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LabMaster ® DPCI Ribbon Cable Connections
LabMaster DPCI PC Interface Card
shown
with Ribbon Cable DeskTop
unit
Back of the DeskTop unit showing the
standard Ribbon Cable Connections
Description
of the LabMaster DPCI Ribbon Cable Product
The LabMaster DPCI product consists of two cards;
(1). The LabMaster DPCI PC
Interface which is installed inside the computer
(2). LabMaster
DPCI
External card which is housed in a DeskTop unit away from
any internal computer noise.
In this configuration, the DeskTop unit contains Ribbon Cable Header
connections that are the same size and pin out of the LabMaster DMA /
ISA product. This allows current ISA customers to utilize their
existing ribbon cables and literally unplug them from their ISA product
and connect them to the DeskTop unit..
The DeskTop unit has the following Ribbon Cable Header connections
on the back:
- Analog Input
- 16 Analog Inpug signals
- J6 Header Connector is either 40 pin or 50 pin
- 40 pin Header Connector if the DeskTop unit contains an A/D
converter
- 50 pin Header Connector if the DeskTop unit is using an
external A/D converter
- This is for situations where the ADC is mounted in some
specialized equipment
- Analog Output
- 2 Analog Output signals
- J1 is a 10 pin Header Connector
- Digital I/O
- 24 signals
- Digital I/O Ports A, B and C (8-bits each port)
- Two Header connectors are provided:
- J10 is a 26 pin Header Connector
- J11 is a 50 pin Header Connector
- Counter/Timer
- 16 signals
- J8 is a 50 pin Header Connector
The Back of the DeskTop unit has also has connections for the LabMaster
DPCI PC
Interface and for the power supply. The LabMaster connection is a
DB25 pin connector. The power supply uses a 2.1mm positive center
post connection. The LabMaster DPCI requires a 5v power supply
that is also provided with the unit.
All of the data acquisition cirucits A/D, D/A, Digital I/O ,
Counter/Timer are external to the computer and are controlled by the
LabMaster DPCI card in the computer using a single quick-connect round
cable. The LabMaster DPCI is 100% register level compatible to
the original PC LabMaster product introduced in 1981.
LabMaster
DPCI DeskTop Unit:
The DeskTop unit is about 11" wide x 7" deep x 4" high (280mm x 180mm x
100 mm).
Two lights on the front of the DeskTop Unit illuminate to indicate the
presence of power. One light indicates the power supply is
connected and turned on, and the other light indicates the computer is
connected and turned on.
Front View of DeskTop unit
Inside the DeskTop unit are the various electrical circuits along with
some switch and jumper positions that are used to customized the unit
for particular software. To access the
inside, clips in the four corners of the top are "popped off"
with a small flat-bladed screw driver. Under each clip is a
philips screw that is also removed. Be sure to save and not loose
the screws as they are metric thread and difficult to replace.
The
LabMaster DPCI Card:
The LabMaster DPCI card is a small card that installs into a 32-bit PCI
slot. It is approximately 2" x 4" (50mm x 100mm). The card
has a single DB25 socket connector.
LabMaster DPCI PC Interface shown.
Connecting the LabMaster DPCI and the
DeskTop Unit:
To connect the LabMaster DPCI and the DeskTop Unit, use the
following steps:
- Install the LabMaster DPCI card into your computer
- Attach the power supply (included) to the DeskTop unit.
- Notice that with the power supply connected the front panel
power supply light illuminates.
- Connect the cable (also included) between the LabMaster DPCI card
installed in the computer and the DeskTop unit.
- Turn the power ON to your computer.
- Now note that the front panel computer light of the DeskTop
Unit is
now also illuminated. The DeskTop unit requires both the power
supply to
be connected AND the computer to be on in order to provide power to its
internal circuits. The DeskTop unit automatically powers on when
the
computer is on and automatically turns off when the computer is off.
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DeskTop
Unit Power Supply
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LabMaster
DPCI to DeskTop Cable
(Included with Product)
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Specifications subject to change without notice.
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