ICS Advent RB-24 User manual
Model RB-24
Product Manual
MANUAL NUMBER : 00650-130-2B
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FOREWORD
This product manual provides information to install, operate and or program the referenced product(s)
manufactured or distributed by ICS Advent. The following pages contain information regarding the
warranty and repair policies.
Check our Web site (www.icsadvent.com) for technical information, manuals, and BIOS updates.
Technical assistance is also available at: 800-480-0044 (U.S.) or 858-677-0877 (international).
Customer Comments: If you experience any problems with this manual or just want to provide some
feedback, please send us a message using the online "Service Form" on our Web site (www.icsadvent.com)
under "Support." Detail any errors you find. We will correct the errors or problems as soon as possible and
post the revised manual in our online Support Library. Thank you.
The information in this document is provided for reference only. ICSAdvent does not assume any liability
arising from the application or use of the information or products described herein. This document may
contain or reference information and products protected by copyrights or patents and does not convey any
license under the patent rights of ICS Advent, nor the rights of others.
Copyright © 1996, a California Corporation, 6260 Sequence Drive, San Diego, CA92121-4371. ICSAdvent
is a Registered Trademark of ICS Advent. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of
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lisher.
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Shipments not in compliance with this Guarantee
and Limited Warranty Return Policy will not be ac-
cepted by ICS Advent.
Guarantee
A thirty day money-back guarantee is provided on all standard products sold. Special order products are
covered by our Limited Warranty, however they may not be returned for refund or credit. EPROMs,
RAM, Flash EPROMs or other forms of solid electronic media are not returnable for credit - but for
replacement only. Extended Warranty available. Consult factory.
Refunds
In order to receive a refund on a product for the purchase price, the product must not have been
damaged by the customer or by the common carrier chosen by the customer to return the goods and
the product must be returned complete (meaning all manuals, software, cables, etc.) within 30 days of
receipt and in an as-new and resalable condition. The Return Proceduremust be followed to assure
prompt refund.
Restocking Charges
Product returned after 30 days, and before 60 days, of the purchase will be subject to a minimum20%
restocking charge and charges for any damaged or missing parts. Products not returned within 60
days of purchase, or products which are not in an as-new and re-saleable condition, are not eligible
for credit return and will be returned to the customer.
Limited Warranty
Effective April 1, 1998, all products carry a 2-year limited warranty. Within two years of purchase,
ICS Advent will repair or replace, at our option, any defective product. ICS Advent will service the
warranty for all standard catalog products for the first two years from the date of shipment.
Please note: The 2-year warranty may not apply to special promotion items. Please consult the factory for
warranty verification.
The limited warranty is void if the product has been subjected to alteration, neglect, misuse, or abuse; if any
repairs have been attempted by anyone other than ICS Advent or its authorized agent; or if the failure is
caused by accident, acts of God, or other causes beyond the control of ICS Advent or the manufacturer.
Neglect, misuse, and abuse shall include any installation, operation, or maintenance of the product other than
in accordance with the user’s manual.
No agent, dealer, distributor, service company, or other party is authorized to change, modify, or extend the
terms of this Limited Warranty in any manner whatsoever. ICS Advent reserves the right to make changes
or improvements in any product without incurring any obligation to similarly alter products previously
purchased.
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Return Procedure
For any Guarantee or Limited Warranty return, please contact ICS Advent's Customer Service at
800-480-0044 (U.S.) or 858-677-0877 (international) and obtain a Return Material Authorization (RMA)
Number. All product(s) returned to ICS Advent for service or credit must be accompanied by a Return
MaterialAuthorization (RMA) Number. Freight on all returned itemsmust be prepaid by the customer who
is responsible for any loss or damage caused by common carrier in transit. Returns for Warranty must
include a Failure Report for each unit, by serial number(s), as well as a copy of the original invoice showing
date of purchase.
To reduce risk of damage, returns of product must be in an ICS Advent shipping container. If the original
container has been lost or damaged, new shipping containers may be obtained from ICS Advent Customer
Service at a nominal cost.
ICS Advent owns all parts removed from repaired products. ICS Advent uses new and reconditioned parts
made by various manufacturers in performing warranty repairs and building replacement products.
