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National Instruments 800 Series User Manual - Hardware Description

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Summary of 800 Series

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    Vxipc ™ 800 series user manual vxipc 800 series user manual september 1997 edition part number 321744a-01 © copyright 1997 national instruments corporation. All rights reserved..

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  • Page 3: Important Information

    Important information warranty the national instruments vxipc 800 series embedded computers and accessories are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National instruments will, at it...

  • Page 4: Class A Compliance

    Fcc/doc radio frequency interference class a compliance this equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause interference to radio and television reception. Classification requirements are the sam...

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    © national instruments corporation v vxipc 800 series user manual table of contents about this manual organization of this manual ........................................................................................ Ix conventions used in this manual..................................................

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    Table of contents vxipc 800 series user manual vi © national instruments corporation configuring the pc....................................................................................................... 3-10 scsi termination ..........................................................................

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    Table of contents © national instruments corporation vii vxipc 800 series user manual index figures figure 1-1. Vxipc-850 embedded computer .......................................................... 1-1 figure 1-2. Vxipc-860 embedded computer ............................................................

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    Table of contents vxipc 800 series user manual viii © national instruments corporation figure e-5. Length restrictions for pci plug-in boards used with the vxipc-860............................................................................................. E-5 figure e-6. Length restrictions for i...

  • Page 9: Organization of This Manual

    © national instruments corporation ix vxipc 800 series user manual about this manual this manual contains instructions for installing and configuring the national instruments vxipc 800 series embedded computer kit. The vxipc 800 series includes all the models of the vxipc-800 embedded computers. Org...

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    About this manual vxipc 800 series user manual x © national instruments corporation • appendix e, modifying and installing i/o expansion boards, explains how to modify and install an i/o board in the vxipc 800 series. • appendix f, common questions, answers common questions you may have when using t...

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    About this manual © national instruments corporation xi vxipc 800 series user manual italic italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a key concept. This font also denotes text from which you supply the appropriate word or value, as in windows 3.X. Monospace text in this...

  • Page 12: Related Documentation

    About this manual vxipc 800 series user manual xii © national instruments corporation refer to the ni-visa user manual to learn about visa and how to use it in your system. The ni-visa online help describes the attributes, events, and operations you can use in ni-visa. The user manual is available i...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    © national instruments corporation 1-1 vxipc 800 series user manual chapter 1 introduction this chapter describes the vxipc 800 series of embedded vxi computers, lists what you need to get started, describes the hardware, and lists optional equipment and software. Overview figure 1-1 shows a vxipc-8...

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    Chapter 1 introduction vxipc 800 series user manual 1-2 © national instruments corporation figure 1-2 shows a vxipc-860 model with its cover removed. Figure 1-2. Vxipc-860 embedded computer the vxipc 800 series controllers are c-size, embedded computers based on the peripheral component interface (p...

  • Page 15: Optional Equipment

    Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-3 vxipc 800 series user manual optional equipment you can contact national instruments to order any of the following optional equipment: • com1/2 adapter cable • enhanced parallel port adapter cable • single-shielded 2 m gpib cable • upgrad...

  • Page 16: Hardware Description

    Chapter 1 introduction vxipc 800 series user manual 1-4 © national instruments corporation labwindows/cvi is an interactive c development environment for building test and measurement and instrument control systems. It includes interactive code-generation tools and a graphical editor for building cu...

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    Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-5 vxipc 800 series user manual custom application-specific interface chips the vxipc 800 series uses the mite and mantis custom asics to deliver high vxi performance, and can achieve more than 20 mb/s dma block-mode data transfer rates acro...

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    Chapter 1 introduction vxipc 800 series user manual 1-6 © national instruments corporation front panel features the vxipc 800 has the following front-panel features: • pcmcia slots – the vxipc 800 series has one type i/ii and one type i/ii/iii slot. • one full-size expansion slot (on the vxipc-850 o...

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    Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-7 vxipc 800 series user manual – access led indicates when the vxipc 800 modid line is asserted or the vxibus registers or shared memory are accessed by another bus master. – drive led indicates when the internal hard drive is in use. • fou...

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    Chapter 1 introduction vxipc 800 series user manual 1-8 © national instruments corporation table 1-1. Vxipc 800 series peripherals overview peripheral external connector isa or pci function video 15-pin dsub (standard vga) pci high-resolution/ color support for a super vga monitor ide none pci suppo...

