National Instruments VXIpc-850 Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...VXIpc 850 Series User Manual April 1996 Edition Part Number 321124A 01 Copyright 1996 National Instruments Corporation All Rights Reserved ...

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Page 4: ...al area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notices to User Changes or modifications not expressly approved by National Instruments could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules This device complies with the FCC rules only if used with shielded interface cables of suitable qual...

Page 5: ...ware 1 2 Hardware Description 1 3 Slot 0 Functionality 1 4 Custom Application Specific Interface Chips 1 4 Front Panel Features 1 5 Peripheral Expansion 1 6 Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 850 Functional Description 2 1 Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation Default Settings 3 1 Configuring the VXIpc 850 3 4 How to Remove the Metal Enclosure 3 4 VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 3 4 VXIbus CLK10 Rout...

Page 6: ...All Peripheral Drivers 5 2 Installing Peripheral Drivers 5 2 Video 5 3 About the Trident Video Manual 5 3 Technical Information about the Video Interface 5 3 IDE 5 4 Installing the IDE Software 5 4 Technical Information about the IDE Interface 5 5 Ethernet 5 6 Configuring Your Ethernet Addresses 5 6 Installing the Ethernet Software 5 6 Technical Information about the Ethernet Interface 5 7 Support...

Page 7: ... Resources PCI Interrupts B 1 Resource Tables B 1 Appendix C LED Indicators VXIbus Interface Status LEDs C 1 SYSFAIL LED C 1 FAILED LED C 1 ONLINE LED C 1 TEST LED C 1 LEDs and System Startup Cycle C 2 Board Access LEDs C 3 ACCESS LED C 3 DRIVE LED C 3 Ethernet LEDs C 3 RX LED C 3 TX LED C 3 LINK LED C 3 DSEL LED C 3 Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors Front Panel D 1 Keyboard and Mouse D 2 VGA ...

Page 8: ...haracteristics D 15 Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards Height of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards E 1 Length of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards E 2 Length of PCI Plug In Boards E 2 Length of ISA Plug In Boards E 3 Installing an I O Board E 4 Materials Needed E 4 Installation Steps E 4 Appendix F Common Questions Appendix G Customer Communication Glossary Index ...

Page 9: ... Figure 3 14 Ethernet Power On Defaults 3 11 Figure D 1 VXIpc 850 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions D 2 Figure D 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout D 3 Figure D 3 VGA Connector Location and Pinout D 4 Figure D 4 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout D 5 Figure D 5 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout D 6 Figure D 6 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout D 7 Figure D ...

Page 10: ...llocations B 2 Table B 3 I O Address Map B 3 Table C 1 LEDs and System Startup Status C 2 Table D 1 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals D 3 Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals D 4 Table D 3 Ethernet Connector Signals D 5 Table D 4 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals D 6 Table D 5 Parallel Port Connector Signals D 8 Table D 6 SCSI Connector Signals D 9 Table D 7 GPIB Connector Signals D 11 Table D 8 SMB C...

Page 11: ...ch major logic block on the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer Chapter 4 WinBIOS contains information on WinBIOS the low level interface between the hardware and PC software that configures and tests your hardware at boot up Chapter 5 Peripherals contains brief descrip...

Page 12: ...c prefixes mnemonics and symbols The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics used in this manual including the page where you can find each one Conventions Used in This Manual The following conventions are used in this manual bold Bold text denotes menus menu items or dialog box buttons or options bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note caution or warning bold Bold text in ...

Page 13: ...er Manual contains more details about changing the installation or configuration from the defaults and using the hardware The VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual contains in depth information about configuring and using various peripherals on the VXIpc 850 The NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 850 Series contains more details about changing the NI VXI software installation or configuration from t...

Page 14: ...for Instrumentation VXIbus ANSI VITA 1 1994 VME64 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 We are interested in the applications you develop with our products and we want to help if you have problems with them To make it easy for you to contact us this manual contai...

Page 15: ...tion Chapter 1 This chapter describes the VXIpc 850 Series of embedded VXI computers lists what you need to get started describes the hardware and lists optional equipment and software Figure 1 1 shows the VXIpc 850 with its cover removed Figure 1 1 VXIpc 850 Embedded Computer ...

Page 16: ...abWindows CVI application software and the NI VXI NI VISA and NI 488 2 bus interface software Optional Equipment You can contact National Instruments to order any of the following optional equipment COM1 2 adapter cable Enhanced parallel port adapter cable Single shielded 2 m GPIB cable Upgrades for the VXIpc 850 modular CPU card Optional Software National Instruments has developed several softwar...

