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VXIpc-850 Series User Manual

1. D 5 COM1 and COM2 D 6 Parallel Port D 7 SCSI D 8 Table of Contents VXIpc 850 Series User Manual viii National Instruments Corporation GPIB IEEE 488 2 D 10 External SMBs D 11 VXIbus P1 and P2 D 12 Speaker D 14 Signal Characteristics D 15 Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards Height of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards E 1 Length of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards E 2 Length of PCI Plug In Boards E 2 Length of ISA Plug In Boards E 3 Installing an I O Board E 4 Materials Needed
2. 5 4 Installing the IDE Software 5 4 Technical Information about the IDE Interface 5 5 Ethernet 5 6 Configuring Your Ethernet Addresses 5 6 Installing the Ethernet Software 5 6 Technical Information about the Ethernet Interface 5 7 Support 5 7 PCMCIA 5 8 Installing the PCMCIA Software 5 8 Technical Information about the PCMCIA Interface 5 9 SCSI 5 9 Installing the SCSI Software 5 9 Technical Information about the SCSI Interface 5 9 GPI
3. 3 11 Ethernet Power On Defaults 3 11 Installing the VXIpc 850 3 12 Chapter 4 WinBIOS Entering WinBIOS Setup 4 1 Using a Mouse with WinBIOS Setup 4 1 Using the Keyboard with WinBIOS Setup 4 2 WinBIOS Main Menu 4 3 Chapter 5 Peripherals Software Installation 5 2 Why National Instruments Does Not Install All Peripheral Drivers 5 2 Installing Peripheral Drivers 5 2 Video 5 3 About the Trident Video Manual 5 3 Technical Information about the Video Interface 5 3 IDE
4. E 4 Installation Steps E 4 Appendix F Common Questions Appendix G Customer Communication Glossary Index Table of Contents National Instruments Corporation ix VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Figures Figure 1 1 VXIpc 850 Embedded Computer 1 1 Figure 2 1 VXIpc 850 Block Diagram 2 2 Figure 3 1 VXIpc 850 Parts Locator Diagram 3 2 Figure 3 2 VXIbus Slot Configuration 3 5 Figure 3 3 VXIbus CLK10 Routing 3 6 Figure 3 4 SMB CLK10 Direction 3 6 Figure 3 5 SMB CLK10 Termination 3 7 Figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 Polarity 3 7 Figure 3 7 SMB Trigger Input Termination 3 7 Figure 3 8 Power On Self Configuration Status 3 8 Figure 3 9 SMB Trigger Input Termination
5. 3 1 Configuring the VXIpc 850 3 4 How to Remove the Metal Enclosure 3 4 VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 3 4 VXIbus CLK10 Routing 3 5 Trigger Input Termination 3 7 EEPROM 3 8 How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration 3 9 Installed System RAM 3 9 Table of Contents VXIpc 850 Series User Manual vi National Instruments Corporation Configuring the PC 3 9 SCSI Termination 3 10 GPIB Interrupt Level 3 10 System CMOS 3 10 Parallel Port DMA Level
6. 3 8 Figure 3 10 SCSI Termination 3 10 Figure 3 11 GPIB Interrupt Level 3 10 Figure 3 12 System CMOS 3 11 Figure 3 13 Parallel Port DMA Channel 3 11 Figure 3 14 Ethernet Power On Defaults 3 11 Figure D 1 VXIpc 850 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions D 2 Figure D 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout D 3 Figure D 3 VGA Connector Location and Pinout D 4 Figure D 4 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout D 5 Figure D 5 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout D 6 Figure D 6 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout D 7 Figure D 7 SCSI Connector Location and Pinout SCSI II D 9 Figure D 8 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout D 10 Figure D 9 SMB Connectors Location and Pinout
7. xii How to Use This Documentation Set xiii Related Documentation xiv Customer Communication xiv Chapter 1 Introduction Optional Equipment 1 2 Optional Software 1 2 Hardware Description 1 3 Slot 0 Functionality 1 4 Custom Application Specific Interface Chips 1 4 Front Panel Features 1 5 Peripheral Expansion 1 6 Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 850 Functional Description 2 1 Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation Default Settings
8. D 12 Figure D 10 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout D 12 Figure D 11 Speaker Connector Location D 14 Figure E 1 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 850 Expansion Slot E 1 Figure E 2 Component Height Restrictions on PCI Plug In Boards E 2 Figure E 3 Length Restrictions on ISA Plug In Boards E 3 Figure E 4 PCI Board Installed in a VXIpc 850 E 5 Table of Contents VXIpc 850 Series User Manual x National Instruments Corporation Tables Table 3 1 VXIpc 850 Hardware Default Settings 3 3 Table 4 1 WinBIOS Options 4 2 Table 4 2 WinBIOS Main Menu Windows 4 3 Table 5 1 VXIpc 850 Peripheral Components 5 1 Table 5 2 SMC 91C92 Default Settings 5 6 Table B 1 ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations B 1 Table B 2 DMA Channel Resource Allocations B 2 Table B 3 I O Address
9. C 1 SYSFAIL LED C 1 FAILED LED C 1 ONLINE LED C 1 TEST LED C 1 LEDs and System Startup Cycle C 2 Board Access LEDs C 3 ACCESS LED C 3 DRIVE LED C 3 Ethernet LEDs C 3 RX LED C 3 TX LED C 3 LINK LED C 3 DSEL LED C 3 Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors Front Panel D 1 Keyboard and Mouse D 2 VGA D 3 Ethernet
10. TEST ONLINE DRIVE FAILED 2 1 Figure D 1 VXIpc 850 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions Keyboard and Mouse Figure D 2 shows the location and pinouts for the keyboard and mouse connectors on the VXIpc 850 Table D 1 gives the name and description for the keyboard and mouse connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 212437 4 housing 212435 7 ferrule and 66735 4 pin contact Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Keyboard Mouse 1 2 4 3 5 6 1 2 4 3 5 6 2 1 Figure D 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 1 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DATA Data 2 NC Not Connected 3 GND Ground 4 5V 5 volts 5 CLK Clock 6 NC Not Connected VGA Figure D 3 shows the location and pinouts for the VGA connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 2 gives the name and description for the VGA connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 748364 1 housing and 748333 2 pin contact Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 850 Series User Manual D 4 National Instruments Corporation VGA 1 6 11 5 10 15 2 1 Figure D 3 VGA Connector Location and Pinout Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 R Red 2 G Gree
11. VXIpc 850 Series User Manual April 1996 Edition Part Number 321124A 01 Copyright 1996 National Instruments Corporation All Rights Reserved Internet Support GPIB gpib support natinst com DAQ daq support natinst com VXI vxi support natinst com LabVIEW lv support natinst com LabWindows lw support natinst com HiQ hiq support natinst com VISA visa support natinst com E mail info natinst com FTP Site ftp natinst com Web Address www natinst com Bulletin Board Support BBS United States 512 794 5422 or 800 327 3077 BBS United Kingdom 01635 551422 BBS France 1 48 65 15 59 FaxBack Support 512 418 1111 Telephone Support U S Tel 512 795 8248 Fax 512 794 5678 International Offices Australia 03 9 879 9422 Austria 0662 45 79 90 0 Belgium 02 757 00 20 Canada Ontario 519 622 9310 Canada Qu bec 514 694 8521 Denmark 45 76 26 00 Finland 90 527 2321 France 1 48 14 24 24 Germany 089 741 31 30 Hong Kong 2645 3186 Italy 02 413091 Japan 03 5472 2970 Korea 02 596 7456 Mexico 95 800 010 0793 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 U K 01635 523545 National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Austin TX 78730 5039 Tel 512 794 0100 Important Information Warranty The National Instruments VXIpc 850 Series embedded computers and accessories are warran
12. circuitry POSC has stalled 4 TEST POSC circuitry has initialized VXI interface setting PASSED and DONE bits POSC stalled before clearing the TEST LED 5 None POSC cycles are complete VXI port is ready to respond to Resource Manager inquiries POSC completed successfully however Resman either hung or was not executed 6 ONLINE Resman has been executed indicating that the VXI software can now communicate with the VXI circuitry Resman interface initialized successfully If either the SYSFAIL or FAILED 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 850 jumper settings are correct 4 Make sure that the VXIpc 850 is seated properly in the mainframe 5 Power on the mainframe and observe whether the SYSFAIL and FAILED LEDs become unlit some time before the operating system boots Appendix C LED Indicators National Instruments Corporation C 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Board Access LEDs The board access LEDs ACCESS and DRIVE indicate when board resources have been accessed The following paragraphs describe these LEDs ACCESS LED When lit the ACCESS LED indicates that the VXIpc 850 MODID line is asserted or that another VXIbus master is accessing VXIbus shared registers or shared memory DRIVE LED The DRIVE LED light indicates that an access to the internal hard disk d
13. definition F 1 routing 3 5 to 3 7 selecting signal source figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 direction figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 polarity figure 3 7 SMB CLK10 termination figure 3 7 CMOS See also BIOS PC configuration 3 10 to 3 11 setting back to default F 4 COM1 and COM2 connectors and signals D 6 common questions about VXIpc 850 F 1 to F 4 configuration See also WinBIOS default settings 3 1 to 3 3 factory default settings table 3 3 parts locator diagram 3 2 EEPROM 3 8 to 3 9 fixing invalid configuration 3 9 power on self configuration status figure 3 8 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 9 SMB trigger input termination figure 3 8 electrostatic discharge warning 3 1 installed system RAM 3 9 installing VXIpc 850 3 12 to 3 13 PC configuration 3 9 to 3 11 Ethernet power on defaults 3 11 GPIB interrupt level 3 10 parallel port DMA level 3 11 SCSI termination 3 10 system CMOS 3 10 to 3 11 removing metal enclosure 3 4 trigger input termination 3 7 VXIbus CLK10 routing 3 5 to 3 7 VXIbus Slot 0 non Slot 0 3 4 to 3 5 connectors COM1 and COM2 D 6 Ethernet D 5 external SMBs D 11 to D 12 GPIB IEEE 488 2 D 10 to D 11 keyboard and mouse D 2 to D 3 parallel port D 7 to D 8 SCSI D 8 to D 10 signal characteristics D 15 speaker D 14 Index VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Index 2 National Instruments Corporation VGA D 3 to D 4 VXIbus P1 and P2 D 12 to D 13 custom applicat
14. 2 and the industry standard NI 488 2 driver for a variety of operating systems Front Panel Features The VXIpc 850 has the following front panel features Two PCMCIA slots one Type I II and one Type I II III One full size expansion slot that accepts either a PCI or a PC ISA XT height plug in board Internal 3 5 in floppy drive 13 front panel connectors RS 232 serial connector two miniature Extended capabilities parallel ECP connector VGA controller connector IEEE 488 2 connector 10BaseT Ethernet connector SCSI 2 connector External clock connector Trigger output connector Trigger input connector Audio output connector PS 2 style keyboard connector PS 2 style mouse connector System reset push button Six front panel LEDs that show VXI and PC status SYSFAIL LED indicates that the VMEbus SYSFAIL line is asserted FAILED LED indicates that the VXIpc 850 is driving the SYSFAIL signal TEST LED indicates that the VXIpc 850 is performing its self tests or startup Resource Manager operations ON LINE LED indicates that the VXIpc 850 is performing or has completed its startup Resource Manager operations ACCESS LED indicates when the VXIpc 850 MODID line is asserted or the VXIbus registers or shared memory are accessed by another bus master DRIVE LED indicates when the intern
15. 233 35 by 340 mm 9 187 by 13 386 in Slot Requirements VXI C Size Slot Compatibility Fully Compatible with VXI Specification VXI Keying Class Class 1 TTL MTBF 22 098 hours Weight 2 5 Kg 5 5 lb Typical 16 MB DRAM Installed Appendix A Specifications VXIpc 850 Series User Manual A 2 National Instruments Corporation Environmental Characteristic Specification Temperature 0 to 55 C Operating 20 to 70 C Storage Relative Humidity 0 to 95 Noncondensing Operating 0 to 95 Noncondensing Storage EMI FCC Class A Verified EC Verified Vibration Operational 5 to 500 Hz 0 31g 3 axes Non operations 5 to 500 Hz 2 5g 3 axes Functional Shock MIL T 28800E Class 3 per Section 4 5 5 4 1 Half Sine Shock Pulse 11 ms duration 30g peak 3 shocks per face Note Random vibration profiles were developed in accordance with MIL T 28800E and MIL STD 810E Method 514 Test levels exceed those recommended in MIL STD 810E for Category 1 Basic Transportation Figures 514 4 1 through 514 4 3 Test report available upon request Requirements Characteristic Specification VXIbus Configuration Space 64 B A24 or A32 Space 16 KB Minimum Programmable Performance VME Transfer Rate Peak D32 33 MB s Sustained D32 Reads 13 76 MB s Writes 11 37 MB s Appendix A Specifications National Instruments Corporation A 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual VMEbus Capability Codes Cap
16. 3 S SCSI interface booting from external SCSI hard drive F 4 connector and signals D 8 to D 10 interface technical information 5 9 to 5 10 setting up in BIOS F 2 software installation 5 9 termination PC configuration 3 10 using internal IDE drive and external SCSI hard drive F 4 serial port connectors and signals D 6 signals COM1 and COM2 connectors table D 6 Ethernet connector table D 5 GPIB IEEE 488 2 table D 11 parallel port table D 8 SCSI interface table D 9 to D 10 SMB table D 12 characteristics D 15 speaker characteristics table D 15 VGA connector table D 4 VXIbus P1 and P2 table D 13 Slot 0 capability configuration as Slot 0 or non Slot 0 3 4 to 3 5 F 3 installation of VXIpc 850 warning 3 12 overview 1 4 SMB connector location and pinout figure D 12 signals table D 12 characteristics D 15 software optional 1 2 to 1 3 speaker connecting external speaker to VXIpc 850 F 3 connector location figure D 14 signal characteristics table D 15 Index National Instruments Corporation Index 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual specifications adding RAM A 3 to A 4 electrical A 1 environmental A 2 memory requirements A 2 performance A 2 physical A 1 VMEbus capability codes A 3 switch settings 3 3 See also configuration SYSFAIL LED 1 5 C 1 system CMOS PC configuration 3 10 to 3 11 system resources PCI interrupts B 1 resource tables DMA channel
