Spectrum Brands MI.20xx Installing multiple synchronized boards

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Installing the board in the system Hardware Installation

Installing multiple synchronized boards

Hooking up the boards

Before mounting several synchronized boards for a multi channel system into the PC you can hook up the boards with the synchronization

cable first. If there is enough space in your computer’s case (e.g. a big tower case) you can also mount the boards first and hook them up

afterwards. Spectrum ships the boards together with the needed synchronization cable.

All of the possible four boards must be wired with the delivered synchronization cable. The figure is showing an example of three synchro-

nized boards.

The outer boards have a soldered termination for the sync bus. These boards are marked with an additional sticker.

Only mount the cluster of synchronized boards in a row with the dedicated boards on the outer sides.

Mounting the wired boards

Before installing the boards you first need to unscrew and remove the dedicated blind-brackets usually mounted to cover unused slots of your

PC. Please keep the screws in reach to fasten your Spectrum boards afterwards. All Spectrum boards require a full length PCI slot with a track

at the backside to guide the board by it’s retainer. Now insert the boards slowly into your computer. This is done best with one hand each

at both fronts of the board.

While inserting the boards take care not to tilt the retainers in the tracks.

Please be very carefully when inserting the boards in the PCI slots, as most of the mainboards are mounted

with spacers and therefore might be damaged if they are exposed to high preasure.

After the boards insertion fasten the screws of all brackets carefully, without overdoing. The figure shows an example of three boards with

two installed modules.

Contents

Main Page Page Page Page Introduction Preface General Information Different models of the MI.20xx series Additional options Extra I/O (Option -XMF) Extra I/O (Option -XIO) Starhub Timestamp The Spectrum type plate Introduction Hardware information (c) Spectrum GmbH 11 Hardware information Block diagram Technical Data 12 MI.20xx Manual Hardware information Introduction Dynamic Parameters Order information Hardware Installation System Requirements Warnings ESD Precautions Cooling Precautions Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs Installing a board with extra I/O (Option -XMF) Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub Installing multiple synchronized boards Software Driver Installation Interrupt Sharing Windows 98 Page Windows 2000 Page Windows XP Page Windows NT Adding boards to the Windows NT driver Linux Overview Page Software Software Overview First Test with SBench C/C++ Driver Interface Header files Microsoft Visual C++ Linux Gnu C Other Windows C/C++ compilers National Instruments LabWindows/CVI Page Page Delphi (Pascal) Programming Interface Type definition Include Driver Examples Page Visual Basic Programming Interface Include Driver Visual Basic Examples VBA for Excel Examples Page Programming the Board Register tables Programming examples Error handling Initialization Starting the automatic initialization routine PCI Register Hardware version Date of production Serial number Maximum possible sample rate Installed memory Installed features and options Used interrupt line Used type of driver Powerdown and reset Analog Inputs Channel Selection Important note on channels selection Setting up the inputs Input ranges Input offset Input termination Automatical adjustment of the offset settings Standard acquisition modes General Information Programming Memory, Pre- and Posttrigger Starting without interrupt (classic mode) Starting with interrupt driven mode Data organization Sample format Reading out the data with SpcGetData Page FIFO Mode General Information Background FIFO Read Speed Limitations Programming Software Buffers Buffer processing FIFO mode Example FIFO acquisition mode Data organization Sample format Clock generation Internally generated sample rate Standard internal sample rate Using plain quartz with no PLL External reference clock External clocking Direct external clock Page External clock with divider Trigger modes and appendant registers General Description Software trigger External TTL trigger Edge triggers Pulsewidth triggers Page Channel Trigger Overview of the channel trigger registers Triggerlevel Page Detailed description of the channel trigger modes Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Option Multiple Recording Recording modes Standard Mode FIFO Mode Trigger modes Trigger modes Option Multiple Recording Resulting start delays Option Gated Sampling Recording modes Standard Mode FIFO Mode Trigger modes Allowed trigger modes Example program Option Timestamp General information Timestamp modes Standard mode StartReset mode Timestamp Status Reading out timestamp data Functions for accessing the data Data format Option Timestamp Example programs Example programs Standard acquisition mode Acquisition with Multiple Recording Option Extra I/O Digital I/Os Channel direction Transfer Data Analog Outputs Programming example Synchronization (Option) The different synchronization options Synchronization with option cascading Synchronization with option starhub The setup order for the different synchronization options Setup Order for use with standard (non FIFO) mode and equally clocked boards Page Page Page Setup synchronization for use with FIFO mode and equally clocked boards Page Additions for synchronizing different boards SumSampleRateNSampleRate=NActChPerModuleN SyncSpeed Page Additions for equal boards with different sample rates Resulting delays using different boards or speeds = ResultingDelay ClockMasterDelay ClockSlaveDelayN 94 MI.20xx Manual Appendix Error Codes Pin assignment of the multipin connector Extra I/O with external connector(Option -XMF) Pin assignment of the multipin cable Pin assignment of the internal multipin connector Extra I/O with internal connector (Option -XIO)