Omega Products PCI-DAS08 Installation Manual

User's Guide

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PCI-DAS08

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

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22.0 INSTALLATION

2 2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2 2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION, WINDOWS 95, 98 & NT

22.2.1 INTRODUCTION

22.2.2 INSTALLATION OPTIONS

22.2.3 INSTALLATION COMPLETION
2 2.3 RUN InstaCal

32.3.1 LAUNCHING InstaCAL

32.3.2 TESTING THE INSTALLATION
3 2.4 DOS and/or WINDOWS 3.1

43.0 HARDWARE CONNECTIONS

4 3.1 CONNECTOR PIN DIAGRAM
4 3.2 CONNECTING SIGNALS TO THE PCI-DAS08

44.0 ANALOG CONNECTIONS

5 4.1 ANALOG INPUTS

54.1.1 Single-Ended and Differential Inputs

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75.0 PROGRAMMING & SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

7 5.1 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
7 5.2 PACKAGED APPLICATION PROGRAMS

86.0 PCI-DAS08 REGISTER DESCRIPTION

8 6.1 REGISTER OVERVIEW
8 6.2 BADR0
9 6.3 BADR1

96.3.1 A/D DATA REGISTERS

96.3.2 STATUS AND CONTROL REGISTER

106.3.3 8254 COUNTER 0 (user COUNTER 1) DATA

106.3.4 8254 COUNTER 1 (user COUNTER 2) DATA

106.3.5 8254 COUNTER 2 (user COUNTER 3) DATA

106.3.6 8254 CONTROL REGISTER

127 SPECIFICATIONS

12 7.1 POWER CONSUMPTION
12 7.2 ANALOG INPUT SECTION
12 7.3 DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT
13 7.4 COUNTER SECTION
13 7.5 ENVIRONMENTAL

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The PCI-DAS08 is a low cost analog input board for PCI bus compatible computers. Offering 8 single-ended 12-bit analog
inputs with sample rates up to 50 KHz and A/D resolution of 2.44 mV. The boa rd also provides 4 digital output bits, 3
digital input bits and three 16-bit down counters (in the form of a single 82C54). The PCI-DAS08 is connector and
software compatible with the highly popular ISA based CIO-DAS08 board and is supported by the same wide
variety of external signal conditioning products.

The PCI-DAS08 is completely plug-and-play. There are no switches, jumpers or potentiometers on the board. All board
addresses, interrupt channels etc. are set by your computers plug-and-play software.

The PCI-DAS08 is fully supported by the powerful Universal Library software driver library as well as a wide variety of
application software packages including DAS Wizard and HP VEE.

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2.0 INSTALLATION

2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

The PCI-DAS08 is completely plug and play. Simply follow the steps shown below to install your PCI hardware.

1. Turn your computer off, unplug it, open it up and insert the PCI board into any available PCI slot.

2. Close your computer up, plug it back in and turn it on.

3. Windows will automatically detect the board as it starts up. If the board's configuration file is already on the
system, it will load without user interaction. If the configuration file is not detected, you will be prompted to insert
the disk containing it. The required file is on the InstaCal or Universal Library disk you received with your board.
Simply insert the CD (or Disk 1 if your software is on floppy disk) into an appropriate drive and click on

CONTINUE

Manager under DAS Component.

If the file is not found on the first attempt, use the browse function to select the drive that contains the InstaCAL
or Univesal Library disk, select the CBxx.INF file and then click on

. The appropriate file should then be automatically loaded and the PCI board will appear in the Device

CONTINUE.

2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

2.2.1 INTRODUCTION

Insta

Cal is the installation, calibration and test software supplied with your data acquisition hardware. The complete
Cal package is also included with the Universal Library. If you have ordered the Universal Library, the Universal Library
CD/disks install both the library and
compressed software. To install
contained on your CD, (or Disk 1 of the floppy disk set) and follow the on-screen instructions.

