Avoid Exposed Circuitry To avoid injury, remove jewelry such as rings, watches, and other metallic objects. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present. Product Damage Precautions Provide Proper Ventilation To prevent product overheating, provide proper ventilation. VX4234...
These terms may appear on the product: DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking. WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking. CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product. VX4234...
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General Safety Summary Symbols on the Product The following symbols may appear on the product: Double DANGER Protective Ground ATTENTION Insulated High Voltage (Earth) Terminal Refer to Manual VX4234...
Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product. Disconnect power, With Power On remove battery (if applicable), and disconnect test leads before removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing components. To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections. VX4234...
VXIbus test instruments. Please refer to the NI-488.2M User Manual for additional information. Commands to the VX4234 may be entered in upper or lower case. To avoid confusion between alphanumeric characters, for example between a one (1) A–21...
The verification sequences in this procedure are valid under the following conditions: The VX4234 module covers are in place and the module is installed in an approved VXIbus mainframe as described in Section 2 of the User Manual The VX4234 has passed the power-on self test...
013-0076-00 signals VX4234 Under-Test Configuration The VX4234 under-test must be installed in an approved VXIbus system. At a minimum, the system must contain the elements listed in Table 2. Table 2: Elements of a Minimum VX4234 Under-Test System Item Number and Description...
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Appendix F: Performance Verification Table 4: VX4234 Test Record VX4234 Serial Number: Temperature and Relative Humidity: Date of Last Calibration: Verification Performed by: Certificate Number: Date of Verification: VXIbus Interface Logical Address, IEEE Address, Slot No., MFG., Model, etc. System Configuration Response...
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Appendix F: Performance Verification Table 4: VX4234 Test Record (Cont.) DC Voltage Accuracy 200.0 V Range ( R5 ) ( 0.04% + 30 mV ) Calibrator +180.000 V +0.0000 mV –180.000 V Max. +180.10 . . +.03 . . –179.90 . .
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Appendix F: Performance Verification Table 4: VX4234 Test Record (Cont.) DC Current Accuracy Min. +.17989 . . –.00003 . . –.18011 . . 2.0 A Range ( R5 ) ( 0.04% + 40 A ) Calibrator +1.8000 A +10.000 A –180.000 A...
Power light will be off, and SYSFAIL* will be asserted. Following a successful VXIbus system startup sequence, the green PWR light on the VX4234 front panel indicates that the self test has passed and that the +5 V power supply is operational.
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Appendix F: Performance Verification VXIbus Interface This sequence verifies that the VX4234 configures correctly and communicates properly with your system controller. It assumes a VXIbus system configuration as specified in Table 3, and in particular, utilizes the VX4521 Resource Manager “table”...
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Coaxial cable. 3. Set the Calibrator to +18.0 mV DC. 4. With the following commands, set the VX4234 to DC volts and for the 20 mV range (Function 1, Range 1). Then perform an acquisition and verify the response relative to the limits shown in the Test Record.
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–629.7 . . to –630.3 . . 8. Set the Calibrator to +0.0000 mV. DC Common Mode This sequence verifies the capability of the VX4234 to reject Common Mode Rejection voltage when operating in the DC Voltage measurement mode. Equipment...
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VX4234. 3. Set the Calibrator to +100.0 VDC, and enable the output. 4. Using the following commands, set the VX4234 to read DC volts on the 20 mV range (Function 1, Range 1). Perform two acquisitions and verify the second response to be 177.8 V (Note: The first reading returned is stale...
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Appendix F: Performance Verification 5. Using the following commands, set the VX4234 to read DC volts on the 20 mV range (Function 1, Range 1). Perform two acquisitions and verify the second response to be 2.24 mV (Note: The first reading returned is stale data).
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Appendix F: Performance Verification 3. Set the VX4234 to DC Current on the 200 A range (Function 6. Range 1) . 4. Set the Calibrator to +180.000 A. 5. Acquire a reading from the VX4234 and verify the response relative to the limits shown in the Test Record (limits also shown in Table 7 and 8): (Observe;...
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2. Connect the Calibrator to the VX4234 Voltage input using two Dual-Banana connectors and a Coaxial cable. 3. Set the VX4234 to AC volts and the 200 mV range (Function 5, Range 2). (Note: There is no Range 1 for AC). Acquire a reading from the VX4234 and...
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4-Wire and the 200 range (Function 4, Range 1). Acquire a reading from the VX4234 and verify the response relative to the limits shown in the Test Record (the limits are also shown in Table 9): (Observe: +100.00 +0.170W, see Table 10) A–35...
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+1001.1 . . to +998.9 . . +10.0000 k +10011.0 . . to +9989.0 . . +100.000 k +100110.0 . . to + 99890.0 . . +1.00000 M +1001700.0 to +998300.0 . . +10.0000 M +10020000.0 to +9980000.0 This completes the VX4234 verification procedure. A–36 VX4234...
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WARNING The following servicing instructions are for use only by qualified personnel. To avoid injury, do not perform any servicing other than that stated in the operating instructions unless you are qualified to do so. Refer to all Safety Summaries before performing any service.
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