17. 380 3B0 Free 092 Reserved 3BC 3BF LPT 094 09F DMA Page Registers 3E8 3EF COM 0A0 0A1 8259 PIC 2 3F0 3F7 Floppy 0B2 0B3 Advanced Power Management 3F8 3FF COM 0C0 0DF 8237 DMA 2 word mapped 40A Scatter Gather Int Status Reg 0F0 0FF Numeric Processor Error Reg 40B DMA1 Extended Mode Regs 170 177 Reserved 410 41F Scatter Gather Status 1F0 1F7 IDE 420 43F Scatter Gather Descriptor Table Pointer 200 270 Free 481 488 DMA High Page Regs 278 27F LPT 4D0 4D1 Interrupt Edge Level Control Regs 280 2DF Free 4D6 DMA2 Extended Mode Regs 2C0 2DF GPIB Relocatable Note I O locations in italics indicate addresses above 1 KB These locations are not usually accessible in an ISA based system however newer PCI based chipsets have increased the amount of I O space available National Instruments Corporation C 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual LED Indicators C Appendix This appendix describes how to read the LEDs on the front panel to interpret the status of the VXIpc 850 VXIbus Interface Status LEDs The VXIbus interface status LEDs are located at the top of the module and include four LEDs FAILED SYSFAIL ONLINE and TEST They indicate the various stages of initialization that occur as the VXIpc 850 boots The following paragraphs describe each LED SYSFAIL LED The SYSFAIL LED is lit when the VMEbus SYSFAIL signal is asserted It does not necessarily indicate that the VX
18. 640 0085 91 640 0533 Sweden 08 730 49 70 08 730 43 70 Switzerland 056 200 51 51 056 200 51 55 Taiwan 02 377 1200 02 737 4644 U K 01635 523545 01635 523154 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 The following steps will reproduce the problem 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 configurati
19. Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in any slot in a VXIbus mainframe other than Slot 0 Installing such a device into Slot 0 can damage the device the VXIbus backplane or both P PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect The PCI bus is a high performance 32 bit or 64 bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PEM Penn Engineering Manufacturing Corporation A manufacturer of nuts pressed into metal POSC Power On Self Configuration A process by which the MITE chip programs its own registers from EEPROMs at power up PWB Printed Wire Board Glossary VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Glossary 6 National Instruments Corporation R 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 S s seconds SCSI Small Computer System Interface SIMM Single In line Memory Module slave A functional part of a VME VXIbus 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 Slot 0 device A device configured for installation in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe This device is unique in the VXIbus system in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions including cl
20. a method by which data is transferred between devices and internal memory without intervention of the central processing unit DRAM Dynamic RAM Random Access Memory storage that the computer must refresh at frequent intervals Glossary National Instruments Corporation Glossary 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual E ECL Emitter Coupled Logic EDO Extended Data Out a DRAM architecture that shortens overall access latency improving performance EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory embedded controller 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 EMC Electromagnetic Compliance F fair requester A VXIbus device that will not arbitrate for the VXIbus after releasing it until it detects the bus request signal inactive This ensures that all requesting devices will be granted use of the bus FPERR Floating Point Error G GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus IEEE 488 H hex hexadecimal the numbering system with base 16 using the digits 0 to 9 and letters A to F Hz hertz cycles per second I IDE Integrated Drive Electronics Denotes the most common interface to the hard drive on PCs IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Glossary VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Glossary 4 National Instruments Corporation in
21. familiar with the TGUI96XX Pulldown resistor on MD 4 Select PCI interface Pulldown resistor on MD 23 Enable DDC Pulldown resistor on MD 15 Provide eight CAS lines and defining CAS0 as WE Pulldown resistor on MD 7 Select EDO DRAM Pulldown resistor on MD 0 Memory Clock select 0 No pulldown resistor on MD 1 nor MD 3 Select 70 ns memory speed IDE The VXIpc 850 uses the CMD0640B PCI IDE controller from CMD Corporation The chip supports two IDE ports although the VXIpc 850 only uses one IDE port In order to take advantage of the advanced features of the CMD0640B install the QuickIDE driver as described in the next section Installing the IDE Software Perform the following steps to install the QuickIDE driver 1 If you are running under DOS or Windows 3 x an image of the CMD QuickIDE software resides in c images ide If you are running Windows 95 the c images ide directory will not exist Windows 95 includes a driver for the CMD0640B so separate installation is not necessary Under DOS or a DOS shell under Windows type c images ide install to install the driver 2 Once QuickIDE installation loads you will be guided through the installation process with a series of prompts and dialogs If you have a mouse be sure to load your mouse driver first If you do not have a mouse use the arrow keys to move within a field and use the lt TAB gt key to move from one field to a
22. instructions for installing and configuring the National Instruments VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer kit Organization of This Manual This manual is organized as follows Chapter 1 Introduction describes the VXIpc 850 Series of embedded VXI computers lists what you need to get started describes the hardware and lists optional equipment and software Chapter 2 Functional Overview contains functional descriptions of each major logic block on the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer Chapter 4 WinBIOS contains information on WinBIOS the low level interface between the hardware and PC software that configures and tests your hardware at boot up Chapter 5 Peripherals contains brief descriptions of each of the peripheral components of the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer Appendix A Specifications describes the environmental electrical and mechanical specifications of the VXIpc 850 Appendix B VXIpc 850 System Resources describes what system resources are available on the VXIpc 850 and where they are allocated About This Manual VXIpc 850 Series User Manual xii National Instruments Corporation Appendix C LED Indicators describes how to read the LEDs on the front panel to interpret the status of the VXIpc 850 Appendix D Fro
23. need to add the SCSI driver in C images scsi under Windows NT Setup Chapter 3 describes installing the SCSI driver under Windows NT Technical Information about the SCSI Interface The 53C810 supports the SCSI 2 8 bit bus It supports synchronous transfer rates up to 10 MB s and asynchronous transfer rates up to 5 MB s It also includes a PCI bus master DMA device that is tightly coupled to the SCSI core and supports uninterrupted scatter gather Chapter 5 Peripherals VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 5 10 National Instruments Corporation memory operations A 64 byte FIFO allows the 53C810 to support up to 16 longword bursts across the PCI interface SCSI signals require termination at each end of the network The VXIpc 850 provides automatic termination networks two TL2218 chips from Texas Instruments that you can disable via a jumper setting however you should not need to do this since the VXIpc 850 should be the controller and therefore on the end for any SCSI network connected to it GPIB IEEE 488 2 The VXIpc 850 uses the National Instruments TNT4882C ASIC providing the VXIpc 850 with a full GPIB Talker Listener Controller functionality This ASIC gives the VXIpc 850 complete compatibility with the National Instruments AT GPIB TNT In fact the default base address interrupt level and DMA level are the same on the VXIpc 850 as they are on the AT GPIB TNT Because of this compatibility included with your VXIpc 850
24. not cause physical stress to the plug in board Contact of the board with the SIMMs does not cause physical stress to the riser board into which the plug in board is inserted Figure E 3 shows the length restrictions on ISA cards for the VXIpc 850 ISA Board Heat Sink Support Brackets SIMMs 7 72 in max Riser Card Front Panel VXI Connector Figure E 3 Length Restrictions on ISA Plug In Boards Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards VXIpc 850 Series User Manual E 4 National Instruments Corporation Installing an I O Board Materials Needed You need the following pieces to install an expansion board in the VXIpc 850 User defined panel is required on the expansion boards based on National Instruments blank PCI or ISA panels Contact National Instruments for a list of specifications for user defined panels As an alternative you can modify the blank panels provided with the VXIpc 850 Custom panel design services are available from National Instruments for a nominal fee PEM nut or a 4 40 nut with lock washer hole diameter should be 0 125 in 4 40 x 1 4 in stainless steel panhead screw Installation Steps Follow these steps to install the expansion board 1 Notice that the VXIpc 850 includes two card guides that can be rotated to secure the top of either a PCI or an ISA plug in board You may use one or both of these card guides depending on the length o
25. not meet these criteria will damage your monitor You do not need to install the video drivers The TGUI96XX driver software comes installed on your hard disk with a default configuration 640x480 resolution at 16 colors and a 60 Hz refresh rate This setting was chosen to accommodate all VGA monitors however you may want to increase the resolution colors and refresh rate according to the capabilities of your monitor Within Windows 3 1 in the Display Driver and Utilities program group you will find the TGUI96XX utilities described in the Trident manual For archival purposes an image of the TGUI96XX installation files are provided in c images video About the Trident Video Manual In addition to the driver software Trident Microsystems provides documentation to its OEM customers Refer to the VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual for more information Technical Information about the Video Interface The TGUI96xx video accelerator has a 32 bit 5 V PCI interface for communication with the processor It provides a dedicated 64 bit path to the video memory In the National Instruments implementation it interfaces to 70 ns EDO DRAM There is 70 ns EDO DRAM instead of Chapter 5 Peripherals VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 5 4 National Instruments Corporation 60 ns EDO DRAM because there was no measurable performance increase The following provides information about the bootstrap settings on the TGUI96XX and is for users already
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27. paths directories programs subprograms subroutines device names functions variables filenames and extensions and for statements and comments taken from program code About This Manual National Instruments Corporation xiii VXIpc 850 Series User Manual lt gt Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard for example lt PageDown gt A hyphen between two or more key names enclosed in angle brackets denotes that you should simultaneously press the named keys for example lt Control Alt Delete gt Abbreviations acronyms metric prefixes mnemonics symbols and terms are listed in the Glossary How to Use This Documentation Set Begin by reading the Getting Started with Your VXIpc 850 manual for basic instructions on setting up the hardware and software This is a brief Quick Start manual that demonstrates 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 This manual the VXIpc 850 Series User Manual contains more details about changing the installation or configuration from the defaults and using the hardware The VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual contains in depth information about configuring and using various peripherals on the VXIpc 850 The NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 850 Series contains more details about changing the NI VXI software installation or configuratio
28. remains lit refer to Appendix C LED Indicators for troubleshooting steps Can I access 32 bit registers in my VXIbus system from the VXIpc 850 Yes The VXIpc 850 uses the 32 bit PCI bus to interface to the VXIbus In fact the VXIbus circuitry on the VXIpc 850 also supports the new VME64 standard for D64 accesses Refer to your VXI software manual for more information What kind of signal is CLK10 and what kind of signal do I need for an external CLK10 CLK10 is a differential ECL signal on the backplane However the oscillator for the VXIpc 850 and the EXTCLK input from 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 The CLK10 signal generated by the VXIpc 850 is 100 ppm 0 01 as per the VXIbus specification If you need a more accurate CLK10 signal you can use the EXTCLK input at the front of the VXIpc 850 Appendix F Common Questions VXIpc 850 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 first boots the video chips try to synchronize with the monitor If the monitor is not there the video chips cannot synchronize and establish color You need to have the monitor attached at boot time to get color I ve installed the SCSI software Why
29. resource allocations B 2 I O address map B 3 ISA interrupt resource allocations B 1 to B 2 system startup cycle and LEDs C 2 to C 3 T technical support G 1 to G 2 telephone and fax support G 2 terminal See monitor TEST LED 1 5 C 1 TNT4882C custom ASIC 1 4 to 1 5 Trident video accelerator 5 3 to 5 4 trigger input termination 3 7 troubleshooting problems F 1 to F 4 TX LED 1 6 C 3 V VGA connector D 3 to D 4 video accelerator See also monitor interface technical information 5 3 to 5 4 pre installed driver for 5 3 questions and answers F 2 Super VGA monitor caution 5 3 Trident video manual 5 3 VGA connector D 3 to D 4 VMEbus capability codes A 3 VXIbus accessing 32 bit registers F 1 CLK10 routing 3 5 to 3 7 interface status LEDs 1 5 C 1 P1 and P2 connectors and signals D 12 to D 13 Slot 0 capability configuration 3 4 to 3 5 F 3 overview 1 4 VXIpc 850 Series block diagram 2 2 embedded computer figure 1 1 functional description 2 1 to 2 3 hardware description 1 3 to 1 6 custom application specific interface chips 1 4 to 1 5 front panel features 1 5 to 1 6 models available 1 3 to 1 4 peripheral expansion 1 6 Slot 0 functionality 1 4 logic blocks 2 3 optional equipment 1 2 optional software 1 2 to 1 3 overview 1 2 upgrading F 4 W WinBIOS entering setup 4 1 to 4 2 keyboard use 4 2 mouse use 4 1 main menu 4 3
