MODEL PCI-IDO-XX SERIES USER MANUAL
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1. IDO XX Series Chapter 2 Installation A printed Quick Start Guide QSG is packed with the card for your convenience If you ve already performed the steps from the QSG you may find this chapter to be redundant and may skip forward to begin developing your application The software provided with this card is on CD and must be installed onto your hard disk prior to use To do this perform the following steps as appropriate for your operating system CD Software Installation The following instructions assume the CD ROM drive is drive Please substitute the appropriate drive letter for your system as necessary DOS 1 Place the CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Type 21 1 to change the active drive to the CD ROM drive 3 to run the install program 4 Follow the on screen prompts to install the software for this board WINDOWS 1 Place the CD into your CD ROM drive 2 The system should automatically run the install program If the install program does not run promptly click START RUN and type SUUNSA click OK or press E 3 Follow the on screen prompts to install the software for this board LINUX 1 Please refer to linux html on the CD ROM for information on installing under linux 8 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Caution ESDA single static discharge can damage your card and cause premature failure Please follow all reasonable precautions to prevent a static discharge such as grounding yourself by2. MODEL PCI IDO XX SERIES USER MANUAL FILE MPCI IDO xx A1k Notice The information in this document is provided for reference only Portwell does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of the information or products described herein This document may contain or reference information and products protected by copyrights or patents and does not convey any license under the patent rights of Portwell nor the rights of others IBM PC PC XT and PC AT are registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation Printed in USA Copyright 2001 2007 by Portwell I O Products Inc All rights reserved WARNING ALWAYS CONNECT AND DISCONNECT YOUR FIELD CABLING WITH THE COMPUTER POWER OFF ALWAYS TURN COMPUTER POWER OFF BEFORE INSTALLING A CARD CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING CABLES OR INSTALLING CARDS INTO A SYSTEM WITH THE COMPUTER OR FIELD POWER ON MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE I O CARD AND WILL VOID ALL WARRANTIES IMPLIED OR EXPRESSED 2 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Warranty Prior to shipment Portwell equipment is thoroughly inspected and tested to applicable specifications However should equipment failure occur Portwell assures its customers that prompt service and support will be available All equipment originally manufactured by Portwell which is found to be defective will be repaired or replaced subject to the following considerations Terms and Conditions If a unit is suspected of failure cont
3. act Portwell Customer Service department Be prepared to give the unit model number serial number and a description of the failure symptom s We may suggest some simple tests to confirm the failure We will assign a Return Material Authorization RMA number which must appear on the outer label of the return package All units components should be properly packed for handling and returned with freight prepaid to the Portwell designated Service Center and will be returned to the customer s user s site freight prepaid and invoiced Coverage First Three Years Returned unit part will be repaired and or replaced at Portwell option with no charge for labor or parts not excluded by warranty Warranty commences with equipment shipment Following Years Throughout your equipments lifetime Portwell stands ready to provide on site or in plant service at reasonable rates similar to those of other manufacturers in the industry Equipment Not Manufactured by Portwell Equipment provided but not manufactured by Portwell is warranted and will be repaired according to the terms and conditions of the respective equipment manufacturer s warranty General Under this Warranty liability of Portwell is limited to replacing repairing or issuing credit at Portwell discretion for any products which are proved to be defective during the warranty period In no case is Portwell liable for consequential or special damage arriving from use or misuse of our product The cu
4. ads the base address and IRQ If you want to determine the base address and IRQ without using PCIFind use the following information The Vendor ID code is 494F ASCII for 4 The Device ID code for the card is 0520 An example of how to locate PCI card resources is provided in the PCI SOURCE directory under your installation directory This code runs in DOS and uses the defined interrupt BIOS calls to query the PCI bus for card specific information You will need the Device ID and Vendor ID listed above to use this code 11 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Chapter 5 Programming The base address is assigned by the computer system during installation and will fall on an eight byte boundary The cards read and write functions are as follows Writing a byte to Port n address activates each output with a 1 the bit location deactivates each output with a O at the bit Reading a byte from Port address displays a 1 for each output that is active and displays 0 for each output that is inactive Bit 7 15 Bit 6 14 Bit 5 13 Bit 4 12 Bit 3 11 Bit 2 10 Bit 1 9 Bit 0 8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO 12 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Chapter 6 Connector Pin Assignments Three identical 50 pin headers are provided on the product one for each 16 bit output group Port 0 is near the mounting bracket while Port 2 is a
