page 1: ...VXIpc 486 Model 500...

Page 2: ...Copyright 1994 National Instruments Corporation All Rights Reserved Getting Started with Your VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series bus September 1994 Edition Part Number 320867A 01...

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Page 6: ...ference from the equipment to radio reception in commercial areas Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to c...

Page 7: ...486 2 2 Configuration Procedure 2 3 Configuration Options 2 4 VXIbus Slot and External CLK10 Configuration Options 2 4 Slot 0 Configurations 2 5 Non Slot 0 Configurations 2 5 MODID Signal Termination...

Page 8: ...D Connectors D 1 Keyboard D 1 VGA D 2 COM1 D 3 COM2 GPIO D 4 LPT D 5 Floppy Disk Drive D 6 GPIB D 7 External CLK10 D 8 External Trigger Input D 9 External Audio Trigger Output D 10 VXIbus P1 and P2 D...

Page 9: ...tents National Instruments Corporation ix VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series Appendix I Common Questions I 1 Appendix J Troubleshooting J 1 Appendix K Customer Communication K 1 Glossary Glossary 1 Index Inde...

Page 10: ...11 VXIbus Connector D 11 Figure F 1 Height Comparison of PC Boards Versus PC AT Boards F 1 Figure F 2 Installing PC Height Boards in a VXIpc 486 System F 2 Figure F 3 Installing PC AT Height Boards in...

Page 11: ...Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals D 2 Table D 3 COM1 Connector Signals D 3 Table D 4a COM2 GPIO Connector COM2 Signals D 4 Table D 4b COM2 GPIO Connector GPIO Signals D 4 Table D 5 LPT Connector Signal...

Page 12: ...f the VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series computer such as physical dimensions and power requirements Appendix C Front Panel Indicators describes the functions of the seven front panel LED indicators on the VX...

Page 13: ...ne Conventions Used in This Manual The following conventions are used in this manual bold Bold text denotes menus menu items LEDs dialog box buttons and options italic Italic text denotes emphasis a c...

Page 14: ...Rev 1 4 VXIbus Consortium VXI 6 VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification Rev 1 0 VXIbus Consortium Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals...

Page 15: ...500 uses the 50 MHz version of the Intel 80486DX2 microprocessor The Model 566 uses the 66 MHz version of the Intel 80486DX2 microprocessor The Model 599 uses the 100 MHz version of the Intel 80486DX...

Page 16: ...modify the system settings as described in Appendix H Configuring the Super VGA Option This appendix also includes installation instructions in case you order this option at a later date Hardware Desc...

Page 17: ...ion Table 2 1 VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series Factory Configuration Item Factory Configuration Slot 0 System Controller CLK10 MODID Terminator Enabled Bus Arbiter and Bus Timer Soft Configured Onboard sour...

Page 18: ...on Unless you have special system configuration requirements you can install and use the VXIpc 486 without altering the factory configuration Unless you need to alter the configuration shown in Table...

Page 19: ...static discharge You are less likely to damage the VXIpc 486 if you place it on a properly grounded anti static mat and use a wriststrap 2 Remove the screws that secure the right side cover Remove th...

Page 20: ...e interdependent they are discussed together in this section The external CLK10 interface is the SMB connector labeled CLK on the VXIpc 486 front panel The external CLK10 signal is a TTL level signal...

Page 21: ...he ECL CLK10 driven on the backplane In configuration C the CLK10 SMB can be connected to a TTL CLK10 source to generate the ECL CLK10 on the backplane Configuration D is similar to C except that the...

Page 22: ...down resistor W26 P2 P1 W25 W24 W34 W33 W36 W35 W32 W20 J16 W26 W26 a Slot 0 Factory Configuration b Non Slot 0 Figure 2 2 MODID Signal Termination Settings System Controller W25 configures the System...

Page 23: ...ernal CLK10 Input W24 Figure 2 4 CLK10 Generation Settings VXIbus CLK10 This jumper block configures the CLK10 transceivers Figure 2 5 a shows the default Slot 0 configuration in which the VXIpc 486 s...

Page 24: ...nal supplied to the CLK SBM connector is driven onto the VXIbus backplane as CLK10 W26 P2 P1 W25 W24 W34 W33 W36 W35 W32 W20 J16 W20 a Disabled Factory Configuration b External CLK10 Output W20 W20 c...

Page 25: ...The W34 jumper configures whether the external TTL trigger input is terminated with a 50 resistor to ground This is important only if you are daisy chaining the external trigger input among multiple...

Page 26: ...ions External Audio Trigger Output Connected to Trigger Out J17 Audio Out J13 Factory configuration Installed System RAM Configuration The amount of installed RAM is factory configured per customer or...

