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National Instruments VXI/VME 600 User's Manual

1. The following steps reproduce the problem VXIA MEpc 600 Series 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 contacting National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently National Instruments Products NI VXI VISA Software Version Number Using Both NI VXI and NI VISA Using LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI VXI VMEpc 600 Series Hardware Settings VXIpc 600 Series Model Number Part Number Serial Number Hard Drive Size Video Memory Processor Speed Slot Location W1 Setting MITE Self Configuration W2 Setting External Trigger SMB Termination W3 Setting SCSI Termination W4 Setting CLK10 SMB Direction W5 Setting CLK10 SMB Termination W6 Setting CLK10 Source W7 Setting CLK10 SMB Polarity W8 Setting Ethernet EEPROM W9 Setting MITE Configuration EEPROM W11 Setting System Controller Slot Detection W20 Setting CMOS Clear VXIAMEpc Configuration Editor Settings T amp M Explorer Logical Address Device Class Size of Servant Area Number of Handlers Number of In
2. A set of 2 memory locations differentiated from other such sets in VXI VMEbus systems by six addressing lines known as address modifiers nis 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 address spaces A portion of address space that can be accessed from the application program National Instruments Corporation G 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Glossary ANSI API ASIC B backplane BERR BIOS BTO bus error Bus Timeout Unit byte order VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT G 2 American National Standards Institute Application Programming Interface the direct interface that an end user sees when creating an application application specific integrated circuit bytes An assembly typically a printed circuit board with 96 pin connectors and signal paths that bus the connector pins A C size V XIbus system will have two sets of bused connectors called J1 and J2 A D size V XIbus system will have three sets of bused connectors called J1 J2 and J3 Bus error signal Basic Input Output System BIOS functions are the fundamental level of any PC or compatible computer BIOS functions embody the basic operations needed for successful use of the computer s hardware resources See Bus Timeout Unit An error that signals failed acce
3. National Instruments application software 1 4 NI Spy utility 1 3 3 7 National Instruments Corporation NI 488 2 software kit 1 3 NI V XI VISA software common questions B 1 to B 7 determining version of NI VXI VISA software B 4 differences between old and new utilities B 1to B 2 handling VME devices B 3 hardware questions B 5 to B 7 Resman B 3 startup Resman operation B 4 VISAconf B 2 to B 3 VXIedit B 2 to B 3 VXiinit B 2 library of NI VISA routines 1 3 pre installed on VXI VMEpc 600 Series 1 4 2 3 programming considerations 3 4 to 3 7 compiler symbols for 3 6 to 3 7 example programs 3 4 to 3 5 overview 3 4 user manuals note 3 4 VME support 3 5 reinstalling C 1 to C 3 completing C 3 installation procedure C 2 to C 3 preparing for C 1 0 os directory 1 5 P power cycling running Resman after note 3 1 programming See developing applications National Instruments Corporation I 3 Index Q questions about NI VXI VISA software B 1 to B 7 determining version of NI VXI VISA software B 4 differences between old and new utilities B 1 to B 2 handling VME devices B 3 hardware questions B 4 to B 7 Resman B 3 startup Resman operation B 4 VISAconf B 2 to B 3 VXIedit B 2 to B 3 VXIinit B 2 R reinstalling NI V XI VISA software C 1 to C 3 completing C 3 installation procedure C 2 to C 3 preparing for C 1 requirements for getting started 1 1
4. what you need to get started lists optional software and gives an overview of the directory on your hard drive Chapter 2 Setting up Your VXI VME System contains basic instructions for setting up the VXI VMEpc 600 Series and the NI V XI VISA software Chapter 3 Developing Your Application discusses the software utilities you can use to start developing applications that use the NI V XI VISA driver Appendix A Default Settings summarizes the default settings for the hardware and software in your kit Appendix B Common Questions addresses common questions you may have about using the NI VXI VISA software on the VXI VMEpc platform Appendix C Reinstalling the NI VXI VISA Software contains the instructions on how to reinstall your NI VXI VISA software Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series controller was shipped with the NI VXI VISA software already installed It is unlikely that you will ever need to use these instructions Appendix D Customer Communication contains forms you can use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual including abbreviations acronyms metric prefixes mnemonics and symbols vii VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT About This Manual e The ndex contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics used in this manual including the page where you can find each one Conv
5. Acrobat Reader program Version 3 or later to open these files Related Documentation The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as you read this manual e ANSI IEEE Standard 1014 1987 IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus VMEbus e ANSI IEEE Standard 1155 1993 IEEE VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation VXIbus e ANSI VITA 1 1994 VM E64 e VXI 6 VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification Rev 1 0 VXIbus Consortium VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT X National Instruments Corporation About This Manual 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 contains comment and configuration forms for you to complete These forms are in Appendix D Customer Communication at the end of this manual National Instruments Corporation Xi VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Introduction This chapter describes the VXI VMEpc 600 Series of embedded computers along with the NI VXI VISA software lists what you need to get started lists optional software and gives an overview of the directory structure on your hard drive How to Use This Manual The following flowchart shows where to turn in this manual for more details on configuring and using the
6. Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation in the VXI VM Epc 600 Series User Manual for information on enabling and defeating the FSD circuitry 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 VXI VMEpc controller and press the DEL key during the memory tests Refer to Chapter 4 BIOS in the VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual for more information Can I upgrade my VXI VMEpc 600 Series You can upgrade the CPU to 233 MHz if you have the 166 MHz model Contact National Instruments for information Can I use the internal IDE drive and an external SCSI hard drive at the same time Yes but you can only boot from the internal IDE drive in this configuration My CMOS is corrupted How do I set it back to default 1 Enter the BIOS setup program as described in Chapter 4 BIOS in your VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual 2 Select Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Answer Y Yes to the verification prompt 4 Select Save Settings and Exit National Instruments Corporation B 7 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Reinstalling the NI VXI VISA Software This appendix contains the instructions on how to reinstall your NI VXI VISA software Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series controller was shipped with the NI VXI VISA software already installed It is unlikely that you will ever need to
7. Series User Manual contains more details about changing the hardware installation or configuration from the defaults and using the hardware When you are familiar with the material in these manuals you can begin to use the NI VXI User Manual This manual presents the concepts of VXI and prepares you for detailed explanations of the NI VXI functions The NI VXI online help describes the NI VXI functions to help you fully understand the purpose and syntax of each function You can find this same information in the NI VXI Programmer Reference Manual These two manuals are available in the c NNIVXIMManuals directory under the names NI VXIUsersMan pdf and NI VXIProgrammerMan pdf respectively Use the Acrobat Reader program Version 3 or later to open these files You can also access the NI VXI online help for Windows 95 NT in the NIVXI folder Refer to the NI VXI Graphical Utilities Reference Manual and the NI VXI Text Utilities Reference Manual to learn more about the NI VXI utilities Refer to the NI VISA User Manual to learn about VISA and how to use it in your system The NI VISA online help describes the attributes events and operations you can use in NI VISA You can find this same information in the NI VISA Programmer Reference Manual These two manuals are available in the c Vxipnp os NIvisa Manuals directory where os is either Win95 or WinNT under the names NI VISAUsersMan pdf and NI VISAProgrammersMan pdf respectively Use the
8. and can control one or more Servants A set of registers through which the system can identify a module device type model manufacturer address space and memory requirements In order to support automatic system and memory configuration the VXIbus specification requires that all VXIbus devices have a set of such registers DTB one of four buses on the VMEbus backplane The DTB is used by a bus master to transfer binary data between itself and a slave device Direct Memory Access a method by which data is transferred between devices and internal memory without intervention of the central processing unit Dynamic RAM Random Access Memory storage that the computer must refresh at frequent intervals A region of address space that is decoded by the VXI VMEpc for use by the NI V XI software See Data Transfer Bus Emitter Coupled Logic Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Glossary embedded controller F fair requester GPIB hex Hz IEEE I O instrument driver interrupt interrupt handler interrupt level IRQ VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT G 4 An intelligent CPU controller interface plugged directly into the VXI backplane giving it direct access to the VXIbus It must have all of its required VXI interface capabilities built in A VX Ibus device that will not arbitrate for the V XIbus after releasing it until it detects the b
