Measurement CIO-CTR10 User Manual
CIO-CTR10
Counter/Timer Board
User's Guide
Document Revision 6, March, 2010
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Table of Contents
Preface
About this User's Guide ....................................................................................................................... 6
What you will learn from this user's guide ......................................................................................................... 6
Conventions in this user's guide ......................................................................................................................... 6
Where to find more information ......................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 1
Introducing the CIO-CTR10 .................................................................................................................. 7
Overview: CIO-CTR10 features ......................................................................................................................... 7
Software features ................................................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 2
Installing the CIO-CTR10 ...................................................................................................................... 8
What comes with your CIO-CTR10 shipment?.................................................................................................. 8
Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Additional documentation .................................................................................................................................. 8
Optional components .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Unpacking the CIO-CTR10 ................................................................................................................................ 9
Installing the software ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Configuring the CIO-CTR10 .............................................................................................................................. 9
Base address switch .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Interrupt level select jumper ............................................................................................................................................11
Wait state jumper .............................................................................................................................................................11
Installing the CIO-CTR10 ................................................................................................................................ 12
Connecting the board for I/O operations .......................................................................................................... 12
Connectors, cables – main I/O connector ........................................................................................................................12
Pin out – main I/O connectors .........................................................................................................................................12
Cabling.............................................................................................................................................................................13
Field wiring, signal termination, and conditioning ..........................................................................................................13
Chapter 3
Specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Counter ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Interrupts .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Digital input / output ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Power consumption .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Environmental .................................................................................................................................................. 15
Main connectors and pin out ............................................................................................................................ 15
P1 pin out .........................................................................................................................................................................15
P2 pin out .........................................................................................................................................................................16
Declaration of Conformity .................................................................................................................. 17
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Preface
About this User's Guide
What you will learn from this user's guide
This user's guide explains how to install, configure, and use the CIO-CTR10 board so that you get the most out
of its counter/timer features. This user's guide also refers you to related documents available on our web site,
and to technical support resources.
Conventions in this user's guide
The following conventions are used in this manual to convey special information:
For more information on …
Text presented in a box signifies additional information and helpful hints related to the subject matter you are
reading.
Caution! Shaded caution statements present information to help you avoid injuring yourself and others,
damaging your hardware, or losing your data.
< : > Angle brackets that enclose numbers separated by a colon signify a range of numbers, such as those assigned
to registers, bit settings, etc.
bold text Bold text is used for the names of objects on the screen, such as buttons, text boxes, and check boxes. For
example:
1. Insert the disk or CD and click the OK button.
italic text Italic text is used for the names of manuals and help topic titles, and to emphasize a word or phrase. For
example:
The InstaCal installation procedure is explained in the Quick Start Guide.
Never touch the exposed pins or circuit connections on the board.
Where to find more information
For additional information relevant to the operation of your hardware, refer to the Documents subdirectory
where you installed the MCC DAQ software (C:\Program Files\Measurement Computing\DAQ by default), or
search for your device on our website at www.mccdaq.com.
If you need to program at the register level in your application, refer to the Register Map for the CIO-CTR05
and CIO-CTR10. This document is available on our website at www.mccdaq.com/registermaps/RegMapCIO-
CTR05_10.pdf.
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