PCI card interfacing

I want to communiate with a PCI card using java. How to do it?

Is there a document from Sun somewhere that says; we want java to become a systems programming language ? I don't think so. Until then, I'm afraid you're going to have to write a (very much not portable) native interface in C.

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Pci Card Interfaces on iMac i5 ?

Hi guys I'm thinking about buying a Rme Digiface for my home studio, now this is a Pci card interfece, would it work on my iMac ? I know the connection is made via a firewire cable so should I connect the interface to my firewire port ?
Thanks for help, Nicolò

Hi,
Sorry wont work, you need a dedicated PCI card for this device to work. Only the cable used to connect the digiface to this card is firewire.
Grtz

I have installed succesfully a PCI cards seen by windows but it does not appears in the device and interfaces tools of the Measurement and automation manager?

Cannot install new objects in device and interface to use the ni-imaq library and to take image from my camera.

Which PCI card did you install? The PCI-8252 and PXI-8252 will not appear in MAX. Does your card appear in the Windows Device Manager?

PCI Video Interface Card for Mac Pro/FCP

Could someone please recommend a PCI Video Interface card for my Mac Pro? I'm looking for something that will capture in Beta SP, as well as support HD-SDI (bnc connector) -- does such a card exist?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: Matinicus Rock

Matrox:
http://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mac/mxo2_family/
You are flush with options...
Shane

Dos Driver for ni pci-485 interface card

Can any one give details about availablity of Dos driver for NI PCI-485 Interface Card.
Thanks

The PCI-485 uses standard 16550 UARTs, and while there isn't a packaged DOS driver avilable, you should be able to use the card in DOS applications by configuring the software to use the base address assigned to the UART that you wish to use. One important note is the RS-485 wire modes which are configured via the scratch register. The user manual documents how this is performed.

SATA PCI card in powermac, which one?

Im looking for a SATA PCI card for a power mac and was wondering what is the cheapest option can I use any card or just ones specifically made for mac?
Any help appreciated.

A controller card plugs directly into the computer's hardware. An adapter lets you plug a SATA drive into another interface which in turn plugs into the computer. I don't have experience with either but I suspect the controller would be faster since the adapter would be limited by the speed and maybe even drive size limitations (if such) for whatever interface you were using. It depends upon the computer. For which kind are you thinking of buying one?

Linksys PCI cards and WLC problems

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WMP200 and WMP54G Wi-Fi PCI cards installed on PC.
My infrastructure is WLC 2106 and two APs 1231G and one 1242G.
The problem is that the cards have problem with connection to WLAN.
The broadcast SSID must be enable then the cards connect to WLAN otherwise is a problem with connection.
When the card is connected but connection is unstable and poor.
The cards have the newest firmware installed.
Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
Kamil

Hi Kamil,
Have you associated other types of clients with these AP's? If so, do they perform better?
You might want to start by checking the status of the poorly performing client on the controller while it's connected:
monitor -> clients
You'll primarily be interested in the RSSI and SNR. The other counters such as 'excessive retries' should be observed as well.
Also check the AP's radio interface stats. Check for excessive interference or channel utilization.
This is a very helpful doc that you may want to check out:
Unified Wireless Network: Troubleshoot Client Issues
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6366/products_tech_note09186a00809d45a2.shtml
Let us know if any of this helps.

Shopping for PCI cards

I'm looking for ::
USB 2.0
Firewire 800
SATA controller
Gigabit ethernet
I'd love to get combo cards if possible. i.e. USB/firewire and Gigabit/SATA. Really any combination of those 4 would be fantastic.
any recomendations? I'm tired of searching eBay and "screening" every auction to see if the PCI cards are compatable with my slots.
OWC has a limited selection
anyone know of any *tried and true* devices?

