Teledyne LeCroy TA700_800_850 User Manual - Manual (Page 15)

Introduction Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.
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Introduction
What’s In This Manual
This manual describes the installation and operation of your Catalyst PCI/PCI-X Bus
Analyzer / Exerciser. Examples of some typical applications are included.
The terms TA700 and PCI analyzer thereafter are used for referring to PCI/PCI-X,
CompactPCI and PDC analyzers(See Appendix, B, C and/or D) and in cases where
applicable TA800. The designation TA800 is a reference to TA800/TA850 unless
otherwise stated. (For the TA800 see “APPENDIX E” on page 243 and for the TA850
see “APPENDIX F” on page 247).
Overview
Your TA700/800 PCI Bus Analyzer is a powerful and versatile analysis tool that will
permit you to debug and characterize PCI designs operating on any PCI system
architecture. To perform analysis you simply install the analyzer card in a PCI slot in
the target machine and connect it either, to the host system Bi-directional parallel port
or to the USB port using the appropriate cable provided with your analyzer. A typical
setup may include a Host and a Target systems interconnected via the parallel/USB
port with the analyzer card installed in the Target Machine and a Windows based host
running the analysis software.
If your target machine operates under Windows it may also act as the host. In this
case, the analyzer card and the analysis software reside in the same machine and
require you to connect the analyzer card to the Host high-speed parallel port or USB
port or ethernet using the appropriate cable provided. See Figure 1 and Note 1.
Note 1.: Use only the parallel port or the USB port or ethernet to connect to the TA700/800,
do not connect more than one port at the same time.
Timing and External Memory Availability
Product Timing Analyzer Extended Memory
TA850/TA800 No No
TA700 Yes Yes
TA700C Yes Yes
TA700PDC No No
Caution: Operating the analyzer in this mode, however, may impact
Performance Analysis measurement accuracy since the analyzer
software runs in the same system space as the application software.
For a precise Performance Analysis it is recommended that you use a
separate Host system.