  • Page 21: Functional Overview

    © national instruments corporation 2-1 vxipc 800 series user manual chapter 2 functional overview this chapter contains functional descriptions of each major logic block on the vxipc 800 series embedded computers. Vxipc 800 functional description the vxipc 800 is a modular pc in a vxibus c-size form...

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    Chapter 2 functional overview vxipc 800 series user manual 2-2 © national instruments corporation figure 2-1. Vxipc 800 series block diagram pci-based cpu card memory cache chipset video scsi 32-bit, 5 v pci local bus system i/o pci expansion slot isa expansion slot rtc scsi ide (internal) pcmcia vx...

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    Chapter 2 functional overview © national instruments corporation 2-3 vxipc 800 series user manual the vxipc 800 consists of the following logic blocks: video the video circuitry is a plug-in pci card that has a 64-bit data path to up to 4 mb of edo dram. Ide this is dedicated pci-ide circuitry provi...

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    Chapter 2 functional overview vxipc 800 series user manual 2-4 © national instruments corporation cpu card the modular architecture of the vxipc 800 series contains a plug-in cpu card that can accommodate various pentium/pentium pro-class processors. This card includes the cpu, chipset support that ...

  • Page 25: Vxipc 800 Series

    © national instruments corporation 3-1 vxipc 800 series user manual chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation this chapter contains the instructions to configure and install the vxipc 800 series embedded computer. Unless otherwise noted, these instructions apply to all models in the ...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation vxipc 800 series user manual 3-2 © national instruments corporation figure 3-1. Vxipc 800 series parts locator diagram 1 trigger in termination (s7) 2 clk10 inversion (s4) 3 ethernet eeprom config. (s1) 4 lpt dma channel (w4) 5 mite eeprom co...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation © national instruments corporation 3-3 vxipc 800 series user manual table 3-1 lists the factory-default settings and options for the onboard jumpers and switches. Table 3-1. Vxipc 800 series hardware default settings jumper/ switch default se...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation vxipc 800 series user manual 3-4 © national instruments corporation configuring the vxipc 800 series this section describes how to configure the following options on the vxipc-800: • vxibus slot 0/non-slot 0 • vxibus clk10 routing • trigger i...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation © national instruments corporation 3-5 vxipc 800 series user manual figure 3-2. Vxibus slot configuration when the vxipc-800 is installed in slot 0, it becomes the vxibus system controller. In this role, it has vxibus data transfer bus arbite...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation vxipc 800 series user manual 3-6 © national instruments corporation notice that figure 3-3b also shows switch s5. You must configure these switches as shown when using the corresponding clk10 source setting of s3. Figure 3-3. Vxibus clk10 rou...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation © national instruments corporation 3-7 vxipc 800 series user manual when switch s5 is set so that the vxipc-800 receives the smb clk10 signal, you have the option to add a 50 Ω termination to the signal by setting switch s6. Switch s6 is unus...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation vxipc 800 series user manual 3-8 © national instruments corporation trigger input termination you can use switch s7 to terminate the external trigger input smb with 50 Ω to ground. Figure 3-7a shows the default setting for a non-terminated tr...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation © national instruments corporation 3-9 vxipc 800 series user manual the eeprom is divided into two halves; one half is factory configured and one half is user configurable. Use switch s9 to control the operation of the eeprom. The setting of ...

  • Page 34: Configuring The Pc

    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation vxipc 800 series user manual 3-10 © national instruments corporation if this situation occurs after you change the configuration, perform the following steps to reconfigure the vxipc-800. 1. Turn your computer off. Warning: to protect both yo...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation © national instruments corporation 3-11 vxipc 800 series user manual scsi termination the vxipc-800 uses active termination on the scsi-2 bus. Because the vxipc-800 is always an end device, you should not need to disable the termination; howe...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation vxipc 800 series user manual 3-12 © national instruments corporation system cmos the vxipc-800 contains a backed-up memory used to store bios defaults and configuration information. To clear the cmos contents, simply short the pins of w2 as s...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation © national instruments corporation 3-13 vxipc 800 series user manual ethernet power-on defaults the vxipc-800 ethernet circuitry loads its power-on settings from an eeprom. You should not change switch s1 from its default setting; however, th...

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    Chapter 3 vxipc 800 series configuration and installation vxipc 800 series user manual 3-14 © national instruments corporation 4. Insert the vxipc-800 in the slot you have selected by aligning the top and bottom of the module with the card-edge guides inside the mainframe. Slowly push the vxipc-800 ...

