National Instruments 800 Series manual

VXIpc ™ 800 Series User Manual VXIpc 800 Series User Manual September 1997 Edition Part Number 321744A-01 © Copyright 1997 National Instruments Corporation. All Rights Reserved.[...]

support@natinst .com E-mail: info@natinst.com FTP Site: ftp.natinst.com Web Address: http://www.natins t.com BBS United States: (512) 794-5422 BBS United Kingdom: 01635 551422 BBS France: 01 48 65 15 59 (512) 418-1 111 Tel: (512) 795-8248 Fax: (512) 794-56 78 Australia 03 9879 5166, Austria 0662 45 79 90 0, Belgium 02 757 00 20, Brazil 011 288 3336[...]

Important Information Warranty The National Instruments VXIpc 800 Series embedded computers and acce ssories are warranted against de fects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will , at its option, repai r or repl ace equipment that pr[...]

FCC/DOC Radio Frequency Interference Class A Compliance This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and, if n ot installed and us ed in strict accordance with the instructions in this ma nual, may cause interference to radio and television reception. Classification requirements are the s ame for the Federal Comm unications Commis sion [...]

© National Instruments Corporation v VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Table of Contents About This Manual Organization of This Manual .............. .............. ........... ............... .............. .............. ...... ix Conventions Used in This Manual .......................... ........... .............. .............. .............. . x H[...]

T able of Contents VXIpc 800 Series User Manual vi © National Instruments Corporation Configuring the PC ............. .............. ............... .............. ........... .............. .............. ........ 3-10 SCSI Termination ................. .............. ............ .. ............... .............. ........... ... .. 3-11 GPIB In[...]

T able of Contents © National Instruments Corporation vii VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Index Figures Figure 1-1. VXIpc-850 Embedded Comp uter .......................................................... 1-1 Figure 1-2. VXIpc-860 Embedded Comp uter .......................................................... 1-2 Figure 2-1. VXIpc 800 Series Block Diagr[...]

T able of Contents VXIpc 800 Series User Manual viii © National Instruments Corporation Figure E-5. Length Restrict ion s for PCI Plug-In Bo ards Used with the VXIpc-860 ....................... .............. ........... ............... .............. .............. .. E-5 Figure E-6. Length Restrict ion s for ISA Plug-In Boards Used wit h the VXI[...]

© National Instruments Corporation ix VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al About This Manual This manual contains instructions for installi ng and configuring the National Instrument s VXIpc 800 Series embedded comput er kit. The VXIpc 800 Series includes all the models of the VXIpc-800 embedded computers. Organization of This Manual This manua[...]

About This Manual VXIpc 800 Series User Manual x © National Instruments Corporation • Appendix E, Modifying and Install ing I/O Expansion Boards , explains how to modify and install an I/O board in the VXIpc 800 Series. • Appendix F, Common Questions , answers commo n questions you may have when usin g the VXIpc 80 0 Series. • Appendix G, Cu[...]

About This Manu al © National Instruments Corporation xi VX Ip c 8 00 Se ri es Us er M a nu al italic Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a key concept. This fon t also denotes text from wh ich you supply the appropriate word or valu e, as in Windows 3. x . monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters t[...]

About This Manual VXIpc 800 Series User Manual xi i © National Instruments Corporation Refer to th e NI-VISA User Manua l to learn about VISA and how to use it in your system. The NI-VISA online help describes the attributes, events, and operatio ns you can use in NI-VISA. The user manual is available in the c:VXIpnp os NIvisaManuals directory[...]

© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes the VXIpc 800 Series of embedded VXI computers, lists what you need to get started, describes the hardware, and lists optional equipment and soft ware. Overview Figure 1-1 shows a VXIpc-850 model with its cover removed. Figu[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 1 -2 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 1-2 shows a VXIpc-860 model with its cover removed. Figure 1-2. VXIpc-860 Embedded Computer The VXIpc 800 Series controllers are C-size, embedded computers based on the Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) bus and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporation 1-3 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Optional Equipment You can contact National Instru ments to order any of the f ollowing optional equipment: • COM1/2 adapter cable • Enhanced parallel port adapter cable • Single-shielded 2 m GPIB cabl e • Upgrades for the VXIpc 800 Series[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 1 -4 © National Instruments Corporation LabWindows/CVI is an interactive C development environ ment for building test and measurement and instrument control systems. It includes interactive code-generation tools and a graphical editor for building custom user interfaces. LabVIEW and LabWindows/CV[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporation 1-5 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Custom Application-Specific Interface Chips The VXIpc 800 Series uses the MITE and MANTIS custom ASICs to deliver high VXI performance, and can achieve more than 20 M B/s DMA block-mode data transfer rates across the VXI backplane. The VXIpc 800 S[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 1 -6 © National Instruments Corporation Front Panel Features The VXIpc 800 has the following front-panel features: • PCMCIA slots – The VXIpc 800 Series has one Type I/II and one Type I/II/III slot. • One full-size expansion slot (on the VXIpc-850 only) that accepts either a PCI or a PC ISA[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporation 1-7 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al – ACCESS LED indicates when the VXIpc 800 MODID line is asserted or the VXIbus registers or shared memory are accessed by another bus master. – DRIVE LED indicates when the internal hard drive is in use. • Four front-panel LEDs that show Eth[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 1 -8 © National Instruments Corporation Table 1-1. VXIpc 800 Series Periphe rals Overview Peripheral External Connector ISA or PCI Function Video 15-pin DSUB (standard VGA) PCI High-resolution/ color support for a Super VGA monitor IDE None PCI Supports internal fast ATA-2 hard drive Ethernet RJ-[...]

© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Chapter 2 Functional Overview This chapter contains function al descriptions of each maj or logic block on the VXIpc 800 Se ries embedd ed computers. VXIpc 800 Functional Description The VXIpc 800 is a modular PC in a VXIbus C-size form factor. It includes many high-per[...]

Chapter 2 Functional Over view VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 2 -2 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 2-1. VXIpc 800 Series Block Diagram PCI-Based CPU Card Memory Cache Chipset Video SCSI 32-bit, 5 V PCI Local Bus System I/O PCI Expansion Slot ISA Expansion Slot RTC SCSI IDE (Internal) PCMCIA VXI VXI Bus ISA Bus Ethernet GPIB PC Peripherals [...]

Chapter 2 Functional Overview © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al The VXIpc 800 consists of the following logic blocks: Video The video circuitry is a plug-in PCI car d that has a 64-bit data path to up to 4 MB o f EDO DRAM. IDE This is dedicated PCI-IDE circuitry providing fast ATA-2 transfers to the int[...]

Chapter 2 Functional Over view VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 2 -4 © National Instruments Corporation CPU Card The modular arc hitecture o f the VXIpc 800 Series contains a plug-in CPU card that can accommodate various Pentium/Pentium Pro-class processors. This card includes the CPU, chipset support th at connects t he CPU subsystem to the PCI bus, [...]

© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation This chapter contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 800 Series embedded computer. Unless otherwise noted, these instructions apply to all models in the VXIpc 800 Series, which currently cons[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 3 -2 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 3-1. VXIpc 800 Series Parts Locator Diagram 1 Trigger In Termination (S7) 2 CLK10 Inversion (S4) 3 Ethernet EEPROM Config. (S1) 4 LPT DMA Channel (W4) 5 MITE EEPROM Config. (S9) 6 MITE Self Config. (S2) 7 Slot 0 Ide[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation © National Instruments Corporation 3-3 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Table 3-1 lists the factory-default settings and option s for the onboard jumpers and switches. Table 3-1. VXIpc 800 Series Hardware Default Settings Jumper/ Switch Default Setting Optional Setting W1 Supply SCSI[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 3 -4 © National Instruments Corporation Configuring the VXIpc 800 Series This section descri bes how to configure t he following options on th e VXIpc-800: • VXIbus Slot 0/Non-Slot 0 • VXIbus CLK10 routing • Trigger input termination • EEPROM • Install[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation © National Instruments Corporation 3-5 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Figure 3-2. VXIbus Slot Configuration When the VXIpc-800 is installed in Slot 0, it becomes the VXIbus System Controller. In this role, it has VXIbus Data Transfer Bus Arbiter circuitry that accepts bus requests [...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 3 -6 © National Instruments Corporation Notice that Figure 3-3b also shows switch S5. You must configure these switches as shown when using the correspo nding CLK10 source setting of S3. Figure 3-3. VXIbus CLK10 Routing The VXIpc-800 can also be configured to dr[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation © National Instruments Corporation 3-7 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al When switch S5 is set so that the VXIpc-800 receives the SMB CLK10 signal, you have the o ption to add a 50 Ω termination to the signal by setting switch S6. Switch S6 is un used—its setting does not matter?[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 3 -8 © National Instruments Corporation 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 set ting of Figure 3-[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation © National Instruments Corporation 3-9 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al The EEPROM is divi ded into two halves; o ne half is factory config ured and one half is user configurable. Use switch S9 to control the operation of the EEPROM. The setting of this switch determines whether the [...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 3- 10 © National Instruments Corporation If this situation oc curs after you change the config uration, perform the following steps to reconfigure the VXIpc-800. 1. Turn your computer off. Warning: To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazar[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation © National Instruments Corporation 3-11 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al SCSI Termination The VXIpc-800 uses active termination on the SCSI-2 bus. Because the VXIpc-800 is always an end device, you shoul d not need to disab le the termination; however, for inf ormational purposes Fig[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 3- 12 © National Instruments Corporation System CMOS The VXIpc-800 c ontains a backe d-up memory use d to store BIOS defaults and configu ration information. To clear the CMOS contents, simply short the pins of W2 as shown in Figure 3-12b. Caution: You should no[...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation © National Instruments Corporation 3-13 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Ethernet Power-On Defaults The VXIpc-800 Ethernet circuitry loads its power-on settings from an EEPROM. You should not change switch S1 from its default setting; however, the switch setting required to do so is [...]

Chapter 3 VXIpc 800 Series Configuration and Installation VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 3- 14 © National Instruments Corporation 4. Insert th e VXIpc-80 0 in the slot you have selected b y aligning the top and bottom of the modul e with the card-edge guides inside the mainframe. Slowly push the VXIpc-800 straight into the slot until its plug connec[...]

© National Instruments Corporation 4-1 VX Ip c 8 00 S e ri es U s er M a nu al Chapter 4 BIOS This chapter contains information on BIOS, the low-level i nterface between the hardware and PC soft ware that configur es and tests your hardware at boot up. Th is BIOS (Basic Input Output System) provi des an easy-to-use graphical user interfac e to all[...]

© National Instruments Corporation A-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Appendix A Specifications This appendix describes t he environmental, electr ical, and mechanical specifications of th e VXIpc 800 Series embedded comput er. Unless otherwise specified, these specifications apply to al l models in the VXIpc 800 Series. Requirements Electrical Char[...]

Appendix A Specifications VXIpc 800 Series User Manual A-2 © National Instruments Corporation Physical VXIpc-860 Voltage (V) Current (A) Typical Maximum (Fused) +5 8.52 A 12 A -5.2 224.5 mA 2 A -2 67.2 mA 2 A +12 2.60 mA 2 A -12 2.43 mA 2 A Characteristic Specification Size Two-slot VXIbus C-Size Module (233.35 by 340 by 60.96 mm) Board Dimensions[...]

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-3 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Environmental 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-ST D-810E for Category 1 (Basic Transportation, Figures 514.4-1 throug h 514.4-3). Test r[...]

Appendix A Specifications VXIpc 800 Series User Manual A-4 © National Instruments Corporation BLT, MBLT (master) VMEbus master block and D64 transfers BLT, MBLT (slave) VMEbus slave block and D64 transfers RMW (master) VMEbus master read/modify/write transfers RMW (slave) VMEbus slave read/modify/write transfers RETRY (master) VMEbus master retry [...]

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-5 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Adding RAM To add RAM to the VXIpc 80 0, remove the top cover and add SIMM modules to the empty SIMM sockets. National Instruments recommends the foll owing types of SIMMs for use with the VXIpc-850 Series controller (Fast Page Mode): 8 MB: 2 MB x 36 SIMM[...]

© National Instruments Corporation B-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resources This appendix describes what system resources are available on the VXIpc 800 Series and where they are allocated. Because PCI is a relatively new addition t o PCs, this appendix descri bes how PCI interrupts fit into a PC architecture b[...]

Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resour ces VXIpc 800 Series User Manual B-2 © National Instruments Corporation 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[...]

