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Teledyne LeCroy Hot Swapping PCI Cards User Manual

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For future tests of board of the same type, only steps 3 & 4 need to be performed.

Operating Instructions for PCIUD Version 6.20


NOTE: THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT WORK IN WINDOWS NT/2000/XP

1. If PCIUD was downloaded from the web, copy PCIUD.exe to desired location.
2. If PCIUD was provided as part of the Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. CD-Rom, is located at c:\Program

Files\Catalyst\PCIutil\Dos directory.

3. Install the active extender in accordance with the manual.
4. Place the UUT on top of the active extender, ensuring the mechanical switch is in the On Position.
5. Power up the machine.
6. When the machine has completed booting, go to MS-DOS Prompt, change directory to the location of PCIUD.
7. Enter PCIUD
8. Using the keyboard, go to the PCI-Device menu, select next until the desire device is displayed. Note the device

number.

9. Go to the file menu, and save the PCI configuration data, exit the program.
10. Power cycle the Active Extender (Swap UUT)
11. Enter PCIUD
12. Go to file menu, select open and load the configuration space data file.
13. Go to the PCI-Device Menu, and next step until desired device is displayed
14. Select Write PCI Configuration to this device, option

Now the UUT should work properly, for future tests of the same type of board only steps 10 through 14 need to be
performed. If you desire to reload the configuration space data without having to enter PCIUD, there is a command line
which allows the user to select which device to save, and later reload. To use this method follow the below steps.

1. Perform steps 1 through 8 above, exit the program
2. Go to MS-DOS, change the directory to the location of PCIUD
3. Type PCIUD /s ww xx yy zz, where ww is the bus number, xx is the hex number of the device number, and yy is the bus

number, and zz is hex number of a second device number if needed.

4. Power cycle the extender. (Swap UUT)
5. Type PCIUD /w the reload the configuration space data for the UUT

Now the UUT should work properly, for future tests of the same type of board, only steps 4 & 5 above need to be
performed.

Please Note: The information these software packages collect for each device is slot specific. This is a function of the
system Bios. If you plan to perform write without a reading do not shut down the system and or move the UUT card to
another slot.