NXDRV-INTIME
CIFX/netX device driver INtime Most operating systems and real-time extensions require a device driver to integrate hardware components. Hilscher CIFX/COMX components require such device drivers as well. Hilscher offers a series of device drivers for a wide variety of operating systems and Windows real-time extensions. All Hilscher drivers have a standard user interface (CIFX-API) and are based on a C toolkit that can also be used for developing independent device drivers. The drivers are fully responsible for administering the communication components, a task that includes loading firmware and configuration files. The user interface contains all of the functions needed to initialize, parametrize and exchange data, and to sort status information. Depending on the operating system and real-time expansion, the user interface is housed in a DLL or library, and the drivers support existing bus connections (ISA/PCI/PCIe and dual-port memory connections) wherever possible. The C toolkit, and therefore the basis of the drivers’ code, is designed in such a way that an unlimited number of communication components can be used simultaneously. However, the specific characteristics of each operating system must be taken into account. INtime is a product offered by TenAsys; it is a real-time kernel that can expand a standard Windows PC system by adding hard real-time features according to industrial requirements. The INtime driver offers access to netX-based hardware (e.g. CIFX50) with the same functionality as Windows, and it runs in a separate address range during the real-time expansion. The INtime driver provides a special version of the Windows CIFX application DLL that allows Windows applications to access the hardware via the INtime driver. | Facts at a glance:
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Product | NXDRV-INTIME | |
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Description | CIFX/netX device driver INtime | |
Related products | CIFX / COMX / netPLC / netJACK 100 | |
Operating system | Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows 7 (32/64 Bit) | |
Driver type | INtime Version 3.1 | |
User interface | API-DLL Initializing the PC cards Reading status information Reading and writing commands Writing parameters Watchdog function Accessing process data map Opening and closing the driver | |
Operating mode | Polling | |
Hardware support | PCI/PCIe | |
# of cards/system | Variable | |
Other characteristics | Installation via batch file No 64-bit support included No interrupt support included |
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