9. give you direct control of VXI VME registers memory interrupts and triggers All models in the VXI VMEpc 600 Series are fully VXIplug amp play compliant and can be used with PC compatible software tools the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI application software and the NI VXI NI VISA and NI 488 2 bus interface software For in depth details on the VXI VMEpc 600 Series hardware including a description of the differences between the various models in their respective series refer to the VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual Software Description is the name of the VXI VME bus control library for your VXI VMEpc 600 Series You can create applications using NI VXI to control your VXI and VME devices NI VXI gives you complete VXI VME functionality including an API for performing basic VXI VME data transfers and handling VXI VME interrupts as well as VXI specific functionality such as doing message based communication and handling VXiIbus triggers NI VISA is the National Instruments implementation of the VISA specification VISA is a uniform API for communicating and controlling Serial GPIB VXI and VME instruments This API aids in the creation of more portable applications and instrument drivers VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT 1 2 National Instruments Corporation Chapter 1 Introduction The NI VXI VISA software for the VXI VMEpc 600 Series is already installed on your hard drive It inclu
10. hardware and software Chapter 1 Gather What You Need to Get Started Using Hardware Defaults Refer to Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual Install Hardware Verify System Run T amp M Explorer to Configure All Devices in System Chapter 2 Develop Your Application Chapter 3 What You Need to Get Started VXI VMEpc 650 embedded controller VXIbus or VMEbus mainframe Keyboard and included adapter cable D D DO vo Mouse National Instruments Corporation 1 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Chapter 1 Introduction Q Monitor with VGA or better resolution C National Instruments software media for the VXI VMEpc 600 Series The NI VXI VISA software is already installed on your VXI VMEpc 650 computer It is also included on disk in the event that you need to reinstall your software For installation instructions please refer to Appendix C Reinstalling the NI VXI VISA Software Hardware Description The VXI VMEpc 600 Series models are B size embedded computers based on x86 processor architecture and on the Peripheral Component Interface PCI bus These computers are high performance easy to use platforms for controlling VXIbus or VMEbus systems featuring complete VXI and VME functionality through interactive utilities and C function calls These embedded computers can take advantage of the VXI VME high performance backplane capabilities and
11. system for first time 2 3 VXIpc T amp M Explorer PCI Tab default bulletin board support D 1 settings table A 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Shared Memory Tab default settings table A 2 C developing applications 3 1 to 3 7 CLK 10 signal B 6 configuration 3 1 to 3 2 CMOS corruption B 7 debugging 3 7 common questions See questions about device interaction 3 3 to 3 4 NI VXI VISA software programming with VXI 3 4 to 3 7 compiler symbols for NI V XI 3 6 to 3 7 compiler symbols for NI VXI configuration 3 6 to 3 7 booting system for first time 2 3 example programs 3 4 to 3 5 configuration utilities 3 1 to 3 2 VME support 3 5 B 1 to B 2 device interaction 3 3 to 3 4 configuring system for LabVIEW or directories and files installed on hard drive 1 5 LabWindows CVI 2 3 documentation device interaction 3 3 to 3 4 conventions used in manual viii hardware configuration 2 1 flow chart for using manual 1 1 more than one device configured as system how to use documentation set ix x controller caution 2 2 organization of manual vii viii verifying system configuration 2 4 related documentation x customer communication xi D 1 to D 2 drivers txt file 1 5 National Instruments Corporation l 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Index E electronic support services D 1 to D 2 e mail support D 2 example programs for NI VXI VISA software 3 4 to 3 5 Examples directory 3 4 topics addressed table 3 5 F f
12. to 1 2 Resman utility purpose and use 3 1 to 3 2 B 3 reconfiguration after power cycling note 3 1 startup Resource Manager operations B 4 testing the system B 5 using with T amp M Explorer 3 2 when to run 3 1 B 3 S SCSI drives B 7 setting up VXI VME system See configuration installation System Controller installing VXI VMEpc 600 Series in alternative slot B 6 to B 7 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Index software 1 2 to 1 4 See also specific utilities e g Resman utility configurations 1 3 to 1 4 installed software 2 3 National Instruments application software 1 4 overview 1 2 to 1 3 reinstalling NI VXI VISA software C 1 to C 3 system controller more than one device configured as caution 2 2 T technical support D 1 to D 2 telephone and fax support numbers D 2 T amp M Explorer software adding VME devices manually 3 1 to 3 2 application development 3 2 hardware configuration 2 1 overview 1 3 using with Resman 3 2 viewing device information 3 3 VXI VME MXI 2 Device Tab default settings table A 3 MXI 2 Bus Tab default settings table A 4 VXI VME Bus Tab default settings table A 4 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Device Tab default settings table A 2 VXIpc PCI Tab default settings table A 2 VXIpc Shared Memory Tab default settings table A 2 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT l 4 V verifying system configuration 2 4 VIC utility debugging app
13. you will need to install LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI from the CD or diskette set if you want to use either program If your system includes any VXI devices you should now run T amp M Explorer It prompts you to run Resman which is the National Instruments Resource Manager You must run Resman every time the chassis power is cycled so that your application can access devices in the VXI VME chassis You can configure T amp M Explorer to automatically run Resman on power up T amp M Explorer contains right click help that leads you through your configuration tasks Whether you are a VXI or VME user please continue with Chapter 3 Developing Your Application for information about using T amp M Explorer in your system National Instruments Corporation 2 3 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Chapter 2 Setting up Your VXI VME System Verifying Your System Configuration After you finish configuring the system through T amp M Explorer verify the system configuration through one of the interactive control utilities Use VIC under NI VXI or VISAIC under NI VISA For an example on how to use VIC refer to the Device Interaction section in Chapter 3 Developing Your Application VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT 2 4 National Instruments Corporation Developing Your Application This chapter discusses the software utilities you can use to start developing applications that use the NI VXI VISA driver After verifying your sy
14. 1 of a VMEbus chassis This device is unique in the VMEbus system 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 backplane or both VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation The simplest required communication protocol supported by message based devices in a VXIbus system It utilizes the A16 communication registers to transfer data using a simple polling handshake method A mechanism that signifies that a device will immediately give a successful acknowledge to a write transfer and place the transfer in a local buffer The device can then independently complete the write cycle to the destination VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT G 8 National Instruments Corporation Index Numbers D 32 bit registers accessing B 5 debugging applications 3 7 default settings A VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer Device Tab default Add Device Wizard 3 2 settings table A 3 Add VME Device Wizard 3 2 T amp M Explorer MXI 2 Bus Tab default application development See developing settings table A 4 applications T amp M Explorer VXI VME Bus Tab default settings table A 4 VXI VMEpc 600 Series B hardware default settings table BINARY COMPATIBLE compiler symbol A 1 to 2 3 6 to 3 7 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Device Tab BIOS setup B 7 default settings table A 2 booting
15. Default Setting Low level register access API Enabled support User window size 64 KB VXIAME MXI 2 This section summarizes the software default settings for the VXI MXI 2 and VME MXI 2 This information is useful if you have either of these modules in your system Table 5 VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer Device Tab Default Settings Editor Field Default Setting Logical address Use DIP switch Address space 24 Requested memory 16 KB A24 A32 write posting Disabled A16 write posting Disabled Interlocked mode Disabled Assumes no DRAM is installed If DRAM is installed the Address space should be A32 and Requested memory should match the amount of DRAM If you install the DRAM yourself you must manually specify these changes National Instruments Corporation 3 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Table A 6 VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer VXI VME Bus Tab Default Settings Editor Field Default Setting Bus timeout value 125 us Slot 0 configuration Auto detect Auto retry Disabled Transfer limit 256 Arbiter type Priority Fair requester Enabled Arbiter timeout Enabled Request level 3 Table 7 VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer 2 Bus Tab Default Settings Editor Field Default Setting System controller Bus timeout value Auto detect 1 ms MXI 2 auto retry Disabled MXI transfer limit Unli
16. NOT intended to be a substitute for any form of established process procedure or equipment used to monitor or safeguard human health and safety in medical or clinical treatment Compliance FCC DOC Radio Frequency Interference Class A Compliance This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions in this manual may cause interference to radio and television reception Classification requirements are the same for the Federal Communications Commission FCC and the Canadian Department of Communications DOC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the following two regulatory agencies Federal Communications Commission This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential 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 Inst
17. The NI Spy utility tracks the calls your application makes to National Instruments T amp M drivers including NI VXI NI VISA and NI 488 2 NI Spy helps you debug your application by clearly highlighting the functions that return errors You can let NI Spy keep a log of your program s calls to these drivers so that you can check them for errors at your convenience Software Configurations There are three software configurations described in this manual e NI VXI for Windows 95 This is a fully 32 bit native Plug and Play driver for Windows 95 You can run only 32 bit applications with this driver Applications developed using this driver run with NI VXI for Windows NT without the need to recompile e NI VXI for Windows NT This is a 32 bit driver designed for Windows NT You can use this version to develop and run 32 bit applications for Windows 95 NT National Instruments Corporation 1 8 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Chapter 1 Introduction e NI VISA for Windows 95 NT This is a 32 bit driver designed for Windows 95 NT Note that for VME and VXI support the NI VXI driver must be installed You can use this driver to develop and run 32 bit applications for Windows 95 NT National Instruments Application Software Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series kit comes with the NI VXI VISA bus interface software already installed for you In addition you can use the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI application programs
