National Instruments FP-1600 manual

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    FieldPoint ™ and natinst.com ™ are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. Product and company names mentioned here in are trademarks or trad e names of their respective companies. 322395A-01 © Copyright 1999 National Instruments Corp. All rights reserved. July 1999 OPERA TING INSTR UCTIONS FP-1600 FieldPoint 10/100 Et hernet Network M[...]

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    FP-1600 2 www.natinst.com • T erminal bases and I/O modules, complete list of terminal bases and I/O modules in the National Instruments online catalog at www.natinst.com •C a b l e s • 24 VDC po wer supply Installation Caution T o a void damaging the FP-1600 and the terminal bases, make sure that po wer is not applied to the FP-1600 while yo[...]

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    © National Instruments Corp. 3 FP-1600 Figure 2. Mounting the FP-1600 onto a DIN Rail b . Slide the FP-1600 to the desired position along the DIN rail. c. Lock the FP-1600 to the DIN rail by pushing the rail clip to th e locked positio n. • Installing onto a panel mount accessory , which you can order separately from National Instruments: a. Sna[...]

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    FP-1600 4 www.natinst.com b . Lock the panel mount accessory into place b y pushing the rail clip to the locked position. c. Mount the FP-1600 and panel mount accessory onto the desired surface. Y ou can drill pilot holes using the directions in the FieldPoint Network Module Pa nel Mount Accessory installation guide. 3. Add terminal bases with thei[...]

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    © National Instruments Corp. 5 FP-1600 Figure 5. Power and Ethernet Connectors on the FP-1600 Cabling If you need to build your o wn cables, the following tab le shows the standard ethernet cable wiring connections for both normal and crossov er cables. Table 1. Ethernet Cable Wiring Connections Pin Connector 1 Connector 2 (Normal) Connector 2 (Cr[...]

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    FP-1600 6 www.natinst.com Figure 6 shows the connector pinouts for FieldPoint Ethernet cables. Figure 6. Ethernet Cable Powering the FP-1600 Caution Connect the FP-1600 to the terminal base before applying power to the FP-1600 to a void damaging the FP-1600 or a terminal base. Each FP-1600 on your network requires an 11–30 VDC po wer supply . The[...]

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    © National Instruments Corp. 7 FP-1600 Figure 7. FP-1600 Power Connector Pinout Connect the primary po wer supply to the center V and C pair . Y ou can connect an optional backup po wer supply to the left V and C pair . The right V and C pair provides a conv enient means of connecting po wer to the V and C terminals of a terminal base. Figure 7 sh[...]

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    Compliance Electrical safety ................................ designed to meet IEC 1010 EMI emissions/immunity........ .. ........ CISPR 11 CE Mark Compliance This product meets applicable EU directi ve(s) as follows: EMC directi ve Immunity .................................... EN 50082–1:1994 Emissions .................................. EN 55011[...]