National Instruments PXIe-8861, User Manual

Page 1: ...rt 18 Ethernet 18 Universal Serial Bus 19 Trigger 20 Worldwide Support and Services 21 Related Documentation The following documents contain information you may find helpful as you read this manual PICMG EXP 0 R2 0 CompactPCI Express Specification PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group IEEE Standard P1284 1 1997 C MM Standard for Information Technology for Transport Independent Printer Syste...

Page 2: ...ility among PCI based systems for example PXI and PCI Express based systems such as PXI Express PXI Express like PXI leverages from the CompactPCI specification to define a rugged modular form factor that offers superior mechanical integrity and easy installation and removal of hardware components PXI Express products offer higher and more carefully defined levels of environmental performance requ...

Page 3: ...as an Intel Xeon E3 1515M v5 processor Quad Core 2 8 GHz base 3 7 GHz turbo frequency all the standard I O and a 512 GB or larger solid state drive The standard I O on each module includes two DisplayPort video one RS 232 serial port four Hi Speed USB ports two SuperSpeed USB ports two Gigabit Ethernet ports one enabled for 1588 two Thunderbolt 3 ports a reset button and an SMB connector for trigg...

Page 4: ...requency The SO DIMM block consists of two DDR4 PC 2133 SO DIMM sockets that can hold up to 32 GB of memory The processor provides the PCI Express interface to the PXI Express backplane through a PCI Express switch The Platform Controller Hub PCH provides the USB PCI Express x1 and LPC interfaces that connect to the peripherals on the PXIe 8861 The DisplayPort 1 1 block consists of a 1 1 compatibl...

Page 5: ...ed functionality For more information visit ni com labview and ni com toolkits If you prefer to use Microsoft s Visual 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 LabWindows CVI is an interactive ANSI C programming environment designed for building virtu...

Page 6: ... and instrument drivers For information about writing your own PXI instrument driver with NI VISA refer to the NI VISA Getting Started Manual and the readme txt file in the NI VISA directory 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 Linux OS Instru...

Page 7: ...settings for a selected configuration option Tab Use this key to select time and date fields F9 Use this key to load the optimal default values for BIOS configuration settings The optimal default values are the same as the shipping configuration default values Main Setup Menu The most commonly accessed and modified BIOS settings are in the Main setup menu The Main setup menu reports the following ...

Page 8: ...ration submenu Refer to the Video Configuration Submenu section for more information Power Wake Configuration Use this setting to access the Power Wake Configuration submenu Refer to the Power Wake Configuration Submenu section for more information PCI Configuration Use this setting to access the PCI Configuration submenu Refer to the PCI Configuration Submenu section for more information AMT Conf...

Page 9: ...u to apply alternate settings to the video configuration Normally you do not need to modify these settings as the factory default settings provide the most compatible and optimal configuration possible Primary Display This setting specifies which video adapter the BIOS should use as the primary adapter if more than one is present To use an external video adapter as the primary graphics adapter cho...

Page 10: ...is Auto which allows the BIOS to choose an optimal value based on which devices are present PCI System Error Reporting This setting enables disables reporting of PCI system errors The default value is Disabled USB Configuration Submenu Use this submenu to apply alternate configurations to the USB ports Normally you do not need to modify these settings as the factory default settings provide the be...

Page 11: ...lt support The default value is Enabled Thunderbolt Security Level Use this option to configure the Thunderbolt security level The default value is User Authorization TPM Configuration Submenu Use this submenu to view the Trusted Platform Module TPM hardware type and execute selected TPM commands Clear TPM Use this option to clear the TPM Caution Clearing the TPM is a destructive operation that ma...

Page 12: ... You also can disable certain boot devices by selecting Disabled Note Only one device of a given type is shown in this list If more than one device of the same type exists use the Device BBS Priorities submenus to re order the priority of devices of the same type The following submenus are displayed if one or more bootable devices of the corresponding type is present Hard Drive BBS Priorities Use ...

Page 13: ...Priorities Submenu Boot Option 1 Boot Option 2 Boot Option 3 These settings specify the boot priority of floppy drive devices The highest priority device is displayed on the main Boot Option Priorities list Optionally each device can also be Disabled if the device should never be used as a boot device Network Device BBS Priorities Submenu Boot Option 1 Boot Option 2 Boot Option 3 These settings sp...

Page 14: ...ts You also can use the F9 key to select this option Save As User Defaults This option saves a copy of the current BIOS settings as the User Defaults This option is useful for preserving custom BIOS setup configurations Restore User Defaults This option restores all BIOS settings to the user defaults This option is useful for restoring previously preserved custom BIOS setup configurations Boot Ove...

Page 15: ...s used A network PXE server on the same 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 There are two ways to configure the controller to boot from these devices Enter the BIOS setup by rebooting the controller and pressing Delete during the memory tes...

Page 16: ...m using external recovery media created by NI p n 502202A 00 or by using Windows Recovery tools Note The drive recovery hot key is 1 To access the drive based recovery tool press and hold 1 when video first appears during the boot process Note Recovering the OS erases the contents of your hard disk Back up any files you want to keep Upgrade Information You can change the amount of installed RAM on...

Page 17: ...ude a preinstalled OS In some cases you may want to install a different OS Refer to the Boot Options section of this document for a list of devices the PXIe 8861 may boot from for OS installations I O Information DisplayPort The following figure shows the location and pinouts for the DisplayPort connectors on the PXIe 8861 PXIe 8861 User Manual National Instruments 17 ...

Page 18: ...rt connector on the PXIe 8861 Figure 5 Serial Port Connector Location and Pinout PXIe 8861 Embedded Controller TRIG RESET GPIB DRIVE PWR OK FAULT USER1 USER2 ACT LINK Pulse 10 100 1000 5 1 6 9 1 2 Ethernet The following figure shows the dual stacked Ethernet connector location on the PXIe 8861 Note Only Ethernet Port 0 supports the Wake on LAN feature 18 ni com PXIe 8861 User Manual ...

Page 19: ...000 LAN Connector LED States LED Color LED State Condition Top Green Off LAN link is not established On steady state LAN link is established On brighter and pulsing The controller is communicating with another computer on the LAN Bottom Unlit Off 10 Mbit sec data rate is selected Green On 100 Mbit sec data rate is selected Amber On 1000 Mbit sec data rate is selected Universal Serial Bus The follo...

Page 20: ...on for routing PXI triggers to or from the backplane trigger bus The following figure shows the TRIG connector location on the PXIe 8861 Refer to PXI Trigger Connectivity in the PXIe 8861 Getting Started Guide for more information about the SMB trigger Figure 8 TRIG Connector Location and Pinout PXIe 8861 Embedded Controller TRIG RESET GPIB DRIVE PWR OK FAULT USER1 USER2 ACT LINK Pulse 10 100 1000...

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