Figure 6: Backside Of Voltpaq-X2 Has 2 Fuses; Figure 7: Backside Of Voltpaq-X4 Has 4 Fuses - Quanser VoltPAQ-X2 User Manual

VoltPAQ X2 & X4 User Manual
16-Pin Ribbon Cable
This cable is used to connect a Quanser DAQ
to the enable lines of the VoltPAQ-X2 and
the VoltPAQ-X4. Additionally, this cable also
carries amplifier fault lines, which allows the
user to read the status of the individual
amplifiers.
Figure 6: 16-pin ribbon cable used to enable the amplifiers
Split 16 Pin Ribbon Cable (Used only with Q8-USB version 2.0 and earlier)
This cable is used to connect a Quanser Q8-
USB DAQ (version 2 and earlier) to the enable
lines of the VoltPAQ-X2 and VoltPAQ-X4.
Aditionally, this cable also carries amplifier
fault lines, which allows the user to read the
status of the individual amplifiers.
Figure 7: Split 16-pin ribbon cable
6. Enabling The Amplifier Through
QUARC
Connect one end of the 16-Pin ribbon cable to DI/O 0-7 header of the DAQ. Next connect
the other end to your VoltPAQ-X2/X4. Through QUARC, set digital channels 0-3 as
outputs. Write a logic 1 to the channels 0-3 to enable and write a logic 0 to disable the
respective channel. The LED of the associated amplifier will turn on when correctly
enabled.
Through QUARC, set digital channels 4-7 as inputs. You can read these lines to recognize
the status of a specific amplifier channel. For example, if you read digital input channel 4 as
logic 1, it means that amplifier channel 0 is enabled. If you read digital input channel 5 as
logic 0, it means that amplifier channel 1 is faulted/disabled.
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