Data Translation DT300 Series Parts list manual

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DT300 Series
UM-16503-E
Getting Started Manual

Fifth Edition
December,2000
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Table of Contents
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How this Manual is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Where To Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DT300 Series Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2: Preparing to Use a DT300 Series Board. . . . . . . 5
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Checking the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Viewing the DT300 Series Documentation Online . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3: Installing the Board and Loading the
Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting up the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting up an Expansion Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Loading the Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Windows Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Chapter 4: Attaching and Configuring a Screw Terminal
Panel/Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using an STP300 Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Attaching an STP300 Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring an STP300 Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring Jumpers on the STP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring Jumper W1 - Common Ground Sense 27
Configuring Jumpers W4 to W7 - Analog Outputs
on the 5B01 Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring Resistors on the STP300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring Resistors R1 to R8 - Bias Return. . . . . 29
Configuring Resistors R9 to R16 - Current Shunt . 29
Using an STP68 or STP68-DIN Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . 30
Using a 5B01 or 5B08 Signal Conditioning Backplane . . . . . . . . 31
Attaching a 5B01 or 5B08 Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring a 5B01 or 5B08 Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 5: Wiring Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Before Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Wiring Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
STP300 Screw Terminal Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Analog Input Screw Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Analog Output and Power Screw Terminals . . . . . . . . 41
Counter/Timer and Digital I/O Screw Terminals . . . . 42
Connecting Analog Input Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Connecting Single-Ended Voltage Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Connecting Pseudo-Differential Voltage Inputs. . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting Differential Voltage Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connecting Current Loop Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting Analog Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting Digital I/O Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Connecting Counter/Timer Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting Event Counting Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting Frequency Measurement Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Connecting Pulse Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 6: Verifying the Operation of a DT300 Series
Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the Quick Data Acq Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Running the Quick Data Acq Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Performing a Single Value Analog Input Operation . . . . . . 70
Performing a Single Value Analog Output Operation . . . . 70
Performing a Continuous Analog Input Operation. . . . . . . 71
Performing a Single Value Digital Input Operation. . . . . . . 72
Performing a Single Value Digital Output Operation . . . . . 73
Performing a Frequency Measurement Operation. . . . . . . . 74
Performing a Pulse Output Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Appendix A: Using Your Own Screw Terminal Panel . . . . 77
Analog Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Single-Ended Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Pseudo-Differential Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Differential Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Analog Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Digital Inputs and Counter/Timer Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Digital Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

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About this Manual
This manual describes how to set up and install the following
components:
•DT300 Series software,
•DT300 Series board,
•STP300 screw terminal panel,
•STP68 or STP68-DIN screw terminal panel, and
•5B01 or 5B08 signal conditioning backplane.
It also describes how to wire signals to the board and how to verify
the board’s operation using the Quick Data Acq application.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for engineers, scientists, technicians, or
others responsible for setting up a DT300 Series board to perform
data acquisition operations. It is assumed that you are familiar with
the requirements of your application. It is also assumed that you are
familiar with MicrosoftWindows 98, Windows Me (Millennium
Edition), Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000.
How this Manual is Organized
This manual is organized as follows:
•Chapter 1, “Overview,”describes the key features of the DT300
Series hardware and the DT300 Series software, and provides an
overview of the DT300 Series getting started procedure.

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•Chapter 2, “Preparing to Use a DT300 Series Board,”describes
how to unpack the DT300 Series package, check the system
requirements, install the DT300 Series software, and view the
DT300 Series documentation online.
•Chapter 3, “Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver,”
describes how to install the DT300 Series board and load the
DT300 Series device driver.
•Chapter 4, “Attaching and Configuring a Screw Terminal
Panel/Backplane,”describes how to attach and configure the
STP300, STP68, or STP68-DIN screw terminal panel, and the 5B
Series signal conditioning backplanes.
•Chapter 5, “Wiring Signals,”describes how to wire signals to a
DT300 Series board.
•Chapter 6, “Verifying the Operation of a DT300 Series Board,”
describes how to verify the operation of a DT300 Series board
with the Quick Data Acq application
•Appendix A, “Using Your Own Screw Terminal Panel,”describes
additional considerations to keep in mind when designing your
own screw terminal panel for use with a DT300 Series board.
•An index completes this manual.
Conventions Used in this Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
•Notes provide useful information that requires special emphasis,
cautions provide information to help you avoid losing data or
damaging your equipment, and warnings provide information to
help you avoid catastrophic damage to yourself or your
equipment.
•Items that you select or type are shown in bold.
•Courier font is used to represent source code.

