Advantech PCI-1710U Installation and operation manual

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STARTUP MANUAL
PCI-1710U Series
12-bit Multifunction Cards with Universal PCI Bus
Before installation, please make sure that you have:
• PCI-1710U Series Card
• Driver CD
• Startup Manual
If anything is missing or damaged, contact your
distributor or sales representative immediately.
For more detailed information on this product,
please refer to the PCI-1710U User Manual on the
CD-ROM (PDF format).
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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
equipment 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 spec-
ifications 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
supplier for ordering information.
The PCI-1710U Series are multifunction cards for the PCI
bus. Their advanced circuit design provides higher quality
and more functions, including 12-bit A/D conversion, D/A
conversion, digital input, digital output, and counter/timer.
Software Installation
Hardware Installation
After the device driver installation is completed, you
can now go on to install the PCI-1710U series card
in PCI slot on your computer.
Follow the steps below to install the module on your
system:
1. Touch the metal part on the surface of your
computer to neutralize the static electricity
that might be in your body.
2. Plug your card into a PCI slot. Use of excessive
force must be avoided; otherwise the card might
get damaged.
Packing List Installation
User Manual
Declaration of Conformity
Overview
Notes
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This startup manual is for PCI-1710U.
Part No. 2003171071 2nd Edition
June 2011

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*Note: Pins 23~25 and pins 57~59 are not defined for PCI-
1710UL.
*Note: The three ground references (AIGND, AOGND,
and DGND) are connected together.
Analog Input -
Single-ended Channel Connections
The single-ended input configuration has only one sig-
nal wire for each channel, and the measured voltage
(Vm) is the voltage referring to the common ground.
Analog Input -
Differential Channel Connections
The differential input channels operate with two signal
wires for each channel, and the voltage difference
between both signal wires is measured. On PCI-1710U,
when all channels are configured to differential input,
up to 8 analog channels are available.
Analog Output Connections
PCI-1710U provides two analog output channels, AO0
and AO1. The figure below shows how to make analog
output connections on PCI-1710U.
Pin Assignments
Signal Name Reference Direction Description
AI<0…15> AIGND Input Analog Input Channels 0
through 15.
AIGND - - Analog Input Ground.
AO0_REF
AO1_REF
AOGND Input Analog Output Channel 0/1
External Reference.
AO0_OUT
AO1_OUT
AOGND Output Analog Output Channels 0/1.
AOGND - - Analog Output Ground.
DI<0..15> DGND Input Digital Input Channels 0
through 15.
DO<0..15> DGND Output Digital Output Channels 0
through 15.
DGND - - Digital Ground. This pin sup-
plies the reference for the dig-
ital channels at the I/O
connector as well as the
+5VDC and +12 VDC supply.
CNT0_CLK DGND Input Counter 0 Clock Input.
CNT0_OUT DGND Output Counter 0 Output.
CNT0_GATE DGND Input Counter 0 Gate Control.
PACER_OU
T
DGND Output Pacer Clock Output.
TRG_GATE DGND Input A/D External Trigger Gate.
When TRG _GATE is con-
nected to +5 V, it will enable
the external trigger signal to
input.
EXT_TRG DGND Input A/D External Trigger. This pin
is external trigger signal input
for the A/D conversion. A low
-to-high edge triggers A/D
conversion to start.
+12V DGND Output +12 VDC Source.
+5V DGND Output +5 VDC Source.
Input Connections

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External Trigger Source Connection
In addition to pacer triggering, PCI-1710U also allows
external triggering for A/D conversions. A low-to-high
edge coming from TRIG will trigger an A/D conversion
on the PCI-1710U board.
Note!: Don't connect any signal to the TRIG pin when
the external trigger function is not being used.
Note!: If you use external triggering for A/D conver-
sions, we recommend you choose differential mode for
all analog input signals, so as to reduce the cross-talk
noise caused by the external trigger source.