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DT330 Series

UM-17414-C

Getting Started Manual

Summary of Contents for DT330 Series

Page 1: ...R DT330 Series UM 17414 C Getting Started Manual...

Page 2: ...ents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent rights of Data Translation Inc Use duplication or disclosure by t...

Page 3: ...Procedure 4 Chapter 2 Preparing to Use a DT330 Series Board 5 Unpacking 7 Checking the System Requirements 8 Installing the Software 9 Viewing the DT330 Series Documentation Online 11 Chapter 3 Instal...

Page 4: ...g Digital Input Signals 34 Connecting Digital Output Signals 35 Chapter 5 Verifying the Operation of a DT330 Series Board 37 Installing the Quick Data Acq Application 39 Running the Quick Data Acq App...

Page 5: ...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 Editi...

Page 6: ...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 DT330 Series board An in...

Page 7: ...osoft 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 This manual describes how...

Page 8: ...ical Support Department is available to provide technical assistance Refer to the DT330 Series User s Manual for more information refer to page 37 for more information on viewing this manual If you ar...

Page 9: ...1 1 Overview DT330 Series Key Hardware Features 2 DT330 Series Software 3 Getting Started Procedure 4...

Page 10: ...following boards DT331 DT332 DT333 and DT334 The key features of these boards are listed in Table 1 Table 1 Key Features of DT330 Series Boards Board Type Analog Outputs Analog Output Range Analog Out...

Page 11: ...cq 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 output circuitry of the boa...

Page 12: ...pter 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 o...

Page 13: ...5 2 Preparing to Use a DT330 Series Board Unpacking 7 Checking the System Requirements 8 Installing the Software 9 Viewing the DT330 Series Documentation Online 11...

Page 14: ...he Board and Load the Device Driver see Chapter 3 starting on page 13 Wire Signals see Chapter 4 starting on page 25 Verify the Operation of the Board see Chapter 5 starting on page 37 Prepare to Use...

Page 15: ...tes 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 Unit...

Page 16: ...ailable 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...

Page 17: ...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 direct...

Page 18: ...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...

Page 19: ...ument click a heading from the table of contents on the left side of the document Within the document click the text shown in blue to jump to the appropriate reference the pointer changes from a hand...

Page 20: ...Chapter 2 12...

Page 21: ...and Loading the Device Driver Setting up the Computer 15 Setting up an Expansion Slot 16 Inserting the DT330 Series Board into the Computer 17 Attaching a STP68 or STP68 DIN Screw Terminal Panel 19 Lo...

Page 22: ...ide later to recalibrate it refer to the DT330 Series User s Manual for instructions see page 11 for information on viewing this manual Install the Board and Loading the Device Driver this chapter Wir...

Page 23: ...f all peripherals printer modem monitor and so on connected to the computer 3 Unplug the computer and all peripherals 4 Remove the cover from you computer Refer to your computer s user manual for inst...

Page 24: ...slots and are usually white or ivory Commonly three PCI slots one of which may be a shared ISA PCI slot are available If an ISA board exists in the shared slot you cannot use the slot for a PCI board...

Page 25: ...a metal portion of the computer chassis 2 Carefully remove the antistatic packing material from the board It is recommended that you save the original packing material in the unlikely event that your...

Page 26: ...panel of the system unit using the screw removed from the slot cover 8 Power up the computer If you installed the DT330 Series software as described on page 9 the DT330 Series device driver is automat...

Page 27: ...TP68 DIN and the EP305 are offered by Data Translation as accessories to the DT330 Series boards Connector J1 on the STP68 and STP68 DIN attaches to connector J1 on the DT330 Series board Figure 3 ill...

Page 28: ...computer the New Hardware Found dialog box appears followed by the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box Perform the following steps to load the device driver in Windows 98 1 Click Next 2 Click Search f...

Page 29: ...driver from the Data Acquisition OMNI CD To configure the device driver perform the following steps 1 Open the Control Panel 2 Double click the Open Layers Control Panel icon 3 Select the DT330 Series...

Page 30: ...ished click Close 6 If you wish to change the name of the board click Edit Name and enter a new name for the board Otherwise exit from the Control Panel Once the driver is loaded perform the steps in...

Page 31: ...he DT330 Series board to configure then click Advanced 11 Select the appropriate boxes to enable interrupts for lines bits 0 to 7 on digital port D 12 When you are finished click Close 13 If you wish...

Page 32: ...Chapter 3 24...

Page 33: ...25 4 Wiring Signals Before Wiring 27 Connecting Analog Output Signals 33 Connecting Digital Input Signals 34 Connecting Digital Output Signals 35...

Page 34: ...the Board and Load the Device Driver see Chapter 3 starting on page 13 Wire Signals this chapter Verify the Operation of the Board see Chapter 5 starting on page 37 Prepare to Use a Board see Chapter...

