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1. Address Data A32 D32 D64 PCI Bus Clock 33 66 MHz Signaling Environment 3 34 amp 5V IO Routing Front panel only D 2 VXIbus Characteristics D 2 1 General Device Type Register Based Size C Slots 1 Connectors P1 P2 Slot 0 Functionality Yes auto detected Resource Manager Functionality Yes D 2 2 VXIbus Master Address Space A16 A24 and A32 Data Transfer Capabilities D08 D16 D32 D16BLT D32BLT D64MBLT BLT MBLT Address Increment Software Selectable Bus Timer 16 32 64 128 256 512 and 1024 us D 2 3 VXIbus Slave Configuration Register Address Space A16 Size 64 Bytes Base Address 0xC000 Logical Address 0x40 Data Transfer Capabilities D08 D16 and D32 D 2 4 VXIbus Slave Shared Memory Address Space A24 A32 Size Up to 2GByte Data Transfer Capabilities D08 D16 D32 D16BLT D32BLT D64MBLT Page 60 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Appendix D Specifications D 2 5 VXIbus Requester Request Level BRO to BR3 Request Mode Fair or On Demand Release Mode ROR RWD D 2 6 VXlbus Arbiter Arbitration Mode SGL PRI RRS Arbitration Time out 10 us D 2 7 VXIbus Interrupts Interrupt Handler IRQ1 to IRQ7 Interrupter IRQ1 to IRQ7 Interrupter Release Mode ROAK A 1 Front Panel
2. VXlbus Resource Manager Waiting 4 seconds for SYSFAIL to be deasserted ni 9 Close Details gt gt Figure 15 Running the VXI Resource Manager After start the resource manager will wait a defined time to allow all devices to complete their initialization and self test if available Then he performs the following functions Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 21 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Identify all VXIbus and GPIB devices in the system Manage the system self test and diagnostic sequence Configure the system s A24 and A32 address maps Configure the system s Commander Servant hierarchies Allocate the VXIbus IRQ lines Initiate normal system operation E po es Once finished the information about the VXlbus and GPIB devices found is made available for the VISA library and a readable version of this information is saved to a file Both the initial delay and the location of the resource manager output file are configurable using the configuration utility To configure these parameters start the configuration utility by selecting the VISA Configuration Utility entry in the VXlplug amp play program group in the start menu Start VXIPNP VISA Configuration Utility In the configuration utility select the Resource Manager button on the right hand side see Figure 9 This will show the configuration dialog for the resource
3. VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples open a session to the instrument status viOpen rm session VXIO 2 1INSTR VI NULL VI NULL amp instr session VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples defining the trigger line to use status viSetAttribute instr session VI ATTR TRIG ID VI TRIG TTLO VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples send a trigger pulse to the device status viAssertTrigger instr session VI TRIG PROT SYNC VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples close the sessions to the instrument and the resource manager viClose instr session viClose rm session Figure 31 Sending a Trigger Pulse Figure 31 shows an example for sending a trigger pulse to a device The function viSetAttribute is used to set the attribute VI ATTR TRIG ID to select the trigger line In general the trigger ID can be set to VI TRIG TTLO to VI TRIG TTL7 VI TRIG ECLO VI TRIG ECL1 or VI TRIG SW For the setting VI TRIG SW the device is sent the word serial trigger command the other settings correspond to the VXlbus trigger lines TTLO TTL7 and ECLO ECL1 To send the trigger the function viAssertTrigger is used in the example 2 with the protocol argument set to VI PROT DEFAULT The interpretation of this argument depends on the value the attribute VI ATT
4. lower word VXIControl VXI Control Register VMEControl Controls several VME parameters EEPROMData EEPROM Data Register EEPROMCtrl EEPROM Control Register TrigStatus Actual Trigger Status TriglntMask Trigger Interrupt Mask Latch state TrigControl Trigger Line Control TriglntMode Trigger Interrupt Mode register Reserved IRQDir Interrupt Direction register SerNumHigh Serial Number upper word SerNumLow Serial Number lower word Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 45 of 62 Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register ProDAQ 3047 User Manual B 2 Register Details B 2 1 ID Register The ID T provides information about the device s manufacturer and TT 61415 7 c 5 NEN m i RO RO RO Ro RO RO Initial EWO Content Device Address ManufacturerlD Class Space Device Class This field indicates the module as a Register Based VXIbus device value 0x3 Address Space This field determines the addressing mode of the device s operational registers A16 A24 0x0 A16 A32 0x1 Reserved 0x2 A16 Only 0x3 The value of this field will be initialized during hardware initialization from the on board EEPROM Manufacturer ID The Manufacturer ID is 0xE70 3696 and has been assigned by the VXlbus Consortium This number uniquely identifies the manufacturer of the device as Bustec Production Ltd B 2
5. The memory l O operations consist of High and Low Level Access services The High Level Access Services allow register level access to devices that support direct memory access They encapsulate most of the code required to perform the access such as window mapping address translation and error checking The Low Level Access Services are similar in purpose but are implemented without the software overhead of the High Level Services 10 2 INSTR ession Information emplate Operations asic 1 0 Operations emory 140 Operations r Input ER Address space Vi 16 SPACE y viQut viMoveln Offset x o viMoveDut viMoveAsync viMap amp ddress Read in an 8 bit 16 bit or 32 bit value from the specified memory space offset vilinMap ddress viPeek viPoke hared Memory Operations Output VXI Specific Operations Data read x DE Returned Status ls D Dperation completed successfully Figure 21 Memory I O Operations Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 25 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Figure 21 shows an example of the high level access services In the Input section the user can select an address space an offset and a transfer width By pressing Run on of the functions viln8 viln16 or viln32 depending on the access width are executed and the result is shown in the Output section of the dialog along with the returned
6. reserved no action performed B 2 16 TrigintMode Bit 15 14 13 12 1 10 9 8 7 e 5 3 2 t 0 a HAUSSE O Initial D X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Content Not Used TRGEDGE TRGEDGE _ TRGEDGE TTI 7 0 FP 1 0 ECL 1 0 TRGEDGE TTL 7 0 Writing a one 1 to one of these bits selects the rising edge as an active edge which will generate the interrupt Writing a zero 0 selects the falling edge as an active edge Readout shows current setting of the bits TRGEDGE ECL 1 0 Writing a one 1 to one of these bits selects the rising edge as an active edge which will generate the interrupt Writing a zero 0 selects the falling edge as an active edge Readout shows current setting of the bits TRGEDGE FP 1 0 Writing a one 1 to one of these bits selects the rising edge as an active edge which will generate the interrupt Writing a zero 0 selects the falling edge as an active edge Readout shows current setting of the bits Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 53 of 62 Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register ProDAQ 3047 User Manual B 2 17 IRQDir st 15 13 12 II 7 15 Operation 2 i RA Rw Rw RW Initial pay Ra Content Not Used IRQDIR 7 1 IRQDIR 7 1 When set to one 1 these bits enables forwarding corresponding interrupts from VXlbus to VMEbus Forwarding interrupts from VMEbus to VXIbus is then disabled When the bits are cleared
7. 0 the corresponding VXIbus interrupt will not be forwarded to the VMEbus It automatically enables VMEbus interrupts to be forwarded to VXIbus for the given level B 2 18 SerNumHigh Lm _ 1s 4 8 2 O 1 Operation RO RO RO RO RO Initial id SN 31 16 B 2 19 SerNumLow 1 1 B EE Operation RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO Initial GS SN 15 0 Page 54 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Appendix C Front Panel Connectors and Switches C 1 Front Panel Connectors The front panel of the ProDAQ 3047 gives access to the standard set of PC peripheral connectors C 1 1 10 100 1000 BaseT Ports The two RJ 45 ports labeled LAN1 LAN2 provide the 10BaseT 100BaseTX or 1000Base T Ethernet LAN interface A standard CAT5 network cable with RJ 45 connectors can be used to connect the ProDAQ 3047 to your LAN Pin Assignment 1 DA 2 DA p 3 DB E 4 DC 5 DC 6 DB 7 DD 8 DD The yellow ethernet speed LEDs indicate the operating speed of the XL ethernet interfaces E a la H Off 10 Mbit s SL j Steady On 100 Mbit s U E Flashing 1000 Mbit s Ehe oi The green link activity LEDs indicate whether a connection has been re made on the ethernet interfaces They will lit when the connection elles has been made and turn off during activity
8. 2 LogAdr The Logical Address register is a write only register used by the VXlbus resource manager to A the modules logical address during the dynamic configuration 13 13 2 OA 7 c 5 nn et EE eee Pe Pee epee pie Initial Content EST Y B 2 3 DevType The Device Type register contains a device dependent type identifier and the information about the memory space required by this device 1011 O BOE Operation RO RO RO RO RO RO Initial ET or EW2 EUG or ae ReqMemory 3 0 ModelCode 1 1 0 Page 46 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register ReqMemory 3 0 The required memory as defined in the VXlbus standard The value of this field will be initialized during hardware initialization from the on board EEPROM ModelCode 11 0 This field contains a unique card identifier The adapter module has got two different codes depending on the slot position slotO or non slotO B 2 4 Status The Status E provides information about the device s status 13 12 10 9 8 7 RARA os BBs Initial Logical Address A24 A32 active A one 1 indicates that the A24 A32 address range is enabled MODID Ea VMERead 2 MODID A one 1 indicates that the device is not selected via the P2 MODID line A zero 0 indicates that the device is selected by a high state on the MODID line Glo A one 1 indicate
9. COMMON Tc en 4 1 3 11 Serial EE 5 13 12 Keyboard anu MOUSE ne nee non nine een red 5 13 13 VXIDUS INTO ACE ai nanas 5 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION nes 7 2 1 Unpacking and Inspection xus fa sede hs do el deed ns xcti en cc ete etes 74 ELM Hardware CONQUE E iria 8 2 2 1 Logical Address O A A E E M ME dud 8 22 2 Opening the Module ele EE 9 2 2 3 Installing EE 10 2 2 4 Installing the ProDAQ 3249 FP I O Option 13 2 3 Installing the ProDAQ 3047 Controller 14 24 Software Configuration eege ege 15 2 4 1 Configuring the ProDAQ 3047 for the VISA ban 15 2 4 2 Configuring the ProDAQ 3047 Interface Charachertstcs 18 2 4 3 Running the VXIbus Resource Manager 21 24 NO VISA ASSISIBIE S tattoo oasis 23 CHAPTER 3 PROGRAMMING VXI DEVICES cessere 29 3 1 Connecting to a Device aiii nent See 29 3 2 Programming Register based Devices oooooooccccninccoconococococcncnnccnnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 30 3 2 1 ACCESSING e 30 3 2 2 Moving Blocks of Data ui a epp a SE 33 3 3 Programming Message based Devices 36 3 3 1 Writing and Reading Messages 36 3 4 Optimizing Data Throughpll iii a rra ms o nn dass 37 3 5 Using VXlbus and Front Panel Trigger Lines 37 3 5 1 Using VXIbus Trigger LInBs eu ir o aed is 37 3 5 2 Using Front Panel Trigger LINCS AA AAA AAA a dt 38 APPENDIX A VISA LIBRARY INSTALLATION cccccssseeceeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeseene
