National Instruments AT-GPIB/TNT User manual

Getting Started with Your AT-GPIB/TNT and

the NI-488.2™Software for DOS

Graphics Applications

September 1994 Edition

Part Number 370879A-01

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Limited Warranty

The AT-GPIB/TNT and AT-GPIB hardware are warranted against defects in materials

and workmanship for a period of two years from the date of shipment, as evidenced by

receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace

equipment that proves to be defective during the warranty period. This warranty includes

parts and labor.

The media on which you receive National Instruments software are warranted not to fail

to execute programming instructions, due to defects in materials and workmanship, for a

period of 90 days from date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other

documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace software media

that do not execute programming instructions if National Instruments receives notice of

such defects during the warranty period. National Instruments does not warrant that the

operation of the software shall be uninterrupted or error free.

A Return Material Authorization (RMA) number must be obtained from the factory and

clearly marked on the outside of the package before any equipment will be accepted for

warranty work. National Instruments will pay the shipping costs of returning to the

owner parts which are covered by warranty.

National Instruments believes that the information in this manual is accurate. The

document has been carefully reviewed for technical accuracy. In the event that technical

or typographical errors exist, National Instruments reserves the right to make changes to

subsequent editions of this document without prior notice to holders of this edition. The

reader should consult National Instruments if errors are suspected. In no event shall

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or the information contained in it.

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Any action against National Instruments must be brought within one year after the cause

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due to causes beyond its reasonable control. The warranty provided herein does not

cover damages, defects, malfunctions, or service failures caused by owner's failure to

follow the National Instruments installation, operation, or maintenance instructions;

owner's modification of the product; owner's abuse, misuse, or negligent acts; and power

failure or surges, fire, flood, accident, actions of third parties, or other events outside

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consent of National Instruments Corporation.

Trademarks

NAT4882®, NI-488®,Turbo488®, NI-488.2™, and TNT4882C™are trademarks of

National Instruments Corporation.

Product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective

companies.

WARNING REGARDING MEDICAL AND CLINICAL

USE OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS

National Instruments products are not designed with components and testing intended to

ensure a level of reliability suitable for use in treatment and diagnosis of humans.

Applications of National Instruments products involving medical or clinical treatment can

create a potential for accidental injury caused by product failure, or by errors on the part

of the user or application designer. Any use or application of National Instruments

products for or involving medical or clinical treatment must be performed by properly

trained and qualified medical personnel, and all traditional medical safeguards,

equipment, and procedures that are appropriate in the particular situation to prevent

serious injury or death should always continue to be used when National Instruments

products are being used. National Instruments products are NOT intended to be a

substitute for any form of established process, procedure, or equipment used to monitor

or safeguard human health and safety in medical or clinical treatment.

FCC/DOC Radio Frequency Interference Compliance

This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used

in strict accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause interference to radio

and television reception. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the

following two regulatory agencies:

Federal Communications Commission

This device complies with Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Rules for a Class B digital device. A Class B device is distinguishable from a Class A

device by the appearance of an FCC ID number located on the Class B device.

Canadian Department of Communications

This device complies with the limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set

out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of

Communications (DOC).

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites

applicables aux appareils numériques de classe B prescrites dans le règlement sur le

brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le ministère des communications du Canada.

Instructions to Users

These regulations are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference from the equipment to radio reception in residential areas.

There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

However, the chances of interference are much less if the equipment is installed and used

according to this instruction manual.

If the equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be

determined by turning the equipment on and off, one or more of the following

suggestions may reduce or eliminate the problem.

• Operate the equipment and the receiver on different branches of your AC electrical

system.

• Move the equipment away from the receiver with which it is interfering.

• Reorient or relocate the receiver’s antenna.

• Be sure that the equipment is plugged into a grounded outlet and that the grounding

has not been defeated with a cheater plug.

Notice to user: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by National

Instruments could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment

under the FCC Rules.

If necessary, consult National Instruments or an experienced radio/television technician

for additional suggestions. The following booklet prepared by the FCC may also be

helpful: How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems. This booklet is

available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, Stock

Number 004-000-00345-4.

Bescheinigung des Herstellers/Importeurs

Hiermit wird bescheinigt, daß die AT-GPIB in Übereinstimmung mit den Bestimmungen

der Vfg. 1046/1984 funk entstört ist.

Der Detuschen Bundespost wurde das Inverkehrbringen dieses Gerätes angezeigt und die

Berechtigung zur Überprüfung der Serie auf Bestimmungen eingeräumt.

Contents

About This Manual ............................................................................................. xi

Organization of This Manual......................................................................... xi

Conventions Used in This Manual................................................................. xii

Related Documentation ................................................................................. xiii

Customer Communication............................................................................. xiii

Chapter 1

Introduction............................................................................................................1-1

How to Use This Manual............................................................................... 1-1

What You Need to Get Started ......................................................................1-2

Optional Equipment....................................................................................... 1-2

Hardware Description....................................................................................1-2

Software Description..................................................................................... 1-3

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation........................................................................................2-1

Default Hardware Configuration................................................................... 2-1

Install the Hardware....................................................................................... 2-1

Note to EISA Users ....................................................................................... 2-3

Chapter 3

Software Installation........................................................................................... 3-1

NI-488.2 Software Components ....................................................................3-1

Install the Software........................................................................................3-2

Chapter 4

Installation Verification and Troubleshooting......................................... 4-1

Run the Hardware Diagnostic Program......................................................... 4-1

Troubleshooting ibdiag Error Messages ......................................... 4-1

Using Single-Cycle DMA................................................. 4-1

Correcting Hardware Settings........................................... 4-2

Run the Software Diagnostic Program ..........................................................4-3

Troubleshooting ibtest Error Messages........................................... 4-3