If ICS Advent repairs or replaces a product, its warranty term is not extended.
ICSAdvent will normally return your replacement or repaired items via Second DayAir. Overnight delivery
or delivery via other carriers is available at an additional charge.
Limitation of Liability
In no event shall ICS Advent be liable for any defect in hardware, software, loss, or inadequacy of data of
any kind, or for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of
the performance or use of any product furnished hereunder. ICSAdvent liability shall in no event exceed the
purchase price of the product purchased hereunder. The foregoing limitation of liability shall be equally
applicable to any service provided by ICSAdvent or its authorized agent.
Some Sales Items and Customized Systems are not subject to the guarantee and limited warranty.
However in these instances , any deviations will be disclosed prior to sales and noted in the original invoice.
ICS Advent reserves the right to refuse returns or credits on software or special order items.
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Advisories
Three types of advisories are used throughout the manual to stress important points or warn of potential
hazards to the user or the system. They are the Note, the Caution, and theWarning. Following is an example
of each type of advisory:
Note: The note is used to present special instruction, or to provide extra information which may
help to simplify the use of the product.
CAUTION!
A Caution is used to alert you to a situation which if ignored may cause injury or
damage equipment.
WARNING!
AWarningisusedtoalertyouofasituationwhichifignoredwillcauseseriousinjury.
Cautions and Warnings are accented with triangular symbols. The exclamation symbol is used in all cautions
and warnings to help alert you to the important instructions. The lightning flash symbol is used on the left
hand side of a caution or a warning if the advisory relates to the presence of voltage which may be of
sufficient magnitude to cause electrical shock.
Use caution when servicing any electrical component. We have tried to identify the areas which may pose
a Caution or Warning condition in this manual; however, ICS Advent does not claim to have covered all
situations which might require the use of a Caution or Warning.
You must refer to the documentation for any component you install into a computer system to ensure proper
precautions and procedures are followed.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Installation...............................................................................................1-1
Chapter 2: Functional Description...........................................................................2-1
Chapter 3: Connector Pin Assignments..................................................................3-1
Chapter 4: Specifications .........................................................................................4-1
Current Revision 2B
December 2000
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Chapter 1: Installation
Manual Number: 00650-130-2 Page 1-1
Chapter 1: Installation
The RB-24 Series cards installed external to the host computer. The card is supplied with four
0.375" stand-offs and may be installed on user-supplied panels/chassis. The card provides headers
for both 37- and 50-conductor ribbon cable connection to the host computer and screw terminal
terminations for the relay outputs. Silk-screen labels on the board identify the relay elements to
which they connect. The screw terminals used can accommodate wire sizes as large as #14 AWG.
To ensure that there is minimum susceptibility to EMI and minimum radiation, it is important that
EMI cabling and break-out techniques be used. (cable conected to ground at the aperture of the
digital I/O card that will provide signals, twisted pair wiring, etc.)
Power Connections
Connector J3 is provided for easy application of +5 VDC computer power via a quick disconnect
cable from the computer power bus. Screw terminals are also provided for 5-volt external power to
the card at TB13. (Note: Jumper JP1 must be installed if you intend to apply power through the
screw terminals.) Alternatively, when the AC Power option is installed, JP1 should not be installed
and the AC power is applied at TB13.
The following page illustrates the layout of the RB-24.
Configurations
RBAC-24: Signifies that the card is configured for 115 VAC power input. When this
option is installed, AC power must be applied at TB13 as described above.
Also, IC drivers U1, U3, U4, U6, U7, and U9 are omitted.
/DP: The /DP option provides DPDT relay outputs.
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RB-24 Layout
Chapter 2: Functional Description
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Chapter 2: Functional Description
The Model RB-24 is a twenty-four channel electromechanical relay output accessory card. On-
board amplifiers allow the relays to be driven by any 24-bit group of any of our PCDIO Series
digital I/O card or from other manufacturers LSTTL or NMOS/CMOS-compatible digital output
cards that use 37 or 50-pin connections compatible with the pin connections listed later in this
manual. When an input bit is high, the associated relay is energized and a red LED associated with
each relay glows when that relay is actuated.
