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Table of Contents
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How this Manual is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Conventions Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Where To Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Supported Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Part 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2: Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting up the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting up an Expansion Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Inserting the Board into the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Loading the Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3: Wiring Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Before Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wiring Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Attaching a Screw Terminal Panel/Paddle Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Attaching an STP68 or STP68-DIN Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Attaching a DT758-C Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Attaching an EP195 Paddle Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Connecting Analog Output Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Connecting Digital Input Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting Digital Output Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Chapter 4: Verifying the Operation of a Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Running the Quick DataAcq Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Testing Single-Value Analog Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Testing Single-Value Digital Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Testing Single-Value Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Part 2: Using Your Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 5: Principles of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Analog Output Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Analog Output Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ranges and Gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Conversion Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Data Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Digital I/O Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Digital I/O Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Interrupts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Operation Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 6: Supported Device Driver Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Data Flow and Operation Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Buffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Triggered Scan Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Data Encoding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Thermocouple and RTD Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
IEPE Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Clocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Counter/Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 7: Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Running the Calibration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Connecting an External Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Calibrating a DT330 Series Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Chapter 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
General Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
If Your Board Needs Factory Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Appendix A: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Analog Output Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Digital I/O Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Power, Physical, and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Appendix B: Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Connector J1 on the DT331, DT332, DT333, DT334, and DT335 Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Connector J1 on the DT335-50 Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Screw Terminal Assignments for the STP68 and STP68-DIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Screw Terminal Assignments for the DT758-C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Connector J1 on the EP195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Connector J2 on the EP195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Connector J3 on the EP195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Appendix C: Using Your Own Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Analog Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Digital Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Digital Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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About this Manual
This manual describes how to set up and install a DT330 Series board and related software,
attach a screw terminal panel or paddle board to a DT330 Series board, wire signals to a screw
terminal panel, and verify the board’s operation using the Quick DataAcq application.
This manual also describes the features of the DT330 Series boards, the capabilities of the
DT330 Series Device Driver, and how to program the DT330 Series boards using DT-Open
Layers for .NET Class Library™software. Troubleshooting and calibration information are
also provided.
Note: For information on checking system requirements, installing the software, and
viewing the documentation, refer to the README file on the OMNI CD.
For more information on the class library, refer to the DT-Open Layers for .NET Class Library
User’s Manual. If you are using the DataAcq SDK or a software application to program your
device, refer to the documentation for that software for more information.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for engineers, scientists, technicians, or others responsible for
using and/or programming the DT330 Series boards for data acquisition operations in
Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7. It is assumed that you have
some familiarity with data acquisition principles and that you understand your application.
How this Manual is Organized
This manual is organized as follows:
•Chapter 1, “Overview,” describes the major features of the DT330 Series hardware and
software, and provides an overview of the DT330 Series getting started procedure.
•Chapter 2, “Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver,” describes how to install
the DT330 Series board and load the DT330 Series Device Driver.
•Chapter 3, “Wiring Signals,” describes recommendations for wiring, provides
information on attaching and wiring to a screw terminal panel or paddle board, and
describes how to wire signals to a screw terminal panel.
•Chapter 4, “Verifying the Operation of a Board,” describes how to verify the operation of
a DT330 Series board with the Quick DataAcq application
•Chapter 5, “Principles of Operation,” describes all of the features of the DT330 Series
boards and how to use them in your application.
•Chapter 6, “Supported Device Driver Capabilities,” lists the data acquisition subsystems
and the associated features accessible using the DT330 Series Device Driver.
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•Chapter 7, “Calibration,” describes how to calibrate the analog output circuitry of the
boards.
•Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting,” provides information that you can use to resolve problems
with the boards and the device driver, should they occur.
•Appendix A, “Specifications,” lists the specifications of the boards.
•Appendix B, “Connector Pin Assignments,” shows the pin assignments for the connectors
on the boards and for the STP68, STP68-DIN, and DT758-C screw terminal panels, and the
EP195 paddle board.
•Appendix C, “Using Your Own Screw Terminal Panel,” describes additional
considerations to keep in mind when designing your own screw terminal panel for use
with a DT330 Series board.
• An index completes this manual.
Conventions Used in this Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
• Notes provide useful information or 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.
Related Information
Refer to the following documents for more information on using the DT330 Series boards:
•Measure Foundry Manual (UM-19298) and online help. These documents describe how to
use Measure Foundry™ to build drag-and-drop test and measurement applications for
Data Translation® data acquisition devices.
•DT-Open Layers for .NET User’s Manual (UM-22161). For programmers who are
developing their own application programs using Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET, this
manual describes how to use the DT-Open Layers for .NET Class Library to access the
capabilities of Data Translation data acquisition devices.
•DataAcq SDK User’s Manual (UM-15943). For programmers who are developing their own
application programs using the Microsoft C compiler, this manual describes how to use
the DT-Open Layers DataAcq SDKTM to access the capabilities of Data Translation data
acquisition boards. This manual is included on the Data Acquisition OMNI CD.
•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++®.
•LV-Link Online Help. This help file describes how to use LV-Link™with the LabVIEW™
graphical programming language to access the capabilities of Data Translation data
acquisition devices.
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•PCI Specification: PCI Local Bus Specification, PCI Special Interest Group, Portland, OR.
(Revision 2.1, June 1, 1995).
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 documentation.
Where To Get Help
Should you run into problems installing or using a DT330 Series board, our Technical Support
Department is available to provide technical assistance. Refer to Chapter 8 starting on page 77
for more information. If you are outside the U.S. or Canada, call your local distributor, whose
number is listed on our web site (www.mccdaq.com).