18. VXI VME Getting Started with Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT We NATIONAL P INSTRUMENTS May 199 Part Number 321882A 01 Internet Support E mail support8natinst com FTP Site ftp natinst com Web Address http www natinst com Bulletin Board Support BBS United States 512 794 5422 BBS United Kingdom 01635 551422 BBS France 01 48 65 15 59 Fax on Demand Support 512418 1111 Telephone Support USA Tel 512 795 8248 Fax 512 794 5678 International Offices Australia 03 9879 5166 Austria 0662 45 79 90 0 Belgium 02 757 00 20 Brazil 011 288 3336 Canada Ontario 905 785 0085 Canada Qu bec 514 694 8521 Denmark 45 76 26 00 Finland 09 725 725 11 France 01 48 14 24 24 Germany 089 741 31 30 Hong Kong 2645 3186 Israel 03 6120092 Italy 02 413091 Japan 03 5472 2970 Korea 02 596 7456 Mexico 5 520 2635 Netherlands 0348 433466 Norway 32 84 84 00 Singapore 2265886 Spain 91 640 0085 Sweden 08 730 49 70 Switzerland 056 200 51 51 Taiwan 02 377 1200 United Kingdom 01635 523545 National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Austin Texas 78730 5039 USA Tel 512 794 0100 Copyright 1998 National Instruments Corporation rights reserved Important Information Warranty Copyright Trademarks The National Instruments VXI VMEpc 600 Series embedded computers and accessories are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the d
19. VXI VMEpc uses the 32 bit PCI bus to interface to the VXI VMEbus In fact its VXI VMEbus circuitry also supports the new VME64 standard for D64 accesses National Instruments Corporation B 5 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Appendix B Caution Common Questions What kind of signal is CLK10 and what kind of signal do I need for an external CLK10 VXI Only CLK 10 is a differential ECL signal on the backplane However the oscillator and the EXTCLK input on the front panel use TTL levels therefore you need to supply a TTL level signal for EXTCLK Our voltage converters convert the signal to differential ECL What is the accuracy of the CLK10 signal VXI Only The CLK10 signal generated by the VXIpc 650 is 100 ppm 0 01 as per the V XIbus specification If you need a more accurate CLK10 signal you can use the external CLK connector on the front panel What type of video interface is onboard the VXI VMEpc 650 What video drivers are included If my application requires a special type of video display how do I configure my VXI VMEpc 650 The VXI VMEpc 600 Series uses the Cirrus Logic CL GD5446 chip a 64 bit graphics accelerator The chip is compatible with the Standard VGA video output Microsoft Windows video driver as well as the Cirrus Logic video driver For more information on the video driver refer to the c Nimages manuals directory What kind of monitor can I use with the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Can I us
20. and instrument drivers to ease your programming tasks These standardized programs match the modular virtual instrument capability of VXI VME and can reduce your VXI VME software development time These programs are fully VXIplug amp play compliant and feature extensive libraries of VXI instrument drivers written to take full advantage of direct VXI control LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI include all the tools needed for instrument control data acquisition analysis and presentation LabVIEW is a complete programming environment that departs from the sequential nature of traditional programming languages and features a graphical programming environment LabWindows CVI is an interactive C development environment for building test and measurement and instrument control systems It includes interactive code generation tools and a graphical editor for building custom user interfaces When you boot your system for the first time you can insert a configuration disk to access either or both of these application programming environments Refer to the Booting Your System for the First Time section in Chapter 2 Setting up Your VXI VME System for more information Both LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI integrate the V XI and VISA libraries that are required to support your VXI VMEpc 650 You also get hundreds of complete instrument drivers which are modular source code programs that handle the communication with your instrument to speed your application developme
21. ate of shipment as evidenced by receipts or other documentation National Instruments will at its option repair or replace equipment that proves to be defective during the warranty period This warranty includes parts and labor The media on which you receive National Instruments software are warranted not to fail to execute programming instructions due to defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from date of shipment as evidenced by receipts or other documentation National Instruments will at its option repair or replace software media that do not execute programming instructions if National Instruments receives notice of such defects during the warranty period National Instruments does not warrant that the operation of the software shall be uninterrupted or error free A Return Material Authorization RMA number must be obtained from the factory and clearly marked on the outside of the package before any equipment will be accepted for warranty work National Instruments will pay the shipping costs of returning to the owner parts which are covered by warranty National Instruments believes that the information in this manual is accurate The document has been carefully reviewed for technical accuracy In the event that technical or typographical errors exist National Instruments reserves the right to make changes to subsequent editions of this document without prior notice to holders of this edition The reader should consu
22. ated as Slot 0 in VXI systems or as Slot 1 in a VME chassis In its default configuration the VXI VMEpc 600 Series automatically detects whether it should be the system controller Although you can use the module in other slots as non system controller this example describes the basic installation as system controller The system controller operates certain VXI VMEbus lines as required for V XI VME systems Verify that any other devices with system controller capability that are located in the same chassis are not configured as system controller N Caution Having more than one device configured as system controller will damage the VXI VME system For VXI systems that include VME devices ensure that the VME devices are not configured in the upper 16 KB starting from 0xC000 of the A16 address space This region is reserved for VXI device configuration registers which are used for initializing configuring and interacting with VXI devices Also ensure that no VXI devices in your system are configured for logical address 0 which is the default configuration for the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Complete your installation as follows Attach cables for your keyboard mouse video and any devices you want to connect to your system Refer to the VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual if you are not certain about any of these connections 2 Turn on power to the chassis 3 Follow the prompts in the Setup program VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Wind
23. ation C 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Appendix C Reinstalling the NI VXI VISA Software Installing the Software Note AX Caution This section describes how to install the 32 bit NI VXI VISA software for the VXI VMEpc 600 Series The Setup program works the same whether you are using Windows 95 or Windows NT Please carefully read these directions along with any messages on the screen before making your selections You can quit the Setup program at any time by pressing the Cancel button Setup is an interactive self guiding program that installs the NI VXI VISA software and configures your system to use the software with the VXI VMEpc 650 Follow these steps to perform the installation 1 Insert disk 1 of your set of disks labeled NI VXI VISA for VXI VMEpc 600 Series and Windows 95 NT 2 Select Run from the Start menu and enter the following text where x is your floppy drive usually A X Nsetup exe and press Enter 3 Click on the Next button at the Welcome screen to start the installation and accept the license agreement If Setup detects a 16 bit DOS or Windows 3 x version of the NI VXI software it prompts you to remove it Setup will quit so you can uninstall the old software If you have a previous 32 bit Windows 95 or Windows NT version of the NI VXI software installed Setup installs the new version over the previous If you want to keep the manufacturer model name tables or the VME devic
24. ax and telephone support numbers D 2 Fax on Demand support D 2 files and directories installed on hard drive 1 5 FTP support D 1 H hard drives B 7 hardware configuration 2 1 description 1 2 installation 2 2 more than one device configured as system controller caution 2 2 questions about B 4 to B 7 hardware default settings VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer Device Tab default settings table A 3 T amp M Explorer MXI 2 Bus Tab default settings table A 4 T amp M Explorer VXI VME Bus Tab default settings table A 4 VXI VMEpc 600 Series hardware default settings table A to A 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Device Tab default settings table A 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer PCI Tab default settings table A 2 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT l 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Shared Memory Tab default settings table A 2 IDE drives B 7 images directory 1 5 installation booting system for first time 2 3 hardware 2 2 installed software 2 3 reinstalling NI VXI VISA software C 1 to C 3 VXI VMEpc 600 Series in slot other than system controller slot B 6 to B 7 instrument drivers available with LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI software 1 4 interacting with devices 3 3 to 3 4 K keyboard connectors B 6 L LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI software 1 4 configuring system for 2 3 LEDs on front of VXI VMEpc 600 Series B 5 manual See documentation manuals directory 1 5 monitor for VXI VMEpc 600 Series B 6
