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Contents
Preface 5
Software License and Software Disclaimer of Warranty............................................................5
About DriverLINX.....................................................................................................................7
About This User’s Guide...........................................................................................................7
Conventions Used in This Manual.............................................................................................8
Generating a DriverLINX Configuration Report......................................................................66
What is in the Report?................................................................................................66
How do I Generate the Report?..................................................................................66
Glossary of Terms 67
4 • Contents Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
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6 • Preface Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
About DriverLINX
Welcome to DriverLINX for Microsoft Windows, the high-performance realtime data-acquisition device drivers for Windows application development.
DriverLINX is a language- and hardware-indepe ndent applic ation programming
interface designed to support hardware manufacturers’ high-speed analog, digital,
and counter/timer data-acquisition boards in Windows. DriverLINX is a multi-user
and multitasking data-acquisition resource manager providing more than 100 services
for foreground and background data acquisition tasks.
Included with your DriverLINX package are the following items:
•The DriverLINX API DLLs and drivers supporting your data-
acquisition hardware
•Learn DriverLINX, an interactive learning and demonstration program
for DriverLINX that includes a Digital Storage Oscilloscope
• Source code for the sample programs
• The DriverLINX Application Programming Interface files for your
compiler
• DriverLINX On-line Help System
• DriverLINX Analog I/O Programming Guide
• DriverLINX Technical Reference Manual
• Supplemental Documentation on DriverLINX and your data acquisition
hardware
About This User’s Guide
The purpose of this manual is to help you quickly learn how to configure and use t he
hardware features of Keithley’s KPCMCIA-PIO24 card with DriverLINX.
• For more information on the DriverLINX API, please see the
DriverLINX Technical Reference Manual.
• For additional help programming your board, please examine the source
code examples on the Distribution Disks.
This manual contains the following chapters:
Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24
Shows how to configure the KPCMCIA-PIO24 using the Configure DriverLINX
Device dialog box.
Using the KPCMCIA-PIO24 with DriverLINX
Shows how to set up DriverLINX with the Edit Service Request dialog box to use
KPCMCIA-PIO24 hardware features.
Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series Preface • 7
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following notational conventions are used in this manual:
• Itemized lists are identified by a round bullet (•).
• Numbered lists indicate a step-by-step procedure.
• DriverLINX Application Programming Interface and Windows macro
and function names are set in bold when mentioned in the text.
• DriverLINX indicates the exported function name of the device driver
DLL while DriverLINX indicates the product as a whole.
•DriverLINX Application Programming Interface identifiers, menu
items, and Dialog Box names are italicized when mentioned in the text.
• Italics are used for emphasis.
• Source code and data structure examples are displayed in Courier
typeface and bounded by a box with a single line.
Code
• Tables of information are bounded by a box with a double line.
Tables
Concept
• Important concepts and notes are printed in the left margin.
8 • Preface Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24
Introduction
This manual explains the steps and special features that apply to Keithley’s
KPCMCIA-PIO24 card.
Installing and configuring DriverLINX for the Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 card
requires three steps:
1. To install your KPCMCIA-PIO24 hardware, read and follow the
instructions in the hardware manual.
2. To install DriverLINX, follow the general procedure outlined in the
"Read Me First" material on the installation CD.
3. To configure DriverLINX, use the DriverLINX Configuration Panel.
Also see “Configure DriverLINX Device Dialog” on page 9 for
configuration options specific to a Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 model.
Configure DriverLINX Device Dialog
DriverLINX uses a standardized configuration protocol for all data-acquisition
hardware. Even though Windows 95/98/Me automatically selects the hardware base
address and interrupt channel for the KPCMCIA-PIO24, you must still follow the
configuration process to assign a DriverLINX Logical Device number to a specific
KPCMCIA-PIO24 model in your computer.
When you activate the S
DriverLINX displays the Configure DriverLINX Device dialog. The following
sections describe your choices for configuring DriverLINX to work with a Keithley
KPCMCIA-PIO24 model.
Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 • 9
etup… button in the DriverLINX Configuration Panel,
10 • Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
Device Subsystem Page
Note: The Configure DriverLINX Device dialog appears differently under different versions of
Windows.
Use the Device subsystem page to tell DriverLINX the model name and address of
your KPCMCIA-PIO24 card.
Vendor
The Vendor property displays “Keithley Instruments, Inc.” It is a read-only property.
Device
Windows 95/98/Me/2000
Windows NT
The Device property designates the Logical Device you are configuring. It is a readonly property. To change it, first save (OK) or quit (Cancel) the current
configuration. Then select or create a new Logical Device using the DriverLINX Configuration Panel.
Model
The Model property selects the hardware model of the card you’re configuring.
This driver supports only model KPCMCIA-PIO24.
