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1. Pike HHA deae anb T a nan ramia of Gee cheese FIGURE C 9 SELECT THE DAQ BOARD 30 Pine Instrument Company If your device is not listed then press the F5 key on your keyboard to refresh the Measurement amp Automation Explorer If this does not reveal your device then please see the troubleshooting section in Appendix E Right click on your device and select Properties from the pop up menu You will see a window like the one shown in Figure C 10 Press the Test Resources button You should see a dialogue box indicating that The device has passed the test If your device fails the resource test then please see the troubleshooting section in Appendix E Configuring Device 1 PCI MIO 16E 4 E i 2 x system Al AO Accessory OPC Remote Access Device Humber il Assign a device 7 ul number to the device and check Resources or assign system Memory Range OF Fy FFOOO OxF Fy FFFFF PESOUICES Memory A ange O FFYFEOOO OxFFRFEFFF Interrupt Request 17 Direct Memory Acces Direct Memory Acces 1 Test Resources Aur Test Panels FIGURE C 10 CONFIGURING DEVICE AND TEST RESOURCES Press the Run Test Panels button to perform simple analog input analog output and or digital I O operations on different channels Select the Counter I O tab as seen in Figure C 11 The Counter selection should be set to GPCTRO Click on the Start button to te2. Cancel Browse FIGURE B 4 RUNNING THE SETUP PROGRAM FROM THE DOWNLOAD 24 Pine Instrument Company Installation Begins After the installation application begins you will see the welcome screen shown in Figure B 5 Click Next to continue DAQ EEE Je pinim Grir SoH eo Walaa to thee Hi 6 gt miaka ia ee eee ee ed ge es ee eg oe ee Ee ee a A a ees eB lps EF Cr ee Fea hope ae eo eae eae Gee ee de in he os i rrela me i ed SS BT eee are a FIGURE B 5 WELCOME SCREEN At the License Agreement screen select the option to accept the agreement and then select Next to continue as shown in Figure B 6 Lrwi ie F dbr Ra FESTALLATION MOTE THE EA CONTRACT BEFORE FOU DTPARLIADC THE ECE TASER SYOMOR COMPLETE THE METSLLATION PROCESS CAREFULLY FEAD THE AGERE BY COLO THE SOFT WERE ANCOR CLELIRG THE SPP ULABLE BT To PLETE THE FRETALLA MON PRICES TU CEINS ERT TO THE TERRE OF THIS AGREEFERNT AND YOU AGAEE TO BE BOUND BY THS SEEMENT F YOU DO WOT At TO BECOME 4 RART TO THE AGaEEMERT D BE BUA BF ALL OF TS TEAMS AND COMOTROIRS CLE THE APPROPRIATE BLTTGH TO GAMCEL THE INSTALLATION PROCESS GO NOT MSTALL GA LUSE THE SOFT ARE AMO FETUAH THE SOF TAARE ITH THAT D DATE OF RECEPT OF THE 20FTALRE ON CLUDING ALL ACTORFAHTHG WRITTEN MATERLOLE ALORS MATH THER CONAN TO TRE PLACE TOU STARE THERM ALL RETUANS HALL BE SET T MS THES OUARENT RETLEN POLUCY aj WO j pam Bap arara ogee I jima p
3. Back p seach Address Pao Norton Antivirus t e CBPCLALSO Pinecherm 27 9 ad CEPTST3Z Uninstall Finech 4object s 2 36 KB Loy my Com 7 FIGURE 7 THE PINECHEM PROGRAM GROUP Pine Instrument Company gt NI DAQ INSTALLATION Before physically installing the Interface Board into your computer system you should add the NI DAQ device driver software to your system This permits Microsoft Windows to automatically sense and configure your Interface Board once it is installed in your computer If you are updating your software and already have the Interface Board installed in your system you must remove the board from your computer before updating the software installation After the software installation you will be asked to install the board in your computer so that Windows can automatically detect the board when you boot for the first time after installing the new drivers Obtaining the NI DAQ Software NI DAQ is a software product manufactured by National Instruments Corporation When you purchase an Interface Board the most recent version of the NI DAQ software is shipped along with the board Like most software products the NI DAQ drivers are continually updated and revised and new versions are released about every six months Beginning with PINECHEM 2 7 it is recommended that you use NI DAQ 5 1 or a more recent version The most recent version confirmed to work with PineChem is NI DAQ version 6 9 2
4. Check that prior installations of NIDAQ are removed section Do not reinstall the NI DAQ software until you have determined the cause of the problem Pine Instrument Company gt The Interface Board This section of the manual describes the physical installation of the Interface Board into your computer system It is suggested that you read this section in its entirety prior to attempting to install the board Note Your system will not properly recognize a newly installed board unless you have already successfully installed the NI DAQ device driver software as described in the previous section Plug and Play A Brief History When the personal computer PC was first introduced in the early 1980 s it was produced by a single company and had a single well defined system configuration In the years that followed many other manufacturers began producing so called PC compatible systems Evolution in microprocessor design led to increasingly more powerful systems each based on a newer different microprocessor Modems hard drives network cards CD ROM drives and more allowed users to expand their PC systems The sheer number of options now available virtually guarantees that no two PC systems are exactly alike Despite these differences each PC system is supposed to be compatible with all other PC systems In reality the sometimes subtle hardware differences between systems can cause problems These problems ar
5. analog output and or digital I O operations on different channels Select the Counter I O tab as seen in Figure D 7 35 Pine Instrument Company The Counter selection should be set to GPCTRO Click on the Start button to test the counter A GREEN light in the Counter Status section indicates a properly working Interface Board To further test the board select the GPCTRI1 counter click on start again to see if the status light for counter 2 turns green cao iret Assog Chr Ciamis iA Copan Care Hiri parie pane Drammen ean 4 E 2 UE mii l ai Liri f ea hues FIGURE D 8 COUNTER TEST WINDOWS You may now exit the configuration program by selecting the Close button to exit the Test Panel window and the select Ok to close the Configuring Device window and finally File gt Exit to exit the Measurement amp Automation Explorer utility If you did not successfully test the counters please proceed to the troubleshooting guide in Appendix E 36 Pine Instrument Company gt Appendix E Troubleshooting NI DAQ Go to Start gt gt Settings gt gt Control Panel gt gt System Select the Hardware tab at the top of the window and then click on Device Manager as shown in Figure E 1 Clicking on the Device Manager tab reveals a list of all of the hardware devices installed in your computer By clicking on the
6. PCI slot 16 bit ISA or PCI slot DMA REQUIREMENTS 1 DMA channel 3 DMA channels IRQ USAGE 1 IRQ line 1 IRQ line OPERATING SYSTEM Windows 95 Windows 98 or 2000 INTERNAL RAM 12 MB 16 MB or more HARD DRIVE CAPACITY FOR SOFTWARE 10 MB 10 MB FOR DATA 3 MB 20 MB MOUSE Microsoft compatible Microsoft compatible VIDEO GRAPHICS VGA 640 x 480 VGA or better 1 The choice of bus architecture must be specified when ordering Pine Instrument Company offers standard interface kits for the newer PCI bus or the older ISA bus 2 The IRQ and DMA requirements are often substantial enough to require that competing hardware devices such as sound cards be removed from the computer system 3 On systems with less than 12 MB of internal RAM memory system performance may be less than optimal and it may not be possible to run other applications alongside PINECHEM The PINECHEM software is shipped from the factory using conventional floppy disks and CD ROM It is stored on these disks in a compressed form and must be decompressed before use Before installing the software it is a good idea to make backup copies of the installation floppy disks The original disks should be stored in a safe place Use the backup copies or CD ROM to perform the actual installation If you wish you may copy the installation disks to a subdirectory on your hard drive and then perform the installation directly from the hard drive This option is sometimes more convenient th
7. Sirisa Fg mei Flay compere Are hia cE gnai heip ihe to joe iri er be Halacha Tope rera a be eect br bor ra r E ig ee be ol ce BiFa ijinn rari umji BTE eee eee ee ee Lope tee poe ee bey fee ee pee eee eee ed ek ag eee ee de ee N a cHORQES LI E Hei E taha E Fhshirea 4 E H T bier LE E Hi Cegie T eas LAA aa aa a Wb bi mi hiim z FIGURE D 5 SELECT THE DAQ BOARD If your device is not listed then press the F5 key on your keyboard to refresh the Measurement amp Automation Explorer If this does not reveal your device then please see the troubleshooting section in APPENDIX E Right click on your device and select Properties from the pop up menu You will see a window like that shown in Figure D 6 Press the Test Resources button You should see a dialogue box indicating that The device has passed the test If your device fails the resource test then please see the troubleshooting section in APPENDIX E Configuring Device 1 PCI MIO 16E 4 system Al AO Accessory OPC Remote Access Device Humber il celia ere device and check Resources or assign system Memory Aange OxFFFFOOO OFF ZFFFFF TESOLTCES Memory A ange OeFFYFEOOO OFF FFEFFF Interrupt Reguest 17 Direct Memory Access 0 Direct Memory Access 1 Direct Memory Access Test Resources Aur Test Panels FIGURE D 6 CONFIGURING DEVICE AND TEST RESOURCES Press the Run Test Panels button to perform simple analog input