SPDT Form C relays are standard but DPDT Form C relays are an available option. The relays
used are UL-recognized, non-latching, polarized units designed to FCC Part 68 isolation require-
ments and can switch up to three amperes current into a resistive load at voltages up to 120 VAC
(rms).
The card is normally powered by +5 VDC external power but an option is available for 115 VAC,
60 Hz external power. In both cases, screw terminals are provided for termination of input power
connections.
As mentioned earlier, either card may be interfaced to any 24-bit port of PCDIO Series card. Relay
numbers and corresponding port-bit assignments are as follows:
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Controlling RB-24
Programming RB-24 is done by simple OUT statements. For example, if the card is to be con-
trolled by an Model PCDIO24-P located at base address hex 310, BASIC statements would be as
follows:
10 OUT &H313,&H80 Sets the ports to use as outputs
20 OUT &H310,1 Activates Port A, bit 0 (Relay 0)
30 OUT &H311,16 Activates Port B, bit 4 (Relay 21)
Alternatively, any parallel, TTL-compatible, source can be used to drive the relays and would be
programmed according to instructions provided by the manufacturer. Please assure that the pin-out
and cable configuration is compatible with the RB-24 pin assignments listed on the following
pages.
Chapter 3: Connector Pin Assignments
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Chapter 3: Connector Pin Assignments
Either the 50-pin ribbon cable header (J2) or the 37-pin cable header (J1) is used to interface to the
digital output board in the host computer. The mating connectors are a type AMP 1-746285-0 or
equivalent (50 pins) or type AMP 745242-1 (37 pins) for insulation displacement flat cables or
Cannon DC37-S (37 pins) for soldered connections.
Pin connections for the 50-pin connector are as follows:
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Pin connections for the 37-pin connector are as follows:
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Chapter 4: Specifications
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Chapter 4: Specifications
Logic Inputs (24 lines)
Logic High: 2.0 to 5.0 VDC
Logic Low: 0.0 to 0.8 VDC
Input Load (Hi): 70 microamperes
Input Load (Lo): 600 microamperes
Relay Outputs (RB-24)
Contacts: Form C, SPDT, non-latching (DPDT is an option)
Contact Material: Gold overlay silver
Contact Rating: Max. Switching Current: 1.5A AC
Max. Carry Current: 2A AC or DC
Max. Switching Power: 30 VA
Max. Switching Voltage: 125 VDC or AC
Note: Good safety practice should be followed if AC voltages are to be switched by the relays
Actuate Time @ nominal voltage: 6 milliseconds max. including bounce
Release Time @ nominal voltage: 8 milliseconds max. including bounce
Vibration: 10 to 55 Hz, 10 g
Shock: No Contact Opening: 10 g (11 mSec sine half wave)
Life Expectancy: Mechanical: 20 x 106operations minimum.
Power Required: DC Power:
RB-24: +5 VDC (±5%) at 2 amperes maximum (all relays ON)
AC Power Option:
RB-24: 115 VAC, 60 Hz at 260 mA max. (all relays ON)
RB-24H: 115 VAC, 60 Hz at 390 mA max. (all relays ON)
Physical:
Dimensions: 16" long x 4.75" wide x 1" high.
Weight: 1 lb, 8 oz (0.7 Kg)
Screw Terminal Wire Spacing: 0.197" (5 mm)
Screw Terminal Wire Sizes: 14-22 AWG
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Environmental
Operating Temperature Range: 0oto 60oC
Storage Temperature Range: -50oto 120oC
Humidity: 45 to 85% RH, non-condensing
Chapter X: XXXXX
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ADDENDUM
IRQGEN.VXD and Win32IRQ.DLL
IRQGEN.VXD
Description
IRQGEN.VXD is a Virtual Device Driver, or VxD, for Windows95. Together with
Win32IRQ.DLL, it allows a program to easily respond to hardware interrupt requests, or IRQs.
Installation
To install IRQGEN.VXD, copy it to C:\Windows\System. If your hard drive has a letter other than
C, substitute the appropriate letter. It is not necessary to reboot your system prior to using
IRQGEN.VXD.
