Spectrum Brands MI.20xx User Manual

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Introduction....................................................................................................................... 6

Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6
General Information ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Different models of the MI.20xx series .................................................................................................................................... 7
Additional options ................................................................................................................................................................ 8

Extra I/O (Option -XMF).................................................................................................................................................. 8
Extra I/O (Option -XIO)................................................................................................................................................... 8
Starhub ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Timestamp ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9

The Spectrum type plate ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Hardware information......................................................................................................................................................... 11

Block diagram.............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Technical Data ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Dynamic Parameters ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
Order information......................................................................................................................................................... 12

Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................... 13

System Requirements .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Warnings.......................................................................................................................................................................... 13

ESD Precautions ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Cooling Precautions ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Sources of noise ........................................................................................................................................................... 13

Installing the board in the system.......................................................................................................................................... 13

Installing a single board without any options.................................................................................................................... 13
Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs.................................................................................................................... 14
Installing a board with extra I/O (Option -XMF) ............................................................................................................... 14
Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub............................................................................................................ 15
Installing multiple synchronized boards ........................................................................................................................... 16

Software Driver Installation ............................................................................................. 17

Interrupt Sharing ................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Windows 98 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Version control ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 19

Windows 2000 ................................................................................................................................................................. 20

Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Version control ............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 21

Windows XP...................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Version control ............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 23

Windows NT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Adding boards to the Windows NT driver ....................................................................................................................... 24
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 24

Linux................................................................................................................................................................................. 25

Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 25

Software ......................................................................................................................... 27

Software Overview............................................................................................................................................................. 27
First Test with SBench.......................................................................................................................................................... 27
C/C++ Driver Interface....................................................................................................................................................... 28

Header files ................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Microsoft Visual C++ .................................................................................................................................................... 28
Linux Gnu C................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Other Windows C/C++ compilers ................................................................................................................................. 29
National Instruments LabWindows/CVI........................................................................................................................... 29
Driver functions ............................................................................................................................................................ 29

Delphi (Pascal) Programming Interface .................................................................................................................................. 32

Type definition ............................................................................................................................................................. 32
Include Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 32
Examples..................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Driver functions ............................................................................................................................................................ 32

Visual Basic Programming Interface ...................................................................................................................................... 34

Include Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 34
Visual Basic Examples................................................................................................................................................... 34
VBA for Excel Examples ................................................................................................................................................ 34
Driver functions ............................................................................................................................................................ 34