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Existing Industrial Solutions and Virtual Instrumentation Integration into GANMVL. Reinhard Bacher, Michael Seebach DESY. Motivation. Use of stand-alone, off-the shelf T&M (test and measurement) instruments such as Oscilloscopes Spectrum analyzers Signal and function generators
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Existing Industrial Solutions and Virtual Instrumentation Integration into GANMVL Reinhard Bacher, Michael Seebach DESY
Motivation • Use of stand-alone, off-the shelf T&M (test and measurement) instruments such as • Oscilloscopes • Spectrum analyzers • Signal and function generators • Digital multi-meters etc. • Scenarios: • In a mobile environment • For a short time • On short notice etc. R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Objectives • 1st Priority: Visualization and / or control of T&M-specific functions through the MVL framework from a remote site • 2nd Priority: Integration of the T&M specific data-flow into the MVL framework R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Off-the Shelf T&M Instruments • Databus interface: • USB • TCP/IP Ethernet • GPIB • Operating system: • Proprietary operating system • Windows (desktop-type, embedded / restricted) R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Scenario 1 Analog / Digital I/O T&M Instrument (e.g. Oscilloscope) Vendor-Specific Application Software VNC Server / Remote Desktop Server Intranet / Internet VNC Client / Remote Desktop Client for Instrument Control and Data Visualization R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Scenario 2 Analog / Digital I/O T&M Instrument (e.g. Oscilloscope) Vendor-Specific Application Software Web Server Intranet / Internet Web Browser Customized Page (e.g. HTML, Applet) for Instrument Control and Data Visualization R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Scenario 3 Analog / Digital I/O T&M Instrument (e.g. Oscilloscope) Vendor-Specific Server Software Intranet / Internet Vendor-Specific Client Software (Licenses!) Vendor-Specific Application Software (Licenses!) for Instrument Control and Data Visualization / Data Integration R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Scenario 4 Analog / Digital I/O T&M Instrument (e.g. Oscilloscope) Data Bus Interface (e.g. GPIB, RS232, PXI, TCP/IP) Data Bus Link Bus-Specific Data Bus Driver Software Vendor-Specific Instrument Driver Software Customized Application (e.g. LabView) for Instrument Control and Data Visualization / Data Integration Web Server Intranet / Internet Web Browser Customized Page (e.g. HTML, Applet) for Instrument Control and Data Visualization R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
MVL Instrument Integration Client Web Server-based Integration VNC Remote Desktop Server-based Integration IVI-based Integration Vendor-specific Application Software T&M Instrument R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Standardization by Industry • Problem: • Vendor-specific instrument drivers • Vendor-specific virtual instrument software • Proposed MVL solution: • Generic virtual instruments based on • VISA-compliant databus drivers (VISA = Virtual Instrument Software Architecture) • IVI-compliant instrument drivers (IVI = Interchangeable Virtual Instrument) • LabView / Web-Publishing R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
IVI Foundation Members e.g. • Agilent Technologies • Keithley Instruments • National Instruments • Rohde & Schwarz • Tektronix • LeCroy R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
IVI-Supported Instrument Classes • DC power supply • Digital multi-meter • Function & Arbitrary generator • Oscilloscope • Power meter • RF signal generator • Spectrum analyzer • Switch R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
IVI: Example IviScopeBase Attributes Acquisition Start Time Acquisition Type Channel Count Channel Enabled Channel Item (IVI-COM only) Channel Name (IVI-COM only) Horizontal Minimum Number of Points Horizontal Record Length Horizontal Sample Rate Horizontal Time Per Record Input Impedance Maximum Input Frequency IviScopeBase Functions Abort Acquisition Status Actual Record Length (IVI-C only) Configure Acquisition Record Configure Acquisition Type (IVI-C only) Configure Channel Configure Channel Characteristics Configure Edge Trigger Source Configure Trigger Configure Trigger Coupling (IVI-C only) GetChannelName (IVI-C Only) Fetch Waveform Initiate Acquisition Is Invalid Waveform Element Read Waveform Sample Rate (IVI-C only) R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
IVI Architecture COM specific e.g. ividmm.dll IVIConfigurationStore.xml e.g. ke2700_32.dll e.g. VISA Library Specific Instruments R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Prerequisites • Install “IVI Shared Components” and “IVI –supported Instruments” class libraries (→ IVI foundation) • Install “NI IVI Compliance Package” (→ National Instruments) • Install “VISA Runtime” and “NI Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX)” (→ National Instruments) R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Instrument Integration (1/6) • Connect instrument to data bus and configure communication parameters, e.g. IP address • Install IVI class compliant specific driver (→ instrument vendor or National Instruments) R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Instrument Integration (2/6) • Configure the device interface parameters using MAX • e.g. Specify / check IP address and TCP-port number R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Instrument Integration (3/6) • Configure IVI Driver: • Specify / check hardware asset R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Instrument Integration (4/6) • Configure IVI Driver: • Specify / check instrument driver software module R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Instrument Integration (5/6) • Configure IVI Driver: • Create driver session • Hardware • Software R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Instrument Integration (6/6) • Configure IVI Driver: • Create logical name • Save IVI configuration R. Bacher et al. VI Integration
Generic Instrument Test Applications R. Bacher et al. VI Integration