Page 27: ...t 0 device 2 If the VXIpc 486 is configured for Slot 0 operation install it in Slot 0 If the VXIpc 486 is configured as a Non Slot 0 device install it in any slot other than Slot 0 The VXIbus Slot and...

Page 28: ...d now begin to display startup messages on the monitor Chapter 3 BIOS Setup contains information on BIOS that you may need in case you either have special BIOS configuration requirements or you encoun...

Page 29: ...ration Running Setup Occasionally you may encounter a BIOS related error message that requires you to run Setup You may also need to change one or more of the BIOS parameters for compatibility with a...

Page 30: ...abel AUTO Fixed Disk 1 Type None Extended Features The Quadtel BIOS contains some extended features You can access and modify these features by following these steps 1 Press F2 after power on to displ...

Page 31: ...2 shows the default BIOS configuration parameters for the extended features Table 3 2 Extended BIOS Configuration Parameters Parameter Extended Configuration Auto Park Disk No Quick Boot No Screen Sav...

Page 32: ...source editor program a comprehensive library of software routines for VXI VME programming and an interactive control program for interacting with the VXIbus You can use this software to program multi...

Page 33: ...level instrument drivers for popular GPIB and VXI instruments LabVIEW is available for Windows and Windows NT platforms for the VXIpc 486 LabWindows is a DOS based integrated software system for rapi...

Page 34: ...ply to all models in the VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series CPU Microprocessor 50 MHz 80486DX2 Model 500 66 MHz 80486DX2 Model 566 100 MHz 80486DX4 Model 599 RAM 4 5 8 16 or 32 MB Hard Disk Options 80 127 220...

Page 35: ...irect Current max 5 VDC 6 5 A Not Available 8 A 12 VDC 20 mA Not Available 200 mA 12 VDC 20 mA Not Available 20 mA 5 2 VDC 150 mA Not Available 150 mA 2 VDC 200 mA Not Available 200 mA Cooling Require...

Page 36: ...E3 Listener Extended Listener SR1 Service Request PP1 PP2 Local Remote Parallel Poll C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 Controller E1 E2 Tri State Bus Drivers with Automatic Switch to Open Collector during Parallel Poll...

Page 37: ...lti mainframe Resource Manager defeatable Slot 0 Support defeatable Message Based Commander and Servant Dynamically Configurable Programmable Interrupter any combination of seven levels Programmable H...

Page 38: ...kplane When the FAILED LED is lit the VXIpc 486 is driving the SYSFAIL signal The FAILED LED and the green TEST and ON LINE LEDs indicate the status of the VXIpc 486 The status LED indications are sho...

Page 39: ...t when the VXIpc 486 MODID line is asserted or when the VXIbus registers or shared memory are accessed by another bus master The yellow DRIVE LED is the hard disk drive access light It is lit when the...

Page 40: ...ace of the connectors An asterisk suffix on a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Keyboard KEYBOARD 1 3 4 6 5 2 SYSFAIL FAILED TEST ON LINE ACCESS DRIVE TURBO VGA COM2 DISK DRIVE COM1...

Page 41: ...IB RESET 10 15 1 6 11 VGA Connector Type 15 pin Subminiature DHD 22 Figure D 2 VGA Connector Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 R Red 2 G Green 3 B Blue 4 n c Not Con...

Page 42: ...TRG IN AUDIO TRG OUT CLK KEYBOARD GPIB RESET COM1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Connector Type 9 pin Subminiature DHD 20 Figure D 3 COM1 Connector Table D 3 COM1 Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Descripti...

Page 43: ...ls Pin Signal Name COM2 Signal Description 1 RXD Receive Data 2 DSR Data Set Ready 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 RTS Ready to Send 5 GND Ground 6 CTS Clear to Send 15 DTR Data Terminal Ready Table D 4b COM2 G...

Page 44: ...HD 20 Figure D 5 LPT Connector Table D 5 LPT Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 STROBE Data Strobe 2 D0 Data Bit 0 3 D1 Data Bit 1 4 D2 Data Bit 2 5 D3 Data Bit 3 6 D4 Data Bit 4 7...

Page 45: ...or Table D 6 DISK DRIVE Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 5V 5 volts 2 GND Ground 3 GND Ground 4 GND Ground 5 FRWC Reduced Write Control 6 INDEX Index 7 MO1 Motor on 1 8 GND Groun...

Page 46: ...Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DIO1 Data Bit 1 2 DIO2 Data Bit 2 3 DIO3 Data Bit 3 4 DIO4 Data Bit 4 5 EOI End or Identify 6 DAV Data Valid 7 NRFD Not Ready for Data 8 NDAC No...