25. ded computers Run T amp M Explorer and right click on the name of the VXI VMEpc Select Hardware Configuration and T amp M Explorer displays the dialog box for the device The title bar includes the serial number and hardware revision Which NI VXI utility program must I use to configure the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Use the T amp M Explorer program to configure the VXI VMEpc T amp M Explorer is located in the NIVXI program group folder Which NI VXI utility program must I use to initialize the VXI VMEpc 600 Series In Windows 95 NT the VXI VMEpc embedded computer is automatically initialized at system startup Which NI VXI utility program must I use to perform startup Resource Manager operations Use the Resman program to perform startup Resource Manager operations It is located in the NIVXI directory Resman uses the settings configured in T amp M Explorer It initializes your VXI VMEbus system and stores the VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT B 4 National Instruments Corporation Appendix B Common Questions information that it collects to the RESMAN TBL file in the TBL subdirectory of the NIVXI directory You can also run Resource Manager operations from T amp M Explorer Through T amp M Explorer you can also configure Resman to run automatically at computer startup What can I do to make sure that my system is up and running The fastest method for testing the system is to run Resman This program attempts t
26. des an interactive configuration and troubleshooting program libraries of software routines for test and measurement T amp M programming interactive control programs for both NI VXI and NI VISA a logging utility you can use for debugging your applications and a VXI Resource Manager You can use this software to seamlessly program multiple mainframe configurations and have software compatibility across a variety of controller platforms National Instruments also includes the NI 488 2 software kit which gives you access to the industry standard NI 488 2 software for controlling external GPIB instruments through the GPIB port on the front panel The GPIB interface on your VXI VMEpc controller is fully compatible with the NI 488 2 driver for a variety of operating systems Any software using NI 488 2 will run on the VXI VMEpc 650 Use T amp M Explorer to view your entire T amp M system and configure various components whether they are Serial GPIB VXI or VME devices This utility also adopts the functionality of the NI DAQ Configuration utility so you can configure National Instruments V XI DAQ cards For VXI users T amp M Explorer also features various options of how to run the VXI Resource Manager Resman You can still execute Resman independently to configure your instruments after a power cycle but you can also perform resource manager operations directly from T amp M Explorer or configure it to run Resman automatically at startup
27. devices in your system configure NI V XI to see these devices by using the Add Device Wizard in T amp M Explorer VME devices with two blocks of memory in the same address space require two entries You can also specify which interrupt levels the device uses VXI and VME devices cannot share interrupt levels You can then access the VME device from NI VXI or NI VISA just as you would a register based V XI device by specifying the address space and the offset from the base at which you have configured it NI VISA support for VME devices includes the register access operations both high level and low level and the block move operations as well as the ability to receive interrupts VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Chapter 3 Developing Your Application Compiler Symbols for NI VXI You may need to define some symbols so that the NI VXI library can work properly with your program Note Skip this section if you are programming with NI VISA only NI VISA does not use these symbols You can define the symbols using define statements in the source code or you can use either the D or the D option in your compiler both the Microsoft and Borland compilers support the D and D options If you use define statements you must define the symbols before including the NI VXI header file nivxi h If you use the makefiles to compile the sample program the makefile already defines the necessary symbols The VXINT symbol is required You must d
28. dix A Default Settings Table A 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Hardware Default Settings Continued Jumper Description Default Setting Description W7 CLK 10 SMB Polarity Not inverted VXI only W8 Ethernet EEPROM Enabled Do not alter this setting W9 MITE User Configuration Load values from user side EEPROM W11 System Controller Slot Automatically detect slot Detection Mode W20 Clear CMOS Disabled Change only when clearing CMOS Table A 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Device Tab Default Settings Editor Field Default Setting Logical address 0 Device class Message based Size of Servant area 0 Number of handlers 1 Number of interrupters 0 Table A 3 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Shared Memory Tab Default Settings Editor Field Default Setting Memory sharing Don t share memory Shared RAM size 64 KB when sharing memory Reserved physical memory 64 KB when sharing memory Lower half window byte Disabled swapping VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT A 2 National Instruments Corporation Appendix A Default Settings Table A 3 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Shared Memory Tab Default Settings Continued Editor Field Default Setting Upper half window byte Disabled swapping Map upper and lower halves at Disabled same PCI address Table 4 VXIpc T amp M Explorer PCI Tab Default Settings Editor Field
29. e configuration from a previous installation be sure to back them up before starting Setup by copying the TBL directory into another folder 4 Selectthe type of installation from the Choose Setup screen e Express setup is the fastest and simplest installation option This option installs all the NI VXI VISA software in default directories without prompting you to make any further choices e Typical setup prompts you to make high level choices of which drivers to install and the destination directories VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT C 2 National Instruments Corporation Appendix C Reinstalling the NI VXI VISA Software Custom setup gives you complete control over which files and utilities you want installed on your system This option is recommended for advanced users 5 The Express setup completes without further questions Follow the prompts if you select either the Typical or the Custom setup options The final prompt displays the choices you made concerning applications support and destination directories Click on the Next button to begin the installation 6 Setup now copies the necessary files to your hard drive and creates program icons Completing the Software Installation After Setup completes please review the information in any README files that Setup prompts you to read Complete your software installation as follows 1 When the installation process completes you must reboot your co
30. e Super VGA VXI VMEpc 600 Series computers use Super VGA video output They work only with monitors having a horizontal scan rate of at least 50 kHz and a vertical scan rate of 60 Hz Make sure your monitor meets this specification Enabling the Super VGA option on a monitor that does not meet this specification will damage your monitor What should I do if my keyboard connector does not fit into the keyboard port on the VXI VMEpc 650 You can plug keyboards that have a 6 pin Mini DIN PS 2 type connector directly into the VXI VMEpc You can use the keyboard adapter cable that is included with every VXI VMEpc 600 Series kit to adapt the larger AT keyboard connector to the 6 pin Mini DIN connector VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT B 6 National Instruments Corporation Appendix B Common Questions What must I do if I want to install the VXI VMEpc 650 in a slot other than the System Controller slot The VXI VMEpc 600 Series automatically detects whether it is in the System Controller slot first slot of a VXI VMEbus mainframe You do not need to change jumper settings to install the VXI VMEpc controller in a different slot unless you have defeated the first slot detector FSD circuitry by changing the appropriate jumper setting on the VXI VMEpc Remember that devices in all other slots must not be manually configured as system controller they should be configured either for automatic detection or manual non System Controller
31. e acceptable for most typical applications Refer to Appendix A Default Settings for a complete listing of the hardware and software default settings The VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual fully describes the configuration and installation of each embedded computer in the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Refer to this manual if you want to try a different hardware configuration or if you would like more information on a particular setting Use the T amp M Explorer utility in NI VXI VISA to change any of the configuration settings for the VXI VMEpc For information on the software including optional settings use T amp M Explorer and its online help Use the Windows Start menu to open either the NI VXI or NI VISA program group and select T amp M Explorer To access the T amp M Explorer online help open the Help menu and select Help Topics National Instruments Corporation 2 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Chapter 2 Setting up Your VXI VME System Installing the Hardware N Caution To prevent electrostatic discharge touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your VXI VMEbus chassis before removing the VXI VMEpc 650 from the package Warning 70 protect both yourself and the chassis from electrical hazards the chassis should remain off until you are finished installing the VXI VMEpc module Plug in your chassis but leave the power turned off Install the VXI VMEpc 650 in the first slot of the VXI VME chassis design
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33. efine it when using the Microsoft C or Borland C compiler VXINT designates the application as Windows 95 NT application Note LabWindows CVI automatically defines the correct symbol You do not need to define VXINT when using LabWindows CVI The BINARY_COMPATIBLE symbol is optional It makes the application binary compatible with embedded VXI controllers such as the National Instruments VXI V MEpc series of embedded controllers This option may cause a slight performance degradation when using low level V XIbus access functions If you define these symbols in your source code your source code should look something like the following sample code define VXINT define BINARY COMPATIBLE include lt nivxi h gt If you define these symbols using the D or D compiler options you should specify the following when invoking the compiler For the Microsoft C compiler DVXINT DBINARY COMPATIBLE VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT 3 6 National Instruments Corporation Chapter 3 Developing Your Application For the Borland C compiler DVXINT BINARY COMPATIBLE You will also need to link in the appropriate import library for your code If you are using a Microsoft C compiler use the nivxint lib in the nivxi win32 msc directory If you are using a Borland C compiler use the nivxint libinthe nivxi win32 borlandc directory Refer to the documentation that came with your compiler package for detailed ins
