Windows XP | Spectrum Brands MI.61XX specification

Windows XP	Software Driver Installation

Windows XP

Installation

When installing the board in a Windows XP system the Spectrum board will be rec- ognized automatically on the next start-up.

The system offers the direct installation of a driver for the board.

Do not let Windows automatically search for the best driver, becau- se sometimes the driver will not be found on the CD. Please take the option of choosing a manual installation path instead.

Allow Windows XP to search for the most suitable driver in a specific directory. Se- lect the CD that was delivered with the board as installation source. The driver files are located on CD in the directory \Driver\Win98_2k_XP.

The hardware assistant shows you the exact board type that has been found like the MI.3020 in the example. Older boards (before june 2004) show „Spectrum Board“ instead.

The drivers can be used directly after installation. It is not necessary to restart the system. The installed drivers are linked in the device manager.

Below you’ll see how to examine the driver version and how to update the driver with a newer version.

Version control

If you want to check which driver version is installed in the system this can be easily done in the device manager. Therefore please start the device manager from the control panel and show the properties of the installed driver.

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Spectrum Brands MI.61XX manual Windows XP

Contents

MI.61xx English version October 5Page Introduction Hardware InstallationSoftware Driver Installation Software Analog Outputs Fifo ModeProgramming the Board Standard generation modes Synchronization Option Option Gated ReplayOption Extra I/O Appendix General Information IntroductionPreface Preface MI.6110 MI.6111 Different models of the MI.61xx seriesIntroduction Extra I/O Option -XMF Additional optionsExtra I/O Option -XIO Starhub Introduction Additional options Spectrum type plate Block diagram Technical Data Hardware information Hardware informationIntroduction Dynamic ParametersOrder information Filter Installing the board in the system Hardware InstallationSystem Requirements Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs Installing a board with extra I/O Option -XMF Hooking up the boards Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhubMounting the wired boards Only use the included flat ribbon cables Installing multiple synchronized boards Software Driver Installation Software Driver InstallationInterrupt Sharing Windows InstallationVersion control Driver Update Windows Software Driver Installation Windows Windows XP Windows XP Windows NT Adding boards to the Windows NT driver Linux Overview Driver info Installing the deviceNow it is possible to access the board using this device Automatic load of the driver First Test with SBench SoftwareSoftware Overview Software Microsoft Visual C++ ++ Driver InterfaceHeader files Linux Gnu C Driver functions Other Windows C/C++ compilersNational Instruments LabWindows/CVI Include Drivers Function SpcSetData Windows Function SpcSetParamFunction SpcSetParam Function SpcGetData Spectrum GmbH Include Driver Delphi Pascal Programming InterfaceType definition Examples Delphi Pascal Programming Interface Visual Basic Examples Visual Basic Programming InterfaceVBA for Excel Examples Visual Basic Programming Interface Overview Error handlingProgramming the Board Register tables Starting the automatic initialization routine Example for error checkingInitialization PCI Register Date of production Installed memoryHardware version Serial number Used type of driver Installed features and optionsUsed interrupt line Driver version Spcpcimemsize Powerdown and resetExample program for the board initialization Spcpciserialno Important note on channels selection Analog OutputsChannel Selection Disabling the outputs Output offset Setting up the outputsOutput Amplifiers Register Value Direction Description Amplitude range Maximum Output Range Filter SpecificationsOutput Filters General description Standard generation modesProgramming Maximum posttrigger in MSamples Standard generation modes ProgrammingMaximum memsize Minimum and stepsize of memsize and posttrigger in samples Command register Starting without interrupt classic modeStarting with interrupt driven mode ProgrammingStandard generation modes Value ’start’ as a 32 bit integer value Data organizationWriting data with SpcSetData Value ’len’ as a 32 bit integer value Bit Standard Mode Standard modeSample format Background Fifo Write Fifo ModeGeneral Information Speed Limitations Theoretical maximum sample rate PCI Bus Throughput Programming Fifo ModeSoftware Buffers 60040 Read out the number of available Fifo buffers Analog acquisition or generation boards Fifo Mode ProgrammingBuffer processing Digital I/O 701x or 702x or pattern generator boards Spcfifostart Example Fifo generation mode== Maxbuf Spcfifowait Programming Internally generated sample rate Clock generationStandard internal sample rate External reference clock Using plain quartz with no PLLExternal clocking Minimum external sample rate Direct external clockMaximum external samplerate in MS/s Example External clock with dividerCHANNEL0 CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 CHANNEL3 Software trigger Example for setting up the software triggerTrigger modes and appendant registers External TTL trigger Trigger modes and appendant registers Example on how to set up the board for positive TTL triggerEdge triggers Positive TTL trigger Positive and negative TTL trigger Output modes Standard ModeOption Multiple Replay Trigger modes Resulting start delays Trigger modes Option Multiple Replay Option Gated Replay General information and trigger delayOption Gated Replay Value Direction Description External TTL edge trigger Example programAllowed trigger modes Spctriggermode Tmttlpos Channel direction Option Extra I/ODigital I/Os Transfer Data Programming example Analog OutputsAnalog Outputs Option Extra I/O Synchronization with option cascading Synchronization OptionDifferent synchronization options Synchronization with option starhub Example of board setup for three boards Setup order for the different synchronization optionsSet up the board parameters Write Data to on-board memory output boards only 3a Define synchronization or trigger Define the boards for trigger masterExample of board #2 set as trigger master Define the remaining boards as trigger slaves Define the remaining boards as clock slaves Define the board for clock masterExample board number 0 is clock master Arm the boards for synchronization Read data from the on-board memory acquisition boards only Start all of the trigger master boardsWait for the end of the measurement Example for data reading Spcsyncmasterfifo Allocate the Fifo software buffers2a Write first data for output boards Spcsyncslavefifo As trigger slaves Calculating the clock dividers Additions for synchronizing different boardsGeneral information 20xx 30xx 31xx 40xx 45xx 60xx 61xx 70xx 72xx 40 MS/s Setting up the clock dividerBoard type 3122 3120 Board type 3025 3131 Delay in Fifo mode Resulting delays using different boards or speedsDelay in standard non Fifo modes Additions for equal boards with different sample rates Appendix Error CodesError name Value hex Value dec Error description Appendix Extra I/O with external connectorOption -XMF Pin assignment of the multipin connectorPin assignment of the multipin cable D14 D12 D10 Pin assignment of the internal multipin connectorExtra I/O with internal connector Option -XIO D15 D13 D11