Contents CONTENTS ............................................2 INTRODUCTION ........................................... 3 BEFORE YOU GET STARTED ......................................4 INSTALLATION ............................................. 5 PROGRAMMING THE ISO-16.PCI ....................................8 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ....................................14 SPECIFICATIONS ..........................................15 EXAMPLE CIRCUITS ......................................... 16 APPENDIX A – TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................17 APPENDIX B – HOW TO GET ASSISTANCE.................................. 18 APPENDIX C –...
Overview The ISO-16.PCI provides 16 optically isolated inputs (rated for 10-30V) to allow monitoring of off board switch closures, relays or for any other general purpose monitoring needs. The ISO-16.PCI is PCI 2.1 bus compliant. The ISO-16.PCI is designed to be used with a variety of Operating Systems including Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP, Linux, and DOS.
Before You Get Started What’s Included The ISO-16.PCI is shipped with the following items. If any of these items is missing or damaged, please contact Sealevel for replacement. • ISO-16.PCI Adapter Advisory Conventions Warning The highest level of importance used to stress a condition where damage could result to the product, or the user could suffer serious injury.
SeaIO software includes drivers, utilities, and programming samples for Windows and Linux to aid in the development of reliable applications for the Sealevel Systems family of Digital I/O adapters. To install Sealevel software, you must log in as an administrator or have administrator privileges in Windows Do not connect the hardware until the software has been successfully installed.
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Linux releases. Also included is a series of files explaining proper Linux syntax and typical Linux serial implementations. For additional software support, please call Sealevel Systems’ Technical Support, (864) 843-4343. Our technical support is free and available from 8:00AM-5PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. For email support contact: mailto:support@sealevel.com.
/ removal of the software and information about latency, logic states, and device configuration. For C language programmers we recommend using the API to access the ISO-16.PCI. If you are programming in Visual Basic, using the ActiveX control included with SeaI/O is advised.
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PROGRAMMING THE ISO-16.PCI, CONTINUED Input Ports Ports A and B are 8-bit input ports connected to optically isolated input sensors. Each sensor can be used to interface a voltage input and then sense whether the voltage is on or off. Each sensor is isolated (with respect to a common ground) from every other sensor, and also isolated with respect to the host PC ground.
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Increasing the input resistor accordingly can increase the maximum input voltage. Because socketed DIP resistors are utilized, they can easily be replaced with a different value. Sealevel can do this, if necessary. The input circuits are not intended for monitoring 120-volt AC circuits. In addition to being too high a voltage for the circuits, it is dangerous to have that high a voltage on the card.
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+ 12 Volts + 5 Volts For ease in wiring, the card’s DB37 connector can be interfaced directly to the Sealevel terminal block kit, Item# KT-101. This kit includes a 6’ Male/Female cable (Item# CA112) and terminal block with screw terminals (Item# TB02) which provides a simple means to connect field wiring to Sealevel DB37 I/O cards.
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In systems where the user’s program has direct access to the hardware (DOS) the table below gives the mapping and functions that the ISO-16.PCI provide. The address of each eight-bit port is calculated as shown in the table on the following page, the cards base address plus an offset.
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PROGRAMMING THE ISO-16.PCI, CONTINUED Interrupt Mode Select Table Interrupt source is Base+0 bit D0. When selecting the Interrupt Type, always disable interrupts prior to changing or setting states. This will help prevent inadvertent or unexpected interrupts from occurring. IRC1 IRC0...
-50º to 105º C Manufacturing All Sealevel Systems Printed Circuit boards are built to UL 94V0 rating and are 100% electrically tested. These printed circuit boards are solder mask over bare copper or solder mask over tin nickel. Power Requirements...
Appendix A – Troubleshooting Sealevel Software is supplied with the Sealevel Systems adapter and will be used in the troubleshooting procedures. By using this software and following these simple steps, most common problems can be eliminated without the need to call Technical Support.
If possible, please have the adapter installed in a computer ready to run diagnostics. Sealevel Systems provides an FAQ section on its web site. Please refer to this to answer many common questions. This section can be found at http://www.sealevel.com/faq.asp.
Sealevel's commitment to providing the best I/O solutions is reflected in the Lifetime Warranty that is standard on all Sealevel manufactured I/O products. We are able to offer this warranty due to our control of manufacturing quality and the historically high reliability of our products in the field. Sealevel products are designed and manufactured at its Liberty, South Carolina facility, allowing direct control over product development, production, burn-in and testing.