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Rockwell Automation 1746-NI8 SLC 500 Analog Input Modules User Manual User Manual

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8–2

Application Examples

Publication 1746Ć6.8 - April 1997

Channel Configuration

Configure channel 0 of the 1746-NI8 module with the following
setup:

4–20 mA input type

engineering units data format

zero data word in the event of an open circuit

10 Hz input filter to reject high frequency noise and provide
rejection of 60 Hz line noise

Channel Configuration Worksheet

(With Settings Established for Channel 0)

Input Type

Data Format

Open Circuit

Filter Frequency

Channel Enable

Not Used

Channel 0 - N10:0

Channel 1

Channel 2

Channel 3

ЙЙЙЙЙЙЙ

ЙЙЙЙЙЙЙ

ЙЙЙЙЙЙЙ

11

12

13

14

15

0

0

0

0

9

10

8

6

7

4

5

0

1

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bit Number

Channel 4

Channel 5

Channel 6

Channel 7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Bit Definitions:

Bits 0-2

Input Type

000 =

±

10V dc

001 = 1-5V dc

010 = 0-5V dc

011 = 0-10V dc

100 = 0-20 mA

101 = 4-20 mA

110 =

±

20 mA

111 = 0-1 mA

Bits 3- 5

Data Format

000 = engineering units

001 = scaledĆforĆPID

010 = proportional counts

011 = 1746ĆNI4 data format

100 = user defined scaling

101 = user defined scaling

110 = illegal

111 = illegal

Bits 6 and 7

Open Circuit

00 = zero

01 = upscale

10 = downscale

11 = illegal

Bits 8-10

Filter Frequency 000 = no filter

001 = 75 Hz

010 = 50 Hz

011 = 20 Hz

100 = 10 Hz

101 = 5 Hz

110 = 2 Hz

111 = 1 Hz

Bit 11

Channel Enable

0 = channel disabled

1 = channel enabled

Bits 12-15

Not Used

0000 = always make this setting