IOtech ADAC/5500MF, ADAC/5501MF, ADAC/5501MF-V, ADAC/5502MF, ADAC/5502MF-V Installation Manual

ADAC/5500 Series

PCI Data Acquisition Boards

Installation Guide

© 2002 by IOtech, Inc. 908096 1107-0940, rev. 2.0

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ADAC/5500 Series, Installation

Contents

Introduction …… page 3

Install Software …… page 5
Install Boards in Available

PCI Bus-Slots …… page 7
Configure Boards ….. page 9

Pinouts …… page 10

Introduction

This document is designed to help you quickly install your ADAC software and ADAC/5500 Series Board. More
detailed documents, in Adobe® PDF format, are installed on your hard-drive as a part of product support, during the
software installation process.

After installing the software and the board, you will need to configure the board. Although this document provides
some notes regarding board configuration, you will need to refer to your PDF copy of the ADAC/5500 Series User’s
Manual (p/n 1107-0905) for details.

You should keep your ADAC/5500 Series board’s serial number and your authorization code (if applicable) with
this document. Space is provided below for recording up to 4 board numbers and their PCI bus-slot location. The
board serial number is located on the bottom of the board

.

Board 1
Board 2
Board 3
Board 4

The host PC can support up to four ADAC/5500 Series Boards.

Board Type
(e.g., ADAC/5500MF,
ADAC/5503HR, etc.)*

Serial Number

PCI Bus-Slot Location

*Note: ADAC/5500 Series boards have device labels which read, for example, “ADAC/5500MF,”
“ADAC/5501MF,” etc. The name labels are convenient for users of more than one board type.

Authorization Code for purchased software (if applicable) ____________________________
If you purchased software that requires an authorization code, the code will be located on an

authorization code sheet that you will receive with your order.

WARNING

Always turn the computer power OFF and unplug it before connecting or disconnecting a screw
terminal panel or a cable to the PCI card. Failure to do so could result in electric shock, or
equipment damage.

Reference Notes:

(1) Each ADAC/5500 Series Board plugs into a PCI bus-slot. Consult your PC owner’s manual as needed.
(2) After the software install, you can navigate to relevant electronic documents from your desktop as follows:
Start ⇒ Programs ⇒ ADAC PDF Documentation

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Accessing ADAC PDF Documentation

ADAC/5500 Series Boards

Feature

Analog Inputs

Ranges-

Unipolar

Bipolar

Resolution
A/D Sample

Rate
Gains

(Programmable)

D/A Outputs
(16-Bit)

Digital I/O

Counters
(16-Bit)

Timers
Associated

Terminal
Boards

Associated
Cables
(see figure)

/5500MF /5501MF

8 Single­Ended

0 to 10V 0 to10V

± 10V ± 10V

12-bit 12-bit 12-bit 16-bit 16-bit
100 kHz 100 kHz 100 kHz 200 kHz 200 kHz

N/A 1, 2, 4, 8 1, 10, 100, 1000 1, 2, 4, 8 1, 10, 100

0 2 Clocked DACs

16

(Two 8-bit
registers)

2 2 2 2 2

2 2 2 2 2
ADAC-TB-8 ADAC-TB-16

CA-G55­ADAC

/5501MF-V

16 Single-Ended, or
16 Pseudo-Diff., or
8 Differential

0 to 5V
0 to 2.5V
0 to 1.25V

± 5V
± 2.5V
± 1.25V

(/5501MF-V only)
16 – from main I/O

(Two 8-bit registers)

16 – from aux. P3*
16 – from aux. P5*

ADAC-DC-37

CA-G55-ADAC
CA-G17-ADAC
CA-G37-x-ADAC

(qty. 2)

/5502MF
/5502MF-V

16 Single-Ended, or
16 Pseudo-Diff., or
8 Differential

0 to10V
0 to 1V
0 to 95mV
0 to 9.5mV

± 10V
± 1V
± 95mV
± 9.5mV

2 Clocked DACs
(/5502MF-V only)

16 – from main I/O

(Two 8-bit registers)

16 – from aux. P3*
16 – from aux. P5*

ADAC-TB-16
ADAC-DC-37 (qty. 2)

CA-G55-ADAC
CA-G17-ADAC
CA-G37-x-ADAC

/5503HR
/5503HR-V

16 Single-Ended, or
16 Pseudo-Diff., or
8 Differential

0 to10V
0 to 5V
0 to 2.5V
0 to 1.25V

± 10V
± 5V
± 2.5V
± 1.25V

2 Clocked DACs
(/5503HR-V only)

16 – from main I/O

(Two 8-bit registers)

16 – from aux. P3*
16 – from aux. P5*

ADAC-TB-16
ADAC-DC-37 (qty. 2)

CA-G55-ADAC
CA-G17-ADAC
CA-G37-x-ADAC

/5504HR
/5504HR-V

16 Single-Ended, or
16 Pseudo-Diff., or
8 Differential

0 to10V
0 to 1V
0 to 99.84 mV

± 10V
± 1V
± 99.86mV

2 Clocked DACs
(/5504HR-V only)

16 – from main I/O

(Two 8-bit registers)

16 – from aux. P3*
16 – from aux. P5*

ADAC-TB-16
ADAC-DC-37 (qty. 2)

CA-G55-ADAC
CA-G17-ADAC
CA-G37-x-ADAC

ADAC/5500 Series, Possible Connections to Terminal Boards

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*

The CA-G17-ADAC cables connect to

40-pin headers P3 (DIO2) and P5 (DIO3)
located on ADAC Series board.

Step 1 – Install Software

IMPORTANT: Software must be installed before installing hardware.

Remove previous version ADAC drivers, if present. You can do this through Microsoft’s

1.

Add/Remove Programs feature.

2. Place the Data Acquisition CD into the CD-ROM drive. Wait for PC to auto-run the CD. This may

take a few moments, depending on your PC.

If the CD does not auto-run, use the Desktop’s Start/Run/Browse feature to select and run

Setup.exe.

3. After the intro-screen appears, follow the screen prompts.

Upon completing the software installation, continue with step 2, Install Boards in Available PCI Bus-Slots.

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