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PCI 6602 register document needs clararification

Hi,

 

I have a few questions regarding PCI 6602 register level programming document:

 

1. I am doing simple gated event counting (level gating, counting once). I basically arm, gate on, gate off, disarm, read the counter, and then arm again and the cycle goes on. Do I need to load the counter with LoadA or LoadB content between arm and gate on? From another document I found online, it seems that reloading happens automatically. But I tried in my code and it seemed that I needed to reload every time.

 

2. On page 87 and 88 of NI 660X Register-Level Programmer Manual. First of all, this covers PFI 0 to 39. So the table on Page 87 should end at 0x7A2, not 0x7A0, right? On page 88, A means PFI 0, 2, 4, 6, …, 38 and B means 1, 3, 5,…, 39? For PFI 0 to 7, if I configure them as output, I should be able to write to STC DIO output register to program them to be high or low, right?

 

3.  On page 38 of NI 660X Register-Level Programmer Manual, Chip Signature Register is 0x700. On page 39, its address is 0x73C. Which one is correct? What should the chip signature be?

 

4. If I set a counter's gate input as its gate pin, do I need to set the same pin as a PFI input line?

 

5. After soft_reset, what are the default values of all registers? all 0s?

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Hi.....

 

Could you plz help in installing the counter pallets and drivers for PCI 6602...

 

Are you using Labview 6.1...which driver you installed...

For me it is LV 6.1 and NIDAQ 6.8 ...even if the card is connected I couldn't find out DAQ pallets ...

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Hi Shakti,

 

I may be misunderstanding your question, but I think you may have a compatibility issue between your NI-DAQ and LabVIEW 6.1.  Please see the compatibility chart at the following link.

 

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/B0D5630C0A50D5C6862578E800459248?OpenDocument

 

From the data sheet on the 6602, it looks like NI-DAQ 7 was originally sent with the card.  You may want to install NI-DAQ 7.4 based on the compatibility chart.

Dave C.

Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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