8. Versions earlier than NI DAQ 4 9 1 will not work with PineChem If you need to obtain the most recent version of the driver the easiest method is to download it directly from the National Instrument Corporation web site http www ni com downloads This web site is very well maintained and is a good source of support for your Interface Board From this page follow the links Drivers and Updates Current Software Versions NI DAQ NI DAQ 6 9 2 for Windows As of the release date of this manual all NI DAQ drivers can be found at this ftp site ftp ftp natinst com support daq pc NI DAQ Download the software into a new directory such as c nidaq The file is a self extracting compressed file Decompress the file by running the executable using the Start gt Run gt c nidaq nidaq69 exe sequence depicted in Figure 8 ww Lacy cee a ro ce r Type he name of a program tokien donent or a ae ee a el will oe ie Sa 2 6 fh a 3 i 4 arh i m Phlaid ot a sta 30 4 FIGURE 8 DECOMPRESSING THE DOWNLOADED DRIVERS Installing the NI DAQ Software For purposes of this discussion it will be assumed that your floppy drive is designated as drive A your hard drive is designated as drive C and your CD ROM drive is drive D If this is not actually the case substitute the correct drive designations for your system Pine Instrument Company Before performing the NI DAQ
9. computer and note the resources that are available e If you have an older AT MIO 16E 10 board you may find that it always attempts to use DMA CHANNEL 3 which is a channel used by many floppy disk drives This conflict usually prevents you from accessing your floppy drive The solution to this problem is to reprogram the EPROM firmware on the board Contact National instruments at www ni com to download the utility program directly from the National Instruments Corporation web site e To change the resources manually click on each resource For instance click on Interrupt to select it then click on Change Settings to make the change e After assigning the resources manually click OK to quit out of the window Close all other applications Plug and Play Board Not Detected In the Device Manager window look for a directory called Other Devices and double click on it You should see something like the following the board may not be the same as yours NOTE If you do not see the Other Devices directory follow the link at the bottom of this page to inspect the Windows registry 39 Pine Instrument Company A Device Manager Action view EE ANAND E Computer FS Disk drives H Display adapters nS DYD ICD ROM drives AS Floppy disk controllers ree Floppy disk drives Fy IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Fae Keyboards nii Mice and other pointing devices mj Monitors aA Network adapters a g Other devices AT M
10. e eee a p iray E eer Tiia aLak h A iy ee cee ha La Per mpap cee a riari prp mia ha reai hir bie in Fee ELU ERTE Pause a hh fe al peas FIGURE B 1 INSTALLING FROM THE NI DAQ CD ROM If the start up window does not automatically appear then run the program manually by using the Start gt Run gt d setup exe sequence as shown in Figure B 2 SS x Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and windows will open it for you Open d setup exe Cancel Browse TLL tack Eee ed My w I I F e 4 pe E FIGURE B 2 RUNNING THE SETUP PROGRAM FROM CD ROM 23 Pine Instrument Company Installing NI DAQ from the download directory If you have decompressed the NI DAQ download file the download directory now contains all the files necessary for installation as shown in Figure B 3 Lit are or es Was mec Fed iw st baraha mimir maT m g 4 m h w e a amp niit hinein eie ice readies ree tie reece li the a a peta re m eG eC Ave ee ee ore FIGURE B 3 DECOMPRESSED INSTALLATION FILES Run the setup program using the Start gt Run gt c nidaq setup exe sequence depicted in Figure B 4 Replace c nidaq with the correct directory 1f you downloaded and decompressed the installation files into a different directory 2 x Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you
11. first so that subsequent software and hardware installations below can be adequately tested however do not attempt to run the PINECHEM software until the NI DAQ drivers and Interface Board have been installed NI DAQ Device Driver Installation This driver software is provided by National Instruments Corporation A current copy of the driver is shipped along with your Interface Board and more recent versions of this driver may be downloaded directly from the National Instruments web site For PINECHEM 2 7 your driver version should be version 5 1 or later The current version confirmed to work with PINECHEM is version 6 9 2 Interface Board The Interface Board must be configured and physically installed into your PC computer system Prior installation of the NI DAQ software helps your system to automatically detect the new Interface Board Interface Cable A 50 conductor ribbon cable is used to connect the Interface Board to the AFCBPI1 BIPOTENTIOSTAT A Cable Adapter may also be required System Testing The software and hardware must be tested together as a system to confirm proper installation of all items Pine Instrument Company will provide a reasonable amount of assistance during the installation process if needed The software and hardware provided by Pine Instrument Company has been successfully installed on a wide variety of modern personal computer systems Please note however that the ultimate responsibility for succe
12. group see Figure 7 The first screen you see indicates that communications between the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat and the software have not yet been established see Figure 12 PineChem System Hardware Devices E a X Select amp Test Interface Board Settings NIDAG Device Instrument Status unavailable OoOO Interface Board Serial Number unavailable Advanced Settings InputOutput Range unavailable Interrupt Request unavailable Direct Memory Access unavailable Done FIGURE 12 THE PINECHEM INSTRUMENT STATUS PANEL Initially this window indicates that no device has been selected You can use the NI DAQ Device control to choose your Interface Board In the example shown in Figure 13 the selected device is NI DAQ device number two 1 which in this case happens to be a PCI MIO 16E 4 board PineChem System Hardware Devices Select amp Test Interface Board Settings NIDAG Device Instrument Status iho device 1 PCI MIO 16E 4 Interface Board Seri Advanced Settings INnputOutput Range unavailable Interrupt Request unavailable Direct Memory Access unavailable Done FIGURE 13 THE SYSTEM HARDWARE DEVICES PANEL After selecting the board you should click on the Test Communications button to verify that the PINECHEM software is able to communicate with your AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat The Instrument Status message changes to On line Instrument Avai
13. installation you should make certain that no other applications are running At the end of the driver installation you will need to shut down your computer anyway e Remove Prior Installations If you are updating from a previous version of NI DAQ you must uninstall the previous version and prior to installing the new version Go to Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs as in Figure 9 If an earlier version of NI DAQ is already installed on your system you should see it listed in Add Remove Programs as shown in Figure 10 Be pi pee eee oo ip P soo Geen a Jeo SS we Brigg li Ed Quis reed pee nat By ris m z m F E aLaaa ee AA Lb pee bom Fa aw Eon Teg Eee h i LE datas Four Tiers Ergon Li ZEE e a id Lebel vi ne FLA A A Se poe A Bee Peers ti BrE g Eaa th TFI CLIL a bcs Ta Ford Seog Pred E T a4 Ae a fuel Dae ID Cerio Cece iho bre FIGURE 10 PRIOR VERSION OF NI DAQ INSTALLED If you do not have the latest version uninstall the old drivers from Add Remove Programs by clicking on Change Remove Do not delete any files manually simply click on the Change Remove buiton to uninstall the program e Installing NI DAQ from the CD ROM If you are installing NI DAQ from a CD ROM simply insert the CD ROM into the CD drive and the installation program will start automatically If the start up window does not automatically appear then run the program manually by u