Win32IRQ.DLL
Description
Win32IRQ.DLL is a Dynamic Link Library, of DLL, for Windows95. It provides a simple interface
to IRQGEN.VXD, allowing a program to easily respond to hardware interrupts. Three functions are
exported by Win32IRQ.DLL: InitIRQ,, Detect IRQ, and SendEOI. To use these functions in a
program, they must first be inported. In Pascal, the necessary lines would be:
function InitIRQ (MyIRQ: Byte) : Boolean; stdcall;external 'Win32IRQ.dll'
index 1;
function DetectIRQ: Boolean; stdcall; external "Win32IRQ.dll"index 2;
function SendEOI: Boolean; stdcall; external "Win32IRQ.dll" index 3;
In C, the library file Win32IRQ.lib must first be linked to the program. This is accomplished by
adding it to the project or editing the makefile. The following lines would then create the prototypes
for the DLL functions:
extern "c" _declspec (dllimport) bool pascal InitIRQ (unsigned char MyIRQ);
extern "c" _declspec (dllimport) bool pascal DetectIRQ (void);
extern "c" _declspec (dllimport) bool pascal SendEOI (void) ;
InitIRQ
This function performs the initialization required to detect IRQs. It must be called before
DetectIRQand SendEOI can be called, although calling those functions first will only cause them to
return a value of FALSE. The function's sole parameter is an unsigned 8-bit value containing the
IRQ number to monitor. The return result is TRUE if initialization was compledted successfully,
FALSE if not.
Addendum: 00650-010-6B
© 1998, Industrial Computer Source, 6260 Sequence Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-2720. All rights reserved.
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DetectIRQ
This function suspends the thread that it was called from and waits for an IRQ to occur on the IRQ
number that was passed to InitIRQ. DetectIRQ will return immediately, however, if an IRQ occured
anytime before the DetectIRQ call, as long as an IRQ number was initialized with InitIRQ.
Otherwise, DetectIRQ will not return until an IRQ occurs. If the program needs to continue running
while waithing for DetectIRQ, a separate thread should be spawned from which to call DetectIRQ.
The return result is TRUE if an IRQ was successfully detected on the given IRQ number, FALSE if
no IRQ was initialized before the call. There are no parameters.
SendEOI
This function sends an end of interrupt message to the VxD. It must be called after an IRQ is
detected of the interrupt will remain in the system. The return result is TRUE if the EOI message
was successfully sent, FALSE if not. There are no parameters.
Addendum: 00650-010-6B
Declaration of Conformity
Information Technology Equipment
6260 Sequence Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-4371
(800) 523-2320 / (858) 677-0877
Theproduct(s) coveredby thisdeclaration:
RB-24 RB-24DP RBAC-24 RBAC-24DP
TheEuropean Uniondirectivescovered bythis declaration:
EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC
Thebasis onwhich conformityisdeclared:
EN50081-1:1992 Emissions, Generic Requirements
-EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of Information
Technology Equipment
EN50082-1:1992 Immunity, GenericRequirements
-EN61000-4-2:1995Electrostatic Discharge(ESD)Immunity
-EN61000-4-3:1995RadiatedRFField Immunity
-EN61000-4-4:1995EFTImmunityforACandI/OLines
EN60950:1992 SafetyofInformationTechnologyEquipment
Thetechnicaldocumentationrequiredto demonstrate thisproductmeetstherequirements of theEMCDirective
andtheLowVoltageDirectivehas beencompiledbyICSAdventandis availableforinspectionby therelevant
enforcementauthorities.TheCE markwasfirstappliedin 2000.
Attention
Theattentionofthespecifier,purchaser, installer, oruser isdrawntospecialmeasures and limitationsforuse
whichmustbeobserved whentheproductis taken intoservicetomaintain compliancewiththeabove
directives.Detailsofthesespecialmeasuresandlimitationsare in theproduct manual.
Mr. Jim Jameson
President & Chief Executive Officer
ICSAdvent Europe
BenTurnerIndustrialRoad
OvingRoad
Chichester, West Sussex
PO194ET, UK
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