Owner manual

TA660 User's Manual Catalyst Enterprises, Inc
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driver files.
TA660 Overview
The TA660 PCI Bus Analyzer/Exerciser has a convenient, easy to use
Easy Mode that allows you to perform 95% of your PCI bus data
capture & trigger without any programming.
An Advanced Mode offers you a powerful programming capability
for complex triggering.
The TA660 incorporates an Exerciser that generates bus transactions
to exercise the bus as a master or target while allowing you to monitor
and capture the resulting performance.
A Timing Analyzer capability is also included that allows the user to
capture bus timing violations.
Additionally, the TA660 includes Performance Analysis for real-
time and statistical measurement as well as comprehensive Device
Compliance Test capabilities.
TA660 Configurations
The TA660 may be operated in one of 3 configurations, each offering
a convenient Easy Mode which requires no programming:
State Analyzer Only
To perform a variety of data capture and trigger and bus analysis.
State & Timing Analyzer
To perform timing analysis for possible violation and to characterize
Setup & Hold limits on all or selected signals.
State Analyzer & Exerciser
To perform Device compliance testing, characterize a PCI device by
emulating various bus cycles & terminations, injecting errors and
generating traffics to measure the PCI bus response. The exerciser
may be used as a bus master to test and debug new designs.
The operating configuration is selectable on the Main Menu Bar.