Advantech PCI-1734 Installation and operation manual

1 Startup Manual
STARTUP MANUAL
PCI-1734
32-channel Isolated Digital Output Card
Before installation, please make sure that you have
received the following:
• PCI-1734 card
• 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 PCI-1730_1733_1734 User Manual on
the CD-ROM (PDF format).
CD:\Documents\Hardware Manuals\PCI\PCI-
1730U_1733_1734
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 PCI-1734 is a 32-channel isolated digital
output card for the PCI bus. For easy monitoring, each iso-
lated digital input channel is equipped with one red LED,
and each isolated digital output channel is equipped with one
green LED to show its ON/OFF status. The PCI-1734 pro-
vides specific functions for different user requirements.
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.
Packing List Software Installation
Declaration of Conformity
Overview
Notes
For more information on this and other Advantech prod-
ucts, please visit our websites at:
http://www.advantech.com/eAutomation
For technical support and service:
http://www.advantech.com/support/
This startup manual is for PCI-1734
Part No.2003173401 2nd Edition
May 2011
Hardware Installation

2 Startup Manual
4. Touch the metal part on the surface of your computer
to neutralize the static electricity that might be on
your body.
5. Insert the PCI-1734 card into a PCI slot. Hold the
card only by its edges and carefully align it with the
slot. Insert the card firmly into place. Use of exces-
sive force must be avoided; otherwise, the card might
be damaged.
6. Fasten the bracket of the PCI 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 PCI 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.
The PCI-1734 card has one jumper setting.
Pin Assignments
Switch and Jumper Settings

Startup Manual 3
Some users will want the capability of clearing each
digital output when the system (or PC) issues a reset
signal on the PCI bus. Some users will want to clear
their digital outputs only as part of system power-on.
The PCI-1734 satisfies both these needs by providing
jumper JP2. Depending on the application, this capabil-
ity may allow digital outputs to be “OFF” without
requiring a complete shutdown of processes controlled
by the card.
Complete loss of power to the chip clears the chip
memory. Thus, no matter how JP2 is set, if the power to
the PCI-1734 is disconnected, the digital output chan-
nel’s initial power-on state will be “OFF”.
Each of the 32 isolated digital output channels comes
equipped with a darlington transistor. Every eight out-
put channels share common emitters and integral sup-
pression diodes for inductive load, activated by
connecting PCOM to VDD. (Channels 0 ~ 7 use
PCOM0. Channels 8 ~ 15 use PCOM1. Channels 16 ~
23 use PCOM2. If the external voltage source (5~40 V)
is connected to each isolated output channel (IDO) and
its isolated digital output turns on (200 mA max./ch),
the card's current will sink from the external voltage
source. The current through EGND should not exceed
4.8 A. If the current for all channels combined exceeds
2 A, CN2 must be connected to the external ground to
share the extra current. The following figure shows how
to connect an external output load to the card's isolated
outputs.
Setting the time to reset digital outputs Isolated Digital Output Connections