30. 0 Series User Manual Technical Information about the PCMCIA Interface The PPEC chip has two modes Mode 0 supports two independent PCMCIA slots or one PCMCIA slot and two IDE interfaces for four drives Mode 1 supports four non independent PCMCIA slots and two IDE interfaces Users who are already familiar with the Intel PPEC should note that the VXIpc 850 uses Mode 0 via pulldown resistors on SPKROUT MODE and AREG IDECFG to support hot insertion and removal of the PCMCIA cards This is not possible in Mode 1 because the PCMCIA slots in that mode share signals The insertion and removal of a card will disrupt communication with other cards in the system The IDE interface of the PPEC is disabled in favor of the CMD0640B PCI IDE chip described in this manual SCSI The VXIpc 850 uses the NCR 53C810 PCI SCSI controller from Symbios Logic Inc formerly NCR Corporation The 53C810 is based on a SCSI I O processor core and incorporates a PCI bus master DMA core Installing the SCSI Software To install the SCSI driver locate an image of the NCR SDMS SCSI Device Management System software which resides in C images scsi If you are running DOS or Windows 3 x enter a DOS shell and type C images scsi install to install the driver Refer to the SDMS software information in the VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual Chapter 2 provides detailed installation instructions for DOS and Windows 3 x If you are running Windows NT 3 5 you will
31. 3 12b Warning You should not keep these two pins shorted because the CMOS memory cannot be sustained when the power is turned off if these two pins are shorted Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 11 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual W2 W2 a Normal Operation Default b Clear CMOS Contents Figure 3 12 System CMOS Parallel Port DMA Level You can use jumper W4 to configure the parallel port for either DMA level 1 or DMA level 3 Refer to Figure 3 13 for the jumper settings W4 W4 a Parallel Port Uses DMA Channel 1 Default b Parallel Port Uses DMA Channel 3 Figure 3 13 Parallel Port DMA Channel Ethernet Power On Defaults The VXIpc 850 Ethernet circuitry loads its power on settings from an EEPROM Switch S1 should not be changed from its default setting however the directions to do so are included here for informational purposes Figure 3 14 shows the settings S1 S1 a Ethernet Power On Defaults Loaded from EEPROM b Hardwired Ethernet Values Figure 3 14 Ethernet Power On Defaults Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 3 12 National Instruments Corporation Installing the VXIpc 850 This section contains general installation instructions for the VXIpc 850 Consult your VXIbus mainframe user manual or technical reference manual for specific instructions and warnings 1 Plug in your mainframe before installing t
32. AM SIMMs installed on the CPU card of the VXIpc 850 as shown in Figure E 2 PCI Card Riser Card Heat Sink Front Panel Support Brackets SIMMs VXI Connector 62 in max to Heat Sink 32 in max to SIMMs Figure E 2 Component Height Restrictions on PCI Plug In Boards Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation E 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Because larger DRAM sizes may employ taller SIMMs you must be careful that the component height of the PCI board does not interfere with the SIMMs in such a way that electrical shorts occur or that the PCI board is stressed enough to compromise its physical or electrical integrity Length of ISA Plug In Boards Because ISA boards mount with the components facing away from the CPU card which contains the processor and system RAM tall DRAM SIMMs will interfere with the circuit card of the plug in board Most SIMM modules are at least one inch in height and would extend into the plane of the ISA circuit card by 0 15 in Therefore National Instruments does not recommend the use of cards that are greater than 7 72 in in length They can be made to fit however care must be taken to ensure the following conditions Contact of the board with the SIMMs should not cause electrical shorts because of through hole component leads on the side of the plug in board that contacts the SIMMs Contact of the board with the SIMMs does
33. B IEEE 488 2 5 10 Base Address DMA and IRQ Configuration 5 10 Installing the NI 488 2 Software 5 10 Table of Contents National Instruments Corporation vii VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Appendix A Specifications Electrical A 1 Physical A 1 Environmental A 2 Requirements A 2 Performance A 2 VMEbus Capability Codes A 3 Adding RAM A 3 Appendix B VXIpc 850 System Resources PCI Interrupts B 1 Resource Tables B 1 Appendix C LED Indicators VXIbus Interface Status LEDs
34. BERR BG3OUT GND 12 Not Connected GND MODID07 12 SYSRESET BR0 DS1 13 2 V 5 V 5 2 V 13 LWORD BR1 DS0 14 Not Connected D16 MODID06 14 AM5 BR2 WRITE 15 Not Connected D17 MODID05 15 A23 BR3 GND 16 GND D18 GND 16 A22 AM0 DTACK 17 Not Connected D19 MODID04 17 A21 AM1 GND 18 Not Connected D20 MODID03 18 A20 AM2 AS 19 5 2 V D21 5 2 V 19 A19 AM3 GND 20 Not Connected D22 MODID02 20 A18 GND IACK 21 Not Connected D23 MODID01 21 A17 Not Connected IACKIN 22 GND GND GND 22 A16 Not Connected IACKOUT 23 TTLTRG1 D24 TTLTRG0 23 A15 GND AM4 24 TTLTRG3 D25 TTLTRG2 24 A14 IRQ7 A07 25 GND D26 5 V 25 A13 IRQ6 A06 26 TTLTRG5 D27 TTLTRG4 26 A12 IRQ5 A05 27 TTLTRG7 D28 TTLTRG6 27 A11 IRQ4 A04 28 GND D29 GND 28 A10 IRQ3 A03 29 Not Connected D30 Not Connected 29 A09 IRQ2 A02 30 GND D31 MODID00 30 A08 IRQ1 A01 31 Not Connected GND GND 31 12 V Not Connected 12 V 32 Not Connected 5 V Not Connected 32 5 V 5 V 5 V Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 850 Series User Manual D 14 National Instruments Corporation Speaker Figure D 11 shows the location of the speaker connection on the VXIpc 850 Switchcraft manufactures a mating speaker connector part number 750 2 1 Speaker Figure D 11 Speaker Connection Location Appen
35. GND Ground 12 PD6 Data Bit 6 30 GND Ground 13 PD7 Data Bit 7 31 GND Ground 14 INIT Initialize Printer 32 GND Ground 15 STROBE Strobe 33 GND Ground 16 SLCT Select 34 GND Ground 17 AUTOFD Auto Line Feed 35 GND Ground 18 5V 5 Volts 36 NC Not Connected SCSI Figure D 7 shows the location and pinouts for the SCSI connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 6 gives the name and description for the SCSI connector signals Amp manufactures a SCSI compatible connector part number 749111 4 Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 9 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual SCSI 1 18 19 36 2 1 Figure D 7 SCSI Connector Location and Pinout SCSI II Table D 6 SCSI Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 11 15 25 35 36 40 42 GND Ground 12 14 37 39 NC Not Connected 26 D0 Data 0 27 D1 Data 1 28 D2 Data 2 29 D3 Data 3 30 D4 Data 4 31 D5 Data 5 32 D6 Data 6 33 D7 Data 7 34 DP Parity 38 TERMPWR Termination Power 41 ATN Attention 43 BUSY Busy 44 ACK Acknowledge 45 RESET Reset continues Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 850 Series User Manual D 10 National Instruments Corporation Table D 6 SCSI Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description 46 MSG Message 47 SEL Select 48 CMD_DATA Co
36. Ipc 850 is asserting SYSFAIL only that there is a device in the system asserting SYSFAIL FAILED LED The FAILED LED is lit when the VXIpc 850 is driving the SYSFAIL signal The VXIpc 850 asserts SYSFAIL when the PASSED bit in its VXIbus status register is clear The PASSED bit is set by the power on self configuration circuitry POSC when it has completed initializing the VXIbus interface ONLINE LED The ONLINE LED is lit when the Resource Manager has successfully completed and the VXIbus interface is ready for application programs TEST LED The TEST LED is lit when the power on self configuration circuitry is configuring the VXIbus interface Appendix C LED Indicators VXIpc 850 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 including the state in which VXIinit asserts the ONLINE LED Table C 1 LEDs and System Startup Status Step LEDs Lit Status Possible Problem if VXIpc 850 Fails 1 None Machine just turned on The VXIpc 850 is not receiving power 2 FAILED SYSFAIL Now asserting SYSFAIL because VXIbus interface has not been initialized yet Power on self configuration POSC cannot execute because of problems with system reset or because the POSCEN switch is incorrectly configured 3 FAILED TEST VXI interface is being initialized by MITE power on self configuration POSC
37. MEbus systems by six addressing lines known as address modifiers n is the number of address lines required to uniquely specify a byte location in a given space Valid numbers for n are 16 24 and 32 In VME VXI because there are six address modifiers there are 64 possible address spaces ANSI American National Standards Institute Glossary VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Glossary 2 National Instruments Corporation B b bits B bytes backplane An assembly typically a printed circuit board with 96 pin 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 three sets of bused connectors called J1 J2 and J3 BIOS 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 C CLK10 A 10 MHz 100 ppm individually buffered to each module slot differential ECL system clock that is sourced from Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe and distributed to Slots 1 through 12 on P2 It is distributed to each slot as a single source single destination signal with a matched delay of under 8 ns CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor a process used in making chips D DIN Deutsches Institut f r Normung German Standards Institute DMA Direct Memory Access
38. Map B 3 Table C 1 LEDs and System Startup Status C 2 Table D 1 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals D 3 Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals D 4 Table D 3 Ethernet Connector Signals D 5 Table D 4 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals D 6 Table D 5 Parallel Port Connector Signals D 8 Table D 6 SCSI Connector Signals D 9 Table D 7 GPIB Connector Signals D 11 Table D 8 SMB Connector Signals D 12 Table D 9 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals D 13 Table D 10 VXIbus P1 Connector Signals D 13 Table D 11 Signal Characteristics for SMB and Speaker Connections D 14 National Instruments Corporation xi VXIpc 850 Series User Manual About This Manual This manual contains
39. Setting CLK10 SMB __________________________________________________________ S6 Setting CLK10 Input Termination _______________________________________________ S7 Setting External Trigger Input Termination ________________________________________ S8 Setting GPIB IRQ Level _______________________________________________________ S9 Setting MITE User Factory Configuration _________________________________________ NI VXI Software Settings NI VXI Software Version Number __________________________________________________ Using VXIedit or VXItedit ________________________________________________________ Logical Address _________________________________________________________________ Device Type ___________________________________________________________________ Address Space __________________________________________________________________ VXI Shared RAM Size ___________________________________________________________ Shared RAM Pool Windows _____________________________________________________ Byte Order for Lower Half Window _________________________________________________ Byte Order for Upper Half Window _________________________________________________ Mapping Scheme for Lower and Upper Half Windows of VXI Shared RAM _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Resource Manager Delay _________________________________________________________ Number of Handlers _____
40. Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD Receive Data 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Ready to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 7 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Parallel Port Figure D 6 shows the location and pinouts for the IEEE 1284 connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 5 gives the name and description for the IEEE 1284 connector signals Amp manufactures a parallel port compatible connector part number 2 175677 5 Parallel Port 1 18 19 36 2 1 SYSF ACC TEST ONLINE FAILED DRIVE Figure D 6 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 850 Series User Manual D 8 National Instruments Corporation Table D 5 Parallel Port Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 BUSY Device Busy 19 GND Ground 2 SLCTIN Select Input 20 GND Ground 3 ACK Acknowledge 21 GND Ground 4 FAULT Fault 22 GND Ground 5 ERROR Error 23 GND Ground 6 PD0 Data Bit 0 24 GND Ground 7 PD1 Data Bit 1 25 GND Ground 8 PD2 Data Bit 2 26 GND Ground 9 PD3 Data Bit 3 27 GND Ground 10 PD4 Data Bit 4 28 GND Ground 11 PD5 Data Bit 5 29
41. The MITE custom ASIC is a sophisticated dual channel DMA controller with standard interfaces for VXI and PCI By using MITE DMA to transfer data and commands to and from devices the MITE frees the computer s microprocessor to perform other tasks such as data analysis and presentation In addition to DMA the MITE incorporates the new VME64 MBLT 8 byte block transfers in which both the address bus and data bus are used to transfer data directly into the ASIC to perform the fastest transfer operation to instruments With the multiple windowing scheme of the MITE you can easily access all of VXI address space The VXI trigger interface on the VXIpc 850 is based on the MANTIS custom ASIC By using the two SMB trigger I O connectors on the front panel you can route any of the TTL trigger lines between the backplane and external devices The MANTIS provides the complete VXI interface to the backplane connector in a single chip The VXIpc 850 can respond to all VXI defined protocols on all P2 TTL and ECL trigger lines at the same time The MANTIS features an internal cross matrix switching system for routing between lines as well as to and from the front panel and onboard clocks The VXIpc 850 uses the TNT4882C custom ASIC to give full GPIB control of external instruments via a front panel connector GPIB Chapter 1 Introduction National Instruments Corporation 1 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual capability is fully compatible with IEEE 488