5. es Chapter 1 Introduction Features Individually lsolated Digital Outputs for up to three 16 bit groups Output readback All solid state design permits higher throughput than is possible with electromechanical relays Load voltages up to 60 VDC Outputs off at power turn on and computer reset Output connectors via on card ribbon cable headers Lower cost per point than externally racked solid state relay modules o Description This series of cards provide 16 32 or 48 opto isolated discrete outputs Solid state P Channel FET switches are used as the output elements and provide both greater reliability and much faster turn on and turn off time than is possible with electromechanical relays User supplied load voltages can be from 5V to 60 0 Output connections are via 50 wire ribbon cables that mate with headers on the card A strain relief bar where the cables exit the card assures that the cables will not interfere with adjacent cards Standard cables are six feet long but alternate lengths are available The card uses six bytes of I O bus address one byte for each of eight bits of output The logic on the chip allows the application to read what was written to the latches Diodes are included across the load for inductive spike protection There are 48 bit 32 bit and 16 bit versions The latter two models are depopulated versions of the 48 bit card Outputs Number of Channels 16 32 or 48 Load Voltage Ra
6. ion This card uses I O addresses offset from the base address assigned by the PCI bus The address spaces are defined in the Programming section of this manual PCI architecture is Plug and Play This means that the BIOS or Operating System determines the resources assigned to PCI cards rather than the user selecting these resources with switches or jumpers As a result you cannot set or change the card s base address or IRQ level You can only determine what the system has assigned To determine the base address that has been assigned run the PClFind utility program This utility will display a list of all the cards detected on the PCI bus the addresses assigned to each function on each of the cards and the respective IRQs Alternatively Windows systems can be queried to determine which resources were assigned In these operating systems you can use either PCIFind or the Device Manager utility from the System Properties applet of the control panel The card is installed in the Data Acquisition class of the Device Manager list Selecting the card clicking Properties and then selecting the Resources Tab will display a list of the resources allocated to the card The PCI bus supports 64K of I O address space so your card s addresses may be located anywhere in the 0000h to FFFFh range The card occupies eight consecutive 8 bit registers the I O address space PCIFind uses the Vendor ID and Device ID to search for your card then re
7. nge 5V to 60VDC Voltage supplied by User Load Current per Channel 1A max steady state 2A pulse Note Current may be limited by the cable Certain ribbon cables limit current to 0 5A Isolation On Card Channel to channel and channel to computer see note Switching Time Turn On 50us Turn Off 5s inductive spike protection via a diode Switch Resistance 0 40 when saturated Switch Leakage Current 100 to 300 Power Required 5 VDC 245mA 48 bits Note on Isolation Opto Isolators and connectors are rated for at least 500V but isolation voltage breakdowns will vary and are affected by factors like cabling spacing of pins spacing between traces on the PCB humidity dust and other environmental factors This is a safety issue so a careful approach is required For CE certification isolation was specified at 60V DC The design intention was to eliminate the influence of common mode Use proper wiring techniques to minimize voltage between channels and to ground Tolerance of higher isolation voltage can be obtained on request by applying a conformal coating to the board Environmental Operating Temperature Range 0 C to 70 C Storage Temperature Range 40 C to 150 C Humidity 5 to 90 RH non condensing Board Dimensions 6 875 174 6mm long 5 Manual PCI IDO XX Series SUPPLY OUTPUT BIT OUT RETURN Figure 1 1 Single Output Channel Schematic Diagram Each bit of the card is o
8. perating system and automatically finish installing the drivers Run PClfind exe to complete installing the card into the registry for Windows only and to determine the assigned resources Run one of the provided sample programs that was copied to the newly created card directory from the CD to test and validate your installation Once the card has been initialized and you re sure the outputs are in a known state external field power may now be turned on if desired The base address assigned by BIOS or the operating system can change each time new hardware is installed into or removed from the computer Please recheck PCIFind or Device Manager if the hardware configuration is changed Software you write can automatically determine the base address of the card using a variety of methods depending on the operating system In DOS the PCI SOURCE directory shows the BIOS calls used to determine the address and IRQ assigned to installed PCI devices In Windows the Windows sample programs demonstrate querying the registry entries created by PCIFind and NTIOPCI SYS during boot up to determine this same information 9 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Chapter 3 Option Selection There are no user configurable options on this product 6 90 PORTO PORT1 PORT2 3 90 Cable Strain Relief Bar Figure 3 1 Option Selection Map 10 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Chapter 4 Address Select