Page 47: ...LK10 SYSFAIL FAILED TEST ON LINE ACCESS DRIVE TURBO VGA COM2 DISK DRIVE COM1 LPT TRG IN AUDIO TRG OUT CLK KEYBOARD GPIB RESET EXT CLK Center Shield Connector Type SMB Figure D 8 EXT CLK Connector Tabl...

Page 48: ...ger Input SYSFAIL FAILED TEST ON LINE ACCESS DRIVE TURBO VGA COM2 DISK DRIVE COM1 LPT TRG IN AUDIO TRG OUT CLK KEYBOARD GPIB RESET TRG IN Center Shield Connector Type SMB Figure D 9 TRG IN Connector T...

Page 49: ...YSFAIL FAILED TEST ON LINE ACCESS DRIVE TURBO VGA COM2 DISK DRIVE COM1 LPT TRG IN AUDIO TRG OUT CLK KEYBOARD GPIB RESET AUDIO TRG OUT Center Shield Connector Type SMB Figure D 10 AUDIO TRG OUT Connect...

Page 50: ...gnals Row B Signals Row C Signals 1 D00 BBSY D08 2 D01 BCLR D09 3 D02 ACFAIL D10 4 D03 BG0IN D11 5 D04 BG0OUT D12 6 D05 BG1IN D13 7 D06 BG1OUT D14 8 D07 BG2IN D15 9 GND BG2OUT GND 10 SYSCLK BG3IN SYSF...

Page 51: ...DID12 A25 not connected 6 MODID11 A26 not connected 7 5 2 V A27 GND 8 MODID10 A28 not connected 9 MODID09 A29 not connected 10 GND A30 GND 11 MODID08 A31 not connected 12 MODID07 GND not connected 13...

Page 52: ...O boards Note In the drawing all vertical dimensions are referenced to the bottom connector edge of the printed wiring board PWB Horizontal dimensions are referenced to the top component side of the...

Page 53: ...c 486 Plug in Boards The key issue to consider for plug in PC boards for the VXIpc 486 is the height of the plug in PC board Our literature distinguishes between a PC board and a PC AT board in descri...

Page 54: ...g PC Height Boards in a VXIpc 486 System Notice that with an internal floppy and hard disk drive only PC height boards 4 2 in can be installed PC height boards with a 16 bit PC AT bus interface can be...

Page 55: ...nt panel of the VXIpc 486 A user defined bracket is required on the expansion boards per National Instruments drawing 181300 01 PC AT Card Blank Panel The considerations on the length of the plug in b...

Page 56: ...86 Expansion Kit with No Boards Installed Second Moveable Bracket Two M F 4 40 X 563 Standoffs Two 4 40 X 25 Screws Six 4 40 Washers Nylon Card Guide Two 4 40 Lockwashers Figure F 5 Kit Number 776713...

Page 57: ...handling it may be inadvisable to install the board without a support No Moveable Brackets Used Figure F 7 First Board between 8 2 in and 13 4 in Long After installing the first board you can install...

Page 58: ...rter than First Board While you can physically install a board that is between 8 2 in and 13 4 in long the back end will not be supported This may not be an issue in some applications but if the appli...

Page 59: ...rts at the back of the VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series computer as shown in Figures F 13 through F 15 No Moveable Brackets Used Figure F 13 Second Board Full 13 4 in Long One Moveable Bracket Used Figure F...

Page 60: ...ists the hardware interrupt lines used by the VXIpc 486 along with the corresponding functionality assigned to each line Table G 4 lists the PC AT DMA channels used by the VXIpc 486 along with the cor...

Page 61: ...XIpc 486 Model 500 Series I O Address Map Address Device 00H FFH Reserved 100H 17FH Available 180H 19FH GPIB 1A0H 1EFH Available 200H 207H Reserved 208H 21FH Available 220H 23FH Ethernet Option Defaul...

Page 62: ...ne Use PC AT Interrupt Functionality Line Number 0 System Timer 1 Keyboard 2 Cascade 3 COM2 4 COM1 5 Free for Plug In PC Boards Used if Option 920100 xx Installed 6 Floppy Disk 7 Printer 8 Clock 9 Fre...

Page 63: ...ents Corporation Table G 4 VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series DMA Channel Use PC AT DMA Functionality Channel Number 0 Free for Plug In PC Boards 1 Free for Plug In PC Boards 2 Floppy Disk Drive 3 Free for Pl...

Page 64: ...VGA option is not available for the VXIpc 486 Model 200 Series computers Warning The Chips Technology Super VGA video output is specified for monitors having a horizontal scan rate of at least 50 kHz...

Page 65: ...llow these steps to install the Super VGA drivers 1 Insert the VXIpc 486 500 SVGA Drivers Disk 1 of 3 into drive A of the VXIpc 486 2 Change to drive A by typing the following command at the C prompt...

