Spectrum Brands MI.61XX Windows NT

24 MI.61xx Manual

Windows NT Software Driver Installation

Windows NT

Installation

Under Windows NT the

Spectrum driver must be in-

stalled manually. The driver is

found on CD in the directory

\Install\WinNTDrv. Please

start the „Setup.exe“ pro-

gram. The installation is per-

formed totally automatically,

simply click on the „Next“

button. After installtion the sy-

stem must be rebooted once

(see picture on the right side).

The driver is install to support

one PCI/PXI or CompactPCI

device. If more boards are installed in the system the configuration of the driver has to be changed. Please see the following chapter for this

topic.

Adding boards to the Windows NT driver

The Windows NT driver

must be configured by the

Driver Configuration utility

to support more than one

board. The Driver Configu-

ration utility is automatical-

ly installed with the driver.

The Utility can be found in

the start menu as „DrvCon-

fig“.

To add a new card please follow these steps:

• Increase the board number on top of the screen by pressing the right button

• Change the board type from „Not Installed“ to „PCI Board“

• Press the „Apply changes“ button

• Press the „OK“ button

• Restart the system

Driver - Update

If a new driver version should be installed no Spectrum board is allowed to be in use by any software. So please stop and exit all software

that could access the boards.

When updating a system please simply execute the setup file of the new driver version. Afterwards the system has to be rebooted. The driver

configuration is not changed.

Contents

Main Page Page Page Page Introduction Preface General Information Page Additional options Extra I/O (Option -XMF) Extra I/O (Option -XIO) Starhub The Spectrum type plate Introduction Hardware information (c) Spectrum GmbH 11 Hardware information Block diagram Technical Data 12 MI.61xx 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 Outputs Channel Selection Important note on channels selection Disabling the outputs Setting up the outputs Output Amplifiers Output offset Maximum Output Range Output Filters Standard generation modes General description Singleshot mode Continuous Mode Posttrigger Mode Page Starting without interrupt (classic mode) Starting with interrupt driven mode Data organization Writing data with SpcSetData Sample format FIFO Mode General Information Background FIFO Write Speed Limitations Programming Software Buffers Buffer processing FIFO mode Example FIFO generation 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 External clock with divider Trigger modes and appendant registers General Description Software trigger External TTL trigger Edge triggers Page Option Multiple Replay Output modes Standard Mode FIFO Mode Trigger modes Trigger modes Option Multiple Replay Resulting start delays Option Gated Replay Output modes Standard Mode FIFO Mode Trigger modes Example program 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------= ClockDivider SyncSpeed SampleRateNActChPerModuleN Page Additions for equal boards with different sample rates Resulting delays using different boards or speeds = ResultingDelay ClockMasterDelay ClockSlaveDelayN Appendix Error Codes 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)