Black Box IC905C User manual

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OCTOBER 2004
IC905C
Relay Output Card, PCI

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FCC AND IC RFI STATEMENTS
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
AND
INDUSTRY CANADA
RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not
installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions, may cause interference to radio communication. It has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance
with the specifications in Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules, which are designed to
provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user at his own
expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the
interference.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emission from digital
apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of Industry Canada.
Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites
applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le
brouillage radioélectrique publié par Industrie Canada.

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EMC DIRECTIVE STATEMENT
Products bearing the CE label fulfill the requirements of the EMC Directive
(89/336/EEC) and of the low-voltage directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the
European Commission.
To obey these directives, the following European standards must be met:
• EN55022 Class A—“Limits and methods of measurement of radio interference
characteristics of information technology equipment.
• EN50082-1—“Electromagnetic Compatibility—Generic Immunity Standard”
Part 1: Residential, commercial, and light industry.
• EN60950 (IEC950)—“Safety of information technology equipment, including
electrical business equipment.

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NOM STATEMENT
NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM)
ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT
INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD
1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de
que el aparato eléctrico sea operado.
2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para
referencia futura.
3. Todas las advertencias en el aparato eléctrico y en sus instrucciones de
operación deben ser respetadas.
4. Todas las instrucciones de operación y uso deben ser seguidas.
5. El aparato eléctrico no deberá ser usado cerca del agua—por ejemplo, cerca
de la tina de baño, lavabo, sótano mojado o cerca de una alberca, etc..
6. El aparato eléctrico debe ser usado únicamente con carritos o pedestales que
sean recomendados por el fabricante.
7. El aparato eléctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo sólo como sea
recomendado por el fabricante.
8. Servicio—El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo eléctrico más allá
a lo descrito en las instrucciones de operación. Todo otro servicio deberá ser
referido a personal de servicio calificado.
9. El aparato eléctrico debe ser situado de tal manera que su posición no
interfiera su uso. La colocación del aparato eléctrico sobre una cama, sofá,
alfombra o superficie similar puede bloquea la ventilación, no se debe colocar
en libreros o gabinetes que impidan el flujo de aire por los orificios de
ventilación.
10. El equipo eléctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor
como radiadores, registros de calor, estufas u otros aparatos (incluyendo
amplificadores) que producen calor.
11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del
tipo descrito en el instructivo de operación, o como se indique en el aparato.

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12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización
del equipo no sea eliminada.
13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no
sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos,
poniendo particular atención a los contactos y receptáculos donde salen del
aparato.
14. El equipo eléctrico debe ser limpiado únicamente de acuerdo a las
recomendaciones del fabricante.
15. En caso de existir, una antena externa deberá ser localizada lejos de las lineas
de energia.
16. El cable de corriente deberá ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea
usado por un largo periodo de tiempo.
17. Cuidado debe ser tomado de tal manera que objectos liquidos no sean
derramados sobre la cubierta u orificios de ventilación.
18. Servicio por personal calificado deberá ser provisto cuando:
A: El cable de poder o el contacto ha sido dañado; u
B: Objectos han caído o líquido ha sido derramado dentro del aparato; o
C: El aparato ha sido expuesto a la lluvia; o
D: El aparato parece no operar normalmente o muestra un cambio en su
desempeño; o
E: El aparato ha sido tirado o su cubierta ha sido dañada.

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TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL
TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the
trademark owners.

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Contents
Chapter Page
1. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 What the Package Includes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Reed Relays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.5 Programming Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Register Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.1 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A. Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix B. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
B.1 Calling Black Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
B.2 Shipping and Packaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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CHAPTER 1: Specifications
1. Specifications
Compliance: CE approval; FCC Part 15, Class A
Channels: 16 relays
Relay Contact Power Ratings: 10 watts maximum
Relay Contact Voltage Maximum: 100 volts DC or AC maximum
Relay Contact Current Maximum: 0.5 amps DC or AC RMS
Relay Contact Resistance, Initial: 0.15 ohms
Relay Rated Life:Low Load: 200 million closures;
Maximum Load: 100 million closures
Relay Contact Speed:Operate: 0.5 ms; Release: 0.5 ms; Bounce: 0.5 ms
Maximum Operating Speed: 600 Hz
MTBF: Greater than 150,000 hours, excluding relays; relay life expectancy depends
on actual application usage
Connectors: (1) DB37 male
Temperature:Operating: 32 to 122°F (0 to 50°C);
Storage: -4 to +158°F (-20 to +70°C)
Humidity: 10 to 90%, noncondensing
Power: From the PCI bus
Size:Including goldfingers: 3.9"H x 5"L (9.9 x 12.7 cm);
Excluding goldfingers: 3.6"H x 5"L (9.1 x 12.7 cm)
Weight: 3.2 oz. (90.7 g)

