National Instruments Low-Cost Multifunction I/O Board for ISA Lab-PC+ - Manual (Page 5)

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Contents
About This Manual ........................................................................................................... xi
Organization of the Lab-PC+ User Manual .................................................................. xi
Conventions Used in This Manual ................................................................................. xii
National Instruments Documentation ............................................................................ xiii
Customer Communication ............................................................................................. xiii
Chapter 1
Introduction
......................................................................................................................... 1-1
About the Lab-PC+ ........................................................................................................ 1-1
What You Need to Get Started ...................................................................................... 1-1
Software Programming Choices .................................................................................... 1-2
LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI Application Software .................................. 1-2
NI-DAQ Driver Software................................................................................... 1-2
Register-Level Programming ............................................................................. 1-3
Optional Equipment ....................................................................................................... 1-4
Unpacking ...................................................................................................................... 1-4
Chapter 2
Configuration and Installation
...................................................................................... 2-1
Board Configuration ...................................................................................................... 2-1
PC Bus Interface ................................................................................................ 2-1
Base I/O Address Selection................................................................................ 2-3
DMA Channel Selection .................................................................................... 2-6
Interrupt Selection .............................................................................................. 2-7
Analog I/O Configuration .............................................................................................. 2-8
Analog Output Configuration ............................................................................ 2-9
Bipolar Output Selection........................................................................ 2-9
Unipolar Output Selection ..................................................................... 2-10
Analog Input Configuration ............................................................................... 2-10
Input Mode ............................................................................................. 2-10
DIFF Input (Four Channels) .................................................................. 2-11
RSE Input (Eight Channels, Factory Setting) ........................................ 2-12
NRSE Input (Eight Channels) ................................................................ 2-13
Analog Input Polarity Configuration ................................................................. 2-13
Bipolar Input Selection .......................................................................... 2-13
Unipolar Input Selection ........................................................................ 2-14
Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................... 2-15