10. I O with ProDAQ 3249 D 2 8 CLK10 Input Input Level TTL Input Protection 5V to 10V Connector Type SMB Note When using an external clock to supply the CLK10 signal you must use a VXIbus standard compliant clock signal 10 MHz equal or better than 100 ppm 50 5 duty cycle D 2 9 CLK10 Output Output Level TTL Output Frequency 10 MHz Frequency Stability 100 ppm Duty Cycle 50 5 Connector Type SMB Specification valid for internal clock generator only Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 61 of 62 Appendix D Specifications ProDAQ 3047 User Manual D 2 10 Trigger In Input Level TTL Active Edge Software selectable Trigger Detection Routable to VXIbus trigger lines TTLO to TTL7 ECLO 1 Interrupt on trigger detection Input Protection 5V to 10V Connector Type SMB D 2 11 Trigger Out Output Level TTL Active Level Software selectable Trigger Generation From VXIbus trigger lines TTLO to TTL7 ECLO 1 By software command Maximum Current 32 mA lon 64 mA lot Connector Type SMB D 3 Power Supply Loading Current Consumption 24V 0 150A 12V 0 005 A 5 V 5 2 A typ 2V 0 05 A 5 2 V 0 150 A 12V 005 A 24V 0A Note The power consumption depends on the installed options such as memory hard drives and PMC modules The values above are for the base c
11. es C 1 2 USB B The USB 2 0 port uses an industry standard dual 4 position shielded connector C Pin Signal Function ae 1 USBV USB Power RST RUN 2 USB USB Data 2558 3 USB USB Data A 4 USBG USB Ground Si Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 55 of 62 Appendix C Front Panel Connectors and Switches ProDAQ 3047 User Manual C 1 3 RS 232 COM1 COM2 The serial interfaces use an 8 way RJ45 connector with the following pin out Pin R9 232 Function Signal RTS Request to Send DTR Data Terminal Ready GND Signal Ground TXD Transmit Data RXD Receive Data DCD Data Carrier Detect DSR Data Set Ready CTS Clear to Send 00 Ni Od O1 BIO IN C 1 4 PS2 Combined Keyboard Mouse Connector The keyboard and mouse connectors are standard 6 pin female mini DIN PS 2 connectors Pin Dir Function 1 In Out Keyboard Data 2 In Out Mouse Data 3 Ground 4 5 Volt 5 Out Keyboard Clock 6 Out Mouse Clock Shield Chassis Ground C 1 5 SVGA Connector The video port uses a standard high density DB15 SVGA connector Pin Dir Function Pin Dir Function 1 Out Red 9 5 Volt 2 Out Green 10 Ground 3 Out Blue 11 Reserved 4 Reserved 12 1 0 DDC Data 5 Ground 13 Out Horizontal Sync 6 Ground 14 Out Vert
12. more lines permanently allocated Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 19 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual S ProDAQ 3047 ProDAQ 3047 Enbedded Slot 0 Controller plug amp play bustec H Front End Interrupt Assignment Level 1 auo y Level 2 auto x Level 3 auo y Level 4 auto x Level 5 auo Level Auto x Level 7 auo Reset to Default Figure 13 Configuring the Interrupt Lines 2 4 2 3 Configuring the Front Panel I O The ProDAQ 3047 Slot 0 Controller supports the synchronization of multi mainframe systems via shared system clocks CLK10 and trigger lines These lines are available via the ProDAQ 3249 FP I O option when installed in the PMC slot of the 3047 To configure the front panel input and output signals select the Front Panel I O tab on the right hand side of the configuration utility window see Figure 14 If the ProDAQ 3047 is located in the left most slot slot 0 of a VXIbus mainframe it can be configured to either receive a CLK10 signal via the CLK10 connector or to generate a CLK10 signal internally and share it with other mainframes via the CLK10 connector on the 3249 The Front Panel CLK10 1 0 control allows you to configure this Disabled The ProDAQ 3047 uses the internal clock generator to generate the CLK10 clock signal for the VXlbus The front panel CLK10 I O is disabled Enabled as
13. range mapping are implemented through high speed programmable logic devices The ProDAQ 3047 automatically detects whether he is placed in slot O the leftmost slot in a VXIbus mainframe and enables or disables the CLK10 and MODID lines accordingly Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 5 of 62 Chapter 1 Introduction ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Page 6 of 62 Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration To set up and use the ProDAQ 3047 Pentium M based VXIbus Slot 0 Controller you need the following A VXI mainframe The ProDAQ 3047 VXIbus Slot 0 Controller A VGA monitor PS 2 or USB Keyboard and Mouse The ProDAQ 3047 VXIbus Slot 0 Controller is a single slot wide C size VXI module which can reside in any slot of a C size or D size VXI mainframe lt will automatically detect whether it is located in the left most slot of the mainframe slot 0 and will enable or disable its Slot 0 capabilities accordingly avoiding conflicts with the backplane and other modules Note Being a C size module the ProDAQ 3047 does not provide a P3 connector as used in D size mainframes If used as a Slot 0 Controller in a D size mainframe it cannot provide the necessary control for instruments using the additional features of the P3 connector CLK100 Star Trigger add Trigger and Local Bus Lines 2 1 Unpacking and Inspection All ProDAQ modules are shipped in an antistatic package to p
14. status The high level functions viMoveln viMoveOut and viMoveAsync will move blocks of data As with the functions viln8 vin16 viln32 viOut8 viOut16 and viOut32 the Input section will allow you to enter an address space an offset and a transfer width Additionally a length parameter will define the number of elements to transfer The low level access services viMapAddress viUnmapAddress viPeek and viPoke need to be used together First a memory mapping must be established by using the function viMapAddress then viPeek and viPoke can be used to access the mapped register space and viUnmapAddress must be used to undo the memory mapping 2 4 4 4 Shared Memory Operations Shared memory operations allow to allocate memory space on the device to be used exclusively by the session allocating it Figure 22 shows an example of the shared memory operations nig VXIO 2 INSTR Session Information H Template Operations E Basic 1 0 Operations Input Br Memory 140 Operations Allocation size E p 3 E ared Memory Operations Allocate memory from a device s memory region f viMemFree Vl Specific Operations r Output Offset x Retumed Status Ex O Figure 22 Shared Memory Operations 2 4 4 5 VXI Specific Operations VXI Specific Operations are those operations which were implemented to deal with special circumstances you can find only on controller and instruments using the VXIbus to communica
15. the routing of VXlbus clock and trigger lines to from the front panel connectors oDAQ 3047 ProDAQ 3047 GET at Embedded Slot 0 Controller plug amp play bustec iMXIbus Interrupt Front End r VXIbus Timer VXIbus Requester Bus Timeout 1024 us y Request Mode Fair y Request Level 3 z r Velbus Arbiter Arbitration Mode Priority y Release Mode ROR Timeout Dus m Counter Access On Counter 256 bytes y Off Count Reset to Default d a Figure 12 The ProDAQ 3047 Configuration Dialog To store the altered configuration select OK Cancel closes the dialog without altering the stored configuration NOTE To apply changes to the configuration of the 3047 you will need to re run the resource manager or to restart your VXI mainframe to make these changes effective Page 18 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 4 2 1 Configuring the VXIbus Access To configure the VXIbus access of the ProDAQ 3047 select the tab VXIbus in the configuration dialog window see Figure 12 The configurable parameters are Bus Time out The time the on board times needs to expire once a VXlbus access by the 3020 is started If it expires a VXIbus slave did not respond correctly and a bus error is generated Possible values are Disabled 16 usec 32 usec 64 usec 128 usec 256 usec 512
16. to interpret this message To avoid some of these steps a couple of higher level functions were implemented in the VISA library include lt visa h gt main int argc char argv ViStatus status ViSession rm session ViSession instr session ViChar descr 256 open a session to the resource manager if status viOpenDefaultRM amp rm session VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples open a session to the instrument status viOpen rm session VXIO 2 1INSTR VI_NULL VI_NULL amp instr session l VI_SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples reset the device status viPrintf vi RST n VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples ask the device for its identification status viPrintf vi IDN n VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples read the identification sent back if status viScanf vi 256t descr VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples printf Device Identification s n descr close the sessions to the instrument and the resource manager viClose instr session viClose rm session Figure 30 Reading the Device Identification Page 36 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual The functions ViPrintf and viScanf use a C style formatting strin
17. usec and 1024 usec Arbitration Mode Selects the bus arbiter mode Possible values are Priority Single Level Arbitration or Round Robin Remark The arbiter is only enabled if the module is placed in the leftmost slot of a VXI mainframe slot O Arbiter Time out Selects the time out for the bus arbiter Request Mode Sets the request mode of the ProDAQ 3020 Fair or Demand Request Level Selects the request level the module is using when accessing the VXlbus Possible values are 3 to 0 with 3 as the highest priority and O as the lowest Release Mode Selects the release mode RWD release when done or ROR release on request 2 4 2 2 Configuring the Interrupt Lines The configuration tool allows configuring the usage of the VXIbus interrupt lines in the allocation mechanism of the VXI resource manager To configure the lines select the tab Interrupt in the configuration dialog window For each of the VXIbus interrupt lines Level 1 to Level 7 one of two settings for the assignment can be chosen see Figure 13 Auto This setting will allow the resource manager to use the interrupt line for this level in his allocation mechanism None This setting will prevent the resource manage to use the interrupt line for this level in his allocation mechanism This setting must be used if a instrument in the system does not allow the dynamic allocation of interrupt lines and wants to use one or
18. 0D VI DATA NPRIV VI A16 SPACE Non priv 29 VI A24 SPACE Non priv Data 39 VI A32 SPACE Non priv Data 09 VI PROG PRIV VI A16 SPACE Supervisory 2D VI_A24 SPACE Supervisory Program 3E VU A32 SPACE Supervisory Program 0E VI_PROG_NPRIV VI A16 SPACE Non priv 29 VU A24 SPACE Non priv Program 3A VU A32 SPACE Non priv Program 0A VI BLCK PRIV VI A16 SPACE Supervisory 2D VI_A24 SPACE Supervisory BLT 3F VI_A32 SPACE Supervisory BLT OF VI BLCK NPRIV VI A16 SPACE Non priv 29 VI A24 SPACE Non priv BLT 3B VI A32 SPACE Non priv BLT 0B VI D64 PRIV VI A16 SPACE Supervisory 2D VI_A24 SPACE Supervisory MBLT 3C VI_A32 SPACE Supervisory MBLT OC VI D64 NPRIV VI A16 SPACE Non priv 29 VI A24 SPACE Non priv MBLT 38 VI A32 SPACE Non priv MBLT 08 Figure 28 VXIbus transfer types Block transfers are performed on the VXlbus only if the correct attribute VI ATTR SRC PRIV or VI ATTR DEST PRIV depending on the direction is set to one of the types VI BLCK PRIV VI BLCK NPRIV VI D64 PRIV or VI D64 NPRIV The data width of the performed transfer depends on the viMoveXX function used except for the case that the attribute is set to VI D64 PRIV or VI D64 NPRIV in which case a D64 MBLT transfer is performed viMoveln32 and viMoveOut32 only Page 34 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual include lt visa h gt ViUInt16 data 1024 buffe
19. 33 Selecting the Type of Installation 7 Ifyou have chosen Custom selecting Next will allow you to select the components to install see Figure 34 VISA Library The core files hardware driver VISA dynamic link library config utility include files of the installation VISA Assistant An interactive graphical user interface for the VISA library It will allow you to use the VISA library without writing your own application Help Files Help files for the VISA library Examples How to program using the VISA library Setup x Select Components Choose the components Setup will install Select the components you want to install and clear the components you do not want to install r Description vj VISA Assistant Bustec VISA Library Files Help Files vj Examples Space Required on C 5288 K Space Available on C 19450800 K InstallShield lt Back Cancel Figure 34 Selecting Components for Installation 8 After selecting Next the wizard will install the files and components for the chosen configuration on your system Page 42 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Appendix A Visa Library Installation 9 The next dialog allows you to select options for installing shortcuts to the resource manager configuration utility and the VISA assistant on your desktop as well as to install a shortcut to the resource manager in the Startup folder whi