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Related Information
Refer to the following documents for more information on using the
DT300 Series board:
•The DT300 Series User’s Manual (UM-16501). Included on the
Data Acquisition OMNI CDTM provided with the DT300 Series
board, this manual describes the features of the DT300 Series
boards and the DT300 Series Device Driver in detail.
•DataAcq SDK User’s Manual (UM-18326). Included on the
Data Acquisition OMNI CD provided with the DT300 Series
board, this manual describes how to develop your own
application program using the Microsoft C compiler and how to
use the DT-Open LayersDataAcq SDKTM to access the capabilities
of Data Translation®data acquisition boards.
•DTx-EZ Getting Started Manual (UM-15428). This manual
describes how to use the ActiveX controls provided in DTx-EZTM
to access the capabilities of Data Translation data acquisition
boards in Microsoft Visual Basic®or Visual C++®.
•DT VPI User’s Manual (UM-16150). This manual describes how to
use DT VPITM and the Agilent®VEE™visual programming
language to access the capabilities of Data Translation data
acquisition boards.
•DT-LV Link Getting Started Manual (UM-15790). This manual
describes how to use DT-LV LinkTM with the LabVIEW®
graphical programming language to access the capabilities of
Data Translation data acquisition boards.

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Where To Get Help
Should you run into problems installing or using a DT300 Series
board, our Technical Support Department is available to provide
technical assistance. Refer to the DT300 Series User’s Manual for more
information (refer to page 11 for more information on viewing this
manual). If you are outside the U.S. or Canada,call your local
distributor, whose number is listed in your Data Translation product
handbook.

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Overview
DT300 Series Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 1
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DT300 Series Key Hardware Features
The DT300 Series is a family of low-cost, multifunction data
acquisition boards for the PCI bus. The DT300 Series consists of the
following boards: DT301, DT302, DT303, DT304, DT321, and DT322.
The key features of these boards are listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Key Features of DT300 Series Boards
Board
Type Analog Inputs
Analog Input
Sample
Frequency
Analog
Input
Rangesa
a. Assumes a gain of 1. Using these ranges with gains of 2, 4, or 8 yields a number of effective input
ranges.
Analog
Outputs
Analog
Output
Ranges
Digital
I/O
Lines Counter
/Timers
DT301b
b. The analog I/O resolution is 12 bits.
16 SE/
8 DI 225 kHz ±10 V, 0 to 10 V 0N/A236
DT302b16 SE/
8 DI 225 kHz ±10 V, 0 to 10 V 2±5V, ±10 V,0to
5 V, 0 to
10 V
23 6
DT303b16 SE/
8 DI 400 kHz ±10 V, 0 to 10 V 0N/A236
DT304b16 SE/
8 DI 400 kHz ±10 V, 0 to 10 V 2±5V, ±10 V,0to
5 V, 0 to
10 V
23 6
DT321c
c. The analog I/O resolution is 16 bits.
16 SE/
8 DI 250 kHz ±10 V 0 N/A 23 6
DT322c16 SE/
8 DI 250 kHz ±10 V 2 ±5 V, ±10 V,0to
5 V, 0 to
10 V
23 6

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DT300 Series Software
The DT300 Series Software includes the following software
components, which are shipped on the Data Acquisition OMNI CD:
•DT300 Series Device Driver −You must install and load the
device driver to use a DT300 Series board with any of the
supported software packages or utilities.
•The Quick Data Acq application −This application provides a
quick way to get a DT300 Series board up and running. Using the
Quick Data Acq application, you can verify the features of the
board, display data on the screen, and save data to disk.
•Calibration Utility −The Calibration Utility allows you to
calibrate the analog I/O circuitry of the board. Referto the DT300
Series User’s Manual for information on using this utility.
•DT300 Series User’s Manual (in PDF format) −Describes the
features of the DT300 Series boards and how to use the DT300
Series Device Driver with DT-Open Layers-compliant software to
write an application program.
•This manual (in PDF format).
•Rev 4.0 of Adobe Acrobat Reader −Allows you to view and
print the PDF files.
Refer to page 9 for information on installing the software.

