Page 2 - or come visit our web site at; Acqiris Headquarters:; © Copyright Agilent Technologies Inc. June 2007
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 2 of 66 June 2007 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and may not be construed in any way as a commitment by Agilent Technologies Inc. While Agilent Technologies makes every effort to ensure the accuracy and contents of th...
Page 5 - Out of the Box; Message to the User; AcqirisMAQS; Conventions Used in This Manual; WARNING
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 5 of 66 1. Out of the Box 1.1. Message to the User Congratulations on having purchased an Agilent Technologies Acqiris data conversion product. Acqiris Digitizers are high-speed data acquisition modules designed for capturing high frequency electronic sig...
Page 6 - safeguard human health and safety in medical treatment.; Packaging and Handling; Your Digitizer is shipped with the following components:
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 6 of 66 DC271-FAMILY DC135/DC140/DC211/DC211A/DC241/DC241A/ DC271/DC271A/ DC271AR/DP214/DP235/DP240 1.4. Disclaimer and Safety The DP Series PCI Digitizer cards have been designed to operate in a standard PCI slot found inside most personal computers. The...
Page 7 - and after selecting your; Contact Us; System Requirements
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 7 of 66 1.7. Warranty All Agilent Technologies Acqiris Digitizer products are warranted to operate within specification, assuming normal operation, for a period of three years from the date of shipment. It is recommended that yearly calibration be made in...
Page 8 - CD Drive; Transport & Shipping; Step Notes; Maintenance
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 8 of 66 Linux kernel driver source code is available for compilation. Support for Windows 95/98/NT4 is included “as is” since these operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft. Hard Drive Space: 20 MB Minimum CD Drive (or any method to copy Acq...
Page 9 - Cleaning; Cleaning procedures consist only of exterior cleaning.; Disposal and Recycling
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 9 of 66 1.12. Cleaning Cleaning procedures consist only of exterior cleaning. Clean the exterior surfaces of the module with a dry lint-free cloth or a soft-bristle brush. If any dirt remains, wipe with a cloth moistened in a mild soap solution. Remove an...
Page 10 - Installation; hardware into the PC.; IC414 Hardware installation hints; CAUTION; IC414 Windows software installation; as delivered
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 10 of 66 2. Installation This chapter describes how to install the Acqiris hardware and software for Windows 2000/XP, National Instruments LabVIEW RT, Linux, or Wind River VxWorks. NOTE: For a first time installation we strongly recommend installing the s...
Page 11 - Acqiris Software CD; Install AcqirisSoftware for Windows 2000/XP; AcqirisSoftware\Windows
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 11 of 66 The PCI-8570/PXI-8570 User's Manual (Rev. 1.00) section 2.4 contains the software installation instructions. These should be executed before allowing the hardware installation process to look for the driver. If you have an AdLink CD Version 2004A...
Page 15 - Start; Programs
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 15 of 66 10. If MATLAB is installed on your machine, you will be asked to point the installer to the MATLAB root directory. You should do this if you want the installer to modify the standard startup.m file to incorporate the Acqiris adaptor. 11. Now that...
Page 17 - A summary will be shown to allow you to check what you have asked for
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 17 of 66 15. Depending on the install type, you may be asked which LabVIEW version format you want for the LabVIEW files. Select the appropriate format and click “Next” to continue. 16. A summary will be shown to allow you to check what you have asked for
Page 20 - Click “Finish”. The software installation is now complete.
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 20 of 66 20. Setup will prepare a registration e-mail in your e-mail client application upon termination of the setup procedure. You can then decide whether or not you wish to send it. You may also add comments. Uncheck the box if you do not want to regis...
Page 21 - Installing the Software for Linux; GNU gcc; cd
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 21 of 66 2.3. Installing the Software for Linux The Acqiris Software is ready to install and run on Linux systems with any of the following: RedHat Enterprise Linux Version 3 - Kernel Version 2.4.21-4.EL RedHat Enterprise Linux Version 3 - Kernel Vers...
Page 22 - cd AcqirisLinux; lsmod; Kernel Mode Driver Compilation
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 22 of 66 acqrsPCI.o.2.4.21-4.EL for Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 acqrsPCI.ko.2.6.8-3-686 for Debian 3.1 'sarge' acqrsPCI.ko.2.6.8-24-smp for Suse 9.2 acqrsPCI.ko.2.6.9-11.EL for Scientific Linux 4.4 acqrsPCI.ko.2.6.18-4-686 for Debian 4.0 'etch' To ...