14. these settings are adjusted from software using Plug and Play technology PCUAT Physical Installation of the Interface Board The AT MIO 16E 10 Board can be installed in any available 16 bit ISA AT style expansion slot in your computer The PCI MIO 16E 4 board can be installed in any PCI slot in your computer The manual for your computer system should provide instructions on how to install cards in your computer The following instructions describe the process in a general fashion Again consult the manual for your system for further details specific to your computer system Turn off and unplug your computer Remove the cover of your computer to allow access to the I O slots Remove the expansion slot cover from the back panel of the computer The board is shipped in an antistatic plastic package Touch the plastic package to a metal part of your computer s chassis before removing the board from the package 12 Pine Instrument Company e Remove the board from the package and inspect the board for loose components or any other sign of damage Notify Pine Instrument Company if the board appears to be damaged in any way Do not install a damaged board into your computer e Insert the board into the appropriate slot ISA or PCI in your computer The fit may be very tight but should not require undue force to install e The mounting bracket on the board should be fastened to the back panel of your computer using a screw e Double che
15. this limited warranty and which is returned to Pine Instrument Company with a copy of your receipt or if Pine Instrument Company is unable to deliver a replacement diskette which is free of defects in material or workmanship you may terminate this Agreement by returning the program and documentation to Pine Instrument Company No oral or written information or advice given by Pine Instrument Company its dealers distributors agents or employees will create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of this warranty and you may not rely on any such information or advice TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION iriri aaa e 1 SCOPE OLENS M miak an a ios ttl E o A E escmr anostideat 1 CODIE Eaa a T O AGC MIAN Kes AAE OOO 1 INSTALLATION cosci E 2 PACKAGE INVENTOR Y ssorsisin a SEa Daaa aaa 3 PINECHEM INSTALEA TION iiseccenscestovciccndosenadeiceantencnuent aa aaia 4 Installati n under Windows ZOO sxe 5 sesh tare ie is a oat ota e hata nasacsannens ts E anata waa a avon ena ies amet R Selectine Where to Install the SOL GW al Cadac ods deen sate scasoneniocnaninleadnainsucs saumaacciusnnetsaceminceesusansdenencuanencedss 6 Completing the ans tallaOn cenere ia a T T eee aloe eats 6 NEDAG INSTALLA HON ossis isede aeaa 8 Obtamiune DENDA O SOWIE aa A E A EAE 8 Tnstallnre the NIE DAO SOU Wate onnee e suuhaulan Sen souasemoncdendsadsaaebadea ncaa omeauaaushonceosenee 8 e Remove Prior Installations aeiio a ETTET 9 e Installing NI DAQ
16. to attempt to communicate again If communications problems persist then click on the No button and the software will continue to function in an off line state PineChem System Error 3 x The 4FCBP1 is not communicating properly at this time Please check the Following Is the CONTROL SOURCE set to EXTERNAL hold down button for one Full second Is the instrument turned on Is the interface cable secure Attempt to reconnect to the 4FCBP1 FIGURE 16 COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS When the software is functioning in the off line state the INSTRUMENT STATUS panel appears as shown in Figure 17 The software should operate normally with the exception that it cannot control the AFCBP1 You can attempt to reconnect with the instrument at any time simply by clicking on the Reconnect button PineChem 2 7 9a Instrument Status Panel E E Ioj x File Experiment Instrument Idle Conditions Instrument Information Off line Instrument unavailable Pine AFCBAP1 Bipotentiostat NIDA Device 1 PC l MlO 16E 4 Interrupt 17 KO Address FFFFEOOO OMA Channels 1 2 FIGURE 17 INSTRUMENT PANEL OFFLINE If repeated attempts to reconnect meet with failure then choose the Select Device option from the Instrument menu This will activate the SYSTEM HARDWARE DEVICES panel see Figure 14 On this panel click on the Test Communications button This causes the software t
17. A and Input Output ranges that are being consumed by other hardware Use this tool to locate available resources for your DAQ board so that it will not conflict with other devices Any resource not listed is available and can be assigned to your data acquisition board Note Only DMA channels 5 6 and 7 can be assigned to the ISA Plug and Play boards used by Pine Instrument Company 1 e AT MIO 16 E10 41
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19. IO 16DE 10 National Instruments Ester H F Ports COM amp LPT EE ie Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers OO FIGURE E 4 DEVICE MANAGER Left click once on your board to highlight it Click on the Uninstall button on your toolbar or Action Uninstall NOTE You may need to left click on a second entry for the device and uninstall it as well It is normal for ISA bus E series boards to use two separate device listings Click on the Scan for Hardware Changes button s on your toolbar or Action Scan for Hardware Changes Windows 2000 should find your board again and list it under Data Acquisition Devices If your board is not listed under Data Acquisition Devices or Other Devices l 2 3 Close all applications and power off your computer Unplug the board from the computer and reboot your computer without the board Go Settings gt gt Control Panel gt gt System choose the Hardware tab and click on Device Manager button Be sure your board is not listed there Power off your computer again and reinsert the board preferably in a different slot Your board should now appear under Data Acquisition Devices in the Device Manager If your board is still not detected Contact National Instruments technical support at www ni com ask 40 Pine Instrument Company Checking for Free System Resources Go to Start gt gt Settings
20. Installation Instructions for PINECHEM Version 2 7 READ THIS FIRST from Pine Instrument Company Grove City Pennsylvania Copyright 1997 2002 by Pine Instrument Company All Rights Reserved Manual LMCBP1N25 Revision 004 Date MARCH 2002 PINE INSTRUMENT COMPANY SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT You should carefully read the terms and conditions on this page and the next page before opening this package Opening the diskette envelope indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions If you do not agree with them you must promptly return the unopened package and documentation License Restrictions Copyright Title Term Use Limitation Pine Instrument Company grants you a non exclusive license to use the enclosed computer program subject to the terms and conditions set forth below You assume responsibility for the selection of the program to achieve your intended results and for the installation use and results obtained with the program You may use this program on a single computer only You may copy the program for backup or archive purposes only in support of its use on a single computer You may transfer this program and license to another party if the other party agrees to accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement and if you transfer all copies of the program or documentation to that party You may not distribute copies of the program or documentation to others or electronically transfer the
21. Interface Board to an AFCBPI1 Bipotentiostat and finally testing of the overall system Information in this manual is generally only needed during the initial installation and setup of the system Copyright Under the copyright laws this publication may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording storing in an information retrieval system or translating in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Pine Instrument Company Trademarks Product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies PINECHEM is a trademark of Pine Instrument Company Grove City Pennsylvania Microsoft Windows and Plug and Play PnP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Redmond Washington NI DAQ is a trademark of National Instruments Corporation Austin Texas WinZip is a registered trademark of Nico Mak Computing Inc Mansfield CT Pine Instrument Company gt Installation Below is a brief overview of the six step installation process More detailed information about each step is given in subsequent sections of this manual A successful installation requires that you perform these steps in the proper order Package Inventory Begin by making sure all components of the system have been shipped to you in satisfactory condition PINECHEM Software Installation It is a good idea to install the PINECHEM software
22. LPT 4 aral Aje wgra rira Tan ey rt Lined terial fan oriri FIGURE E 2 DEVICE MANAGER If your device is not listed under Data Acquisition Devices please see the Plug and Play Board Not Detected section below to resolve the conflict 37 Pine Instrument Company For an ISA device two entries appear even though you only installed one board in the system This is normal The first entry holds information about the Interrupt Request IRQ number the DMA Channel s and the I O Address Range used by the board The second entry holds information about a third DMA Channel used by the board This second entry does not actually represent an additional physical board in your system it 1s merely a placeholder for storing information about the third DMA channel If you see your DAQ device listed then right click on the device and select Properties Select the Resources tab You will see a window like one of the following in Figure E 3 AT 40 10 Properties ex Ease ajx General Driver Resources General Driver Resources AT AD 10 PCI MIO 18E 4 Resource settings Resource settings Setting Resource type Hi Direct Memon Access DE Ml Memon Range FFFFEOOO FF7FEFFF H Interrupt Request 10 H Memon Range FFFFFOOO FFFFFFFF WH Direct Memon Access OF l HH Interrupt Request 17 setting based on Curent configuration M Use automatic settings Change Setting Conflicting devic