Page 35: ...signal lines by using physically different wiring paths or conduits To avoid noise do not locate the STP68 or STP68 DIN screw terminal panel and cabling next to sources that produce high electromagnet...

Page 36: ...erify that the board is operating properly Once you have determined that the board is operating properly wire the signals according to your application s requirements STP68 and STP68 DIN Screw Termina...

Page 37: ...on the screw terminal panel brings out all of the signals from 68 pin connector on the data acquisition board The following sections describe the screw terminal assignments on the STP68 or STP68 DIN...

Page 38: ...tions up to 1 A Table 2 Analog Output and Power Screw Terminal Assignments on the STP68 or STP68 DIN Description TB J1 Pin Description TB J1 Pin 5 V Output 1 1 Power Ground 35 35 DAC0 Output 28 28 DAC...

Page 39: ...Port A Line 7 19 19 Digital Ground 52 52 Digital Ground 18 18 Digital I O Port B Line 0 51 51 Digital I O Port B Line 1 17 17 Digital I O Port B Line 2 50 50 Digital I O Port B Line 3 16 16 Digital I...

Page 40: ...tal I O Port D Line 5 5 5 Digital I O Port D Line 6 38 38 Digital I O Port D Line 7 4 4 Digital Ground 37 37 Digital Ground 3 3 Table 3 Digital I O Screw Terminal Assignments on the STP68 or STP68 DIN...

Page 41: ...onnect an analog output voltage signal channel 0 in this case to the STP68 or STP68 DIN screw terminal panel Figure 5 Connecting Analog Output Voltages to the STP68 or STP68 DIN Shown for Channel 0 TB...

Page 42: ...digital Port A in this case to the STP68 or STP68 DIN screw terminal panel Figure 6 Connecting Digital Inputs to the STP68 or STP68 DIN Screw Terminal Panel Lines 4 and 6 Port A Shown Digital I O Port...

Page 43: ...signal line 0 of digital Port B in this case to the STP68or STP68 DIN screw terminal panel Figure 7 Connecting Digital Outputs to the STP68 or STP68 DIN Screw Terminal Panel Line 0 Port B Shown Digit...

Page 44: ...Chapter 4 36...

Page 45: ...37 5 Verifying the Operation of a DT330 Series Board Installing the Quick Data Acq Application 39 Running the Quick Data Acq Application 41...

Page 46: ...tal input port and Output data from a single analog output channel or digital output port This chapter describes how to install and run the Quick Data Acq application Install the Board and Load the De...

Page 47: ...hat you can install appears 6 Click Quick Data Acq The Quick Data Acq setup wizard appears 7 Click Next You are prompted for the destination location 8 Either change the directory path and or name usi...

Page 48: ...Chapter 5 40 13 Click Main Menu 14 Click Exit...

Page 49: ...you to verify basic operations on the board however it may not support all of the board s features For information on each of the features provided use the online help for the Quick Data Acq applicati...

Page 50: ...ist box select the output range of DAC0 The default is 10 V 7 Enter an output value or use the slider to select a value to output from DAC0 8 Click Send to output a single value from DAC0 The value th...

Page 51: ...ard Refer to page 35 for an example of how to connect a digital output 2 Click the Control menu 3 Click Digital Output 4 Select the appropriate DT330 Series board from the Board list box 5 Select digi...

Page 52: ...Chapter 5 44...

Page 53: ...45 A Using Your Own Screw Terminal Panel Analog Outputs 47 Digital Inputs 48 Digital Outputs 49...

Page 54: ...tion must be given to how the signals interact in the real world as well as how they interact with each other This appendix describes additional considerations to keep in mind when designing your own...

Page 55: ...with higher capacitive loads The grounds of most boards are optimized for analog inputs at the expense of some logic or high frequency noise on the analog outputs This is because the analog and digit...

Page 56: ...not damaged when power is removed On all Data Translation PCI boards current limiting is used to prevent damage in this fault condition On high speed clock inputs a ground that is located in the conn...

Page 57: ...eturned to the digital ground provided in the connector next to the outputs If just eight of the digital outputs are switching 16 mA per output then 128 mA of current flows To minimize problems with r...

Page 58: ...Appendix A 50...

Page 59: ...s 34 digital outputs 35 conventions used vi D device driver 3 digital I O screw terminal assignments 31 when not using the STP68 or STP68 DIN 48 49 wiring inputs 34 35 DT330 Series Device Driver 3 E e...

Page 60: ...assignments 30 digital I O assignments 31 layout 29 power 30 selecting an expansion slot 16 setting up the computer 15 slot selection 16 software supported 3 system requirements 8 U unpacking 7 using...

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