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Overview
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Supported Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Features
The DT330 Series is a family of low-cost, analog output and digital
I/O boards for the PCI bus. The DT330 Series consists of the following boards: DT331, DT332,
DT333, DT334, DT335, and DT335-50. All DT330 Series boards share the following major
features:
• Software calibration of the analog output circuitry if provided
• Four 8-bit digital ports programmable as inputs or outputs on a per-port basis
• Digital outputs capable of driving external solid-state relays (15 mA)
• Change on interrupt capability for one 8-bit digital port
Table 1 lists the differences among the DT330 Series boards.
For more information on the board features, refer to Chapter 5.
Table 1: Differences Among DT330 Series Boards
Board Type
Analog Output
Channels
Analog Output
Resolution
DT331 4 12 bit
DT332 8 12 bit
DT333 4 16 bit
DT334 8 16 bit
DT335 and DT335-50a
a. The only difference between the DT335 and the DT335-50 is the
user connector. The DT335 has a 68-pin connector and the
DT335-50 has a 50-pin connector.
0 Not applicable
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Supported Software
The following software is available for use with the DT330 Series boards and is provided on
the Data Acquisition OMNI CD:
•DT330 Series Device Driver – The device driver is installed automatically when you
install the software from the Data Acquisition OMNI CD. You need the device driver to
use the DT330 Series board with any of the supported software packages or utilities.
•The Quick DataAcq application –This application provides a quick way to get a DT330
Series board up and running. Using the Quick DataAcq application, you can verify the
subsystems of the board, display data on the screen, and save data to disk.
•Calibration Utility – The Calibration Utility allows you to calibrate the analog output
circuitry of the DT331, DT332, DT333, and DT334 boards. Refer to Chapter 7 for more
information on this utility.
•Measure Foundry – An evaluation version of this software is included on the Data
Acquisition OMNI CD. Measure Foundry is drag-and-drop test and measurement
application builder designed to give you top performance with ease-of-use development.
Order the full development version of this software package to develop your own
application using real hardware.
•DT-Open Layers for .NET Class Library – Use this class library if you want to use Visual
C# or Visual Basic for .NET to develop your own application software for the DT330
Series boards using Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005; the class library complies
with the DT-Open Layers standard.
•DataAcq SDK – Use the Data Acq SDK if you want to use Visual Studio 6.0 and Microsoft
C or C++ to develop your own application software for the DT330 Series boards using
Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7; the DataAcq SDK complies with the
DT-Open Layers standard.
•DTx-EZ – DTx-EZ provides ActiveX controls, which allow you to access the capabilities of
the DT330 Series boards using Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual C++; DTx-EZ complies
with the DT-Open Layers standard.
•DAQ Adaptor for MATLAB – Data Translation’s DAQ Adaptor provides an interface
between the MATLAB Data Acquisition (DAQ) subsystem from The MathWorks and
Data Translation’s DT-Open Layers architecture.
•LV-Link – An evaluation version of LV-Link is included on the Data Acquisition OMNI
CD. Use LV-Link if you want to use the LabVIEW graphical programming language to
access the capabilities of the DT330 Series boards.
Refer to the Data Translation web site (www.mccdaq.com) for information about
selecting the right software package for your needs.
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Accessories
The following optional accessories are available for the DT330 Series boards:
•STP68 screw terminal panel – A generic, 68-pin screw terminal panel that has one
connector to accommodate the analog output and digital I/O signals provided by the
DT330 Series boards. This panel requires an EP305 cable.
•STP68-DIN screw terminal panel – A generic, 68-pin screw terminal panel that is
DIN-rail mountable. This screw terminal panel has one connector to accommodate the
analog output and digital I/O signals provided by the DT330 Series boards. This panel
requires an EP305 cable.
•DT758-C screw terminal panel – A generic, 50-pin screw terminal panel that is DIN-rail
mountable. This screw terminal panel has one connector to accommodate the digital I/O
signals provided by the DT335-50 board. This panel requires an EP035-2 cable.
•EP195 paddle board – A board with three 50-pin connectors used to attach an DT335-50
board to two Opto 22 PB16A backplanes. This paddle board requires an EP035 cable and
two EP036 cables.
•EP305 cable – A 2-meter, twisted-pair, shielded cable that connects the 68-pin connector
(J1) on all DT330 Series boards except the DT335-50 to the J1 connector on the STP68 or
STP68-DIN screw terminal panel.
•EP035-2 cable – A 1-meter, 50-conductor flat ribbon cable assembly with a female header
that connects the 50-pin connector (J1) on the DT758-C screw terminal panel to the 50-pin
connector (J1) on the DT335-50 board. The EP035-2 is shipped with the DT758-C screw
terminal panel.
•EP035 cable – A 2.4-meter, 50-pin, flat ribbon cable with a female connector that connects
the 50-pin connector (J1) on DT335-50 board to the 50-pin J1 connector on the EP195
paddle board.
•EP036 – A 2.4-meter, 50-pin, flat ribbon cable that connects the 50-pin J2 or J3 connector of
the EP195 to the 50-pin edge connector on the Opto 22 PB16A backplane. To connect two
Opto 22 PB16A backplanes to the EP195 paddle board, two EP036 cables are required.
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Getting Started Procedure
The flow diagram shown in Figure 1 illustrates the steps needed to get started using a DT330
Series board. This diagram is repeated in each getting started 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 2 starting on page 21)
Wire Signals
(see Chapter 3 starting on page 29)
Verify the Operation of the Board
(see Chapter 4 starting on page 45)
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