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Using this Manual
Audience and Scope
The PCI-6208/6216-GL Series User’s Manual is intended for
hardware technicians and systems operators with knowledge of
installing, configuring and operating PCI analog output cards.
Manual Organization
This manual is organized as follows:
Preface:
presents important copyright notifications,
disclaimers, trademarks, and associated information on the
proper understanding and usage of this document and its
associated product(s).
Chapter 1, Introduction:
gives an overview of PCI-6208/
6216-GL Series features, applications, specifications and
supporting software environments for use with the product. The
layout of the PCI-6208/6216-GL Series as well as its
connectors and termination boards are presented.
Chapter 2, Getting Started:
describes how to install and
configure the PCI-6208/6216-GL Series.
Chapter 3, Supporting Software & Libraries:
presents DOS
and Windows 95 software libraries for programming PCI-6208/
6216-GL Series cards. This information is especially useful for
programmers using high-level programming languages.
Chapter 4, Hardware Registers:
provides detailed descriptions of the
PCI-6208/6216-GL Series registers, I/O address map and Voltage
Output conversion information. This information is especially useful for
programmers who want to control the hardware with low-level
programming.
Chapter 5, Utilities & Calibration:
describes how to run the
PCI-6208/6216-GL Series utility program included in the
software CD. Also describes how to calibrate PCI-6208/6216-
GL Series cards for accurate measurements and operations.
