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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 ............................................................

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 ...

© 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...

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...

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...

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...

© 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

© 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...

© 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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

© 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...

© 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...

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...

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...

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...

© 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 ...

© 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...

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...

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 ...

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.

© 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 R...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

© 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...

© 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...

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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 ...

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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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 ...