Page 23 - Special cases; Environment variables for the Firmware
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 23 of 66 2.3.2. Special cases If you are running a Linux distribution that doesn’t use the standard paths for the load scripts, you can load the driver with the command cd AcqirisLinux ./drv-install load Copy the driver to the module directory as follows:...
Page 24 - Acqiris Software; Unknown Devices; Uninstall; After Restarting; Windows XP; must
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 24 of 66 3. Turn on the power of the crate(s), if present, and then the PC and start the operating system. NOTE: Acqiris Digitizers are equipped with a LED. If this LED is not glowing orange or red when the power is applied there is a severe problem. Eith...
Page 25 - To proceed with the installation click “Next”. You should then see
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 25 of 66 To proceed with the installation click "No, not this time" and then “Next”. The following window will appear: To proceed with the installation click “Next”. You should then see
Page 26 - and then; LabVIEW RT; . This swap can be facilitated by
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 26 of 66 and then NOTE: In some systems an application program (such as AcqirisLive) will not yet work correctly at this point. One additional boot cycle may be needed if this is the first time that a hardware board is being installed. 2.6. LabVIEW RT Dur...
Page 27 - Distribution for Windows 2000/XP and Linux
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 27 of 66 using the Install VI library for LabVIEW or LabVIEW Real-Time shortcut available in the Shortcut folder under Start → Programs . There is only one Acqiris Driver. It supports all Acqiris Instruments. The instructions below concern LabVIEW RT as u...
Page 28 - Product Description; Overview
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 28 of 66 3. Product Description 3.1. Overview Controller DEMUX Acq Mem PLX PCI Interface Ext memories 8 bit SH + ADC TIMEBASE TRIGGER circuit Card Controller Thr DAC Input Signal Amplifier Trigger Signal Amplifier 8bit PCI Bus Signal Input trigger Input 5...
Page 32 - Using Probes; NOTE; Data Acquisition; Maximum
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 32 of 66 3.2.9. Using Probes The 50 Ω and 1 M Ω input impedance settings make it possible to use Acqiris digitizers with a wide variety of probes. The 50 Ω setting is most commonly used for active probes and low impedance (500 Ω ) passive probes. The 1 M ...
Page 33 - Timing; and
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 33 of 66 The * indicates a Dual Input module where there is one channel which can digitize the signal on one of the two BNC inputs 3.3.1. Sampling Rate All Acqiris digitizers contain an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) system that can sample waveforms, ...
Page 35 - trigger mode is not available.
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 35 of 66 3.4.2. Trigger Coupling Trigger coupling is used to select the coupling mode applied to the input of the trigger circuitry. Modes available include AC LF Reject and DC. The AC LF Reject mode couples signals capacitively and removes the input sign...
Page 36 - –nbrSamples * samplingInterval; Trigger Status
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 36 of 66 3.4.9. Pre- and Post-Trigger Delay To increase trigger flexibility a pre- or post-trigger delay can be applied to the trigger position. The amount of pre-trigger delay can be adjusted between 0 and 100% of the acquisition time window (i.e. sampli...
Page 37 - Internal Calibration; Programmer's Reference; ASBus; The ASBus is intended to connect modules of the; Connector Function
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 37 of 66 3.6. Internal Calibration The software drivers supplied include calibration functions for the timing, gain and offset settings, which can be executed upon user request. The digitizers are never calibrated in an “automatic” way, i.e. as a side eff...
Page 38 - Trigger Out; Frequency Counter mode
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 38 of 66 will be in the range [0 V, 0.7 V] and the high level in the range [1.7 V, 3.3 V] for HiZ. The high level output will typically give 0.8 V into 50 Ω . The I/O A or B connectors can be used for an Enable trigger input or the following output signal...
Page 39 - Model PCI
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 39 of 66 3.11. Electrical, Environmental and Physical Specifications 3.11.1. Electrical Max. Power Consumption (W) Current Requirements (A) (with Memory option) Model PCI Rev DMA Transfer Rate (MB/s) Standard WITH MEMORY OPTION +12 V +5 V +3.3 V -12 V DP1...
Page 40 - CE
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 40 of 66 3.11.2. Environmental and Physical The modules have a Declaration of Conformity according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN45014 and CE Marks of Compliance. The American Standard MIL-PRF-28800F has been used as the source for many of the characteristics...
