Measurement Computing Data Translation DT9857, User Manual

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About this Manual
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• Chapter 8 , “Calibration,” describes how to calibrate the analog I/O circuitry of the
DT9857 or DT9857E module.
• Appendix A , “Specifications,” lists the specifications of the DT9857 and DT9857E
modules.
• Appendix B , “Connector Pin Assignments and LED Status Indicators,” lists the pin
assignments of the connectors on the DT9857 and DT9857E modules, describes the screw
terminal assignments of the STP25 screw terminal panel, and describes the LED status
indicators on the DT9857 and DT9857E modules.
• An index completes this manual.
Conventions Used in this Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
• Notes provide useful information or information that requires special emphasis, cautions
provide information to help you avoid losing data or damaging your equipment, and
warnings provide information to help you avoid catastrophic damage to yourself or your
equipment.
• Items that you select or type are shown in bold .
Related Information
Refer to the following documents for more information on using the DT9857 module:
• Benefits of the Universal Serial Bus for Data Acquisition. This white paper describes why USB
is an attractive alternative for data acquisition. It is available on the Data Translation web
site (www.mccdaq.com).
• QuickDAQ User’s Manual (UM-24774). This manual describes how to create a QuickDAQ
application to acquire and analyze data from a DT-Open Layers data acquisition module.
• DT-Open Layers for .NET User’s Manual (UM-22161). For programmers who are developing
their own application programs using Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET, this manual
describes how to use the DT-Open Layers for .NET Class Library to access the capabilities
of Data Translation data acquisition devices.
• DataAcq SDK User’s Manual (UM-18326). For programmers who are developing their own
application programs using the Microsoft C compiler, this manual describes how to use
the DT-Open Layers DataAcq SDK
™
to access the capabilities of Data Translation data
acquisition devices.
• LV-Link Online Help . This help file describes how to use LV-Link
™
with the LabVIEW
™
graphical programming language to access the capabilities of Data Translation data
acquisition devices.
• Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 documentation.
• USB web site (http://www.usb.org).