Address
Windows 95/98/Me/2000 automatically selects an appropriate address and ignores
this property.
The A
ddress property selects the I/O port address for the card. The default address
used by DriverLINX is 768 decimal or 0x300 hex. If you have another peripheral
card at the same address, you will have to select a free range of 8 addresses.
Detect
The Detect property enables and disables DriverLINX’s hardware detection and
testing algorithms. For maximum system reliability, always leave this check box
marked.
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Calibrate
The Calibrate property enables and disables hardware auto-calibration. For best
accuracy, always leave this check box marked.
Special…
The Special… button displays a dialog for configuring any special, hardware-specific
settings. For the KPCMCIA-PIO24 , Logical Device c onfiguration doe s not require
any special settings so DriverLINX disables the S
pecial… button.
12 • Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
Digital Input Subsystem Page
Channels
The Channels property allows you to select a Logical Channel for configuration or
viewing the channel’s range. Only the KPCMCIA-PIO24 digital input/output
channels support programmable configuration.
DriverLINX defines the following Logical Channels for the KPCMCIA-PIO24
digital inputs:
Windows 95/98/Me/2000
Windows NT
Logical Channel DriverLINX Function KPCMCIA-PIO24 External
Connector
0 Digital Input/Output Port Digital input/output lines
PA0 - PA7
1 Digital Input/Output Port Digital input/output lines
PB0 - PB7
2 Digital Input/Output Port Digital input/output lines
PC0 - PC7
3 External Clock INTERRUPT INPUT
Range
The Range property specifies the supported digital input range for the selected
Logical Channel. This is a read-only property.
Interrupt
For Windows 95/98/Me/2000, the operating system automatically determines the
interrupt channel for the KPCMCIA-PIO24 card. DriverLINX disables this property.
For Windows NT, select a free interrupt request level to support interrupt mode
transfers. Valid IRQ levels are: 1 - 15.
DMA level
The KPCMCIA-PIO24 does not use system DMA channels. DriverLINX disables
this property and displays it as blank.
Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 • 13
!
!
Use caution when configuring
and connecting lines to the
digital I/O ports. Connecting
an input line to an output
port, or vice versa, could
damage the hardware.
Configuration Setup
The Configuration S
I/O ports. The KPCMCIA-PIO24 allows configuring each line of the 8-bit I/O ports
for either input or output.
DriverLINX supports two methods for configuring a digital I/O port. The simplified
method configures the whole port, while the advanced method allows you to
configure groups of digital I/O lines. Select the channel to configure in the dropdown channel list and enter a S
etup property specifies the hardware configuration of the digital
etup value using one of the methods below.
Simplified Digital I/O Port Configuration
For simplified configuration:
1. Select the channel number of the port to configure in the drop-down
channel list.
2. Check the Initialize box.
3. Enter one of the following values for the S
the entire port:
• 1—configures all lines in the port as input, or
• 0—configures all lines in the port as output.
Advanced Digital I/O Port Configuration
With advanced configuration, you can divide the port into groups of 1, 2, 4 or 8 lines
and configure each group separately.
For advanced configuration:
1. Select the channel number of the port to configure in the drop-down
channel list.
2. Check the Initialize box.
3. Enter a value for the S
etup property as described below.
etup property to configure
The following table describes each grouping. Choose whichever grouping is most
convenient.
Grouping Number of Lines in
Each Group
Byte 8 1
Nibble 4 2
Half-Nibble 2 4
Bit 1 8
For advanced configuration, t he S
components:
14 • Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
etup property value has two variable-sized
Number of Groups in
the Port
• Direction Field—consists of a bit for each group in the port. Each bit
indicates the input/output direction of the lines in the group. The leastsignificant bit configures the first group. High-order bits to the left
configure subsequent groups.
For each bit, enter one of the following values to configure the group:
• 1—configures all lines in the group as input, or
• 0—configures all lines in the group as output.
• Group Size Field—consists of a binary 1 immediately to the left of
the Direction field. This allows the position of the S
etup property’s
leftmost 1 to indicate the start of the Direction field.
The following diagrams show the format of the S
etup property for each grouping. All
formats have the Group Size field in the high-order bits and the Direction field in the
low-order bits.
Byte-Sized Groups
06%
• Direction Field—has one bit to configure the single byte-sized group
• Group Size Field—has a value of 0x2 (hexadecimal) or 2 (decimal)
Nibble-Sized Groups
/6%
06%
• Direction Field—has two bits to configure the two nibble-sized
groups
• Group Size Field—has a value of 0x4 (hexadecimal) or 4 (decimal)
Half Nibble-Sized Groups
/6%
06%
• Direction Field—has four bits to configure the fo ur half nibble-sized
groups
• Group Size Field—has a value of 0x10 (hexadecimal) or 16
(decimal)
Bit-Sized Groups
/6%
06%
• Direction Field—has eight bits to configure the eight bit-sized groups
Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 • 15
/6%
• Group Size Field—has a value of 0x100 (hexadecimal) or
512 (decimal)
Advanced Configuration Example:
This example shows how to configure the port in nibbles. It configures the first
nibble as output and the second as input.
