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Manual PXI Express NI PXIe-1062Q User Manual NI PXIe-1062Q User Manual April 2012 371843D-01 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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COLLECTIVELY TERMED “SYSTEM FAILURES”). ANY APPLICATION WHERE A SYSTEM FAILURE WOULD CREATE A RISK OF HARM TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS (INCLUDING THE RISK OF BODILY INJURY AND DEATH) SHOULD NOT BE RELIANT SOLELY Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales:...
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Setting Fan Speed ....................2-5 Installing Filler Panels..................2-5 Installing Slot Blockers ...................2-5 Rack Mounting ......................2-5 Connecting Safety Ground.....................2-6 Connecting to Power Source..................2-6 Installing a PXI Express System Controller ..............2-7 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
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Connecting Safety Ground................3-4 Connecting to Power Source................3-4 Appendix A Specifications Appendix B Pinouts Appendix C Technical Support and Professional Services Glossary Index Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations, variables, filenames, and extensions. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group • PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.1, PCI Special Interest Group • PXI-5 PXI Express Hardware Specification, Revision 2.0, PXI Systems Alliance Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
NI PXIe-1062Q User Manual ❑ Software media with PXI Platform Services 2.0 or higher ❑ Read Me First: Safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility ❑ Chassis number labels Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
• Low-jitter internal 100 MHz reference clock for PXI Express slots with ± 25 ppm stability • Quiet operation for 0 to 30 °C at 43.6 dBA Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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Front and rear rack-mount kits • Replacement power supply shuttle • EMC filler panels • Slot blockers for improved cooling performance • Factory installation services Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
10 PXI Express System Timing Slot 5 Chassis Model Name 11 PXI Peripheral Slot 6 Backplane Connectors 12 PXI Filler Panels Figure 1-1. Front View of the NI PXIe-1062Q Chassis Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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13 Power Supply Shuttle Handle (2x) 7 Remote Inhibit and Voltage Monitoring Connector 14 Power Supply Shuttle Mounting Screws (8x) Figure 1-2. Rear View of the NI PXIe-1062Q Chassis Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
The hybrid peripheral slots provide full PXI Express functionality and 32-bit PXI functionality except for PXI Local Bus. The hybrid peripheral slot only connects to PXI Local Bus 6 left and right. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
The system timing slot has a pin (PXIe_SYNC_CTRL) through which a system timing module can control the PXIe_SYNC100 timing. Refer to the PXI Express Specification and the PXIe_SYNC_CTRL section of this chapter for details. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
8 are not routed anywhere. Local bus signals may range from high-speed TTL signals to analog signals as high as 42 V. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
An independent buffer drives PXIe_CLK100 to the hybrid peripheral slots and system timing slot. Refer to Figure 1-5 for the routing configuration of PXIe_CLK100. These clocks are matched in skew to less than 100 ps. The Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales:...
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10 MHz 10 MHz REF IN REF OUT PXI_CLK10 PXIe_CLK100 PXIe_SYNC100 PXI_CLK10_IN Figure 1-5. Distribution of PXI_CLK10, PXIe_CLK100, and PXIe_SYNC100 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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PXIe_CLK100 and PXIe_SYNC100). Refer to Appendix A, Specifications, for the specification information for an external clock provided on the 10 MHz REF IN connector on the rear panel of the chassis. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
PXIe_SYNC_CTRL for use when n > 1. Refer to Table B-6, Connector Pinout for the System Timing Slot, for system timing slot pinout. Refer to Appendix A, Specifications, for the PXIe_SYNC_CTRL input specifications. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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PXIe_SYNC100 in phase with each other. Refer to Figure 1-7 for timing details with this method. PXI_CLK10 PXIe_SYNC_CTRL PXIe_SYNC100 SYNC100 Divider Restarted Here Figure 1-7. PXIe_SYNC100 at 3.33 MHz Using PXIe_SYNC_CTRL as Restart Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
Explosive Atmosphere—Do not operate the chassis in conditions where flammable gases are present. Under such conditions, this equipment is unsafe and may ignite the gases or gas fumes. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
Figure 2-1. The vent locations for the NI PXIe-1062Q chassis are shown in Figure 2-2. Failure to provide these clearances may result in thermal-related failures in the chassis or modules. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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Manual Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration 1.75 [44.45] 1.75 [44.45] NI PXIe-1062Q 3.00 [76.20] Figure 2-1. NI PXIe-1062Q Cooling Clearances Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Installation and Configuration 1 Primary Air Exhaust Vent 3 Primary Air Intake Vent 2 Air Filter 4 Secondary Air Intake/Exhaust Vents Figure 2-2. NI PXIe-1062Q Vents Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
Components. Note You may want to remove the feet from the NI PXIe-1062Q chassis when rack mounting. To do so, remove the screws holding the feet in place. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
Manual position. Observe that all fans become operational and the power switch LED is a steady green. Switching the Inhibit Mode switch to the Default position allows the system controller to control the power supply. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales:...