34. einstalling the NI VXI VISA Software Appendix D Customer Communication Glossary Index Tables Table 3 1 NI V XI VIS A Examples eiit rtt etes 3 5 Table A 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Hardware Default Settings 1 Table 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Device Tab Default Settings A 2 Table A 3 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Shared Memory Tab Default Settings A 2 Table A 4 VXIpc T amp M Explorer PCI Tab Default Settings A 3 Table A 5 VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer Device Tab Default Settings A 3 Table A 6 VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer VXI VME Bus Tab Default Settings i dece im et P tetto em A 4 Table A 7 VXI VME MXI 2 T amp M Explorer MXI 2 Bus Tab Default Set ngs ren ee Re seti sedo A 4 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT vi National Instruments Corporation About This Manual Use this manual to get started with the VXI VMEpc 600 Series embedded computers and the NI VXI VISA software for Windows 95 NT This manual summarizes the setup instructions and default settings for the hardware and software You may find that these sections contain all the information you need to get started Organization of This Manual This manual is organized as follows National Instruments Corporation Chapter 1 Introduction describes the VXI VMEpc 600 Series of embedded computers along with the NI VXI VISA software lists
35. entions Used in This Manual AX bold bold italic italic monospace monospace bold monospace italic VXI VMEpc 600 Series The following conventions are used in this manual The symbol indicates that the text following it applies only to a specific product a specific operating system or a specific software version This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a note which alerts you to important information This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a caution which advises you of precautions to take to avoid injury data loss or a system crash This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a warning which advises you of precautions to take to avoid being electrically shocked Bold text denotes the names of menus menu items or dialog box buttons or options Bold italic text denotes a note caution or warning Italic text denotes emphasis a cross reference or an introduction to a key concept This font also denotes text from which you supply the appropriate word or value Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should literally enter from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives paths directories programs subprograms device names functions variables filenames and extensions Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer automa
36. es for Windows 95 NT Chapter 3 Developing Your Application Alternatively you can use VISAIC to interact with your devices VISAIC lists the available devices similar to what T amp M Explorer displays By double clicking on a given device you can open a VISA session and access the device through it For more information regarding VISAIC use the right click help available from all panels Programming with VXI Note National Instruments provides two different programming interfaces for accessing your instruments NI VISA and NI VXI NI VISA is the National Instruments implementation of the VISA API as defined by the VXIplug amp play standard It is very useful when you have different types of instruments in your system such as VXI VME GPIB and Serial devices because the NI VISA functions have the same interface NI VXI is the National Instruments proprietary interface for programming VXI VME instruments Both NI VXI and NI VISA grant you register level access of VXI VME instruments as well as messaging capability to message based devices With either interface you can service asynchronous events such as triggers and interrupts and also assert them The best way to learn how to program with NI VXI or NI VISA is by reviewing the example programs included in your software In the Examples directory you will find examples for many different types of applications If you are just getting started you should first learn how t
37. for NI VISA You can use these utilities to interactively control your devices without having to use a conventional programming language LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI i Note You can launch VIC or VISAIC from the Tools menu in T amp M Explorer Try the following in VIC In the Command entry field type help vxiin This help file shows you the syntax for this command which reads VME address space The first argument is the access parameters for selecting the address space byte order and so on The second is the VME address to read and the third is the width of the data to read Type vxiin 1 0xC000 2 The History window shows the result of the command execution such as Return Status 0 SUCCESS value Ox9ff6 If the value ends with 6 you have successfully read the National Instruments manufacturer ID from the V XI VMEpc 650 ID register Because this is the first configuration register present for all VXI devices the VXI device at Logical Address has its manufacturer ID register located at A16 address OxXC000 the beginning of the VXI configuration space You may now want to read the registers from other devices in your system using the command vxi in Try reading a register from each of the devices listed in the Address Map View of T amp M Explorer In this way you can verify that your VXI VMEpc 650 can access each of the devices in your system successfully National Instruments Corporation 3 3 VXI VMEpc 600 Seri
38. guration Register Based Device A Servant only device that supports V XIbus configuration registers Register based devices are typically controlled by message based devices via device dependent register reads and writes The name of the National Instruments Resource Manager in NI VXI bus interface software See Resource Manager A message based Commander located at Logical Address 0 which provides configuration management services such as address map configuration Commander and Servant mappings and self test and diagnostic management An acknowledge by a destination that signifies that the cycle did not complete and should be repeated seconds A device controlled by a Commander there are message based and register based Servants A communication protocol that uses a block of memory accessible to both a client and a server The memory block operates as a message buffer for communications This is unique to register based interfaces such as VXI National Instruments Corporation SIMM slave SMB System Controller T trigger TTL U user window VIC VISA National Instruments Corporation G 7 Glossary Single In line Memory Module A functional part of a VME V XIbus device that detects data transfer cycles initiated by a VMEbus master and responds to the transfers when the address specifies one of the device s registers Sub Miniature Type B connector that features a snap coupling for fast connecti
39. his help and function help National Instruments Corporation 3 7 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Default Settings This appendix summarizes the default settings for the hardware and software in your kit If you need more information about a particular setting or if you want to try a different configuration please refer to the VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual for your hardware reference and the T amp M Explorer online help for your software reference Because you can also use T amp M Explorer to configure a VXI MXI 2 or a 2 this appendix also summarizes the software default settings for the VXI VME MXI 2 VXIANMEpc 600 Series This section summarizes the hardware and software default settings for the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Notice that some of the jumpers described in Table A 1 are for VXI configuration only Table A 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series Hardware Default Settings Jumper Description Default Setting Description W1 Power On MITE Self Configuration W2 External Trigger Input Enabled Do not alter this setting Do not terminate Termination VXI only W3 SCSI Bus Termination Enabled W4 CLK10 SMB Direction Receive CLK10 VXI only W5 CLK10 SMB Termination VXI only Do not terminate W6 CLK10 Source VXI only Source from onboard oscillator National Instruments Corporation A 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Appen
40. hould find an image of the Windows 95 CD in c images os win95 The rest of the directories correspond to each of the peripherals in your system Within each of these directories are the drivers for the peripherals These files and directories are copied exactly from the distribution disks of the manufacturers so the naming conventions vary from peripheral to peripheral Because the naming conventions may not be completely straightforward National Instruments provides a text file named drivers txt in the images directory The drivers txt file explains how to install support for each peripheral You may want to print this file for reference when you install your peripheral device drivers National Instruments Corporation 1 5 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Setting up Your VXI VME System This chapter contains basic instructions for setting up the VXI VMEpc 600 Series and the NI VXI VISA software You can use this material as a guide to quickly configure and operate your VXI VME system using the VXI VMEpc 600 Series This chapter assumes that you intend to perform a basic configuration as follows e You have one VXI VMEbus chassis in which you will be using the VXI VMEpc 650 as System Controller e You will be using the NI VXI VISA software for initialization configuration and device interaction e You will use the default hardware and software settings Configuring the Hardware The default hardware settings ar
41. ide quality products to meet your needs Title Getting Started with Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Edition Date 1998 Part Number 321882A 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 E Mail Address Phone Fax Mail to Technical Publications Faxt0 Technical Publications National Instruments Corporation National Instruments Corporation 6504 Bridge Point Parkway 512 794 5678 Austin Texas 78730 5039 Glossary Prefix Meanings Value p pico 10 n nano 107 u micro 10 6 m milli 10 3 k kilo 10 M mega 10 G giga 10 t tera 1012 16 VXIbus address space equivalent to VME 64 KB short address space In VXI the upper 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 standard address space A32 space VXIbus address space equivalent to the VME 4 GB extended address space address Character code that identifies a specific location or series of locations in address space address window memory In VISA it identifies a resource