Appendix B VXIpc 800 Series System Resour ces © National Instruments Corporation B-3 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Table B-3. VXIpc 800 Series I/O Address Map I/O Address Device 000-00F 8237 D MA #1 020-021 8259 PIC #1 040-043 8253 Timer 060-066 8742 Controller 070-077 CMOS RAM & NMI Mask Reg 078-07B BIOS Tim er 080-090 DMA Pag e Registers 092 [...]

© National Instruments Corporation C-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Appendix C LED Indicators This appendix descri bes how to read the LEDs on the fr ont panel to interpret the status of the VXIpc 800 Series. VXIbus Interface Status LEDs The VXIbus interface status LEDs are loc ated at the top of the module and include four LEDs: FAILED , SYSFAIL [...]

Appendix C LED Indi cators VXIpc 800 Series User Manual C-2 © National Instruments Corporation LEDs and System Startup Cycle Table C-1 shows a system startup cycle and possible points of failure, up to and inc luding the st ate in which t he VXIinit initializa tion program asserts the ONLINE LED. Table C-1. LEDs and System Startup Status Step LEDs[...]

Appendix C LED Indicators © National Instruments Corporation C-3 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual If either the SYSFAIL or FAILE D LED remains lit, perform the following steps. 1. Power off the mainframe. 2. Remove all other modules from the mainframe. 3. Make sure that the VXIpc 800 jumper settings are correct. 4. Make sure that the VXIpc 800 is seat[...]

Appendix C LED Indi cators VXIpc 800 Series User Manual C-4 © National Instruments Corporation LINK LED The LINK LED indicates LINK status and can generally be used to check if Ethernet activity is occurring. DSEL LED The DSEL (Device Select) LED lights when Ethernet registers are being accessed.[...]

© National Instruments Corporation D-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors This appendix descri bes the front panel and connecto rs on the VXIpc 800 Series. This material contains the information relevant to VXI plug&play Specification VPP-8, VXI Module/Mainframe to Receiver Interconnection . Note: The illustrati[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-2 © National Instruments Corporation Front Panel Figure D-1 shows the front panel layo ut of the VXIpc-800. The drawing shows dimensions relevant to key elements on the front panel. Dimensions are shown in inches and millimeters, with millimeter dimensions in square brackets. The[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-3 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Keyboard and Mouse Figure D-2 shows the location and pin outs for t he keyb oard and mouse connectors on the VXIpc 800 Series. Table D-1 gives the name and description for the k eyboard and mouse connect or signals. Amp manufactures a mating c[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-4 © National Instruments Corporation VGA Figure D-3 shows the location and pinouts for the VGA connector on the VXIpc 800 Series. Table D-2 gives the name and description for the VGA connector signals. Amp manufactures a mating co nnector with part nu mbers 748364-1 (housing) and[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-5 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Ethernet Figure D-4 shows the location and pinouts for the Ethernet connector on the VXIpc-800. Table D-3 gives the name and description for the Ethernet connector signals. Amp manufactures a mating co nnector, part number 554 739-1. Figure D-[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-6 © National Instruments Corporation COM1 and COM2 Figure D-5 shows the location and pinouts for the COM1 and COM2 connectors on the VXIpc 80 0. Table D-4 gives the name and descript ion for the COM1 and CO M2 connecto r signals. ITT Cannon manufactures a serial port mating conne[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-7 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Figure D-5. COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pin out Table D-4. COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Descrip tion 1 DCD* Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD* Receive Data 3 TXD* Transmit Data 4 DTR* Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Groun[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-8 © National Instruments Corporation Parallel Port Figure D-6 shows the location and pinouts for the IEEE-1284 connector on the VXIpc-800 . Table D-5 gives the name and description for the IEEE-1284 connector signals. Amp manufactures a parallel port compatible connector, part nu[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-9 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Table D-5. Parallel Port Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Descrip tion 1 BUSY* Device Busy 2 SLCTIN* Select Input 3 ACK* Acknowledge 4 FAULT* Fault 5 ERROR Error 6 PD0 Data Bit 0 7 PD1 Data Bit 1 8 PD 2 Data Bit 2 9 PD3 Data Bit 3 10 P[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-10 © National Instruments Corporation SCSI Figure D-7 shows the location and pinouts for the SCSI connector on the VXIpc-800. Table D-6 gives the name and description for the SCSI connector signals. Amp manufactures a SCSI compatible connector, part number 749111-4. Figure D-7. S[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-11 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual 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 D[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-12 © National Instruments Corporation GPIB (IEEE-488.2) Figure D-8 shows the location and pinouts for the GPIB connector on the VXIpc-800. Table D-7 gives the name and description for the GPIB connector signals. ITT Cannon manufactures a GPIB mating connector, part number MDSM-25[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-13 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Table D-7. GPIB Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Descrip tion 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* Not Data Accepted 9 [...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-14 © National Instruments Corporation External SMBs Figure D-9 shows the location and pinouts for the SMB connectors on the VXIpc 800. The SMB connectors are used for an external clock signal and TTL trigger input and output. Table D-8 gives the name and description for the SMB c[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-15 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Speaker Figure D-10 shows the locati on of the speaker connecti on on the VXIpc-800. Switchcraft manufactures a mating speaker connector, part number 750. Figure D-10. Speaker Connection Location 2 1 Speaker[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-16 © National Instruments Corporation Signal Characteristics Refer to the relevant standard for the signal characteristics for VGA, SCSI, Ethernet, keyboard, mouse, parallel, serial, and GPIB. Table D-9 shows the signal characteristics for the SMB and speaker connections. Table D[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-17 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual VXIbus P1 and P2 Figure D-11 shows the locati on and pinouts for th e VXIbus connector on the VXIpc 800 Series. Table D-10 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P2 conn ector signals. Table D -11 gives the name and description for the[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-18 © National Instruments Corporation 13 –2 V +5 V –5.2 V 14 Not Connected D16 MODID06 15 Not Connected D17 MODID05 16 GND D18 GND 17 Not Connected D19 MODID04 18 Not Connected D20 MODID03 19 –5.2 V D21 -5.2 V 20 Not Connected D22 MODID02 21 Not Connected D23 MODID01 22 GND[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors © National Instruments Corporation D-19 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Table D-11. VXIbus P1 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A 1 D08 BBSY* D00 2 D09 BCLR* D01 3 D10 ACFAIL* D02 4 D11 BG0IN* D03 5 D12 BG0OUT* D04 6 D13 BG1IN* D05 7 D14 BG1OUT* D06 8 D15 BG2IN* D07 9 GND BG2OUT* GND 10 SYSFAIL* BG3IN* SYSCLK[...]

Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 800 Series User Manual D-20 © National Instruments Corporation 28 A10 IRQ3 A03 29 A09 IRQ2 A02 30 A08 IRQ1 A01 31 +12 V Not Connected –12 V 32 +5 V +5 V +5 V Table D-11. VXIbus P1 Connector Signals (Continued) Pin Row C Row B Row A[...]

© National Instruments Corporation E-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Expansion Boards This appendix explains how to modify and install an I/ O board in the VXIpc 800 Series. Notice that some material is different between the VXIpc-850 an d the VXIpc-86 0. Height of VXIpc-850 Plug-In Boards In general, the VXI[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Ex pansion Boards VXIpc 800 Series User Manual E-2 © National Instruments Corporation Length of VXIpc-850 Plug-In Boards The VXIpc-850 will accommodate PCI or ISA I/O boards that are up to 4.2 in. hig h and up to 13. 415 in. long when DRAM SIMMs 0. 85 in. or shorter are used on the processor bo ard (Natio na[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Expansion Boards © National Instruments Corporation E-3 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Length of ISA Plug-In Boards Because ISA boards mount with the components facing away from the CPU card, which contains the process or and system R AM, tall DRAM SIMMs may interfere with th e circuit card of the plug-i n boa[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Ex pansion Boards VXIpc 800 Series User Manual E-4 © National Instruments Corporation Height of VXIpc-860 Plug-In Boards In general, the VXIpc-860 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 conn ector to the top of t[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Expansion Boards © National Instruments Corporation E-5 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Length of VXIpc-860 Plug-In Boards The VXIpc-860 can accommodate PCI or ISA I/O boards that are up to 4.2 in. high and up to 8.4 in. long. When DRAM SIMMs 0.85 in. are used on the processor board, the component-side componen[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Ex pansion Boards VXIpc 800 Series User Manual E-6 © National Instruments Corporation Length of ISA Plug-In Boards Because ISA boards mount with the components facing away from the CPU card, which contains the process or and system R AM, tall DRAM SIMMs may interfere with th e circuit card of the plug-i n bo[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Expansion Boards © National Instruments Corporation E-7 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Installing an I/O Board The following material applies equally to all model s in the VXIpc 800 Series. Materials Needed You need the following pieces to install an expansion board in the VXIpc-800: • A user-defined panel i[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Ex pansion Boards VXIpc 800 Series User Manual E-8 © National Instruments Corporation with a lock washer (hole diameter should be 0.125 in.). In either case, use a 4-40 x 1/4 in. stainless steel p anhead screw to mount the board/bracket assembly to the front panel. Figure E-7. PCI Board and ISA Board Install[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Expansion Boards © National Instruments Corporation E-9 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Figure E-9. Front View of PCI Board Expansion Bracket .475 [12.07] (I/O Connector Window) I/O Connector Window , (.475 [12.07] X 3.224 [81.89]) 3.464 [87.99] .09 [2.3] (.200 [5.08]) 4.46 [1 13.28] 4.080 [103.63] .19 [4.8] .1[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Ex pansion Boards VXIpc 800 Series User Manual E-10 © National Instruments Corporation Figures E-10 and E-11 give dimensions and i nstructions for creati ng a connector cutout and expa nsion bracket for an ISA bo ard. Figure E-10. Side View of ISA Board with Expansion Bracket 4.200 [106.68] (XT Card) 3.500 [[...]

