7. Troubleshooting
If your P8R8DIO board is not operating properly, use the information in this
chapter to isolate the problem.
7.1 Problem
Isolated
You can use an ohmmeter to check operation of the relay outputs and a low
voltage power supply to check the isolated inputs. You can use DOS DEBUG
program to exercise relay outputs or read the input ports, or you can use the INP
and OUT commands of the BASIC language. For example, using DEBUG for a
P8R8-DIO at a base address set to &H300 is as follows:
O 300 FF
‘Turn On all Relays.
O 300 0
‘Turn Off all Relays.
O 300 08
‘Turn On Bit D3 Relay.
I 300
‘Read
back
Relay
status
I
301
‘Read Digital Input Data
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