1. Choose the Nibble-Sized format and fill in the Direction field, right-toleft, as follows:
0—to configure the first nibble as output
1—to configure the second nibble as input
06%
2. Calculate the hexadecimal or decimal value:
0x4 + 0x2 + 0x0 = 0x6
4 + 2 + 0 = 6
3. Then, enter 0x6 (hexadecimal) or 6 (decimal) for the Setup property.
/6%
Initialize
Checking the Initialize check box instructs DriverLINX to use the Configuration
S
etup property to configure the digital I/O ports. Check Initialize to put the
configuration setup into effect.
Dec
This check box converts the Configuration Setup property to decimal.
Hex
This check box converts the Configuration Setup property to hexadecimal.
16 • Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
Digital Output Subsystem Page
Use the Digital Output subsystem page to change the default digital output port
initialization values.
Channels
The Channels property allows you to select a Logical Channel for initialization or
viewing the channel’s range. KPCMCIA-PIO24 card has three digital input/output
ports. The Digital Output subsystem shares these ports with the Digital Input
subsystem. The KPCMCIA-PIO24 requires configuration of each line in the digital
input/output ports as input or output. See “Digital Input Subsystem Page” on page 13.
Range
The Range property specifies the supported digital output range for the selected
Logical Channel. This is a read-only property.
Interrupt
The KPCMCIA-PIO24 uses the same interrupt for digital output as for digital input.
Go to the Digital Input page to set it. DriverLINX disables this property and displays
it as blank.
DMA level
The KPCMCIA-PIO24 does not use system DMA channels. DriverLINX disables
this property and displays it as blank.
Initialization Value
The Initialization Value property specifies the digital output value DriverLINX will
write to the selected Logical Channel on hardware initialization. DriverLINX only
writes this value if you enable the In
the hardware-defined initialization values if the In
For the KPCMCIA-PIO24, the default digital output value is zero.
itialize check box. By default, DriverLINX uses
itialize check box is not checked.
Initialize
Checking the Initialize check box instructs DriverLINX to use the Initialization
V
alue property, rather than the default value, for digital output port initialization.
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Dec
This check box converts the Initialization Value property to decimal.
Hex
This check box converts the Initialization Value property to hexadecimal.
18 • Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series
For the KPCMCIA-PIO24,
there are no configurable
options on the Counter/Timer
subsystem page.
Counter/Timer Subsystem Page
Resolution
The Resolution property specifies the clock frequency of the master oscillator.
DriverLINX provides a System Pacer Clock which simulates a 1 MHz hardware
clock for pacing input/output tasks.
Interrupt
The KPCMCIA-PIO24 does not support interrupts from counter/timers. DriverLINX
disables this property and displays it as blank.
Keithley KPCMCIA-PIO24 Series Configuring the KPCMCIA-PIO24 • 19
Using the KPCMCIA-PIO24 with
DriverLINX
Introduction
This chapter shows you how to set up and use KPCMCIA-PIO24 hardware features
with DriverLINX. The descriptions here use the Edit Service Request dialogs for
language and API i ndependence. For the corre ct syntax with the language you’re
using, please see the DriverLINX Technical Reference Manuals. For DriverLINX
examples in your programming language, please see the source code examples in the
subdirectories of your DriverLINX installation directory or on the original
Distribution Media.
DriverLINX Hardware Model for KPCMCIA-PIO24
By design, DriverLINX provides a portable, hardware-independent API for dataacquisition boards while still allowing applications to access unique or proprietary
hardware features of specific products. To achieve this goal, DriverLINX maps a
hardware-independent, or abstract, data-acquisition model onto KPCMCIA-PIO24
hardware capabilities.
The following sections describe how DriverLINX implements KPCMCIA-PIO24
hardware features as Subsystems, Modes, Operations, Events, Logical Channels,
Buffers, and Messages.
DriverLINX Subsystems
The KPCMCIA-PIO24 supports four of DriverLINX’s six Logical Subsystems:
1. Device—refers to the KPCMCIA-PIO24 card as a whole.
2. AnalogInput—refers to the analog input channels, clocks, and control
signals. The KPCMCIA-PIO24 does not support analog input.
3. AnalogOutput—refers to the analog output channels, clocks, and
control signals. The KPCMCIA-PIO24 does not support analog output.
4. DigitalInput—refers to the 8-bit digital input/output ports as well as
the 1-bit digital input (TTL) control signals, INTERRUPT INPUT.
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