42. ies for Windows 95 NT D 2 Fax 03 9879 6277 0662 45 79 90 19 02 757 03 11 011 288 8528 905 785 0086 514 694 4399 45 76 26 02 09 725 725 55 01 48 14 24 14 089 714 60 35 2686 8505 03 6120095 02 41309215 03 5472 2977 02 596 7455 5 520 3282 0348 430673 32 84 86 00 2265887 9 640 0533 08 730 43 70 056 200 51 55 02 737 4644 01635 523154 512 794 5678 National Instruments Corporation Technical Support Form Photocopy this form and update it each time you make changes to your software or hardware and 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 more efficiently If you are using any National 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 Instruments hardware product model Revision Configuration National Instruments software product Version Configuration The problem is List any error messages
43. ize the V XIbus Optionally run VXIedit to configure any extender devices on the VXIbus 6 Run VIC to verify device operation 7 Ifyou are using VISA you have the option of running VISAconf to National Instruments Corporation configure NI VISA B 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Appendix B Common Questions 8 Run VISAIC to verify that you can communicate with your system using VISA The new utility components are as follows e T amp M Explorer Use this utility to configure view and initialize your system e Resman You can still use this as before However you can perform resource manager operations directly from T amp M Explorer or configure it to run Resman automatically at startup See What about running Resman later in this section e VIC Use as before e VISAIC Use as before e NI Spy Use this utility to debug your NI VXI NI VISA application Your setup might now include the following steps 1 Install components and boot the system 2 Execute VXI Resource Manager responsibilities either run Resman or click the build button in T amp M Explorer 3 Run VIC or VISAIC to verify communication in your system What happened to VXIinit You no longer need to run VXIinit to initialize settings on your hardware The loading of hardware settings now takes place in the driver completely eliminating the need for VXIinit Where do I find the information that VXlIinit used to p
44. lications 3 7 interacting with devices 3 3 VISA API 3 4 VISAconf utility B 2 to B 3 VISAIC utility debugging applications 3 7 interacting with devices 3 3 3 4 VME devices adding manually with T amp M Explorer 3 1 to 3 2 programming considerations 3 5 questions about B 3 VXledit utility B 2 to B 3 VXIinit utility B 2 vxiinreg command 3 3 VXINT compiler symbol 3 6 VXIplug amp play compliance 1 2 C 1 VXI VME MXI 2 default settings T amp M Explorer Device Tab default settings table 3 T amp M Explorer MXI 2 Bus Tab default settings table A 4 T amp M Explorer VXI VME Bus Tab default settings table A 4 VXI VMEpc 600 Series accessing 32 bit registers B 5 default settings hardware default settings table A to A 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Device Tab default settings table A 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer PCI Tab default settings table A 2 VXIpc T amp M Explorer Shared Memory Tab default settings table A 2 National Instruments Corporation Index files and directories installed on hard VXI VMEpc embedded computers drive 1 5 determining serial number and hardware hardware description 1 2 revision B 4 installing in slot other than system controller slot B 7 LEDs on front B 5 W requirements for getting started writing applications See developing 1 1 to 1 2 applications software description See software upgrading B 7 National Instruments Corporation l 5 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windo
45. lly detect VME devices in a system you can add them easily through the Add Device Wizard in T amp M Explorer Through this procedure you can reserve resources for each of your VME devices and configure T amp M Explorer to show VME devices on the screen with all your other devices National Instruments Corporation B 3 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Appendix B Common Questions How can I determine which version of the NI VXI VISA software I have installed Following are several ways to find this information From T amp M Explorer select About from the Help menu In the About dialog box press the Software Info button This displays version information on NI VXI and NI VISA files e Under Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 0 you can find version information by right clicking on any component and selecting the Properties option This displays a property sheet with a version tab This tab has version information about the product NI VXI and the component NIVXINT DLL for example e You can find version information about the NI VXI driver by running the VIC utility program Type ver at the prompt and the utility displays the versions of VIC and NI VXI and the latest VXI VMEpc hardware revision that this NI VXI driver supports e You can find version information about the VISA driver through VISAIC by selecting About from the Help menu How can I determine the serial number and hardware revision of the VXI VMEpc embed
46. lt National Instruments if errors are suspected In no event shall National Instruments be liable for any damages arising out of or related to this document or the information contained in it EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED HEREIN NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE CUSTOMER S RIGHT TO RECOVER DAMAGES CAUSED BY FAULT OR NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT THERETOFORE PAID BY THE CUSTOMER NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF DATA PROFITS USE OF PRODUCTS OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF This limitation of the liability of National Instruments will apply regardless of the form of action whether in contract or tort including negligence Any action against National Instruments must be brought within one year after the cause of action accrues National Instruments shall not be liable for any delay in performance due to causes beyond its reasonable control The warranty provided herein does not cover damages defects malfunctions or service failures caused by owner s failure to follow the National Instruments installation operation or maintenance instructions owner s modification of the product owner s abuse misuse or negligent acts and power failure or surges fire flood accident actions of third parties or
47. mary address and so on of each device by right clicking on the device in the tree When you view the properties of most National Instruments devices you can configure the hardware settings directly in the property pages T amp M Explorer and Resman are designed to work together You can run the Resource Manager through T amp M Explorer by either clicking on the Run Resman button on the toolbar or selecting VXI Resource Manager from the Tools menu From the Options dialog in the Tools menu you can also configure T amp M Explorer to run Resman automatically when the computer boots up Resman reports all errors that it finds in your system to T amp M Explorer When you view your system through T amp M Explorer you can easily spot any errors in your system that Resman found You can find more information about T amp M Explorer by using its online help From T amp M Explorer open the Help menu and select Help Topics VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT 3 2 National Instruments Corporation Chapter 3 Developing Your Application Device Interaction After Resman has detected and configured all VXI devices you can view specific information on each device in your system by using the T amp M Explorer utility This utility includes a System View which contains a description for each device including each VXI device s logical address You can interact with your VXI devices by using the VIC or VISAIC utility VIC for NI VXI or VISAIC
48. mited MXI fair requester Disabled Perform parity checking Enabled MXI 2 CLK10 signal direction Switch determines signal direction VXI MXI 2 only VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT A 4 National Instruments Corporation Common Questions This appendix addresses common questions you may have about using the NI V XI VISA software on the VXI VMEpc platform What are some of the differences between the old utilities and the new ones The old utility components are as follows VXIinit This utility initializes your National Instruments controller hardware with settings determined in VXIedit Resman This utility initializes and configures all the other devices in your VXI system VXIedit This utility configures your National Instruments hardware VXItedit This is a console based version of VXIedit VIC Use this utility to interactively communicate with VXI devices over the VXIbus using the NI VXI API VICtext This is a console based version of VIC VISAconf This utility configures settings used by NI VISA VISAIC Use this utility to interactively communicate with VISA devices GPIB VXI Serial using NI VISA VXI VME system integration with the old utilities typically proceeded as follows Install components and boot the system 2 Configure your hardware with VXIedit 3 Reboot and run VXIinit to initialize your National Instruments hardware 4 Run Resman to initial
49. mputer for the changes to take effect The NI VXI driver is loaded at this time 2 If you backed up the manufacturer and model name files restore them to the TBL subdirectory of your NI VXI directory before running T amp M Explorer 3 After you install the NI VXI VISA software run the T amp M Explorer program It will prompt you to run Resman the National Instruments Resource Manager You must run Resman every time the chassis power is cycled so that your application can access devices in the VXI mainframe You can also configure T amp M Explorer to run Resman automatically at every computer startup 4 After you run Resman you are ready to use T amp M Explorer to interactively configure the National Instruments hardware in your system Use the right click help for information about the various configuration options National Instruments Corporation C 3 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT 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 on the Technical Support Form and the configuration form if your manual contains one about your system configuration to answer your questions as quickly as possible National Instruments has technical assistance through electronic fax and telephone systems to quickly pro
50. nager is unable to detect VME devices Because of this when using systems containing a mixture of VME devices and VXI devices you need to National Instruments Corporation 3 1 VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Chapter 3 Developing Your Application manually add your VME devices in T amp M Explorer using the Add VME Device Wizard to reserve system resources when the Resource Manager runs Systems consisting of only a VMEpc 600 Series controller a VME chassis and VME boards do not need to run Resman when using NI VXI software even though the devices do not appear in the T amp M Explorer connection tree However you would not be able to use VISA without manually adding the VME devices to the system by using T amp M Explorer as described above and then running Resman This is because NI VISA uses the Resource Manager to create instrument sessions for VXI VME device communication If this is not an issue for you you can skip Resman T amp M Explorer presents a graphical display of your entire test and measurement system to help you configure various components When you launch T amp M Explorer you see all your VXI GPIB GPIB VXI and serial devices on the screen You can add devices that cannot be detected dynamically by T amp M Explorer through the Add Device Wizard in the Edit menu Such devices include VME devices certain GPIB devices and serial ports You can view the properties such as logical address address space used pri
