Advantech PCI-1718 Series - Manuals

2 CHAP T ER 1 Introduction This chapter introduces the PCI-1718 cards and their typical applications.Sections include: • Features• Applications• Installation Guide• Software Overview• Device Driver Programming Road- map • Accessories

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for buying the Advantech PCI-1718HDU/HGU. PCI-1718HDU/HGU is a PCI-Bus multifunction card for IBM PC/XT/AT or compatible computers. It offers the five most desired measurement and control functions:• 12-bit A/D conversion• D/A conversion...

3 Chapter 1 1.1 Features • Register level programming compatible with PCL-818HD/HG• 16 single-ended or 8 differential A/D inputs, switch selectable• 12-bit A/D converter, up to 100 kHz sampling rate• Programmable gain for each input channel• Automatic Channel/Gain Scanning• On-board 1 K word FIFO bu...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 4 Onboard FIFO There are 1 K samples FIFO for A/D (AI) on PCI-1718HDU/HGU. This is an important feature for faster data transfer and more predictable per-formance under Windows system. Onboard Programmable Timer/Counter PCI-1718HDU/HGU provides a programmable timer counte...

5 Chapter 1 1.3 Installation Guide Before you install your PCI-1718HDU/HGU card, please make sure you have the following necessary components:• PCI-1718HDU/HGU DA&C card• PCI-1718HDU/HGU User Manual• Driver software Advantech DLL drivers (included in the companion CD-ROM) • Personal computer or ...

7 Chapter 1 1.4 Software Overview Advantech offers a rich set of DLL drivers, third-party driver support and application software to help fully exploit the functions of your PCI-1718HDU/HGU card:• Device Drivers (on the companion CD-ROM)• LabVIEW driver• Advantech ActiveDAQ• Advantech ADAQView Progr...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 8 1.5 Device Driver Programming Roadmap This section will provide you a roadmap to demonstrate how to build an application from scratch using Advantech Device Drivers with your favorite development tools such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi and C++ Builder. The step-b...

9 Chapter 1 Programming with Device Drivers Function Library Advantech Device Drivers offer a rich function library that can be uti-lized in various application programs. This function library consists of numerous APIs that support many development tools, such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi and...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 10 1.6 Accessories Advantech offers a complete set of accessory products to support the PCI-1718HDU/HGU card. These accessories include: Wiring CablesPCL-10120 The PCL-10120 cable is a 20-pin flat cable for PCI-1718HDU/HGU cards. PCL-10137 The PCL-10137 shielded cable is ...

2 CHAP T ER 2 Installation This chapter provides a packaged item checklist, proper instructions for unpacking and step-by-step procedures for both driver and card installation..Sections include: • Unpacking• Driver Installation• Hardware Installation• Device Setup & Configuration

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Unpacking After receiving your PCI-1718HDU/HGU package, please inspect its contents first. The package should contain the following items:• PCI-1718HDU or PCI-1718HGU card• Companion CD-ROM (Device Drivers included)• User Manual The PCI-1718 ...

13 Chapter 2 . 2.2 Driver Installation We recommend you install the driver before you install the PCI-1718HDU/HGU card into your system, since this will guarantee a smooth installation process. The Advantech Device Drivers Setup program for the PCI-1718HDU/HGU card is included in the companion CD-RO...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 14 Figure 2.1: Setup Screen of Advantech Automation Software 3. Select the Device Drivers option. 4. Select the specific device then just follow the installation instruc-tions step by step to complete your device driver installation and setup. Figure 2.2: Different Option...

15 Chapter 2 2.3 Hardware Installation After the Device Drivers installation is completed you can install the PCI-1718HDU/HGU card into any PCI slot on your computer. However, it is suggested that you refer to the computer’s user manual or related docu-mentation if you have any doubts. Please follow...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 16 2.4 Device Setup & Configuration The Advantech Device Manager program is a utility that allows you to set up, configure and test your device, and later stores your settings on the system registry. These settings will be used when you call the APIs of Advantech Devi...

17 Chapter 2 Configuring the Device 4. On the Device Setting dialog box (Fig. 2-4), you can configure the A/D channels configuration either as 8 Differential or 16 Single- ended , and specify the D/A voltage reference either as External or Internal . Figure 2.4: The Device Setting Dialog Box 5. Afte...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 18 After your card is properly installed and configured, you can click the Test… button to test your hardware by using the testing utility supplied. Figure 2.6: The Test Utility Dialog Box For more detailed information, please refer to Chapter 2 of the Device Drivers Manu...

2 CHAP T ER 3 Signal Connections This chapter provides useful informa-tion about how to connect input and output signals to the PCI-1718 cards via the I/O connector..Sections include: • Overview• Switch and Jumper Settings• Signal Connections• Field Wiring Considerations

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 20 Chapter 3 Signal Connections 3.1 Overview Maintaining signal connections is one of the most important factors in ensuring that your application system is sending and receiving data cor-rectly. A good signal connection can avoid unnecessary and costly dam-age to your PC...

