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Introduction....................................................................................................................... 6
Preface............................................................................................................................................................................... 6
General Information.............................................. ............................................................................................................... 6
Different models of the MC.31xx series................................................................................................................................... 7
Additional options................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Digital inputs.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Extra I/O (Option -XMF).................................................................................................................................................. 9
Starhub....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Timestamp................................................................................................................................................................... 10
The Spectrum type plate...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Hardware information......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Block diagram.............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Dynamic Parameters..................................................................................................................................................... 13
Order information......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................... 14
System Requirements.. ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
Warnings.......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
ESD Precautions........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Cooling Precautions...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Sources of noise........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Installing the board in the system.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Installing a single board without any options.................................................................................................................... 14
Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs.................................................................................................................... 15
Installing a board with extra I/O (Option -XMF)............................................................................................................... 15
Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub............................................................................................................ 16
Installing multiple synchronized boards................................................................................ ........................................... 17
Software Driver Installation............................................................................................. 18
Interrupt Sharing................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Windows 98..................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Installation................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Version control............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Windows 2000................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Installation................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Version control............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Windows XP...................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Installation................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Version control............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 24
Windows NT..................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Installation................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Adding boards to the Windows NT driver....................................................................................................................... 25
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 25
Linux................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Overview................................................................................................... ................................................................. 26
Installation................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Software....................................................... .................................................................. 28
Software Overview............................................................................................................................................................. 28
First Test with SBench.......................................................................................................................................................... 28
C/C++ Driver Interface....................................................................................................................................................... 29
Header files................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Microsoft Visual C++.................................................................................................................................................... 29
Borland C++ Builder..................................................................................................................................................... 29
Linux Gnu C................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Other Windows C/C++ compilers.................... ............................................................................................................. 30
National Instruments LabWindows/CVI........................................................................................................................... 30
Driver functions............................................................................................................................................................ 30
Delphi (Pascal) Programming Interface.................................................................................................................................. 32
Type definition............................................................................................................................................................. 32
Include Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 32
Examples..................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Driver functions............................................................................................................................................................ 32
Visual Basic Programming Interface...................................................................................................................................... 34
Include Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 34
Visual Basic Examples................................................................................................................................................... 34
VBA for Excel Examples......................................................... ....................................................................................... 34
Driver functions............................................................................................................................................................ 34