RTC
®
5 PC Interface Board
Rev. 1.9 e
16 Appendix B: The RTC
®
5-Express Board
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16 Appendix B: The RTC
®
5-Express Board
16.1 Product Overview
16.1.1 Intended Use – Comparison to
the RTC
®
5PCinterface board
Just like the RTC
®
5 PC interface board, SCANLAB’s
RTC
®
5-Express board is intended for synchronous
real-time control of scan systems, lasers and
peripheral equipment. It differs from the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board in the following hardware-
related details:
•The RTC
®
5-Express board provides a PCI-Express
interface and must be connected to a PCI-Express
slot of the PC.
• The „SPI / I2C“ connector provides two 10 V
analog inputs instead of an I
2
C interface (see
page 595).
Otherwise, the RTC
®
5-Express board provides the
same functionality for controlling scan systems,
lasers and peripheral equipment as the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board. Neither the number, type
and positioning of connectors for controlling scan
systems, lasers and peripheral equipment nor the
jumpers for customized configuration differ from
that of the RTC
®
5 PC interface board. Specifications
for signal inputs and outputs are the same as with the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board (with above-mentioned
exception), as are software installation and appli-
cation programming. Both the RTC
®
5-Express board
and the RTC
®
5 PC interface board use the same
software package (driver, DLL, import declarations,
etc.) and same command set.
16.1.2 System Requirements
Hardware
The RTC
®
5-Express board requires an IBM-
compatible personal computer with a PCI-Express bus
interface and at least one free PCI-Express slot. The
dimensions of the RTC
®
5 board are shown in
figure 68 on page 593.
RTC
®
5-Express boards intended for synchronized
master/slave operation must be installed in adjacent
PCI-Express slots.
Software
The RTC
®
5-Express board can use the same software
drivers and DLL files as the RTC
®
5 PC interface board
(about the supported operating systems see
section 2.2.2 on page 26 ).
16.1.3 Optional Functionality
The RTC
®
5-Express board can be configured for the
same functionality as the RTC
®
5 PC interface board
(see page 27). Optional functionality must be
enabled by SCANLAB or installed.
Caution!
•The RTC
®
5-Express board does not support
power-saving modes that switch off power to
the PCI-Express bus. Accordingly, you must
disable standby or sleep modes of the operating
system. Also see the note on page 27.
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