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RT Series DAQ Device User Manual RT Series DAQ Device User Manual April 2001 Edition Part Number 322635 B-01.
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Important Information Warranty The RT Series DAQ hardware is warranted against defects in mat erials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equipment that proves to be defecti ve during the warranty period.
Compliance FCC/Canada Radio Frequency Interference Compliance* Determining FCC Class The Federal Communication s Commission (FCC) has rules to protect wireless comm unications from interference.
interference to radio or telev ision reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measur es: • Reorient or relocate the receiving a ntenna.
© National Instruments Corporation vii RT Series DAQ Device User Manual Contents About This Manual Conventions ............ ........... .............. ............ ........... .............. ........... ............ .............. .... i x Related Documentation .
Contents RT Series DAQ Device U ser Manual viii ni.com Real-Time Programming .......... .............. ........... ............ .............. ........... ........... ............ 4-4 Running a VI at Time-Cri tical Priority wit hout the RT Development System .
© National Instruments Corporation ix RT Series DAQ Device User Manual About This Manual This manual contains inform ation about the R T Series Data Acquisition (D A Q) devices and w orking w ith LabVIEW Real-Time (R T).
About This Man ual RT Series DAQ Device U ser Manual x ni.com programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations, v ariables, fil enames and extensio ns, and code excerpts.
© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual 1 Introduction This chapter describes the RT Series DAQ devices, lists what you need to get started, explains how to unpack your RT Series DAQ device, and describes the softwa re you need to use.
Chapter 1 Introduction RT Series DAQ Device User Manual 1-2 ni.com What Y ou Need to Get Started To set up and use your RT Series DAQ device, you need the follo wing: ❑ One of the follo wing de vice.
Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporation 1-3 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual Unpacking Your RT Series DAQ device is shipped in an antistatic packag e to prevent electrostatic damage to the device. Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on the device.
© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual 2 Installation and Configuration This chapter explains how to install and confi gure your RT Series DAQ hardware. Installing th e Hardware You can install the RT Se ries DAQ device in any available expansion slot in your computer or PXI chassis.
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration RT Series DAQ Device User Manual 2-2 ni.com Y our R T Series DA Q dev ice is installed. Y ou are no w ready to configure your software. PXI Installation Complete the following steps to install your RT Series PXI board.
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual Figure 2-1. Measurement & Automation Explorer Notice that MAX assigns s eparate de vice numbers to th e PCI/PXI-7030 de v ice and the D A Q daughterboard, as shown in Figure 2-1.
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration RT Series DAQ Device User Manual 2-4 ni.com daughterboard directly , e ven though the D A Q daughterboard is configured as a separate device. Only LabVIEW R T applications targeted to the R T Series D A Q device can access the D A Q daughterboard.
© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual 3 Hardware Over view This chapter describes the PCI and PXI RT Series DAQ hardware.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view RT Series DAQ Device User Manual 3-2 ni.com Figure 3-2. PXI RT Series Data Acquisition Hardware Processor Board The 7030 processor board contains a microprocessor and support circuitry, as shown in Figure 3-3.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view © National Instruments Corporation 3-3 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual Figure 3-3. RT Series Processor Board Diagram Embedded ISA Bus Embedded CPU Bus Processor Board .
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view RT Series DAQ Device User Manual 3-4 ni.com DAQ Daughterboard The daughterboard in the RT Series system pro vides the DAQ functionality. Each daught erboard is a National Instrument s DAQ device with some mechanical modifications to allow it to connect to the processor board.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view © National Instruments Corporation 3-5 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual information about how to use the R TSI signals. Tab le 1-1, RT Series DAQ Device and Corresponding DAQ Device Manual , lists the correspon ding manual for each available daughterboard.
© National Instruments Corporation 4-1 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual 4 LabVIEW R T Programming This chapter provides an overview of using LabVIEW Real-Time (RT) an d your RT Series DA Q hardware.
Chapter 4 LabVIEW R T Programming RT Series DAQ Device User Manual 4-2 ni.com Select Target Platform dialog box to launch MAX and con figure your R T Series D A Q devices .
Chapter 4 LabVIEW RT Progr amming © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual T o disable the Select T arget Platform dialog box, specify the target platform in the command line argument of your built ex ecutab le using –target .
Chapter 4 LabVIEW R T Programming RT Series DAQ Device User Manual 4-4 ni.com Real-T ime Programming This section provides an overview of real-tim e programming using your RT Series DAQ hardware.
Chapter 4 LabVIEW RT Progr amming © National Instruments Corporation 4-5 R T Series D AQ Device User Manual hardware for these changes to take ef fect. How ever, unlike virtual channels, you can set device parameters or accessory configuration information programmatically inside a VI wit hout running MAX.
© National Instruments Corporation A-1 RT Series DAQ Device User Manual A Specifications This appendix lists t he specifications of the embedded processor syst em. Processor Processor ............. .......................... ......... AMD 486 DX5 32-bit architecture Processor clock speed .
Appendix A Specifications RT Series DAQ Device User Manual A-2 ni.com Power Requirement PCI-7030 only (without daughterboard) .......... ..............
© National Instruments Corporation B-1 RT Series DAQ Device User Manual B T echnical Support Resources W eb Support National Instruments W eb support is your first stop for help in solving installation, configuration, and application pro blems and questions.
Appendix B T echnical Support Resources RT Series DAQ Device User Manual B-2 ni.com W orldwide Support National Instruments has of fices located around the world to help address your support needs. Y ou can access our branch of fice W eb sites from the W orldwide Of fices section of ni.
© National Instruments Corporation G-1 RT Series DAQ Device User Manual Glossar y B BIOS basic input/output system — BIOS functions are t he fundamental le vel of an y PC or compatible co mputer . BIOS functions embo dy the basic operations needed for successful use of the computer hardware resources.
Glossary RT Series DAQ Device User Manual G-2 ni.com de v ice Instrument or control ler that is addressable as a single entity and controls or monitors real-world I/O points. A device is often connected to the host computer through some type of communicatio n network or can be a plug-in de vice.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-3 RT Series DAQ Device User Manual V VI SA virtual instrume nt software archi tecture — an e wd r i v e rs o f t w a r e architecture developed by Nation a l Instruments to u nify instrumentation software GPIB, DAQ, a nd VXI.
© National Instruments Corporation I-1 RT Series DAQ Device User Manual Index B board configuration, 2-2 to 2-4 bus interface specifications, A-1 C command-line arguments, 4-2 to 4-3 communication ho.
Index RT Series DAQ Device User Manual I-2 ni.com LabVIEW RT programming, 4-1 to 4-5 creating stand-alone executables, 4-2 to 4-3 downloading VIs, 4-1 to 4-2 LabVIEW functions not supported on DAQ har.
Index © National Instruments Corporation I-3 RT Series DAQ Device User Manual S shared memory host-embedded communication shared memory, A-1 real-time programming, 4-4 software programming ch oices, .
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