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Setup and Installation
Unwrapping and Inspecting Your Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Installing the DAS-1800ST/HR 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-1800ST/HR Board with DriverLINX . . . . 3-6
Cabling and Wiring
Attaching an STA-1800U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Attaching an STP-50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Attaching SSH-8 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Attaching an MB01 Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Attaching MB02 Backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Attaching EXP-1800 Expansion Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Connecting Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Precautions for Using a DAS-1801ST Board
at High Gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Additional Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Connecting a Signal to a Single-Ended Analog Input. . . . . . 4-13
Connecting a Signal to a Differential Analog Input . . . . . . . 4-14
Avoiding a Ground Loop Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Connecting Analog Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Connecting Digital I/O Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Connecting Digital Control Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Connecting and Synchronizing Multiple Boards . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Testing the Board
DriverLINX Analog I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Test Panel Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Calibration
Equipment Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Potentiometers and Test Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
DriverLINX Calibration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4