23. NA ape Copynpnt HBA Mationg iraiymenia Aukomation agaian aragi 3 FIGURE C 6 ICON AND STARTUP SCREEN FOR MAX After selecting Only when I refresh the configuration tree option on the preferences screen Figure C 7 a window like the one shown in Figure C 8 will appear User Preferences wank Max to search for new devices f Only when refresh the configuration tree F5 or View gt 3ARefresh Eyery time launch Mak FIGURE C 7 USER PREFERENCE WINDOW 29 Pine Instrument Company National Instruments Measurement amp Automation Explorer Whal Heasuramert A Aboul MAR Pele AUTonahion Explorer I HAA chee aes an aiai een ay fon Explorer took betin ho night ede of the MAM prades access to al your Meatonal crak esac do Instremests CAG GRE MAG VI inion SIN Consgurenion ond kea ISA eed Vd devices Veith keamer OO Aramaion Espiar you enn G Ta lasm aha amy beak oni the tal Check o A 7 Conagure your Meson instrumects heures armi share P 4 cee channel mfanieces and wrual erERer tet i Saha msk lak def ecb E Exeowle saam hagrmaica inierachn Gunorrd Foi E Vins dln care ed re mein 1 Gam a chanal noneche d to your prem pi R cick hom tee tsk bet FIGURE C 8 MAX CONFIGURATION WINDOW In the left hand field double click on the folder labeled Devices and Interfaces An entry for your DAQ board should appear in the list in the left hand field as shown in Figure C 9
24. Normal Connected Dhia Channels 12 Load Results Reconnect Exit PineChem FIGURE 15 THE PINECHEM INSTRUMENT STATUS PANEL To further verify proper communications you can make changes to the Idle Conditions that appear on the panel Clicking on the Dummy Normal switch should cause an audible clicking sound to come from inside the AFCBP1 This audible click should be accompanied by a change in the Norm Dummy status lights on the front panel of the instrument To verify that the DAC channels on the Interface Board are working properly you can enter various different voltages into the K1 Electrode and K2 Electrode text boxes on the Instrument Status panel The AFCBP1 should be placed in Dummy mode while doing this The voltmeter on the front panel can be used to confirm that these voltages have indeed been applied to the appropriate electrode A slight discrepancy between the value displayed on the voltmeter and the value that you type into the text box is okay At this point you have successfully finished the installation process You should now turn your attention to the main PineChem User s Manual which describes the software in more detail 16 Pine Instrument Company Communications Problems If for some reason the software is unable to communicate with the instrument you will most likely see the message shown in Figure 16 You can click on the Yes button to get the software
25. Reserved FIGURE A 1 INSTALLING FROM THE NI DAQ CD ROM If the start up window does not automatically appear then run the program manually by using the Start gt Run gt d setup exe sequence as shown in Figure A 2 wr PITE A 2x ol iyat i Documents i Type the name of a program folder document or E Internet resource and windows will open it for you Gy Stina Open d setup exe x Cancel Browse FIGURE A 2 RUNNING THE SETUP PROGRAM FROM CD ROM 19 Pine Instrument Company Installing NI DAQ from the Download Directory If you have decompressed the NI DAQ download file the download directory now contains all the files necessary for installation as shown in Figure A 3 C O a Da gk gev pewter ook thp K como ares Ciroen Cattery GD a oy GT ree be reel mhp ea i abimi 8 E k Py Conpuber FIGURE A 3 DECOMPRESSED INSTALLATION FILES Run the setup program using the Start gt Run gt c nidaq setup exe sequence depicted in Figure A 4 Replace c nidaq with the correct directory if you downloaded and decompressed the installation files into a different directory CS tsi 3 Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you FIGURE A 4 RUNNING THE SETUP PROGRAM FROM THE DOWNLOAD 20 Pine Instrument Compan Installation Begins After the installation application begins you wi
26. ally should not be modified however increasing the Packet Delay value sometimes clears up communications problems If this works make the corresponding change to the Advanced Settings parameters found on the PineChem System Hardware Devices panel see Figure 14 Technical Assistance If you have made it this far and your system still does not work properly then there is a problem with the interface cable the AFCBP1 the board configuration or your computer system At this point you may wish to ask for technical assistance from Pine Instrument Company Before contacting us please document the error situation that you are encountering Please contact us at our e mail address info pineinst com if at all possible Otherwise the phone number at Pine Instrument Company is 724 458 6391 and the fax number is 724 458 4648 The mailing address is 101 Industrial Drive Grove City PA 16127 USA 18 Pine Instrument Compan gt Appendix A NI DAQ 6 9 1 Installation Installing NI DAQ from the CD ROM If you are installing NI DAQ from a CD ROM simply insert the CD ROM into the CD drive and the installation program will start automatically The startup screen shown in Figure A 1 should appear Click on Install NI DAQ to start the installation process Jata Acouistion Uriver Sotware Install NI DAQ Browse the CD Browse the Demo Exit ni com measurements Copyright 1887 2007 Mational Insinuments All Rights
27. am and supersedes any proposal oral or written statement or prior agreement between us No variation of the terms and conditions of this agreement will be enforceable against Pine Instrument Company unless Pine Instrument Company specifically agrees in writing This software is intended for use only with electrochemical test equipment manufactured by Pine Instrument Company You agree that you shall never use this software as part of any laboratory clinical or experimental study or procedure involving human test subjects such as but not limited to studies in which human test subjects are in electrical contact with electrochemical test equipment being controlled by this software PINE INSTRUMENT COMPANY SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT Limitation of Liability Neither Pine Instrument Company nor anyone who has been involved in the Limited Warranty creation production or distribution of this software and documentation shall be liable for any direct incidental or consequential damages such as but not limited to loss of anticipated profits or benefits resulting from the use of the program or as a result of a breach of warranty Further neither Pine Instrument company nor anyone who has been involved in the creation production or distribution of this software and documentation shall be liable for any direct incidental or consequential damages from use of this software as part of any laboratory clinical or experimental study or procedur
28. an direct installation from the floppy disks Pine Instrument Company Installation under Windows 2000 For purposes of this discussion it will be assumed that your floppy drive is designated as drive A your hard drive is designated as drive C and your CD ROM drive is drive D If this is not actually the case substitute the correct drive designations for your system To begin the installation process insert the PINECHEM CD into your CD ROM drive or the PINECHEM DISK 1 OF 2 into your floppy disk drive Then using the task bar at the bottom of the screen select the Run option as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Starting the PINECHEM Installation Floppy Install In the dialog box that appears type the command a setup as shown 2 T the nere of aproar Peder duume e a d eres wil par you Figure 2 Running the Floppy setup program CD ROM Install In the dialog box that appears type the command d setup as shown C gt j Type he nsr y apogu biir iuei or kiemai ee a ireke l oper amp for yr Figure 3 Running the CD ROM setup program Pine Instrument Company e Selecting Where to Install the Software The next dialog box to appear gives you an opportunity to specify the location on your hard drive where the software is to be installed see Figure 4 You must specify two directories for the installation The first directory is the location where the PINECHEM applicat
