Advantech PCL-730 Installation and operation manual

1 Startup Manual
STARTUP MANUAL
PCL-730
32-channel Isolated I/O Card
Before installation, please make sure that you have
received the following:
• PCL-730
• Driver CD
• Quick Start User Manual
If anything is missing or damaged, contact your dis-
tributor or sales representative immediately.
User Manual
For more detailed information on this product, please
refer to the PCL-730 User Manual on the CD-ROM
(PDF format).
CD:\Documents\Hardware Manuals\PCL\PCL-730
FCC Class A
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason-
able protection against harmful interference when the equip-
ment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residen-
tial area is likely to cause interference in which case the user
is required to correct interference at his own expense.
CE
This product has passed the CE test for environmental speci-
fications when shielded cables are used for external wiring.
We recommend the use of shielded cables. This kind of cable
is available from Advantech. Please contact your local sup-
plier for ordering information.
The Advantech PCL-730 offers 32 isolated digital I/O chan-
nels (16 DI and 16 DO) and 32 TTL digital I/O channels (16
DI and 16 DO) on a PC addon card. Providing 2500 V isola-
tion, each I/O channel corresponds to a bit in a PC I/O port,
making the PCL-730 very easy to program. The PCL-730
offers one PC interrupt with jumper-selectable IRQ..
1. 1. Turn off your computer and unplug the power
cord and cables. TURN OFF your computer
before installing or removing any components on
the computer.
2. Remove the cover of your computer.
3. Remove the slot cover on the back panel of your
computer.
4. Touch the metal part on the surface of your com-
puter to neutralize the static electricity that might
be on your body.
5. Insert the PCL-730 card into an ISA slot. Hold the
card only by its edges and carefully align it with
the slot. Insert the card firmly into place. Use of
excessive force must be avoided; otherwise, the
card might be damaged.
Packing List Software Installation
Declaration of Conformity
Overview
Notes
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This startup manual is for PCL-730
Part No.2003730060 1st Edition
June 2011
Hardware Installation

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6. Fasten the bracket of the PCL-730 card on the back
panel rail of the computer with screws.
7. Connect appropriate accessories (37-pin cable, wiring
terminals, etc. if necessary) to the PCL-730 card.
8. Replace the cover of your computer chassis. Re-con-
nect the cables you removed in step 2.
9. Plug in the power cord and turn on the computer.
*NOTE: When JP4 is set to B1, Pin 19 on CN1 and Pin
10 on CN6 will both be assigned PCOM1. When JP4 is
set to A1, both pins will be assigned E.GND. For JP5,
Pin 17 & 19 and Pin 18 & 20 on CN2 will combine
together (be the same GND) when JP5 is set to A1. But
Pin 17 & 19 and Pin 18 & 20 on CN2 will be different
GND (EI.GND1 and EI.GND2 separately) when JP5 is
set to B1.
Pin Assignments
Abbreviations
DO Digital Output
DI Digital Input
IDO Isolated Digital Output
IDI Isolated Digital Input
E.GND External Ground for Isolated Output
EI.GND External Ground for Isolated Input
D. GND Digital Ground
VDD External Power for Isolated Outputs
PCOM Free Wheeling Common Diode

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Please refer to the below jumper and switch locations
on PCL-730.
Base address selection (SW1)
You control the PCL-730's operation by reading or writ-
ing data to the PC's I/O (input/output) port addresses.
The PCL-730 requires four consecutive address loca-
tions. Switch SW1 sets the card's base (beginning)
address. Valid base addresses range from Hex 200 to
Hex 3F0. Other devices in your system may, however,
be using some of these addresses.
We set the PCL-730 for a base address of Hex 300 at
the factory. If you need to adjust it to some other
address range, set switch SW1 as shown in the follow-
ing table:
Note: Switches 1-8 control the PC bus address lines as
shown below:
Interrupt level (JP1)
Jumper JP1 controls the card's IRQ level, as shown
below. Position X disables the interrupt.
Interrupt triggering (JP2)
Jumper JP2 selects the trigger edge (rising or falling) on
which the card will trigger an interrupt. Jumper settings
appear below:
Interrupt source (JP3)
Jumper JP3 selects the source of the card's interrupt.
Switch and Jumper Settings
Switch 12345678
Line A9 A8 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2
Setting Channel Connector
IDI0 Isolated DI Channel 0 CN2 pin1
IDI1 Isolated DI Channel 1 CN2 pin 2
IDI0 TTL DI Channel 0 CN4 pin1
IDI1 TTL DI Channel 1 CN4 pin 2

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Version control (JP4/JP5)
Jumper JP4 controls the pin assignments for CN1 and
CN6 while JP5 controls it for CN2 and CN6. Setting
this jumper to A1 makes the card's pin assignments the
same as the A1 version.
TTL-level I/O
The PCL-730 has 16 TTL-level digital inputs and 16
TTL-level digital outputs. The following figure shows
connections to exchange digital signals with other TTL
devices:
If you want to receive an OPEN/SHORT signal from a
switch or relay, add a pull-up resistor to ensure that the
input is held at a high level when the contacts are open.
See the figure below:
Isolated Input
Each of the 16 isolated digital input channels accept
voltages from 5 to 24 V and have a resistance of 3 kΩ.
Every eight input channels share one external ground.
(Channels 0~7 use EI.GND1. Channels 8~15 use
EI.GND2.) The following figure shows how to connect
an external input source to the card's isolated inputs:
Isolated Output
Each of the 16 isolated digital output channels comes
equipped with a MOSFET. Every eight output channels
share common emitters and integral suppression diodes
for inductive load, activated by connecting PCOM to
VDD. (Channels 0~7 use PCOM1. Channels 8~15 use
PCOM2.)
If the external voltage (5~40 V) is connected to each
isolated output channel (IDO) and its isolated digital
output turns on (200 mA per channel maximum), the
card's current will sink from the external voltage.
Signal Connections