51. nt VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT 1 4 National Instruments Corporation Chapter 1 Introduction Files and Directories Installed on Your Hard Drive Your hard drive includes a directory called images in its root that contains software and soft copies of manuals for the operating system and for the peripherals The directory structure under the images directory is logically organized into several levels In the images directory itself you will find a manuals directory an os directory and directories for each of the peripherals of your computer The manuals directory contains quick reference guides technical reference manuals and National Instruments software manuals all in Adobe Acrobat portable document format PDF Use the Acrobat Reader program version 3 or later to open and read these manual files on your computer and to print them if desired To access any of these manuals change your directory to c images Vxx600 manuals and list the contents of that directory The os directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating system installed on your computer That subdirectory contains an image of the CD from which your operating system was installed As a result you do not have to insert the CD when you install a new peripheral When you are asked to insert the CD you can simply direct the system to look in the images Vos directory instead For example if your system has Windows 95 installed you s
52. o access registers with high level calls and send messages with word serial functions The NI VISA examples of these tasks are called VISAhigh c and VISAws c The NI VXI examples are called vx inigh c and VXIws c You should use the other examples as you try more advanced techniques Consult the NI VISA User Manual or the NI VXI User Manual for additional information on these topics The NI VXI User Manual resides in the NIVX1 manuals directory and the NI VISA User Manual is in the vxipnpNosNNIvisaNmanuals directory where os would be either Win95 or WinNT Use the Acrobat Reader program to open and navigate through the manuals VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT 3 4 National Instruments Corporation Note Chapter 3 Developing Your Application Table 3 1 summarizes the topics addressed by the example programs Table 3 1 NI VXI VISA Examples NI VISA Coverage Example NI VXI Example Message Based Access VISAws c VXIws c High Level Register VISAhigh c VXIhigh c Access Low Level Register Access VISAlow c VXIlow c Sharing Memory VISAmem c VXImem c Interrupt Handling VISAint c VXIint c Trigger Handling VISAtrig c VXItrig c T amp M Explorer includes special settings that you must use for low level functions and memory sharing Consult the T amp M Explorer online help for information on setting these up Notes about VME Support National Instruments Corporation 3 5 To use VME
53. o access memory in the upper A16 address space of each device in the system If Resman does not report any problems the VXI VME communication system is operational To test individual devices you can use the VIC or VISAIC program to interactively issue NI VXI functions or NI VISA operations respectively You can use the VXIin and VXIout functions or the VXIinReg and VXIoutReg functions to test register based devices by programming their registers If you have any message based devices you can send and receive messages with the WSwrt and WSrd functions Notice that vxiinReg and VXIoutReg are for VXI devices only but you can use VXIin and VXIout for both VXI and VME Finally if you are using LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI and you have instrument drivers for the devices in your chassis you can use the interactive features of these programs to quickly test the functionality of the devices What do the LEDs on the front of the VXI VMEpc 600 Series mean Refer to Appendix B LED Indicators in your VXI VM Epc 600 Series User Manual for a description of the front panel LEDs Is something wrong if the red SYSF and FAIL LEDs stay lit after booting the VXI VMEpc 600 Series If either the SYSF or FAIL LED remains lit refer to Appendix B LED Indicators in your VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual for troubleshooting steps Can I access 32 bit registers in my VXI VMEbus system from the VXI VMEpc 600 Series Yes The
54. on a device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe or Slot 1 of a VMEbus chassis This device is unique in the VXI VMEbus system in that it performs the VXI 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 VXI VMEbus backplane or both Either TTL or ECL lines used for intermodule communication Transistor Transistor Logic A region of address space reserved by the VXI VMEpc for use via the NI VXI low level function calls MapvXIAddress uses this address space to allocate regions for use by the VXIpeek and VXIpoke macros VXI Interactive Control Program a part of the NI V XI bus interface software Used to program VXI devices and develop and debug VXI application programs Virtual Instrument Software Architecture This is the general name given to VISA and its associated architecture The architecture consists of two main VISA components the VISA Resource Manager and the VISA Instrument Control Resources VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Glossary VISAIC VME VMEbus System Controller VXIbus W Word Serial Protocol write posting VISA Interactive Control Program a part of the NI VISA software Used to program devices and develop and debug application programs Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014 a device configured for installation in Slot
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56. ows 95 NT 2 2 National Instruments Corporation Chapter 2 Setting up Your VXI VME System Installed Software Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series kit comes with the NI VXI VISA bus interface software already installed However if you receive a software update or if you need to reinstall software in the event that your files were accidentally erased refer to Appendix C Reinstalling the NI VXI VISA Software This appendix explains how to use the Setup program If you need to reinstall LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI use the CD or diskette package that came with these programs Booting Your System for the First Time As Caution At Windows 95 NT startup you are prompted to insert a disk to configure the system for LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI These programming environments are already installed on your system but you must insert a configuration disk when prompted so that you can access and use them If you ordered either of these programming environments select the appropriate checkbox and insert the configuration disk Follow the instructions as prompted Do not select either checkbox if you did not order LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI Continue with the rest of the Setup program Do not disregard the prompt to configure the system for LabVIEW or LabWindows CVI The Setup program assumes you do not need these programs and deletes them from your hard drive unless you insert the configuration disk during the initial setup If you neglect to do this
57. rint You can view information about your controller from the properties pages and the hardware configuration pages For example you can view logical address and user window size in the device specific property pages in T amp M Explorer What happened to VXIedit and VISA conf The functionality of these two configuration utilities has been integrated into a powerful new utility called T amp M Explorer This utility starts with a graphical view of the VISA devices GPIB VXI GPIB VXI and serial that it finds in your system Right click on an individual device in the tree structure to see its properties You can further configure National Instruments devices by selecting the Hardware Configuration option VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT B 2 National Instruments Corporation Appendix B Common Questions This includes National Instruments VXI DAQ cards which means you can configure these devices from T amp M Explorer without having to run the DAQ Configuration Utility What about running Resman Resman is the name of the utility that performs the duties of a VXI Resource Manager as discussed in the V XIbus specification When you set a National Instruments controller to Logical Address 0 you will at some point need to run Resman to configure your VXI instruments If your controller uses a different non zero logical address and is a message based device you need to start Resman before running it on the Logical Address 0 comp
58. ruments 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 quality and construction National Instruments used such cables to test this device and provides them for sale to the user The use of inferior or nonshielded interface cables could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC rules If necessary consult National Instruments or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions The following booklet prepared by the FCC may also be helpful Interference to Home Electronic Entertainment Equipment Handbook This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Canadian Department of Communications This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Contents About This Manual Organization of This Manual esee nennen vii Conventions Used in This Manual sse enne Vili How to Use This Documentation Set ix Related Documentation eessssesseses sees eene nnne enne nennen ener eren nennen x Customer Communication cccccsecccsssecesssceceeec
59. s of memory Message Based Device An intelligent device that implements the defined V XIbus registers and communication protocols These devices are able to use Word Serial Protocol to communicate with one another through communication registers A National Instruments custom ASIC a sophisticated dual channel DMA controller that incorporates the Synchronous MXI and VME64 protocols to achieve high performance block transfer rates The National Instruments software for GPIB systems The National Instruments software for data acquisition instruments The National Instruments implementation of the VISA standard an interface independent software that provides a unified programming interface for VXI GPIB and serial instruments The National Instruments bus interface software for VME V XIbus systems VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT Glossary Non Slot 0 device P PCI PCMCIA POSC R RBD register based device Resman Resource Manager retry S S Servant Shared Memory Protocol VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT G 6 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 V XIbus backplane or both Peripheral Component Interconnect The PCI bus is a high performance 32 bit or 64 bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Power On Self Confi