21 Chapter 3 3.2.1 Setting the BoardID Switch (SW1) BoardID settings are used to set a board’s unique identifier when multiple identical cards are installed in the same system.PCI-1718 cards have a built-in DIP switch (SW1), which is used to define each card’s unique identifier. You can determine th...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 22 3.2.2 Channel Configuration, S/E or DIFF (SW2) The PCI-1718 cards offer 16 single-ended or eight differential analog input channels. Slide switch SW2 changes the channels between single-ended or differential input. Slide the switch to the left-hand position, marked DIF...

23 Chapter 3 When you set JP11 to EXT, the D/A converter takes its reference voltage input from pin 31 of connector CN3. You can apply any voltage between -10 V and +10 V to this pin to function as the external reference. The ref-erence input can be either DC or AC (<100 kHz). When you use an ext...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 24 3.2.5 Timer Clock Selection (JP8) PCI-1718’s JP8 controls the input clock frequency for the 8254 program-mable clock/timer. You have two choices: 10 or 1 MHz. This lets you generate pacer output frequencies from 2.5 MHz to 0.00023 Hz (71 min-utes/pulse). The following ...

25 Chapter 3 3.2.6 Ext. trigger and Counter Gate 0 Control (JP5) JP5 has two jumpers. The upper jumper selects the card's A/D trigger source when you use external triggering. The lower jumper selects the gate control for counter 0 of the card's 8254 timer/counter. 3.2.7 Digital Output, 20-pin or 37-...

27 Chapter 3 3.2.8 Setting the Time to Reset Digital Outputs Some users will want the capability of clearing each digital output when the system (or PC) issues a reset signal on the PCI bus. Other users will want to clear their signal outputs only as part of system power-on.PCI-1718 cards satisfy bo...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 28 3.3 Signal Connections Pin Assignment Figure 3-2 shows the pin assignments for the 37-pin I/O connector on the PCI-1718HDU/HGU. Figure 3.2: I/O Connector Pin Assignments for the PCI-1718 Series Note: S0/S1 is NC, and S2/S3 is AGND for PCI-1718HGU CN1 CN2 D/O 0 1 2 D/O ...

29 Chapter 3 3.3.1 I/O Connector Signal Description Table 3.9: I/O Connector Signal Descriptions Signal Name Reference Direction Description A/D S <0..15> A.GND Input Analog input (single-ended), channels 0 through 15. A/D H <0..7> A.GND Input Analog input high (differential), channels 0...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 30 3.3.2 Analog Input Connections PCI-1718HDU/HGU supports either 16 single-ended or 8 differential analog inputs. Switch SW2 selects the input channel configuration. Single-ended Channel Connections Single-ended connections use only one signal wire per channel. The volt-...

31 Chapter 3 If the signal source has one side connected to a local ground, the signal source ground and the PCI-1718HDU/HGU ground will not be at exactly the same voltage, as they are connected through the ground return of the equipment and building wiring. The difference between the ground volt-ag...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 32 Expanding Analog Inputs You can expand any or all of the PCI-1718HDU/HGU's A/D input chan-nels using multiplexing daughterboards. Daughterboards without D-type connectors require the PCLD-774 Analog Expansion Board. The PCLD-789(D) Amplifier and Multiplexer multiplexes...

33 Chapter 3 Analog Output Connection The PCI-1718HDU/HGU provides one D/A output channel. You can use the internal precision -5 V or -10 V reference to generate 0 to +5 V or 0 to +10 V D/A output. Use an external reference for other D/A output ranges. The maximum reference input voltage is ±10 V an...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 34 3.3.3 Digital Signal Connections The PCI-1718HDU/HGU has 16 digital input and 16 digital output chan-nels. The digital I/O levels are TTL compatible. The following figure shows connections to exchange digital signals with other TTL devices: To receive an OPEN/SHORT sig...

35 Chapter 3 3.4 Field Wiring Considerations When you use PCI-1718 cards to acquire data from outside, noises in the environment might significantly affect the accuracy of your measure-ments if due cautions are not taken. The following measures will be help-ful to reduce possible interference runnin...

2 CHAP T ER 4 Programming Guide This chapter provides useful informa-tion about how to do register level pro-gramming for PCI-1718 cards.Sections include: • Overview• Programming with the Driver• Register Programming• Programming with LabVIEW and ActiveDAQ

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 38 Chapter 4 Programming Guide 4.1 Overview The PCI-1718 cards are delivered with an easy-to-use 32-bit Device Driver for user programming under the Windows 98/2000/XP operating systems.At the Windows driver level, PCI-1718 cards are fully compatible with the PCL-818 seri...

39 Chapter 4 4.3.1 Software Trigger and Polling 1. Set the input range for each A/D channel 2. Set the input channel by specifying the MUX scan range 3. Trigger the A/D conversion by writing to the A/D low byte register (BASE+0) with any value. 4. Check for the end of the conversion by reading the A...

45 Chapter 4 4.3.3 Pacer Trigger Mode with Interrupt and FIFO MUX Scan Channel Control & A/D Range Control Set Scan Channel w Base+0 1 H w Base+0 2 H Clear FIFO Set To Pacer Trigger Mode To Enable Trigger w Base+0 9 H w Base+ 1 9 H Interrupt Set Pacer Trigger and Disable Generated Interrupt Set ...