Page 17: ...t and instrument control systems It includes interactive code generation tools and a graphical editor for building custom user interfaces LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI include all the tools needed for instrument control data acquisition analysis and presentation When you order the LabVIEW VXI Development System for Windows or the LabWindows CVI VXI Development System for Windows you also get more tha...

Page 18: ...phisticated dual channel DMA controller with standard interfaces for VXI and PCI By using MITE DMA to transfer data and commands to and from devices the MITE frees the computer s microprocessor to perform other tasks such as data analysis and presentation In addition to DMA the MITE incorporates the new VME64 MBLT 8 byte block transfers in which both the address bus and data bus are used to transf...

Page 19: ...BaseT Ethernet connector SCSI 2 connector External clock connector Trigger output connector Trigger input connector Audio output connector PS 2 style keyboard connector PS 2 style mouse connector System reset push button Six front panel LEDs that show VXI and PC status SYSFAIL LED indicates that the VMEbus SYSFAIL line is asserted FAILED LED indicates that the VXIpc 850 is driving the SYSFAIL sign...

Page 20: ...eripheral Expansion The VXIpc 850 uses the PCI local bus for peripheral expansion The PCIbus is a 32 bit multimaster bus that achieves a top throughput of 132 MB s and can handle numerous peripherals The integrated PCI local bus design of the VXIpc 850 gives you access to the following peripherals PCMCIA SCSI 2 Super VGA Enhanced IDE for the hard drive For information on installing and configuring...

Page 21: ...Description The VXIpc 850 is a modular PC in a dual slot VXIbus C size form factor It includes many high performance peripherals that normally require add in cards on desktop PCs In addition it has a VXIbus interface that is controlled from the PCI local bus providing extremely high performance and reliability Figure 2 1 is a functional block diagram of the VXIpc 850 Following the diagram is a des...

Page 22: ... Local Bus System I O PCI Expansion Slot ISA Expansion Slot SCSI IDE Internal PCMCIA VXI VXI Bus ISA Bus Ethernet GPIB PC Peripherals Miniature Floppy CPU MITE MANTIS SCSI 2 Connector SCSI 2 Connector Type I II III Slot Type I II Slot RJ 45 Connector GPIB Connector ECP Parallel Miniature Miniature Serial 2 Speaker Keyboard Mouse Reset Figure 2 1 VXIpc 850 Block Diagram ...

Page 23: ...tion on the front panel usable for such devices as external hard disks and CD ROM drives IDE This is a dedicated PCI IDE chip providing fast ATA 2 transfers to the internal hard drive PCMCIA This is a dedicated PCI PCMCIA interface that supports two independent PCMCIA cards One socket can accommodate a Type I II or III card while the other accommodates a Type I or II card VXI This is the PCI VXIbu...

Page 24: ... can damage several components on your VXIpc 850 module To avoid such damage in handling the module touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your VXI chassis before removing the VXIpc 850 from the package Default Settings This section summarizes the hardware default settings for the VXIpc 850 for easy reference The VXIpc 850 is set at the factory for the most commonly used configura...

Page 25: ...nation S7 7 Slot 0 Identification W13 13 GPIB IRQ Level S8 2 CLK10 Inversion S4 8 CLK10 Source S3 14 CMOS W2 3 Ethernet EEPROM Config S1 9 Serial Number 15 SCSI Termination W1 4 LPT DMA Channel W4 10 Product Name 16 CLK10 Termination S6 5 MITE EEPROM Config S9 11 Assembly Number 6 MITE Self Config S2 12 CLK10 Direction S5 Figure 3 1 VXIpc 850 Parts Locator Diagram ...

Page 26: ...Enable automatic Slot 0 detection Force Slot 0 Force Non Slot 0 S1 Enable Ethernet EEPROM configuration Disable Ethernet EEPROM configuration uses default power on values S2 Enable MITE self configuration Disable MITE self configuration S3 Source CLK10 from onboard oscillator Source CLK10 from SMB S4 Non inverted CLK10 output Inverted CLK10 output S5 Receive CLK10 input from SMB Source CLK10 outpu...

Page 27: ...osure remove the five screws on the top the four screws on the bottom and the three screws on the right side of the enclosure VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 The VXIpc 850 is configured at the factory to automatically detect if it is installed in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe With automatic Slot 0 detection you can install the VXIpc 850 into any VXIbus slot You can manually configure the VXIpc 850 for eit...

Page 28: ...Controller the VXIpc 850 also drives the 16 MHz VXIbus system clock by an onboard 16 MHz oscillator As required by the VXIbus specification the VXIpc 850 drives the 10 MHz signal CLK10 on a differential ECL output when installed in Slot 0 When not installed in Slot 0 the VXIpc 850 only receives the CLK10 signal VXIbus CLK10 Routing When the VXIpc 850 is installed in Slot 0 of your mainframe it sup...

