Tektronix Keithley DAS-8 External DAS Driver Users Guide
DAS-8
External DAS Driver
USER’S GUIDE
DAS-8 External DAS Driver
User’s Guide
Revision D - December 1994
Part Number: 59136
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Preface
The DAS-8 External DAS Driver allows you to use Keithley MetraByte
DAS-8 Series boards with the following Keithley MetraByte data
acquisition and analysis software:
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VIEWDAC
EASYEST LX
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EASYEST AG
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ASYST
This manual provides the information needed to use the DAS-8 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 expansion accessories and data acquisition software you are using.
Note:
The DAS-8 External DAS Driver may support options your
software does not; likewise, your software may support options this
external driver does not.
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If you need help, contact your local sales office or the Keithle y MetraByte
Applications Engineering Department between 8 am and 6 pm (Eastern
Time), Monday through Friday:
Keithley MetraByte
Applications Engineering
440 Myles Standish Boulevard
Taunton, Massachusetts 02780
Telephone 508/880-3000
Telex 503989
FAX 508/880-0179
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Table of Contents
Preface
1
Using the DAS-8 External DAS Driver
Supported Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Options Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Files on Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Setting up the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Running the Configuration Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Loading the DAS-8 External DAS Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Accessing the DAS-8 External DAS Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the Configuration Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Special Purpose Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Exiting the DAS-8 Configuration Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the DAS-8 External DAS Driver from DOS . . . . . . 11
DAS-8 External DAS Driver Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Counter/Timer Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Logical Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Clocking and Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
EXP-16 and EXP-GP Expansion Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Physical and Logical Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Internal Clocking with Expansion Accessories . . . . . . . . . 16
Interrupt-Mode Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Software Interrupt Vectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DAS-8 External DAS Driver Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
List of Figures
Figure 1. Analog Input Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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List of Tables
Table 1. Configuration Program Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 2. Analog Input Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 3. Gains Available for DAS-8PGA,
µ
CDAS-8PGA,
and DAS-8/AO Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 4. Configuration Menu Special Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 5. Command-Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 6. Physical and Logical Channels
(Maximum Configuration). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 7. Interrupts and Environment Strings. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Table 8. Error Messages from the DAS-8 External DAS
Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Table 1. Configuration Program Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 2. Analog Input Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 3. Gains Available for DAS-8PGA,
µ
CDAS-8PGA, and
DAS-8/AO Boards9
Table 4. Configuration Menu Special Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 5. Command-Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 6. Physical and Logical Channels
(Maximum Configuration)14
Table 7. Interrupts and Environment Strings. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Table 8. Error Messages from the DAS-8 External DAS Driver
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