National Instruments Motion Axis Router MCA-7724 manual

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    National Instruments ™ and ni .com ™ are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or tra de names of their respectiv e companies. 322835A-01 Copyright © 2001 National Instruments Corp. All ri ghts reserved. April 2001 USER GUIDE MCA-7724 M OTION A XIS R OUTER Introduction The MCA[...]

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    MCA-7724 Motion Axi s Router 2 ni.com Connectivity Options The controller connector on the MCA-7724 M otion Axis Router connects to the 68-pin motion I/O co nnector on your controller. The adapter then reroutes signals from the motion I/O c onnector to the accessory connectors on the MCA-7724 Motion Axis Router. You can connect motion drives and ac[...]

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    © National Instruments Corpor ation 3 MCA-7724 Motion Axis Router 3+1C o n n e c t i v i t yO p t i o n Controller axes 1, 2, and 3 corresp ond to axes 1, 2, and 3 on connector C, and controller axis 4 corresponds to axis 1 on connector D, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. 3 + 1 Connectivity Option Axis Signals The per axis and shared signals from t[...]

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    MCA-7724 Motion Axi s Router 4 ni.com Shared Signals fro m the Controller Host +5V Digital Ground Analog Input Ground Analog Output Ground Analog Reference (Output) Shutdown Note Some signals may not be av ailable on your contro ller . Please consult your contro ller user manual for signal connect ion information. Caution Shared signals are av aila[...]

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    © National Instruments Corpor ation 5 MCA-7724 Motion Axis Router Connecting Y our Adapter This section provides the pin assignments for each of the MCA-7724 connectors. Figure 4 shows the pin assignments for the controller connector . Figur e 4. 68-Pin Controller Connector Pin Assignments Analog Reference (Output) Analog Input 3 Analog Input 1 An[...]

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    MCA-7724 Motion Axi s Router 6 ni.com Figure 5 shows the pin assignments for connector A. Figure 5. 68-Pin Connector A Pin Assignments Analog Reference (Output) NC Analog Input 1 Analog Output Ground NC Analog Output 1 Digital Ground NC Breakpoint 1 Digital Ground NC NC NC Digital Ground Digital Ground NC NC NC NC Digital Ground Digital Ground NC A[...]

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    © National Instruments Corpor ation 7 MCA-7724 Motion Axis Router Figure 6 shows the pin assignments for connector B. Figure 6. 68-Pin Connector B Pin Assignments Analog Reference (Output) NC Analog Input 3 Analog Output Ground NC Analog Output 3 Digital Ground NC Breakpoint 3 Digital Ground NC NC NC Digital Ground Digital Ground NC NC NC NC Digit[...]

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    MCA-7724 Motion Axi s Router 8 ni.com Figure 7 shows the pin assignments for connector C. Figure 7. 68-Pin Connector C Pin Assignments Analog Reference (Output) Analog Input 3 Analog Input 1 Analog Output Ground Analog Output 3 Analog Output 1 Digital Ground Breakpoint 3 Breakpoint 1 Digital Ground NC NC NC Digital Ground Digital Ground NC Axis 3 I[...]

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    © National Instruments Corpor ation 9 MCA-7724 Motion Axis Router Figure 8 shows the pin assignments for connector D. Figure 8. 68-Pin Connector D Pin Assignments Analog Reference (Output) NC Analog Input 4 Analog Output Ground NC Analog Output 4 Digital Ground NC Breakpoint 4 Digital Ground NC NC NC Digital Ground Digital Ground NC NC NC NC Digit[...]