Measurement CIO-DAS08JR-AO User Manual

CIO-DAS08/JR-AO

Analog I/O and Digital I/O

User’s Guide

Document Revision 1, January, 2011

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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-DAS08/JR-AO ..................................................................................................... 7

Overview: CIO-DAS08/JR-AO features ............................................................................................................ 7

Software features ................................................................................................................................................ 7

Chapter 2

Installing the CIO-DAS08/JR-AO ......................................................................................................... 8

What comes with your CIO-DAS08/JR-AO shipment? ..................................................................................... 8

Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Additional documentation .................................................................................................................................. 8

Optional components .......................................................................................................................................... 8

Unpacking the CIO-DAS08/JR-AO ................................................................................................................... 9

Installing the software ........................................................................................................................................ 9

Configuring the CIO-DAS08/JR-AO ................................................................................................................. 9

Installing the CIO-DAS08/JR-AO.................................................................................................................... 10

Connecting the board for I/O operations .......................................................................................................... 10

Connectors, cables – main I/O connector ........................................................................................................................10

Field wiring, signal termination, and conditioning ..........................................................................................................11

Calibrating the CIO-DAS08/JR-AO ................................................................................................................. 11

Chapter 3

Specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Analog input ..................................................................................................................................................... 12

Analog output ................................................................................................................................................... 12

Digital input/output .......................................................................................................................................... 13

Power consumption .......................................................................................................................................... 13

Environmental .................................................................................................................................................. 13

Main connector and pin out .............................................................................................................................. 13

Declaration of Conformity .................................................................................................................. 15

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