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Contents APCI-7xxx-3

1 DEFINITION OF APPLICATION ............................... 8

1.1 Intended use ....................................................................8

1.2 Usage restrictions.............................................................8

1.3 General description of the board ....................................8

2 USER .................................................................. 11

2.1 Qualification ..................................................................11

2.2 Country-specific regulations .........................................11

3 HANDLING OF THE BOARD.................................. 12

4 TECHNICAL DATA ............................................... 13

4.1 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) ............................13

4.2 Physical set-up of the board..........................................13

4.3 Limit values.....................................................................15

4.3.1 RS232.................................................................................. 16

4.3.2 RS422, RS485 ...................................................................... 16

4.3.3 20mA constant current loop (MXTTY)................................... 17

4.4 Component scheme and block diagrams.....................18

5 INSTALLATION OF THE BOARD ............................. 24

5.1 Opening the PC..............................................................24

5.2 Selecting a free slot .......................................................24

5.3 Plugging the board into the slot ....................................25

5.4 Closing the PC ...............................................................25

6 BOARD CONFIGURATION ................................... 26

6.1 Configuration under Windows XP/2000/95/98/ Server 2003

6.2 Board test .......................................................................30

6.3 Questions and software downloads on the web............31

7 CONNECTING THE PERIPHERAL........................... 32

7.1 Connector pin assignment: APCI-7500-3 ......................32

7.2 Pin assignment: APCI-7420-3, APCI-7300-3 and APCI-7500-

3(/4C) 33

7.3 Pin assignment: APCI-7800-3.........................................34

7.4 Pin assignments (APCI-7500-3): RS422 with handshake

signals 39