xPC Target

Ethernet Card for a PCI-Bus

If your target PC has a PCI-bus, we recommend that you use an Ethernet card for the PCI-bus. The PCI-bus has a faster data transfer rate and requires minimal effort to configure. Also, The MathWorks supplies one PCI-bus Ethernet card with the xPC Target software for your target PC.

To install the PCI-bus Ethernet card supplied with the xPC Target software, use the following procedure:

1. Turn off your target PC.
2. If the target PC already has an unsupported Ethernet card, remove the card.
3. Plug the Ethernet card from The MathWorks into a free PCI-bus slot.
4. Connect your target PC Ethernet card to your LAN using an unshielded twisted-pair cable.

Your next task is to set up the xPC Target environment for network communication. See Environment Properties for Network Communication.

Ethernet Cards Supported by xPC Target

Ethernet Card for an ISA-Bus