National Instruments PXIe-8821, User Manual

Page 1: ...onal Instruments Software 5 Configuration 6 BIOS Setup Utility 6 BIOS Diagnostic Utilities 16 System CMOS 16 Boot Options 17 Hard Drive Recovery 18 Upgrade Information 18 Installing an OS 19 PXIe 8821...

Page 2: ...more application needs by integrating PCI Express into the PXI standard By taking advantage of PCI Express technology in the backplane PXI Express increases the available PXI bandwidth from up to 132...

Page 3: ...ontroller is a high performance PXI Express CompactPCI Express compatible system controller The PXIe 8821 controller integrates standard I O features in a single unit by using state of the art packagi...

Page 4: ...the PCH through a x4 DMI2 Direct Media Interface interface supporting up to 5 GT s per lane The SO DIMM block consists of one 64 bit DDR3L SDRAM socket that can hold up to 8 GB of memory The processor...

Page 5: ...isual Basic Visual C and Visual Studio NET for the core of your application Measurement Studio adds tools for Measurement and Automation to each language For more information visit ni com mstudio LabW...

Page 6: ...ry For more information visit ni com visa With LabVIEW for Linux and support for more than two hundred devices on Linux with the NI DAQmx driver you can now create virtual instruments based on the Lin...

Page 7: ...cessed and modified BIOS settings are in the Main setup menu The Main setup menu reports the following configuration information BIOS Version and Build Date These values indicate the version of the PX...

Page 8: ...enu Refer to the PCI Configuration Submenu section for more information AMT Configuration Use this setting to access the AMT Configuration submenu Refer to the AMT Configuration Submenu section for mo...

Page 9: ...me system When the BIOS is configured to boot LabVIEW Real Time C States are disabled automatically To manually enable C States when in LabVIEW Real Time mode refer to the LabVIEW RT Configuration Ove...

Page 10: ...PCI Configuration Submenu Use this submenu to apply alternate settings to PCI devices Normally you do not need to modify these settings as the factory default settings provide the most compatible and...

Page 11: ...ing specifies the number of seconds the Power On Self Test waits for a USB mass storage device to start The default is 20 seconds Device Power Up Delay This setting specifies the maximum time a device...

Page 12: ...boot LabVIEW RT LabVIEW RT Safe Mode or an installed OS such as Windows 7 The default is Use Switch Setting Reset IP Address If the controller is deployed to a different subnet from which it was orig...

Page 13: ...restart the system for this setting to take effect The default value is Disabled Boot Option Priorities These settings specify the order in which the BIOS checks for bootable devices including the lo...

Page 14: ...menu Boot Option 1 Boot Option 2 Boot Option 3 These settings specify the boot priority of hard drive devices The highest priority device is displayed on the main Boot Option Priorities list Optionall...

Page 15: ...then exits and reboots the controller You also can use the Esc key to select this option Save Changes Changes made to BIOS settings during this session are committed to NVRAM The setup program remain...

Page 16: ...ontroller cannot boot and the utility instructs you to turn off the controller and replace the hard drive Memory Diagnostic Utility The memory diagnostic utility starts immediately after you press a k...

Page 17: ...me subnet An external USB mass storage device such as a USB hard drive USB CD DVD ROM or USB flash drive An external USB floppy drive Most PCI or PCI Express based devices that provide an Option ROM N...

Page 18: ...e tools refer to KnowledgeBase 2ZKC02OK Hard Drive Recovery and OS Installation for PXI and VXI Controllers at ni com support Note The hard drive recovery hot key is F4 To access the hard drive based...

Page 19: ...PXIe 8821 supports the installation of Windows 7 from a USB CD DVD ROM As an alternative to a USB CD DVD ROM drive you can use an external SCSI CD DVD ROM with a PXI SCSI adapter Note For additional a...

Page 20: ...EE 488 Controller No Serial Port RS 232 Yes 1 Parallel Port No Hi Speed USB 2 0 Ports Yes 2 SuperSpeed USB 3 0 Ports Yes 2 ExpressCard 34 Slot No PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector No PXI Trigger Bus Input...

Page 21: ...n 111 58 mm 3 750 in 95 25 mm 1 971 in 50 06 mm 2 846 in 72 29 mm 2 306 in 58 57 mm 0 00 in 0 00 mm 2 259 in 57 38 mm 2 189 in 55 59 mm 2 332 in 59 22 mm 0 000 in 0 00 mm Electrical Note Does not incl...

Page 22: ...nly Operating Environment Caution The operating temperature must not be exceeded even when used in a chassis with a higher temperature range Ambient temperature range 5 C to 50 C Tested in accordance...

Page 23: ...operating 5 Hz to 500 Hz 2 4 grms Tested in accordance with IEC 60068 2 64 Nonoperating test profile exceeds the requirements of MIL PRF 28800F Class 3 Safety This product is designed to meet the requ...

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Page 26: ...9 ML_Lane2 n 10 ML_Lane3 p 11 GND 12 ML_Lane3 n 13 CONFIG1 14 CONFIG2 15 AUX CH p 16 GND 17 AUX CH n 18 Hot Plug Detect 19 Return 20 DP_PWR COM1 The following figure shows the location and pinouts fo...

Page 27: ...dy 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Ready to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator Note The pound symbol indicates an active low signal Ethernet The following figure shows the location a...

Page 28: ...ast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet 1 TX TX_A 2 TX TX_A 3 RX RX_B 4 NC TX_C 5 NC TX_C 6 RX RX_B 7 NC RX_D 8 NC RX_D Note The Ethernet controller can perform an automatic crossover thus eliminating the need...

Page 29: ...Mbit sec data rate is selected Amber On 1000 Mbit sec data rate is selected Universal Serial Bus The following figure shows the location and pinouts for the Universal Serial Bus USB connector on the...

Page 30: ...a Receive 6 StdA_SSRX USB Data Receive 7 GND_DRAIN Ground 8 StdA_SSTX USB Data Transmit 9 StdA_SSTX USB Data Transmit Caution Install a noise suppression ferrite included in your shipping kit around a...

Page 31: ...ing PXI triggers to or from the backplane trigger bus The following figure shows the TRIG connector location on the PXIe 8821 The following table lists and describes the trigger connector signals Refe...

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