42. User Manual E 2 National Instruments Corporation Length of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards The VXIpc 850 will easily accommodate any PCI or ISA I O boards that are 4 2 in high or less and are 7 72 in in length or less If you want to install a longer board you must consider several conditions such as handling vibration and possible contact with the system DRAM SIMMs When you install a plug in board the front end of the board that sticks out of the VXIpc 850 front panel is firmly supported because it is screwed to the front panel of the VXIpc 850 Longer boards cannot be firmly supported away from the front panel therefore if your system requires rugged handling or resides in a high vibration environment plug in boards longer than 7 72 in are not recommended The restrictions on the length of a VXIpc 850 plug in board also depend on the possibility of physical contact with the system DRAM SIMMs Because the DRAM SIMMs are more likely to interfere with ISA cards than PCI cards the two are discussed separately in the following sections Length of PCI Plug In Boards The VXIpc 850 should accommodate any standard 32 bit 5 V PCI I O board The maximum standard dimensions of a PCI I O board are 12 283 in by 4 2 in PCI cards are installed in the VXIpc 850 such that the board components face the processor card which contains the processor and system RAM Exceptionally tall PCI components on a plug in board may physically contact the DR
43. VXIbus mainframe With automatic Slot 0 detection you can install the VXIpc 850 into any VXIbus slot You can manually configure the VXIpc 850 for either Slot 0 or Non Slot 0 operation by defeating the automatic detection circuitry Use the three position jumper W13 to select automatic Slot 0 detection Slot 0 or Non Slot 0 operation Figure 3 2 shows these three settings Warning Do not install a device configured for Slot 0 into another slot without first reconfiguring it to either Non Slot 0 or automatic configuration Neglecting to do this could result in damage to the device the VXIbus backplane or both Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual W13 a Manual Non Slot 0 Configuration W13 b Automatic Slot 0 Detection Default W13 c Manual Slot 0 Configuration Figure 3 2 VXIbus Slot Configuration When the VXIpc 850 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 on all four VXIbus request levels prioritizes the requests and grants the bus to the highest priority requester As VXIbus System Controller the VXIpc 850 also drives the 16 MHz VXIbus system clock by an onboard 16 MHz oscillator As required by the VXIbus specification the VXIpc 850 drives the 10 MHz signal CLK10 on a differential ECL output when installed in Slot 0 Whe
44. ___________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs Title VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Edition Date April 1996 Part Number 321124A 01 Please comment on the completeness clarity and organization of the manual If you find errors in the manual please record the page numbers and describe the errors Thank you for your help Name Title Company Address Phone Mail to Technical Publications Fax to Technical Publications National Instruments Corporation National Instruments Corporation 6504 Bridge Point Parkway 512 794 5678 Austin TX 78730 5039 National Instruments Corporation Glossary 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Glossary Glossary Prefix Meaning Value n nano 10 9 micro 10 6 m milli 10 3 k kilo 103 M mega 106 G giga 109 A A Amperes address Character code that identifies a specific location or series of locations in memory address space A set of 2n memory locations differentiated from other such sets in VXI V
45. ________________________________________________________ Number of Interrupters ___________________________________________________________ Servant Area Size _______________________________________________________________ Protocol Register ________________________________________________________________ Read Protocol Response __________________________________________________________ System IRQ Level _______________________________________________________________ VXI Bus Timeout _______________________________________________________________ Arbiter Type ___________________________________________________________________ Arbiter Timeout _________________________________________________________________ Fair Request ____________________________________________________________________ Request Level __________________________________________________________________ A24 A32 Slave Write Post ________________________________________________________ VXI Retry Protocol ______________________________________________________________ VXI Slave Auto Retry ____________________________________________________________ VXI Transfer Limit ______________________________________________________________ User Window Base ______________________________________________________________ User Window Size _______________________________________________________________ User Window Below 1 MB ________________________________________________________ Dri
46. ability Code Description A32 A24 A16 master VMEbus master A32 A24 and A16 addressing A32 A24 A16 slave VMEbus slave A32 A24 and A16 addressing D64 D32 D16 D08 EO master VMEbus master D64 D32 D16 and D08 data sizes D64 D32 D16 D08 EO slave VMEbus slave D64 D32 D16 and D08 data sizes 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 support RETRY slave VMEbus slave retry support FSD First slot detector SCON VMEbus System Controller Automatic Detection PRI RRS Prioritized or Round Robin Select arbiter ROR FAIR Release on Request and FAIR bus requester IH 7 1 Interrupt handler for levels 7 1 I 7 1 Interrupt requester for levels 7 1 D32 D16 D08 O Interrupt Handler VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupt handler D32 D16 D08 O Interrupter VMEbus D32 D16 D08 O interrupter ROAK RORA Release on Acknowledge or Register Access interrupter BTO x VMEbus bus timer programmable limit LOCK Can lock the VMEbus for indivisible transfers Adding RAM To add RAM to the VXIpc 850 remove the top cover and add SIMM modules to the two empty SIMM sockets The maximum amount of RAM that can be added to a standard configuration of 16 MB is 64 MB yiel
47. actor It includes many high performance peripherals that normally require add in cards on desktop PCs In addition it has a VXIbus interface that is controlled from the PCI local bus providing extremely high performance and reliability Figure 2 1 is a functional block diagram of the VXIpc 850 Following the diagram is a description of each logic block shown Chapter 2 Functional Overview VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 2 2 National Instruments Corporation PCI Based Pentium CPU Card Memory Cache Chipset Video SCSI 32 bit 5 V PCI Local Bus System I O PCI Expansion Slot ISA Expansion Slot SCSI IDE Internal PCMCIA VXI VXI Bus ISA Bus Ethernet GPIB PC Peripherals Miniature Floppy CPU MITE MANTIS SCSI 2 Connector SCSI 2 Connector Type I II III Slot Type I II Slot RJ 45 Connector GPIB Connector ECP Parallel Miniature Miniature Serial 2 Speaker Keyboard Mouse Reset Figure 2 1 VXIpc 850 Block Diagram Chapter 2 Functional Overview National Instruments Corporation 2 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual The VXIpc 850 consists of the following logic blocks CPU Card The modular architecture of the VXIpc 850 contains a plug in CPU card that can accommodate various Pentium class processors This card includes the CPU chipset support that connects the CPU subsystem to the PCI bus and the system cache and RAM Video The
48. al hard drive is in use Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 1 6 National Instruments Corporation Four front panel LEDs that show Ethernet port status RX LED indicates that the VXIpc 850 is receiving data through its Ethernet port TX LED indicates that the VXIpc 850 is transmitting data through its Ethernet port DSEL LED indicates that the Ethernet circuitry is being accessed LINK LED reflects Ethernet link status Peripheral Expansion The VXIpc 850 uses the PCI local bus for peripheral expansion The PCIbus is a 32 bit multimaster bus that achieves a top throughput of 132 MB s and can handle numerous peripherals The integrated PCI local bus design of the VXIpc 850 gives you access to the following peripherals PCMCIA SCSI 2 Super VGA Enhanced IDE for the hard drive For information on installing and configuring these peripherals for use with the VXIpc 850 refer to Chapter 5 Peripherals You can also refer to the VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual which contains full documentation for the video PCMCIA and SCSI peripherals National Instruments Corporation 2 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Functional Overview Chapter 2 This chapter contains functional descriptions of each major logic block on the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer VXIpc 850 Functional Description The VXIpc 850 is a modular PC in a dual slot VXIbus C size form f
49. as four windows each of which includes several options Table 4 2 lists descriptions for each of the main menu windows Table 4 2 WinBIOS Main Menu Windows Window Description Setup Has five icons you can use to set system configuration options such as time date hard disk floppy disk and chip specific parameters Utility Has three icons you can use to detect hard drive types and change screen colors Security Has two icons you can use to control password and anti virus settings Default Has three icons you can use load original optimal and fail safe BIOS settings For more detailed information type lt ALT H gt to access online help National Instruments Corporation 5 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Peripherals Chapter 5 This chapter contains brief descriptions of each of the peripheral components of the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer Table 5 1 lists the VXIpc 850 peripheral components Refer to the VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual for more complete information on each peripheral Table 5 1 VXIpc 850 Peripheral Components Peripheral External Connector ISA or PCI Based Function Video 15 pin DSUB std VGA PCI High resolution color support for a SuperVGA monitor IDE None PCI Supports internal fast ATA 2 hard drive Ethernet RJ 45 ISA 10BaseT Ethernet connection PCMCIA Type I II and Type I II III PCI Supports two independent PCMCIA slots SCSI 36 pin SCSI 2 PCI Ext
50. ccess you can access the Microsoft WWW or FTP sites which contain some standard network drivers To install the network driver follow the instructions in the appropriate driver installation document Technical Information about the Ethernet Interface The SMC 91C92 provides the designer with the ability to select external or internal I O decoding and the ability to select whether or not it responds to 16 bit accesses The 91C92 on the VXIpc 850 decodes its own addresses the ENDEC pin is tied high and is enabled for 16 bit accesses EN16 is tied low Support You can contact SMC at the following numbers to obtain technical support New York 8 30 AM 6 00 PM Eastern Time 800 992 4762 from USA and Canada 516 435 6250 516 434 9314 Fax California 7 00 AM 5 00 PM Pacific Time 800 NET LEAD 638 5323 from USA and Canada 714 707 5607 714 707 2491 Fax You can use the following BBS numbers to obtain the latest Ethernet drivers from SMC Modem settings 9600 8 n 1 California 714 707 2481 New York 516 434 3162 Chapter 5 Peripherals VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 5 8 National Instruments Corporation Germany 49 89 928806 50 France 33 1 39 73 57 00 United Kingdom 44 0 932 350681 SMC also provides the drivers on their FTP site which can be accessed at ftp smc com or through their WWW site at www smc com Other drivers can be obtained from Microsoft at their WWW and FTP sites
51. cess is disabled Why does my computer hang on CSALLOC when I install the PCMCIA Card Wizard CSALLOC hangs unless the serial ports are set to 3E8 and 2E8 How can I boot from an external SCSI hard drive In the Setup Standard window change the Master drive setting from User to SCSI and make sure the SCSI is enabled in the Setup Chipset window Can I use the internal IDE drive and an 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 Select Default Optimal 2 Make sure floppy A is set to 1 44 in the Setup Standard 3 In the Setup Advanced enable AutoBlock IDE enable LBA mode and disable 32 bit disk access 4 In Setup Peripheral change the programming mode to manual enable FDC set Serial Port 1 to 3E8 and set Serial Port 2 to 2E8 5 Run Utility Detect Master to find the hard disk National Instruments Corporation G 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Customer Communication G Appendix For your convenience this appendix contains forms to help you gather the information necessary to help us solve technical problems you might have as well as a form you can use to comment on the product documentation Filling out a copy of the Technical Support Form before contacting National Instruments helps us help you better and faster National Instruments provides comprehensive technical ass
52. ding a total of 80 MB By replacing the 16 MB SIMMs you can have a total of 128 MB Appendix A Specifications VXIpc 850 Series User Manual A 4 National Instruments Corporation National Instruments recommends the following types of SIMMs for use with the VXIpc 850 controllers 8 MB 2 MB x 36 SIMMs 70ns 16 MB 4 MB x 36 SIMMs 70ns 32 MB 8 MB x 36 SIMMs 70ns The height of SIMMs used with VXIpc 850 controllers should be 0 85 in or less Contact National Instruments for recommendations on specific manufacturers National Instruments Corporation B 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual VXIpc 850 System Resources B Appendix This appendix describes what systems resources are available on the VXIpc 850 and where they are allocated Because PCI is a relatively new addition to PCs this chapter describes how PCI interrupts fit into a PC architecture before listing the devices that use them PCI Interrupts PCI interrupts can be shared by multiple devices and are therefore more flexible than ISA interrupts They do not actually connect to the processor directly they are instead mapped through ISA interrupts in the system I O module The interrupt handler for a particular ISA interrupt must know if it will be acknowledging a PCI device Resource Tables This section provides tables describing where system resources are assigned Table B 1 lists how the ISA interrupts are allocated on the VXIpc 850 and whether they are dr
