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Analog Data

Digital Data

(Sencitivity, Calibration Data,

Manufacturer Code,

Serial Number, etc.)

LX

IEEE 1951.4 Mixed-Mode Transducer

IEEE1394/Ethernet

Transducer

TEDS

Memory

NETWORK

GPS

LX

LX

LX

Router

Switching Hub

Ethernet

10BASE-T/

100BASE-TX

Etherne

Multiple LXs

Internet/WAN

LX

 

Series

Recording Unit

PRINTED IN JAPAN 1202・H05 R-004

Main Units

LX-10

〉 

I/O Amp Slots

2 (Eight channels per slot)

Recording Devices

Choice of Memory only, MO disk, or 
PC card drive (Specify one when you 
order.)

Interface

Choice of IEEE 1394 or 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX 
Ethernet (Specify when you order.)

Front Panel Control Keys

REC, FWD, STOP, PAUSE, EVENT, P.LOCK

Digital Control Connector

Contact input: REC FWD, REC, FWD, STOP, 
PAUSE, EVENT,P.LOCK, and 

±

30-second 

internal clock adjustment   Status output: REC, 
FWD, STOP, PAUSE, EVENT, and P.LOCK
Input: L level: 0.4 V or less, H level: Open  or 2 V 
or more, Pulse width: 100 ms or more Output: 
Open drain, maximum sync current: 8 mA Connector: 
Angled half pitch 36- pin (DHA-RC36-R1xxx series)

Monitor Channel

1 (analog output)

Microphone Jack

1

Speaker and Earphone Jack

1 each

Sampling Frequencies

96, 48, 24, 12, 6, 3, 1.5 kHz
(Common to each channel)

Frequency Bandwidths

DC to 40, 20, 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25, 0.625 kHz

Max. Recording Rate

With real-time transfer to memory or PC: 1.536 
MB/s (by IEEE1394)/0.768MB/s (by 100BASE-TX) 
(Example: 40 kHz bandwidth

×

8 channels in 

1,536 MB/s)
With an MO disk/a PC card: 0.768 MB/s 
(Example: 20 kHz bandwidth

×

8 channels)

Time Precision

±

1 ppm (at 25

°

C)

Internal Clock Correction

±

30 seconds' adjustment

Power Supply/Consumption

11 to 30 V DC, approx. 40 W for an 8-channel 
I/O configuration (AR-LXPA1 and AR-LXAO) 
with media recording
DC power supply cable and AC adapter are supplied.

Safety Standards

CE, VCCI

Vibration

Conforms to MIL-STD-810E Figure 514.4-1,2,3 
for the models with memory only, PC 
card drive, Memory with an MO drive only when 
an MO disk is not inserted.

Shock

Conforms to MIL-STD-810E Method 516.3 20 G 
11 ms Half Sine (using PC Memory Card).

External Dimensions

Approx. 300W

×

65H

×

200D mm

Approx. 12W

×

2.5H

×

8D in

(excluding protruding parts)

Weight

Approx. 3.8 kg Approx. 8.5 lb (for an 8-channel 
I/O configuration using an MO disk/a PC card)

Temperature and Humidity

PC card model and Memory model: 0 to 40

°

32 to 104

°

F at 10 to 85 % RH (operation)

MO model: 5 to 35

°

C 40 to 95

°

F at 10 to 85 % RH 

(operation)

Software

The LX Navi software, provided as standard, can 
set the measurement parameters, monitor, and 
record data to the PC.  It has  the following system 
requirements.  OS: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP  
CPU: Pentium III 600 MHz or faster  RAM: 128 MB 
or more Free Hard Disk Space: 2 GB or more

LX-20

 

Sampling Frequencies

- 96, 48, 24, 12, 6, 3, 1.5 kHz- 102.4, 51.2, 
25.6, 12.8, 5.12, 2.56, 1.28 kHz
- 65.536, 32.768, 16.384, 8.192, 4.096, 2.048, 1.024 kHz
- 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 kHz 
(Common to each channel)

Frequency Bandwidths

DC to the sampling frequency (listed above) / 2.4

Tachometer Pulse Inputs

Num. of Input Channels

2

×

16-bit channels (ON/OFF in 2-channel units), 

or 1

×

32-bit channel

Both use the lower 1 bit for tachometer pulse timing.

Input Format

Threshold level switched over among +0.5, 1, 
2.5, 5, 10, and 20 V
Max. allowable input voltage is 

±

50 V

Input Connector

2

×

BNCs

Sampling Frequency

Depends on the main unit setting.