Mike Lowry wrote:
Thanks.
not a whole lot of firewire 800 products. not to mention cards compatable with my G3 desktop.
helpfull still.
That may be the difficulty in getting the latest USB2/FW800/Gigabit/SATA cards, since when the PCI hardware was introduced with those newer standards the beige G3 was already a dinosaur, so they were likely designed for official support and compatibility with the current computer models at the time and since.
You might have better luck with compatibility with the older USB1/FW400/ATA card for example. (Not sure why you need Gigabit, if the on-board Ethernet is still functional anyway.) That's not to say the newer cards won't work at all, but you may be the guinea pig who finds out if they do. I'd be interested in your results with the SATA, if you can get that to work or not. I haven't heard of any one using them in the G3 here, if so I must have missed it.
Sonnet had a Tempo Trio card that combined USB/FW/ATA, not sure what the latest version of that is now. They provide a good support section with the latest Mac drivers and firmware updates for their older products, also the ACARD brand has several Mac hard drive controllers. Go for a hardware RAID card if you really want to boost disc read/write performance, all the other interface theoretical speeds are still limited by the hard drive read/write heads. With a striped RAID 0, two heads are better than one, as they can operate simultaneously. Let me know if you can get those 250GB SATA working in a RAID 0, I am thinking about going that route when I run out of space with my 2x120GB ATA66 RAID, if I keep the computer going that long. Although the ATA133 card may work just as well.
Anybody using either of these SATA cards in their Beige G3?
http://www.acard.com/english/fb0101.jsp?type1idno=3&type2idno=24
http://www.acard.com/english/fb01-product.jsp?idnono=126&prod_no=AEC-6290M&type1_title=Adapters&type1idno=3
http://www.acard.com/english/fb01-product.jsp?idnono=125&prod_no=AEC-6890M&type1_title=Adapters&type1idno=3

Problems with PCI card on my Mac G5

I have been having random system wide freezeups on my G5 2.7 purchased as a refurb from Apple store.com back in late March. Other crazy symptoms are Logic Pro freezing, ie - application freezes, and various funky glitches while recording and then stopping playback. I have had the computer put through a battery of diagnostics at my local Apple store and all components, RAM (4.5GB), 3 hard drives (the Mac HD, the audio hard drive mounted internally and a Lacie firewire 800 drive for the Ivory samples), the computer itself, optical drive - all come up perfectly sound.
Using my Apple Care technicians instructed me to elliminate one by one my peripherals which include the Mackie Control Universal, Motu Micro Express Midi Interface, Ivory Grand Piano Software, my Korg Triton, and in the beginning my Echo Mia PCI card. Oh yeh and Logic Pro 7.2 was removed to see if that was the problem.
The only thing that caused the problems to stop was the removal of the Echo Mia card. Also tried changing it to a different slot to no avail. So the Echo tech support was contacted and even though they refused to believe that their card was the problem they took it back. So since the Mac 1/8 inch inputs and outputs are anything but professional filled with groundloops, beeping and hums I did a forum search on many differnet forums to find a card that would fit my needs inexpensively until I finally get the Apogee Ensemble that I'm waiting for. The same name came up for bringing audio into a Mac via the PCIX slot for a small sum of money - ESI Juli@. Many people said this was a quality unit with a good track record for being used on a G5. I have the most updated drivers from the ESI company. Darned if I'm not discovering the same freezeups and glitches with this card.
I have come to understand that these cards should work in my computer, hassle free. I have a G5 2.7 with supposedly 3 PCIX slots. What am I doing wrong here? Are there voltage issues here?

Turned out to be a corruption in some Logic preferences. I believe this was because of a bad chip of RAM I had. It took weeks to figure out why I was having glitches and system wide freezeups. One day the Apple Hardware tests came up perfect and then another day the "quick test" showed a RAM error.
I had to delete a file called "logic" and a loose file named "apple.logic.plist" (something like that). As a result of that I lost my templates and settings. Then I had to reset the startup assistant in Logic. I think a handy shortcut, although I am a newbie to Logic, is to formulate a song (file) and name it "Marks template number one", then save it as a template but don't erase the file. Then if you lose your templates like I did, because of the corrupted preferences, the song file still is in your hard drive and you'll just have to save it as the template again.