53. dix D Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 15 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Signal Characteristics Refer to the relevant standard for the signal characteristics for VGA SCSI Ethernet keyboard mouse parallel serial and GPIB Table D 11 shows the signal characteristics for the SMB and speaker connections Table D 11 Signal Characteristics for SMB and Speaker Connections Signal Voltage Range Maximum Current Frequency Range SMB TRIG out CLK out 0 to 3 4 V 200 mA DC 10 MHz Speaker 0 to 4 3 V 75 mA DC 20 kHz SMB TRIG in 0 to 5 V 100 mA DC 10 MHz with 50 termination National Instruments Corporation E 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards E Appendix This appendix explains how to modify and install an I O board in the VXIpc 850 Height of VXIpc 850 Plug In Boards In general the VXIpc 850 can accommodate any standard size PCI card and any XT height ISA card The height of an I O card is measured from the bottom of the bus connector to the top of the board as shown in Figure E 1 Height 4 2 in max Length 7 65 in max recommended Figure E 1 I O Board Dimensions for VXIpc 850 Expansion Slot Both PC height ISA cards and PCI cards are 4 2 in high The VXIpc 850 does not support PC AT height ISA cards which are 4 8 in high Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards VXIpc 850 Series
54. doesn t the VXIpc 850 recognize my SCSI device This problem usually occurs when SCSI has not been enabled in the BIOS Enter your BIOS by pressing lt DEL gt at boot time In the Setup window click on the Chipset icon Select the On Board PCI SCSI option and enable it What type of video interface is onboard the VXIpc 850 What video drivers are included with the VXIpc 850 Can I use Super VGA with my VXIpc 850 If my application requires a special type of video display how do I configure my VXIpc 850 The VXIpc 850 uses the Trident Microsystems TGUI96xx chip family a combination graphics accelerator and RAMDAC The TGUI9660 is the first chip from this family used Succeeding pin compatible chips will follow The chips in this family are compatible with the Standard VGA video output MS Windows video driver as well as the Trident Microsystems video driver For information on the Trident driver refer to the VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual If your application requires a special type of video display you can remove the PCI video card included with your VXIpc 850 Contact National Instruments for information on how to do this What kind of monitor can I use with the VXIpc 850 VXIpc 850 computers that use Super VGA video output will work only with monitors having a horizontal scan rate of at least 50 kHz and a vertical scan rate of 60 Hz Warning Make sure that your monitor meets this specification Enabling the Super VGA optio
55. endix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 850 Series User Manual D 12 National Instruments Corporation Center Shield 2 1 Figure D 9 SMB Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 8 SMB Connector Signals Pin Signal Description Center TTL Trigger or Clock Signal Shield Ground VXIbus P1 and P2 Figure D 10 shows the location and pinouts for the VXIbus connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 9 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P2 connector signals Table D 10 gives the name and description for the VXIbus P1 connector signals P1 Connector P2 Connector C1 B1 A1 C32 B32 A32 Figure D 10 VXIbus Connectors Location and Pinout Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 13 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Table D 9 VXIbus P2 Connector Signals Table D 10 VXIbus P1 Connector Signals Pin Row C Row B Row A Pin Row C Row B Row A 1 CLK10 5 V ECLTRG0 1 D08 BBSY D00 2 CLK10 GND 2 V 2 D09 BCLR D01 3 GND Not Connected ECLTRG1 3 D10 ACFAIL D02 4 5 2 V A24 GND 4 D11 BG0IN D03 5 Not Connected A25 MODID12 5 D12 BG0OUT D04 6 Not Connected A26 MODID11 6 D13 BG1IN D05 7 GND A27 5 2 V 7 D14 BG1OUT D06 8 Not Connected A28 MODID10 8 D15 BG2IN D07 9 Not Connected A29 MODID09 9 GND BG2OUT GND 10 GND A30 GND 10 SYSFAIL BG3IN SYSCLK 11 Not Connected A31 MODID08 11
56. ernal SCSI 2 connection for hard drives CD ROM drives and so on GPIB 24 pin CHAMP ISA IEEE 488 2 interface compatible with the National Instruments AT GPIB board VXI Two 96 pin DIN rear of board Serial Port Parallel Port PCI ISA ISA High performance VXIbus interface 16550 Serial ports Extended capabilities Chapter 5 Peripherals VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 5 2 National Instruments Corporation Software Installation Your VXIpc 850 is one of the most complete PCs available on the market including desktop PCs The VXIpc 850 includes video IDE Ethernet PCMCIA SCSI and GPIB all of which require software support to either enable them or maximize their performance This chapter contains information on how to install these drivers Why National Instruments Does Not Install All Peripheral Drivers Although all drivers run concurrently with each other and can all run together each driver uses a certain amount of system resources Depending on the peripheral these resources include DMA channels interrupts or main memory The latter is especially critical in a DOS environment where available memory can be as little as 400 KB with all drivers loaded Because most VXIpc 850 users require some subset of the peripherals offered National Instruments allows the customer to determine where system resources should be allocated whether to peripherals PCI or ISA add in boards or applications Insta
57. f your installed board Loosen the screw holding the guide and rotate the guide to the uppermost position for PCI boards or the lowermost position for ISA boards 2 Replace the manufacturer supplied panel bracket with the custom bracket The two holes in the bracket align with existing holes in the VXIpc 850 front panel 3 Seat the board firmly in one of the expansion bus connectors 4 Affix the board to the front panel with the two screws You can use a PEM nut on the back far side of the bracket or a 4 40 nut with lock washer hole diameter should be 0 125 in In either case use a 4 40 x 1 4 in stainless steel panhead screw to mount the board bracket assembly to the front panel Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards National Instruments Corporation E 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Figure E 4 shows a PCI board installed in the VXIpc 850 a PCI Board Installed b ISA Board Installed Figure E 4 PCI Board Installed in a VXIpc 850 National Instruments Corporation F 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Common Questions F Appendix This appendix answers common questions you may have when using the VXIpc 850 What do the LEDs on the front of the VXIpc 850 mean Refer to Appendix C LED Indicators for a description of the front panel LEDs Is something wrong with the VXIpc 850 if the red SYSFAIL and FAILED LEDs stay lit after booting the VXIpc 850 If either the SYSFAIL or FAILED LED
58. figuration Disable MITE self configuration S3 Source CLK10 from onboard oscillator Source CLK10 from SMB S4 Non inverted CLK10 output Inverted CLK10 output S5 Receive CLK10 input from SMB Source CLK10 output to SMB S6 No termination on CLK10 input Terminate CLK10 input to 50 S7 No termination on external trigger input Terminate external trigger input to 50 S8 GPIB uses IRQ11 GPIB uses IRQ5 S9 MITE user configuration MITE factory configuration Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 3 4 National Instruments Corporation Configuring the VXIpc 850 This section describes how to configure the following options on the VXIpc 850 VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 VXIbus CLK10 routing Trigger input termination EEPROM Installed system RAM How to Remove the Metal Enclosure The VXIpc 850 is housed in a metal enclosure to improve EMC performance and to provide easy handling You must remove this enclosure to change many of the switch and jumper settings on the VXIpc 850 You must also remove the enclosure to change the amount of DRAM installed on the VXIpc 850 To remove the metal enclosure remove the five screws on the top the four screws on the bottom and the three screws on the right side of the enclosure VXIbus Slot 0 Non Slot 0 The VXIpc 850 is configured at the factory to automatically detect if it is installed in Slot 0 of a
59. guration Figure 3 9 SMB Trigger Input Termination Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 9 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual How to Fix an Invalid EEPROM Configuration VXIEDIT is the software configuration utility in the NI VXI software This utility is described in Chapter 3 NI VXI Configuration Utility in the NI VXI Software Manual for the VXIpc 850 Series You can use this utility to edit the configuration of the VXIpc 850 Some of these settings are stored in files that are read by the NI VXI software while other settings are stored directly in the VXIpc 850 EEPROM Certain EEPROM configurations can lock up your PCI computer while it is booting up Generally only the size and location of the memory windows can cause your VXIpc 850 to lock up your system For example many PCI based computers will not boot if a board in its system requests more memory space than the computer can allocate If you encounter this situation you should reduce the size of the VXIpc 850 user window If this situation occurs after you change the VXIpc 850 configuration perform the following steps to reconfigure the VXIpc 850 1 Turn your computer off Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished changing the settings on the VXIpc 850 module 2 Change switch S9 to the OFF position as shown in Figure 3 9b to restore the fac
60. he NI VXI NI VISA and NI 488 2 bus interface software Optional Equipment You can contact National Instruments to order any of the following optional equipment COM1 2 adapter cable Enhanced parallel port adapter cable Single shielded 2 m GPIB cable Upgrades for the VXIpc 850 modular CPU card Optional Software National Instruments has developed several software kits that you can use with the VXIpc 850 The NI VXI bus interface software for the VXIpc 850 includes a Resource Manager graphical and text based versions of an interactive VXI resource editor program a comprehensive library of software routines for VXI VME programming and an interactive control program for interacting with VXI VME You can use this software to seamlessly program multiple mainframe configurations and have software compatibility across a variety of VXI VME controller platforms The NI 488 2 software kit for the VXIpc 850 gives you accessibility to the industry standard NI 488 2 software for controlling external GPIB instruments through the GPIB port on the front panel of your Chapter 1 Introduction National Instruments Corporation 1 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual VXIpc 850 The GPIB interface on the VXIpc 850 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 VXIpc 850 You can also use the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI applica
61. he VXIpc 850 The power cord grounds the mainframe and protects it from electrical damage while you are installing the module Warning To protect both yourself and the mainframe from electrical hazards the mainframe should remain off until you are finished installing the VXIpc 850 module 2 Remove or open any doors or covers blocking access to the mainframe slots 3 If you are installing the VXIpc 850 into a D size mainframe install a support designed for installing C size boards in D size mainframes The VXIpc 850 has no P3 connector and cannot provide P3 Slot 0 control to VXI devices requiring this capability Warning If the VXIpc 850 is not configured for automatic Slot 0 detection be certain that the slot you select in your VXIbus mainframe matches the VXIpc 850 configuration as either a Slot 0 device or a Non Slot 0 device If you install your VXIpc 850 into a slot that does not correspond with the jumper setting you risk damage to the VXIpc 850 the VXIbus backplane or both 4 Insert the VXIpc 850 in the slot you have selected by aligning the top and bottom of the board with the card edge guides inside the mainframe Slowly push the VXIpc 850 straight into the slot until its plug connectors are resting on the backplane receptacle connectors Using slow evenly distributed pressure press the VXIpc 850 straight in until it seats in the expansion slot The front panel of the VXIpc 850 should be even with the front panel of
62. inches I O input output the techniques media and devices used to achieve communication between machines and users INT interrupt INTA PCI interrupt A INTB PCI interrupt B INTC PCI interrupt C INTD PCI interrupt D interrupt A means for a device to request service from another device interrupt handler A VMEbus functional module that detects interrupt requests generated by interrupters and responds to those requests by requesting status and identify information interrupt level The relative priority at which a device can interrupt IRQ Interrupt signal ISA Industry Standard Architecture denotes a common expansion bus used in PCs K KB kilobytes of memory L LED Light 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 Glossary National Instruments Corporation Glossary 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual MB megabytes of memory MITE 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 MODID Module ID Lines Used in VXI to geographically locate boards and to dynamically configure boards MTBF Mean Time Between Failure N NI VXI The National Instruments bus interface software for VME VXIbus systems NMI NonMaskable Interrupt Non