Frequency Division Ratio Setting

1 to 255

Moving Average Measurement

  1 to 16 (Cannot be used simultaneously with 

generator output.)

Measurement Modes

Pulse count mode

 

(Count of number of pulses 

within the gate time; count of the total number from 
the start to the stop.)
Cycle count mode
Frequency measurement mode (Cannot be used 
simultaneously with generator output.)
RPM mode (Cannot be used simultaneously with 
generator output.)

Generator Output

Num. of Output Channel

1 channel

Output Level

±

1 to 5 Vp (variable in 0.1 V steps, same as 

monitor output) 

Output Connector

BNC (Monitor output) 

Output Mode

Sine wave 1 to fs/2.4 (to 1 digit below the decimal 
point)

Sweep Sine wave, start/stop frequency, linear 
and log settings.
Pulse, pulse width, and interval time settings 
(There are restrictions depending on the 
sampling frequency.)
Pink noise
White noise

Power Supply/Consumption

11 to 30 V DC, approx. 45 W for an 8-channel I/O 
configuration (AR-LXPA1 and AR-LXAO) with media 
recording
DC power supply cable and AC adapter are supplied.

Weight

Approx.4.1 kg Approx.9 lb (for an 8-channel I/O 
configuration using an MO disk/a PC card)

* Other specifications follow the LX-10 specifications.

Battery Enclosure

(BU-80)

Num. of Internal Battery Packs

3 (A battery pack is described below)

External Dimensions

Approx. 300W

×

27.5H

×

200D mm 

Approx. 12W

×

1H

×

8D in

(excluding protruding parts)

Weight

Approx. 1.5 kg Approx. 3 lb
(excluding the battery pack and mounting brackets)

Battery Pack 

(HP-30L )

Supplied Voltage

13.2 V

Capacity

3.3 Ah  

Weight

Approx. 700 g Approx. 1.5 lb

Size

NP1 type 

Battery Type

Ni-MH

Remote Control Unit 

(ER-LXRC)

LCD

Reflective type, 320

×

160 pixels

Functions

Bar meter display, mainunit control (setting, 
recording, reproducing) Event, Microphone input

External Dimensions

Approx. 170W

×

30H

×

100D mm 

Approx. 6.5W

×

1.2H

×

4D in

(excluding protruding parts)
Cable length 5 m 16 ft

Weight

Approx. 0.65 kg Approx. 1.4 lb(excluding cable)

Extension I/O Unit for DC Input Amp

 

(AU-LXEPIO)

I/O Amp Slots

2 (Specify the combination of amp cards to be 
built in when you order.)

External Dimensions

Approx. 300W

×

30H

×

200D mm 

Approx. 12W

×

1.2H

×

8D in

(excluding protruding parts)

Weight

Approx. 1.2 kg Approx. 2.5 lb 
(excluding the amp card)

Extension I/O Unit for the Constant Current 
Excitation Type Accelerometer Input Amp

 

(AU-LXEPIOP)

I/O Amp Slots

2 (Eight channels per slot) 
(Specify the combination of amp cards to be built 
in when you order.)

Power Supply

11 to 30 V DC, DC power supply cable and AC 
adapter are supplied.

External Dimensions

Approx. 300W

×

50H

×

200D mm 

Approx. 12W

×

2H

×

8D in

(excluding protruding parts)

Weight

Approx. 2 kg Approx. 1 lb (excluding the amp card)

Amp Cards

DC Input Amp (AR-LXDC2)

Num. of Channels

8

Input Format

Unbalanced

Input Coupling

DC

Low-speed Sampling

Fixes the sampling at 2 kHz, with DSP-based 
down sampling.

Input Impedance

100 k

Ω 

Input Range

±

0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 Vp (overrange 

±

127%) 

Absolute Max. Input Voltage

±

100 V

Filter

Joint use of both a digital filter (Decimation LPF)
and an analog filter (2nd Order Butterworth)

Frequency Characteristics

Tolerance of 

±

0.5 dB for DC to each bandwidth 

of the main unit

Num. of Quantizing Bits

24 bits, MSB16 bits used for data out of 24 bits

Conversion Method

Simultaneous sampling, 128-times oversampling 

 

(delta sigma) method; 64-times 

oversampling at 96 kHz sampling 

Sampling Frequencies

See the sampling frequencies of the main unit.