Page 29: ...hange the S5 setting to drive CLK10 out the external CLK10 SMB connector Figure 3 4b do not set S3 to source CLK10 to the backplane from the SMB instead use the setting shown in Figure 3 3a S5 S5 a CLK10 SMB Receives 10 MHz Signal Default b CLK10 SMB Drives 10 MHz Signal from VXIbus CLK10 Figure 3 4 SMB CLK10 Direction When switch S5 is set so that the VXIpc 850 receives the SMB CLK10 signal you h...

Page 30: ... receive the external CLK SMB signal S4 S4 a Noninverted CLK10 Output from SMB Default b Inverted CLK10 Output from SMB Figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 Polarity Trigger Input Termination You can use switch S7 to terminate the external trigger input SMB with 50 Ω to ground Figure 3 7a shows the default setting for a non terminated trigger input SMB Use the setting of Figure 3 7b to terminate the trigger input...

Page 31: ...ctory default setting Figure 3 8 shows the possible configurations for S2 S2 S2 a VXI Circuitry Loads Power on Defaults from EEPROM Default b Power on Self Configuration Circuit is Disabled Figure 3 8 Power On Self Configuration Status The EEPROM is divided into two halves one half is factory configured and one half is user configurable Use switch S9 to control the operation of the EEPROM The sett...

Page 32: ...s system requests more memory space than the computer can allocate If you encounter this situation you should reduce the size of the VXIpc 850 user window If this situation occurs after you change the VXIpc 850 configuration perform the following steps to reconfigure the VXIpc 850 1 Turn your computer off Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe shou...

Page 33: ...Interrupt Level You can program the GPIB interface on the VXIpc 850 to use one of two ISA interrupts 5 or 11 Switch S8 controls which interrupt line the GPIB interface uses Figure 3 11 shows these settings S8 S8 a GPIB Uses IRQ11 Default b GPIB Uses IRQ5 Figure 3 11 GPIB Interrupt Level System CMOS The VXIpc 850 contains a backed up memory used to store BIOS defaults and configuration information ...

Page 34: ...he jumper settings W4 W4 a Parallel Port Uses DMA Channel 1 Default b Parallel Port Uses DMA Channel 3 Figure 3 13 Parallel Port DMA Channel Ethernet Power On Defaults The VXIpc 850 Ethernet circuitry loads its power on settings from an EEPROM Switch S1 should not be changed from its default setting however the directions to do so are included here for informational purposes Figure 3 14 shows the ...

Page 35: ...g If the VXIpc 850 is not configured for automatic Slot 0 detection be certain that the slot you select in your VXIbus mainframe matches the VXIpc 850 configuration as either a Slot 0 device or a Non Slot 0 device If you install your VXIpc 850 into a slot that does not correspond with the jumper setting you risk damage to the VXIpc 850 the VXIbus backplane or both 4 Insert the VXIpc 850 in the slo...

Page 36: ...rporation 3 13 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 9 Connect devices to ports as required by your system configuration Some ports such as the COM ports have adapter cables that you can order from National Instruments 10 Replace or close any doors or covers to the mainframe ...

Page 37: ... the following steps 1 Turn on or reboot the system A screen appears with a series of diagnostic checks 2 When Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP appears press the DEL key to enter the BIOS setup program 3 Choose options with the keyboard or mouse Modify the settings to reflect system options Press Alt H for Help Using a Mouse with WinBIOS Setup Point the cursor at the item you wish to modify and do...

Page 38: ...o choose options Table 4 1 WinBIOS Options Key Option TAB Change current window v Move highlight to next field Enter Select highlighted option Increment or decrement a value ESC Close the current operation and return to the previous level exits WinBIOS at the top level PgUp Return to previous page PgDn Advance to next page Home Return to the beginning of the text End Advance to the end of the text...

Page 39: ...ows Window Description Setup Has five icons you can use to set system configuration options such as time date hard disk floppy disk and chip specific parameters Utility Has three icons you can use to detect hard drive types and change screen colors Security Has two icons you can use to control password and anti virus settings Default Has three icons you can use load original optimal and fail safe ...

Page 40: ...ector ISA or PCI Based Function Video 15 pin DSUB std VGA PCI High resolution color support for a SuperVGA monitor IDE None PCI Supports internal fast ATA 2 hard drive Ethernet RJ 45 ISA 10BaseT Ethernet connection PCMCIA Type I II and Type I II III PCI Supports two independent PCMCIA slots SCSI 36 pin SCSI 2 PCI External SCSI 2 connection for hard drives CD ROM drives and so on GPIB 24 pin CHAMP ...

