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Description

OpPickering_41_752_BattSimulator block	Designed to program Pickering's PXI-41-752 6-channel battery simulator module.
41-752 board	Single slot PXI module to be placed in an appropriate PXI chassis (e.g. Pickering PXI 40-922). RT-Lab block running in the target communicates with the module through a regular PCIe link, therefore a PXI-PCI interface is required (e.g. Pickering PXI 41-924 kit).
41-752 module	Contains 6 battery channels which can be programmed independently. At this end, every input of the RT-Lab block is a 6-value vector addressing each channel of the battery simulator.
Battery simulator	Can supply maximum 7V and 300mA per channel and sink up to 100mA per channel. Cells can be chained together in order to increase the final output.

Parameters

Module ID (Slot ID)	Index of the board on target's PCI bus; it can be found using the command lspci.
Bus ID	Logical bus ID tied to board on target's PCI bus; it can be found using the command lspci.

Example with 4 boards available:

08:0b.0 Class ff00: PLX Technology, Inc. PCI9030 32-bit 33MHz PCI <-> IOBus Bridge
08:0c.0 Class ff00: PLX Technology, Inc. PCI9030 32-bit 33MHz PCI <-> IOBus Bridge
08:0d.0 Class ff00: PLX Technology, Inc. PCI9030 32-bit 33MHz PCI <-> IOBus Bridge
08:0e.0 Class ff00: PLX Technology, Inc. PCI9030 32-bit 33MHz PCI <-> IOBus Bridge

When multiple cards are available, they are arranged from right to left in the PXI chassis. In the example above, the board with slot ID = 0x0b (11) is the right-most one, and Bus ID is the first number on each row, in this case 08.

Inputs

Vout	6-value input vector set the output voltage for each channel. Vector values are in volts going from 0 to 7V.
Isink	6-value input vector to set sink current for each channel. Vector values are in Amps going from 0 to 0.1A.
Cell_en	6-value input vector to enable/disable a channel of the module. Vector values are 0 for disabled and 1 for enabled.
Ex: [1 1 1 0 0 0 ]	enables the first 3 channels and disable the 3 last channels.

Outputs

InterLockSt

Reports the module interlock status. Value is set to 0 if interlock is disabled (jumper between pins 16 and 17 is missing), and 1 if enabled.

The module will not operate until interlock status is 1 (this is a hardware condition).

ModuleErr

Error reported by the module at board level.

CellErr

Error reported by the module at the channel level (vector of 6 error codes).

Note: Not all error codes apply for Pickering 41-752 Battery simulator board.

List of Error Codes

0	OK
1	No Pickering card has the specified number
2	Cannot obtain information for specified card
3	Specified card is disabled
4	Sub-unit value out-of-range for target card
5	Bit-number out-of-range for target sub-unit
6	Target sub-unit has no calibration data to read/write
7	SafeArray type, shape or size is incorrect
8	Non-zero write data value is illegal for MUX sub-unit
9	Execution would cause closure limit to be exceeded
10	One or more of the specified channels cannot be masked
11	Cannot activate an output that is masked
12	Cannot open a Pickering card at the specified location
13	Failed read from hardware
14	Failed write to hardware
15	Hardware driver failure
16	Incompatible hardware driver version
17	Function call incompatible with sub-unit type or capabilities
18	Matrix row value out-of-range
19	Matrix column value out-of-range
20	Attenuation value out-of-range
21	Voltage value out-of-range
22	Calibration index value out-of-range
23	Segment number out of range
24	Function code value out of range
25	Subswitch value out of range
26	Action code out of range
27	Cannot execute due to corrupt sub-unit state
28	Unrecognized attribute code
29	Timeout writing to EEPROM
30	Operation is illegal in the sub-unit's current state
31	Unrecognized pot number requested
32	Invalid write pattern for MATRIXR sub-unit
33	Attempted operation on non-existent channel
34	Card cannot be accessed (failed/removed/unpowered)
35	Unsupported internal floating-point format (internal error)
36	Sub-unit is not calibrated
37	Unobtainable resistance value
38	Invalid calibration store number
39	Invalid mode value
40	Conflicting device settings
41	Function call incompatible with card type or capabilities
42	Switch pole value out of range
43	Attempted to activate a non-existent capability
44	Action requires hardware that is not present
45	Faulty hardware
46	Failed to execute (e.g. blocked by a hardware condition)
47	Current value out of range
48	Invalid range value
49	Attribute not supported
50	Register number out of range
51	Invalid channel closure or write a pattern for MATRIXP sub-unit
52	Data buffer too small
53	Inconsistent shared access mode

Characteristics and Limitations

Multiple blocks can be added in an OPAL-RT model as long as each one drives a different module (unique slot ID).

For further information on the PXI 41-752 module itself, please read the following documentation given with your system from Pickering: 41-752D.pdf (datasheet), 41-752M.pdf (user manual).

Note: The channel is equivalent to a cell of a real battery.

Installation Requirements

This block requires Pickering's libpilpxi32 shared library (must be found in the libraries path).

Direct Feedthrough	No
Discrete sample time	Yes
XHP support	N/A
Work offline	Yes

OpPickering_41_752_BattSimulator