63. ion Figure 3 1 shows the location and factory default settings of most of the configuration switches and jumpers on the VXIpc 850 Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 3 2 National Instruments Corporation 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Trigger In Termination S7 7 Slot 0 Identification W13 13 GPIB IRQ Level S8 2 CLK10 Inversion S4 8 CLK10 Source S3 14 CMOS W2 3 Ethernet EEPROM Config S1 9 Serial Number 15 SCSI Termination W1 4 LPT DMA Channel W4 10 Product Name 16 CLK10 Termination S6 5 MITE EEPROM Config S9 11 Assembly Number 6 MITE Self Config S2 12 CLK10 Direction S5 Figure 3 1 VXIpc 850 Parts Locator Diagram Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Table 3 1 lists the factory default settings and options for the onboard jumpers and switches Table 3 1 VXIpc 850 Hardware Default Settings Jumper Switch Default Setting Optional Setting W1 Supply SCSI termination power Disable SCSI termination W2 Normal CMOS operation Clear CMOS W4 LPT1 uses DMA Channel 1 LPT uses DMA Channel 3 W13 Enable automatic Slot 0 detection Force Slot 0 Force Non Slot 0 S1 Enable Ethernet EEPROM configuration Disable Ethernet EEPROM configuration uses default power on values S2 Enable MITE self con
64. ion specific interface chips 1 4 to 1 5 customer communication xiv G 1 to G 2 D default settings 3 1 to 3 3 factory default settings table 3 3 parts locator diagram 3 2 disk drives See IDE controller SCSI interface DMA channel GPIB configuration 5 10 level for parallel port PC configuration 3 11 resource allocations table B 2 documentation conventions used in manual xii xiii how to use documentation set xiii organization of manual xi xii related documentation xiv DRIVE LED 1 5 C 3 drivers for peripherals installing 5 2 memory requirements 5 2 DSEL LED 1 6 C 3 E EEPROM configuration 3 8 to 3 9 fixing invalid configuration 3 9 power on self configuration status figure 3 8 protecting against electrical hazards warning 3 9 SMB trigger input termination figure 3 8 electrical specifications A 1 electronic technical support G 1 to G 2 e mail support G 2 environmental specifications A 2 equipment optional 1 2 Ethernet configuring addresses 5 6 default settings table 5 6 connector and signals D 5 interface technical information 5 7 LEDs for port status 1 6 C 3 power on defaults PC configuration 3 11 software installation 5 6 to 5 7 technical support 5 7 to 5 8 expansion boards See I O expansion boards F FAILED LED 1 5 C 1 fax and telephone support G 2 faxback support G 2 front panel See also connectors LEDs on front panel features 1 5 to 1 6 layout and dime
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66. iven by a PCI interrupt Table B 2 lists DMA channel allocation and Table B 3 gives the I O address map Table B 1 ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations ISA Interrupt PCI Interrupt Device NMI None Parity 0 None Timer 1 None Keyboard continues Appendix B VXIpc 850 System Resources VXIpc 850 Series User Manual B 2 National Instruments Corporation Table B 1 ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations Continued ISA Interrupt PCI Interrupt Device 2 None IRQ Expansion 8 15 3 None COM2 4 None COM1 5 INTC INTB GPIB PCMCIA Slot Expansion 6 None Floppy Drive 7 None LPT1 8 None RTC 9 None Ethernet 10 INTA VXI SCSI PCMCIA 11 None GPIB PCMCIA Slot Expansion 12 None Mouse 13 None FPERR 14 INTD IDE 15 None PCMCIA Slot Expansion Table B 2 DMA Channel Resource Allocations DMA Channel Device 0 Free 1 Free 2 Floppy Drive 3 Free 4 Free 5 GPIB 6 Free 7 Free Appendix B VXIpc 850 System Resources National Instruments Corporation B 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Table B 3 I O Address Map I O Address Device I O Address Device 000 00F 8237 DMA 1 2E8 2EF COM 020 021 8259 PIC 1 2F8 2FF COM 040 043 8253 Timer 300 30F Ethernet 060 066 8742 Controller 310 36F Free 070 077 CMOS RAM amp NMI Mask Reg 370 377 Reserved 078 07B BIOS Timer 378 37F LPT 080 090 DMA Page Registers
67. jury or death should always continue to be used when National Instruments products are being used National Instruments products are 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 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 in
68. kit are the same manuals usually sent with an AT GPIB TNT kit They explain how to get your GPIB system up and running Base Address DMA and IRQ Configuration Although the VXIpc 850 hardware is compatible with the AT GPIB TNT you do not have the option to change the base address or the DMA level of the GPIB circuitry on the VXIpc 850 The base I O address is 2C0 The DMA level is 5 The IRQ is 11 you can also select an IRQ of 5 The hardware installation and configuration information in the GPIB getting started manual is not relevant to the VXIpc 850 Installing the NI 488 2 Software Because the VXIpc 850 comes with the NI 488 2 software already installed on it you do not need to read the software installation chapter The rest of the GPIB getting started user and function reference manuals contain information about how to configure and use your GPIB system National Instruments Corporation A 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Specifications A Appendix This appendix describes the environmental electrical and mechanical specifications of the VXIpc 850 Electrical Current A Voltage V Typical Maximum 5 5 82 A 6 87 A 5 2 224 5 mA 236 mA 2 67 2 mA 95 2 mA 12 2 26 mA 2 63 mA 12 2 43 mA 2 43 mA Physical Characteristic Specification Size Two slot VXIbus C Size Module 233 35 by 340 by 60 96 mm Board Dimensions Fully Enclosed Shielded VXI C Size Board
69. le C 2 VXIbus interface status LEDs 1 5 C 1 LINK LED 1 6 C 3 M MANTIS custom ASIC 1 4 manual See documentation memory See RAM MITE custom ASIC 1 4 monitor See also video accelerator booting for color F 2 type to use with VXIpc 850 F 2 mouse connector D 2 to D 3 N NI 488 2 software kit 1 2 to 1 3 NI VXI bus software 1 2 O ONLINE LED 1 5 C 1 P parallel port connector and signals D 7 to D 8 DMA level PC configuration 3 11 PC configuration 3 9 to 3 11 Ethernet power on defaults 3 11 GPIB interrupt level 3 10 parallel port DMA level 3 11 SCSI termination 3 10 system CMOS 3 10 to 3 11 PCI interrupts B 1 Index VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Index 4 National Instruments Corporation PCMCIA controller computer hangs on CSALLOC F 4 interface technical information 5 9 software installation 5 8 performance specifications A 2 peripherals drivers installing 5 2 memory requirements 5 2 Ethernet controller 5 6 to 5 8 GPIB IEEE 488 2 5 10 IDE controller 5 4 to 5 5 PCMCIA controller 5 8 to 5 9 SCSI controller 5 9 to 5 10 video 5 3 to 5 4 VXIpc 850 components table 5 1 physical specifications A 1 plug in boards See I O expansion boards problems and solutions F 1 to F 4 Q questions and answers about VXIpc 850 F 1 to F 4 R RAM adding SIMM modules A 3 to A 4 disabling memory checks when booting F 4 installed system RAM 3 9 memory specifications A 2 RX LED 1 6 C
70. lling Peripheral Drivers Find the c images directory in the root directory of your internal hard drive In it are subdirectories that contain images of the installation diskettes for the peripheral drivers For most of the drivers installation simply requires you to change to the appropriate subdirectory for example change to c images enet for the Ethernet driver and run the install or setup program Some drivers do require extra steps so read the installation instructions before installing the driver For more information on SCSI video or PCMCIA refer to the VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual Chapter 5 Peripherals National Instruments Corporation 5 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Video The VXIpc 850 uses the TGUI96XX Series Video Accelerator from Trident Microsystems For space and modularity reasons National Instruments designed a PCI based video card using the TGUI96XX and up to 4 MB of EDO DRAM The performance of this card rivals that of any other 64 bit graphics card on the market With 4 MB of DRAM the TGUI96XX supports up to 1600x1200 resolution 65 KB colors maximum or up to 16 7 million colors 1280x1024 resolution maximum You can also select the refresh rate at which you would like the video circuitry to operate Caution If you are using a Super VGA monitor make sure it has a horizontal scan rate of at least 50 kHz and a vertical scan rate of 60 Hz Using the Super VGA option with a monitor that does
71. mmand Data 49 REQ Request 50 IN_OUT In Out GPIB IEEE 488 2 Figure D 8 shows the location and pinouts for the GPIB connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 7 gives the name and description for the GPIB connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a GPIB mating connector part number MDSM 255C Z11 GPIB 13 1 25 14 2 1 Figure D 8 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 11 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Table D 7 GPIB Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 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 IFC Interface Clear 10 SRQ Service Request 11 ATN Attention 12 SHIELD Chassis ground 13 DIO5 Data Bit 5 14 DIO6 Data Bit 6 15 DIO7 Data Bit 7 16 DIO8 Data Bit 8 17 REN Remote Enable 18 GND Logic Ground 19 GND Logic Ground 20 GND Logic Ground 21 GND Logic Ground 22 GND Logic Ground 23 GND Logic Ground 24 GND Logic Ground 25 GND Logic Ground External SMBs Figure D 9 shows the location and pinouts for the SMB connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 8 gives the name and description for the SMB connector signals Amp manufactures an SMB mating connector part number 1 413985 0 App
72. n 3 B Blue 4 NC Not Connected 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 9 5 VDC 5 Volts 10 GND Ground 11 NC Not Connected 12 SD Serial Data 13 HSync Horizontal Sync 14 VSync Vertical Sync 15 SC Serial Clock Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors National Instruments Corporation D 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Ethernet Figure D 4 shows the location and pinouts for the Ethernet connector on the VXIpc 850 Table D 3 gives the name and description for the Ethernet connector signals Amp manufactures a mating connector part number 554739 1 Ethernet 2 1 8 1 Figure D 4 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout Table D 3 Ethernet Connector Signals Pin Signal Description 1 Differential Transmit 2 Differential Transmit 3 Differential Receive 4 NC 5 NC 6 Differential Receive 7 NC 8 NC Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 850 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 850 Table D 4 gives the name and description for the COM1 and COM2 connector signals ITT Cannon manufactures a serial port mating connector part number MDSM 9SC Z11 1 5 9 6 COM1 1 5 9 6 COM2 2 1 Figure D 5 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 4 COM1 and COM2 Connector
73. n from the defaults and using the NI VXI software on the VXIpc 850 When you are familiar with the material in these manuals you can begin to use the NI VXI Software Reference Manual for C Chapter 1 Introduction to VXI and Chapter 2 Introduction to the NI VXI Functions present the concepts of VXI and prepare you for detailed explanations of the NI VXI functions Study the descriptions of each function given in Chapters 3 through 13 to fully understand the purpose and syntax of each function 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 About This Manual VXIpc 850 Series User Manual xiv National Instruments Corporation Related Documentation The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as you read this manual ANSI IEEE Standard 1014 1987 IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus VMEbus ANSI IEEE Standard 1155 1993 IEEE VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation VXIbus ANSI VITA 1 1994 VME64 VXI 6 VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification Rev 1 0 VXIbus Consortium Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals We are interested in the applications you develop with our products and we want to help if you have problems with them To make it easy for you to contact us this manual contains comment and configurati
74. n not installed in Slot 0 the VXIpc 850 only receives the CLK10 signal VXIbus CLK10 Routing When the VXIpc 850 is installed in Slot 0 of your mainframe it supplies the VXIbus CLK10 signal The VXIpc 850 can use two different sources to generate this signal an onboard oscillator or the external CLK SMB connector Use switch S3 to select these options as shown in Figure 3 3 Notice that Figure 3 3b also shows switch S5 You must configure these switches as shown when using the corresponding CLK10 source setting of S3 Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 3 6 National Instruments Corporation S3 S3 S5 a CLK10 Generated from Onboard Oscillator Default b CLK10 Generated from SMB Figure 3 3 VXIbus CLK10 Routing The VXIpc 850 can also be configured to drive the external CLK SMB signal from the VXIbus CLK10 signal Switch S5 controls whether the VXIpc 850 drives or receives the external CLK SMB signal If you change the S5 setting to drive CLK10 out the external CLK10 SMB connector Figure 3 4b do not set S3 to source CLK10 to the backplane from the SMB instead use the setting shown in Figure 3 3a S5 S5 a CLK10 SMB Receives 10 MHz Signal Default b CLK10 SMB Drives 10 MHz Signal from VXIbus CLK10 Figure 3 4 SMB CLK10 Direction When switch S5 is set so that the VXIpc 850 receives the SMB CLK10 signal you have the option to add a 50 termination to the signal by set
75. n on a monitor that does not meet this specification will cause damage to your monitor Appendix F Common Questions National Instruments Corporation F 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual What if my keyboard connector does not fit into the keyboard port on the VXIpc 850 You can plug keyboards that have a 6 pin Mini DIN PS 2 type connector directly into the VXIpc 850 You can use the keyboard adapter cable that is included with every VXIpc 850 kit to adapt the larger AT keyboard connector to the 6 pin Mini DIN connector How do I connect an external speaker to the VXIpc 850 to get audio capability A twisted pair cable connects the front panel audio connector to the VXIpc 850 motherboard Connect the external speaker to this front panel connector The center pin of the connector provides the audio signal The shield of the connector is GROUND How do I add RAM to the VXIpc 850 What is the maximum amount of RAM that I can have on the VXIpc 850 For information about adding RAM to the VXIpc 850 refer to Appendix A Specifications Which interrupt levels are free to be used by ISA bus boards Which area of upper memory adapter space is free for use by ISA bus boards or expanded memory manager software programs See Appendix B VXIpc 850 System Resources for information on the available port I O register space upper memory area interrupts and DMA channels How do I install the VXIpc 850 in a slot other than Slot 0 The VXI
