Driver Update | Spectrum Brands MC.31XX manual

Windows 98	Software Driver Installation

After clicking the driver info button the detailed version information of the driver is shown. In the case of a support question this information must be presented together with the board’s serial number to the support team to help finding a fast solution.

Driver - Update

If a new driver version is to be installed no Spectrum board should be in use. So please stop and exit all software that could access the boards. New drivers are available at http://www.spectrum-instrumentation.com. After down loading the driver unzip it to a temporary folder.

A new driver version is directly in- stalled from the device manager. Therefore please open the properties page of the driver as shown in the section before. As next step click on the update driver button and follow the steps of the driver installation in a similar way to the previous board and driver installation.

Please select the path where the new driver version was unzipped to. If you’ve got the new driver version on CD please select the \Driver\Win98_2k_XP path on the CD containing the new driver ver- sion.

The new driver version can be used directly after installation without restarting the system.

Please keep in mind to update the driver of all installed Spectrum boards.

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Spectrum Brands MC.31XX manual Driver Update

Contents

MC.31xx English version April 27Page Hardware Installation Software Driver InstallationIntroduction Software Fifo Mode Programming the BoardAnalog Inputs Standard acquisition modes Option Multiple Recording Option Gated SamplingOption Timestamp Option Extra I/O Introduction PrefaceGeneral Information Preface Introduction Different models of the MC.31xx seriesMC.3110 MC.3120 MC.3130 MC.3111 MC.3121 MC.3131 MC.3112 MC.3122 MC.3132 Additional options Digital inputsExtra I/O Option -XMF Introduction Additional options Starhub Timestamp Spectrum type plate Block diagram Technical Data Hardware information Dynamic Parameters Order informationIntroductionHardware information Order No Description System Requirements Hardware InstallationInstalling the board in the system Hardware Installation Installing a board with digital inputs/outputsInstalling a board with extra I/O Option -XMF Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub Mounting the wired boardsHooking up the boards Only use the included flat ribbon cables Installing multiple synchronized boards Interrupt Sharing Software Driver InstallationInterrupt Sharing Installation Software Driver Installation WindowsWindows Version control Driver Update Windows Driver Update Software Driver Installation Windows XP Windows XP Adding boards to the Windows NT driver Software Driver Installation Windows NTWindows NT Linux Overview Installing the device Now it is possible to access the board using this deviceDriver info Automatic load of the driver Software Software OverviewFirst Test with SBench Software Overview ++ Driver Interface Header filesMicrosoft Visual C++ Borland C++ Builder Other Windows C/C++ compilers National Instruments LabWindows/CVIDriver functions Include Drivers Software ++ Driver Interface Using the Driver under Linux Function SpcSetParamFunction SpcSetParam Function SpcSetData Windows Delphi Pascal Programming Interface Type definitionInclude Driver Examples Software VBA for Excel Examples Visual Basic Programming InterfaceVisual Basic Examples Visual Basic Programming Interface Error handling Programming the BoardOverview Register tables Example for error checking InitializationStarting the automatic initialization routine PCI Register Installed memory Installed features and optionsHardware version Date of production Used interrupt line Used type of driverProgramming the Board Initialization Driver version Powerdown and reset Example program for the board initializationSpcpcimemsize Spcpciserialno Analog Inputs Channel SelectionImportant note on channels selection Analog Inputs Channel rerouting Rerouting information for moduleSPCCHROUTE0 SPCCHROUTE1 Setting up the inputs Input ranges Input offset Register Value Direction Description Offset range Input termination Automatical adjustment of the offset settingsOverrange bit Spcadjautoadj Adjall Spcadjsave ADJUSER0 Standard acquisition modes ProgrammingMemory, Pre- and Posttrigger Pretrigger = memsize posttrigger Starting without interrupt classic mode Command registerMaximum posttrigger in MSamples Minimum memsize and posttrigger in samples Status register Starting with interrupt driven modeStandard acquisition modes Programming Normal mode Fast 8 bit mode201100 Enables the fast 8 bit mode Data organization Standard mode Reading out the data with SpcGetDataValue ’start’ as a 32 bit integer value Value ’len’ as a 32 bit integer value Programming Fifo Mode General InformationBackground Fifo Read Speed Limitations Programming Fifo Mode Software