Page 3 - Important Information
Important Information Warranty The NI 8171 series of embedded PXI computers are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from thedate of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equip...
Page 4 - Compliance; FCC/Canada Radio Frequency Interference Compliance*; Determining FCC Class; Class A; Class B
Compliance FCC/Canada Radio Frequency Interference Compliance* Determining FCC Class The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rules to protect wireless communications from interference. The FCCplaces digital electronics into two classes. These classes are known as Class A (for use in industri...
Page 5 - Compliance to EU Directives
Canadian Department of Communications This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. Compliance to EU Directives R...
Page 6 - Contents; About This Manual
© National Instruments Corporation vii NI 8171 Series User Manual Contents About This Manual How to Use the Documentation Set ............................................................................... xiConventions ...................................................................................
Page 8 - Glossary
Contents © National Instruments Corporation ix NI 8171 Series User Manual Appendix ASpecifications Appendix BTechnical Support Resources Glossary Index
Page 9 - How to Use the Documentation Set; Conventions
© National Instruments Corporation xi NI 8171 Series User Manual About This Manual This manual contains detailed instructions for installing and configuringyour National Instruments NI 8171 series embedded computer kit. TheNI 8171 series includes the NI 8176, NI 8175, and NI 8174 embedded PXIcompute...
Page 10 - Related Documentation
About This Manual NI 8171 Series User Manual xii ni.com Related Documentation The following documents contain information you may find helpful as youread this manual: • PICMG 2.0 R2.1 CompactPCI Specification , PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group • IEEE Standard P1284.1-1997 (C/MM) Standard...
Page 11 - Introduction; Benefits of PXI; Description
© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual 1 Introduction Benefits of PXI The PXIbus specification defines a compact modular PC platform forindustrial instrumentation. PXI leverages the PCI bus, which is the de facto standard for today’s desktop computer software and hardware ...
Page 12 - Modules
Chapter 1 Introduction NI 8171 Series User Manual 1-2 ni.com Modules The NI 8171 series includes three configurations: the NI 8176, NI 8175,and NI 8174. All three modules have a standard I/O set, and some modules includeadditional I/O connections. The standard I/O on all modules includes video,RS-23...
Page 15 - National Instruments Software
Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporation 1-5 NI 8171 Series User Manual National Instruments Software National Instruments has developed several software kits you can use withthe NI 8171 series. The software is already installed on your hard drive. NI-DAQ has an extensive library of...
Page 17 - Installation and Configuration; Installing the NI 8171 Series
© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual 2 Installation and Configuration This chapter contains information about installing and configuring yourNI 8171 series controller. Installing the NI 8171 Series This section contains general installation instructions for the NI 8171se...
Page 19 - How to Remove the Controller from the PXI Chassis; BIOS Setup; Entering BIOS Setup
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 NI 8171 Series User Manual How to Remove the Controller from the PXI Chassis The NI 8171 series controllers are designed for easy handling. To removethe unit from the PXI chassis: 1. Turn off power. 2. Remove the bracket...
Page 20 - Main Setup Menu
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration NI 8171 Series User Manual 2-4 ni.com • Up Arrow, Down Arrow —Use these keys to move between the options within a setup menu. (To use the arrows on the numerickeypad, you must turn off Num Lock.) • <Enter> —Use this key to either enter a submenu or disp...
Page 22 - Integrated Peripherals Submenu
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration NI 8171 Series User Manual 2-6 ni.com of supporting two ATA devices (Master and Slave). Use this setting todisable one or more of these integrated channels. You should modifythis setting only if specified in other sections of this manual. Thedefault is Both ....
Page 23 - PXI Setup Menu
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-7 NI 8171 Series User Manual specialized external floppy drive. Normally, using a Universal SerialBus (USB) floppy drive is preferable to this option, which requires aspecially designed drive and cable. (See the Parallel P...
Page 24 - Security Setup Menu; Boot Setup Menu
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration NI 8171 Series User Manual 2-8 ni.com Security Setup Menu Use this menu to apply system-level passwords to the NI 8171 seriescontroller. With these passwords, you can restrict access to the BIOS setupprogram, floppy drives, and operating systems installed on ...