1 NI PXI Express System Controller 3 Injector/Ejector Handle 2 NI PXIe-1062Q Chassis 4 System Controller Front Panel Mounting Screws (4x) Figure 2-3. Installing a PXI Express System Controller Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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1 NI PXIe-1062Q Chassis 2 NI PXI Express System Controller 3 Injector/Ejector Rail Figure 2-4. NI PXI Express System Controller Installed in a NI PXIe-1062Q Chassis Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
When you begin to feel resistance, push up on the injector/ejector handle to fully seat the module into the chassis frame. Secure the module front panel to the chassis using the module front-panel mounting screws. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
If the inhibit switch LED is steady green (not flashing), the chassis is powered on and operating normally. • If the inhibit switch LED is flashing green, the air-intake temperature has exceeded the chassis operating range. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
Table 2-1. Remote Inhibit and Voltage Monitoring Connector Pinout DB-9 Pin Signal Logic Ground +5 VDC Reserved +3.3 VDC Inhibit (Active Low) +12 VDC Reserved –12 VDC Logic Ground Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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–12 V –12.6 to –11.4 V 1, 9 Logic Ground If the voltages fall within the specified ranges, the chassis complies with the CompactPCI voltage-limit specifications. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
PXI_CLK10 or routing the backplane’s PXI_CLK10 to another chassis. Refer to the System Reference Clock section of Chapter 1, Getting Started, for details about these signals. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
PXI triggers, refer to KnowledgeBase 3TJDOND8 at ni.com/support The configuration steps for single or multiple-chassis systems are the same. Figure 2-6. Multichassis Configuration in MAX Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
Device drivers and other utility software read the pxiesys.ini file to obtain system information. For detailed information pxisys.ini about initialization files, refer to the PXI specification at www.pxisa.org Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
The device drivers should have no need to directly read the file. For detailed information regarding chassis.ini initialization files, refer to the PXI Express specification at www.pxisa.org Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
Refer to your module user documentation for information on cleaning the individual CompactPCI or PXI Express modules. Caution Always disconnect the AC power cable before cleaning or servicing the chassis. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
Complete the following steps to reset the circuit breaker. Turn off the chassis. Disconnect the AC power cable. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
Disconnect the power cable from the power supply shuttle on the back of the chassis. Identify the eight mounting screws for the NI PXIe-1062Q that Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales:...
Connecting Safety Ground section of Chapter 2, Installation Configuration. Connecting to Power Source Refer to the Connecting to Power Source section of Chapter 2, Installation Configuration. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
Over-current protection......10 A circuit breaker Line regulation 3.3 V..........<±0.2% 5 V........... <±0.1% ±12 V ..........<±0.1% Efficiency ..........70% typical The operating range is guaranteed by design. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
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— — Hybrid Peripheral Slot with — PXI-1 Peripheral Hybrid Peripheral Slot with — — — PXI-5 Peripheral PXI-1 Peripheral Slot 11 A — Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Over-voltage protection 3.3 V and 5 V ........Clamped at 20 to 30% above nominal output voltage Power supply shuttle MTTR ....Replacement in under 5 minutes Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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MIL-PRF-28800F Class 3 low temperature limit and MIL-PRF-28800F Class 2 high temperature limit.) Relative humidity range......10 to 90%, noncondensing (Tested in accordance with IEC-60068-2-56.) Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Auto fan (up to ~30 °C ambient) ... 43.6 dBA High fan..........62 dBA Sound Power Auto fan (up to ~30 °C ambient) ... 52.8 dBA High fan..........72 dBA Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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To obtain product certifications and the DoC for this product, visit , search by model ni.com/certification number or product line, and click the appropriate link in the Certification column. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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3U modules. Backplane bare-board material ....UL 94 V-0 Recognized Backplane connectors ......Conforms to IEC 917 and IEC 1076-4-101, and are UL 94 V-0 rated Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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(When terminated with a 50 Ω load to 1.30 V or Thévenin equivalent)..400–1000 mV Single-ended V ........2.0–2.5 V Note For other specifications, refer to the PXI-5 PXI Express Hardware Specification. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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(10 Hz–1 MHz range) PXIe_SYNC_CTRL ............3.0–5.5 V ............0–0.8 V PXI Star Trigger Maximum slot-to-slot skew ....250 ps Backplane characteristic impedance ..65 Ω ±10% Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
