CONTENTS ............................................2 INTRODUCTION ........................................... 3 BEFORE YOU GET STARTED ......................................4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ....................................... 6 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................................... 7 PROGRAMMING THE DIO-16.PCI ....................................8 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ....................................14 SPECIFICATIONS ..........................................15 EXAMPLE CIRCUITS .......................................... 17 APPENDIX A – TROUBLESHOOTING ..................................... 18 APPENDIX B –...
Introduction Overview The DIO-16.PCI provides 8 optically isolated inputs and 8 reed relay outputs. The inputs (rated for 10-30V) protect the PC and other sensitive equipment from spikes and ground loop current that can be generated in industrial environments, while the outputs provide high quality, long life, low current (10 Watt maximum), dry contact switch closures.
Before You Get Started What’s Included The DIO-16.PCI is shipped with the following items. If any of these items is missing or damaged, please contact Sealevel for replacement. • DIO-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.
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Optional Items Depending upon your application, you are likely to find one or more of the following items useful for interfacing the DIO-16.PCI to real-world signals. All items can be purchased from our website (http://www.sealevel.com) or by calling (864) 843-4343.
Software Installation For Windows Users Begin by locating, selecting, and installing the SeaIO software from the Sealevel website. The SeaIO Software Overview page provides information that will allow you to easily download the SeaIO Software for Windows. Other Operating Systems Refer to the appropriate section of the Serial Utilities Software.
Digital I/O Interface The DIO-16.PCI provides two parallel input/output (I/O) ports. The ports are organized as ports A, B, C, and D. Port A is an input port interfaced to optically isolated inputs, while port C is the reed relay output port.
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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, if necessary, can do this. 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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Programming the DIO-16.PCI, Continued Input Port Pin Assignments (DB-37 Male) Port A Bit 2,20 3,21 4,22 5,23 6,24 7,25 8,26 9,27 Output Ports (Reed Relays) Reed relays provide very high quality, long life, low current (10 Watt maximum), dry contact switch closures.
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Programming the DIO-16.PCI, Continued Direct Hardware Control In systems where the user’s program has direct access to the hardware (i.e., DOS) the table below gives the mapping and functions that the DIO-16.PCI provides. R = Read R/W = Read or Write...
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Programming the DIO-16.PCI, Continued Register Description All ports are set to input after reset or power up. Address Mode Base+0 PAD7 PAD6 PAD5 PAD4 PAD3 PAD2 PAD1 PAD0 Base+1 Base+2 RD/WR PCD7 PCD6 PCD5 PCD4 PCD3 PCD2 PCD1 PCD0 Base+3...
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Programming the DIO-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...
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3.9 inches (9.9 cm, including Gold fingers) 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.
4. Use the SeaIO Control Panel applet or the Device Manager’s property page for card identification and configuration. If these steps do not solve your problem, 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: support@sealevel.com.
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.