  • Page 39: Bios

    © national instruments corporation 4-1 vxipc 800 series user manual chapter 4 bios this chapter contains information on bios, the low-level interface between the hardware and pc software that configures and tests your hardware at boot up. This bios (basic input output system) provides an easy-to-use...

  • Page 40: Specifications

    © national instruments corporation a-1 vxipc 800 series user manual appendix a specifications this appendix describes the environmental, electrical, and mechanical specifications of the vxipc 800 series embedded computer. Unless otherwise specified, these specifications apply to all models in the vx...

  • Page 41: Physical

    Appendix a specifications vxipc 800 series user manual a-2 © national instruments corporation physical vxipc-860 voltage (v) current (a) typical maximum (fused) +5 8.52 a 12 a -5.2 224.5 ma 2 a -2 67.2 ma 2 a +12 2.60 ma 2 a -12 2.43 ma 2 a characteristic specification size two-slot vxibus c-size mo...

  • Page 42: Environmental

    Appendix a specifications © national instruments corporation a-3 vxipc 800 series user manual environmental note: random vibration profiles were developed in accordance with mil-t-28800e and mil-std-810e method 514. Test levels exceed those recommended in mil-std-810e for category 1 (basic transport...

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    Appendix a specifications vxipc 800 series user manual a-4 © national instruments corporation blt, mblt (master) vmebus master block and d64 transfers blt, mblt (slave) vmebus slave block and d64 transfers rmw (master) vmebus master read/modify/write transfers rmw (slave) vmebus slave read/modify/wr...

  • Page 44: Adding Ram

    Appendix a specifications © national instruments corporation a-5 vxipc 800 series user manual adding ram to add ram to the vxipc 800, remove the top cover and add simm modules to the empty simm sockets. National instruments recommends the following types of simms for use with the vxipc-850 series co...

  • Page 45: Vxipc 800 Series

    © national instruments corporation b-1 vxipc 800 series user manual appendix b vxipc 800 series system resources this appendix describes what system resources are available on the vxipc 800 series and where they are allocated. Because pci is a relatively new addition to pcs, this appendix describes ...

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    Appendix b vxipc 800 series system resources vxipc 800 series user manual b-2 © national instruments corporation 5 intc, intb gpib/pcmcia slot/expansion 6 none floppy drive 7 none lpt1 8 none rtc 9 none ethernet 10 inta vxi, scsi, pcmcia 11 none gpib/pcmcia slot/expansion 12 none mouse 13 none fperr...

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    Appendix b vxipc 800 series system resources © national instruments corporation b-3 vxipc 800 series user manual table b-3. Vxipc 800 series i/o address map i/o address device 000-00f 8237 dma #1 020-021 8259 pic #1 040-043 8253 timer 060-066 8742 controller 070-077 cmos ram & nmi mask reg 078-07b b...

  • Page 48: Led Indicators

    © national instruments corporation c-1 vxipc 800 series user manual appendix c led indicators this appendix describes how to read the leds on the front panel to interpret the status of the vxipc 800 series. Vxibus interface status leds the vxibus interface status leds are located at the top of the m...

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    Appendix c led indicators vxipc 800 series user manual c-2 © national instruments corporation leds and system startup cycle table c-1 shows a system startup cycle and possible points of failure, up to and including the state in which the vxiinit initialization program asserts the online led. Table c...

  • Page 50: Board Access Leds

    Appendix c led indicators © national instruments corporation c-3 vxipc 800 series user manual if either the sysfail or failed led remains lit, perform the following steps. 1. Power off the mainframe. 2. Remove all other modules from the mainframe. 3. Make sure that the vxipc 800 jumper settings are ...

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    Appendix c led indicators vxipc 800 series user manual c-4 © national instruments corporation link led the link led indicates link status and can generally be used to check if ethernet activity is occurring. Dsel led the dsel (device select) led lights when ethernet registers are being accessed..

  • Page 52: Front Panel and Connectors

    © national instruments corporation d-1 vxipc 800 series user manual appendix d front panel and connectors this appendix describes the front panel and connectors on the vxipc 800 series. This material contains the information relevant to vxiplug&play specification vpp-8, vxi module/mainframe to recei...

  • Page 53: Front Panel

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-2 © national instruments corporation front panel figure d-1 shows the front panel layout of the vxipc-800. The drawing shows dimensions relevant to key elements on the front panel. Dimensions are shown in inches and millimeters, wi...

