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Trademarks PCL-726 is registered trademarks of EVOC Technology Co., Ltd. IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
3.3 D I/O R .................. 21 IGITAL EGISTER 3.4 D ................. 22 EMONSTRATION ROGRAMS PCL-726 CALIBRATION ................23 4.1 E ................23 NVIRONMENT AND TOOLS 4.2T .......... 23 HE DISTRIBUTION OF VARIABLE PRECISE RESISTOR 4.3 C ..................23 ALIBRATION STEPS APPENDIX A.
How to Use This Guide This manual is written to help you use the PCL-726. The manual describes how to modify various settings on the PCL-726 card to meet your requirements. It is divided into four chapters. Chapter 1, “Introduction,” gives an overview of the product features.
I/O location. Also, A rugged and reliable 37-pin D- sub style connector is provided for analog outputs. In addition to the 6 analog outputs, the PCL-726 has 16 digital inputs and 16 digital outputs, all of the digital channels are TTL compatible.
• 16 digital output channels • 16 digital input channels • Enhanced IRQ capability from IRQ3 to IRQ15 • Register structure is fully compatible with Advantech's PCL-726 1.2 Applications : • Industrial and laboratory ON/OFF control • Energy management •...
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4 ~ 20mA current loop( sink) • Reference Voltage : ± 10V with external DC or AC reference; Internal : -5V or -10V • Current Loop : External : +10V or -10V max. • Current Loop exciting voltage : 4 ~ 20 mA (sink) 8V(min.) , 36V(max.) for current loop 4mA ~ 20mA •...
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♦ General Specification • Dimensions : Half-Size ( 162 mm X 116 mm) • Bus : PC/AT bus • Slot : One 36 pin slot and one 62-pin slot • I/O connectors : 37-pin D-sub connector ( analog output) 20-pin ribbon connector ( digital I/O) •...
Installation This chapter describes how to install the PCL-726. At first, the contents in the package and unpacking information that you should be careful are described. The jumpers and switches setting for the PCL-726's base address and voltage source are also specified.
2.2 Unpacking Your PCL-726 card contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity. The card should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The operator should be wearing an anti-static wristband, grounded at the same point as the anti-static mat.
DIP switch SW1 ( refer to Table 2.1). The address settings for I/O port from Hex 200 to Hex 3F0 is described in Table 2.2 below. The default base address of your PCL-726 is set to hex 2C0 in the factory( see Figure 2.1).
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SW1 : Base Address = 0x2C0 A ( 8 NC ) Figure 2.2 Default Base Address Setting fixed I/O port address(hex) 200-20F 210-21F (*) 2C0-2CF 300-30F 3F0-3FF (*) : default setting ON : 0 X : don't care OFF : 1 Note : A4, ..., A9 correspond to PC bus address lines.
Figure 2.3 IRQ Setting 2.7 D/A Output Configuration The PCL-726‘s output channels can be configured as different analog output styles, and they are depended on D/A converter's reference voltage source and output mode( Bipolar or Unipolar). The reference voltage can be internal generated or by external reference voltage from the Reference Voltage Input ( REF.IN) of connector CN3.
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The jumper settings for each output channel are illustrated as Figure 2.4 below. The internal -5V is set as default reference voltage. Reference External Ref. -10V Ref. -5V Ref. Voltage ( default ) Source -10V -10V -10V Jumper Setting Figure 2.4 Reference Voltage Source Besides, each output channel can be set as Bipolar or Unipolar output.
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The different output ranges of output CH0 are shown as the following table. The settings for reminder channels(CH1 ~ CH5) should follow the same rules as CH0. 12 • Installation...
2.8 Connector Pin Assignment The PCL-726 comes equipped with one 37-pin D-sub (CN3) and two 20-pin insulation displacement connectors (CN1 and CN2). The P1 is located at the rear plate; the CN1 and CN2 are located on board. CN3 is used for analog outputs and reference voltage input, CN2 for digital inputs, CN1 digital outputs.
2.9 Signal Connection A correct signal connection is quite important to send data accurately. In this section, a helpful information for how to make proper signal connection when the PCL-726 is used is specified. 2.9.1 Voltage Output Connection ACL-6126 Side External Side V.OUT...
The procedures should be followed as : 1. Turn your PC's power switch on 2. Put the " PCL-726 Utility" diskette into your floppy drive A: or B: 3. Make a directory in your hard disk and change to this directory C>...
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: C> 726UTIL the following diagram will be displayed on you screen, there are seven utilities can be used in this program, they are 1. PCL-726's base address setting 2. Calibration 3. D/A Channel's Output Range Setup 4. D/A Outputs 5.
Programming 3.1 I/O Port Address The PCL-726 requires 16 consecutive addresses in the PC s I/O address space. The starting address (Base) is selected on the DIP switch SW1 ( see Section 2.5). The following table (Table 4.1) shows the location of each register and its description.
3.2 D/A Data Register The D/A converter expect digital input data to be in binary right- justified form, as shown in Figure 3.1. High Byte D11 D10 D9 Low Byte The base address from Base+0 to Base+11 are used for D/A conversion.
AD11 .. AD0 : Analog to digital data. AD0 is Least Significant Bit, and AD11 is Most Significant Bit. X : Don't care Two analog output range alternatives are provided by the PCL-726 : Unipolar and Bipolar. The numbering of the converted data with have different presentation for different output range.
There are 16 digital input channels and 16 digital output channels provided by PCL-726. These I/O channels use the address Base + 12 and Base + 13 for output channels, and the address Base + 14 and Base + 15 for input channels.
3.4 Demonstration Programs Some demonstration programs and a very simple Analog output and Digital I/O library source are included in the Utility Diskette. The description of each files for demonstration is listed as following table : a head file which should be included in your program 726.H : when you use any function in the library 726LIB.C.
PCL-726 Calibration To ensure the measurement accuracy, It is very important to cabibrate the PCL-726 card. It is necessary to know how to calibrate PCL-726 before you start to use it. This chapter will guide you through the calibrate procedure to avoid unnecessary measurement errors.
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+5.00V 4.3.4 Unipolar current calibration with –5V internal reference voltage 1. Follow the description at 2.7 to set the jumper. 2. Connect the terminal board PCLD-9137 3. Run 726UTIL.EXE under DOS, press <F3>, follow the current 24 • PCL-726 Calibration...
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Please refer to 4.3.1 to fine tuning VRx-1 precise resistor. For example, Ch2 is used under –10V internal reference voltage, only VR2-1 need to be fine tuning and so on and so forth. PCL-726 Calibration • 25...
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