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Getting Started Procedure
The flow diagram shown in Figure 1 illustrates the steps needed to
get started using a DT300 Series board. This diagram is repeated in
each chapter; the shaded area in the diagram shows you where you
are in the getting started procedure.
Figure 1: Getting Started Flow Diagram
Install the Board and Load the Device
Driver (see Chapter 3 starting on page 13)
Wire Signals
(see Chapter 5 starting on page 35)
Verify the Operation of the Board
(see Chapter 6 starting on page 65)
Attach and Configure the Screw Terminal
Panel and Signal Conditioning Backplane
(see Chapter 4 starting on page 23)
Prepare to Use a Board
(see Chapter 2 starting on page 5)

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Preparing to Use a
DT300 Series Board
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Checking the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Viewing the DT300 Series Documentation Online . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Install the Board and Load the Device Driver
(see Chapter 3 starting on page 13)
Wire Signals
(see Chapter 5 starting on page 35)
Verify the Operation of the Board
(see Chapter 6 starting on page 65)
Attach and Configure the Screw Terminal
Panel and Signal Conditioning Backplane
(see Chapter 4 starting on page 23)
Prepare to Use a Board
(this chapter)

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Unpacking
Open the shipping box and remove the wrapped DT300 Series board.
Verify that the following items are present:
•DT300 Series data acquisition board, and
•Data Acquisition OMNI CD.
If an item is missing or damaged, contact Data Translation. If you are
in the United States, call the Customer Service Department at (508)
481-3700. An application engineer will guide you through the
appropriate steps for replacing missing or damaged items. If you are
located outside the United States, call your local distributor, listed in
your Data Translation Product Handbook.
Once you have unpacked your board, check the system requirements,
as described in the next section.
CAUTION:
Keep the board in its protective antistatic bag until you are ready to
install it; this minimizes the likelihood of electrostatic damage.

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Checking the System Requirements
For reliable operation, your DT300 Series board requires the
following minimum system requirements:
•An 80486, Pentium, or compatible processor;
•At least one available PCI (revision 2.0-compliant or greater),
32-bit or 64-bit, +5 V expansion slot;
•Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, or
Windows 2000;
•At least 32 MB available RAM;
•At least one CD-ROM drive; and
•A VGA, or compatible, display (640 x 480 or higher, 256 colors
recommended).
Once you have verified that your system meets the system
requirements, install the software as described in the next section.

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Installing the Software
To install the software, perform the following steps:
1. Insert the Data Acquisition OMNI CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Click Start from the Task Bar, then click Run.
The Run dialog box appears.
3. In the Command Line edit box, enterx:\LAUNCH.EXE (where x
is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
4. Click OK.
The Data Acquisition Software setup program starts.
5. Click Install Products.
A list of software products that you can install appears.
6. Click Device Drivers.
The DT-Open Layers Data Acquisition software wizard appears.
7. Click Next.
You are prompted for the destination location.
8. Either change the directory path and/or name using Browse or
accept the default directory, then click Next.
You are prompted to select the software components to install.
CAUTION:
This version of the Data Acquisition OMNI CD provides
WDM-compliant device drivers and DLLs (version 5.0 or greater).
Other Data Translation boards/modules may not provide
WDM-compliant drivers.
You cannot use a DT300 Series board at the same time as another
Data Translation board/module unless both devices provide
WDM-compliant drivers.

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9. Select DT300 Series, then click Next.
You are prompted for the program folder name.
10. Either change the program folder name or accept the default
program folder name, then click Next.
The files are copied to the destination directory.
11. Click Finish.
The DT Data Acquisition Software setup program reappears.
12. Click Main Menu.
13. Click Exit.