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USER MANUAL

IC-3173

Industrial Controller with Reconfigurable I/O

This document contains detailed electrical and mechanical information for the National
Instruments IC-3173.

Contents

About the IC-3173.................................................................................................................... 1
Hardware Overview.................................................................................................................. 2

Mounting the IC-3173.............................................................................................................19

Securing the IC-3173 to a Mount....................................................................................22
Clearance Requirements................................................................................................. 24

Software Options.....................................................................................................................25
BIOS Configuration and System Recovery............................................................................ 25

Where to Go Next................................................................................................................... 31

Resources for LabVIEW Users.......................................................................................31
Resources for Vision Builder AI Users...........................................................................32

About the IC-3173

The IC-3173 is a high-performance, small, fanless embedded computer designed for rugged
industrial applications. The IC-3173 also provides multiple digital input/output (I/O) options
for communicating with external devices.

Summary of Contents for IC-3173

Page 1: ...rements 24 Software Options 25 BIOS Configuration and System Recovery 25 Entering BIOS Setup 25 BIOS Setup Utility Keyboard Navigation 25 Main Setup Menu 26 Advanced Menu 27 Boot Menu 29 Save Exit Men...

Page 2: ...s four USB 2 0 ports and two DisplayPort connectors The IC 3173 front panel also includes LEDs for communicating system status and a 44 pin Digital I O port The Digital I O port offers 8 isolated inpu...

Page 3: ...ured 9 Power Button 10 System Power Connector 11 User Accessible Battery Compartment not pictured 12 RS 232 RS 485 Serial Port 13 USB 3 0 Ports 14 Primary Gigabit Ethernet Port 15 Retention Mounts for...

Page 4: ...VGA or DVI connector The following figure lists the DisplayPort pins and signals Figure 2 DisplayPort Connector Pin Locations 1 19 20 2 Table 1 DisplayPort Connector Pin Descriptions Pin Signal Name 1...

Page 5: ...corresponds to the port illuminates When you unplug a PoE device PoE is automatically disabled You can use non PoE Ethernet devices with the PoE enabled Gigabit Ethernet ports A CAT 5e or CAT 6 1000Ba...

Page 6: ...evice or connector block using a shielded cable NI recommends the following digital I O cables for the IC 3173 Cable Part Number 44 pin D sub male to pigtail cable 156083 03 for 3 meter cable 44 pin D...

Page 7: ...ted input 14 CISO Common ground reference for isolated inputs and outputs 15 Iso Out 4 General purpose isolated output 16 Diff 0 Bidirectional RS 422 I O negative side or quadrature encoder phase A 17...

Page 8: ...eral purpose isolated input 36 CISO Common ground reference for isolated inputs and outputs 37 Iso In 4 General purpose isolated input 38 Iso In 5 General purpose isolated input 39 CISO Common ground...

Page 9: ...d is connected to an output a large counter electromotive force may occur at switching time due to energy stored in the inductive load This flyback voltage can damage the outputs and the power supply...

Page 10: ...Output External Flyback Diode for Inductive Loads VISO CISO VCC Industrial Controller Load Overcurrent Protection Circuit Connecting to Differential I O The IC 3173 accepts differential RS 422 line dr...

Page 11: ...ff I O 1 3 3 V 10 k 10 k 10 k 10 k EN EN 7 5 k 7 5 k 7 5 k 7 5 k Figure 8 Connecting Differential Line Drivers Diff In 0 Diff In 0 Phase A Phase A Diff In 1 Diff In 1 Phase B Phase B External Device I...

Page 12: ...irectional TTL I O Figure 10 TTL Input Output Circuit 100 TTL_OUT TTL_OE TTL_IN 10 k FB TTL I O Power Input Connectors The IC 3173 requires a power supply to power the system and if you want to use th...

Page 13: ...either RS 485 422 mode or RS 232 mode Set the serial port mode in the BIOS setup utility The serial port is a 10 position RJ50 modular jack which can connect to serial devices such as PLCs scanners a...