20. 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual nj ProDAQ Configuration Utility Configured Interfaces Add Interfaces Remove Interface Configure Interface Refresh List Interface Description ProDA Q 3047 Ser No 47506177 Resource Manager About zi Quit bg tiva Figure 11 Displaying configured Interfaces To remove an interface from the system select the device in the list of configured interfaces and select Remove Interface To configure device dependent parameters of an interface select Configure Interface Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 17 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 4 2 Configuring the ProDAQ 3047 Interface Characteristics The VXIbus interface of the ProDAQ 3047 has a number of characteristics that can be configured with the configuration utility The settings are stored together with the device name number and the serial number on the system and applied whenever the resource manager is executed To configure the ProDAQ 3047 select the interface in the list and click Configure Interface The four tab panels of the configuration dialog allow to configure the different parts of the interface VXlbus Configures various parameters used by the ProDAQ 3047 when accessing the VXIbus Interrupt Configures the assignment and use of the VXIbus interrupt lines Front End Configures
21. EEE NA Perform a 64 bit wide block transfer from the host to a VXIbus instrument A L t set the correct attribute VI ATTR DEST PRIV for moving data OUT if status viSetAttribute instr session VI ATTR DEST PRIV VI D64 PRIV VI SUCCESS handle errors or warnings not shown here now move a block of 64 bit data from the instrument to the buffer status viMoveOut32 instr session VI A32 SPACE MEM START 1024 data VI SUCCESS handle errors or warnings not shown here close the sessions as shown in Figure 24 Opening a VISA Session Figure 29 Performing VXIbus Block Transfers Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 35 of 62 Chapter 3 Programming VXI Devices ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 3 3 Programming Message based Devices Message based VXIbus devices implement the word serial protocol to communicate with the application Programming is done by sending ASCII messages to the device and reading its answer 3 3 1 Writing and Reading Messages The basic functions to write and read messages to from devices are the two functions viRead and viWrite They implement the word serial protocol for message based devices but they do so on a very basic level The user needs to build his message and use viWrite to send it to the device Then he uses viRead to receive the message sent back The message received might consists of strings numbers and formatting characters and he will need
22. EPROM but can be changed during runtime B 2 9 VXIControl 5 10 113 12 EIA 7 c s NEN RW Rw Rw RW ae EN m Initial Content Not Used BTO 3 0 SYSRESET Writing a one to this bit starting the generation of the SYSRESET The bit will be cleared after the SYSRESET is done The pulse will have the width of 250ms The SYSRESET line will be asserted after the current register access is finished The SYSRESET will reset VXIbus only and will not be forwarded to VME side CLK10 nFP OSC The bit is used to switch between CLK10 source when zero CLK10 comes from the front panel connector when one comes from the on board oscillator CLK10 FP OE The bit controls the output of the CLK10 front panel driver when zero driver is in high impedance state when one the output of the driver is enabled CLK10 FP OE CLK10 nFP OSC SYSRESET Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 49 of 62 Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register ProDAQ 3047 User Manual BTO 3 0 These bits are used to set the adapter s bus timer time out value The following values can be set 0000 disabled 0001 16us 0010 32us 0011 64us default 0100 128us 0101 256us 0110 512us 0111 1024us 1xxx reserved timer is disabled B 2 10 VMEControl Lp sino EDS 7 EE NEN Initial EES Content VME Addr Not Used Space 1 0 VME Addr Space 1 0 Selects the VME address space the accesses to the VXIbus sl
23. ME LI E In EE E E E 59 IBS SAN Ee mS 59 EE 59 DTA GapnIcsdnielaeg sauce d d d A i ni S 59 DESEO DIS CR ER NMR 59 D 1 6 IEEE P1386 1 EE 60 D2 VAIDUS EE 60 AA O 60 Ee 60 D 2 3 VXIbus Slave Configuration Register 60 D 2 4 VXIbus Slave Shared Memory 60 D 2 5 VXIbus Requester iut acra a Hag MR Mana ana 61 D2 VIIDUS AIDE ere it lir a e re e s oe uec a e alertes 61 I2 VAIDUSJDOmubls nement cen ouem cem eee cem mede cen ERREUR 61 18392320678 EE eene eege 61 HAIR TO ONU RS sd nee dan it els 61 D NU TOO ET 1 ENEE 62 EZ ID THE Qi ada tad tad dad da 62 D 3 Power Supply Lol sena 62 DA Miscellaneous iii 62 Table of Figures Figure 1 ProDA 3047 Block Diagramme ni nn ne 2 Figure 2 Logical Address Switch Location 8 Figure 3 Location of Enclosure Screws un 9 Figure 4 ProDAQ 3047 Module Assembly 10 Figure 5 PMC Filler Panel Assembly unio ere teile Serra he etate t ptu 11 Figure 6 PMC Module Assembly si 12 Figure 7 ProDAQ 3249 Assembly 13 Figure 8 Installing the ProDAQ 3047 into a C Size Mainframe eeeeesseeeeeeeeeeerrrrenn 14 Figure 9 VISA Library Configuration Utility ss 16 Figure 10 Adding an Interface ce eiua ne ie EA AA Es Bs oe ne te 16 Figure 11 Displaying configured Intertaces 17 Figure 12 The ProDAQ 3047 Configuration Dialog 18 Figure 13 Configuring the Interrupt Lines EE 20 Figure 14 Configuring the Front Panel WO 21 Figure 15 Running the VXI Resou
24. Output The ProDAQ 3047 uses the internal clock generator to generate the CLK10 clock signal for the VXlbus and additionally makes the clock signal available via the front panel Clk Out connector Enabled as Input The internal clock generator is disabled and the ProDAQ 3047 uses the clock signal from the Clk In connector to generate the VXlbus CLK10 clock signal If the module is located in any other slot in a VXlbus system the CLK10 signal supplied by the VXIbus is used Page 20 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual ProDAQ 3047 ProDAQ 3047 S Embedded Slot 0 Controller plug amp play bustec Front Panel CLK10 Input Output Enabled as Output y Reset to Default Figure 14 Configuring the Front Panel I O The actual mapping of the Trig In signal to one or many of the VXIbus trigger lines and the mapping of the VXIbus trigger line or lines to the Trig Out signal is done using VISA functions see 3 5 2 Using Front Panel Trigger Lines 2 4 3 Running the VXIbus Resource Manager Before you can use the VISA library to communicate to the instruments you must run the resource manager The resource manager searches for VXI and GPIB instruments connected to your PC and configure them To run the resource manager select VXIbus Resource Manager from the VXIplug amp play program group in the start menu Start gt VXIPNP 3 VXI Resource Manager
25. R TRIG ID is set to For software triggers the only valid protocol is VI PROT DEFAULT For hardware triggers the protocols VI PROT DEFAULT or VI PROT SYNC will generate a trigger pulse on the specified line while VI PROT ON and VI PROT OFF let you explicitly assert and de assert the trigger line 3 5 2 Using Front Panel Trigger Lines The ProDAQ 3047 supports a front panel trigger input and output using the ProDAQ 3249 FP I O Option which can be mapped to the VXIbus trigger lines For this purpose as for querying and manipulating other VXIbus backplane specific lines the VISA standard implements a special resource It encapsulates the VXI defined operations and properties Page 38 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual of the backplane in a VXIbus system It lets a controller query and manipulate specific lines on a specific mainframe in a given VXI system Services are provided to map unmap assert and receive hardware triggers and also to assert various utility and interrupt signals The resource descriptor used for the backplane resource is again a combination of interface type and number logical address of the VXI device and the device type BACKPLANE VXI 0 0 BACKPLANE Interface Type Device Type Interface Number Logical Address As before the interface type is always VXI The interface number depends on the assignment you made using the configuration utility see 2 4 1 Co
26. TRGSTS TTL 7 0 FP 1 0 ECL 1 0 TRGSTS_TTL 7 0 Show the status of the VXI TTL trigger lines 0 means trigger line is in inactive state 1 means trigger line is in active state TRGSTS_ECL 1 0 Show the status of the VXI ECL trigger lines 0 means trigger line is in inactive state 1 means trigger line is in active state TRGSTS_FP 1 0 Show the status of the FP trigger lines 0 means trigger line is in inactive state 1 means trigger line is in active state B 2 14 TriglntMask When writing the Trigger Interrupt Mask register defines which trigger will cause an interrupt When reading this register shows the awaiting lines for an interrupt service During the interrupt acknowledge cycle the information about the events awaiting for a service is latched in IRQStatusID register and then cleared in TrigIntMask 15 14 13 12 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 L NUI a Initial Content N U VME IRQ 2 0 TROMASK TRGMASK TRGMASK_TTL 7 0 FP 1 0 ECL 1 0 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 51 of 62 Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register ProDAQ 3047 User Manual TRGMASK TTL 7 0 Writing a one 1 to one of these bits enables a VME interrupt to be generated when a selected edge is detected on one of the corresponding VXlbus TTL trigger lines Reading 1 from these bits means that the selected edge of the trigger lines happened and caused the interr
27. UCCESS viStatusDesc instr session status descr if status gt VI SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING viMoveIn16 returned status 08x s n status descr else printf VISA ERROR viMoveIn16 returned status 08x s n status descr return status close the sessions as shown in Figure 24 Opening a VISA Session Figure 27 Moving a Block of Data Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 33 of 62 Chapter 3 Programming VXI Devices ProDAQ 3047 User Manual For each move one or several packets of data are moved over the VXlbus to the ProDAQ 3047 The type of transfer used on the VXIbus depends on the value of several attributes VI ATTR SRC PRIV for data moved from a VXIbus instrument to the host VI ATTR DEST PRIV for data moved from the host to a VXIbus instrument Only if the value of those attributes are set correctly prior to moving the data via viMoveln or viMoveOut a block transfer on the VXIbus will take place The following table shows the type of transfers performed by the viMoveln viMoveOut and viMove functions for the different values of the attributes Settings Resulting Transfer Attribute Address Space Privilege Data Program Block Transfer AM hex VI DATA PRIV VI A16 SPACE Supervisory 2D VI_A24 SPACE Supervisory Data 3D VI_A32 SPACE Supervisory Data
28. USER MANUAL ProDAQ VXI Data Acquisition Systems ProDAQ 3047 Pentium M based VXIbus Slot 0 Controller PUBLICATION NUMBER 3047 XX UM 0100 bustec Copyright O 2014 Bustec Production Ltd Bustec Production Ltd Bustec House Shannon Business Park Shannon Co Clare Ireland Tel 353 0 61 707100 FAX 353 0 61 707106 PROPRIETARY NOTICE This document and the technical data herein disclosed are proprietary to Bustec Production Ltd and shall not without express written permission of Bustec Production Ltd be used in whole or in part to solicit quotations from a competitive source or used for manufacture by anyone other than Bustec Production Ltd The information herein has been developed at private expense and may only be used for operation and maintenance reference purposes or for purposes of engineering evaluation and incorporation into technical specifications and other documents which specify procurement of products from Bustec Production Ltd This document is subject to change without further notification Bustec Production Ltd Reserve the right to change both the hardware and software described herein TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER T INTRODUCTION ocio iia aida 1 o nn tes AEN ee A tat en BDs 1 EE AA 1 1 3 Functional Description essa 3 EE Eegeregie 3 1 3 2 EE 3 RELSE A M Lu I M C E ne NE 3 1 904 NVI AAA ann RE 4 TT 4 E RS US AAA A D A A na 4 A A A 4 EE EE EE 4 t 3 9 Ethemet ele 4 1 3 TO MGI ADCS