Power Consumption

Approx. 5 W 

Constant Current Excitation Type Accelerometer 
Input Amp 

(AR-LXPA1)

Num. of Channels

8 differential inputs

Input Format

Balanced and unbalanced

Input Coupling

Balanced AC coupling, balanced DC coupling, 
unbalanced DC coupling

Input Impedance

100 k

Ω  

Input Range

±

0.01, 0.0316, 0.1, 0.316, 1.0, 3.16, 10 Vp 

(overrange to 

±

127%)

Absolute Max. Input Voltage

±

50 V

Filter

Joint use of both a digital filter and an analog filter 
(2nd Order Butterworth) 

Frequency Characteristics

±

0.5dB. In AC mode: 1 Hz to the bandwidth of 

the main unit (-3 dB at 0.1 Hz). In DC mode: DC 
to the bandwidth of the main unit.

Num. of Quantizing Bits

24 bits, MSB16 bits used for data out of 24 bits

Conversion Method

Simultaneous sampling, 128-times oversampling 

 method; 64-times oversampling at 

96 kHz sampling 

Sampling Frequencies

See the sampling frequencies of the main unit.

Power Supply to Sensors

28V DC, 4 mA

Power Consumption

Approx. 7 W

Constant Current Excitation Type Accelerometer 
Input Amp

 

(AR-LXPA2)

Input Range

±

0.0316, 0.1, 0.316, 1.0, 3.16, 10, 50 Vp 

(overrange to 

±

127%)

Absolute Max. Input Voltage

±

50 V in the 

±

10 Vp range, 

±

100 V in the 

±

50 Vp range 

Weighting

A, C, Flat 

High Pass Filter

10 Hz, 20 Hz switchable

Power Supply to Sensors

28V DC/4 mA or 24V DC/4 mA switchable at 
hardware

* Other specifications follow the AR-LXPA1 specifications.

Analog Output Amp

 

(AR-LXAO)

Num. of Channels

8

Output Format

Unbalanced

Output Coupling

DC coupling

Output Level

±

1 to 5 V (variable in 0.1 V steps)

Frequency Bandwidths

DC to the frequency bandwidth of the main unit

Filter

Joint use of both a digital filter (Decimation LPF) 
and an analog filter(2nd Order Butterworth) 

Num. of Quantizing Bits

24 bits, MSB16 bits used for data out of 24 bits

Conversion Method

128-times oversampling 

 

method; 64-times 

oversampling at 96 kHz sampling

Output Connector

BNC

Power Consumption

Approx. 5 W

Overall Accuracy

When Using AR-LXPA1 and AR-LXAO

Range accuracy

±

2% or less

Linearity

±

0.1% or less

Distortion factor

±

0.05% or less (for bandwidth of 20 kHz or 

more),

±

0.2% or less (for bandwidth of 10 kHz or 

less) 

Drift

±

0.1% or less (from 10 minutes after the power 

has been turned on and when recording to one 
media)

I

nter-channel phase difference

Typical 0.5

°

 (in the same range and with a 

bandwidth of 20 kHz or less), or 1

°

 or less (in the 

same range and with a bandwidth of 40 kHz) 

 

R e c o r d i n g   a n d   p l a y b a c k  
performance that exceeds 
DAT Data Recorders

C

onnecting with Applications

The LX Series provides a diverse set of connections to popular data analysis applications, which enables 
efficiency in all steps of the process: from experiment setup to data recording and processing. 

Connecting to Sensors

Using the constant current excitation type accelerometer input amp card, you can directly connect to ICP

®

 

accelerometers and ICP

®

  microphones.  You can also read values such as sensitivity and calibration values 

for connected transducers. For experiment setup, these features reduce the need for additional equipment 
and can automate coefficient settings, thereby eliminating setup errors, and greatly reducing the effort 
required for experiment setup and data processing. 

Connecting to Existing Analysis Systems

Some existing data recorders have the ability to 
perform analog playback and change the playback 
speed (matching the analysis system bandwidth 
and playing back fast phenomena at a slower 
speed, or playing back slow phenomena at a faster 
speed, within the same sampling rate series) 
The LX Series can replace a traditional data recor-
der even in an analysis system that requires exist-
ing analog data to be played back. At a PC with 
the optional LX View program, you can extract 
only a necessary portion from an originally recor-
ded file to create a new data file. Then you can 
copy the new data file to another media to per-
form analog playback in the LX main unit. This 
enables data to be investigated more efficiently.

