Document Outline

• Personal Daq User's Manual
• Warnings, Cautions, Warranty Information...
• About This Manual
• Table of Contents
• Ch 1 - Unit Startup
  • Overview
  • Inspect Your System
  • Install Software
  • Install Hardware
    • Mount Personal Daq Modules to DIN Rail (Option)
    • Inserting Personal Daq’s Mount Edges into Grooves of Base (B
    • Connect PDQ Module (option)
    • Connect Personal Daq to Host PC
    • Connect Channel Signal Inputs
  • Start Personal DaqView
  • Configure System
    • Channel Configuration
    • Acquisition Configuration
    • Data Destination Configuration
  • Collect Data
  • Quick Start for Personal DaqView
• Ch 2 - General Information & Specifications
  • General Description
    • Channel Capacities
    • Features
  • Theory of Operation
    • Universal Serial Bus (USB)
    • Power Line Rejection
    • Optical Isolation
    • A/D Conversion
    • Input Ranges
    • Analog Input Configuration
    • Measurement Duration, Sample Rate, and Resolution
    • Automatic Calibration
    • Thermocouple Measurements
    • Frequency Measurements (Not applicable to Personal Daq/54)
    • Digital I/O (Not applicable to Personal Daq/54)
  • Personal Daq Specifications
    • Analog Specifications
    • Frequency Specifications, one year 0 to 50°C (Not applic
    • Digital I/O Specifications (Not applicable to Personal
    • General Specifications
    • Channel Connection Layouts
    • Calibration
• Ch 3 - Hardware Setup
  • Personal Daq, System Components
    • Personal Daq
    • PDQ Expansion Modules (Does not apply to Personal Daq/54)
    • USB Hubs and Power Adapters
  • Connecting Your Personal Daq Acquisition System
    • Connecting a PDQ Expansion Module to a Personal Daq/55 or /5
    • Connecting Various Hardware Setups
• Ch 4 - Personal DaqView
  • Overview
  • Standard, Plus, and XL Version Software
  • Main Control Window
    • Toolbar Buttons
    • Pull-Down Menus
  • Channel Configuration Window
    • Channel Configuration Window Toolbar
    • Channel Configuration Window Pull-down Menu
    • Common Spreadsheet Columns
    • Analog Input Spreadsheet
    • Frequency/Pulse Input Spreadsheet [Does not apply to Pers
    • Digital Input/Output Spreadsheet [Does not app
    • Configure Acquisition Dialog Box
    • Configure Data Destination and File Converter Preferences
    • Sequential Destinations (Auto Rearm)
  • Bar Graph, Analog, and Digital Meters
    • Meter Toolbars
    • Meter Pull-Down Menus
    • Meters Configuration Menu
    • Configuring a Meter
    • Bar Graph Meters
    • Analog Meters
    • Digital Meters
  • Chart Display
    • A Note Regarding Standard, Plus and XL Software Versions
    • Groups, Charts, & Channels
    • Chart Display Window
    • Pull-Down Menus
    • Toolbar Items
    • Chart and Channel Information Regions
    • Accessing the Display Configuration Setup Box
    • Editing a Chart Display Configuration
    • Manually Configuring a Chart Display
  • Chart Setup Wizard
    • Introduction
    • Automatic Display Setup using the Chart Setup Wizard
    • Bypassing Automatic Chart Setup
• Personal DaqViewXL User’s Guide
  • Overview
  • System Requirements
  • Installation
  • First Time Use
  • Configuration Reference
    • Toolbar Buttons
    • Tools Pull-Down Menu
    • Channel Configuration Window
  • Auto-Load Function
    • Disabling Auto-Load
    • Enabling Auto-Load
  • Performance of Personal DaqViewXL
    • Real-Time Charting
    • Data Header
  • Hints and Tips
• Ch 5 - Signal Management
  • Overview
  • Channel Control and Expansion
  • Signal Acquisition
    • Measurement Duration, Sample Rate, and Resolution
    • Under Sampling and Aliasing
    • Triggering
    • Input Isolation
  • Signal Modes
  • System Noise
    • Averaging
    • Analog Filtering
    • Input and Source Impedance
    • Crosstalk
• Ch 6 - Calibration
  • Introduction
  • Required Equipment
  • Calibration Procedure
• Ch 7 - Troubleshooting & Customer Assistance
  • Radio Frequency Interference
  • Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
  • Troubleshooting
    • Basic Checklist
    • Symptoms and Solutions
  • Customer Assistance
• Appendices
• A -API Custom Program Models
  • Overview
  • Data Acquisition Environment
    • Application Programming Interface (API)
    • Hardware Capabilities and Constraints
    • Signal Environment
  • Programming Models
    • Initialization and Error Handling
    • Foreground Acquisition with One-Step Commands
    • Counted Acquisitions Using Linear Buffers
    • Indefinite Acquisition, Direct-To-Disk Using Circular Buffer
    • Multiple Channel Types
  • Summary Guide of Selected API Functions
• B - API Commands
  • Overview
  • Type-Sensitive API Function Wrappers for Visual Basic
  • Prototype Commands, Listed by Function Type (as defined in d
  • Commands in Alphabetical Order
  • API Reference Tables
  • Table 9. API Error Codes
• C - n/a (Removed)
• D - Custom Labels