9. ptically isolated from the output driver which switches the supply voltage to the output pin The negative connection is made on the return pin and each output is isolated from every other output When the opto isolator is OFF the FET is activated by the Zener diode limited supply voltage When the FET is activated the full Supply voltage is available at the output pin When the opto isolator is ON the FET deactivates and the output drops to the return line voltage level Diodes are included across the load for inductive spike protection Safety Note These cards are used mostly as switches for externally supplied power to GOVDC and up to one Amp the computer is turned OFF and that external power is still applied to the card all the output lines will be turned ON To avoid damage or injury you MUST turn OFF the external power when the computer is turned OFF 6 Manual PCI IDO XX Series ay BUS INTERFACE OUTPUT READBACK 18 LATCHES 6 SUPPLY OUTPUT lt OPTO gt PORTO ATCHFS 2 16 COUPLERS 0 SWITCHFS OUTPUTS SOURCE TO LOAD RETURN SUPPLY N OUPUT OPTO FFT PORIN LATCHES 16 16 1 15 COUPLERS SWITCHES OUTPUTS SOURCE TO LOAD RETURN SUPPLY E FET b PORT2 16 16 148 gt LATCI IES lt lt COUPLERS SWII CHES OUTPUTS SOURCE TO LOAD RETURN Figure 1 2 Block Diagram 7 Manual PCI
10. stomer is responsible for all charges caused by modifications or additions to Portwell equipment not approved in writing by Portwell or if in Portwell opinion the equipment has been subjected to abnormal use Abnormal use for purposes of this warranty is defined as any use to which the equipment is exposed other than that use specified or intended as evidenced by purchase or sales representation Other than the above no other warranty expressed or implied shall apply to any and all such equipment furnished or sold by Portwell 3 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Table of Contents Chapter Introd ction valde b cees 5 Figure 1 1 Single Output Channel Schematic 6 coun Mune cohen 7 2 1 5 2 8 Chapter 3 Option Selection 4 770 10 Figure 3 1 Option Selection 10 Chapter 4 Address Selection 2 4 1 2 11 Chapter 5 Programming 2 2 4 1 1 0000 12 Chapter 6 Connector Pin 13 Table 6 1 Connector Pin Assignments ate 13 4 Manual PCI IDO XX Seri
11. t the far end of the card Connector pin assignments are listed below Bit 1 Return Bit 1 Out Bit 1 Supply Bit2 Return 11 Bit 3 Return Bit 3 Out 13 Bit 3 Supply Bit 4 Return 15 Bit 4 Out Bit 4 Supply 17 Bit 5 Return Bit 5 Out 19 Bit 5 Supply Bit 6 Return 21 Bit 6 Out Bit 6 Supply 23 Bit 7 Return Bit 7 Out 25 Bit 7 Supply Bit 8 Return 27 Bit 8 Out Bit 8 Supply 29 Bit 9 Return Bit 9 Out 31 Bit 9 Supply Bit 10 Return 33 Bit 10 Out Bit 10 Supply 35 Bit 11 Return Bit 11 Out 37 Bit 11 Supply Bit 12 Return 39 Bit 12 Out Bit 12 Supply 41 Bit 13 Return Bit 13 Out 43 Bit 13 Supply Bit 14 Return 45 Bit 14 Out Bit 14 Supply 47 Bit 15 Return Bit 15 Out Table 6 1 Connector Pin Assignments 13 Manual PCI IDO XX Series Customer Comments If you experience any problems with this manual or just want to give us some feedback please email us at tech portwell com Please detail any errors you find and include your mailing address so that we can send you any manual updates 14 Manual PCI IDO XX Series
12. touching any grounded surface prior to touching the card Hardware Installation 10 11 12 13 Do not install card into the computer until the software has been fully installed Turn OFF computer power AND unplug AC power from the system Remove the computer cover Remove the two 2 nuts retaining the strain relief brackets from the card set one bracket aside with the nuts Select an available location to install the card in an available 5V or 3 3V PCI expansion slot you may need to remove a backplate first DO not plug the card into the slot With the card in your hand or on the bench feed ribbon cable s through the selected computer backplate one at a time and plug onto the card header starting closest to the mounting bracket When all cables are installed re install the strain relief bracket and nuts and tighten until snug DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN Carefully plug the card into the slot and inspect for proper seating and fit Make sure that the card mounting bracket is properly screwed into place and that there is a positive chassis ground Make connections from installed ribbon cables to the field equipment wiring Check all connections and installations to ensure the system is ready to be turned on Do not turn on field power before turning on the computer as all outputs on the card will be ON Replace the computer cover and turn ON the computer which should auto detect the card depending on the o
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