Seeking advice for backing up Xserve G5 w/ RAID PCI card

Hello all!
I'm a newbie to Macs and server admin, and I have inherited the job of setting up a server at work for file storage. I'll do my best to give a concise description of our set-up - I'm looking for some advice on the last few odds and ends... mainly how we can backup the system.
We bought an Xserve G5 with an option RAID PCI card. We have 3 500GB drives in the Xserve, configured to RAID 5 (giving us effectively 1TB of storage space). We will be using the server for data storage. About 20 computers will access the server over a network; we are using an assortment of Macs and PCS.
I am seeking advice on backup systems for the server. In the event that the RAID5 fails, we don't want to lose our data. We just need a snapshot of the server; we don't need to archive data or to take the HD offsite. Our old server just used Retrospect to run incremental backups every night (with a complete clean backup once a month). Our current thought is to attach large external hard drive to our admin computer (not the server directly) and run nightly backups as before.
The major points I have are:
-Any thoughts on reliable 1 TB external drives?
-Any recommendations on software that can backup from a RAID over a network? I found info for Retrospect Server 6.0 - it seems to do what we want, but is rather pricey.
Thanks in advance for any advice! I really appreciate it!
Xserve G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Greetings-
We all started out as newbies at one time or another-no worries. That is why we are here.
I personally use the Lacie branded drives. They are sturdy and reliable. My only thoughts here are to have at least three external drives-one for today's backup, one for a backup stored securely nearby, and one to be securely stored off-site. Rotate the drives daily so that your worst-case scenario will be a catastrophe that requires you to use a three-day old backup, depending upon how old your off-site backup is. Not ideal but better than the alternative. External drives are cheap enough these days to allow you to do this at a reasonable cost. Plus it is easy enough to throw one in a briefcase and tote it home for safety (just don't lose it!)
I would stay away from Retrospect. If you search these forums you will find several instances of folks having some serious issues with the program. I use a program called Carbon Copy Cloner that does the job nicely for my basement server. There are ways to do the backups via the command line interface as well but I am not so familiar with those commands. You may have to dig a little deeper to find something that works for you.
One of the other advantages of the FW external drive is that you can share it with other users, so perhaps you can set things up to have your network backups to go to that drive. Tis a thought.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

RS-485: PC can send/receive data from PCI card, but LabVIEW can only send to card.

I have a master/slave setup with a 2-wire RS-485 connection via a StarTech PCI2S485 card http://www.startech.com/product/PCI2S485-2-Port-PCI-RS-422-485-Card-with-DB9. A Vista PC running LabVIEW 2010 is acting as the master to 6 slave devices. I am running a driver VI supplied by the company that made the slaves.
I've used a terminal program called Termite to monitor the ports during operation and have concluded that both the PC and the slaves are sending correct data packets (i.e. correct protocol and reasonable data). Termite indicates that the slave's response is being received by the PCI card, but the problem is that LabVIEW simply isn't reading the response from the card. Each time the driver VI is run it returns a "timeout waiting for slave to respond" error.
The VI and slaves I am using are designed for both RS-232 and 485 communication. I've verified the VI to run in 232 mode on a different COM port. I also wrote a simple VI using the VISA functions to test the ports on the PCI card, but I've had the same results. Hardware connections have been looked over carefully, but the fact that the card actually sends a correct message and receives a correct message indicates a different problem.
Any idea why LabVIEW can talk to the PCI card but can't hear it? Is there anything I can do about this, or does LabVIEW generally not like StarTech's PCI2S485 cards?
Thanks,
Tim

Tim359 ha scritto:
I have a master/slave setup with a 2-wire RS-485 connection via a StarTech PCI2S485 card http://www.startech.com/product/PCI2S485-2-Port-PCI-RS-422-485-Card-with-DB9. A Vista PC running LabVIEW 2010 is acting as the master to 6 slave devices. I am running a driver VI supplied by the company that made the slaves.
I've used a terminal program called Termite to monitor the ports during operation and have concluded that both the PC and the slaves are sending correct data packets (i.e. correct protocol and reasonable data). Termite indicates that the slave's response is being received by the PCI card, but the problem is that LabVIEW simply isn't reading the response from the card. Each time the driver VI is run it returns a "timeout waiting for slave to respond" error.
The VI and slaves I am using are designed for both RS-232 and 485 communication. I've verified the VI to run in 232 mode on a different COM port. I also wrote a simple VI using the VISA functions to test the ports on the PCI card, but I've had the same results. Hardware connections have been looked over carefully, but the fact that the card actually sends a correct message and receives a correct message indicates a different problem.
Any idea why LabVIEW can talk to the PCI card but can't hear it? Is there anything I can do about this, or does LabVIEW generally not like StarTech's PCI2S485 cards?
Thanks,
Tim
RS232 interface consist of 2 indipendent communication crossed lines between 2 devices (9DSub connector: Pin 2-RX Pin 3-TX pin 5-Gnd)
RS485 interfaceis a bus, shared between 2 or more devices. (like ethernet or CAN Bus)
This means that an incorrect use of the bus can lead to a "packet collision" if 2 or more devices try to send a message on the bus at the same time or at least their messages, partially "overlap"
About 10 years ago I have used a PCI 2 RS485 port: I remember that I have to change the status of RTS serial control line to switch between transmit and receive mode.
This can be done using the serial VISA property:
Serial Settings --> Modem Line Settings --> DTR State
or using the VI
<LabVIEW dir>\vi.lib\Instr\_sersup.llb\serial line ctrl.vi   (LV 8.6.1)
The result was that the slave device connected, send me the response after few nanosec. causing the lost of the answer.
because LabVIEW use more than some nanosec. to change RTS property after sending message on the 485 bus calling a VISA Write.
So for me there was 2 possibilities:
- use 2 RS485 port (1 for transmit 1 for receive echo transmit included)
- use this converter
         http://www.advantech.com/products/ADAM-4521/mod_2E78D425-8B08-43F6-81B0-1B924E53E075.aspx
this converter, after sending a message on the bus, electronically switchs back to receive mode without losing a byte.
But the question is :
what does it means
"RS-485 mode supports Auto Transceiver turn around (ATTA)"
of your card?
bye

