Data Translation DT3010 Series Parts list manual

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DT3010 Series
UM-16868-C
Getting Started Manual

Third Edition
December, 2000
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Table of Contents
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How this Manual is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Conventions Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Where To Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DT3010 Series Key Hardware Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DT3010 Series Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2: Preparing to Use a DT3010 Series Board . . . . . . 5
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Checking the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Viewing the DT3010 Series Documentation Online . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3: Installing the Board and Loading the
Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting up the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting up Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Removing the Board for Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Attaching the EP324 Cable (DT3010-268 Board Only) . . . . . . . . 18
Inserting the DT3010 Series Board into the Computer. . . . . . . . 19
Loading the Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Windows Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 4: Attaching and Configuring a Screw Terminal
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Attaching a Screw Terminal Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Attaching the DT740 Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Attaching the STP268 Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Attaching the STP268-EC Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . 31
Attaching to the DT3010-268 Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Attaching a 5B or 7B Series Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Attaching a PB16H Opto-22 Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring a Screw Terminal Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring the DT740 Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring Jumper W1 - Common Ground Sense . . . 38
Configuring Resistors R1 to R16 - Bias Return . . . . . . . 38
Configuring Resistors R17 to R32 - Current Shunt . . . 38
Configuring the STP268 Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring Jumper W1 - Common Ground Sense . . . 40
Configuring Resistors R1 to R16 - Bias Return . . . . . . . 40
Configuring Resistors R17 to R32 - Current Shunt . . . 40
Configuring the STP268-EC Screw Terminal Panel . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 5: Wiring Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Preparing to Wire to a Screw Terminal Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Wiring Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Considerations When Using 5B or 7B Series Signal
Conditioning Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Screw Terminal Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
DT740 Screw Terminal Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
STP268 Screw Terminal Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
STP268-EC Screw Terminal Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Connecting Analog Input Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting Single-Ended Voltage Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Connecting Pseudo-Differential Voltage Inputs. . . . . . . . . . 67
Connecting Differential Voltage Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting Current Loop Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Connecting Analog Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Connecting Digital I/O Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Connecting Counter/Timer Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Connecting Event Counting Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Connecting Frequency Measurement Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connecting Pulse Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter 6: Verifying the Operation of a DT3010 Series
Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Installing the Quick Data Acq Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Running the Quick Data Acq Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Performing a Single-Value Analog Input Operation. . . . . 111
Performing a Single-Value Analog Output Operation . . . 111
Performing a Continuous Analog Input Operation. . . . . . 112
Performing a Single-Value Digital Input Operation . . . . . 113
Performing a Single-Value Digital Output Operation. . . . 114
Performing a Frequency Measurement Operation. . . . . . . 115
Performing a Pulse Output Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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Appendix A: Using Your Own Screw Terminal Panel . . . 117
Analog Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Single-Ended Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Pseudo-Differential Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Differential Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Analog Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Digital Inputs and Counter/Timer Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Digital Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cabling Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

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About this Manual
This manual describes how to set up and install the following
components:
•DT3010 Series software,
•DT3010 Series board,
•DT3010 Series Device Driver, and
•DT740, STP268, orSTP268-ECscrewterminal panel.
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 DT3010 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 DT3010
Series hardware and the DT3010 Series software, and provides an
overview of the DT3010 Series getting started procedure.
•Chapter 2, “Preparing to Use a DT3010 Series Board,”describes
how to unpack the DT3010 Series package, check the system
requirements, install the DT3010 Series software, and view the
DT3010 Series documentation online.