29. ar and will be replaced by the successful installation screen as shown in Figure A 7 The software 1s now properly installed on your system Please select Restart Later to end the installation program You must power down your system and install the Interface Board before you reboot your machine ony instalation Stats at in i f a 1 T si TR i A am Ba Wel a ja h Rly al lel E l ete om F gt pa al Mom a e A ee eer ca a iem T ee Le B opin Ty fin AE ai pi D gm ig my Mag pt aa Seven iniae T pE n erea ee oe h e i BPS HTL Se ea SS en eee y miT ak n h be ee ce A Le m a arm Bagga l Teta him j FIGURE A 7 SEQUENCE OF WELCOME SCREENS Now that the PINECHEM software and NIDAQ drivers are installed on your system you are ready to install the Interface Board Shut down your system and follow the directions outlined in the Interface Board section YOU MUST INSTALL THE BOARD BEFORE YOU RESTART YOUR COMPUTER 22 Pine Instrument Company gt Appendix B NI DAQ 6 9 2 Installation Installing NI DAQ from the CD ROM If you are installing NI DAQ from a CD ROM simply insert the CD ROM into the CD drive and the installation program will start automatically The startup screen shown in Figure B 1 should appear and the installation process will begin NI DAQ Oita Aegi Dir aa Welma to tha 4I DAG 8 o gt matalia iii FEAA ea i a H a phh ae E a a Di pe F rpg ee ee Ce E
30. ck the installation e REPLACE THE COVER ON YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE RESTORING POWER At this point you may plug in and turn on your computer It should start up normally just as it did before you installed the board If it does not then improper installation is the most probable reason so you should immediately turn off the computer and locate the installation problem Another possible problem is a hardware conflict between the board and some other component in your system Plug and Play Configuration When you turn your computer back on the Windows operating system should sense the new board automatically as shown in Figure 11 Found New Hardware x PCI Device Please wait FIGURE 11 WINDOWS HAS FOUND THE NEw BOARD At this point the configuration software should start automatically Follow the instructions for your NIDAQ version as specified For step by step configuration instructions for NIDAQ 6 9 1 see Appendix C For step by step configuration instructions for NIDAQ 6 9 2 see Appendix D 13 Pine Instrument Company gt Installing the Cable A fifty conductor ribbon cable is used to connect the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat to the Interface Board This Interface Cable should be kept as far away as possible from potential sources of electrical noise Carefully route the cable from the connector on the rear panel of the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat to the connector on the Interface Board Firmly press each end of the ribbon cable
31. e devices and the PC system itself must be PnP compatible If devices which are not PnP compatible are present then some intervention by the user is usually required Also if a PnP hardware device is installed in a non PnP system it should still work but none of the advantages offered by PnP are available in this case This manual assumes that you are working with a 100 PnP compatible system and Microsoft Windows 95 98 or 2000 Interface Board Description The connection between the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat and a PC system consists of an Interface Board installed inside the PC and a 50 pin cable which connects the Interface Board to the AFCBP1 The PnP compatible boards most often used with PINECHEM are the AT MIO 16E 10 for the ISA bus and the PCI MIO 16E 4 for the PCI bus PINECHEM is compatible with these two boards and many others manufactured by National Instruments Corporation The obsolete AT MIO 16H 9 is no longer supported The Interface Board is shipped to you in its original packaging One or more user manuals are usually included with the board One of these manuals contains a warranty card for the Interface Board You should complete this card and return it directly to National Instruments Corporation You should keep the manuals for future reference if needed 11 Pine Instrument Company CAUTION Failure to unplug your computer before removing its cover may expose you to dangerous voltages Static electricity can dama
32. e involving human test Subjects Some states allow the exclusion or limitation of direct incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation may not apply to you The program and documentation is provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability title and fitness for a particular purpose The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program and documentation is with you Should the program prove defective you and not Pine Instrument Company nor its dealers assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair or correction Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties so the above exclusion may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state Pine Instrument Company does not warrant that the documentation or the functions contained in the program will meet your requirements or that the operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error free However Pine Instrument Company warrants the diskette s on which the program is furnished to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of delivery to you as evidenced by a copy of your receipt Pine Instrument Company s entire liability and your exclusive remedy will be the replacement of any diskette not meeting
33. e list Conflicting device list No conflicts No conflicts FIGURE E 3 SYSTEM RESOURCES When you reboot your system just after installing the Interface Board the board uses Plug and Play technology to negotiate with your PC system for system resources The board attempts to obtain an INTERRUPT REQUEST IRQ number and an I O ADDRESS RANGE for its exclusive use An ISA type board also negotiates for one to three DMA CHANNELS If there are enough resources available in your computer the negotiation proceeds without any trouble and the result is an allocation of resources similar to that shown in Figure E 3 The particular settings shown may not exactly match those used for your system A PCI type board does not directly negotiate for any DMA CHANNELS Rather the PCI bus arbitrates DMA usage on an as needed basis For this reason there should not be any DMA CHANNELS allocated exclusively to a PCI type board If the board conflicts with any other devices in your system the problem is indicated in the Conflicting Device List near the bottom of the window The two most common kinds of conflicts are DMA CHANNEL and INTERRUPT REQUEST IRQ conflicts If there are no conflicts and your device does not appear to be working properly see Appendix F 38 Pine Instrument Company Dealing with PCI Card Conflicts e On some systems the various PCI slots on the motherboard are not exactly equivalent although there is no way t
34. e rarely observed when a system is first purchased or when it is only used for routine tasks such as word processing Hardware conflicts usually arise sometime later after one or more additional hardware devices have been installed in the system You are about to add a new piece of hardware the Interface Board to your system If you simply plug the board into your system things may work just fine or you may cause a fatal hardware conflict Such hardware conflicts have long been the bane of end users like yourself not to mention the computer manufacturers and operating system designers To resolve or avoid a hardware conflict users must know a little about system resources such as I O Address Ranges DMA Channels and Interrupt Request IRQ numbers Most PC systems manufactured since 1995 conform to the Plug and Play PnP standard developed by the Intel and Microsoft corporations These newer systems are aware of installed hardware devices and can automatically adapt to the addition of a new device The basic idea behind PnP is for the system to automatically take care of assigning system resources to various hardware devices When a PnP system is first turned on the system allocates I O Address Ranges DMA Channels and Interrupt Request IRQ numbers to each device as needed This process is supposed to be totally transparent to you the end user In order for Plug and Play to work properly and automatically all installed hardwar
35. epi oe ipea bob bpi m Tp i ede oe a eet heres L Asaran Expire PAH Pre ede pou haehaa aed EEEN fo ior Hoire ares CS ae BAAT pel kkon SSA eed l r 11m inkg heer l irora Epicor y cn i Ta eer n r bh Ce ths le mA a ie Oripa soul had Pa bee el fete t 2 kd ee eee oe oe ed ii tek Laat Tare eh HA a a E d Ese ee Ce ee hun Fi ees i E ee ee oe three a eee E my haa cicili in 2 Sere edo or Pee eee 1 Fa eg eke eee gh rrF isis ls Cees amp inea Fg HalHelp bape ees Etal cin pu sere in che Tpi ad a TEE h E hEm FEE Be er eE bm Ante Sores Cogs oe eee ee Pe Th MDEE HEE mampi eg Digi eed oe Soa ces Ope Oey ee eee ee dee romied ged ee 31 colegio epee oy heave Fel cielo j FIGURE D 4 MAX CONFIGURATION WINDOW In the left hand field double click on the folder labeled Devices and Interfaces An entry for your DAQ board should appear in the list in the left hand field as shown in Figure D 5 34 Pine Instrument Company E Toe ae Pak fe Gt pe le oe Lava kamili a mes ae s My tee l Deviz nterac pe ara u Devices and Interfaces E IA a i h p rI Frim bk D n The Dace ed oe Cee L cies a chee CD OR a F ee bid sri E YEAR Bap Pie 6 pee Oe eT MA a ee i he hama E Cos er i el i a Ch pe oes Eh Ae pie be fo fee ol Fo Whores hemrah rrai Eyra eg BL eee ngm bra gi Pam ee yee a h Lhi an looks Uae Frbi eean ced ear Evy bera l lione lA Ter doe may acl be