Page 41: ...itical in a DOS environment where available memory can be as little as 400 KB with all drivers loaded Because most VXIpc 850 users require some subset of the peripherals offered National Instruments allows the customer to determine where system resources should be allocated whether to peripherals PCI or ISA add in boards or applications Installing Peripheral Drivers Find the c images directory in ...

Page 42: ...install the video drivers The TGUI96XX driver software comes installed on your hard disk with a default configuration 640x480 resolution at 16 colors and a 60 Hz refresh rate This setting was chosen to accommodate all VGA monitors however you may want to increase the resolution colors and refresh rate according to the capabilities of your monitor Within Windows 3 1 in the Display Driver and Utilit...

Page 43: ...o take advantage of the advanced features of the CMD0640B install the QuickIDE driver as described in the next section Installing the IDE Software Perform the following steps to install the QuickIDE driver 1 If you are running under DOS or Windows 3 x an image of the CMD QuickIDE software resides in c images ide If you are running Windows 95 the c images ide directory will not exist Windows 95 inc...

Page 44: ...ce is enabled Disabling the IDE on the PPEC provides maximum PCMCIA flexibility and performance The CMD0640B is configured so that the PCI base address registers are enabled setting the IDE port to Legacy Mode or Native Mode with software In Legacy Mode the CMD0640B is compatible with standard ISA IDE The IDE registers are mapped to the standard ISA port addresses and the IDE drive interrupt occur...

Page 45: ... programs the Ethernet address and other values into a serial EEPROM from which the 91C92 loads its power on configuration The defaults should be adequate for most situations however using the ISMC9000 software you can change the default settings except the Ethernet address for the needs of your system Table 5 1 SMC 91C92 Default Settings Settings Ethernet Address 00 80 2F 01 xx xx I O Base Addres...

Page 46: ...rk drivers To install the network driver follow the instructions in the appropriate driver installation document Technical Information about the Ethernet Interface The SMC 91C92 provides the designer with the ability to select external or internal I O decoding and the ability to select whether or not it responds to 16 bit accesses The 91C92 on the VXIpc 850 decodes its own addresses the ENDEC pin ...

Page 47: ...d in your system at the same time Installing the PCMCIA Software Perform the following steps to install the PCMCIA driver 1 The software required for a PCMCIA interface known as card and socket services is provided by SystemSoft Corporation National Instruments includes CardWizard to users who order the VXIpc 850 with DOS Windows 3 1 CardWizard is a complete package of card and socket services wit...

Page 48: ...I SCSI controller from Symbios Logic Inc formerly NCR Corporation The 53C810 is based on a SCSI I O processor core and incorporates a PCI bus master DMA core Installing the SCSI Software To install the SCSI driver locate an image of the NCR SDMS SCSI Device Management System software which resides in C images scsi If you are running DOS or Windows 3 x enter a DOS shell and type C images scsi insta...

Page 49: ... address interrupt level and DMA level are the same on the VXIpc 850 as they are on the AT GPIB TNT Because of this compatibility included with your VXIpc 850 kit are the same manuals usually sent with an AT GPIB TNT kit They explain how to get your GPIB system up and running Base Address DMA and IRQ Configuration Although the VXIpc 850 hardware is compatible with the AT GPIB TNT you do not have t...

Page 50: ...A 5 2 224 5 mA 236 mA 2 67 2 mA 95 2 mA 12 2 26 mA 2 63 mA 12 2 43 mA 2 43 mA Physical Characteristic Specification Size Two slot VXIbus C Size Module 233 35 by 340 by 60 96 mm Board Dimensions Fully Enclosed Shielded VXI C Size Board 233 35 by 340 mm 9 187 by 13 386 in Slot Requirements VXI C Size Slot Compatibility Fully Compatible with VXI Specification VXI Keying Class Class 1 TTL MTBF 22 098 ...

Page 51: ...tional Shock MIL T 28800E Class 3 per Section 4 5 5 4 1 Half Sine Shock Pulse 11 ms duration 30g peak 3 shocks per face Note Random vibration profiles were developed in accordance with MIL T 28800E and MIL STD 810E Method 514 Test levels exceed those recommended in MIL STD 810E for Category 1 Basic Transportation Figures 514 4 1 through 514 4 3 Test report available upon request Requirements Chara...

Page 52: ...lave VMEbus slave retry support FSD First slot detector SCON VMEbus System Controller Automatic Detection PRI RRS Prioritized or Round Robin Select arbiter ROR FAIR Release on Request and FAIR bus requester IH 7 1 Interrupt handler for levels 7 1 I 7 1 Interrupt requester for levels 7 1 D32 D16 D08 O Interrupt Handler VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupt handler D32 D16 D08 O Interrupter VMEbus D32 D16 ...