Suggest USB PCI card for PM 7200/120

Hi
I want to instal a USB PCI card in a 7200/120. It's running OS 8.6 with Apple USB Support 1.4.1 software. Also have Toast Titanium 5.2 with its Toast USB support extensions loaded. Also tried running OS 9.1 on alternative startup drive with same Apple USB Support 1.4.1 etc.
I've installed a 5 port USB v2 (32-bit host interface compliant to PCI spec release 2.2 and backward compatible with USB 1.1) card from Laser (www.laserco.net). The packaging says it's compatible with Win 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP but no mention of Mac. The 7200 doesn't see the card installed in PCI slot (checking Apple System Profiler). Double-checked to make sure the PCI was securely seated in the slot, tried different slot etc.
I also tried re-installing Apple USB Support v.1.2 on the OS 8.6 volume but still no good.
I'm in Australia and wondered if anyone can recommend a USB card that actually works in the 7200?

Claudio,
Two years ago, this question was very common. Warnings were given about certain Belkin cards not working well. With the passage of time and the drop in price of newer used systems, few people spend money on upgrading older equipment. It can be done but the beige G3 is the minimum platform that most will work on. Here is a guide to Mac resources in Australia.
http://www.tandb.com.au/buying/
This site sells a wide array of older Mac products. They offer an interesting list of prior models that they still buy, including 7300 models and IIci models. The 7200 is not on their list of models that are in demand.
http://resale.headgap.com/
"TRADE-INS OR SELL YOUR OLD MAC
Remember we pay wholesale prices. Many times when you are ready to upgrade your old system may not be worth much, especially to a dealer who is used to buying in quantity at wholesale prices and has the units shipped in bulk truck freight. Boxing and shipping your old system costs a few dollars. Here lately we have been having more trouble locating older systems people are still buying. We will begin offering trade-ins or to buy outright certain older systems. The following are on the list: PowerMac G4, iMac G4, QuickSilver G4, Blue & White (REV 2 Only), G3 Desktops, PowerMac 7300, Quadra or Centris 650, and Mac IICI's and SI's. The units need to be cosmetically in good condition and working (at least chiming). Trade in value will vary from the top wholesale price for extra clean, that exceed stock configurations and down for less that prime units. We are also purchasing good used Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II ADB Mice, working StyleWriters, and SCSI Zip Drives."
Hope this helps. My experience with buying USB cards for Macs convinced me to only buy cards that are already installed in a working used Mac. The Mac costs $15 US and the card is free. I realize that your market is somewhat different. However, if it is hard to find a working card here, it will be even harder there.
Take note, even Headgap does not want Rev. 1 Blue and White Macs. Avoid them if you have a choice.
This company has iMacs for under $200 in Australia. That may be high and it may not be a current price.
http://www.newwavesystems.com.au/pre-owned_imac.html
They also show a PowerMac G4/400MHz for $150 Australian here:
http://www.newwavesystems.com.au/pre-owned_powermac.html
That would be money well spent compared to any upgrades to a 7200. Otherwise, find a recycler who knows a thing or two about Macs and wait for them to come across the right card for you.
Ji˜m

Why would a PCI card not work in a similar G4?

