Jäger ADwin-Gold-USB User manual

ADwin-Gold-
USB / -ENET
Manual
ADwin-Gold USB / ENET, manual version 4.3, January 2012

ADwin-Gold USB / ENET, manual version 4.3, January 2012
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Table of contents
Typographical Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V
1 Information about this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2 System description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
2.1 ADwin system concept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
2.2 The ADwin-Gold System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
3 Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
4 Initialization of the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
5 Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
5.1 Analog Inputs and Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
5.2 Digital Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
5.3 Time-Critical Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
6 Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
6.1 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
6.2 Calibrating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
7 DA Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
8 CO1 Counter Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
8.1 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
8.2 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
8.3 Operating Mode Impulse/Event Counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
8.4 Operating Mode Impulse Width and Period Width Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
9 CAN add-on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
9.1 SSI Decoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
9.2 CAN Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
9.3 RSxxx Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
10 ADwin-Gold-Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
11 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
12 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
12.1 Analog Inputs and Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
12.2 Digital Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
12.3 Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
12.4 CAN interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
12.5 RSxxx interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
12.6 SSI interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Annex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.1 Technical Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.2 Hardware Addresses - General Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
A.3 Hardware revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

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A.4 RoHS Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
A.5 Baudrates for the CAN bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.6 Table of figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
A.7 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

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Typographical Conventions
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Typographical Conventions
"Warning" stands for information, which indicate damages of hardware or soft-
ware, test setup or injury to persons caused by incorrect handling.
You find a "note" next to
– information, which absolutely have to be considered in order to guaran-
tee an error free operation.
– advice for efficient operation.
"Information" refers to further information in this documentation or to other
sources such as manuals, data sheets, literature, etc.
<C:\ADwin\ …>File names and paths are placed in <angle brackets> and characterized in the
font Courier New.
Program textProgram commands and user inputs are characterized by the font Courier
New.
Var_1ADbasic source code elements such as commands, variables, comments and
other text are characterized by the font Courier New and are printed in color
(see also the editor of the ADbasic development environment).
Bits in data (here: 16 bit) are referred to as follows:
BitNo. 151413…0100
Bit value 215 214 213 …21=2 20=1
Synonym MSB----LSB

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Information about this Manual
ADwin
1 Information about this Manual
This manual contains complex information about the operation of the ADwin-Gold sys-
tem. Additional information are available in
– themanual"ADwinInstallation",whichdescribes allinterfaceinstallationsfor the
ADwin systems.
With this manual you begin your installation!
– the description of the configuration program ADconfig, with which you initialize
thecommunication fromthe corresponding interface toyour ADwin-Gold system.
– the manual ADbasic, which explains basic instructions for the compiler ADbasic
and the functional layout of the ADwin system.
– the manuals for all current development environments containing the description
of installation and instructions.
Please note:
For ADwin systems to function correctly, adhere strictly to the information provided in
this documentation and in other mentioned manuals.
Qualified personnelProgramming, start-upand operation, as well asthe modificationof program parameters
must be performed only by appropriately qualified personnel.
Qualified personnelare persons who,due to theireducation, experience andtrai-
ning as well as their knowledge of applicable technical standards, guidelines, ac-
cident prevention regulations and operating conditions, have been authorized by
a quality assurance representative at the site to perform the necessary acivities,
while recognizing and avoiding any possible dangers.
(Definition of qualified personnel as per VDE 105 and ICE 364).
Availability of the
documents
This product documentation and all documents referred to, have always to be available
and to be strictly observed. For damages caused by disregarding the information in this
documentation or in all other additional documentations, no liability is assumed by the
company Jäger Computergesteuerte Messtechnik GmbH, Lorsch, Germany.
Legal informationThis documentation, including all pictures is protected by copyright. Reproduction,
translation as well as electronical and photographical archiving and modification require
a written permission by the company Jäger Computergesteuerte Messtechnik GmbH,
Lorsch, Germany.
OEM products are mentioned without referring to possible patent rights, the existence
of which, may not be excluded.
Subject to change.
Hotline address: see inner side of cover page.

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2 System description
2.1 ADwin system concept
ADwin systems guarantee fast and accurate operation of measurement data acquisi-
tionand automationtasksunder real-timeconditions.This offersanidealbasis forappli-
cations such as:
– very fast digital closed-loop control systems
– very fast open-loop control systems
– data acquisition with very fast online analysis of the measurement data
– monitoring of complex trigger conditions and many more
ADwin systems are optimized for processes which need very short process cycle
times of one millisecond down to some microseconds.
System features The ADwin system is equipped with analog and digital inputs and outputs, a fast pro-
cessor (32-bit floating point signal processor) and local memory. The processor is
responsibleforthewhole real-time processing inthe system. Theapplicationsrun inde-
pendent of the PC and its workload.
Processor The processor of the ADwin system processes each measurement value at once.
In one cycle you can acquire the status of the inputs, process the status with the help
of any mathematical functions, and react to the results, even at very fast process cycle
times of some microseconds. This results in a perfect and logical work sharing: The PC
executes a program for visualizing of data, for input and operation of the processes,
togeher with access to networks and data bases, while the processor of the ADwin sys-
tem executes all tasks which require real-time processing concurrently.
Real-time operating system The operating system for the DSP of the ADwin system has been optimized to achieve
the fastest response times possible. It manages parallel processes in a multitasking
environment. Low priority processes are managed by time slicing. Specified high prior-
ity processes interrupt all low priority processes and are immediately and completely
executed (preemptive multitasking). High priority processes are executed as time-con-
trolled or event-controlled processes (external trigger).
Timing The built-in timer is responsible for the precise scheduling of high priority processes. It
has a resolution of 25 nanoseconds (3,3ns since processor T11). The ADwin systems
are characterized by an extremely short response time of only 300 nanoseconds during
the change from a low to a high priority process. A continously running communication
process enables a continous data exchange between the ADwin system and the PC
even while applications are active. The communication has no influence on the real-
time capability of the ADwin system, even so, it is possible to exchange data at any
time.
ADbasic The real-time development tool ADbasic gives the opportunity to create time-critical
programs for ADwin systems very easily and quickly. ADbasic is an integrated devel-
opment environment under Windows with possibilities of online debugging. The famil-
iar,easy-to-learn BASIC instructionsyntaxhasbeen extendedby many morefunctions,
in order to allow direct access to inputs and outputs as well as by functions for process
control and communication with the PC.

