USER MANUAL
IC-3120
Industrial Controller
This document contains detailed electrical and mechanical information for the National
Instruments IC-3120.
Contents
Hardware Overview.................................................................................................................. 1
Connector Pinouts............................................................................................................. 2
LED Indicators................................................................................................................ 14
Using the RESET Button................................................................................................ 19
Software Options.....................................................................................................................20
Entering BIOS Setup.......................................................................................................20
Main Menu...................................................................................................................... 21
Advanced Menu.............................................................................................................. 21
Boot Menu.......................................................................................................................22
Save & Exit Menu...........................................................................................................24
Mounting the IC-3120.............................................................................................................27
Clearance Requirements................................................................................................. 31
Where to Go Next................................................................................................................... 32
Hardware Overview
The IC-3120 front panel consists of a VGA port, RJ50 serial port, two USB 2.0 ports, a
10/100/1000 Ethernet port, and two Gigabit Ethernet PoE ports.
The IC-3120 front panel also includes LEDs for communicating system status and a 44-pin
Digital I/O port. The Digital I/O port offers 8 isolated inputs, 8 isolated outputs, 2 bidirectional
differential I/O (RS-422) or single-ended input lines that can be used with a quadrature
encoder, and 8 bidirectional TTL lines.