Why would an Audio Interface PCI card work in one Mac G4, but not in a newer, similar computer?
My Sonorus STUDI/O audio interface card has been working great in my G4 450 (AGP), through various MacOS versions, now in OS 9.2.2, using LOGIC Pro 6 recording software.
Putting the card in a Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25 Ghz (MDD Mirror Drive Door), the card is recognized by Apple System Profiler, but Logic abruptly quits without explanation as soon as it starts up and tries to acknowledge and integrate the card.
Throwing away Logic’s Preferences will let me successfully start up Logic, and choosing the basic MacAV as the audio engine will work just fine (so it’s not the application itself that’s broken). But if I specify the STUDI/O, as soon as I relaunch Logic to activate that choice, the program just quits without explanation again.
Same system (OS 9.2.2) as in the G4 450 (except that the Mirror Drive’s OS 9 was a slightly newer, machine-specific build).
No special drivers needed, as Logic supports the card directly.
I tried all available PCI slots, with no difference.
So why would a PCI card suddenly not work at all in a newer, but comparable Mac? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Peter
Additional bit: The STUDI/O card is not supported in OS X, and Sonorus has closed its doors. So there's no help forthcoming from that direction. But in OS 9, everything should be good to go. Could a somewhat newer, faster computer like the Dual 1.25 really have that much of a detrimental impact on a PCI card?

Tried using different domain name servers?
Flushing DNS cache?
Turning off proxy?
You would find similiar issues over on Safari, Snow Leopad forum, and post to the MacBook Pro area instead.
Safari
Snow Leopard
MacBook Pro

PCI Card Driver for 2009 Mac Pro

I just got a 2.66 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon from one of my cousins. It has a PCI card in it, but the card has no driver installed. Running System Information, under PCI Cards, there is a graphics controller installed, as well as a SCSI Bus Controller, which I'm assuming is the PCI Card, with four slots to hook up eSATA drives.
Anyways, I'm having a hard time finding a driver for this card. If anyone could help, I'd be very appreciative. I used the Vendor ID to do a Google search and found the manufacturer's website, but they have no drivers for Apple.
Thank you!
Type:          SCSI Bus Controller
Driver Installed:          No
MSI:          No
Bus:          PCI
Slot:          Slot-2
Vendor ID:          0x11ab
Device ID:          0x7042
Subsystem Vendor ID:          0x11ab
Subsystem ID:          0x7042
Revision ID:          0x0002
Link Width:          x4
Link Speed:          2.5 GT/s

The Vendor ID 0x11ab looks up to Marvell SemiConductor, but they have no PCIe card with that number showing in their portiolio. Some Highpoint devices are shown on their listings, so they may be cross developing with HighPoint.
The Device ID 0x7042 looks up to Highpoint Technologies RR231X SATA controller.
Mention of SCSI devices is very common because all these Interfaces are based on the much more mature SCSI Interface Routines, whatever their final interface turns out to be.
RocketRAID 231x/230x SATAII Host Adapter User’s Guide
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/product_support_sata3.htm#rr2300

Labview programming for pci cards

Hi all,
I need to write a program in labview that communicates with a pci dio 96 card.
I need to set a bit to 1 (0th port and 5th bit) periodically..
how can I communicate with the pci card from the labview..
is there any driver that we can use for this..
Thanks,
Vijay

vijay shankar wrote:
Thanks Dennis,
Actually I dont think I have any drivers installed.. Because, I used the tap test interface in MAX to find that I have to trigger the 5th line of 0th port of a pci dio 96 card to trigger my device.
I have downloaded and installed Daqmx that suits my labview version and started exploring the options.
Now, I am struggling hard to figure out how to change my requirement that I have mentioned above into an actual program in labview.
All I have is a pci dio 96 card installed, labview 8.2 and daqmx that supports my labview version. I have to make one of the lines to 1 and 0 alternatively.
Can anyone point to a tutorial or some discussion that could help me kick start.
Thank you,
VJ
Search in the examples\DAQmx\Digital folder inside your LabVIEW installation. There are several examples that should give you enough hints at how to go about that. And if you ever get at other problems there are many many more directories in that example folder. :
And an example finder to help you look for the right examples can be found in the Help menu.
Rolf Kalbermatter
Rolf Kalbermatter
CIT Engineering Netherlands
a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

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