Measurement Computing STLITE-PCI-8x User Manual
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Table of Contents
1
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1
2
COMPONENTS – STANDARD SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 2
2.1
PCI EXPANSION MOTHERBOARD ............................................................................................ 2
2.2
HOST PCI BRIDGE CARD: STLITE-PCI-HOST......................................................................... 2
2.3
POWER SUPPLY ............................................................................................................................ 2
2.4
EXPANSION CABLE ..................................................................................................................... 3
2.5
CABINET......................................................................................................................................... 3
3
INSTALLATION & START-UP – STANDARD SYSTEM................................................................. 3
3.1
PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTION ................................................................................................... 3
3.2
HOST PCI BRIDGE CARD INSTALLATION .............................................................................. 3
3.3
CARD INSTALLATION - EXPANSION CHASSIS...................................................................... 3
3.4
PCI EXPANSION CABLE INSTALLATION ................................................................................ 4
3.5
PCI CARD INSTALLATION.......................................................................................................... 5
3.6
CABLE INSTALLATION............................................................................................................... 5
3.7
FINAL INSTALLATION CHECK.................................................................................................. 5
4
POWERING-UP/DOWN ....................................................................................................................... 6
4.1
SEQUENCE FOR APPLYING POWER......................................................................................... 6
4.2
POWERING DOWN ....................................................................................................................... 6
5
MULTIPLE CHASSIS INSTALLATION ............................................................................................. 6
5.1
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 6
5.2
DAISY-CHAIN CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................. 6
5.3
FAN-OUT CONFIGURATION....................................................................................................... 7
5.4
EXTENDED DAISY CHAIN CONFIGURATION ........................................................................ 7
5.5
PCI CARD CONFLICTS ................................................................................................................. 8
5.6
BIOS/FIRMWARE REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 8
6
SATELLITE MONITOR SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND USE................................................... 9
6.1
INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................. 9
6.2
USING THE SATELLITE MONITOR PROGRAM ........................................................................ 9
6.3
EXAMPLE PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................ 11
7
REGISTER MAP.................................................................................................................................... 11
7.1
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 11
7.2
SATELLITE 21150 PCI BRIDGE REGISTERS............................................................................. 11
8
SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................................. 13
8.1
STLITE-PCI-HOST ......................................................................................................................... 13
8.2
STLITE-PCI-8T, STLITE-PCI-8T+ ................................................................................................ 15