Lord MicroStrain MB-STD-4 User manual
Motherboard Quick Start Guide
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing the LORD MicroStrain®Sensing
Systems’ Motherboard Multichannel Signal Conditioner
Enclosure and its DEMOD-DVRT®or DEMOD-DVRT®-TC
Signal Conditioning Cards.
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This guide covers the following products:
Motherboards Signal Conditioner Cards
MB-STD-4 DEMOD-DVRT
MB-STD-8 DEMOD-DVRT-TC
MB-STD-4-EURO
MB-STD-8-EURO
Assembly
The Motherboard itself requires no assembly. It has been previously assembled and tested with
the signal conditioner cards at the factory. It is ready for use out of the box.
Power
The Motherboard is powered by a specialized external power
supply which provides both 5 VDC and 12 VDC to the unit.
Each Motherboard is shipped with this special supply. The
Motherboard has no On/Off switch and the power supply acts
as the switch. The power supply plugs into house current on
the input side and into the 5-pin DIN connector on the rear
panel of the Motherboard on the output side. A keyway
insures proper mating of the male and female DIN connectors.
Power supplies are shipped with either an ‘American’ wall
adapter (ELPAC WM063-1950) or a ‘EURO(pean)’ wall
adapter (ELPAC MED113TT).
LED
The Motherboard has a green LED indicator on its front panel. The LED illuminates when
power is applied.
Signal Conditioning Card Connectors
Each DEMOD-DVRT®or DEMOD-DVRT®-TC Signal
Conditioning Card has two connectors. The upper 4-pin LEMO
connector connects to the DVRT®sensor cable supplied with the
sensor. The lower BNC connector connects to a shielded coaxial
(or other) cable running to your analog data acquisition equipment.
Channels
Motherboards may contain from 1 to 8 signal conditioning cards. These cards are organized
from left to right as channels 0 through 7 and are labeled as such on the front panel. In addition,
you will note that each channel has a colored plastic washer around its LEMO connector. These
color codes are used to correctly match the DVRT®sensor with the signal conditioning card to
which it has been calibrated.
Calibration
Every DVRT®sensor is paired and calibrated at the factory with its own signal conditioner card.
Each DVRT®sensor and signal conditioner card pair is shipped with a Certificate of Calibration
which should be consulted to insure that the pair is always connected and used together.
DVRT®Installation
LORD manufactures 5 categories of DVRT® Displacement Sensors with several model
variations within each category. The table below will link you to further installation instructions
for each category.
Category Installation Instructions
Microminiature http://files.microstrain.com/Micro_Sub_DVRT_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf
Subminiature http://files.microstrain.com/Micro_Sub_DVRT_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf
Microminiature Gauging http://files.microstrain.com/Micro_Sub_Gauging_DVRT_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf
Subminiature Gauging http://files.microstrain.com/Micro_Sub_Gauging_DVRT_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf
Non-Contact http://files.microstrain.com/Non-Contact_DVRT_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf
Congratulations!
You are off and running! LORD Support Engineers are always available by phone, email, web
chat or SKYPE to assist you in any way we can.
LORD Corporation
MicroStrain Sensing Systems
459 Hurricane Lane, Unit 102 ph: 800-449-3878
8501-0045 rev 000 Williston, VT 05495 USA fax: 802-863-4093
MicroStrain® and DVRT®are trademarks of LORD Corporation.
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