BuffersTheoretical maximum sample rate PCI Bus Throughput 60040 Read out the number of available Fifo buffers Fifo Mode Programming Buffer processingAnalog acquisition or generation boards Digital I/O 701x or 702x or pattern generator boards Example Fifo acquisition mode Fifo acquisition exampleSpcfifostart Spcfifowait Sample format Standard internal sample rate Clock generationInternally generated sample rate Using plain quartz without PLL Maximum internal sample rate in MS/s normal modeExternal reference clock Clock generation External clocking Direct external clockMinimum external sample rate Maximum external samplerate in MS/s Fifo External clock with dividerCHANNEL0 CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 CHANNEL3 Trigger modes and appendant registers General DescriptionSoftware trigger External TTL trigger Example on how to set up the board for positive TTL trigger Edge triggersTrigger modes and appendant registers Positive TTL trigger Pulsewidth triggers Positive and negative TTL triggerTTL pulsewidth trigger for long High pulses TTL pulsewidth trigger for short High pulses TTL pulsewidth trigger for long LOW pulses TTL pulsewidth trigger for short LOW pulsesSpctriggermode Tmttlhighlp Spcpulsewidth Channel Trigger Overview of the channel trigger registersSpctriggermode Tmchannel Tmchxoff Triggerlevel Spctriggermode TmchorSPCTRIGGERMODE0 Tmchxoff SPCTRIGGERMODE2 Tmchxoff Reading out the number of possible trigger levels SPCTRIGGERMODE0 TmchxposSPCHIGHLEVEL0 Input ranges Triggerlevel ±50 mV ±100 mV ±200 mV ±500 mV Detailed description of the channel trigger modes Channel trigger on positive edgeChannel trigger on negative edge Channel trigger on positive and negative edge Channel pulsewidth trigger for long positive pulses Channel pulsewidth trigger for long negative pulses Tmchxposgsp Channel pulsewidth trigger for short positive pulsesChannel pulsewidth trigger for short negative pulses Channel steepness trigger for flat positive pulses Channel steepness trigger for flat negative pulses Channel steepness trigger for steep positive pulses Channel steepness trigger for steep negative pulses Channel window trigger for entering signals Channel window trigger for leaving signals Channel window trigger for long inner signals Channel window trigger for long outer signals Channel window trigger for short inner signals Channel window trigger for short outer signals Standard Mode When using Multiple Recording pretrigger is not availableOption Multiple Recording Recording modes Resulting start delays Trigger modesOption Multiple RecordingSpcmemsize Spctriggermode General information and trigger delay Option Gated SamplingOption Gated Sampling Spcgate End of gate alignement Alignement samples per channel Number of samples on gate signal Allowed trigger modesOption Gated SamplingTrigger modes External TTL edge trigger Example program Example program Option Gated SamplingChannel trigger Spctriggermode Tmttlpos StartReset mode Option TimestampTimestamp modes Limits RefClock mode optional Functions for accessing the dataTimestamp Status Reading out timestamp data Spctimestampcount Data formatSpcGetData nr, ch, start, len, data Acquisition with Multiple Recording Standard acquisition modeExample programs Option Extra I/O Digital I/OsAnalog Outputs Channel direction Programming example Programming example Option Extra I/O Bit Standard Mode Digital Inputs enabled Option Digital inputsSample format Spcreaddigital Synchronization Option Different synchronization optionsSynchronization with option cascading Synchronization with option starhub Setup order for the different synchronization options Set up the board parametersLet the master calculate it’s clocking Write Data to on-board memory output boards only Example for data writing Define the boards for trigger masterExample of board #2 set as trigger master 4a Define synchronization or trigger Define the board for clock master Example board number 0 is clock masterDefine the remaining boards as clock slaves Arm the boards for synchronization Start all of the trigger master boards Wait for the end of the measurementRead data from the on-board memory acquisition boards only Restarting the board for another synchronized run Example of Fifo buffer allocation 2a Write first data for output boardsSpcsyncmasterfifo Spcsyncslavefifo Additions for synchronizing different boards General information Calculating the clock dividers 20xx 30xx 31xx 40xx 45xx 60xx 61xx 70xx 72xx Setting up the clock divider Board type 3122 312040 MS/s Board type 3025 3131 Resulting delays using different boards or speeds Delay in standard non Fifo modesDelay in Fifo mode Additions for equal boards with different sample rates Error Codes Error CodesError name Value hex Value dec Error description Appendix Option Digital inputs Pin assignment of the multipin connectorExtra I/O with external connectorOption -XMF Pin assignment of the multipin cable