36. er Describes the Interface Board in detail Manual 1 These interface kits represent our two standard 12 bit Interface Board options Beginning with PINECHEM 2 7 however a number of other National Instruments boards are supported including several higher resolution 16 bit boards Consult Pine Instrument Company for more details 2 These and other related items are usually included by National Instruments with your Interface Board 3 The latest version of the NI DAQ device driver software is available from the National Instruments internet web site www ni com Beginning with PINECHEM 2 7 it is suggested that you use NI DAQ 5 or a more recent version Pine Instrument Company gt PINECHEM Installation Before attempting to install the PINECHEM software on your computer you should take a moment to verify that your computer meets the minimum required configuration for this software package Table II lists both the minimum and recommended system requirements for successful use of this software Note that software performance may be unsatisfactory on systems that fail to meet the recommended requirements Table Il Minimum and Recommended Computer System Requirements SYSTEM SPECIFICATION Minimum Recommended MICROPROCESSOR Intel 80486 Intel Pentium or better MATH COPROCESSOR required built into the Pentium PROCESSOR SPEED 33 MHz 200 MHz BUS ARCHITECTURE ISA or PCI ISA or PCI with Plug n Play INTERFACE SLOT 16 bit ISA or
37. erface Board section YOU MUST INSTALL THE BOARD BEFORE YOU RESTART YOUR COMPUTER 26 Pine Instrument Compan gt Appendix C NI DAQ 6 9 1 Configuration Installing the Documentation The first time you power on your computer after installing the NJDAQ software the installation procedure will automatically proceed to install the documentation as seen in Figure C 1 Click on Next to proceed J NI DAQ Documentation Setup o X Welcome to NI DAQ Documentation Setupl This utility allows you to install online documentation for your M ational Instruments data acquisition products The documents are POF files viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 0 which i included on the NI DAG CO Please note that not all products currently have POFs available fou can ruin this utility to install additional documents at any time Select NI DAQ Documentation Setup from the Stark menu TP Frou do not want to install documents now check this box FIGURE C 1 DOCUMENTATION SETUP Select your Interface Board from the list and click on Next proceed to the next screen You do not need to select any additional modules therefore click on Next when the Select Modules and Accessories window appears as seen in Figure C 2 DEET fe HERA GP UR GS a Ps E EE by rap i es Pe rar ee ee Oe ee er es FE a a FIGURE C 2 SELECT DEVICE AND MODULES 2 Pine Instrument Company Proceed throug
38. from the CD ROM 200 cccsssssssssssessessseeeecccceccecceceseseeseseaeeesssssssssseeeesseeeeeess 9 e Installing NI DAQ from the Download Directory cccccccccccccccecececeeeeeeeeaaeaaaaeesessseseseeeeeeceseeeeees 10 e Step By Step Installation Instructions 20 0 cecceessssseecceeeeceeeeeeaaeeseessseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeaaaaasssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaas 10 Altertne NIDA Oclis AO e EAA 10 THE INTERFACE BOARD cissccsdcoemsivesrmcsateccssenacessosncvansstewenetswarececcreutsmeercscsencsven 11 Tue ara Tay M A Brier HION arrar A e a Aa aaa A 11 Initermace BOatd DESCHPUOM izaan a E a ges balcamalch anak test malts 11 nspecine the mtetlace Board siaa E A O E E a ratatsth 12 Physical Installation or the Interiace Board oerion E E T nadine N 12 Plus amd Phy Conio uratOn cacti cunswnthonaviorenlantisniueecstouraahen a mann ieaidine ant E alagnaatecuatnes 13 INSTALLING THE CABLE iiia a es ae ecezecst 14 FINAL SYSTEM TESTING scscsecctcscadsveceseeteteccsse tic dscecsesecobsuevenssccnsstewaceretassateesuears 15 Communications Problems arenas a tnd dacvicvionduducunc cadebitaredorebadecesubeederecnedeseecodecexets 17 Tine C omic a rons Cy szsssn naa canada teases eine cadut tena aneatuatentaanetaaminalueavaanieawesnins 17 HP CEMMICA VAS SISPANICS nn eenn O OT acetic ues ctussean AE T 18 APPENDIX A NI DAQ 6 9 1 INSTALLATION 0 cccceseseeeeseeeeeesenseesseeeeees 19 installineNI DAO trom thie DROME herrri a A neem luad 19 Installing NI
39. ge the Interface Board Take all precautions to prevent accidental discharge Inspecting the Interface Board The Interface Board is shipped in an antistatic plastic package to prevent electrostatic damage to the board Several components on the board can be damaged by accidental electrostatic discharge To avoid damage when installing the board take the following precautions Unplug your computer system from the power source Discharge any static electricity on your person by touching a grounded metal object Touch the board s plastic package to a metal part of your computer s chassis before removing the board from the package Remove the board from the package and inspect the board for loose components or any other sign of damage If damaged and you purchased the board from Pine Instrument Company please notify us immediately Do not install a damaged board into your computer Write down the board serial number in the back of the user manual This information may be required later when installing and configuring software If you are installing an older board like the AT MIO 16H 9 make a note of the dip switch and jumper settings on the card before installing it Do not change these settings while the card is physically installed in your computer These dip switch settings govern the I O ADDRESS RANGE DMA CHANNELS and INTERRUPT REQUEST IRQ number used by board Note that most newer boards do not have any dip switches because
40. gt gt Control Panel gt gt System Click on the Hardware tab at the top of the window Now click on the button labeled Device Manager Select Resources by type from the View menu as shown below G Device Manager Ol Acti aj 2 e Devices by type Devices by connection Resources by type Resources by connection Show hidden devices H D Print Hd Customize aS Floppy disk controllers H IDE ATAJATAPI controllers E al Infrared devices Keyboards E Mice and other pointing devices H a Monitors na PCMCIA adapters E iy Ports COM amp LPT ghji Sound video and game controllers H System devices E Universal Serial Bus controllers Displays resources by type FIGURE E 5 SELECT RESOURCES BY TYPE The window display now lists the four types of hardware resources DMA I O Range Interrupts and Memory Click on one of these categories to show which devices are using the resources In the window shown below four DMA channels are being consumed by various hardware devices m E a Device Manager S Action view El 4 My Computer fet i Direct memory access DMA ee Wd ECP Printer Port LPT1 fone 2 Standard floppy disk controller a jai 3 SMC IEC Fast Infrared Port a m 4 Direct memory access controller H 4 Inputfoutput Io il Interrupt request IRQ iid emors FIGURE E 6 DISPLAY RESOURCES BY TYLE This window shows all the Memory IRQ DM
41. h the next four screens by selecting Next o accept the default options as seen in Figure C 3 On the last screen select Finish to complete the installation of the documentation The progress indicator shown in Figure C 4 will appear during the installation process i ea LE ad Peed eee De ae er ee Bpnpi m dy Se ia Beer aie oo E 7 Sim ae E I 7 OLEE eb Be Ae ee eee el i ee H Ce eee Emp ime a bear peskar mE oe EE IA SN a Bay pap i ia E bhr Baik Dani iji hig i E r hk nel cis mar a a l e m CAEI m per el ey Se rr FIGURE C 4 PROGRESS INDICATOR When the Installation Complete window appears Figure C 5 select Finish Pine Instrument Compan FIGURE C 5 DOCUMENTATION INSTALLATION COMPLETE Configuring and Testing the Interface Board The first time you power on your computer after installing the NJDAQ software the installation process will install the documentation as outlined in the section above and the automatically start the Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX utility To start the utility manually double click on the Measurement amp Automation icon found on the desktop Version w MAA 5 201 ja uy A i d P x Pa F Y F 1 e j ka ee eo oN om F Updating configuration dais E E Measurement amp Automation Explorer pn F a kee L En T AL f T Teenage eem OOOO J
42. into the appropriate rear panel connector and lock the connections in place where possible The connector located on the Interface Board has 68 connection pins The connector on the back of the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat has 50 connection pins To join these two connectors use one of the following two options e Use a 50 conductor ribbon cable that has a 50 pin connector on one end and a 68 pin connector on the other end e Use a 50 conductor ribbon cable that has 50 pin connectors on both ends and then use a 68 to 50 pin Cable Adapter on one end of the cable If you purchase your interface board and cable directly from Pine Instrument Company it will include one of the two cabling options described above If you choose to purchase your interface board directly from National Instruments Corporation then you should be sure to order the proper cable and or adapters 14 Pine Instrument Company gt Final System Testing The final stage of the installation involves testing communications between the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat and the PINECHEM software You must complete all previous steps in this installation manual before proceeding to the final system testing step Begin by turning on the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat and manually changing the CONTROL SOURCE to the EXTERNAL setting This button must be depressed for a full second to effect a change in its setting Next start up the main PINECHEM application found in the PINECHEM program
