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USER MANUAL NI M and X Series Terminal Board Set Up and Configuration CAPTIVATE. MOTIVATE. GRADUATE.
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Fax: 1-905-940-3576 Printed in Markham, Ontario. For more information on the solutions Quanser Inc. offers, please visit the web site at: http://www.quanser.com This document and the software described in it are provided subject to a license agreement. Neither the software nor this document may be used or copied except as specified under the terms of that license agreement.
CONTENTS Introduction Specifications Components Installation Using your Quanser-NI Terminal Board Troubleshooting Technical Support v 1.0 NI TERMINAL BOARD User Manual...
• 8 RCA connectors for Analog to digital (A/D) converters, i.e analog input channels. • 2 RCA connectors for Digital to analog (D/A) converters, i.e analog output channels. • Up to 4 Single-ended encoder inputs. NI M Series boards typically have 2x encoders while X Series have 4x encoders.
3 COMPONENTS The components on the Quanser NI M&X Series Terminal Board are depicted in below. Each component on the board has an identification number that corresponds to a short description given in Table 3.1. Figure 3.1: Quanser NI M&X Series Terminal Board Figure 3.2: Encoder Connector Pinout...
4 INSTALLATION 1. Install your NI M Series or X Series data acquisition device in the PCI/PCIe slot as documented in its corre- sponding user manual. 2. Make sure you have installed all the necessary software. 3. Connect the NI DAQ device to the Connector J0 on the Terminal Board using the 68-pin cable. Refer to Figure 4.
6 TROUBLESHOOTING Please review the following before contacting Quanser technical support. • If the Power LED is not lit, verify cable is properly connected to the NI DAQ device. • Refer to your NI DAQ device User Manual for more troubleshooting information.
7 TECHNICAL SUPPORT To obtain support from Quanser, go to http://www.quanser.com/ and click on the Tech Support link. Fill in the form with all the requested software and hardware information as well as a description of the problem encountered. Also, make sure your e-mail address and telephone number are included.
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QPID QPIDe Quanser’s range of data acquisition and control solutions includes PCI and USB-based boards and the NI CompactRIO- based data acquisition module. These devices o er unmatched convenience and performance for controls system design and implementation. To learn more about which devices can best support your teaching or research needs, please contact info@quanser.com.
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