  • Page 54: Keyboard and Mouse

    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-3 vxipc 800 series user manual keyboard and mouse figure d-2 shows the location and pinouts for the keyboard and mouse connectors on the vxipc 800 series. Table d-1 gives the name and description for the keyboard and mouse co...

  • Page 55: Vga

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-4 © national instruments corporation vga figure d-3 shows the location and pinouts for the vga connector on the vxipc 800 series. Table d-2 gives the name and description for the vga connector signals. Amp manufactures a mating con...

  • Page 56: Ethernet

    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-5 vxipc 800 series user manual ethernet figure d-4 shows the location and pinouts for the ethernet connector on the vxipc-800. Table d-3 gives the name and description for the ethernet connector signals. Amp manufactures a ma...

  • Page 57: Com1 and Com2

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-6 © national instruments corporation com1 and com2 figure d-5 shows the location and pinouts for the com1 and com2 connectors on the vxipc 800. Table d-4 gives the name and description for the com1 and com2 connector signals. Itt c...

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    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-7 vxipc 800 series user manual figure d-5. Com1 and com2 connectors location and pinout table d-4. Com1 and com2 connector signals pin signal name signal description 1 dcd* data carrier detect 2 rxd* receive data 3 txd* trans...

  • Page 59: Parallel Port

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-8 © national instruments corporation parallel port figure d-6 shows the location and pinouts for the ieee-1284 connector on the vxipc-800. Table d-5 gives the name and description for the ieee-1284 connector signals. Amp manufactur...

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    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-9 vxipc 800 series user manual table d-5. Parallel port connector signals pin signal name signal description 1 busy* device busy 2 slctin* select input 3 ack* acknowledge 4 fault* fault 5 error error 6 pd0 data bit 0 7 pd1 da...

  • Page 61: Scsi

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-10 © national instruments corporation scsi figure d-7 shows the location and pinouts for the scsi connector on the vxipc-800. Table d-6 gives the name and description for the scsi connector signals. Amp manufactures a scsi compatib...

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    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-11 vxipc 800 series user manual table d-6. Scsi connector signals pin signal name signal description 1–11, 15–25, 35–36, 40, 42 gnd ground 12–14, 37–39 nc not connected 26 d0 data 0 27 d1 data 1 28 d2 data 2 29 d3 data 3 30 d...

  • Page 63: Gpib (Ieee-488.2)

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-12 © national instruments corporation gpib (ieee-488.2) figure d-8 shows the location and pinouts for the gpib connector on the vxipc-800. Table d-7 gives the name and description for the gpib connector signals. Itt cannon manufact...

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    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-13 vxipc 800 series user manual table d-7. Gpib connector signals pin signal name signal description 1 dio1* data bit 1 2 dio2* data bit 2 3 dio3* data bit 3 4 dio4* data bit 4 5 eoi* end or identify 6 dav* data valid 7 nrfd*...

  • Page 65: External Smbs

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-14 © national instruments corporation external smbs figure d-9 shows the location and pinouts for the smb connectors on the vxipc 800. The smb connectors are used for an external clock signal and ttl trigger input and output. Table...

  • Page 66: Speaker

    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-15 vxipc 800 series user manual speaker figure d-10 shows the location of the speaker connection on the vxipc-800. Switchcraft manufactures a mating speaker connector, part number 750. Figure d-10. Speaker connection location...

  • Page 67: Signal Characteristics

    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-16 © national instruments corporation signal characteristics refer to the relevant standard for the signal characteristics for vga, scsi, ethernet, keyboard, mouse, parallel, serial, and gpib. Table d-9 shows the signal characteris...

  • Page 68: Vxibus P1 and P2

    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-17 vxipc 800 series user manual vxibus p1 and p2 figure d-11 shows the location and pinouts for the vxibus connector on the vxipc 800 series. Table d-10 gives the name and description for the vxibus p2 connector signals. Tabl...

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    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-18 © national instruments corporation 13 –2 v +5 v –5.2 v 14 not connected d16 modid06 15 not connected d17 modid05 16 gnd d18 gnd 17 not connected d19 modid04 18 not connected d20 modid03 19 –5.2 v d21 -5.2 v 20 not connected d22 ...

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    Appendix d front panel and connectors © national instruments corporation d-19 vxipc 800 series user manual table d-11. Vxibus p1 connector signals pin row c row b row a 1 d08 bbsy* d00 2 d09 bclr* d01 3 d10 acfail* d02 4 d11 bg0in* d03 5 d12 bg0out* d04 6 d13 bg1in* d05 7 d14 bg1out* d06 8 d15 bg2in...