Page 66: ...EST light will go off when the test is complete and the ON LINE light will come on The ON LINE light means that the VXIpc 486 is ready for operation across the VXIbus The ACCESS light indicates whethe...

Page 67: ...ggedized chassis and bulkhead cables Can I still use MXIbus to have multiple VXIbus chassis Yes National Instruments sells MXIbus bulkhead cables Contact National Instruments and ask for Technical Not...

Page 68: ...s When you configure the SCSI board base I O address memory address interrupt levels and DMA channels make sure that the settings do not conflict with those already used by the VXIpc 486 For more info...

Page 69: ...ormation about the VXIpc 486 settings refer to Appendix G VXIpc 486 Hardware Configuration Are there any limitations on the types of monitors that can be connected to the VXIpc 486 VXIpc 486 Model 500...

Page 70: ...1 and A2 of the VXIpc 486 The SIMMs used for the VXIpc 486 Model 200 Series differ from those used for the Model 500 Series The maximum amount of RAM on a VXIpc 486 Model 500 Series is 32 MB Note Do N...

Page 71: ...The upper memory from D000h to DFFFh is free for use by ISA bus boards or expanded memory manager software programs The VXIpc 486 needs upper memory from C800h to CFFFh and from E000h to EFFFh so that...

Page 72: ...em Refer to Chapter 3 BIOS Setup for more information How do I disable the automatic memory check when booting the VXIpc 486 Are there any side effects to disabling the automatic memory check Follow t...

Page 73: ...t be shared with another device Two blocks of memory space in the upper memory region of the PC AT address space In addition the VXIpc 486 components require port I O register space interrupts and DMA...

Page 74: ...mory within the range that is allocated for the master mode windows To solve this problem verify which expanded memory manager or emulator you are using and prevent it from using upper memory within t...

Page 75: ...ng errors about devices that don t exist in my system earlier in this section for more information When my computer boots it says that it cannot access the hard disk drive HDD or says System Not Found...

Page 76: ...OT reformat the disk unless directed by National Instruments support personnel The HDD controller may have a problem or a fuse may have blown causing the HDD to fail Reformatting the drive prematurely...

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Page 82: ...September 1994 Part Number 320867A 01 Please comment on the completeness clarity and organization of the manual If you find errors in the manual please record the page numbers and describe the errors...

Page 83: ...er 16 KB of A16 space is allocated for use by VXI devices configuration registers This 16 KB region is referred to as VXI configuration space A24 space VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 16 MB...

Page 84: ...t MSB byte or word first followed by the least significant byte LSB or word Intel ordering stores the LSB or word first followed by the MSB or word C C Celsius CLK10 A 10 MHz 100 ppm individually buff...

Page 85: ...configuration a plug in interface board in a computer is connected to the VXI mainframe via one or more VXIbus extended controllers The computer then exerts overall control over VXIbus system operati...

Page 86: ...a device is C000h Logical Address 40h Longword Serial A form of Word Serial communication in which Commanders and Servants communicate with 32 bit data transfers instead of 16 bit data transfers as i...

Page 87: ...olled by Message Based devices via device dependent register reads and writes Resource Manager A Message Based Commander located at Logical Address 0 which provides configuration management services s...

Page 88: ...e timeout responsibility T TIC Trigger Interface Chip a proprietary National Instruments chip used for direct access to the VXI trigger lines The TIC contains a 16 bit counter a dual 5 bit tick timer...

Page 89: ...2 5 options table 2 4 Slot 0 configurations 2 5 VXIbus CLK10 2 7 questions and answers I 3 CLK10 signal external See external CLK10 signal COM1 connector illustration D 3 signals table D 3 COM2 GPIO c...

Page 90: ...ation table 2 1 options table 2 10 connector illustration D 10 signals table D 10 external CLK10 connector illustration D 8 signals table D 8 external CLK10 signal See also CLK10 signal configuration...

Page 91: ...oller 2 6 VXIbus slot position and external CLK10 configuration options table 2 4 K keyboard connector illustration D 1 questions and answers I 4 signals table D 1 L LabVIEW software 1 2 A 1 to A 2 La...

Page 92: ...488 B 3 VMEbus master slave B 3 VMEbus System Controller B 3 VXIbus B 4 operating environment B 2 physical B 1 to B 2 power requirements B 2 storage environment B 2 storage environment B 2 Super VGA...

Page 93: ...ignals table D 12 VXIbus slot configuration options table 2 4 non Slot 0 configurations 2 5 Slot 0 configuration 2 5 VXIINIT program troubleshooting error messages J 1 to J 2 VXIpc 486 definition 1 1...