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Chapter 4 Programming Guide4.1 Overview
The PCI-1718 cards are delivered with an easy-to-use 32-bit Device
Driver for user programming under the Windows 98/2000/XP operating
systems.
At the Windows driver level, PCI-1718 cards are fully compatible with
the PCL-818 series so you can easily use older applications of the PCL-
818 series with PCI-1718 cards.We also advise users to program the PCI-
1718 cards using the 32-bit Device Drivers provided by Advantech to
avoid the complexity of low- level registry programming.
4.2 Programming with the Driver
Your program can perform A/D by writing all the I/O port instructions
directly, or you can take advantage of the PCI-1718 driver. We suggest
that you make use of the driver functions in your program. This will make
you programming job easier and improve your program’s performance.
See the Software Driver User’s Manual for more information.
Start/Advantech Automation/Device Manager/Device Driver’s Manual
4.3 Register Programming.
The most important consideration in programming the PCI-1718 cards at
register level is to understand the function of the card's registers and the
process of programming. The information in the following sections is
provided only for users who would like to do their own low- level pro-
gramming.
Without the driver you would do the following: perform software trigger,
pacer trigger with interrupt, pacer trigger with interrupt and FIFO, and
program a controlled data transfer.