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    Appendix d front panel and connectors vxipc 800 series user manual d-20 © national instruments corporation 28 a10 irq3 a03 29 a09 irq2 a02 30 a08 irq1 a01 31 +12 v not connected –12 v 32 +5 v +5 v +5 v table d-11. Vxibus p1 connector signals (continued) pin row c row b row a.

  • Page 72: Modifying and Installing

    © national instruments corporation e-1 vxipc 800 series user manual appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards this appendix explains how to modify and install an i/o board in the vxipc 800 series. Notice that some material is different between the vxipc-850 and the vxipc-860. Height o...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards vxipc 800 series user manual e-2 © national instruments corporation length of vxipc-850 plug-in boards the vxipc-850 will accommodate pci or isa i/o boards that are up to 4.2 in. High and up to 13.415 in. Long when dram simms 0.85 in. Or short...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards © national instruments corporation e-3 vxipc 800 series user manual length of isa plug-in boards because isa boards mount with the components facing away from the cpu card, which contains the processor and system ram, tall dram simms may inter...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards vxipc 800 series user manual e-4 © national instruments corporation height of vxipc-860 plug-in boards in general, the vxipc-860 can accommodate any standard-size pci card and any xt-height isa card. The height of an i/o card is measured from ...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards © national instruments corporation e-5 vxipc 800 series user manual length of vxipc-860 plug-in boards the vxipc-860 can accommodate pci or isa i/o boards that are up to 4.2 in. High and up to 8.4 in. Long. When dram simms 0.85 in. Are used on...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards vxipc 800 series user manual e-6 © national instruments corporation length of isa plug-in boards because isa boards mount with the components facing away from the cpu card, which contains the processor and system ram, tall dram simms may inter...

  • Page 78: Installing An I/o Board

    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards © national instruments corporation e-7 vxipc 800 series user manual installing an i/o board the following material applies equally to all models in the vxipc 800 series. Materials needed you need the following pieces to install an expansion bo...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards vxipc 800 series user manual e-8 © national instruments corporation with a lock washer (hole diameter should be 0.125 in.). In either case, use a 4-40 x 1/4 in. Stainless steel panhead screw to mount the board/bracket assembly to the front pan...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards © national instruments corporation e-9 vxipc 800 series user manual figure e-9. Front view of pci board expansion bracket .475 [12.07] (i/o connector window) i/o connector window, (.475 [12.07] x 3.224 [81.89]) 3.464 [87.99] .09 [2.3] (.200 [5...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards vxipc 800 series user manual e-10 © national instruments corporation figures e-10 and e-11 give dimensions and instructions for creating a connector cutout and expansion bracket for an isa board. Figure e-10. Side view of isa board with expans...

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    Appendix e modifying and installing i/o expansion boards © national instruments corporation e-11 vxipc 800 series user manual figure e-11. Front view of isa board expansion bracket .490 [12.45] (i/o connector window) i/o connector window, (490 [12.45] x 3.500 [88.90]) 3.550 [90.17] .09 [2.3] (.200 [...

  • Page 83: Common Questions

    © national instruments corporation f-1 vxipc 800 series user manual appendix f common questions this appendix answers common questions you may have when using the vxipc 800 series. What do the leds on the front of the vxipc 800 mean? Refer to appendix c, led indicators, for a description of the fron...

  • Page 84

    Appendix f common questions vxipc 800 series user manual f-2 © national instruments corporation if i boot the computer without video, and then plug in the video, why is it in black and white? When the computer first boots, the video chips try to synchronize with the monitor. If the monitor is not th...

  • Page 85

    Appendix f common questions © national instruments corporation f-3 vxipc 800 series user manual what if my keyboard connector does not fit into the keyboard port on the vxipc 800? You can plug keyboards that have a 6-pin mini din ps/2 type connector directly into the vxipc 800. You can use the keybo...

  • Page 86

    Appendix f common questions vxipc 800 series user manual f-4 © national instruments corporation how do i check the configuration of the memory, floppy drive, hard drive, time/date, and so on? You can view these parameters in the bios setup. To enter the bios setup, reboot the vxipc 800 and press the...

  • Page 87: Customer Communication

    © national instruments corporation g-1 vxipc 800 series user manual appendix g customer communication for your convenience, this appendix contains forms to help you gather the information necessary to help us solve your technical problems and a form you can use to comment on the product documentatio...