29. VMEbus master the full access to the VXlbus On the VXIbus it allows the full integration of the module in the VXlbus resource management by providing a set of VXlbus compatible configuration registers and a configurable translation window in the VXlbus A24 or A32 address space Accesses to this translation window are forwarded to the VMEbus module s A16 A24 A32 or CR CSR space Together they provide a powerful C size single Slot register based embedded VXIbus Slot 0 controller that can to be used as an embedded controller in Slot 0 and non Slot 0 applications 1 2 Block Diagram Figure 1 shows a functional block diagram of the ProDAQ 3047 Pentium M based VXlbus Slot 0 controller Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 1 of 62 Chapter 1 Introduction ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Keyboard 2 x Ethernet PMC Module Mouse 2xRS232 Graphics 10 100 1000 TX Front Panel I O USB PC87417 Intel Super I O 82546GB PMC Module 6300ESB 64 bit PCI bus EA UO Hub ee BIOS On board FLASH DDR SDRAM Internal 2 5 Intel hard drive slots 855GME 32 bit PCI bus 1 amp 2 Universe ll DDR SDRAM SO DIMM optional front panel CLK10 and Trigger I O Intel Pentium M Byte Swap VXlbus Configuration Register CLK10 Trigger Transparent Cycle VXlbus Address and MODID Forwarding Translation Control Figure 1 ProDAQ 3047 Block Diagram Page 2 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 Use
30. actual assignment can be found in the output file of the resource manager see 2 4 3 Running the VXIbus Resource Manager The device type for VXI instruments is always INSTR Note When running the above example please make sure that the logical address used in it matches the logical address setting of the instrument you want to connect to Note Before you can use the above example to connect to your device you must run the VXI Resource Manager see 2 4 3 Running the VXIbus Resource Manager 3 2 Programming Register based Devices Register based devices are devices implementing a set of registers in A16 and often in A24 or A32 Programming register based devices is done by reading and writing these registers to change their contents either by bit in groups of bits or in whole 3 2 1 Accessing Registers To access single registers the VISA library offers two groups of functions The first group viln8 viln16 viln32 viOut8 viOut16 viOut32 provides a standardized single word access to a device register in A16 A24 or A32 space Figure 25 shows an example of a function reading a value from a device register modifying the value read and writing it back Q The driver for the ProDAQ 3047 will automatically take care about byte ordering i e it will swap the words to be read or written between the little endian host byte ordering your PC is using to the big endian byte ordering used on the VXIbus Page 30 of 62 Copyr
31. atus x o peration completed successfully Figure 19 Using a template operation Select one of the attributes to retrieve in the Attribute control in the Input section and press Run The Output section will show the current value of the attribute in the control Attribute state if the operation was successful and the returned status of the function 2 4 4 2 Basic I O Operations The basic I O operations will allow the user to send commands to a device and read back its answer to trigger the device or read its status Page 24 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual VXI0 2 INSTR ession Information E emplate Operations E asic 1 0 Operations m Input viRead Malo amp viReadTcFile Number of bytes to read id 0 zj T Asynchronous viwrite viwriteFromFile vidssertT rigger n viReadSTB viClear m Output E emory 1 0 Operations Read buffer H Shared Memory Operations I VI Specific Operations Job identifier x Returned Status CNN NEM Figure 20 Using a basic I O operation Read data from device As an example you can use the viRead function to read data or a message from the device To do so just specify the maximum number of bytes to read from the device and press Run As before the VISA Assistant will show the message read as well as the returned status of the operation 2 4 4 3 Memory I O Operations
32. ave image are forwarded to Depending on this setting the upper three bits of the address modifier code used in the VXI bus transfer are replaced before forwarding it to the VME bus These bits are initialised during power up or reset from the EEPROM but can be changed during runtime to allow access to VME boards implementing different address spaces BITS ADDR SPACE 00 A16 01 A24 02 A32 03 CR CSR B 2 11 EEPROMData Bit 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 16 bit EEPROM Read Write Data Page 50 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register B 2 12 EEPROMCtrl Lm jis 5v EDEN es A Operation Content Not Used OFFSET 6 0 TD o a 2 Z RESET Resets the EEPROM Control Logic START Writing a 1 to this bit starts the EEPROM access READ Setting this bit to 1 together with the START bit will cause a read access to the EEPROM setting this bit to 0 will cause a write access READY This bit will be set to 1 by the EEPROM control logic after finishing an access cycle OFFSET 6 0 Address offset of the data in the EEPROM to be read written B 2 13 TrigStatus Bit 15 14 13 12 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 t 0 Operation RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO Initial x x x D h h h h h h h h h h h h Content Not Used TRGSTS
33. cated in the middle of the PMC slot either between or in front of the four PMC bus connectors Pn1 Jn1 to Pn4 Jn4 Choose the position in front of the connectors for the 3 3V signaling environment and the position right between the Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 11 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual connectors for the 5V signaling environment The jumper for the V I O selection is located besides the PMC slot and must be set to 1 2 to select 3 3V and to 2 3 to select 5V N MC VOU IN fo ojo ofoo em 2 DV 3 3V um 5V Key Position 3 3V Key Position Wee 4 x M25 x 6mm P unheod Screws d c dh TUS NEUEN SUM A fd MC V D Jump r 3V Figure 6 PMC Module Assembly To install the PMC module insert it first into the front panel cutout 1 and then press it down 2 until the PMC connectors Pn1 Jn1 to Pn4 J4 are seated correctly Fix the PMC module on the board using four M2 5x6mm screws as shown in Figure 6 Note Due to the utilization of the outer rows of the backplane bus connectors on the VXIbus the ProDAQ 3047 does not support any form of rear panel UO via the PMC bus connector Pn4 Jn4 The ProDAQ 3047 supports the automatic switching between 33MHz and 66MHz PCI bus speed depending on the installed PMC module If necessary the speed can also be fixed to 33Mhz by setting the switch SWA position 1 to on The switc
34. cessing the instrument close the sessions to the instrument and the resource manager viClose instr session viClose rm session Figure 24 Opening a VISA Session The example shown in Figure 24 contains all necessary steps to connect to a device using VISA functions The first step in a program which uses the VISA library is always to open Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 29 of 62 Chapter 3 Programming VXI Devices ProDAQ 3047 User Manual a session to the default resource manager O It provides connectivity to all VISA resources registered with it and gives applications control and access to individual resources The next step is to open a session to the instrument or multiple sessions to multiple instruments The resource name used is a combination of interface type and number logical address of the VXI device and a device type VXI 0 2 INSTR Interface Type td Device Type Interface Number Logical Address The interface type for the ProDAQ 3047 Slot 0 Controller is always VXI The interface number is the number which was assigned to the particular 3047 by using the VISA configuration utility see 2 4 1 Configuring the ProDAQ 3047 for the VISA Library The logical address of a VXI device is defined either statically by setting its logical address switch or dynamically during runtime by the resource manager If the resource manager assigned the address dynamically the
35. ch will cause the resource manager to be run automatically when the system boots Installation Options Please select various installation options IV Create Desktop Shortcut to VXI Resman IV Create Desktop Shortcut to VISA Config IV Create Desktop Shortcut to VISA Assistant InstallShield lt Back Cancel Figure 35 Selecting Installation Options 10 After selecting next the installation is complete Please choose whether you want to view the readme for the VISA distribution now or whether you want to run the configuration utility immediately to complete the configuration and click Finish Setup Complete Setup has finished installing Bustec VISA Library on your computer M Run VISA Configuration Utility Click Finish to complete Setup Figure 36 Finishing the Setup 11 Re start the computer after the installation is complete Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 43 of 62 Appendix A Visa Library Installation ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Page 44 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Appendix B VXIbus Configuration Register Caution Please note that the details of the VXIbus configuration registers are listed here for reference only The settings described here are normally controlled by the VXIbus resource manager and the hardware drivers of the VISA library Changing those settings manually during run time will most likely cause conflicts when using
36. chnologies Pentium M Processor Single Board Computer series VP325 and Bustec s ProDAQ 3040 6U VME64x to C Size VXIbus adapter it provides the computational power and bandwidth for algorithmic and throughput intensive control test and data acquisition applications The VP325 Intel Pentium M Processor Single Board Computer provides a powerful fully customizable platform for embedded applications with a processor speed of 1 6 GHz The Pentium M processor supports the Dual Independent Bus DIB architecture with the backside bus connected to the on die Level 2 cache and the 64 bit front side bus connected to the memory controller at 400 MHz to provide a maximum theoretical transfer bandwidth of 3 2 Gbytes second The processor is capable of addressing 4 Gbytes of physical memory all of which is cacheable and 64 Terabytes of virtual memory The Level 1 64 Kbytes instructions 64 Kbytes data and Level 2 1 Mbyte instructions and data caches are both implemented on the processor die for maximum performance The ProDAQ 3040 6U VME64x to C Size VXIbus Adapter allows the usage of 6U VMEbus boards in a C Size VXIbus system lt translates VMEbus cycles into VXlbus cycles and vice versa In addition it houses the extensions necessary for VXlbus devices as there are the configuration registers a trigger and extended interrupt interface MODID support and the 10 MHz clock generation It forwards all VME master cycles transparently to the VXIbus allowing a