Page 25 - Exiting BIOS Setup
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-9 NI 8171 Series User Manual • Hard Drive —The boot list includes all IDE/ATA hard disks detected on the system. Press <Enter> on this entry to expand it to select theboot priority of individual IDE/ATA hard drives. ...
Page 27 - LCD Display
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-11 NI 8171 Series User Manual Using the Controllers with PXI-1020 andPXI-1025 Chassis The NI 8176 and NI 8175 controllers interface directly to the NationalInstruments PXI-1020 and PXI-1025 chassis. The interface containss...
Page 28 - Chassis Mouse and Keyboard; Drivers and Software; Files and Directories Installed on Your Hard Drive
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration NI 8171 Series User Manual 2-12 ni.com Chassis Mouse and Keyboard The PXI-1020 has an integrated PS/2 mouse. The PXI-1025 has anintegrated PS/2 keyboard and mouse. To simplify configuration for thesechassis, the NI 8171 series includes an internal USB-to-PS/2...
Page 29 - PXI Features; PXI Trigger Connectivity; Upgrading RAM
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-13 NI 8171 Series User Manual PXI Features PXI Trigger Connectivity The SMB connector on the NI 8171 series front panel can connect to orfrom any PXI backplane trigger line through software. A trigger allocationprocess is ...
Page 30 - Hard Drive Recovery; Recovery from a CD-ROM
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration NI 8171 Series User Manual 2-14 ni.com Figure 2-3. Installing a SO-DIMM in an NI 8171 Series Controller Hard Drive Recovery The NI 8171 series controllers include a recovery CD. There are twomethods for recovering the hard disk to its original state. Recovery...
Page 31 - Recovery from a Network; Installing an OS; Installing from a CD-ROM
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-15 NI 8171 Series User Manual 3. The BIOS boots from CD-ROM drive. Follow the prompts to recoverthe hard drive. Note Not all CD-ROMs are bootable with the NI 8171 series controllers. For a complete list of USB CD-ROM drive...
Page 32 - Installing from a Network
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration NI 8171 Series User Manual 2-16 ni.com Installing from a Network To install an OS from a network: 1. Create a DOS boot disk with network support. (The DOS networkdrivers and a network boot disk example are on the recovery CD.) 2. Use another PC on the network...
Page 33 - Front Panel Connectors
© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual 3 I/O Information Front Panel Connectors Table 3-1 lists various peripherals and their corresponding NI 8171 seriesexternal connectors, bus interfaces, and functions. Note In this chapter, the NI 8176 is shown in all illustrations. Th...
Page 39 - Universal Serial Bus
Chapter 3 I/O Information © National Instruments Corporation 3-7 NI 8171 Series User Manual Universal Serial Bus Figure 3-5 shows the location and pinouts for the Universal Serial Bus(USB) connector on the NI 8171 series. Table 3-6 lists and describes theUSB connector signals. AMP manufactures a USB...
Page 41 - Trigger
Chapter 3 I/O Information © National Instruments Corporation 3-9 NI 8171 Series User Manual Trigger The TRG connector is the software-controlled trigger connection forrouting PXI triggers to or from the backplane trigger bus. Figure 3-7 shows the TRG connector location on the NI 8171 series.Table 3-...
Page 43 - Front Panel Features; Data Storage
Chapter 3 I/O Information © National Instruments Corporation 3-11 NI 8171 Series User Manual Front Panel Features The NI 8171 series has the following front-panel features: • A system reset pushbutton (hold the button for at least 2 seconds togenerate a reset to the controller) • Two front-panel LED...
Page 45 - Common Configuration Questions; General Questions; Boot Options
© National Instruments Corporation 4-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual 4 Common Configuration Questions This chapter answers common configuration questions you may have whenusing the NI 8171 series embedded controller. General Questions What do the LEDs on the NI 8171 series front panel mean? The green L...
Page 46 - Cables and Connections
Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions NI 8171 Series User Manual 4-2 ni.com • An external USB mass storage device such as a USB hard drive orCD-ROM. • An external USB floppy drive. Note There are some limitations when booting from a USB device. Windows does not support booting from USB devices. T...