Page 53: ...s recommends the following types of SIMMs for use with the VXIpc 850 controllers 8 MB 2 MB x 36 SIMMs 70ns 16 MB 4 MB x 36 SIMMs 70ns 32 MB 8 MB x 36 SIMMs 70ns The height of SIMMs used with VXIpc 850 controllers should be 0 85 in or less Contact National Instruments for recommendations on specific manufacturers ...

Page 54: ...n ISA interrupts They do not actually connect to the processor directly they are instead mapped through ISA interrupts in the system I O module The interrupt handler for a particular ISA interrupt must know if it will be acknowledging a PCI device Resource Tables This section provides tables describing where system resources are assigned Table B 1 lists how the ISA interrupts are allocated on the ...

Page 55: ...one IRQ Expansion 8 15 3 None COM2 4 None COM1 5 INTC INTB GPIB PCMCIA Slot Expansion 6 None Floppy Drive 7 None LPT1 8 None RTC 9 None Ethernet 10 INTA VXI SCSI PCMCIA 11 None GPIB PCMCIA Slot Expansion 12 None Mouse 13 None FPERR 14 INTD IDE 15 None PCMCIA Slot Expansion Table B 2 DMA Channel Resource Allocations DMA Channel Device 0 Free 1 Free 2 Floppy Drive 3 Free 4 Free 5 GPIB 6 Free 7 Free ...

Page 56: ...M 0A0 0A1 8259 PIC 2 3F0 3F7 Floppy 0B2 0B3 Advanced Power Management 3F8 3FF COM 0C0 0DF 8237 DMA 2 word mapped 40A Scatter Gather Int Status Reg 0F0 0FF Numeric Processor Error Reg 40B DMA1 Extended Mode Regs 170 177 Reserved 410 41F Scatter Gather Status 1F0 1F7 IDE 420 43F Scatter Gather Descriptor Table Pointer 200 270 Free 481 488 DMA High Page Regs 278 27F LPT 4D0 4D1 Interrupt Edge Level C...

Page 57: ... VMEbus SYSFAIL signal is asserted It does not necessarily indicate that the VXIpc 850 is asserting SYSFAIL only that there is a device in the system asserting SYSFAIL FAILED LED The FAILED LED is lit when the VXIpc 850 is driving the SYSFAIL signal The VXIpc 850 asserts SYSFAIL when the PASSED bit in its VXIbus status register is clear The PASSED bit is set by the power on self configuration circ...

Page 58: ...by MITE power on self configuration POSC circuitry POSC has stalled 4 TEST POSC circuitry has initialized VXI interface setting PASSED and DONE bits POSC stalled before clearing the TEST LED 5 None POSC cycles are complete VXI port is ready to respond to Resource Manager inquiries POSC completed successfully however Resman either hung or was not executed 6 ONLINE Resman has been executed indicatin...

Page 59: ...hared registers or shared memory DRIVE LED The DRIVE LED light indicates that an access to the internal hard disk drive is occurring Ethernet LEDs The Ethernet LEDs RX TX LINK and DSEL indicate the status of the Ethernet interface RX LED The RX LED lights when the Ethernet interface is receiving a packet TX LED The TX LED lights when the Ethernet interface is transmitting a packet LINK LED The LIN...

Page 60: ...ation VPP 8 VXI Module Mainframe to Receiver Interconnection Note The illustrations in this appendix show the mating face of the connectors An asterisk suffix on a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Front Panel Figure D 1 shows the front panel layout of the VXIpc 850 The drawing shows dimensions relevant to key elements on the front panel Dimensions are shown in millimeters and in...

Page 61: ... DRIVE FAILED 2 1 Figure D 1 VXIpc 850 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions Keyboard and Mouse Figure D 2 shows the location and pinouts for the keyboard and mouse connectors on the VXIpc 850 Table D 1 gives the name and description for the keyboard and mouse connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 212437 4 housing 212435 7 ferrule and 66735 4 pin contact ...

Page 62: ...D 1 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DATA Data 2 NC Not Connected 3 GND Ground 4 5V 5 volts 5 CLK Clock 6 NC Not Connected VGA Figure D 3 shows the location and pinouts for the VGA connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 2 gives the name and description for the VGA connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 748364 1 housing and 74833...

