VT1433B Front Panel Description ...................................5-5
Front panels for four or eight channels ............................5-5
Standard Front Panel ..........................................5-6
VXI Backplane Connections........................................5-8
Power Supplies and Ground ....................................5-8
Data Transfer Bus ............................................5-8
DTB Arbitration Bus ..........................................5-8
Priority Interrupt Bus..........................................5-8
Utility Bus ..................................................5-8
The Local Bus (VT1433B-UGV) ................................5-9
The VT1433B VXI Device........................................5-10
Address Space ..............................................5-10
Shared Memory .............................................5-10
Memory Map ...............................................5-10
List of A16 Registers.........................................5-12
Trigger Lines (TTLTRG)......................................5-13
Providing an External Clock ...................................5-14
Calibration Description...........................................5-15
Chapter 6. The Arbitrary Source Option (VT1433B-1D4)
Arbitrary Source Description .......................................6-2
Trigger .....................................................6-2
Arbitrary Output .............................................6-2
Source Output Modes .........................................6-2
COLA (and Summer) .........................................6-2
External Shutdown............................................6-2
Block Diagram ..............................................6-3
The Arbitrary Source Option Front Panel..............................6-4
LEDs and Connectors for the Arbitrary Source Option................6-5
Updating the arbitrary source firmware............................6-5
Chapter 7. The Tachometer Option (VT1433B-AYF)
Tachometer Description ...........................................7-2
Tachometer Inputs ............................................7-2
External Trigger Input .........................................7-2
Trigger Level ................................................7-2
Tachometer Monitoring........................................7-2
Exact RPM Triggering.........................................7-2
Input Count Division ..........................................7-3
Holdoff Time ................................................7-3
Block Diagram...............................................7-3
The Tachometer Option Front Panel..................................7-4
LEDs and Connectors for the Tachometer Option....................7-5
Chapter 8. Break Out Boxes
Introduction..................................................... 8-2
Service .....................................................8-2
The VT3240A and VT3241A Break Out Boxes.........................8-3
VT3240AVoltage-type Break Out Box ............................8-4
VT3241A ICP
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-type Break Out Box .............................8-4
Break Out Box Grounding......................................8-4
Break Out Box Cables ............................................8-5
Making a Custom Break Out Box Cable ...........................8-5
Recommendations on wiring for the VT1432A/33B 4-Channel Input
Connector...................................................8-7
Chapter 9. Troubleshooting the VT1433B
Diagnostics .....................................................9-2
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