2.2.2 INSTALLATION OPTIONS

If you are installing on a Windows 95 or 98 operating system, the "Installation Options" dialog box will allow you to install
the 16-bit, the 32-bit, or both versions of InstCAL. Please select the 32-bit installation unless you are using a 16-bit applica­tion or library to control your hardware. Please note that the PCI-DAS08 is not currently supported by the 16-bit library. If
you need 16-bit support, please contact us for options.

If your are installing the Universal Library, the "Installation Options" dialog box also presents options to install libraries and
example programs for each language supported. Please select the appropriate library versions and example programs for the
language(s) you will be using.

2.2.3 INSTALLATION COMPLETION

After the installation of
system.

Insta

Insta

Cal. The installation will create all required files and unpack the various pieces of

Insta

Cal (and the Universal Library if applicable), simply run the SETUP.EXE file

Cal is complete you should restart your computer to take advantage of changes made to the

, WINDOWS

95, 98 & NT

Insta-

2.3 RUN

Run the
information to the configuration file, cb.cfg, that is used by the Universal Library and other third-party data acquisition
packages that use the Universal Library to access the board.

Insta

Cal program in o rder to t est your boa rd and co nfigure it for r un-time use. By configur ing the boar d, you add

Insta

Cal

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2.3.1 LAUNCHING InstaCAL

Launch InstaCal by going to your Start Menu then to Programs, then to CB, and finally choosing InstaCal.
You may also launch the program by going to START>RUN and typing INSCAL32, or by finding the file named
"inscal32.exe" in your installation directory and double clicking it.

InstaCal will display a dialog box indicating the boards that have been detected in the system. If there are no other boards
currently installed by InstaCal, then the PCI-DAS08 board will be assigned board number 0. Otherwise it will b e assigned
the next available board number.

You can now view and change the board configurat ion by clicking the properties icon or selecting t he Install\Configure
menu.

2.3.2 TESTING THE INSTALLATION

After you have run the install program, it is time to test the installation. The following section describes the InstaCal proce­dure to test that your board is properly installed.

With InstaCal running:

1. Select the board you just installed.

2. Select the "Test" function.

Follow the instructions provided to test for proper board operation.

2.4 DOS and/or WINDOWS 3.1

Most users are now installing PCI Bus bo ards in systems with 32-bit o perating systems (e.g., Windows 95, 9 8 or NT). The
PCI-CTR05 is not currently supported by the 16-bit library required to run under DOS or Windows 3.x.

Please contact us if your application is running under DOS or Windows 3.x.

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3.0 HARDWARE CONNECTIONS

3.1 CONNECTOR PIN DIAGRAM

The PCI-DAS08 board employs a male 37 pin "D" I/O connector. The PCI-DAS08 is fully connector compatible with the
CIO-DAS08, and is easily connected to the same wide variety of external signal conditioning products. The pinout of the
connector is shown below.

Please make accurate notes and pay careful attention to wire connections. In a large system a misplaced wire may create
hours of work ‘fixing’ problems that do not exist before the wiring error is found.

10VRE F 19

LLGN D 18

LLGN D
LLGN D
LLGN D
LLGN D
LLGN D
LLGN D

D11

GND

DOUT4 10

D OU T 3 9

DOUT2 8

DOUT1 7
C T R3 OU T 6
C T R2 OU T 5

CTR2 CLK 4

C T R1 OU T 3

CTR1 CLK 2

+1 2 V 1

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15
14
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PCI-DAS08 Connector D iagram

37 CH 0
36 CH 1
35

C H 2

34

C H 3

33

C H 4

32

C H 5

31

C H 6

30

C H 7
29 +5V
28 DGND
27 DIN3
26 DIN2
25 DIN1
24 EX T IN T
23 CTR3 GATE
22 CTR2 GATE
21 CTR1 GATE
20 -12V

3.2 CONNECTING SIGNALS TO THE PCI-DAS08

The simplest way to connect signals to the PCI-DAS08 is via the C37FF-x series cable and the CIO-MINI37 screw terminal
board. The PCI-DAS08 (via the C37FF-X cable) is also compatible with a wide variety of external signal conditioning
boards. These include the CIO-EXP16, CIO-EXP32, CIO-EXP-RTD16, CIO-EXP-BRIDGE16 and ISO-RACK08.

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