43. ion and its related files are installed The usual choice is to place these items in a subdirectory within your system s Program Files directory You may specify an alternate location if you wish A second directory is needed for the Lab Windows CVI Run Time Engine a software product manufactured by National Instruments Corporation This software engine version 4 0 1 or later must be present on your system in order for the PINECHEM application to work properly You may place it in any directory that you wish however it is typically placed in a directory called CVIRTE If this software engine is already present on your system the installation program usually notes this fact and does not reinstall the engine e Completing the installation When you click on the Finish button the installation process begins During the installation the dialog boxes shown in Figure 5 are displayed Installation takes a few minutes as many files are decompressed and then placed on your hard drive There is a status indicator in the dialog box that lets you know how far along the installation process has progressed You may cancel the installation at any time by clicking the Cancel button _ FEH ar hg peep ae a Pee zm Pe Liher a ee io wed Fee Cer Ll esos Se Bee ee er eee foo ee AT FIGURE 4 SPECIFYING THE INSTALLATION DIRECTORIES About half way through a Floppy Disk installation the program will
44. lable if the test completes successfully as seen in Figure 14 15 Pine Instrument Company At this point you should click on the Done button and PINECHEM will record your selection for future use The next time you start up your PINECHEM software it will remember which NI DAQ device you chose before so you won t have to do this step again PineChem System Hardware Devices X Select amp Test Interface Board Settings MIDAG Device 1 PCI MIO 16E 4 Calibrate Board Instrument Status On line Instrument is idle Interface Board Serial Number 13317276 Advanced Settings Inputoutput Range FF7FEO0O FF FEOF Interrupt Request 16 00 Direct Memory Access 00 01 02 Done FIGURE 14 TEST COMMUNICATIONS After you dismiss the Hardware Devices panel you will see the Instrument Status panel This panel should indicate that the instrument is idle and it lists certain information about the selected NI DAQ device In the example shown in Figure 15 the selected Interface Board is an PCI MIO 16E 4 board that has been assigned to NI DAQ device number one 1 The IRQ and DMA usage are also displayed PineChem 2 7 9a Instrument Status Panel Ioj x File Experiment Instrument Idle Conditions Instrument Information On line Instrument is idle KT Electrode mw Fine AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat xj MIDAG Device 1 k2 Electrode rv Pe MIG 1GE 4 Dumm Open Interrupt 16 Wo Address FFFFEQOO E
45. ll see the series of welcome and license agreement screens shown in Figure A 5 Click Next gt on each screen until you arrive at the Select Support Files screen shown in Figure A 6 iH dingbat ina darhan eph s i agaat aaa Ten ey Pn FS i E Tian he ie T lierra ee e EILD er mi he er ry smiir Me 1 ia rg RR Gas E Coy ee a ae a a ee in er e DE e Ir c CHELATE iz a C Erm TRS a Pe Lei i Ai ELE REN STILE TS EER THE TE E CORTPETT SPE TES CLEE H TE EE FETTA Bee BE LETE LPT TLL eI Pee E EE oe IFA sees k i LI T H E TT EL A mn T TS TH TEF ISL VEER 4 7L E 1E et Himnit Ai tote BER ma 1784 preia oe A IE aT I ia E PANI Gl E iat Et bs Pon L PLETE TO TEZI BSP IEF PE ie mmi meni lisale mahs 1 Linders Cee ET ELL OTS SE E Ce To Ti LEE TE HA BT ip i ja Seah 08 i TE TEE OPTS WE METETE THE ETELE HE Pee ee peered oe Dhin meene karr EIE THESE iNj here PEST E TH SPE CCPL ELL ee IFS ie ee m Lieb si pede mm eepeed bg Fro BeTERSiLS db TITE TEELE FIGURE A 5 SEQUENCE OF WELCOME SCREENS The installation process will automatically select the NI DAQ Device Driver options for you Click on next to select this driver and then on next again to confirm kh PE p Lee c a Le i nT FE Lism yi h Er Poe en et eel er Ll Zs Lee Co a oe ee ee er A E FIGURE A 6 SELECT SUPPORT FILES 21 Pine Instrument Company During the installation process the initializing screen will appe
46. ndix D NI DAQ 6 9 2 Configuration Configuring and Testing the Interface Board The first time you power on your computer after installing the NIDAQ software the installation process will first confirm the successful installation Figure D 1 Select Finish to then automatically start the Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX utility Ja Installation Complete E X Ou are now ready to configure your Measurement and Automation System Configure Measurement and Automation System Quit Setup DAQ FIGURE D 1 INSTALLATION COMPLETE WINDOW To start the utility manually double click on the Measurement amp Automation icon found on the desktop Measurement co Automation FIGURE D 2 DESKTOP ICON FOR MAX The start up screen will appear followed by the User Preferences window seen in Figure D 3 Select the Only when I refresh the configuration tree option on the preferences screen and click on OK to proceed to a window like the one shown in Figure D 4 33 Pine Instrument Company 22 Measurement amp Automation Explorer I want Macs to search for new devices f Only when refresh the configuration tree F5 or View gt gt Aetresh Every time launch Mas Comet ge lpi s si ral lenge igcay National Instruments Measurament amp Automation Explorer hat i Aeqnernnnvedt A fade tee Palco AE Harj Epi A
47. o once again look for the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat If it succeeds click on the Done button to return to the INSTRUMENT STATUS panel The Communications Utility A simple utility application called CBPTST32 EXE is installed on your system along with the main PINECHEM application see Figure 7 If you experience persistent communications problems this utility can often help diagnose the situation This utility repeatedly attempts to 17 Pine Instrument Company communicate with the AFCBP1 and it keeps statistics on how many attempts fail or succeed see Figure 18 AFCBP1 Communications Test Utility E 0 x Interface Board Information AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat Information EPROM Version Board Model PLI MIO 16E 4 Message Packet Transmission Serial Number 13231866 Am5 3 Timing older boards only High Time usec o 5o Packet Delay uzec Receive Delay Cycles 10000 i Spare Receive Cycles je Low Time uzec 150 Reply Timeout usec 300000 Packet Flush usec s0000 Total Errors Last Error Code Eror Rate AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat Communications Utility version 3 2 5 Copyright C 195985 Pine Instrument Company Grove City Pennsylvania USA All Rights Reserved FIGURE 18 THE CBPTST COMMUNICATIONS UTILITY Items of particular interest are the Last Error Code and the Error Rate The parameters appearing under the Message Packet Transmission section norm
48. o tell this by mere appearances Sometimes a PCI card conflict can be resolved simply by moving the card to a different PCI slot e The resources for the PCI bus are assigned by the BIOS at boot time You cannot change the resources from NI DAQ instead you would have to go into your BIOS settings screen to change the resources Normally you can enter into the BIOS during reboot by hitting the Delete or F2 key system dependent Also make sure that PCI bus mastering is enabled in the BIOS this option is available only in some brands of computers Dealing with ISA Card Conflicts e Uncheck the box for Use Automatic Settings Now you will be able to select a different Basic Configuration setting from the drop down menu as shown in Figure E 3 The alternate Basic Configuration 0001 causes the board to only use two DMA CHANNELS and the alternate Basic Configuration 0002 causes the board use just one DMA CHANNEL There is not an easy way to make the board use no DMA CHANNELS Basic Configuration 0003 causes the board to avoid using an INTERRUPT REQUEST IRQ number This configuration is not recommended and should only be used in PC systems where all of the IRQ numbers are already taken and no other recourse is available e If you still see a conflict with another device you will have to change the resource settings Input Output range Interrupt DMA manually See the section below on how to check for free resources in your