Page 47 - Operating System and Software Driver Installation
Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 NI 8171 Series User Manual What if I don’t have a Y-splitter cable? Can I still use a mouse andkeyboard? If you do not have a Y-splitter cable, plug a PS/2 keyboard into the PS/2combo connector. However, you cannot use a...
Page 48 - Recovery from a CD-ROM Drive
Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions NI 8171 Series User Manual 4-4 ni.com • SCSI, LPT, or PC card-based CD-ROM —Other types of CD-ROM drives are available. Check with the vendor to make sureWindows 2000 supports the drive. • Mapped network drive —You can use the Ethernet to connect to another c...
Page 49 - Chassis Configuration
Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions © National Instruments Corporation 4-5 NI 8171 Series User Manual 4. Map the shared CD-ROM drive to K: . 5. Run k:\recover.bat . Follow the prompts to recover the hard drive. Chassis Configuration How do I set up the NI 8171 series to work with a PXI-1020 orP...
Page 50 - Upgrade Information
Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions NI 8171 Series User Manual 4-6 ni.com Chassis Mouse and Keyboard The PXI-1020 has an integrated PS/2 mouse. The PXI-1025 has anintegrated PS/2 keyboard and mouse. To simplify the configuration forthese chassis, the NI 8171 series includes an internal USB-to-P...
Page 52 - Windows NT4 Issues; PXI Configuration
Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions NI 8171 Series User Manual 4-8 ni.com The LPT port on the NI 8171 series can also be configured through theBIOS setup for floppy signals instead of LPT signals. See Chapter 3, I/O Information , for the floppy drive pinout. Windows NT4 Issues Does Windows NT4 ...
Page 53 - Troubleshooting
© National Instruments Corporation 5-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual 5 Troubleshooting This chapter answers common troubleshooting questions you may havewhen using the NI 8171 series embedded computer. What if the NI 8171 series does not boot? Several problems can cause a controller not to boot. Here a...
Page 56 - Specifications; Electrical
© National Instruments Corporation A-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual A Specifications This appendix lists the electrical, mechanical, and environmentalspecifications of the NI 8171 series embedded computers. NI 8176 Electrical Physical Board dimensions................................... PXI 3U-size mod...
Page 57 - Environmental
Appendix A Specifications NI 8171 Series User Manual A-2 ni.com Environmental Temperature ............................................0 ° to 50 ° C operating –20 ° to 65 ° C storage Relative humidity ...................................10% to 90% noncondensing, operating5% to 95%noncondensing, storag...
Page 58 - Physical
Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-3 NI 8171 Series User Manual Physical Board dimensions................................... PXI 3U-size module 8.1 by 13 by 21.6 cm(3.2 by 5.1 by 8.5 in.) Slot requirements ................................... One system slot plus three con...
Page 61 - Technical Support Resources; Web Support; Customer Education; System Integration
© National Instruments Corporation B-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual B Technical Support Resources Web Support National Instruments Web support is your first stop for help in solvinginstallation, configuration, and application problems and questions. Onlineproblem-solving and diagnostic resources inclu...
Page 62 - Worldwide Support
Appendix B Technical Support Resources NI 8171 Series User Manual B-2 ni.com Worldwide Support National Instruments has offices located around the world to help addressyour support needs. You can access our branch office Web sites from theWorldwide Offices section of ni.com . Branch office Web sites...
Page 63 - Symbols
© National Instruments Corporation G-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual Glossary Prefix Meaning Value n- nano- 10 – 9 µ- micro- 10 – 6 m- milli- 10 – 3 k- kilo- 10 3 M- mega- 10 6 G- giga- 10 9 t- tera- 10 12 Symbols ° degrees Ω ohms % percent A A amperes AC Alternating Current ASIC application-specific i...
Page 69 - Index
© National Instruments Corporation I-1 NI 8171 Series User Manual Index A Advanced Setup menu, 2-5 B BIOS checking settings, 4-1flashing new BIOS, 4-7power loss during update, 5-3setup Advanced Setup menu, 2-5Boot Setup menu, 2-8DMI Event Logging menu, 2-5entering, 2-3Exiting BIOS Setup menu, 2-9Int...
