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PCIE-1744 User Manual 18
2.5 Device Testing
Following the setup and configuration procedure to the last step described
in the previous section, you can now proceed to test the device by click-
ing the Test button in Device Manager’s dialog box. A Device Test dialog
box will appear. See Figure 2.5.
Figure 2.5: The Device Test Dialog Box of PCIE-1744
In the Device Test dialog box, you are free to test various functions of
PCIE-1744 on the analog input tab, functions on the other tabs are not
supported for this model.
2.5.1 Testing the Analog Input Function
Make sure the Analog Input tab is selected, otherwise, click on the Ana-
log Input tab to bring it up to the front of the screen. Select the input
range for each channel in the Input range drop-down boxes. Configure
the Sampling period on the scroll bar to adjust the sampling rate, the Ana-
log input reading windows will show the readings of all four channels
accordingly. Scroll the Sampling period scroll bar freely to test any sam-
pling rate you want. When the device is fully tested, click the Exit button
to end the testing procedure.