Page 63: ... 3 VGA Connector Location and Pinout Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 R Red 2 G Green 3 B Blue 4 NC Not Connected 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 9 5 VDC 5 Volts 10 GND Ground 11 NC Not Connected 12 SD Serial Data 13 HSync Horizontal Sync 14 VSync Vertical Sync 15 SC Serial Clock ...

Page 64: ...the VXIpc 850 Table D 3 gives the name and description for the Ethernet connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector part number 554739 1 Ethernet 2 1 8 1 Figure D 4 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout Table D 3 Ethernet Connector Signals Pin Signal Description 1 Differential Transmit 2 Differential Transmit 3 Differential Receive 4 NC 5 NC 6 Differential Receive 7 NC 8 NC ...

Page 65: ... COM1 and COM2 connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a serial port mating connector part number MDSM 9SC Z11 1 5 9 6 COM1 1 5 9 6 COM2 2 1 Figure D 5 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 4 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD Receive Data 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready...

Page 66: ...e location and pinouts for the IEEE 1284 connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 5 gives the name and description for the IEEE 1284 connector signals Amp manufactures a parallel port compatible connector part number 2 175677 5 Parallel Port 1 18 19 36 2 1 SYSF ACC TEST ONLINE FAILED DRIVE Figure D 6 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout ...

Page 67: ...ata Bit 1 25 GND Ground 8 PD2 Data Bit 2 26 GND Ground 9 PD3 Data Bit 3 27 GND Ground 10 PD4 Data Bit 4 28 GND Ground 11 PD5 Data Bit 5 29 GND Ground 12 PD6 Data Bit 6 30 GND Ground 13 PD7 Data Bit 7 31 GND Ground 14 INIT Initialize Printer 32 GND Ground 15 STROBE Strobe 33 GND Ground 16 SLCT Select 34 GND Ground 17 AUTOFD Auto Line Feed 35 GND Ground 18 5V 5 Volts 36 NC Not Connected SCSI Figure ...

Page 68: ...Pinout SCSI II Table D 6 SCSI Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 11 15 25 35 36 40 42 GND Ground 12 14 37 39 NC Not Connected 26 D0 Data 0 27 D1 Data 1 28 D2 Data 2 29 D3 Data 3 30 D4 Data 4 31 D5 Data 5 32 D6 Data 6 33 D7 Data 7 34 DP Parity 38 TERMPWR Termination Power 41 ATN Attention 43 BUSY Busy 44 ACK Acknowledge 45 RESET Reset continues ...

Page 69: ...G Message 47 SEL Select 48 CMD_DATA Command Data 49 REQ Request 50 IN_OUT In Out GPIB IEEE 488 2 Figure D 8 shows the location and pinouts for the GPIB connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 7 gives the name and description for the GPIB connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a GPIB mating connector part number MDSM 255C Z11 GPIB 13 1 25 14 2 1 Figure D 8 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout ...

Page 70: ...ear 10 SRQ Service Request 11 ATN Attention 12 SHIELD Chassis ground 13 DIO5 Data Bit 5 14 DIO6 Data Bit 6 15 DIO7 Data Bit 7 16 DIO8 Data Bit 8 17 REN Remote Enable 18 GND Logic Ground 19 GND Logic Ground 20 GND Logic Ground 21 GND Logic Ground 22 GND Logic Ground 23 GND Logic Ground 24 GND Logic Ground 25 GND Logic Ground External SMBs Figure D 9 shows the location and pinouts for the SMB connec...

Page 71: ...Description Center TTL Trigger or Clock Signal Shield Ground VXIbus P1 and P2 Figure D 10 shows the location and pinouts for the VXIbus connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 9 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P2 connector signals Table D 10 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P1 connector signals P1 Connector P2 Connector C1 B1 A1 C32 B32 A32 Figure D 10 VXIbus Connectors Locat...

Page 72: ...ot Connected GND MODID07 12 SYSRESET BR0 DS1 13 2 V 5 V 5 2 V 13 LWORD BR1 DS0 14 Not Connected D16 MODID06 14 AM5 BR2 WRITE 15 Not Connected D17 MODID05 15 A23 BR3 GND 16 GND D18 GND 16 A22 AM0 DTACK 17 Not Connected D19 MODID04 17 A21 AM1 GND 18 Not Connected D20 MODID03 18 A20 AM2 AS 19 5 2 V D21 5 2 V 19 A19 AM3 GND 20 Not Connected D22 MODID02 20 A18 GND IACK 21 Not Connected D23 MODID01 21 A...

Page 73: ...es User Manual D 14 National Instruments Corporation Speaker Figure D 11 shows the location of the speaker connection on the VXIpc 850 Switchcraft manufactures a mating speaker connector part number 750 2 1 Speaker Figure D 11 Speaker Connection Location ...

