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About this Manual
11
How this Manual Is Organized
11
Intended Audience
11
Conventions Used in this Manual
12
Related Information
12
Where to Get Help
13
Chapter 1: Overview
15
Features
16
Supported Software
18
Accessories
19
Getting Started Procedure
20
Part 1: Getting Started
21
Getting Started Procedure
21
Chapter 2: Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver
23
Unpacking
25
Setting up the Computer
26
Setting up an Expansion Slot
27
Loading the Device Driver
29
Windows XP
29
Windows Vista
29
Windows 7
30
Chapter 3: Attaching and Configuring a Screw Terminal Panel/ Backplane
31
Using an STP300 Screw Terminal Panel
33
Attaching an STP300 Screw Terminal Panel
33
Configuring an STP300 Screw Terminal Panel
33
Configuring Jumpers on the STP300
34
Backplane
35
Configuring Jumper W1 - Common Ground Sense
35
Configuring Resistors on the STP300
36
Configuring Resistors R1 to R8 - Bias Return
36
Configuring Resistors R9 to R16 - Current Shunt
36
Using an STP68 or STP68-DIN Screw Terminal Panel
37
Using 5B and 7B Series Signal Conditioning Backplanes
38
Attaching a 5B Series Backplane
38
Attaching a 7B Series Backplane
38
Considerations When Using 5B or 7B Series Accessories
39
Chapter 4: Wiring Signals
41
Before Wiring
43
Wiring Recommendations
43
STP300 Screw Terminal Assignments
43
Analog Input Screw Terminals
44
Analog Output and Power Screw Terminals
45
Counter/Timer and Digital I/O Screw Terminals
45
Connecting Analog Input Signals
47
Connecting Single-Ended Voltage Inputs
47
Connecting Pseudo-Differential Voltage Inputs
48
Connecting Differential Voltage Inputs
49
Connecting Current Loop Inputs
50
Connecting Analog Output Signals
51
Connecting Analog Output
51
Connecting Digital I/O Signals
52
Connecting Counter/Timer Signals
53
Connecting Event Counting Signals
53
Signals
53
Connecting Frequency Measurement Signals
55
Connecting Pulse Output Signals
56
Chapter 5: Verifying the Operation of a DT300 Series Board
59
Running the Quick Dataacq Application
61
Application
61
Testing Single-Value Analog Input
62
Testing Single-Value Analog Output
63
Testing Continuous Analog Input
64
Testing Single-Value Digital Input
65
Testing Single-Value Digital Output
66
Testing Frequency Measurement
67
Testing Pulse Output
68
Part 2: Using Your Board
69
Chapter 6: Principles of Operation
71
Analog Input Features
73
Input Resolution
73
Analog Input Channels
73
Specifying a Single Channel
74
Specifying Digital Input Lines in the Analog Input Channel List
74
Specifying One or more Channels
74
Input Ranges and Gains
75
Specifying the Gain for a Single Channel
75
Specifying the Gain for One or more Channels
76
A/D Sample Clock Sources
76
Internal A/D Sample Clock
76
External A/D Sample Clock
77
Analog Input Conversion Modes
77
Continuously-Paced Scan Mode
78
Software-Retriggered Scan Mode
78
Triggered Scan Mode
78
Externally-Retriggered Scan Mode
80
Triggers
80
Trigger Sources
80
Post-Trigger Acquisition
81
Trigger Acquisition Modes
81
Pre-Trigger Acquisition
82
About-Trigger Acquisition
84
Data Format
86
Data Transfer
87
Error Conditions
87
Analog Output Features
89
Output Resolution
89
Analog Output Channels
89
Output Ranges and Gains
89
Conversion Modes
90
Data Format
90
Digital I/O Features
92
Digital I/O Lines
92
Digital I/O Resolution
92
Features
92
Digital I/O Operation Modes
93
Counter/Timer Features
94
Counter/Timer Channels
94
C/T Clock Sources
95
External C/T Clock
95
Internal C/T Clock
95
Internally Cascaded Clock
96
Gate Types
96
Pulse Outputs
97
Counter/Timer Operation Modes
97
Event Counting
98
Frequency Measurement
99
Rate Generation
101
One-Shot
103
Repetitive One-Shot
105
Chapter 7: Supported Device Driver Capabilities
107
Data Flow and Operation Options
109
Options
109
Buffering
110
Triggered Scan Mode
110
Data Encoding
110
Channels
111
Gain
111
Ranges
112
Resolution
112
Thermocouple and RTD Support
113
IEPE Support
113
Support
113
Triggers
114
Clocks
115
Counter/Timers
116
Chapter 8: Calibration
117
Running the Calibration Utility
119
Calibrating the Analog Input Subsystem
120
Configuring for an External Reference
120
Using the Auto-Calibration Procedure
120
Using the Manual Calibration Procedure
121
Calibrating the Analog Output Subsystem
123
Configuring for an External Meter
123
Using the Calibration Procedure
123
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting
125
General Checklist
126
Technical Support
128
If Your Board Needs Factory Service
129
Appendix A: Specifications
131
Analog Input Specifications
132
Analog Output Specifications
134
Digital I/O Specifications
135
Counter/Timer Specifications
136
Power, Physical, and Environmental Specifications
137
Connector Specifications
138
Screw Terminal Panel Specifications
139
Cable Specifications
140
Appendix B: Connector Pin Assignments
141
Connector J1 on the DT300 Series Board
142
Screw Terminal Assignments for Connector J1 on the STP300
144
Screw Terminal Assignments for Connector J2 on the STP300
146
Screw Terminal Assignments for the STP68 and STP68-DIN
147
Appendix C: Using Your Own Screw Terminal Panel
149
Analog Inputs
151
Single-Ended Inputs
151
Pseudo-Differential Inputs
151
Differential Inputs
152
Analog Outputs
153
Digital Inputs and Counter/Timer Inputs
154
Digital Outputs
155
Index
157
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