Tektronix Keithley CTM-05 External DAS Driver Users Guide

CTM-05
External DAS Driver

USER’S GUIDE

CTM-05 External DAS Driver

User’s Guide

Revision B - November 1994

Part Number: 59176

New Contact Information

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OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RELATED TO THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT. THIS
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SUITABLE FOR USE IN LIFE SUPPORT OR CRITICAL APPLICATIONS.

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Keithley Instruments, Data Acquisition Division

440 Myles Standish Blvd. Taunton, MA 02780

FAX: [phone]

Telephone: [phone]

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Preface

The CTM-05 External DAS Driver allows you to use Keithley’s CTM-05
and

µ

CCTM-05 counter/timer boards with the following Keithley data

acquisition and analysis software:

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VIEWDAC
ASYST

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This manual provides the information needed to use the CTM-05 External
DAS Driver with data acquisition and analysis software. Use this manual
in conjunction with your board user’s guide and with the documentation
for the data acquisition software you are using.

Note:

The CTM-05 External DAS Driver may support options your
software does not; likewise, your software may support options this
external driver does not.

If you need help, contact your local sales office or Keithle y’ s Applications
Engineering Department between 8 am and 6pm (Eastern Time), Monday
through Friday:

Keithley MetraByte

Applications Engineering
440 Myles Standish Boulevard
Taunton, Massachusetts 02780

Telephone [phone]

Telex 503989

FAX [phone]

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Table of Contents

Preface

Using the CTM-05 External DAS Driver

Supported Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Options Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Files on Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Setting up the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Running the Configuration Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Loading the CTM-05 External DAS Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Accessing the CTM-05 External DAS Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using the Configuration Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Special Purpose Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Exiting the CTM-05 Configuration Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Configuring the CTM-05 External DAS Driver from DOS. . . . . . 8

CTM-05 External DAS Driver Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Digital I/O Clocking and Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Timer Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Software Interrupt Vectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

CTM-05 External DAS Driver Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

List of Tables

Table 1. Configuration Program Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Table 2. Time Interval Ranges and Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Table 3. Configuration Menu Special Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 4. Command Line Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 5. Interrupts and Environment Strings. . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Table 6. Error Messages from CTM-05 External

DAS Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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