Page 14: ...USB 3 0 Ports The USB ports support common USB peripheral devices such as USB flash drives USB hard drives USB to IDE adapters keyboards mice and USB cameras LabVIEW Real Time usually maps USB mass st...

Page 15: ...ds mice and USB cameras LabVIEW Real Time usually maps USB mass storage devices to the U V W or X drive starting with the U drive if it is available Refer to the LabVIEW Help for more information Figu...

Page 16: ...he IC 3173 automatically restarts after an exception After the second exception the IC 3173 remains in the exception state alerting you to resolve the problem Reinstall software on the IC 3173 or cont...

Page 17: ...about programming this LED PoE LEDs The PoE Power over Ethernet LEDs are located to the left of the PoE ports The following table describes the PoE LED indications Table 12 PoE LED Indications PoE LED...

Page 18: ...he TCP IP settings when moving the system from one subnet to another or when the current TCP IP settings are invalid When the IC 3173 is in the IP reset state the IP address of the network port resets...

Page 19: ...ing strap or touching a grounded object such as a computer chassis 1 Use a Phillips head screwdriver to remove the two screws holding the battery cover plate Remove the plate 2 Locate the BATTERY CONN...

Page 20: ...84 in 46 94 mm 1 85 in 46 17 mm 1 58 in 42 60 mm 1 68 in 28 19 mm 1 11 in 22 72 mm 0 89 in 27 94 mm 1 10 in 30 75 mm 1 21 in 26 95 mm 1 06 in 35 18 mm 1 39 in 30 48 mm 1 20 in 11 45 mm 0 45 in 22 7 mm...

Page 21: ...Figure 16 Side View Dimensions 15 08 mm 0 20 in 173 99 mm 6 85 in 4 23 mm 0 17 in 167 63 mm 6 60 in 176 94 mm 6 97 in IC 3173 User Manual National Instruments 21...

Page 22: ...m 3 65 in 4x 6 32 7 00 mm 0 28 in Securing the IC 3173 to a Mount 1 Align the screw holes of the mounting bracket with the four holes on the back of the IC 3173 2 Insert four 6 32 screws and tighten t...

Page 23: ...Figure 18 Securing a Mounting Bracket to the Device IC 3173 User Manual National Instruments 23...

Page 24: ...ce Requirements The IC 3173 installation must meet the following space and cabling clearance requirements for optimum cooling Allow 101 6 mm 4 0 in on the top and bottom of the IC 3173 for air circula...

Page 25: ...must install the LabVIEW FPGA Module to reconfigure the default personality of the IC 3173 FPGA BIOS Configuration and System Recovery You can change the configuration settings for the IC 3173 in the...

Page 26: ...n setup menu reports the following configuration information BIOS Version and Build Date These values indicate the version of the controller BIOS and the date on which the BIOS was built Embedded Firm...

Page 27: ...ese settings as the factory default settings provide the most compatible and optimal configuration Hyper Threading This setting specifies whether or not to enable Intel Hyper Threading technology in t...

Page 28: ...e default value is Turn On When set to Stay Off the IC 3173 returns to the soft off power state after power is restored When set to Turn On the IC 3173 powers on when power is restored Power Button Of...

Page 29: ...econds This setting specifies the number of seconds the POST waits for a USB device or hub to power on This setting is only visible when the Device Power Up Delay is set to Manual The default value is...

Page 30: ...specifies the power on state of the keyboard NumLock setting The default value is On Save Exit Menu The Save Exit setup menu includes all available options for exiting saving and loading the BIOS def...

Page 31: ...8 Refer to the IC 3173 Getting Started Guide for information about installing software and configuring the device Where to Go Next The following documents and resources contain information you may fi...

Page 32: ...idelines at ni com trademarks for information on NI trademarks Other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies For patents covering NI prod...

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