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System description
ADwin
Communication between ADwin system and PC
InterfacesThe ADwin system is connected to the PC via an USB or Ethernet interface. After
power-up the ADwin system is booted from the PC via this interface. Afterwards the
ADwin operating system is waiting for instructions from the PC which it will process.
Instruction processingThere are two kinds of instructions: On the one hand instructions, which transfer data
from the PC to the ADwin system, for instance "load process", "start process" or "set
parameter", on the other hand instructions which wait for a response from the ADwin
system, for instance "read variables" or "read data sets". Both kinds of instructions are
processed immediately by the ADwin system, which means immediate and complete
responses. The ADwin system never sends data to the PC without request! The data
transfer to the PC is always a response to an instruction coming from the PC. Thus,
embedding the ADwin system into various programming languages and standard soft-
ware packages for measurements is held simple, because they have only to be able to
call functions and process the return value.
Software interfacesUnder Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista you can use a DLL and an ActiveX inter-
face. On this basis the following drivers for development environments are available:
.NET, Visual Basic, Visual-C, C/C++, Delphi, VBA (Excel, Access, Word), TestPoint,
LabVIEW / LabWINDOWS, Agilent VEE (HP-VEE), InTouch, DIAdem, DASYLab,
SciLab, MATLAB.
Versions for Linux, Mac OS and Java are available, too.
The simple, instruction-oriented communication with the ADwin system enablesseveral
Windows programs to accessthe same ADwin system in coordination at the same time.
This is of course a great advantage when programs are being developed and installed.
Fig. 1 – Concept of the ADwin systems

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2.2 The ADwin-Gold System
Processor and memory The ADwin-Gold system is equipped with the digital 32 bit signal processor T9 (SHARC
ADSP 21062) from Analog Devices with floating point and integer processing. It is
responsiblefor thecompletemeasurement data acquisition,online processing, and sig-
nal output, and makes it possible to process instantaneously sample rates of up to sev-
eral 100 kHz.
The on-chip memory with 256 KiB has a very short access time of 25 ns and is large
enough to hold the complete ADwin operating system, the ADbasic processes and all
variables.
In order to get maximum access times, all inputs and outputs are memory-mapped in
the external memory section of the DSP. For buffering larger quantities of data the DSP
uses an external memory of 16 MiB (DRAM; optional 64 MiB).
Analog inputs The system has 16 analog inputs with BNC plugs (alternatively: DSub connectors),
which are divided into two groups each being connected to one multiplexer. These two
outputs are optionally converted by a 14-bit or 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC),
(see Fig. 2 "Block diagram of the ADwin-Gold). With the 14-bit ADCs it is possible to
sample very fast, with the 16-bit ADCs highly accurately.
Fig. 2 – Block diagram of the ADwin-Gold
Analog outputs The standard version of the ADwin-Gold system is equipped with 2 analog outputs
(optional 8) with an output voltage range of -10V … +10V and a 16-bit resolution. You
can synchronize the output of the voltage of all DACs per software.
Digital inputs and outputs 32 digital inputs or outputs are available on two 25-pin D-Sub connectors. They can be
programmed in groups of 8 as inputs or outputs. The inputs or outputs are TTL-com-
patible.
Trigger input (EVENT) The ADwin-Gold has a trigger input (EVENT, see also chapter 5.2 "Digital Inputs and
Outputs"). Processes can be triggered by a signal and are completely processed after-
wards. (see ADbasic manual, chapter "Structure of the ADbasic Program").
All analog data inputs and outputs of the system are differential.
The connection between ADwin-Gold system and computer is made via the USB or
Ethernet interface (depending on the version you have purchased).
8 Bit
8 Bit
A/CLK, B/DIR, CLR/LATCH four 32 bit counter
16bit / 5µs
16bit / 5µs
14bit / 0,5µs
14bit / 0,5µs
AD
AD
AD
AD
MUX
MUX
IN 1
IN 3
IN 5
IN 7
IN 9
IN 11
IN 13
IN 15
IN 2
IN 4
IN 6
IN 8
IN 10
IN 12
IN 14
IN 16
DA
SHARC ™
ADSP 2106x
from Analog Devices
with 16 or 64 MB
external DRAM
DA
16bit
16bit
OUT 1
OUT 2
32 digital I/Os,
programmable
as in- or output
8
I/O
8
I/O 8 I/O
8
I/O
CONN. 1
(DIGITAL IN)
CONN. 2
(DIGITAL OUT)
EVENT
PGA
G = 1, 2, 4, 8
+
-
PGA
G = 1, 2, 4, 8
+
-
DA
16bit
OUT 8
. . . . . . . . . .
OP
+
-
OP
+
-
OP
+
-
. . . . .
8 Bit
8 Bit
CONN. 3
(CNTR IN,
differential)
to PC
USB-/
ENET-
controller
Note: shaded components are optional.