37. ctions viPeek8 viPeek16 viPeek32 viPoke8 viPoke16 and viPoke32 must be used to access registers in the mapped range Figure 26 shows the same function as in Figure 25 this time implemented with memory mapping functions Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 31 of 62 Chapter 3 Programming VXI Devices ProDAQ 3047 User Manual ViStatus function rmw register ViSession instr session ViBusAddress offset ViUInt16 mod ViStatus status ViChar descr 256 ViAddr address ViUInt16 win access ViUInt16 value D if status viMapAddress instr_session VI A32 SPACE offset sizeof ViUInt16 VI FALSE ViAddr 0 amp address VI SUCCESS viStatusDesc instr session status descr if status gt VI SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING viMapAddress returned status 08x s n status descr else printf VISA ERROR viMapAddress returned status 08x s n status descr return status status viGetAttribute instr session VI ATTR WIN ACCESS amp win access VI SUCCESS viStatusDesc instr session status descr if status VI SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING viGetAttribute returned status 08x s n status descr else printf VISA ERROR viGetAttribute returned status 08x s n status descr return status win access VI DEREF ADDR allowed to use pointer or similar value ViUInt16 address G value value mod ViUlnt16 a
38. ddress value else if win access VI USE OPERS use functions to access memory viPeek16 instr session address amp value a value value mod viPokel6 instr session address value 5 if status viUnmapAddress instr session VI SUCCESS viStatusDesc instr session status descr if status gt VI SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING viUnmapAddress returned status 08x s n status descr else printf VISA ERROR viUnmapAddress returned status 08x s n status descr return status return VI SUCCESS Figure 26 Register I O using memory mapping Page 32 of 62 Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual In the above example the function viMapAddress is used to map a register range starting with offset and extending over the size of the register into the memory of the host If this is successful the attribute VI ATTR WIN ACCESS is checked to see whether the controller was able to map the address range physically into the memory space of the controller or whether the mapping was done only logically If the mapping was done physically the application is allowed to use the address the register range is mapped to as if it is accessing its own memory So for example C style pointers may be used to change the register value G If the mapping was done only logically the application need to use the functions viPeek and viPok
39. e Configuration The ProDAQ 3047 comes with the operating system pre installed on the internal hard disk drive When you boot the ProDAQ 3047 for the first time the Windows Welcome or Mini Setup is started to help you finalizing your computers configuration You will be asked to complete the settings for License Key Computer Name Administrator Password Domain Settings Time Zone User Accounts etc The exact sequence depends on the chosen operating system version When prompted to enter your license key please use the information from the license documents coming with your ProDAQ 3047 The VISA library the VXI resource manager and all tools are already pre installed as well You will find shortcuts to all programs in the VXIPNP group of your start menu In case you want to update the VISA library installation later on please refer to Appendix A Visa Library Installation 2 4 4 Configuring the ProDAQ 3047 for the VISA Library The VISA library uses interface names and numbers to access available hardware interfaces In order to enable the VISA library to use the ProDAQ 3047 VXIbus interface you must run the VISA configuration once to ensure that an active configuration for the VXIbus interface of the 3047 is stored From the VXlplug amp play program group created during the installation of the VISA library select VISA Configuration Utility Start gt VXIPNP 3 VISA Configuration Utili
40. e defined via the VISA library configuration tool see 2 4 2 3 The routing of the VXIbus trigger signals to from the front panel I O can be configured by your application using the standard VISA functions viMapTrigger and viUnmapTrigger Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 13 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 3 Installing the ProDAQ 3047 Controller To prevent damage to the ProDAQ module being installed it is recommended to remove the power from the mainframe or to switch it off before installing Insert the module into the mainframe using the guiding rails inside the mainframe as shown in Figure 8 Push the module slowly into the slot until the modules backplane connectors seat firmly in the corresponding backplane connectors The top and bottom of the front panel of the module should touch the mounting rails in the mainframe Figure 8 Installing the ProDAQ 3047 into a C Size Mainframe Note To ensure proper grounding of the module tighten the front panel mounting screws after installing the module in the mainframe Connect your monitor keyboard and mouse to the respective front panel connectors If you are using both keyboard and mouse using the PS 2 connector you will need to use the PS 2 splitter cable coming with the ProDAQ 3047 Page 14 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 4 Softwar
41. e interrupt cycle 32 bit status ID returned when acknowledging trigger interrupter Initial 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Contents TRGMASK TRGMASK Not Used _FP 7 0 _ECL 7 0 TRGMASK_TTL 7 0 Bit J15 14 18 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Initial 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 h h h h h h h h Contents If all zero then this is trigger source Logical Address Page 52 of 62 Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register B 2 15 TrigControl lb is Initial Content CMD 3 0 TRGEN_ TRGEN_ TRGEN_TTL 7 0 FP 1 0 ECL 1 0 TRGEN TTL 7 0 When any bit is set the corresponding VXITTL trigger line will be affected by the command set on the bits CMD 3 0 TRGEN_ECL 1 0 When any bit is set the corresponding VXIECL trigger line will be affected by the command set on the bits CMD 3 0 TRGEN_FP 1 0 When any bit is set the corresponding FP trigger line will be affected by the command set on the bits CMD 3 0 CMD 3 0 The command specifies the action to perform on the selected trigger lines The action will start immediately after the write access to this register When pulse generation is in progress then the new command performed on the same trigger line will overcome the previous one 0001 deassert 0010 assert 0011 negate 1000 pulse 100ns 1001 pulse 200ns 1010 pulse 1us 1011 pulse 10us others
42. e provided by the VISA library to access the mapped register range 9 The VISA library will use the stored values for the mapped offset and range to calculate the physical address and execute a single access in the same way as internally done for the high level functions The function viUnmapAddress must be used to undo the mapping of the register range G Only one mapping per session is allowed by the VISA standard Please not that the functions viPeek and viPoke will work in both cases VI ATTR WIN ACCESS equal to VI DEREF ADDR or equal to VI USE OPERS but will introduce a slightly higher overhead then using direct access if possible 3 2 2 Moving Blocks of Data To move blocks of data between an instruments memory and the host memory the VISA library implements the functions viMoveln and viMoveOut for different transfer sizes In addition a number of attributes can be used to define the type of transfer performed on the VXIbus include visa h buffer used to store data from the instrument ViUInt16 data 1024 main int argc char argv ViStatus status ViSession rm session ViSession instr session ViChar descr 256 ViUIntl6 value open a session to the resource manager and instrument as shown in Figure 24 Opening a VISA Session not shown here now move a block of 16 bit data from the instrument to the buffer if status viMoveInl6 instr session VI_A32 SPACE MEM START 1024 data VI_S
43. eeeeeseenes 41 APPENDIX B VXIBUS CONFIGURATION REGISTER sise 45 Bal Address Map and PIegiSIBIS euer 45 B 2 Register Ilii oscila 46 EE EE 46 A ire 7a P2 en nn O 46 B 2 3 e 46 A ean I A M Ud E M M D 47 DR OOO encoded dao dui dit ann 48 O siii innu im 48 YO Dp PNE 48 2 20 VIVE ONS E M X 49 EE 49 DET O VME CORIO Eod E AE tdt dant dante 50 B 2 11 BER OM DANA saspe ane Sis iat sad 50 5212 EEPROM GUI lla een nets ee eats 51 Beato MIO DE NR 51 B2 14 LoglntMask A imc e ue a ims due M 51 Ez 5 EE ass tns tL LI LLL LL LT 53 As ee ee a a nant 53 BI RTE 54 BETO SerN umHAO ss ascendante 54 BZ 19 SOrNUM OW e non IS 54 APPENDIX C FRONT PANEL CONNECTORS AND SWITCHES 55 G 1 Front Panel COnIT8ClOEs d aciei dere Eed EENS 55 C 1 1 10 100 1000 BaseT POMS nessa eae redo Hope epe ASS Se ARR ELA 55 E LL as 25 OILS hs 202 COM COME ct t a e n 56 C 1 4 PS2 Combined Keyboard Mouse Connector 56 C 1 5 SVGA CONMNECIOR tus isse temi se cA area e eae ter 56 SA rcg FIOM PANE LEDS EE 57 Gt bront Panel SWIGDBS aciei icti chen CREAN ER RENE nee tnt Fea Ud 57 C2 ProDAQ 3249 FP NO OPON ide Crociere vro bem es Er Ex vvv ERE GE 58 T S MN Eoo Tae 27100 D NW T e 58 S37 ROB qi mm 58 C2 DIAS LENS HEN 58 APPENDIX D SPECIFICATIONS 5 5 3 5 occae x va saos so aec occ eaa Y pasen oia 59 D Embedded Controller Characteristics 59 LA oL LL
44. g to format and scan messages send to and read from the device freeing the user from the separate steps necessary to do so if using the lower level function viWrite and viRead Furthermore the functions implement an extended set of formatting styles specially shaped towards instrument communication In the above example the function viPrintf is used to send two messages to the device first a command to reset the device then a request to send back its identification string 9 viPrinf uses the format string together with the other arguments passed to it to build a message string in a local buffer and then it calls viWrite to send this message to the device The example program reads the identification using the function viScanf O ViScanf allocates a local buffer calls the function viRead to receive the message form the device and then it parses the message using the formatting supplied by the format string In the example the format code t together with a size modifier is used telling viScanf to expect a string to be returned in the message and to copy a maximum of 256 characters into the buffer supplied The VISA standard support a wide range of formatted l O services like the viPrintf viScanf functions shown in the example Please refer to the VISA standard document VXlplug amp play Systems Alliance VPP 4 3 The VISA library for a complete list 3 4 Optimizing Data Throughput To optimize you programs to achieve the maximu
45. h is located on the solder site of the module Note When the PCI bus speed for the PMC module is set fixed to 33Mhz the dual Ethernet controller sitting on the same PCI bus segment will also be restricted to 33Mhz bus speed Page 12 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 2 4 Installing the ProDAQ 3249 FP UO Option To allow access to the VXlbus trigger lines and the VXIbus CLK10 clock signal the ProDAQ 3249 Front panel I O option can be installed in the PMC slot It provides the connectors for the front panel trigger I O and VXlbus CLK10 and houses two LEDs showing the status of the VXlbus SYSFAIL signal and any activity on the VXIbus Note The ProDAQ 3249 Front Panel 1 0 Option cannot be installed together with a PMC module as it is located in the PMC slot If your application requires access to the VXIbus trigger lines or the VXIbus CLK10 signal AND you need to utilize a PMC card in the controller please contact Bustec Production Ltd for other options of providing those signals To install the ProDAQ 3249 remove the PMC filler panel place the 3249 in the front panel cutout and connect the flat cable attached to it into the connector on the ProDAQ 3040 board Fix the 3249 with two M2 5 x 6mm screws to the PCB ProDAQ 3249 FP 1 0 Option Y 4 2 x M25 x 6m GC fl Panhead Screws s Figure 7 ProDAQ 3249 Assembly The routing of the VXIbus CLK10 signal can b
