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10623 Roselle Street, San Dieg o, CA 92 121 • (858) 550-9559 • FAX (858) 550-7322 contactus@ accesio.com • www.accesi o.com MODELS PCI-IDI-XX SERIES USER MANUAL File: mpci-idi-48.B1i[...]
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Notice The information in this document is provided for reference only. ACCES does n ot assume any liability arising out of the application or use of the informat ion or products d escrib ed herein. This document may contain or reference information and p roducts protec ted by copyrig hts or p atents and does not convey any license under the patent[...]
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Warranty Prior to shipment, ACCES equipment is thoroughly insp ecte d and tested to applicable sp ecifi cations. However, should equipment failure occu r, ACCES assu res its custo mers that pr ompt service and su ppo rt will be available. All equipment originally manufactu red by ACCE S which i s found to be defective will be repaired or replaced s[...]
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................. 5 Table 1-1 : Model Versions ....................................................................................... 6 Specification .............................................................................[...]
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Chapter 1: Introduction Features • Individually-Isolated AC/DC Inputs for up to Three 16-Bit Group s, 48 total. • Reverse Polarity protection • AC Filtering • Optical Isolation, Channel-to- Channel and Channel -to-Host PC. • Change-of-State detection (ce rtain mo dels). Description This series of card s provide as many as 48 optically-iso[...]
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MODEL No. of Bits Max Input Voltage Change-of State Interrupt Capability AC Filter 16A 16 31V No Yes 16AC 16 31V Yes Yes 32A 32 31V No Yes 32AC 32 31V Yes Yes 48A 48 31V No Yes 48AC 48 31V Yes Yes 16B 16 60V No Yes 16BC 16 60V Yes Yes 32B 32 60V No Yes 32BC 32 60V Yes Yes 48B 48 60V No Yes 48BC 48 60V Yes Yes Table 1-1 : Model Versions Manual PCI-I[...]
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Specification Digital Isolated Inputs Number of inputs: 16, 32, or 48 Type: Non-polarized, optically isolated from each other and from the com puter (CMOS c ompatib le) Voltage Range xxA: Logic Low: 0 to 1.5VDC or AC Rms (40 t o 10kHz) Logic High: 3 to 31VDC or AC Rm s (40 to 10kHz) xxB: Logic Low: 0 to 5VDC or AC Rms (4 0 to 10kHz) Logic High: 11 [...]
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ADDRESS AND CONTROL LOGIC COMPUTER PCI BUS CHANGE-OF- ST A TE DETECT IS O L ATE D IN P U T 0 IS O L ATE D IN P U T 4 7 PCI BUS INTERF ACE I NPU TS 0-47 Vcc CURRENT LI M I TE R Vcc CURRENT LI M I TE R INPUT REGISTER S IR Q IR Q EN JUMPER SEL ECT ABLE FIL TER JUMPER SEL ECT ABLE FIL TER Figure 1-1: Block Diagr am Manual PCI-IDI-XX Series 8[...]
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Chapter 2: Installation A printed Quick-Start Guide (QSG) is pa cked with the card for your convenience. If you’ve already performed the steps from the QSG, you may find this chapter to be redu ndant and may skip forward to begin developing your application. The software provided with this card is on CD and mu st be installed onto your hard disk [...]
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Hardware Installation 1. Do not install card into the computer until the software has been fully installed. 2. Turn OFF computer power AND unplug AC power fro m the system. 3. Remove the computer cover. 4. Carefully install the card in an available 5V or 3.3V PCI expansion slot (you may need to remove a backplate first). 5. Inspect for proper fit o[...]
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Chapter 3: Option Selection Each channel has a jumper configurabl e filter option. 3.90 " 6.9 0" NO F IL T ER FIL TER FL T 0 FLT1 5 FLT1 6 FLT3 1 FLT3 2 FLT4 7 Figure 3-1: Option Selection Map Filter Response Switch Jumpers are use d to select input filtering on a channel-by-channel basis (see Figure 3 -1). When jumper FLT0 is installed, [...]
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Chapter 4: Address Selection This card uses I/O addre sses offset from the base a ddress assigned by the PC I bus. T he address spaces are defined in the Programming se ction of this manual. PCI architecture is Plug-and-Play. This means th at the BIOS or Operating System determines the resources assigned to PCI card s rather than the user selecting[...]
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Chapter 5: Programming The base address is assigned by the computer system duri ng installation and will fall on an eight byt e boundary. The card’s read and write fun ctions are a s follows: Address Read Write Base Address + 0 Port 0 Low Byte N/A Base Address + 1 Port 0 High Byte N/A Base Address + 2 Port 1 Low Byte N/A Base Address + 3 N/A N/A [...]
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Write Base + 7: COS En able/Disable Register Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 IRQ Enable/ Disable N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Manual PCI-IDI-XX Series 14[...]
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Chapter 6: Connector Pin Assignments Isolated inputs are connected to the card via a 50-pin HEAD ER type connector. There are three connectors named PORT0, PORT 1, and PORT2. The table below describes PORT 0. PORT1 and PORT2 are identical pinouts. Pin 50 is located towa rd the Jumpers, while Pi n 1 is located near connection to Motherboard. PIN NAM[...]
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Customer Comments If you experience any problems with this manual or ju st want to give us some feedba ck, ple ase email us at: manuals@accesio.com. Please detail any errors you find and in clude your mailing address so that we can send you any manual updates. 10623 Roselle Street, San Dieg o CA 92 121 Tel. (858)550-9559 FAX (8 58)550-7322 www.acce[...]