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National Instruments FP-PG-522 manual

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  • Page 1

    323356B-01 May 2003 © 2002–2003 Nationa l Instruments Corp. A ll rights res erved. FieldPoint™, Nati onal Instruments™, NI™, and ni.com™ are trademarks of N ational Instruments Corpo ration. Product and company names ment ioned herein are trademark s or trade names of their respective c ompanies. For patents covering National Inst rument[...]

  • Page 2

    FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 2 ni.com Installing the FP-PG-522 The FP-PG-522 mounts on a FieldPoint terminal base (FP-TB- x ), which provides operating po wer to the module. Instal ling the FP-PG-522 onto a po wered termin al base does not disrupt the operation of the bank. T o install the FP-PG-522, refer to Figure 1 and co mplete the follow ing steps[...]

  • Page 3

    © National Instruments Corp . 3 FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 T o install the cFP-PG-522, refe r to Figure 2 and complete the follow ing steps: 1. Align the capti ve scre ws on th e cFP-PG-522 with the holes on the backplane. The alignment keys on the cFP-PG-522 pre vent backward insertion. 2. Press firm ly to seat the cFP-PG-522 on th e backplane. 3. [...]

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    FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 4 ni.com Wiring the [c]FP-PG-522 The FP-TB- x terminal base ha s connections for each of the eight output channels and for an exte rnal power supply to po wer the output channels and field de vices. The cFP-CB- x connector block provides th e same connections. Each ch annel has one outpu t terminal (V OUT ), two supply term[...]

  • Page 5

    © National Instruments Corp . 5 FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 T able 1 lists the term inal assign ments for the signals of each channel. T erminal assignments are also listed on the side pane l of the cFP-PG-522 and un der the slide-in card on the front of the FP-PG-522. Pulse Output Circuit The [c]FP-PG-522 output channels are opti cally isolated fr o[...]

  • Page 6

    FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 6 ni.com T able 2 sho ws some common combinations of output current le v els on sev eral channels. In the ON state, the ef fe cti ve resist ance between V OUT and COM is 0.12 Ω , which causes a v oltage drop. F or example, if the output current is 1 A, the voltage drop is 0.12 V : (1 A × 0.12 Ω ) = 0.12 V Configuring t[...]

  • Page 7

    © National Instruments Corp . 7 FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 A channel set to Continuo us mode must be swit ched to Finite mode in order to stop pulse generation. When switched to Fi nite mode from Continuous mode, a channel finishes generating the current pulse and then stops. On Time The On T ime attrib ute for a channel controls the duration of the[...]

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    FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 8 ni.com T o calcula te On Time and Off T ime , di vide the desired On or Of f T ime for the pulse b y the Resoluti on. F or examp le, to generate a pulse that is on for 3.5 s and off for 0.25 s using a 100 µ s Resolution, set the On T ime to 35,000 and the Off Time to 2,500 (100 µ s = 0.0001 s; On T ime = 3.5/0.0001 = 35[...]

  • Page 9

    © National Instruments Corp . 9 FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 va lues, which reflect the number of pulses each channel has left to generate after the current puls e. When you send the Generate Pulses command to one of these channels, the data immediately changes to reflect the number of pulses that remain. The data value starts at the total number of p[...]

  • Page 10

    FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 10 ni.com When the network module recogni zes the [c]FP-PG-52 2, it sends initial conf iguration informat ion to the [c]FP-PG-522. After the [c]FP-PG-522 recei ves this in itial information , the green READY indicator lights and the [c]FP-PG-5 22 is in normal operating mode. In addition to the green POWER and READY indicato[...]

  • Page 11

    © National Instruments Corp. 1 1 FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 follow ing symbol stamped beside it: . Connect the backplane PE ground terminal to the system safety ground using 14 A WG (1.6 mm) wire with a ring lug. Use the 5/16 in. panhead screw shipped with the backplane to secure the ring lug to the backplane PE ground terminal. • As with any haza[...]

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    FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 12 ni.com Physical Char acteristics Indicators ............ ........... ......... .......... Green POWER and READY indicators, eight green output st ate indicators W eight FP-PG-522 .... ........... ........... ........ 130 g (4.6 oz) cFP-PG-522 .. ............. ............ ..... 100 g (3.5 oz) Power Requirements Power fro[...]

  • Page 13

    © National Instruments Corp. 1 3 FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 Operating shock (IEC 60068-2-27)........... ........... ........ 50 g, 3 ms half sine, 18 shocks at 6 orientations; 30 g, 11 ms half sine, 18 shocks at 6 orientations Safety This product is designed to meet the requirements of the following standards of safety for electric al equipment for [...]

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    FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 14 ni.com Mechanical Dimensions Figure 5 sho ws the mechanical dimen sions of the FP-PG-522 installed on a termin al base. If you are using the cFP-PG-522, refer to your Compact FieldPo int controller user manual for the dimensions and cabling clearance require ments of the Compact FieldPoint system. Figure 5. FP-PG-522 Mec[...]

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    © National Instruments Corp. 1 5 FP-PG-522 and cFP-PG-522 Czech Republic 420 2 2423 5774, Denmark 45 45 76 26 00, Finland 385 0 9 725 725 11, France 33 0 1 48 14 24 24, Germany 49 0 89 741 31 30, Greece 30 2 10 42 96 427, India 91 80 51190000, Israel 972 0 3 6393737, Italy 39 02 413091, Japan 81 3 54 72 2970, K orea 82 02 3451 3400, Malaysia 603 9[...]