46. ical Sync 7 Ground 15 1 0 DDC Clock 8 Ground Shield Chassis Ground Page 56 of 62 Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Appendix C Front Panel Connectors and Switches C 1 6 Front Panel LEDs LED Colour Function R Green The Run LED indicates activity on the internal PCI bus P Yellow The POST LED indicates when the power on self test has failed It will also flash to indicate sound output to the speaker HD Orange IDE Indicator Indicates when IDE activity is occurring U Red User LED can be configured to indicate over temperature conditions C 1 7 Front Panel Switches The front panel of the ProDAQ 3047 incorporates a reset switch It allows the system to be reset from the front panel Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 57 of 62 Appendix C Front Panel Connectors and Switches ProDAQ 3047 User Manual C 2 ProDAQ 3249 FP UO Option The ProDAQ 3249 front panel I O option offers connections for Trigger I O CLK10 I O and shows some status LEDs C 2 1 Trigger In Out Two SMB connectors allow to receive TRIG IN or to generate TRIG OUT a TTL Trigger signal see 3 5 2 Using Front Panel Trigger Lines C 2 2 CLK10 Fa The ProDAQ 3249 features a standard SMB connector CLK10 I O p s for receiving or distributing the CLK10 signal from to the VXIbu
47. ight 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual ViStatus function rmw register ViSession instr session ViBusAddress offset ViUInt16 mod ViStatus status ViChar descr 256 ViUInt16 value O if status vilnl6 instr session VI A16 SPACE offset value viStatusDesc instr session status descr if status gt VI_SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING vilInl6 returned status 08x else printf VISA ERROR viln16 returned status 08x return status value value mod if status viOutl6 instr session VI A16 SPACE offset value viStatusDesc instr session status descr if status gt VI SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING viOut16 returned status 08x else printf VISA ERROR viOut16 returned status 08x return status return VI_SUCCESS Figure 25 Memory based UC s Nn status s Nn status VI SUCCESS descr descr VI SUCCESS descr descr The second group of functions is intended to map a register range into the memory of the host and accessing it directly Because this ability is architecture and system dependent the VISA standard foresees an attribute which allows determining whether the range could be physically mapped or the system architecture does not allow it Depending on the value of the attribute VI ATTR WIN ACCESS the range mapped can be directly accessed e g by using a C style pointer or the fun
48. ination parameter As with the front panel input multiple lines can be mapped to the front panel output When calling viMapTrigger multiple times with the same destination line and different source lines the destination line will be asserted when any of the source lines is asserted Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 39 of 62 Chapter 3 Programming VXI Devices ProDAQ 3047 User Manual include lt visa h gt main int argc char argv ViStatus status ViSession rm session ViSession instr session ViChar descr 256 open session to the resource manager if status viOpenDefaultRM amp rm session VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples open a session to the instrument status viOpen rm session VXIO 0 BACKPLANE VI NULL VI NULL amp instr session VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples mapping the front panel input to trigger line TTL1 status viMapTrigger instr session VI TRIG PANEL IN VI TRIG TTL1 VI NULL VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples mapping the front panel input also to trigger line ECLO status viMapTrigger instr session VI TRIG PANEL IN VI TRIG ECLO VI NULL VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples mapping trigger line TTL6 to the front panel output status viMapTrigger instr se
49. installed in the ProDAQ 3047 must be located in the left most slot slot 0 of the VXI mainframe AND must be configured to use the logical address 0 OO hex Page 8 of 62 Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 2 2 Opening the Module Enclosure To install a PMC module or the ProDAQ 3249 FP I O option in the PMC slot of the ProDAQ 3047 you will need to remove both the top and bottom cover of the metal enclosure To do so you will have to remove the seven screws holding the enclosure in its place 1 a M2 5x6mm undercut flathead screw from the back of the module 2 two M2 5x25mm panhead screws connecting the top an bottom cover through the ProDAQ 3040 PCB 3 two M2 5x6mm panhead screws connecting the top cover to the front panel mounting blocks 4 and two M2 5x8mm panhead screws connecting the bottom cover the VP325 PCB and the extraction handles to the front panel mounting blocks The following picture shows the location of the different screws MP 5 x eomm Panhead i Me x 6mm Undercut SS N F Ke EN ps CH Mes x 6mm Panhead Mes x 8mm Panhead Figure 3 Location of Enclosure Screws The covers are also held in place by four cover hooks each two per side After removing the screws you will need to remove the covers by sliding them back and up down for the bottom cover at the same time Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 9 of 62 Chap
50. is Slot O controller B 2 6 Offset The Offset register sets the devices base address in A24 A32 Bit 15 14 13 12 1 10 9 8 7 e 5 4 3 2 1 0 Content Offset E or Initial Offset 15 0 Offset defines the base address of the A24 or A32 operational registers of a device in the VXI address space B 2 7 MODID Bt 15 14 18 12 ge 7 c 5 nn Initial Content Not aed MODID 12 0 Output Enable Writing a one to this bit enables the Slot 0 MODID driver Writing a zero disables the MODID driver This bit is cleared zero by device resets When read this bit indicates the state of the MODID drivers A one means the drivers are enabled a zero indicates that the drivers are disabled Page 48 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register MODID 12 0 Writing a one to any of these bits drives the corresponding MODID line high Writing a zero drives the corresponding line low Writing to these bits has only effect if the Output Enable bit is set When read each of these bits indicates the actual level of the corresponding MODID line B 2 8 VMEOffset m ps slo 5 IE Operation RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Initial EW3 VMEBase 15 0 VMEBase 15 0 The VMEBase defines the base of the target image in the VME A16 A24 or A32 address space The value of this register is initialised from the E
51. m data throughput please keep the following in mind Use the functions viMove viMoveln or viMoveOut instead of single read and write commands for devices and register ranges where this is possible Use the attributes VI ATTR SRC PRIV and VI ATTR DEST PRIV to specify block transfer privileges for devices where this is possible Use 32 bit or 64 bit moves whenever possible Align your buffers to 32 bit boundaries Locking this buffer in memory and allocating a contiguous buffer will help to optimize the performance 3 5 Using VXIbus and Front Panel Trigger Lines One feature that differs the VXlbus from other busses is its ability to use trigger signals to communicate with instruments in real time to share clock signals etc The VISA library implements functions to control those trigger lines from your application 3 5 1 Using VXIbus Trigger Lines The VISA standard implements the function viAssertTrigger together with the attribute VI ATTR TRIG ID to assert and de assert trigger lines on the VXIbus or sending the word serial trigger command to message based devices Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 37 of 62 Chapter 3 Programming VXI Devices ProDAQ 3047 User Manual include lt visa h gt main int argc char argv ViStatus status ViSession rm session ViSession instr session ViChar descr 256 open a session to the resource manager if status viOpenDefaultRM amp rm session
52. manager which allows configuring the output file destination and initial delay us ProDAQ Resource Manager xj This utility allows you to edit the Resource Manager Delay and output Configuration File Output File Destination c wxipnp WinNT buVisa buresman out Browse 3 Resource Manager Delay secs Reset to Default s Cancel Figure 16 Resource Manager Configuration Caution The initial resource manager delay as defined by the VXIbus standard must be in minimum five 5 seconds Configuring the resource manager to use a shorter delay might not allow all devices to finish their initialization and self test preventing the resource manager from identifying and configuring them Note The VISA library is a shared library that initializes itself when it is first loaded by an application Applications started while the VISA library is already loaded just share this configuration Only when all applications using the VISA library are stopped it will be unloaded by the system Therefore all applications using the VISA library must be closed before running the resource manager or using the VISA configuration utility Take special care while using integrated development environments they will keep the VISA library loaded even when the application developed in them was stopped Page 22 of 62 Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 4 4 The VISA Assistant The VISA Assistant i
53. nfiguring the ProDAQ 3047 for the VISA Library The logical address will be zero 0 as you will need to configure the ProDAQ 3047 for logical address zero to allow it to function as a VXIbus slot 0 controller Though the ProDAQ 3047 does not support the mapping of one VXIbus trigger line to another the standard VISA functions viMapTrigger and viUnmapTrigger can be used to map the front panel trigger input to one or many of the VXIbus trigger lines as well as to map one or many VXIbus trigger lines to the front panel trigger output Figure 32 shows an example how to map the trigger lines to from the front panel input and output First a session for the backplane resource is opened Then the function viMapTrigger is used to map the front panel input to the VXIbus trigger line TTL1 and also to the VXIbus trigger lines ECLO O This means that whenever an active trigger is detected on the front panel input of the ProDAQ 3047 both lines will be asserted In general when the viMapTrigger function is called multiple times with the same source trigger line and different destination trigger lines an assertion of the source line will cause all of those destination lines to be asserted To select how the ProDAQ 3047 will detect am active trigger on the front panel input see 2 4 2 3 Configuring the Front Panel I O To map one or multiple of the VXIbus trigger lines to the front panel output the value VI TRIG PANEL OUT must be used for the dest
54. onfiguration only Total Power Consumption ca 32 W D 4 Miscellaneous Operating Temperature 0 to 50 C Storage Temperature 40 to 470 C Humidity 0 90 non condensing Cooling 1 l s E 0 25mm H20 Weight 1050 y Page 62 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Bustec Production Ltd World Aviation Park Shannon Co Clare Ireland Tel 353 0 61 707100 FAX 353 0 61 707106 bustec
55. r Manual 1 3 Functional Description The ProDAQ 3047 Pentium M based VXIbus Slot 0 Controller is a powerful single board computer based upon the Intel Pentium M processor an 82546GB dual channel Gigabit Ethernet controller the Universe Il PCl to VMEbus bridge and the 6300ESB I O hub 1 3 1 Central Processor The central processor used on this board is an ultra high performance Intel Pentium M processor operating internally at 1 6 GHz This 32 bit processor supports the Dual Independent Bus DIB architecture with the backside bus connected to the on die Level 2 cache and the 64 bit frontside bus connected to the memory controller at 400 MHz to provide a maximum theoretical transfer bandwidth of 3 2 Gbytes s The processor is capable of addressing 4 Gbytes of physical memory all of which is cacheable and 64 Terabytes of virtual memory 1 3 2 Cache Memories The Level 1 and Level 2 caches are both implemented on the processor die for maximum performance The Level 1 cache stores 32 Kbytes of instructions and 32 Kbytes of data The Level 2 cache stores 1 Mbyte of instructions and data lt operates at the core frequency and is based on Intel s Advanced Transfer Cache architecture 1 3 3 Chipset The chipset used is comprised of the 855 GME Graphics and Memory Controller Hub and the 6300ESB l O Hub The 855GME interfaces to the CPU s host bus lt provides a DDR SDRAM memory controller a graphics interface and a high speed bus to connect to o