  • Page 88

    Fax-on-demand is a 24-hour information retrieval system containing a library of documents on a wide range of technical information. You can access fax-on-demand from a touch-tone telephone at (512) 418-1111. You can submit technical support questions to the applications engineering team through e-ma...

  • Page 89: Technical Support Form

    Technical support form photocopy this form and update it each time you make changes to your software or hardware, and use the completed copy of this form as a reference for your current configuration. Completing this form accurately before contacting national instruments for technical support helps ...

  • Page 90

    Hardware and software configuration form record the settings and revisions of your hardware and software on the line to the right of each item. Complete a new copy of this form each time you revise your software or hardware configuration, and use this form as a reference for your current configurati...

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    Other products mainframe make and model ________________________________________________________ microprocessor __________________________________________________________________ clock frequency or speed ___________________________________________________________ type of video board installed ______...

  • Page 92: Documentation Comment Form

    Documentation comment form national instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products. This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs. Title: vxipc ™ 800 series user manual edition date: september 1997 part number: 321744a-01 please comment ...

  • Page 93

    © national instruments corporation glossary-1 vxipc 800 series user manual glossary a a amperes address character code that identifies a specific location (or series of locations) in memory address space a set of 2 n memory locations differentiated from other such sets in vxi/ vmebus systems by six ...

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    Glossary vxipc 800 series user manual glossary-2 © national instruments corporation b b bits b bytes backplane an assembly, typically a printed circuit board, with 96-pin connectors and signal paths that bus the connector pins. A c-size vxibus system will have two sets of bused connectors called j1 ...

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    Glossary © national instruments corporation glossary-3 vxipc 800 series user manual dram dynamic ram (random access memory); storage that the computer must refresh at frequent intervals e ecl emitter-coupled logic edo extended data out; a dram architecture that shortens overall access latency, impro...

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    Glossary vxipc 800 series user manual glossary-4 © national instruments corporation i ide integrated drive electronics. Denotes the most common interface to the hard drive on pcs. Ieee institute of electrical and electronics engineers in. Inches i/o input/output; the techniques, media, and devices u...

  • Page 97

    Glossary © national instruments corporation glossary-5 vxipc 800 series user manual l led light-emitting diode m m meters master a functional part of a vme/vxibus device that initiates data transfers on the backplane. A transfer can be either a read or a write. Mb megabytes of memory mite a national...

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    Glossary vxipc 800 series user manual glossary-6 © national instruments corporation p pci peripheral component interconnect. The pci bus is a high-performance 32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines. Pcmcia personal computer memory card international association pem penn enginee...

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    Glossary © national instruments corporation glossary-7 vxipc 800 series user manual t trigger either ttl or ecl lines used for intermodule communication ttl transistor-transistor logic v v volts visa virtual instrument software architecture. This is the general name given to visa and its associated ...

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    © national instruments corporation index-1 vxipc 800 series user manual index a access led, 1-7, c-3 address map, i/o (table), b-3 to b-4 application-specific interface chips, custom, 1-5 audio capability. See speaker. B bios. See also cmos. Clearing cmos contents, 3-12 entering setup, 4-1 viewing s...

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    Index vxipc 800 series user manual index-2 © national instruments corporation scsi, d-10 to d-11 signal characteristics, d-16 speaker, d-15 vga, d-4 to d-5 vxibus p1 and p2, d-17 to d-20 cpu card, 2-4 custom application-specific interface chips, 1-5 customer communication, xii, g-1 to g-2 d default ...

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    Index © national instruments corporation index-3 vxipc 800 series user manual i ide controller overview, e-3 problems with booting hard disk, f-4 using internal ide drive and external scsi hard drive, f-4 installation. See also configuration. Electrostatic discharge (warning), 3-1, 3-13 installation...

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    Index vxipc 800 series user manual index-4 © national instruments corporation o online led, 1-6, c-1 p parallel port connector and signals, d-8 to d-9 dma level, pc configuration, 3-12 pc configuration, 3-10 to 3-13 ethernet power-on defaults, 3-13 gpib interrupt level, 3-11 parallel port dma level,...

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    Index © national instruments corporation index-5 vxipc 800 series user manual speaker connecting external speaker to vxipc 800 series, f-3 connector location (figure), d-15 signal characteristics (table), d-16 specifications adding ram, a-5 electrical, a-1 to a-2 environmental, a-3 physical, a-2 req...