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This page contains the user manual table of contents and a list of product disk directories for legacy and discontinued products. These links jump down the page to the manual and software summaries for the PAR24B, DSPA64/HLF, and DSP32C Boards.

PAR24B Manual & Software Summary

The table of contents from the PAR24B manual and the list of directories on the PAR24B product disk are shown below. The full manual text in PDF format and the latest updates of the software are always available free from the Legacy User Manual and PAR24B sections of our Downloads page.

A complete software package comes free with each PAR24B 24 bit, 8 channel data acquisition system. The included software contains finished applications, low level libraries and source code. This means you can start acquiring data right away. And later customize the source code for your application.

Manual Table of Contents

Product Disk Directories

Software Program Summaries

SIMP24B
This is a simple "text only" acquisition program. Acquisition parameters such as sampling rate, gain, and output file size are specified in ASCII form in an initialization file. Acquired data can be presented on the screen as text values and saved to the hard disk in binary multiplexed format. This program is perfect for applications where the acquisition will run unattended or for lower power PCs where a complicated GUI interface would be excessive.

SCOPE24B.EXE
This is a full Windows GUI interface program that displays acquired data as horizontal traces on the screen. Acquired data is scrolled across the screen as it comes in and is also saved to disk. All acquisition parameters, such as sampling rate, gain, and output file size, are set by dialogs reached from pull down menus. Hot keys like up and down arrow can be used to adjust the number of displayed bits for the signal level you are using. The binary file format is exactly the same as for simp24b.

METER
This is a simple text only program that displays acquired values as voltages on the screen. Data is presented the instant it becomes available as it would be with a typical DVM. The program includes individual channel calibration.

DIAG
The system diagnostic can be used after installation or any other time to verify that the A/D board is correctly connected and communicating with the PC. This utility can prove very valuable in the field when connecting new hardware.

TWO TASK SUPPORT
Under multitasking systems like Windows and Linux you can run acquisition as one task while a second task examines the acquired data files and performs further processing. Typical second window activities might include items like triggering accept/reject decisions on files so an excessive amount of data does not build up on the hard disk. The 2task example included with the system shows how to run a simple threshold trigger. Under Windows, each task typically runs in its own window. Under Linux, the acquisition task usually runs in the background while the processing task runs in the foreground.

LABVIEW SUPPORT
LabVIEW drivers and finished applications paralleling the other software are provided. The applications are a finished scope acquisition and LED meter display program. These programs are "ready to go" and do not require any user programming, but you must have a copy of LabVIEW in order to use them. Full LabVIEW "G" source code is provided.

LIBRARY SUPPORT
Basic driver support is provided as a collection of library functions that let you initialize, start acquisition, and copy results to the PC. The library source code can be compiled to either static or DLL (shared library) format with no changes and is written in standard ASCII C. See below for a list of functions.

Library Functions

DSPA64/HLF Manual & Software Summary

The table of contents from the DSPA64/HLF manual and the list of directories on the DSPA64/HLF product disk are shown below. The full manual text in PDF format and the latest updates of the software are always available free from the Legacy DSPA64/HLF section of our Downloads page.

A complete software package comes free with each DSPA64/HLF 16 bit, 64 channel data acquisition system. The included software contains finished applications, low level libraries and source code. This means you can start acquiring data right away. And later customize the source code for your application.

Manual Table of Contents

Product Disk Directories

Software Program Summaries

SIMPA64
This is a simple "text only" acquisition program. Acquisition parameters such as sampling rate, filter coefficient, and output file size are specified in ASCII form in an initialization file. Acquired data can be presented on the screen as text values and saved to the hard disk in binary multiplexed format. This program is perfect for applications where the acquisition will run unattended or for lower power PCs where a complicated GUI interface would be excessive.

SCOPEA64.EXE
This is a full Windows GUI interface program that displays acquired data as horizontal traces on the screen. Acquired data is scrolled across the screen as it comes in and is also saved to disk. All acquisition parameters, such as sampling rate, filter coefficient, and output file size, are set by dialogs reached from pull down menus. Hot keys like up and down arrow can be used to adjust the number of displayed bits for the signal level you are using. The binary file format is exactly the same as for simpa64.exe.

DIAG
The system diagnostic can be used after installation or any other time to verify that the A/D board is correctly connected and communicating with the PC. This utility can prove very valuable in the field when connecting new hardware.

TWO TASK SUPPORT
Under multitasking systems like Windows or Linux you can run acquisition as one task while a second task examines the acquired data files and performs further processing. Typical second task activities might include items like triggering accept/reject decisions on files so an excessive amount of data does not build up on the hard disk. The 2task example included with the system shows how to run a simple threshold trigger. Under Windows, each tasks is typically run in its own window. Under Linux, the acquisition task usually runs in the background while the processing task runs in the foreground.

LABVIEW SUPPORT
LabVIEW drivers and a finished application paralleling the other software are provided. The application is a finished scope display acquisition program. This program is "ready to go" and does not require any user programming, but you must have a copy of LabVIEW in order to use it. Full LabVIEW "G" source code is provided.

LIBRARY SUPPORT
Basic driver support is provided as a collection of library functions that let you initialize, start acquisition, and copy results to the PC. The library source code can be compiled to either static or DLL (shared library) format with no changes and is written in standard ASCII C. See below for a list of functions.

Library Functions

DSP32C Manual & Software Summary

The table of contents from the DSP32C Coprocessor Board manual and the list of directories on the DSP32C product disk are shown below. The full manual text in PDF format and the latest updates of the software are always available free from the Legacy DSP32C section of our Downloads page.

A complete software package comes free with each DSP32C digital signal processing board. The included software contains diagnostic programs, examples, an assembler, a monitor/debugger, low level libraries and source code. This means you can start acquiring data right away. And later customize the source code for your application.

Manual Table of Contents

Product Disk Directories

Software Program Summaries

DSPASM.EXE
The DSPASM assembler is designed to process source files with Agere mnemonics and high level control constructs to produce located object files that can be directly downloaded and executed on the coprocessor board. It is ideal for code development requiring fast edit and execute cycles. Some of the features of DSPASM are: free format source code, symbolic register names, nops emitted for CAU but not DAU instructions, forward references, and C like conditional syntax including if, while, and for loops.

DSPMON.EXE
The DSPMON program is a software tool for monitoring and controlling the DSP32C coprocessor boards by hand. Its commands are quite similar to those of debug or symdeb for the 80x86 on the PC, and users familiar with those programs should find DSPMON easy to use. Using DSPMON is a good way to get familiar with the coprocessor board. No damage can occur from anything done within DSPMON.

DSPTOOLS SYSTEM UTILITIES LIBRARY
The DSPTOOLS system utilities library is a collection of functions for controlling the execution of the DSP32C coprocessor boards from C programs running on the PC. With it, you can upload and download the DSP32C boards from programs you write. In fact, the DSPMON monitor is an example of a program that makes use of these functions, where each operation allowed in the monitor corresponds to a function call in the DSPTOOLS library. See DSPTOOLS functions below for a list of functions.

DSPMATH MATH LIBRARY
The DSPMATH library is a collection of math functions for the DSP32C coprocessor boards. With this library, functions can be called from high level languages without having to program the board directly. It is one of the easiest ways to begin getting results from the DSP32C boards. See DSPMATH functions below for a list of functions.

DSPTOOLS Functions

DSPMATH Functions