56. r shows how to use the ProDAQ 3047 Embedded VXIbus Slot 0 Controller and the Bustec VISA library to program VXI instruments 3 1 Connecting to a Device An application using the VISA library to communicate with the instrument needs to open a session for the resource it wants to use A resource might be a physical resource as for example a VXI instrument or a virtual resource like the backplane or the resource manager The session will handle all accesses attributes and services for the particular resource include lt visa h gt main int argc char argv ViStatus status ViSession rm session ViSession instr session ViChar descr 256 open a session to the resource manager if status viOpenDefaultRM amp rm session VI SUCCESS viStatusDesc rm session status descr if status gt VI SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING viOpenDefaultRM returned status 08x s n status descr else printf VISA ERROR viOpenDefaultRM returned status 08x s n status descr return status open a session to the instrument if status viOpen rm session VXI0 2 INSTR VI NULL VI NULL amp instr session VI SUCCESS viStatusDesc instr session status descr if status VI SUCCESS printf VISA WARNING viOpen returned status 08x s n status descr else printf VISA ERROR viOpen returned status 08x s n status descr return status ac
57. r used to store data main int argc char argv ViStatus status ViSession rm session ViSession instr session ViChar descr 256 ViUInt16 value open a session to the resource manager and instrument as shown in Figure 24 Opening a VISA Session not shown here BRK KK KK RR RR ROO RR RR RR RRA RR k k k k RR RR RR k k k k k k RR k k k k k k kk k k k k k k k k RRA Perform a 16 bit wide block transfer from a VXIbus instrument to the host 7 VES NA set the correct attribute VI ATTR SRC PRIV for moving data IN if status viSetAttribute instr session VI ATTR SRC PRIV VI BLK PRIV VI SUCCESS handle errors or warnings not shown here i now move a block of 16 bit data from the instrument to the buffer if status viMoveInl6 instr session VI A32 SPACE MEM START 1024 data VI SUCCESS handle errors or warnings not shown here IA Perform a 32 bit wide block transfer from the host to a VXIbus instrument EJ VEN NA set the correct attribute VI ATTR DEST PRIV for moving data OUT if status viSetAttribute instr session VI ATTR DEST PRIV VI BLK PRIV VI SUCCESS handle errors or warnings not shown here now move block of 32 bit data from the instrument to the buffer if status viMove0ut32 instr session VI_A32 SPACE MEM START 1024 data VI_SUCCESS handle errors or warnings not shown here
58. rce Manager 21 Figure 16 Resource Manager Configuration 22 Figure ali The VISA Assist loci t 23 Figure 18 VISA Assistant Session Window oooooooccccccccccccccnononanoncnnnnncnnnnnnnnnncnnnnncnnnnnnnns 23 Figure 19 Using a template operation rennen 24 Figure 20 Using a basic O operation E 25 Figure 21 Memory I O Operations s coe Ee o Ceo Muni 25 Figure 22 Shared Memory Operations 26 Figure 23 VXI Specific Operations sis 27 Figure 24 Opening a VISA Session cnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnns 29 Figure 25 Memory based PO a nement va ne LU en ent Eds Ls 31 Figure 26 Register I O using memory mapping occccoccccccccccncnanananononnnnncnnnnnnnncncnnnnnnnnnannnns 32 Figure 27 Moving a Block of Data 33 Figure 28 VXlbus transfer tyD8Ss cio illa 34 Figure 29 Performing VXIbus Block Transiers 35 Figure 30 Reading the Device Identification 36 Figure 31 Sending a Trigger PUISE eue unit td ete t lei toe dt 38 Figure 32 Mapping Trigger EIfIgss EE 40 Figure 33 Selecting the Type of Installation 42 Figure 34 Selecting Components for Installation ooonnnnnnnnncccccnnnnncnnnnncccnccccnnnncnnnnnnnn 42 Figure 35 Selecting Installation Options EEN 43 Eigure 36 Finishing BT DEE 43 VI Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The ProDAQ 3047 high performance Slot 0 Controller provides a powerful fully customizable platform for embedded applications Using Concurrent Te
59. rd drive slot on the ProDAQ 3040 adapter while the other one can be used via an on board connector to directly install either a 2 5 hard drive or a CompactFlash carrier 1 3 7 USB One USB2 0 port of the 6300ESB I O hub is available via a front panel connector 1 3 8 PMC Interface A PMC interface which supports single width 64 bit or 32 bit PMC modules complying with the IEEE 1361 1 standard is provided Both 5V and 3 3V PCI signaling environments are supported for 33MHz modules 1 3 9 Ethernet Controller A 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet controller is used to provide two high performance PCI to Ethernet interfaces Both support 10 Mbits s 100 Mbits s and 1000 Mbits s operation via front panel RJ45 connectors 1 3 10 Graphics Controller The 855GME provides a high performance graphics accelerator with up to 64 Mbytes of UMA memory An analog CRT interface is provided via a 15 pin high density D Type connector on the front panel Page 4 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 1 3 11 Serial Communications The 6300ESB l O hub provides two RS232 serial data communication channels via two front panel RJ45 connectors 1 3 12 Keyboard and Mouse A PS 2 type keyboard and mouse interface is available via a 6 way combined Mini DIN front panel connector 1 3 13 VXIbus Interface A Tundra Universe Il PCI to VME bridge provides the VXlbus interface Additional hardware byte swappingand VXlbus address
60. revent any damage from electrostatic discharge ESD Proper ESD handling procedures must always be used when packing unpacking or installing any ProDAQ module ProDAQ plug in module or ProDAQ function card Ground yourself via a grounding strap or similar e g by holding to a grounded object Remove the ProDAQ module from its carton preserving the factory packaging as much as possible Discharge the package by touching it to a grounded object e g a metal part of your VXIbus chassis before removing the module from the package Inspect the ProDAQ module for any defect or damage Immediately notify the carrier if any damage is apparent Only remove the module from its antistatic bag if you intend to install it into a VXI mainframe or similar When reshipping the module use the original packing material whenever possible The original shipping carton and the instrument s plastic foam will provide the necessary support for safe reshipment If the original anti static packing material is unavailable wrap the ProDAQ module in anti static plastic sheeting and use plastic spray foam to surround and protect the instrument Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 7 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration In general the ProDAQ 3047 does not need to be configured to be able to run in your VXlbus mainframe other then by choosing the logical address and the slo
61. s M TRIG OUT C 2 3 Status LEDs 6 cuo The SYSFAIL LED shows the status of the VXIbus SYSFAIL line E The VXI LED indicates activity on the VXIbus VXIbus accesses by fe the 3047 E3 d amp TI E d T z E T PO M Page 58 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd D 1 1 Processor Appendix D Specifications D 1 Embedded Controller Characteristics Type Intel Pentium M Speed 1 6 GHz Cache 1 MByte on die Level 2 Chipset Intel 6300ESB 855GSE with 400 MHz FSB D 1 2 Memory On board Up to 1 GByte ECC protected PC333 SDRAM Socket Up to 1 GByte ECC protected PC333 SO DIMM D 1 3 I O Ports KB Mouse Combined Keyboard Mouse on PS 2 connector RS232 Dual 16550 compatible on micro DB 9 connectors Ethernet Dual 10 Base T 100 BASE TX 1000 Base T on RJ45 connectors USB USB2 0 host controller D 1 4 Graphics Interface Type High performance 815GME graphics accelerator Memory up to 64 MByte UMA memory Resolution Up to 2048x1536 975Hz 16M colors D 1 5 Hard Disk Interface Ultra DMA 100 Drive Up to two 2 5 IDE Hard Drives Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 59 of 62 Appendix D Specifications ProDAQ 3047 User Manual D 1 6 IEEE P1386 1 PMC Slot
62. s an interactive tool which allows executing VISA commands without programming To run the VISA Assistant select VISA Assistant from the VXIp ug amp play program group in the start menu Start gt VXIPNP VISA Assistant The main window of the Visa Assistant shows a list of all VISA resources in the system Bustec VISA Assistant VISA Assistant bustec plug amp play Dr Detected resources Mal Resource Information E VXI0 0 INSTR 10 1 INSTR Manufacturer ID FA Oxe70 3695 VXI0 256 INSTR VXI0 0 BACKPLANE Model code VXI0 1 BACKPLANE 0xc30 3120 VXID MEMACC L VID SERVANT i GPIB VXI GPIB ASRL ASRLI INSTR L ASRLZ INSTR Figure 17 The VISA Assistant On selecting one by double clicking on its entry the VISA Assistant opens a VISA session for that device in a separate window VXI0 2 INSTR Template Operations Session identifier E Basic 1 0 Operations Memory 1 0 Operations H Shared Memory Operations Lock state VI Specific Operations 0x49c150 No lock held Event handler Not installed Enabled events Figure 18 VISA Assistant Session Window In the treeview control on the left hand side you have now access to information about the session and the VISA functions possible for the resource Copyright O 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 23 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual The func
63. s into a separate directory on your drive and run the executable setup exe from that location 4 Select Next to review the license agreement for the Bustec VISA library You will need to accept the terms of the agreement by selecting Yes to be able to install the Visa library 5 Select the folder where the wizard will install the components of the VISA library Please note that the location chosen will be the top level directory for a VXIplug amp play standard compliant directory tree and not a single location for the library only If you install VXIp ug amp play driver on your PC they will install using the directory tree created by the VISA installation 6 Select Next to choose the type of setup to perform see Figure 33 Typical will install the most common components while Compact will only install the absolute necessary components To choose which components to install choose Custom Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 41 of 62 Appendix A Visa Library Installation ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Setup Type Select the Setup Type to install Click the type of Setup you prefer then click Next Program will be installed with the most common options Recommended for most users C Compact Program will be installed with minimum required options C Custom You may choose the options you want to install Recommended for advanced User Installshield lt Back Cancel Figure
64. s that the module is in the leftmost slot of a VXlbus system VME Read 2 0 A pattern 100 in this field indicates that the current read access was initiated by the VMEbus master A pattern 011 in this field indicates that the current read access was initiated by a VXIbus master Logical Address Contains the logical address the adapter is configured for This may be defined by either the Logical Address Switch or the value written to the Logical Address register during the dynamic configuration Ready A zero 0 means the device is executing its self test Passed After completing the self test signaled by a one 1 in the Ready bit the Passed bit indicates the state of the self test A one 1 indicates that the self test has successfully completed A zero 0 means that the device has failed its self test Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 47 of 62 Appendix B VXlbus Configuration Register ProDAQ 3047 User Manual B 2 5 Control The Control register contains bits that cause specific action to be executed by the device Ls puso DES HEH HC WO Initial Content a Not Used A24 A32 enable Writing a one to this bits enables the decoding of the A24 A32 address range Sysfail Inhibit A one 1 written to this bit disables the device from driving the SYSFAIL line Reset A one written to this field forces the device into a reset state This means the MODID driver will be disabled if device