Page 41 - Running the AcqirisLive Application; AcqirisLive; Getting Started with AcqirisLive
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 41 of 66 4. Running the AcqirisLive Application AcqirisLive is an application to control and demonstrate the capabilities of Acqiris Digitizers on a single machine. AcqirisMAQS is more advanced application offering many interesting possibilities for the c...
Page 42 - DSO TR
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 42 of 66 Other controls in the control panel allow you to select the optimal acquisition settings for your particular signal. Each of the other control panel functions will be discussed in detail in the following Control Panel Functions section. Here is a...
Page 43 - Displaying Multiple Traces; The; current channel
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 43 of 66 Oscilloscope Mode Transient Recorder Mode 4.2.2. Displaying Multiple Traces If multi-channel modules, or several single channel modules, are installed on the PCI bus, multiple waveform displays, one from each installed channel, are overlaid on th...
Page 44 - Numeric Editor; The methods to change the values are:; Keyboard shortcuts; Other shortcuts are:; Input Voltage Scale, Offset and Coupling
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 44 of 66 As an alternative to controlling the channels to be displayed from the control panel you can also control them by selecting the desired channels from the list of channel gains shown at the right hand side of the display window. Pressing the Finde...
Page 45 - Trigger; Trigger Level; Acquisition Mode
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 45 of 66 1. Clicking on the white numeric display of the voltage scale will show a pop-up list. Select the desired gain setting with the mouse pointer. 2. Clicking on the Decrement / Increment icons will step the voltage scale up or down to the next level...
Page 46 - Timebase and Memory; Sampling; Using digitizers of different models simultaneously; AcqirisLive features a single
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 46 of 66 This Acquisition section of the control panel also indicates the number of waveforms acquired per second by the digitizer. The use of each of the acquisition modes is described below. In the discussion, a valid trigger indicates a trigger signal ...
Page 47 - Segmented Memory; section of the control window and start the; Display Features, Zoom and Persistence
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 47 of 66 • In the channels list, select a channel from the fastest digitizer (that will make that digitizer the current digitizer ). • Make sure the maximum number of samples ( MAX samples in Memory panel) is large enough. • Select the desired time per di...
Page 48 - The store menu gives you two mechanisms to store waveforms.
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 48 of 66 The main display window contains a drop down selector that controls the display type for both the main display and the zoom window. There are two modes available, the Live Display, or the Persistence Display. When persistence display is selected,...
Page 51 - Available Switches; Averager Mode
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 51 of 66 4.10. Display Features Display features in the Options menu include items for • turning the waveform display off (by de-selecting “Display Waveforms”), • overlaying segments of a sequence, • connecting displayed data points, • modifying the displ...
Page 52 - -i Hardware interrupt
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 52 of 66 Buffer size Upon startup of the application, the available physical memory on the computer is checked. The total data buffer size is then limited to the available memory minus 10% of the total memory. It is also possible to limit the total data b...
Page 54 - Running the GeoMapper Application; Who needs a Geographical Map of Modules; How to run GeoMapper
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 54 of 66 5. Running the GeoMapper Application 5.1. Who needs a Geographical Map of Modules The GeoMapper application gives the user the possibility of telling the Acqiris driver crucial details of the physical position of modules when this information can...
Page 57 - Appendix A: ASBus for CompactPCI/PXI Digitizers; Specification and User Instructions
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 57 of 66 6. Appendix A: ASBus for CompactPCI/PXI Digitizers Specification and User Instructions
Page 58 - for PCI Digitizers
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 58 of 66 7. Appendix B: ASBus 2 for PCI Digitizers
Page 59 - Appendix C: XA001 Battery Backup for CompactPCI Digitizers; Specification and Assembly Instructions
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 59 of 66 8. Appendix C: XA001 Battery Backup for CompactPCI Digitizers Specification and Assembly Instructions
Page 60 - Appendix D: XA100 BNC Input Overvoltage Protection; Specifications and User Instructions
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 60 of 66 9. Appendix D: XA100 BNC Input Overvoltage Protection Specifications and User Instructions
Page 63 - Appendix G: XP103 Fan Unit for the DP Family of Modules
User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 63 of 66 12. Appendix G: XP103 Fan Unit for the DP Family of Modules Specification and Assembly Instructions