Common Questions ....................................................................................... 4-4

Appendix A

Changing Hardware Configuration Settings............................................A-1

Selecting the Base I/O Address ..................................................................... A-3

Selecting the Interrupt Request Line ............................................................. A-7

Note to EISA Users......................................................................... A-9

Selecting the DMA Channel..........................................................................A-9

Note to EISA Users......................................................................... A-10

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Using Programmed I/O for GPIB Transfers..................................................A-11

Setting the Shield Ground Configuration ......................................................A-11

Appendix B

Changing Software Configuration Settings............................................... B-1

Overview........................................................................................................B-1

Default Software Configuration..................................................................... B-1

Note to EISA Users ....................................................................................... B-2

Starting ibconf ............................................................................................... B-2

Upper and Lower Levels of ibconf................................................................B-3

Upper-Level Device Map................................................................B-3

Lower-Level Device/Board Characteristics....................................B-5

Board and Device Configuration Options ..................................................... B-7

Primary GPIB Address....................................................................B-7

Secondary GPIB Address................................................................B-7

Timeout Setting............................................................................... B-7

Terminate Read on EOS..................................................................B-7

Set EOI with EOS on Writes........................................................... B-8

Type of Compare on EOS............................................................... B-8

EOS Byte......................................................................................... B-8

Set EOI at End of Write................................................................... B-8

System Controller (Board Characteristic Only)..............................B-8

Assert REN when SC (Board Characteristic Only)......................... B-9

Enable Auto Serial Polling (Board Characteristic Only) ................B-9

Enable CIC Protocol (Board Characteristic Only)..........................B-9

Bus Timing (Board Characteristic Only) ........................................B-9

Cable Length for High Speed (Board Characteristic Only) ............B-9

Parallel Poll Duration (Board Characteristic Only)......................... B-9

Use This GPIB Interface (Board Characteristic Only)....................B-10

Base I/O Address (Board Characteristic Only)............................... B-10

DMA Channel (Board Characteristic Only)....................................B-10

Interrupt Jumper Setting (Board Characteristic Only) ....................B-10

Serial Poll Timeout (Device Characteristic Only)........................... B-10

Enable Repeat Addressing (Device Characteristic Only) ............... B-10

Exiting ibconf................................................................................................. B-11

Checking for Errors......................................................................... B-11

Saving Changes to the Loaded Driver............................................. B-11

Appendix C

Hardware Specifications................................................................................... C-1

Appendix D

Customer Communication............................................................................... D-1

Glossary....................................................................................................................G-1

Contents

Figures

Figure 2-1. Installing the GPIB Board................................................................... 2-2

Figure 3-1. Software Installation Screen............................................................... 3-2

Figure A-1. AT-GPIB/TNT Parts Locator Diagram............................................... A-2

Figure A-2. AT-GPIB Parts Locator Diagram ....................................................... A-3

Figure A-3. Base I/O Address Switch Settings ......................................................A-6

Figure A-4. Interrupt Jumper Setting for IRQ11 (Default Setting)........................A-8

Figure A-5. Interrupt Jumper Setting for IRQ5......................................................A-8

Figure A-6. Jumper Setting for Disabling Interrupts..............................................A-8

Figure A-7. DMA Channel Jumper Setting for DMA Channel 7........................... A-10

Figure A-8. DMA Jumper Setting for No DMA Channel......................................A-11

Figure A-9. Ground Configuration Jumper Settings ..............................................A-12

Figure B-1. Upper Level of ibconf......................................................................... B-3

Figure B-2. Lower Level of ibconf......................................................................... B-5

Tables

Table 2-1. Hardware Default Settings..................................................................2-1

Table A-1. Possible Base I/O Address Switch Settings........................................A-4

Table A-2. DMA Channels ................................................................................... A-10

Table B-1. Options for Starting ibconf ................................................................B-2

Table C-1. Electrical Characteristics of the AT-GPIB/TNT................................. C-1

Table C-2. Electrical Characteristics of the AT-GPIB ......................................... C-1

Table C-3. Physical Characteristics ......................................................................C-1

Table C-4. Environmental Characteristics............................................................C-2

About This Manual

This manual contains instructions to help you install and configure the National

Instruments AT-GPIB/TNT or AT-GPIB interface board and the NI-488.2 software for

DOS graphics applications. The NI-488.2 software is intended for use with MS-DOS

(version 3.0 or higher) or equivalent.

This manual uses the term AT-GPIB/TNT to refer to a National Instruments GPIB board

for the ISA (PC AT) bus equipped with the TNT4882C ASIC. The term AT-GPIB refers

to a National Instruments GPIB board for the ISA bus equipped with the NAT4882 and

Turbo488 ASICs. This manual also uses the term GPIB board in cases where the

material can apply to either board.

This manual assumes that you are already familiar with DOS.

Organization of This Manual

This manual is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, Introduction, explains how to use this manual, lists what you need to get

started and optional equipment you can order, and briefly describes the GPIB

hardware and the NI-488.2 software.

• Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, contains instructions for installing your GPIB

board.

• Chapter 3, Software Installation, contains a description of the files on the NI-488.2

distribution disk and instructions for installing your NI-488.2 software.

• Chapter 4, Installation Verification and Troubleshooting, describes how to verify the

hardware and software installation and how to troubleshoot problems.

• Appendix A, Changing Hardware Configuration Settings, contains instructions for

changing the configuration settings of your GPIB board.

• Appendix B, Changing Software Configuration Settings, contains instructions for

using the ibconf utility to change the default board and device characteristics of

the NI-488.2 software for DOS.

• Appendix C, Hardware Specifications, describes the electrical, physical, and

environmental characteristics of the GPIB board and the recommended operating

conditions.

• Appendix D, Customer Communication, contains forms you can use to request help

from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals.

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