76. nd triggers Also part of the VXIbus interface are the SMB connectors which you can use to route triggers and the CLK10 signal to or from the VXIbus Ethernet This is an ISA based Ethernet circuit that uses an RJ 45 connector for access to an external Ethernet based LAN GPIB This logic block represents the IEEE 488 2 port on the VXIpc 850 It uses the National Instruments TNT4882 ASIC for maximum performance as an ISA based GPIB controller PC Peripherals These blocks represent the other peripherals supplied by the VXIpc 850 including PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports two miniature serial ports and ECP EPP parallel port speaker jack reset button and a 1 44 MB 3 5 in floppy drive National Instruments Corporation 3 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Configuration and Installation Chapter 3 This chapter contains the instructions to configure and install the VXIpc 850 Series embedded computer Unless otherwise noted these instructions apply to all models in the VXIpc 850 Series Warning Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your VXIpc 850 module To avoid such damage in handling the module touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of your VXI chassis before removing the VXIpc 850 from the package Default Settings This section summarizes the hardware default settings for the VXIpc 850 for easy reference The VXIpc 850 is set at the factory for the most commonly used configurat
77. nother To select a button or menu hold down lt ALT gt while pressing the underlined letter in the button or menu Chapter 5 Peripherals National Instruments Corporation 5 5 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 3 After you have answered all the questions QuickIDE will copy files to the c drive and perform edits to files as needed Backup copies of any altered files will be created in case you want to undo the installation QuickIDE may modify CONFIG SYS and or AUTOEXEC BAT The original files will be renamed CONFIG 000 and so on Technical Information about the IDE Interface In addition to the CMD part two other devices provide IDE interfaces The Intel 82091AA Advanced Integrated Peripheral AIP provides floppy parallel and serial support and has an IDE interface The IDE interface is disabled because the AIP is not a PCI based part and therefore provides a slower IDE interface than the CMD0640B The Intel 82092AA PPEC described in the PCMCIA section provides a PCI IDE interface however PCMCIA performance is restricted when that interface is enabled Disabling the IDE on the PPEC provides maximum PCMCIA flexibility and performance The CMD0640B is configured so that the PCI base address registers are enabled setting the IDE port to Legacy Mode or Native Mode with software In Legacy Mode the CMD0640B is compatible with standard ISA IDE The IDE registers are mapped to the standard ISA port addresses and the IDE drive inter
78. nsions figure D 2 FTP support G 1 G GPIB IEEE 488 2 base address DMA and IRQ configuration 5 10 connectors and signals D 10 to D 11 PC configuration interrupt level 3 10 software installation 5 10 H hard disk See IDE controller SCSI interface I IDE controller interface technical information 5 5 problems with booting hard disk F 4 software installation 5 4 to 5 5 using internal IDE drive and external SCSI hard drive F 4 Index National Instruments Corporation Index 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual installation See also configuration electrostatic discharge warning 3 1 3 12 I O expansion boards E 4 to E 5 peripheral drivers 5 2 Slot 0 detection warning 3 12 VXIpc 850 installation procedure 3 12 to 3 13 interrupts GPIB interrupt level GPIB configuration 5 10 PC configuration 3 10 ISA interrupt resource allocations table B 1 to B 2 PCI B 1 I O address map table B 3 I O expansion boards installation materials needed E 4 procedure E 4 to E 5 VXIpc 850 plug in boards height E 1 length ISA boards E 3 PCI boards E 2 to E 3 ISA interrupt resource allocations table B 1 to B 2 J jumper settings 3 3 See also configuration K keyboard connector illustration D 2 problems with plugging in keyboards F 3 signals table D 2 L LabVIEW software 1 3 LabWindows CVI software 1 3 LEDs on front panel board access LEDs C 3 Ethernet LEDs 1 6 C 3 system startup cyc
79. nt Panel and Connectors describes the front panel and connectors on the VXIpc 850 Appendix E Modifying and Installing I O Expansion Boards explains how to modify and install an I O board in the VXIpc 850 Appendix F Common Questions answers common questions you may have when using the VXIpc 850 Appendix G 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 The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics used in this manual including the page where you can find each one Conventions Used in This Manual The following conventions are used in this manual bold Bold text denotes menus menu items or dialog box buttons or options bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note caution or warning bold Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the monospace computer automatically prints to the screen italic Italic text denotes emphasis a cross reference or an introduction to a key concept monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that are to be literally input from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives
80. o a serial EEPROM from which the 91C92 loads its power on configuration The defaults should be adequate for most situations however using the ISMC9000 software you can change the default settings except the Ethernet address for the needs of your system Table 5 1 SMC 91C92 Default Settings Settings Ethernet Address 00 80 2F 01 xx xx I O Base Address 0x300 ROM Base Address N A 8 16 Bit Adapter 16 bit Interface 10BASET Interrupt Line IRQ9 Installing the Ethernet Software Perform the following steps to install the Ethernet driver 1 The ISMC9000 software resides in c images enet Under DOS or a DOS shell under Windows type c images enet ismc9000 to run the configuration program If you do not want to change the default settings you do not need to run this program Chapter 5 Peripherals National Instruments Corporation 5 7 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 2 Once you exit the ISMC9000 program the serial EEPROM is updated and the values you selected are loaded into the 91C92 the next time you boot the machine 3 At this point you need to install the appropriate network driver unless you can use one of the network drivers included with the operating system For example some operating systems may not include TCP IP If the driver you need is not supplied in the c images enet directory you can either contact National Instruments for help on finding the driver you need or if you have internet a
81. ock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device the VXIbus backplane or both T trigger Either TTL or ECL lines used for intermodule communication TTL Transistor Transistor Logic V V Volts VME Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014 Glossary National Instruments Corporation Glossary 7 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual VMEbus System Controller 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 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 VXIbus backplane or both VXIbus VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation VXIinit A program in the NI VXI bus interface software package that initializes the board interrupts shared RAM VXI register configurations and bus configurations National Instruments Corporation Index 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Index A ACCESS LED 1 5 C 3 audio capability See speaker B base address configuration GPIB 5 10 BIOS See also CMOS clearing CMOS contents 3 10 disabling memory checks F 4 setting up See WinBIOS viewing settings F 3 board access LEDs C 3 bulletin board support G 1 C CLK10 signal VXIbus accuracy F 1
82. on 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 VXIpc 850 Hardware Settings VXIpc 850 Part Number __________________________________________________________ VXIpc 850 Serial Number ________________________________________________________ Processor Speed _________________________________________________________________ DRAM SIMMs Installed __________________________________________________________ Hard Drive Size __________________________ Video Memory _________________________ Slot Location ___________________________________________________________________ W1 Setting SCSI Termination _____________________________________________________ W2 Setting CMOS ______________________________________________________________ W4 Setting LPT1 DMA __________________________________________________________ W13 Setting Slot 0 Detection ______________________________________________________ S1 Setting Ethernet EEPROM _____________________________________________________ S2 Setting MITE Self Configuration ________________________________________________ S3 Setting CLK10 Source ________________________________________________________ S4 Setting Inverted Non inverted CLK10 Output ______________________________________ S5
83. on forms for you to complete These forms are in Appendix G Customer Communication at the end of this manual National Instruments Corporation 1 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Introduction Chapter 1 This chapter describes the VXIpc 850 Series of embedded VXI computers lists what you need to get started describes the hardware and lists optional equipment and software Figure 1 1 shows the VXIpc 850 with its cover removed Figure 1 1 VXIpc 850 Embedded Computer Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 1 2 National Instruments Corporation The VXIpc 850 a Pentium based C size embedded computer based on the Peripheral Component Interface PCI bus is a high performance easy to use platform for controlling VXIbus systems featuring complete VXI functionality through interactive utilities and C function calls In addition the VXIpc 850 has an IEEE 488 2 interface that is compatible with the NI 488 2 architecture The VXIpc 850 is a custom computer that you install directly in two C size slots of your VXIbus mainframe An embedded computer can take full advantage of the VXI high performance backplane capabilities and give you direct control of VXI registers memory interrupts and triggers All models in the VXIpc 850 Series are fully VXIplug amp play compliant and are compatible with PC compatible software tools the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI application software and t
84. ons with the keyboard or mouse Modify the settings to reflect system options Press lt Alt H gt for Help Using a Mouse with WinBIOS Setup Point the cursor at the item you wish to modify and double click the left mouse button When items appear use the cursor to select values and press the left mouse button to complete the changes To leave the current operation and return to the previous level click on the exit box in the window s upper left corner Chapter 4 WinBIOS VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 4 2 National Instruments Corporation Using the Keyboard with WinBIOS Setup Although using the mouse is the easiest means to select BIOS options you can also use the keyboard Table 4 1 lists the keys you use to choose options Table 4 1 WinBIOS Options Key Option lt TAB gt Change current window gt lt v Move highlight to next field lt Enter gt Select highlighted option Increment or decrement a value lt ESC gt Close the current operation and return to the previous level exits WinBIOS at the top level lt PgUp gt Return to previous page lt PgDn gt Advance to next page lt Home gt Return to the beginning of the text lt End gt Advance to the end of the text lt Alt H gt Access a help window lt Alt space gt Exit WinBIOS setup Chapter 4 WinBIOS National Instruments Corporation 4 3 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual WinBIOS Main Menu The WinBIOS main menu h
85. osure The VXIpc 850 Series currently consists of three models which vary in the speed of the Intel Pentium microprocessor The VXIpc 850 100 uses the 100 MHz version of the Intel Pentium microprocessor The VXIpc 850 133 uses the 133 MHz version of the Intel Pentium microprocessor The VXIpc 850 166 uses the 166 MHz version of the Intel Pentium microprocessor Chapter 1 Introduction VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 1 4 National Instruments Corporation The CPU module and its memory sockets are easily accessible for you to install additional DRAM in the field up to 128 MB The VXIpc 850 contains at least an 800 MB internal enhanced IDE hard disk For information on adding RAM by installing SIMMs refer to Appendix A Specifications Slot 0 Functionality You can use the VXIpc 850 Series computers to achieve full VXI Slot 0 control of your VXI system You can also install the VXIpc 850 in another slot and use it in Non Slot 0 mode You do not have to change any switches or jumpers when moving between these two modes as the VXIpc 850 can automatically detect whether it is installed in Slot 0 and it will automatically enable or disable the Slot 0 onboard circuitry Custom Application Specific Interface Chips The VXIpc 850 Series uses the MITE MANTIS and TNT4882C custom ASICs to deliver high VXI and GPIB performance and can achieve more than 20 MB s DMA block mode data transfer rates across the VXI backplane
86. pc 850 automatically detects whether or not it is in Slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe You do not need to change jumper settings to install the VXIpc 850 in a slot other than Slot 0 unless you have defeated the first slot detector FSD circuitry by changing jumper W13 Refer to Chapter 3 of this manual Configuration and Installation 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 VXIpc 850 and press the lt DEL gt key during the memory tests Refer to Chapter 4 WinBIOS for more information Appendix F Common Questions VXIpc 850 Series User Manual F 4 National Instruments Corporation How do I disable the automatic memory check when booting the VXIpc 850 Though the BIOS will always check memory below 1 MB you can disable it from checking for memory above 1 MB To change the BIOS enter the setup by pressing lt DEL gt as the system is booting and select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Disable the Above 1 M Memory Test save your settings and reboot the system Can I upgrade my VXIpc 850 You can upgrade the modular CPU card to upgrade the processor Contact National Instruments for information What should I do if I cannot boot from the hard disk Make sure the IDE block is set to Auto LBA is enabled and 32 bit disk ac