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•Chapter 3, “Installing the Board and Loading the Device Driver,”
describes how to install the DT3010 Series board and load the
DT3010 Series Device Driver.
•Chapter 4, “Attaching and Configuring a Screw Terminal Panel,”
describes howto attachtheDT740, STP268, or STP268-EC
screw terminal panel to a DT3010 Series board and how to
configure the screw terminal panel for use with a DT3010 Series
board.
•Chapter 5, “Wiring Signals,”describes how to wire signals to a
DT3010 Series boardusingthe DT740, STP268, orSTP268-EC.
•Chapter 6, “Verifying the Operation of a DT3010 Series Board,”
describes how to verify the operation of a DT3010 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 DT3010 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 inbold.
•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
DT3010 Series board:
•The DT3010 Series User’s Manual (UM-16866). Included on the
Data Acquisition OMNI CDTM provided with the DT3010 Series
board, this manual describes the features of the DT3010 Series
boards and the DT3010 Series Device Driver in detail.
•DataAcq SDK Getting Started Manual (UM-18326). Included on the
Data Acquisition OMNI CD provided with the DT3010 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). Available separately
from Data Translation, this manual describes how to use the
ActiveX controls provided in DTx-EZTM to access the capabilities
of Data Translation data acquisition boards in MicrosoftVisual
Basic®or Visual C++®.
•DT VPI User’s Manual (UM-16150). Available separately from
Data Translation, 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). Available
separately from Data Translation, 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 DT3010 Series
board, our Technical Support Department is available to provide
technical assistance. Refer to the DT3010 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
DT3010 Series Key Hardware Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DT3010 Series Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 1
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DT3010 Series Key Hardware Features
The DT3010 Series is a family of low-cost, multifunction data
acquisition boards for the PCI bus. The DT3010 Series consists of the
following boards: DT3010, DT3010-268, DT3010/32, DT3010/32-268
and DT3016. The key features of these boards are listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Key Features of DT3010 Series Boards
Board
Type Analog Inputs
Analog
Input
Frequency Analog
Outputs
Analog
Output
Frequency
Analog
Output
FIFO
Digital
I/O
Lines Counter
/Timers
DT3010a,b
a. The analog I/O resolution is 12 bits.
b. This board contains one 50-pin connector and one 68-pin connector.
32 SE/
16 DI 1.25 MHz 2 500kHzfor each
channel
4K 16 4
DT3010-268c
c. This board contains two 68-pin connectors, but is functionally equivalent to the DT3010 board.
32 SE/
16 DI 1.25 MHz 2 500kHzfor each
channel
4K 16 4
DT3010/32a,b 32 SE/
16 DI 1.25 MHz 2 500kHzfor each
channel
32K 16 4
DT3010/32-
268a,c 32 SE/
16 DI 1.25 MHz 2 500kHzfor each
channel
32K 16 4
DT3016b,d
d. The analog I/O resolution is 16 bits.
32 SE/
16 DI 250 kHz 2 500kHzfor each
channel
4K 16 4

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DT3010 Series Software
The DT3010 Series software includes the following software
components, which are shipped on the Data Acquisition OMNI CD:
•DT3010 Series Device Driver −You must install and load the
device driver to use a DT3010 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 DT3010 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 −This utility allows you to calibrate the
analog I/O circuitry of the board. Refer to the DT3010 Series
User’s Manual for information on using this utility.
•DT3010 Series User’s Manual (in PDF format) −This manual
describes the features of the DT3010 Seriesboards and how to use
the DT3010 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 DT3010 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 43)
Verify the Operation of the Board
(see Chapter 6 starting on page 105)
Attach and Configure the Screw Terminal
Panel (see Chapter 4 starting on page 27)
Prepare to Use a Board
(see Chapter 2 starting on page 5)

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Preparing to Use a
DT3010 Series Board
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Checking the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Viewing the DT3010 Series Documentation Online . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2
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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 43)
Verify the Operation of the Board
(see Chapter 6 starting on page 105)
Attach and Configure the Screw Terminal
Panel (see Chapter 4 starting on page 27)
Prepare to Use a Board
(this chapter)

Preparing to Use a DT3010 Series Board
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Unpacking
Open the shipping box and remove the wrapped DT3010 Series
board.
Verify that the following items are present:
•DT3010 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 DT3010 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).
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) for
the DT3010 Series boards. Other Data Translation boards/modules
may not provide WDM-compliant drivers.
You cannot use a DT3010 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 DT3010 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.