49. ona hp Looe aged ane co FIGURE B 6 LICENSE AGREEMENT SCREEN The installation process will automatically select the NI DAQ Device Driver options for you Click on next to select this driver and then on next again to confirm as shown in Figure B 7 20 Pine Instrument Company Le ee a ee oe Le La a rme Fm eg Ena a am ls sas af Tina ec ee eee eT o i jeme ees Dae eT eg ae ea je m iai Ee FIGURE B 6 SELECT SUPPORT FILES During the installation process the progress screen will appear and will be replaced by the Installation Complete screen as shown in Figure B 7 Select Finish to end the installation The software is now properly installed on your system SS a ee NI DAG a mE alee oer A aaj aa aT A A om eR Lil Pel Sl gs Ol Ta gL dhil pe mp hhi E ie eji pi mii ee E ete a omy pete Bg Boat in krum rd e eee cee j er eee es irei ee Dan og ne Leme ee SO e re Mis L Lok E ee ot FIGURE B 7 PROGRESS SCREENS You are now prompted to reboot the computer to complete the installation as shown in Figure B 8 Select No to reboot later You must power down your system and install the Interface Board before you reboot your machine NI DAQ 6 9 2 FIGURE B 8 REBOOT OPTION Now that the PINECHEM software and NIDAQ drivers are installed on your system you are ready to install the Interface Board Shut down your system and follow the directions outlined in the Int
50. program or documentation from one computer to another over a network The program contains trade secrets and in order to protect them you may not decompile reverse engineer disassemble or otherwise reduce the program to a human understandable form You may not modify adapt translate rent lease loan resell for profit distribute network or create derivative works based on all or any part of the program or documentation The enclosed computer program and its manual are copyrighted You may not copy or otherwise reproduce any part of the program or manual except for personal archive purposes The enclosed computer program and its manual including partial copies and translations are the property of Pine Instrument Company You have only the limited rights granted by this license You are not an owner of the program or documentation and 17 U S C section 117 does not apply The license is effective until terminated You may terminate the license at any time by destroying the program and documentation together with all copies partial copies updates and translations The license also terminates if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this License Agreement Upon such termination you agree to destroy the program and documentation together with all copies partial copies updates and translations You agree that this License Agreement is the complete and sole statement of the agreement between us concerning the use of the progr
51. sing the Start gt Run d setup exe sequence Follow the onscreen prompts to install the software For step by step instructions see Appendix A Pine Instrument Company e Installing NI DAQ from the Download Directory If you have decompressed the NI DAQ download file see Figure 8 the download directory now contains all the files necessary for installation Run the setup exe program from the download directory For step by step instructions see Appendix A e Step By Step Installation Instructions See Appendix A for step by step instructions for installing NIDAQ 6 9 1 See Appendix B for step by step instructions for installing NIDAQ 6 9 2 If you are installing a version of NIDAQ later than 6 9 2 you can get detailed directions from the National Instrument Corporation web site http www ni com downloads e After the NIDAQ Installation At the conclusion of the installation process the program will ask you to restart the computer Choose the Restart Later option Power down the computer and follow the instructions in the Interface Board section for installing and configuring the NIDAQ Interface Board When your system boots up again the new NI DAQ driver files are loaded the NIDAQ board is configured and your system should behave just as it did before you installed the NI DAQ software If there are any problems rebooting your system then you should uninstall the NIDAQ software following the directions given above in the
52. ssful installation lies with the end user It is possible that a particular computer system may pose an irresolvable hardware conflict with our equipment In this case it is the end user s responsibility to modify the computer system as required and or provide a suitable alternate computer system Pine Instrument Company gt Package Inventory A complete AFCBPI Bipotentiostat and PINECHEM software package consists of the components listed in the following table If you purchased a subset of the complete system then some of the items in Table I may not be present Table I Complete AFCBP1 and PINECHEM System Inventory PARTNUMBER DESCRIPTION Potentiostat e Bipotentiostat AFCBP1 The AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat Interface Kit for ISA bus AKCBPISA12 e Interface Board EANISA16E10 National Instruments AT MIO 16E 10 board e Interface Cable EWC4201 50 pin ribbon cable with 68 pin adapter Interface Kit for PCI bus AKCBPPCI12 e Interface Board EANPCI16E4 National Instruments PCI MIO 16E 4 board e Interface Cable EWC4201 50 pin ribbon cable with 68 pin adapter Software PINECHEM Software ASWCV2 PINECHEM voltammetry software CD ROM or 2 disks NI DAQ Software NI DAQ device driver software CD ROM Manuals System Installation LMCBP1N25 This installation manual Manual AFCBP1 Hardware LMCBP1H Describes stand alone use of Bipotentiostat Manual ASWCV2 Software LMCBP1S20 Describes use of the PINECHEM software Manual E Series Us
53. st the counter A GREEN light in the Counter Status section indicates a properly working Interface Board To further test the board select the GPCTRI1 counter click on start again to see if the status light for counter 2 turns green See Figure SS os ime Pem tial AAT Ko Upa Lae Tek berate 1 Diki Har ee Tah Herat MTs ac WENTE PT i amgin rade aia Lar a BEEJ bra waga Comers LD Chad LAD Tma iy paris Eo IEE lial Ine T bps Lit Petes ma Lomas Eee hts Lad sy Tor iz r jas eam Eoo Pair ioeie Pe j fae cals T sal p aa I to fan z j Curis Daka l wap l Fanta a Ceo Coen Ti i ee m Trag Osi tay fee eat iT ipp hod Trgi iiy Sve M ing U p i jan kinis i Conary T See FIGURE C 11 TEST PANEL AND COUNTER I O WINDOWS 31 Pine Instrument Company cs damogiis Aag Charmer Cih Dogan iD LoL eee x nana ea poema Pama bret dager Diki N E ganie oo o MaLa a Er E FIGURE C 12 COUNTER TEST WINDOWS You may now exit the configuration program by selecting the Close button to exit the Test Panel window and the select Ok to close the Configuring Device window and finally File gt Exit to exit the Measurement amp Automation Explorer utility If you did not successfully test the counters please proceed to the troubleshooting guide in Appendix E 32 Pine Instrument Company gt Appe
54. stop and ask you to insert the second installation disk see Figure 5 Simply swap installation disks and click on the OK button CD ROM installation does not require a disk change SETUP Please insert disk number 2 in drive A FIGURE 5 INSTALLATION PROGRESS INDICATORS Pine Instrument Company A successful installation is indicated but the dialog box shown in Figure 6 PineChem 2 7 9 Installation PineChem 2 7 9 installation successtull You must reboot your machine in order to complete the installation FIGURE 6 SUCCESFUL INSTALLATION The installation program may indicate that you should reboot your machine If you are next going to install the NIDAQ drivers and software you can wait to reboot until after that process is over Once the installation is complete you should observe that a new PINECHEM program group has been created see Figure 7 Several applications appear in the program group including the main PINECHEM application Note that one of the items in the program group is an Uninstall application that allows you to remove PINECHEM from your system at a later time Two utility applications are also included The utility called CBPCAL32 EXE 1s useful for recalibrating the analog sweep generator in the AFCBP1 The utility called CBPTST32 EXE is useful for diagnosing communications problems between the AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat and your personal computer PineChem 2 7 9 File Edit view Favorites gt
55. various entries in the list you can view the system resources like Direct Memory Access DMA channels and IRQ numbers that have been assigned to each hardware device OO lll Geet iri bidh Homia Lain Pidie Siia birimi oll im ole el ei es ra aed oe Ma l l ar p A ees 3 eee m Deora bl pees lim oe Bee ie ee eee ee eis re kaa apr sare vel Lice oe iera m eB ie Pere e Hodes ee peers s rnp br p m m a os eee gil LE ee ba irar oe ge am FIGURE E 1 SYSTEM PROPERTIES Double click on Data Acquisition Devices You should see your device listed here If you have an ISA type board you should see two entries see Figure E 2 left or if you have a PCI board you should see one entry only see Figure E 2 right cay Device Manager ere Ml Cones J E tate Acquaition ria T ae t ACAL isition Devices Bae P PCL MIO 16E 4 4 43 Disk drives Display adapters ad OVO CD ROM drives aS Floppy disk controllers H H Floppy disk drives E IDE ATAJATAFI controllers H 3 Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices B Monitors m ap Network adapters E Ports COM amp LPT E 5 SCSI and RAID controllers E Sound video and game controllers fl System devices a2 Universal Serial Bus controllers Y sT 5 E Dek cia i EE ries kiN I H ORN a 4S Pipir Sih controle i ae y h aea i a DE AAA et iiia H aE kebah A Te pie aaia pdng e E howe H E hee shares T t CM h
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