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SCXI SCXI-1102/B/C User Manual SCXI-1102/B/C User Manual April 2006 371975D-01...
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Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: <> Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example, AO <3..0>. » The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options to a final action.
Chapter 1 About the SCXI-1102/B/C What You Need to Get Started ..................1-2 National Instruments Documentation ................1-3 Installing Application Software, NI-DAQ, and the DAQ Device .........1-4 Installing the SCXI-1102/B/C Module into the SCXI Chassis .......1-4 Connecting the SCXI-1102/B/C in an SCXI Chassis to an E/M Series DAQ Device for Multiplexed Scanning ......1-5...
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Contents Configurable Settings in MAX..................3-2 NI-DAQmx ..................... 3-2 Creating a Global Channel or Task ..........3-3 Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) ................ 3-4 Configuring Module Property Pages in Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) ............3-4 Creating a Virtual Channel ............... 3-5 Verifying the Signal ...................... 3-5 Verifying the Signal in NI-DAQmx Using a Task or Global Channel ...
Chapter 1 About the SCXI-1102/B/C What You Need to Get Started To set up and use the SCXI-1102/B/C module, you need the following: ❑ Hardware – At least one of the following modules: • SCXI-1102 • SCXI-1102B • SCXI-1102C – At least one of the following terminal blocks: •...
About the SCXI-1102/B/C • Software documentation—You may have both application software and NI-DAQ software documentation. National Instruments (NI) application software includes LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio. After you set up the hardware system, use either your application software documentation or the NI-DAQ documentation to help you write your application.
Chapter 1 About the SCXI-1102/B/C Manually Adding Modules in Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) If you did not auto-detect the SCXI modules, you must manually add each of the modules. Refer to the SCXI Quick Start Guide to manually add modules. Note NI recommends auto-detecting modules for the first time configuration of the chassis.
Chapter 1 About the SCXI-1102/B/C Troubleshooting in Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) • If you get the message Unable to test chassis at this time you have not designated at least one module as connected to a E Series DAQ device. Refer to the Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) section of Chapter 3,...
Chapter 2 Connecting the Signals Table 2-1. SCXI-1102/B/C Front Signal Pin Assignments Front Connector Diagram Pin Number Column A Column B Column C CH GND AI 0 – AI 0 + Column AI 1 – AI 1 + AI 2 – AI 2 + AI 3 –...
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Chapter 2 Connecting the Signals Exceeding the input damage level (±42 VAC peak or 60 VDC between input Cautions channels and chassis ground) can damage the SCXI-1102/B/C module, the SCXIbus, and the DAQ device. NI is not liable for any injuries resulting from such signal connections. Applying a voltage greater than ±42 VAC peak or 60 VDC to the SCXI-1102/B/C is an electrical shock hazard.
Chapter 2 Connecting the Signals Rear Signal Connector Descriptions The rear signal connector on the cabled module is the interface between the DAQ device and all modules in the SCXI chassis. CH 0 is used to differentially multiplex all 32 channels, the CJ sensor, and analog signals from the modules to the connected DAQ device.
Chapter 3 Configuring and Testing Configurable Settings in MAX If you are not using an NI ADE, using an NI ADE prior to version 7.0, or are using Note an unlicensed copy of an NI ADE, additional dialog boxes from the NI License Manager appear allowing you to create a task or global channel in unlicensed mode.
Chapter 3 Configuring and Testing You also can set it through your application. Refer to Chapter 3, Configuring and Testing, for more information. 10. If you are creating a task and want to set timing or triggering controls, enter the values in the Task Timing and Task Triggering tabs. Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Using Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy), you can configure software settings, such as gain/input signal range in the following three ways:...
Chapter 3 Configuring and Testing Verifying the Signal in NI-DAQmx Using a Task or Global Channel You can verify the signals on the SCXI-1102/B/C using NI-DAQmx by completing the following steps: Click + next to Data Neighborhood. Click + next to NI-DAQmx Tasks. Click the task.
Chapter 4 Theory of Operation • Digital control circuitry • Analog circuitry The SCXI-1102/B/C modules consist of 32 multiplexed input channels, each with a software-programmable gain of 1 or 100. Each input channel has its own lowpass filter. The SCXI-1102/B/C modules also have a digital section for automatic control of channel scanning, temperature sensor selection, and gain selection.
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Chapter 4 Theory of Operation If the E/M Series DAQ device scans the cabled module, the module routes its input signals through the CH 0 pin on its rear signal connector to the E/M Series DAQ device CH 0. Multiplexed mode scanning acquisition rates have limitations that are determined based on the hardware in the system, and the mode of operation.
Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C Create Task Using DAQ Assistant? Create Task in Create a Task DAQ Assistant or MAX Programmatically Create Another Create Channel Channel? Further Configure Channels? Hardware Timing/Triggering? Configure Channels Adjust Timing Settings Start Measurement Analyze Data? Read Measurement Process Data...
Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C time. For continuous acquisition, you must use a while loop around the acquisition components even if you configured the task for continuous acquisition using MAX or the DAQ Assistant. For continuous and buffered acquisitions, you can set the acquisition rate and the number of samples to read in the DAQ Assistant or programmatically in your application.
Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C Table 5-3. NI-DAQmx RTD Measurement Properties (Continued) Property Short Name Description Analog Input»Temperature» AI.RTD.A Specifies the A, B, or C constant of RTD»Custom»A, B, C AI.RTD.B the Callendar-Van Dusen equation AI.RTD.C when using a custom RTD type. Analog Input»General Properties»...
Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C Table 5-6. Programming a Task in LabVIEW Flowchart Step VI or Program Step Create Task in DAQ Assistant Create a located on the DAQmx Task Name Control Controls»All Controls»I/O»DAQmx Name Controls subpalette, right-click it, and select New Task (DAQ Assistant) Create a Task...
Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C Right-click ActiveChans, and select Add Element. Left-click the new ActiveChans box. Navigate through the menus, and select the property you wish to define. Change the property to read or write to either get the property or write a new value.
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Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C Choose Create New Task In MAX or Create New Task In Project to load the DAQ Assistant. The DAQ Assistant creates the code for the task based on the parameters you define in MAX and the device defaults. To change a property of the channel programmatically, use the function.
Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C To create a virtual channel for the SCXI-1102/B/C, insert a new analog input channel in the Data Neighborhood path in MAX, name it, and then follow the software prompts to create virtual position channels, voltage channels, or customized analog input channels.
Chapter 5 Using the SCXI-1102/B/C Calibration The SCXI-1102/B/C is shipped with a calibration certificate and is calibrated at the factory to the specifications described in Appendix A, Specifications. Calibration constants are stored inside the calibration EEPROM and provide software correction values your application development software uses to correct the measurements for both offset and gain errors in the module.
Appendix A Specifications Gain = 100 After calibration .......0.020% of reading max Before calibration.....0.1% of reading Amplifier Characteristics Input impedance Normal powered on ......>1 GΩ Powered off ........10 kΩ Overload ..........10 kΩ Input bias current ........±0.5 nA Input offset current .........±1.0 nA CMRR Characteristics 1102...
Appendix A Specifications Physical 3.0 cm (1.2 in.) 17.2 cm (6.8 in.) 18.8 cm (7.4 in.) Figure A-1. SCXI-1102/B/C Dimensions Weight ............611 gm (24.6 oz) Maximum Working Voltage Maximum working voltage refers to the signal voltage plus the common-mode voltage. Signal + common mode......Each input should remain within ±10 V of CH GND Environmental...
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Appendix B Using SCXI Channel Strings with Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) 7.0 or Later is the list of channels that are scanned for module . It can have channels several formats: • , where is a single input channel. obx ! scy ! mdz ! nx •...
Appendix C Removing the SCXI-1102/B/C Remove any terminal block that connects to the SCXI-1102/B/C. Rotate the thumbscrews that secure the SCXI-1102/B/C to the chassis counterclockwise until they are loose, but do not completely remove the thumbscrews. Remove the SCXI-1102/B/C by pulling steadily on both thumbscrews until the module slides completely out.
Appendix D Common Questions Can I use the unused analog input channels of the E/M Series DAQ device if I am directly cabled to the SCXI-1102/B/C, for example with the SCXI-1180 feedthrough? Yes. E/M Series DAQ device channels 1 through 7 are available when directly connected to the SCXI-1102/B/C.
Appendix E Current-Loop Receivers Bend and trim the resistor lead as shown in Figure E-1. Be sure that the resistor does not extend more than 16.5 mm (0.65 in.) above the surface of the circuit board. Figure E-1. Bent and Trimmed Resistor Insert the resistor into the appropriate pad, labeled RCLx.
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Glossary AI GND Analog input ground signal. AI + Positive analog output channel number signal. AI # + Positive input channel number signal. AI # – Negative input channel number signal. AO # Data acquisition device analog output channel number. AO # + Positive output channel number signal.
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Glossary Direct current. device A plug-in data acquisition product, card, or pad that can contain multiple channels and conversion devices. Plug-in products, PCMCIA cards, and devices such as DAQPads, which connects to the computer parallel port, are all examples of DAQ devices. SCXI modules are distinct from devices. D GND Digital ground signal.
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Glossary Hertz—cycles per second of a periodic signal; the unit of measure for frequency. Input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving communications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data acquisition and control interfaces. Identifier. Inch or inches. input damage level The highest voltage level that you can apply to the module without damaging it.
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Glossary passband The range of input frequencies that are passed to the filter output without attenuation. pole A term used to describe the quality of a lowpass filter. In general, the more poles a lowpass filter has, the better it attenuates frequencies beyond the cutoff frequency.
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Glossary Volts, input high. Volts, input low. Volts in. Volts, output high. Volts, output low. Watts. working voltage The highest voltage with respect to ground that should be applied to an input terminal during normal use, normally well under the breakdown voltage for safety margin.
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(table), D-2 connecting documentation current-loop receivers, 2-9 conventions used in the manual, iv RTDs, 2-9 National Instruments, 1-3 thermocouples, 2-9 other application and material, 5-14 connecting SCXI-1102/B/C to E/M Series SCXI-1102/B/C, 1-3 DAQ device. See E/M Series DAQ devices dynamic characteristics specifications, A-2...
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