Appendix E Modifying and Installing I/O Expansion Boards © National Instruments Corporation E-11 VXI pc 800 Series User Manual Figure E-11. Front View of ISA Board Expansion Bracket .490 [12.45] (I/O Connector Window) I/O Connector Window , (490 [12.45] X 3.500 [88.90]) 3.550 [90.17] .09 [2.3] (.200 [5.08]) 4.46 [1 13.28] 4.080 [103.63] .19 [4.8] [...]

© National Instruments Corporation F-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Appendix F Common Questions This appendix answers co mmon questions you may have when using the VXIpc 800 Series. What do the LEDs on the front of the VXIpc 800 mean? Refer to Append ix C , LED Indicators , for a description of the front panel LEDs. Is something wrong with the VXI[...]

Appendix F Comm on Questions VXIpc 800 Series User Manual F-2 © National Instruments Corporation If I boot the computer without video, and then plug in the video, why is it in black and white? When the computer fir st boots, the video chips try to syn chronize with the monitor. If the monitor is no t there, the video chips cannot synchronize and e[...]

Appendix F Common Questions © National Instruments Corporation F-3 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual What if my keyboard connector does not fit into t he keyboard port on the VXIpc 800? You can plug keyboards that have a 6-pin Min i DIN PS/2 type connector directly into the VXIpc 800. You can use the keyboard adapter cable that is included with every V[...]

Appendix F Comm on Questions VXIpc 800 Series User Manual F-4 © National Instruments Corporation How do I check the configuration of the memory, floppy drive, hard drive, time/date, and so on? You can view these parameters in the BIOS setup. To enter the BIOS setup, reboot the VXIpc 800 and press the <DEL> key durin g the memory tests. Refer[...]

© National Instruments Corporation G-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Appendix G Customer Communication For your convenience, this appendix contains forms to help you gather the information necessary to help us solve your technical problems and a form you can use to comment on the product documentation. When you contact us, we need the information o[...]

Fax-on-Demand is a 24-hour information retrieval system containing a library of documents on a wide range of technical information. You can access Fax-on-Demand from a touch-tone telephone at (512 ) 418-1111. You can submit technical support questions to the applications engineering team through e-mail at the Internet address listed below. Remember[...]

Technical Support Form Photocopy this form and update it each time you make changes to your software or hardware, an d use the completed copy of this form as a reference for your current configuration. Completing this form accurately before contacting National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions [...]

Hardware and Software Configuration Form Record the settings and revisions of your hardware and software on the line to the right of each item. Complete a new copy of this form each time you revise your software or hardware configuration, and use this form as a reference for your current configuration. Completing this form accurately before contact[...]

