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3
Setup and Installation
Unwrapping and Inspecting Your Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Installing the DAS-1800HC Series Standard
Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Before Installing DriverLINX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Selecting the DriverLINX Components to Install . . . . . . . 3-3
Installing DriverLINX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Setting the Base Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Installing the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Configuring the DAS-1800HC Board with DriverLINX . . . . . . . 3-6
4
Cabling and Wiring
Attaching an STA-1800HC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Attaching the CJC Circuit of an STA-1800HC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Attaching a CONN-1800HC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Attaching an SSH-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Attaching MB01 Backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Attaching an STP-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Connecting Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Precautions for Using DAS-1801HC Boards
at High Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Additional Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Connecting a Signal to a Single-Ended Analog Input. . . . . . 4-12
Connecting a Signal to a Differential Analog Input . . . . . . . 4-12
Common Connection Schemes for Differential Inputs . . 4-12
Avoiding Ground Loops with Differential Inputs . . . . . . 4-14
Connecting Analog Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Connecting Digital I/O Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Connecting Digital Control Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Connecting and Synchronizing Multiple Boards . . . . . . . . . 4-16
5
Testing the Board
DriverLINX Analog I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Test Panel Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
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Calibration
Equipment Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Potentiometers and Test Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
DriverLINX Calibration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
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