Page 74: ...A SCSI Ethernet keyboard mouse parallel serial and GPIB Table D 11 shows the signal characteristics for the SMB and speaker connections Table D 11 Signal Characteristics for SMB and Speaker Connections Signal Voltage Range Maximum Current Frequency Range SMB TRIG out CLK out 0 to 3 4 V 200 mA DC 10 MHz Speaker 0 to 4 3 V 75 mA DC 20 kHz SMB TRIG in 0 to 5 V 100 mA DC 10 MHz with 50 Ω termination ...

Page 75: ...l the VXIpc 850 can accommodate any standard size PCI card and any XT height ISA card The height of an I O card is measured from the bottom of the bus connector to the top of the board as shown in Figure E 1 Height 4 2 in max Length 7 65 in max recommended Figure E 1 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 850 Expansion Slot Both PC height ISA cards and PCI cards are 4 2 in high The VXIpc 850 does not supp...

Page 76: ...in boards longer than 7 72 in are not recommended The restrictions on the length of a VXIpc 850 plug in board also depend on the possibility of physical contact with the system DRAM SIMMs Because the DRAM SIMMs are more likely to interfere with ISA cards than PCI cards the two are discussed separately in the following sections Length of PCI Plug In Boards The VXIpc 850 should accommodate any stand...

Page 77: ...in height and would extend into the plane of the ISA circuit card by 0 15 in Therefore National Instruments does not recommend the use of cards that are greater than 7 72 in in length They can be made to fit however care must be taken to ensure the following conditions Contact of the board with the SIMMs should not cause electrical shorts because of through hole component leads on the side of the ...

Page 78: ... Follow these steps to install the expansion board 1 Notice that the VXIpc 850 includes two card guides that can be rotated to secure the top of either a PCI or an ISA plug in board You may use one or both of these card guides depending on the length of your installed board Loosen the screw holding the guide and rotate the guide to the uppermost position for PCI boards or the lowermost position fo...

Page 79: ...ng I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation E 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Figure E 4 shows a PCI board installed in the VXIpc 850 a PCI Board Installed b ISA Board Installed Figure E 4 PCI Board Installed in a VXIpc 850 ...

Page 80: ...pc 850 uses the 32 bit PCI bus to interface to the VXIbus In fact the VXIbus circuitry on the VXIpc 850 also supports the new VME64 standard for D64 accesses Refer to your VXI software manual for more information What kind of signal is CLK10 and what kind of signal do I need for an external CLK10 CLK10 is a differential ECL signal on the backplane However the oscillator for the VXIpc 850 and the E...

Page 81: ... a special type of video display how do I configure my VXIpc 850 The VXIpc 850 uses the Trident Microsystems TGUI96xx chip family a combination graphics accelerator and RAMDAC The TGUI9660 is the first chip from this family used Succeeding pin compatible chips will follow The chips in this family are compatible with the Standard VGA video output MS Windows video driver as well as the Trident Micro...

Page 82: ...pc 850 refer to Appendix A Specifications Which interrupt levels are free to be used by ISA bus boards Which area of upper memory adapter space is free for use by ISA bus boards or expanded memory manager software programs See Appendix B VXIpc 850 System Resources for information on the available port I O register space upper memory area interrupts and DMA channels How do I install the VXIpc 850 i...

Page 83: ... 32 bit disk access is disabled Why does my computer hang on CSALLOC when I install the PCMCIA Card Wizard CSALLOC hangs unless the serial ports are set to 3E8 and 2E8 How can I boot from an external SCSI hard drive In the Setup Standard window change the Master drive setting from User to SCSI and make sure the SCSI is enabled in the Setup Chipset window Can I use the internal IDE drive and an ext...

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Page 86: ...Instruments hardware or software products related to this problem include the configuration forms from their user manuals Include additional pages if necessary Name Company Address Fax Phone Computer brand Model Processor Operating system include version number Clock Speed MHz RAM MB Display adapter Mouse yes no Other adapters installed Hard disk capacity MB Brand Instruments used National Instrum...

Page 87: ...on ___________________________________________________________________ W1 Setting SCSI Termination _____________________________________________________ W2 Setting CMOS ______________________________________________________________ W4 Setting LPT1 DMA __________________________________________________________ W13 Setting Slot 0 Detection ______________________________________________________ S1 Se...

Page 88: ...anager Delay _________________________________________________________ Number of Handlers _____________________________________________________________ Number of Interrupters ___________________________________________________________ Servant Area Size _______________________________________________________________ Protocol Register ________________________________________________________________ ...