87. rive is occurring Ethernet LEDs The Ethernet LEDs RX TX LINK and DSEL indicate the status of the Ethernet interface RX LED The RX LED lights when the Ethernet interface is receiving a packet TX LED The TX LED lights when the Ethernet interface is transmitting a packet LINK LED The 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 850 Series User Manual Front Panel and Connectors D Appendix This appendix describes the front panel and connectors on the VXIpc 850 This material contains the information relevant to VXIplug amp play Specification VPP 8 VXI Module Mainframe to Receiver Interconnection Note The illustrations in this appendix show the mating face of the connectors An asterisk suffix on a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Front Panel Figure D 1 shows the front panel layout of the VXIpc 850 The drawing shows dimensions relevant to key elements on the front panel Dimensions are shown in millimeters and inches The front panel thickness is 2 49 mm 0 098 in Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors VXIpc 850 Series User Manual D 2 National Instruments Corporation VXIpc 850 TM RESET I B P G OUT CLK TRG TRG IN LNK TX RX DSEL ACC SYSF
88. rupt occurs at IRQ14 In PCI IDE Native Mode the CMD0640B task file registers may be mapped to nonstandard port addresses and hard drive interrupts occur on a PCI interrupt On the VXIpc 850 the PCI interrupt used is INTD The following describes the other options selected in the IDE circuitry on the VXIpc 850 Chip ID Port Address Decoding is disabled Device ID Port Address is 0x178 Device ID is 0x60 the only option for a system with one CMD0640B Drive Address Register is disabled The above options should not affect most users and are provided for informational purposes to those already familiar with the CMD0640B PCI configuration utilities in the BIOS and in Windows 95 will detect the CMD0640B and program the necessary values Chapter 5 Peripherals VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 5 6 National Instruments Corporation Ethernet The VXIpc 850 uses the SMC 91C92 ISA Ethernet controller from Standard Microsystems Corporation as a 10BaseT node The VXIpc 850 provides four diagnostic LEDs that are activated by transmit and receive activity by link integrity status and when the 91C92 register space is accessed The 91C92 supports IEEE 802 3 and you can reconfigure it without changing jumpers In addition it does not require any memory space using 16 bytes of I O space for all communication Configuring Your Ethernet Addresses National Instruments programs the Ethernet address and other values int
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90. s for the VXI circuitry These values are loaded when you power up the computer These values read from the EEPROM tell the PCI interface of the VXIbus registers so that the VXI interface is ready to respond to resource manager accesses within the required 5 s of SYSRST deasserting You can disable this power on self configuration circuit using switch S2 Although this makes the VXI circuitry unusable it is sometimes helpful in debugging address and interrupt conflicts with add in boards In general however you should leave switch S2 in its factory default setting Figure 3 8 shows the possible configurations for S2 S2 S2 a VXI Circuitry Loads Power on Defaults from EEPROM Default b Power on Self Configuration Circuit is Disabled Figure 3 8 Power On Self Configuration Status The EEPROM is divided into two halves one half is factory configured and one half is user configurable Use switch S9 to control the operation of the EEPROM The setting of this switch determines whether the VXIpc 850 boots off the factory configured half or the user modified settings This is useful in the event that the user configured half of the EEPROM becomes corrupted in such a way that the VXIpc 850 boots to an unusable state In its default setting the VXIpc 850 boots off the user configurable half Figure 3 9 shows the configuration settings for EEPROM operation S9 S9 a Boot from User Configuration Default b Boot from Protected Confi
91. ted against defects 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 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 doc
92. terference at his own expense Notices to User Changes or modifications not expressly approved by National Instruments could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules This device complies with the FCC rules only if used with shielded interface cables of suitable 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 National Instruments Corporation v VXIpc 850 Series User Manual Table of Contents About This Manual Organization of This Manual xi Conventions Used in This Manual
93. the mainframe 5 Tighten the retaining screws on the top and bottom edges of the front panel 6 Check the installation 7 Connect the keyboard and mouse to the appropriate connectors Use the keyboard adapter cable that your received with your kit to adapt AT style keyboards to the VXIpc 850 mini DIN connector 8 Connect the VGA monitor video cable to the VGA connector Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 13 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 9 Connect devices to ports as required by your system configuration Some ports such as the COM ports have adapter cables that you can order from National Instruments 10 Replace or close any doors or covers to the mainframe National Instruments Corporation 4 1 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual WinBIOS Chapter 4 This chapter contains information on WinBIOS the low level interface between the hardware and PC software that configures and tests your hardware at boot up This BIOS Basic Input Output System provides an easy to use graphical user interface to allow you to configure system aspects according to your needs Entering WinBIOS Setup To enter the WinBIOS setup program perform the following steps 1 Turn on or reboot the system A screen appears with a series of diagnostic checks 2 When Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press the lt DEL gt key to enter the BIOS setup program 3 Choose opti
94. ting switch S6 Switch S6 is unused its setting does not matter when S5 is configured to drive the external CLK SMB signal Figure 3 5 shows the settings for switch S6 Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation National Instruments Corporation 3 7 VXIpc 850 Series User Manual S6 S6 a Does Not Terminate CLK10 SMB Input Default b Terminates CLK10 SMB Input Figure 3 5 SMB CLK10 Termination You can use an additional switch S4 to control the polarity of the external CLK SMB signal when S5 is configured to drive it S4 is unused its setting does not matter when S5 is configured to receive the external CLK SMB signal S4 S4 a Noninverted CLK10 Output from SMB Default b Inverted CLK10 Output from SMB Figure 3 6 SMB CLK10 Polarity Trigger Input Termination You can use switch S7 to terminate the external trigger input SMB with 50 to ground Figure 3 7a shows the default setting for a non terminated trigger input SMB Use the setting of Figure 3 7b to terminate the trigger input SMB Switch S7 is located above switches S4 S5 and S6 which have no effect on this configuration S7 S7 a Does Not Terminate Trigger Input Default b Terminate Trigger Input Figure 3 7 SMB Trigger Input Termination Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 3 8 National Instruments Corporation EEPROM The VXIpc 850 has an onboard EEPROM which stores default register value
95. tion programs and instrument drivers to ease your programming task These standardized programs match the modular virtual instrument capability of VXI and can reduce your VXI VMEbus 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 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 LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI include all the tools needed for instrument control data acquisition analysis and presentation When you order the LabVIEW VXI Development System for Windows or the LabWindows CVI VXI Development System for Windows you also get more than 500 complete instrument drivers which are modular source code programs that handle the communication with your instrument to speed your application development Hardware Description The VXIpc 850 Series controllers feature a modular PCI based local bus design that makes it easy to use interchangeable daughterboards to upgrade your controller to new microprocessors without having to replace the motherboard or encl
96. tory configuration Installed System RAM The 11 MB of installed RAM is factory configured per customer order You can change the amount of installed RAM on the VXIpc 850 by installing DRAM SIMMs Refer to Appendix A Specifications for more information on SIMMs Configuring the PC This section describes how to configure the following options on the PC SCSI termination GPIB interrupt level System CMOS Parallel port DMA level Ethernet power on defaults Chapter 3 Configuration and Installation VXIpc 850 Series User Manual 3 10 National Instruments Corporation SCSI Termination The VXIpc 850 uses active termination on the SCSI 2 bus Because the VXIpc 850 is always an end device you should not need to disable the termination however Figure 3 10 shows the settings for jumper W1 W1 a Terminate SCSI Signals Default W1 b Do Not Terminate SCSI Signals Figure 3 10 SCSI Termination GPIB Interrupt Level You can program the GPIB interface on the VXIpc 850 to use one of two ISA interrupts 5 or 11 Switch S8 controls which interrupt line the GPIB interface uses Figure 3 11 shows these settings S8 S8 a GPIB Uses IRQ11 Default b GPIB Uses IRQ5 Figure 3 11 GPIB Interrupt Level System CMOS The VXIpc 850 contains a backed up memory used to store BIOS defaults and configuration information To clear the CMOS contents simply short the pins of W2 as shown in Figure
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98. ver Window Base _____________________________________________________________ Driver Window Size _____________________________________________________________ Driver Window Below 1 MB ______________________________________________________ Other Products Mainframe Make and Model _______________________________________________________ Microprocessor _________________________________________________________________ Clock Frequency ________________________________________________________________ Type of Video Board Installed _____________________________________________________ Operating System _______________________________________________________________ Operating System Version ________________________________________________________ Operating System Mode __________________________________________________________ Programming Language __________________________________________________________ Programming Language Version ___________________________________________________ Other Boards in System ___________________________________________________________ Monitor Manufacturer Model ____________________________________________________ Mouse Manufacturer Model _____________________________________________________ Keyboard Manufacturer Model ___________________________________________________ Other Peripherals Manufacturer Model _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________
99. video circuitry is a plug in PCI card that has a 64 bit data path to up to 4 MB of EDO DRAM System I O This block has the bridge between the PCI bus and the ISA bus It also has PCI bus arbitration logic and integrates PC specific hardware such as the DMA and interrupt controllers PCI Expansion Slot This is a general purpose PCI slot It can accommodate any standard 5 V 32 bit PCI card with a modified mounting bracket ISA Expansion Slot This is a general purpose ISA expansion slot It can accommodate a full length XT size card however the DRAM configuration may mechanically interfere with a full length card Refer to Appendix E for more information SCSI The SCSI circuitry uses a PCI SCSI bridge to provide a flexible SCSI 2 connection on the front panel usable for such devices as external hard disks and CD ROM drives IDE This is a dedicated PCI IDE chip providing fast ATA 2 transfers to the internal hard drive PCMCIA This is a dedicated PCI PCMCIA interface that supports two independent PCMCIA cards One socket can accommodate a Type I II or III card while the other accommodates a Type I or II card VXI This is the PCI VXIbus interface circuitry The MITE is a National Instruments ASIC developed to efficiently manage data transfers between the VXIbus and the processor via the PCI bus The MANTIS ASIC also developed by National Instruments performs VXIbus arbitration and manages interrupts a
100. www microsoft com and ftp microsoft com PCMCIA The VXIpc 850 uses the 82092AA PCI to PCMCIA Enhanced IDE Controller PPEC from Intel for its PCMCIA interface providing hot swappable support for two PCMCIA devices The VXIpc 850 supports Type I II and III PCMCIA cards in its upper slot and Type I and II PCMCIA cards in its lower slot This allows you to have a Type II and a Type III PCMCIA card in your system at the same time Installing the PCMCIA Software Perform the following steps to install the PCMCIA driver 1 The software required for a PCMCIA interface known as card and socket services is provided by SystemSoft Corporation National Instruments includes CardWizard to users who order the VXIpc 850 with DOS Windows 3 1 CardWizard is a complete package of card and socket services with built in diagnostic capabilities to help diagnose common PCMCIA problems CardWorks is a Windows 95 application that supplements the PCMCIA support already in Windows 95 It also provides diagnostic services 2 An image of the SystemSoft CardWizard or CardWorks installation disk is provided in c images pcmcia You run SETUP from that directory Because that directory is an image of the installation disk the setup utility actually creates a new directory for its run time files The VXIpc 850 Peripherals User Manual contains the complete PCMCIA documentation Chapter 5 Peripherals National Instruments Corporation 5 9 VXIpc 85

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