60. ss to an address Bus errors occur with low level accesses to memory and usually involve hardware with bus mapping capabilities For example nonexistent memory a nonexistent register or an incorrect device access can cause a bus error A functional module that times the duration of each data transfer and terminates the cycle if the duration is excessive Without the termination capability of this module a bus master attempt to access a nonexistent slave could result in an indefinitely long wait for a slave response How bytes are arranged within a word or how words are arranged within a longword Motorola ordering stores the most significant 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 National Instruments Corporation CLK10 CMOS Commander configuration registers D Data Transfer Bus DMA DRAM driver window DTB E ECL EEPROM National Instruments Corporation G 3 Glossary 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 Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor a process used in making chips A message based device that is also a bus master
61. stem configuration you can begin to develop your VXI VME or VISA application software Be sure to check the README txt file for the latest application development notes and changes Your software includes several utilities to assist you in your system development These include T amp M Explorer Resman NI Spy VISAIC and VIC You can also access several examples to learn how to use NI VISA or NI V XI for certain tasks Each of these components assists you with one of four steps of development configuration device interaction programming and debugging You can access these utilities through the Windows Start menu Open either the NI VXI or NI VISA program group and select the utility you want to use Configuration The configuration utilities in your kit are T amp M Explorer and Resman Resman is the application that performs V XI Resource Manager functions as described in the VXIbus specification Its most important functions include configuring all VXI devices on the VXI VME backplane for operation and allocating memory for devices that request it F Note Because power cycling resets all devices run Resman to reconfigure them every time chassis power is cycled Resman must be run on any system that contains V XI devices including systems containing VXI MXI 2 or VME MXI 2 mainframe extender devices Because VME devices normally do not have configuration registers as defined in the VXIbus specification the Resource Ma
62. terrupters Memory Sharing Shared RAM Size Reserved Physical Memory Lower Half Window Byte Swapping Upper Half Window Byte Swapping Low level Register Access API Support User Window Size VXI VME MXI 2 Configuration Editor Settings T amp M Explorer Logical Address Address Space Requested Memory A24 A32 Write Posting A16 Write Posting Interlocked or Normal Mode VXI VME Bus Timeout Value Slot 0 Configuration Auto Retry for Cycles from VXI VMEbus to MXIbus Transfer Limit on VXI VMEbus VXI VME Arbiter Type VXI VME Fair Requester VXI VME Arbiter Timeout VXI VME Request Level MXI System Controller MXI Bus Timeout Value Auto Retry for Cycles from MXIbus to VXI VMEbus Transfer Limit on MXIbus MXI Fair Requester Parity Checking MXI 2 CLK10 Direction VXI MXI 2 only Other Products Computer make and model Microprocessor Clock frequency or speed Type of video board installed Operating system version Operating system mode Programming language Programming language version Other boards in system Base I O address of other boards DMA channels of other boards Interrupt level of other boards Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products This information helps us prov
63. tically prints to the screen Italic text in this font denotes that you must enter the appropriate words or values in the place of these items The term VXI VMEpc 600 Series refers to a series of B size two slot VXI or VME embedded controllers Currently this series consists of the VXIpc 650 and VMEpc 650 This term is used when information applies equally to the VXI and VME models VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT viii National Instruments Corporation How to Use This Documentation Set About This Manual NI VXI User Manual NI VXI Reference N Getting Started Installation and Manual Configuration VXI VMEpc 600 Series User Manual Change Hardware Settings Optional Use Online Utilities NI VXI and NI VISA Function Help T amp M Explorer NI Spy VIC VISAIC NI VISA User Manual NI VISA Reference Begin by reading this manual Getting Started with Your VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT to get basic instructions for setting up the hardware and software This brief quick start manual describes how to get started with your kit using the default hardware and software settings Refer to the following manuals for more information about the hardware or software National Instruments Corporation VXI VMEpc 600 Series for Windows 95 NT About This Manual The VXI VMEpc 600
64. tructions about using the compiler and the various tools linker debugger and so on Your compiler documentation is an important and useful source of information for writing compiling and debugging C programs Debugging NI Spy VISAIC and VIC are useful utilities that can aid in identifying the causes of problems in your application NI Spy tracks the calls your application makes to National Instruments T amp M drivers including NI VXI NI VISA and NI 488 2 NI 488 2 users may notice that NI Spy is very similar to GPIB Spy It highlights functions that return errors so you can quickly spot which functions failed during your development NI Spy can log the calls your program makes to these drivers so you can check them for errors at your convenience You can also control your instruments interactively using VISAIC and VIC You can use VISAIC to control and communicate with your instruments with NI VISA without having to write a program VIC gives you a similar environment that uses NI VXI These utilities are an excellent platform for quickly testing instruments and learning how to communicate with them Refer to the online help for instructions on how to use VIC or VISAIC and to learn about their features In VIC click on the button next to the Go button to get help for that page or you can type help You can also right click on a component on the screen to access What s This help In VISAIC you can right click to reach What s T
65. us request signal inactive This ensures that all requesting devices will be granted use of the bus General Purpose Interface Bus IEEE 488 hexadecimal the numbering system with base 16 using the digits 0 to 9 and letters A to F hertz cycles per second Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers input output the techniques media and devices used to achieve communication between machines and users A set of routines designed to control a specific instrument or family of instruments and any necessary related files for LabWindows CVI or LabVIEW A means for a device to request service from another device A VMEbus functional module that detects interrupt requests generated by interrupters and responds to those requests by requesting status and identify information The relative priority at which a device can interrupt Interrupt signal National Instruments Corporation KB L LED logical address master MB MBD message based device MITE NI 488 or NI 488 2 NI DAQ NI VISA NI VXI National Instruments Corporation G 5 Glossary kilobytes of memory light emitting diode An 8 bit number that uniquely identifies each V XIbus device in a system It defines the A16 register address of a device and indicates Commander and Servant relationships A functional part of a VME V XIbus device that initiates data transfers on the backplane A transfer can be either a read or a write megabyte
66. use these instructions Preparing for Installation Use the Setup program that came with your NI VXI VISA software to install the entire software package or a software update or to reinstall software in the event that your files were accidentally erased The Setup program works in the same manner for either Windows 95 or Windows NT You can install NI VXI with or without NI VISA CF Note Some of the utilities rely on the LabWindows CVI Run Time Engine This software is installed if necessary during the NI VXI VISA installation Depending on the type of installation you choose you may need up to 20 MB of free space available to accommodate the NI VXI VISA software If you choose the Custom installation method Setup displays the amount of memory required for the options you select To be compliant with VXIplug amp play specifications a VXI controller must provide the VISA I O driver library standardized by VXIplug amp play VISA ensures that your controller can run all VXIplug amp play compatible software now and in the future The NI VISA software in this kit is compatible with the WIN95 GWIN95 and WINNT GWINNT frameworks With NI VISA installed on your computer you can run any VXIplug amp play software that is compatible with these frameworks This includes instrument drivers and executable soft front panels that are included with VXIplug amp play compatible instruments from a variety of vendors National Instruments Corpor
67. uter So when do you need to run Resman Run Resman whenever you need to configure your VXI instruments For example if you power cycle your VXI VME chassis your instruments will be reset and you will need to run Resman to configure them You can get into trouble if you run Resman when your devices are not in a reset state Therefore if you have to run Resman after running it once you should reset all of your VXI instruments Systems consisting of only a VMEpc 600 Series controller a VME chassis and VME boards do not need to run Resman when using NI VXI software even though the devices do not appear in the T amp M Explorer connection tree However you would not be able to use VISA without manually adding the VME devices to the system by using T amp M Explorer as described above and then running Resman This is because NI VISA uses the Resource Manager to create instrument sessions for VXI VME device communication If this is not an issue for you you can skip Resman You can perform resource manager operations from within T amp M Explorer Additionally you can tell T amp M Explorer to run Resman when the computer first boots up In this case you may never need to run Resman explicitly again You can configure the computer to run Resman at startup so when you power the chassis Resman runs If you power cycle the chassis the PC reboots forcing Resman to run again How do I handle VME devices Although there is no way to automatica
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