Selecting An I/O; Selecting A Sensor Module - Advantech ADAM-2000 Series User Manual

2.1.2

Selecting an I/O

To organize an ADAM-2000 series remote data acquisition and control system, you
need to select proper I/O or sensor modules to connect to field devices or processes
that you have previously determined.
Table 2.2: I/O Selection Guidelines
Choose this I/O
module:
Digital Input Node
Analog Input Node
2.1.3

Selecting a Sensor Module

Table 2.3: Sensor Mode Selection
Choose this For these types of field devices or
I/O module: operations (examples):

Sensors Node

For these types of field devices or
operations (examples):
 Selector switches Push buttons
 Photoelectric eyes
 Limit switches
 Circuit breakers
 Proximity switches
Level switches

 Motor starter contacts
 Relay contacts
 Thumb wheel switches
 Thermocouple signals
RTD signals

 Temperature transducers,
 Pressure transducers
 Load
 Cell transducers
 Humidity transducers
 Flow transducers,
 Potential meters
Temperature measurement
Humidity measurement
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Description:
Input modules sense:
On/Off signals or Open/
Closed signals.
Convert continuous
analog signals into digital
input values for host device
Description:
Directly measure the physical signal
without any conversion.
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