49 Chapter 4 4.4 Programming with LabVIEW and ActiveDAQ Advantech offers not only a rich set of DLL drivers, but also third-party driver support and application software to help fully exploit the functions of your PCI-1718 cards. For more detailed information for these applications, please refer to:...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 52 Appendix A Specifications A.1 Analog Input Channels 16 single-ended or 8 differential or combination Resolution 12-bit FIFO Size 1K samples Max. Sampling Rate 100 kS/s Input range and Gain List for PCI-1718HDU Gain 0.5 1 2 4 8 Unipolar N/A 0~10 0~5 0~2.5 0~1.25 Bipolar...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 58 Appendix B Block Diagrams

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 60 Appendix C Register Structure & Format C.1 Overview PCI-1718 cards are delivered with an easy-to-use 32-bit Device Drivers for user programming under the Windows 98/2000/XP operating sys-tems. We advise users to program the PCI-1718 cards using the 32-bit Device Dr...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 64 C.3 A/D Data and Channels — BASE+00H~01H AD11 ~ AD0 Analog to digital data AD0 The least significant bit (LSB) of the A/D data AD11 The most significant bit (MSB) C3 ~ C0 A/D channel number from which the data is derived C0 The least significant bit (LSB) of the channe...

65 Appendix C C.5 A/D Range Control — BASE+01H Each A/D channel has its own individual input range, controlled by a range code stored in onboard RAM. If you want to change the range code for a given channel, select the channel as the start channel in register BASE+02H, MUX scan (described in the nex...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 66 PCI-1718HGU Input Range (V) Unipolar/Bipolar Gain Code G3 G2 G1 G0 ±5V B 0 0 0 0 ±0.5V B 0 0 0 1 ±0.05V B 0 0 1 0 ±0.005V B 0 0 1 1 0 to 10V U 0 1 0 0 0 to 1V U 0 1 0 1 0 to 0.1V U 0 1 1 0 0 to 0.01V U 0 1 1 1 ±10V B 1 0 0 0 ±1V B 1 0 0 1 ±0.1V B 1 0 1 0 ±0.01V B 1 0 1...

67 Appendix C C.6 MUX Scan Channel Control — BASE+02H The write register at BASE+02H controls multiplexer (MUX) scanning. The high nibble provides the stop scan channel number, and the low nib-ble provides the start scan channel number. Writing to this register auto-matically initializes the MUX to ...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 68 C.7 MUX Scan Channel Status — BASE+02H Read register BASE+02H to get the current multiplexer (MUX) channel. CC3 ~ CC0 Current channel numberCC0 The least significant bit (LSB) of the stop channel CC3 The most significant bit (MSB) C.8 Digital I/O Registers - BASE + 03/...

69 Appendix C DI15 ~ DI0 Digital input dataDI0 The least significant bit (LSB) of the DI data DI15 The most significant bit (MSB) C.9 D/A Output — BASE+04/05H Write-only registers BASE+04H and BASE+05H accept data for D/A output.The PCI-1718 cards provide one D/A output channel with two double-buffe...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 70 DA11 ~ DA0 Analog to digital data DA0 The least significant bit (LSB) of the D/A data DA11 The most significant bit (MSB) When you write data to D/A channels, write the low byte first. The low byte is temporarily held by a register in the D/A and not released to the ou...

71 Appendix C C.11 Clear Interrupt Request — BASE+08H Write any value to register BASE+08H to clear the interrupt request. C.12 A/D Status — BASE+08H Read-only register BASE+08H provides information on the A/D configu-ration and operation. Including:• Bipolar or unipolar input for the channel to be ...

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 74 C.14 Timer/Counter Enable — BASE+0AH Write register BASE+0AH enables or disables the PCI-1718 card’s timer/counter. TC0 Disable/enable pacer0 Pacer enabled 1 Pacer controlled by TRIG0. This blocks trigger pulses sent from the pacer to the A/D until TRIG0 is taken high....

75 Appendix C C.16 Clear FIFO Interrupt Request — BASE+14H Write any value to this I/O port to clear the FIFO's interrupt request. C.17 A/D Data and Channel from FIFO - BASE + 17/18H The PCL-818HD/HG stores data from A/D conversions in a 1 K word First-In First-Out (FIFO) data buffer. Registers at B...

77 Appendix C C.20 Register Programming Flow Chart C.20.1 Software Trigger Mode with Polling MUX Scan Channel Control & A/D Range Control Set Software Trigger and Disable Generated Interrupt Software A/D Trigger Check EOC Get Data EOC=0 w Base+0 1 H w Base+0 2 H w Base+ 09H w Base+ 00H r Base+ 0...

2 APPENDIX D Calibration This appendix provides brief informa-tion on PCI-1718 card calibration. Reg-ular calibration checks are important to maintain accuracy in data acquisition and control applications.

PCI-1718 Series User Manual 82 Appendix D Calibration PCI-1718 cards are calibrated at the factory for initial use. However, a recalibration of the analog input and the analog output function is recom-mended: 1. Every six months.2. Everytime the analog output range is changed. We provide a calibrati...