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0.583 in. (14.8 mm) in rear. Weight ............8.8 kg (19.4 lb) Chassis materials ........Sheet Aluminum (5052-H32, 3003-H14, and 6061-T6), Extruded Aluminum (6060-T6), and Cold Rolled Steel, PC-ABS, Santoprene, Nylon Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
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Notice that the front and rear chassis mounting holes (size M4) are symmetrical. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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1.823 [46.30] 3.542 Front of [89.97] PXI Card 1.844 [46.84] 2.13 0.30 [7.25] [54.2] 15.61 [396.5] Figure A-1. NI PXIe-1062Q Chassis Dimensions (Front and Side) Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Manual Appendix A Specifications 1.01 12.700 [322.58] [25.7] 1.02 [25.8] 8.650 [219.7] Figure A-2. NI PXIe-1062Q Chassis Dimensions (Bottom) Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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3 Optional Rear Rack Mount Kit Figure A-3. NI Chassis Rack Mount Kit Components Note The chassis shown in Figure A-3 is representative of the NI PXI-1042/NI PXIe-1062Q product line. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
Peripheral slots. For more detailed information, refer to the PXI-5 PXI Express Hardware Specification, Revision 2.0. Contact the PXI Systems Alliance for a copy of the specification. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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Table B-12. XP4 Connector Pinout for the Hybrid Slot 5Vaux SYSEN# WAKE# ALERT# 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V PXI_TRIG3 PXI_TRIG4 PXI_TRIG5 PXI_TRIG6 PXI_TRIG2 ATNLED PXI_STAR PXI_CLK10 PXI_TRIG1 PXI_TRIG0 ATNSW# PXI_TRIG7 PXI_LBL6 PXI_LBR6 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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• Training and Certification—Visit for training ni.com/training and certification program information. You can also register for instructor-led, hands-on courses at locations around the world. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
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You also can visit the Worldwide Offices section of ni.com/niglobal to access the branch office Web sites, which provide up-to-date contact information, support phone numbers, email addresses, and current events. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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Equal or greater than. ≤ Equal or less than. Percent. Amperes. Alternating current. ANSI American National Standards Institute. Auto Automatic fan speed control. American Wire Gauge. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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DB-9 A 9-pin D-SUB connector. Direct current. Declaration of Conformity. D-SUB Subminiature D connector. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Hertz; cycles per second. International Electrotechnical Commission; an organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Mainframe peak current. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Meters. Megahertz. One million Hertz; one Hertz equals one cycle per second. Miles. Milliseconds. MTBF Mean time between failure. MTTR Mean time to repair. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device, the PXI backplane, or both. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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This slot is located at slot 4 and has dedicated trigger lines to other slots. Transistor-transistor logic. Underwriter’s Laboratories. Volts. Volts alternating current. Peak-to-peak voltage. Watts. Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
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(figure), 2-4 examples (NI resources), C-1 cleaning fan filters, 3-1 external clock source specifications, A-9 clearances for chassis cooling, 2-2 figure, 2-3 CLK10 rear connectors, 2-13 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email:...
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(caution), 3-1 PXI Express configuration in MAX, 2-14 PXI Express system controller installed in a NI PXIe-1062Q chassis (figure), 2-8 PXI-1 configuration in MAX, 2-15 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com...
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PXI star, routing, 1-9 optional equipment, 1-6 PXI-1 configuration in MAX, 2-15 PXIe_DSTAR, routing, 1-9 PXIe_SYNC_CTRL, 1-13 specifications, A-9 using as restart (figure), 1-14 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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(NI resources), C-1 AC input, A-1 trigger bus, 1-10 DC output, A-2 troubleshooting (NI resources), C-1 electromagnetic compatibility, A-6 environmental operating environment, A-4 storage environment, A-5 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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Index unpacking the NI PXIe-1062Q chassis, 1-1 Web resources, C-1 voltage monitoring connector. See DB-9 connector voltages at voltage monitoring connector (DB-9) (table), 2-12 Amplicon.com IT and Instrumentation for industry Sales: +44 (0) 1273 570 220 Website: www.amplicon.com Email: sales@amplicon.com...
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