Other Products Mainframe make and model ________ ___ __________________ ___ ___ __________________ ___ Microprocessor ___________ ______________ _________________ _________________ _______ Clock frequency or speed _ _____________ __________________ _________________ __________ Type of video board installed ___ ______________ ____ _________________ [...]

Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our pro ducts. This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs. Title: VXIpc ™ 800 Series User Manual Edition Date: September 19 97 Part Number: 321744A-01 Please comment on the completeness, clarity, and organization[...]

© National Instruments Corporation Glossary-1 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Glossary A A Amperes address Character code that identifies a specific location (or series of locations) in memory address space A set of 2 n memory locations differentiated from other such set s in VXI/ VMEbus systems by six addressi ng lines known as address modifier s. n[...]

Glossary VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Glossary-2 © National Instruments Corporation B b bits Bb y t e s backplane An assembly, typically a printed circui t board, with 96-p in connectors and signal paths that bus the connector pins. A C-size VXIbus system will have two sets of bused connectors called J1 and J2. A D-size VXIbus system will have thr[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation Glossary-3 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual DRAM Dynamic RAM (Random Access Memory); storage that the compute r must refresh at frequent intervals E ECL Emitter-Coupled Logic EDO Extended Data Out; a DRAM architecture that shortens overall acce ss latency, improving performance EEPROM Electronically Erasable[...]

Glossary VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Glossary-4 © National Instruments Corporation I IDE Integrated Drive Electronics. Denotes the most common interface to the hard drive on PCs. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in. inches I/O input/output; the t echniques, media, and devices used to achieve communication between machines an[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation Glossary-5 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual L LED Light-emitting diode M m meters master A functional part of a VME/VXIbus device that initiates data transfers on the backplane. A transfer can be either a read or a write. MB megabytes of memory MITE A National Instruments custom ASIC, a sophisticated dual-ch[...]

Glossary VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Glossary-6 © National Instruments Corporation P PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. The PCI bus is a high-performance 32-bit or 64-bit bus wit h multiplexed address and data lines. PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PEM Penn Engineering Manufacturing Corporati on. A manufacturer [...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation Glossary-7 VXIpc 800 Series User Manual T trigger Either TTL or ECL lines used for intermodule communication TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic V VV o l t s VISA Virtual Instrument Software Architecture. This is the general name given to VISA and its associated architecture. VME Versa Module Eurocard or IEE[...]

© National Instruments Corporation I ndex-1 V XI pc 80 0 S er ie s U se r M an ua l Index A ACCESS LED, 1-7, C-3 address map, I/O (table), B-3 to B-4 application-specific interface chips, custom, 1-5 audio capability. See speaker. B BIOS. See also CMOS. clearing CMOS contents, 3-12 entering setup, 4-1 viewing settings, F-4 board access LEDs, C-3 b[...]

Index VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Ind ex -2 © National Instruments Corporation SCSI, D-10 to D-11 signal characteristics, D-16 speaker, D-15 VGA, D-4 to D-5 VXIbus P1 and P2, D-17 to D-20 CPU card, 2-4 custom application-specific interface chips, 1-5 customer communication, xii, G - 1t oG - 2 D default settings, 3-1 to 3 -3 factory defau l t sett[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporation I ndex-3 V XI pc 80 0 S er ie s U se r M an ua l I IDE controller overview, E-3 problems with booting hard disk, F-4 using internal IDE drive and external SCSI hard drive, F-4 installation. See also configuration. electrostatic discharge (warning), 3-1, 3-13 installation procedure, 3-13 to 3-14 I/O expansio[...]

Index VXIpc 800 Series User Manual Ind ex -4 © National Instruments Corporation O ONLINE LED, 1-6, C-1 P parallel port connector and signals, D-8 to D-9 DMA level, PC configuration, 3-12 PC configuration, 3-10 to 3-13 Ethernet power-on defaults, 3-13 GPIB interrupt level, 3-11 parallel port DMA level, 3-12 SCSI term ination, 3-11 system CMOS, 3-12[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporation I ndex-5 V XI pc 80 0 S er ie s U se r M an ua l speaker connecting external speaker to VXIpc 800 Series, F-3 connector location (figure), D-15 signal characteristics (table), D-16 specifications adding RAM, A-5 electrical, A-1 to A-2 environmental, A-3 physical, A-2 requirements, A-1 VMEbus capability code[...]