1. Introduction
This manual provides safety and maintenance information, applicable generally to data acquisition equipment, and
applicable specifically to the Microstar Laboratories
xDAP
family of Data Acquisition Processor products. The
xDAP
family has been tested and found to be in conformance with international safety standards, and a declaration of conformity is
included in this manual.
Intended Application
The
xDAP
family of Data Acquisition Processor products is intended for capturing high-resolution measurements of of
signals of the kind produced by sensor or digital logic devices, converting these to a digitized form compatible with digital
computer processing, and delivering these results through an external communication cable to other systems for recording,
display, or other purposes.
Special restrictions on use of individual models are given in the hardware manual for each xDAP product.
xDAP products are not intended for any application for which its performance is critical to human life and safety.
XDAP
products cannot guarantee the availability necessary for critical applications such as direct control of nuclear reactors, and
they do not provide electrical isolation suitable for general medical applications.
Operating Instructions
Connect the xDAP equipment and power it up as described in the installation guide and the hardware manual for the
specific xDAP product. Once started, the equipment is operated through software commands, sent from an application on
the PC host to the equipment via the USB interface cable. The installation guide for xDAP USB equipment provides
instructions on connectors and software setup. The installation guide is available on the DAPtools software CD (or the
equivalent downloaded file system image) provided with each xDAP unit, or from the Microstar Laboratories Web site at
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