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2. Introduction
2.1 Overview
The Relay Output Card, PCI provides 16 highly reliable 10-VA DIP reed relays that
can latch power, data, or other electronic signals for control applications. The card
is PCI 2.1 bus compliant. Multiple cards can reside in the same computer.
2.2 What the Package Includes
Your package should contain the following items:
• (1) Relay Output Card, PCI
• (1) CD-ROM containing drivers for Windows®98/Me/XP, Windows NT®, and
Windows 2000
• This users’ manual
If anything is missing or damaged, please call Black Box at 724-746-5500.
2.3 Reed Relays
Reed relays (see Table 2-1) provide very-high-quality, long-life, low-power, dry-
contact switch closures. Reed relays are not suited for high-current applications
and can be destroyed by inductive load switching (where a spark occurs across the
contacts internally). The relays are normally open, and they close when energized.
Table 2-1. Reed relay settings.
Port Bit Relay-K# DB37 Male Connector and Pin No.
Port C Bit 0 K1 2, 20
1K2 3,21
2K3 4,22
3K4 5,23
4K5 6,24
5K6 7,25
6K7 8,26
7K8 9,27

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Table 2-1 (continued). Reed relay settings.
Port Bit Relay-K# DB37 Male Connector and Pin No.
Port D Bit 0 K9 10, 28
1 K10 11, 29
2 K11 12, 30
3 K12 13, 31
4 K13 14, 32
5 K14 15, 33
6 K15 16, 34
7 K16 17, 35
Ground 18, 36, 37
+5 volts 19
+12 volts 1
2.4 Software
The Relay Output Card, PCI ships with an I/O suite of software drivers. Popular
development environments, including Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Delphi, are
supported for application development. The card includes a utility for configuring
the driver parameters under Windows, further simplifying installation.
For DOS, QNX, Linux®, and other operating systems, please refer to the software
included with your card.
2.5 Programming Examples
Below are several simple examples using 80 x 86 assembly code for energizing and
checking the state of the reed relays on the card. Both examples assume a base
address of 300 hex.
Programming Example #1:
To set relay #3 on, write a “1” in bit-position D2, to port address base+3 or 303 hex.
MOV DX,303H ;Set DX to Port D
MOV AL,00001000B ;Set DX to Port D
OUT DX, AL

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Programming Example #2: Another method that takes into account the readback capability of
the output ports C and D:
MOV DX,303H ;Set DX to Port D
IN AL,DX ;Get old port setting
NOT AL ;Invert bits—see the Note below
OR AL,00001000B ;OR in bit 3
OUT DX,AL ;Set bit 3
NOTE
Reading back the ports (C and D) results in the binary complement of
the output.

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CHAPTER 3: Register Description
3. Register Description
Table 3-1. Address registers.
Address Mod D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
SE
Base+0 RD {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0}
Base+1 RD {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0}
Base+2 R/W PCD PCD PCD PCD PCD PCD PCD PCD
76543210
Base+4 RD {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0}
Base+5 RD {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0}
Base+6 RD {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0}
Base+7 RD {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0} {0}
RD = Read-only bits
R/W = Read/write bits
NOTE
The reed-relay ports have a non-destructive readback capability.
Reading back the ports (A and B) results in the binary complement of
the output. This is particularly useful when writing software that queries
the last value written to prevent inadvertently changing state of the
relays. Also, bits in the read-only ports (Base+0, 1, 4-7) are decoded but
not used by the card.

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4. Installation
NOTE
You must install the software before you set up the hardware.
4.1 Software
The Relay Output Card, PCI is a fully compliant PCI plug-and-play adapter. The
I/O address is automatically assigned by either your system or your plug-and-play
operating system.
For Windows users:
Choose “Install Software” at the beginning of the CD and select the digital I/O
software drivers.
4.2 Hardware
1. Turn off the PC’s power. Disconnect the power cord.
2. Remove the PC case cover.
3. Locate an available PCI slot. Remove the screw and the blank metal slot cover.
4. Gently insert the card into the slot. Make sure that the card is seated properly.
5. Replace the screw.
6. Replace the cover.
7. Connect the power cord.
Installation is complete.
Once you install the card, refer to Table 3-1, which describes where in memory
each port is located. Use it along with Table 2-1 to define base addresses for the
input/output ports. See the examples in Section 2.5 for more information.

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APPENDIX A: Board Layout
Appendix A. Board Layout

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Appendix B. Troubleshooting
B.1 Calling Black Box
If you determine that your Relay Output Card, PCI is malfunctioning, do not
attempt to alter or repair the unit. It contains no user-serviceable parts. Contact
Black Box at 724-746-5500.
Before you do, make a record of the history of the problem. We will be able to
provide more efficient and accurate assistance if you have a complete description,
including:
• the nature and duration of the problem.
• when the problem occurs.
• the components involved in the problem.
• any particular application that, when used, appears to create the problem or
make it worse.
B.2 Shipping and Packaging
If you need to transport or ship your Relay Output Card, PCI:
• Package it carefully. We recommend that you use the original container.
• If you are shipping the Relay Output Card, PCI for repair, make sure you
include everything that came in the original package. Before you ship, contact
Black Box to get a Return Authorization (RA) number.

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