Connecting to Data Processing Software

The format for recorded data is TAFFmat, the file 
format now used by TEAC digital Data Recorders. 
Data files in the TAFFmat format can be read by 
the LX View and by other companies' analytical 
software that supports TAFFmat. Also, in a config-
uration in which a PC is connected and a LX Ser-
ies recorder is used as the front-end, the TAFFmat 
format files can be used with software providing 
real-time recording and analysis functions.  We 
also pro-vide the file converter software from 
TAFFmat  to the popular analyzing data file formats, 
such as ASCII, UFF, ATI, and so on. TEAC provides 
system integrators with a Windows DLL for direct 
control of LX Series recorders. Contact TEAC for 
details.

Connecting to Network

Using the 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface, you can build distributed multi-channel data record-
ing systems. Synchronizing pulses generated by, for example, a GPS signal can synchronize the internal 
clocks by using +/-30 seconds' adjustment function of the LX and you can control the recording of 
multiple devices connected to the network. The data collected by each LX main unit can be collected 
over the network, which reduces the effort required to physically collect media from different locations.  

Specifications

S/N (Crosstalk), measured at the Analog Output:

When Using AR-LXDC2 and AR-LXAO

S/N

78 dB (within the bandwidth)

Crosstalk

78 dB (below 20 kHz within the bandwidth) 

or 75 dB (40 kHz within the bandwidth)
(except for low-sped sampling)

Note:

 

The overall accuracy specified here is the accuracy of the analog output 

when using an input amp and a DC output amp, and may differ depending on 
the frequency characteristics and the input range of the input amp.

TEAC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION

83 Imaikami-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-0067, Japan   Phone: +81-44-711-5221   Fax: +81-44-711-5240   http://www.tic.teac.co.jp/

TEAC AMERICA INC. 

Information Product Division

7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, CA 90640 U.S.A.

West:

 Phone: +1-323-726-0303 Ext.573   Fax: +1-323-727-4877 

  East: 

Phone: +1-978-468-4135   Fax: +1-978-468-4171   

http://www/teac-recorders.com/drindex.html

TEAC DEUTSCHLAND GmbH 

ICP Division

Barnstrasse 12, D65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany   Phone: +49-611-7158417   Fax: +49-611-7158392   http://www.teac.de/ipd/

Precautions:

 To ensure safe operation, read the instruction manual before use.

The trademarks in this brochure are owned by their respective holders. 
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Copyright

 

© 2002, TEAC Instruments Corporation   All rights reserved.

The new LX Series data re-
cording system from TEAC 
has been designed for fast 
set-up, reliable recording, and 
versatile playback in your 
data recording applications in 
the laboratory and in the field.  
Following-on from the conve-
nience of DAT recorders, the 
LX Series en-ables recording 
in wider bandwidths. The ser-
ies has strengthened connec-
tivity with sensors, PCs and 
analysis applications; achieves 
fast data processing; and is 
designed to lower data re-
cording costs.

TEAC Instrumentation Recording Systems

Note : 

Analog voltage output is not supported.

80dB

80dB

80dB

80dB

80dB

60dB

60dB

40dB

No filter

No filter

No filter

Sampling  

Frequency 

 

Frequency 
Bandwidth

1/2 fs Attenuation

1kHz 

500Hz 
200Hz 
100Hz 

50Hz 
20Hz 
10Hz 

5Hz 
1Hz 

1/30Hz 
1/60Hz 

 

DC to 400Hz

DC to 200Hz

DC to 80Hz

DC to 40Hz

DC to 20Hz

DC to 8Hz

DC to 4Hz

DC to 2Hz

DC to 0.4Hz

DC to 0.013Hz

DC to 0.006Hz

Input Rage

At 20 kHz or less 

 

At 40 kHz

±

0.01V

±

0.0316V

±

0.1V

±

0.316V

±

1.0V

±

3.16V

±

10V 

64 dB (- 64 dB)

74 dB (- 71 dB)

83 dB (- 77 dB)

87 dB (- 77 dB)

87 dB (- 77 dB)

87 dB (- 77 dB)

87 dB (- 77 dB) 

60 dB (- 60 dB)

69 dB (- 69 dB)

76 dB (- 73 dB)

77 dB (- 73 dB)

77 dB (- 73 dB)

77 dB (- 73 dB)

77 dB (- 73 dB)  

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