Page 89: ...________________________________ Operating System _______________________________________________________________ Operating System Version ________________________________________________________ Operating System Mode __________________________________________________________ Programming Language __________________________________________________________ Programming Language Version ______________...

Page 90: ... April 1996 Part Number 321124A 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 Thank you for your help Name Title Company Address Phone Mail to Technical Publications Fax to Technical Publications National Instruments Corporation National Instruments Corporation 6504 Bridge Point P...

Page 91: ...tion or series of locations in memory address space A set of 2n memory locations differentiated from other such sets in VXI VMEbus systems by six addressing lines known as address modifiers n is the number of address lines required to uniquely specify a byte location in a given space Valid numbers for n are 16 24 and 32 In VME VXI because there are six address modifiers there are 64 possible addre...

Page 92: ...r successful use of the computer s hardware resources C CLK10 A 10 MHz 100 ppm individually buffered to each module slot differential ECL system clock that is sourced from Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe and distributed to Slots 1 through 12 on P2 It is distributed to each slot as a single source single destination signal with a matched delay of under 8 ns CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor...

Page 93: ...s required VXI interface capabilities built in EMC Electromagnetic Compliance F fair requester A VXIbus device that will not arbitrate for the VXIbus after releasing it until it detects the bus request signal inactive This ensures that all requesting devices will be granted use of the bus FPERR Floating Point Error G GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus IEEE 488 H hex hexadecimal the numbering syste...

Page 94: ...er device interrupt handler A VMEbus functional module that detects interrupt requests generated by interrupters and responds to those requests by requesting status and identify information interrupt level The relative priority at which a device can interrupt IRQ Interrupt signal ISA Industry Standard Architecture denotes a common expansion bus used in PCs K KB kilobytes of memory L LED Light emit...

Page 95: ...oftware for VME VXIbus systems NMI NonMaskable Interrupt Non Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in any slot in a VXIbus mainframe other than Slot 0 Installing such a device into Slot 0 can damage the device the VXIbus backplane or both P PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect The PCI bus is a high performance 32 bit or 64 bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines PCMCIA Person...

Page 96: ...ts data transfer cycles initiated by a VMEbus master and responds to the transfers when the address specifies one of the device s registers Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe This device is unique in the VXIbus system in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions including clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the back...

Page 97: ...in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions including clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device the VMEbus VXIbus backplane or both VXIbus VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation VXIinit A program in the NI VXI bus interface software package that initializes the board interrupts shared RAM ...

Page 98: ...iguration See also WinBIOS default settings 3 1 to 3 3 factory default settings table 3 3 parts locator diagram 3 2 EEPROM 3 8 to 3 9 fixing invalid configuration 3 9 power on self configuration status figure 3 8 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 9 SMB trigger input termination figure 3 8 electrostatic discharge warning 3 1 installed system RAM 3 9 installing VXIpc 850 3 12 to 3 13 P...

Page 99: ...9 SMB trigger input termination figure 3 8 electrical specifications A 1 electronic technical support G 1 to G 2 e mail support G 2 environmental specifications A 2 equipment optional 1 2 Ethernet configuring addresses 5 6 default settings table 5 6 connector and signals D 5 interface technical information 5 7 LEDs for port status 1 6 C 3 power on defaults PC configuration 3 11 software installati...

Page 100: ...ettings 3 3 See also configuration K keyboard connector illustration D 2 problems with plugging in keyboards F 3 signals table D 2 L LabVIEW software 1 3 LabWindows CVI software 1 3 LEDs on front panel board access LEDs C 3 Ethernet LEDs 1 6 C 3 system startup cycle C 2 VXIbus interface status LEDs 1 5 C 1 LINK LED 1 6 C 3 M MANTIS custom ASIC 1 4 manual See documentation memory See RAM MITE custo...

Page 101: ... 3 S SCSI interface booting from external SCSI hard drive F 4 connector and signals D 8 to D 10 interface technical information 5 9 to 5 10 setting up in BIOS F 2 software installation 5 9 termination PC configuration 3 10 using internal IDE drive and external SCSI hard drive F 4 serial port connectors and signals D 6 signals COM1 and COM2 connectors table D 6 Ethernet connector table D 5 GPIB IEE...

Page 102: ... F 4 TX LED 1 6 C 3 V VGA connector D 3 to D 4 video accelerator See also monitor interface technical information 5 3 to 5 4 pre installed driver for 5 3 questions and answers F 2 Super VGA monitor caution 5 3 Trident video manual 5 3 VGA connector D 3 to D 4 VMEbus capability codes A 3 VXIbus accessing 32 bit registers F 1 CLK10 routing 3 5 to 3 7 interface status LEDs 1 5 C 1 P1 and P2 connector...