65. ssion VI TRIG TTL6 VI TRIG PANEL OUT VI NULL VI SUCCESS error handling as shown in the previous examples close the sessions to the instrument and the resource manager viClose instr session viClose rm session Figure 32 Mapping Trigger Lines Page 40 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Appendix A Visa Library Installation The VISA library provided by Bustec Production Ltd is used to communicate to the VXI instruments via the VXIbus interface of the ProDAQ 3047 Note On Microsoft Windows 20008 or Microsoft Windows XP systems it is recommended to install the VISA library from an account having administrator privileges To install it on your PC do the following 1 Apply power to your PC and boot your operating system Close all open applications to allow for a safe installation of the new components 2 Insert the driver CD provided with the module into your PC CD ROM drive If the autorun feature is turned on the CD menu will start automatically If not select Run from your Start menu and type lt drive gt autorun exe where drive designates the CD ROM drive with the driver CD in it 3 Select VISA Library for ProDAQ Controller from the driver section of the CD menu to start the setup wizard Please note If you have downloaded the Bustec VISA Library from our WEB site all files are packed into a single ZIP archive To start the installation unpack the file
66. t it will be installed in It will automatically detect whether it is located in left most slot of the mainframe slot 0 and enable or disable the system controller and slot 0 capabilities accordingly All other hardware configuration settings are set to their defaults which will be sufficient for running the ProDAQ 3047 in most applications and environments However if you want for example to install a PMC module you may need to change some settings as described below 2 2 1 Logical Address Switch Figure 2 shows the location of the logical address switch on the ProDAQ 3047 Set each switch to Off for a logical one 1 and to On for a logical zero 0 The picture shows the address switch set to logical address zero 0 Figure 2 Logical Address Switch Location If the ProDAQ 3047 is used in a non slot 0 position it can be either statically or dynamically configured To configure it statically the logical address switch must be set to a value between 1 and 254 This determines the logical address of the module permanently and can only be altered by changing the setting of the logical address switch To configure the ProDAQ 3047 dynamically the logical address switch must be set to 255 The resource manager will use the VXlbus MODID lines to access and configure the board and assigns a logical address during run time Note To be able to act as the Slot 0 Controller AND the Resource Manager for the VXI mainframe it is
67. te The example shows an operation which can be found only for backplane resources of VXIbus mainframes see Figure 23 Page 26 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual VKI0 0 BACKPLANE Session Information Hl Template Operations tr Basic 1 0 Operations Input EVI Specific Operations t vi amp ssertnkiSignal Source line VI TRIG ECLO ssertUltiSignal Destination line VI TRIG ECLO Y i viU nmapTrigger Map the specified trigger source line to the specified destination line Output Retumed Status n Figure 23 VXI Specific Operations The functions viMapTrigger and viUnmapTrigger enable you to route a trigger signal from a front panel input to one of the VXIbus trigger lines only for VXIbus controller supporting this feature In the Input section you can select a source trigger line which should be mapped to a destination trigger line As in the other examples pressing Run will execute the function and display the result in the Output section Note For more information about the VISA functions and their parameter refer to the VXIplug amp play Systems Alliance document VPP 4 3 The VISA Library Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 27 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Page 28 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Chapter 3 Programming VXI Devices This chapte
68. ter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual Me 5 x eomm MOD x6mm Panhead Undercut MOD x 6mm Panhead Extraction Handles M2 5 x 8mm Panhead Figure 4 ProDAQ 3047 Module Assembly 2 2 3 Installing a PMC Module Page 10 of 62 Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd ProDAQ 3047 User Manual The ProDAQ 3047 provides one slot to install a PMC module To install a PMC module you must first remove the PMC filler panel which covers the front panel PMC cutout in case no PMC module is installed Figure 5 PMC Filler Panel Assembly To remove the filler panel unscrew the two M2 5x6mm panhead screws connecting it to the printed circuit board below see Figure 5 PMC Filler Panel Assembly In case your ProDAQ 3047 has the ProDAQ 3249 Front panel I O option installed you will need to remove it in the same way as it takes the place of a PMC card when installed see also 2 2 4 Installing the ProDAQ 3249 FP I O Option The ProDAQ 3047 PMC slot supports both the 3 3V and 5V signaling environment defined in the PCI standard For setting the correct voltage for your PMC module you need to install the detachable polarizing key for the PMC module in the correct location and set an on board jumper Caution If the PMC V I O configuration selected does not match the PMC modules requirements it may result in damage to the module or to the ProDAQ 3047 The polarization key is lo
69. the VISA library in your application All configurations necessary should be done by using either the VISA library configuration utility or the VISA library functions B 1 Address Map and Registers All addresses are given in hexadecimal notation Offset value is an offset in relation to the base address in A16 address space defined by Logical Address Offset Access Description ID Register Logical Address Register Device Type Register Status Register Control Register Offset Register MODID Register VMEOffset VME target image base address IRGStatusID1 Latched Interrupt Status ID upper word IRGStatusID1 Latched Interrupt Status ID lower word IRQStatusID2 Latched Interrupt Status ID upper word IRQStatusID2 Latched Interrupt Status ID lower word IRQStatusID3 Latched Interrupt Status ID upper word IRQStatusID3 Latched Interrupt Status ID lower word IRQStatusID4 Latched Interrupt Status ID upper word IRQStatusID4 Latched Interrupt Status ID lower word IRQStatusID5 Latched Interrupt Status ID upper word IRQStatusID5 Latched Interrupt Status ID lower word IRQStatusID6 Latched Interrupt Status ID upper word IRQStatusID6 Latched Interrupt Status ID lower word IRQStatusID7 Latched Interrupt Status ID upper word IRQStatusID7 Latched Interrupt Status ID
70. ther chipset devices lt supports concurrent Hub Link and CPU Bus operations The 6300ESB provides two PCI busses for supporting high performance PCI devices The 6300ESB connects to the 855GME via a Hub Link 1 5 interface which supports a maximum transfer bandwidth of 266 Mbytes s The 6300ESB also provides a variety of peripheral functions including EIDE controllers USB controller IOAPIC interrupt controller and other legacy PC AT architectural functions The 6300ESB connects to the on board Firmware HUB containing the BIOS firmware and to the PC87417 Super I O controller providing serial ports as well as keyboard and mouse controller Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 3 of 62 Chapter 1 Introduction ProDAQ 3047 User Manual 1 3 4 SDRAM The 855GME SDRAM controller provides a DDR333 channel to provide a maximum transfer bandwidth of 2 66 Gbytes s and features ECC data protection Up to 1 Gbyte of on board memory plus up to 1 Gbyte of SO DIMM memory is supported 1 3 5 PCI Busses There are two on board PCI busses provided by the 6300ESB UO controller hub The primary PCI bus is 64 bit wide operates at 33 or 66 MHz and connects to the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and the PMC site The secondary bus is 32 bit wide and connects to the Universe II PCI to VMEbus bridge 1 3 6 EIDE Controllers The 6300ESB I O hub provides two EIDE Ultra ATA100 interfaces One interface is routed via the P2 connector to the 2 5 ha
71. tions available are divided into five groups Template Operations Basic I O Operations Memory I O Operations Shared Memory Operations VXI Specific Operations Not all operations are available for all types of devices so depending on the device type the treeview control might not list all the possibilities discussed here 2 4 4 1 Template Operations The VISA standard implements a template of standard services for a resource The functions in this group provide access to those services The services available include attribute operations asynchronous operation control resource access control and event operations As an example the function viGetAttribute allows to retrieve the values for attributes defined for a resource Selecting the function in the treeview control on the left hand side click on Template Operations then on viGetAttribute allows you to control the parameters for the function in a dialog on the right hand side of the session window VXI0 2 INSTR Session Information E Template Operations Retrieve the state of an attribute Get ttribute Input E Attribute VI ATTR MANF ID y viStatusDesc viTerminate viLock iUnLock viE ventH andler viEnableE vent viDisableE vent viDiscardE vents Output iWaitOnE vent a EO E Basic 1 0 Operations GE E E70 H Memory 1 0 Operations E Shared Memory Operations Mal Specific Operations Retumed St
72. ty This will start the configuration tool for the VISA library and attached hardware interfaces Copyright 2006 Bustec Production Ltd Page 15 of 62 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration ProDAQ 3047 User Manual ProDAQ Configuration Utility 13 ell xj Add Interfaces Remove Interface Configured Interfaces VISA Name Interface Description Configure Interface Refresh List Resource Manager Figure 9 VISA Library Configuration Utility To add a new interface select Add Interfaces A new dialog Available Interfaces is shown with a list of unconfigured devices found in the system The VXIbus interface of the ProDAQ 3047 appears as interfaces of the type VXI together with a description containing the serial number of the device ProDAQ Configuration Utility x Available Interfaces Interface Number cr ODA 3047 Ser No 47506177 Val y The list to the left shows all available not configured interfaces To add an interface select one of the available interfaces to the left and press OK ES x Ces Figure 10 Adding an Interface To add the VXIbus interface of the ProDAQ 3047 select the entry for the device in the list choose an interface number on the right side and select OK The list of configured interfaces in the main dialog will now display the configured interface with its interface name and number Page 16 of
73. upt After latching the bits during interrupt acknowledge cycle these bits which were set are cleared TRGMASK ECL 1 0 Writing a one 1 to one of these bits enables a VME interrupt to be generated when a selected edge is detected on one of the corresponding VXlbus ECL trigger lines Reading 1 from these bits means that the selected edge of the trigger lines happened and caused the interrupt After latching the bits during interrupt acknowledge cycle these bits which were set are cleared TRGMASK_FP 1 0 Writing a one 1 to one of these bits enables a VME interrupt to be generated when a selected edge is detected on one of the corresponding FP trigger lines Reading 1 from these bits means that the selected edge of the trigger lines happened and caused the interrupt After latching the bits during interrupt acknowledge cycle these bits which were set are cleared VME_IRQ 2 0 Defines the VME interrupt level which is used for an interrupt from VXlbus trigger Zero 0x000 written here disables trigger interrupter Selection of the active edge of the trigger lines which will cause the interrupt if enabled is done in the TriglntMode register During the interrupt acknowledge cycle the information about the awaiting events trigger edges is latched in IRQStatusID register Once latched the awaiting bit is cleared in TRIGIntMask register allowing for the next event to come More than one trigger event can be serviced during the singl

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