Document Outline

• TempBook User's Manual
• Warranty
• Safety/Caution Notice
• How To Use This Manual
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1 - Introduction and Quick Start
  • Overview
  • Description
  • Available Accessories
  • Specifications
    • Signal Connection
    • PC Connection
    • Power Connection
    • Software Installation
• Chapter 2 - Installation, Configuration, and Calibration
  • Inspection
  • Panel Connectors and Indicators
  • Termination Card and I/O Connectors
  • Internal Configuration
    • Watchdog Timer Enable/Disable (JP8)
    • Time Base Selection (JP9)
  • Hardware Installation
  • Rechargeable Battery Module (DBK30A)
    • Charging the Battery Modules
    • Battery Module Connection
  • Parallel Port Capabilities
  • TempBook Configuration Under Windows 95/98
    • Resource Tests
    • Performance Tests
  • Connection Troubleshooting
  • Calibration of TempBook
    • Calibration Constants File Installation
    • Hardware Calibration
• Chapter 3 - Using TempView
  • Application Startup
  • TempView Components
    • Analog Input Spreadsheet
      • Acquisition Configuration
    • Counter/Timer Window
    • Digital I/O Window
  • Charts and the Spreadsheet's "Reading" Column
  • TempView Menu Items
    • File
    • Edit
    • Select Device
    • Window
    • Acquisition
    • Charts
• Chapter 4 - Using PostView
  • Introduction
    • PostView Toolbar Items
    • PostView Menu Items
    • The PostView Timebase
    • Data File Accessibility
• Chapter 5 - Programmer's Guide
  • A Programmer’s View of TempBook Operations
  • Driver Options
    • Standard API (tbk…)
    • Enhanced API (daq…)
    • Language Support
• Chapter 6 - Standard API Programming of the TempBook with C
  • Accessing TempBook from a Windows Program
  • Accessing TempBook from a C-for-Windows Program
  • High-Level Analog Input
  • Low-Level Analog Input
  • Analog Input in the Background
  • General Purpose Digital I/O Functions
  • High-Speed Digital Input
  • Counter/Timer Functions
  • High-Level Thermocouple Data Acquisition
  • Thermocouple Linearization
  • Sample Programs
    • High-Level Analog Input
    • Low-Level Analog Input
    • Analog Input in the Background
    • General Purpose Digital I/O
    • High-Speed Digital Input
    • Counter Timer Functions
    • High-Level Thermocouple Measurement
    • Low-Level Thermocouple Linearization
  • Command Summary, C Language (Standard API)
• Chapter 7 - Software Calibration and Zero Compensation
  • Software Calibration
    • Initializing the Calibration Constants
    • Calibration Setup and Conversion
    • Calibration Example
  • Zero Compensation
    • Zero Compensation Example
    • Automatic Zero Compensation
• Chapter 8 - Thermocouple Measurement
  • Low-Level Thermocouple Data Conversion Functions
  • High-Level Thermocouple Measurement Functions
    • Single-Channel Measurement (tbkRdTemp)
    • Multiple Measurements from a Single Channel (tbkRdTempN)
    • Multiple-Channel Measurement (tbkRdTempScan)
    • Multiple Measurements from Multiple Channels (tbkRdTempScanN)
• Chapter 9 - tbkCommand Reference (Standard API)
  • Overview
  • Commands in Alphabetical Order
  • API Reference Tables
• Chapter 10 - Enhanced API Programming Models (TempBook)
  • Overview
  • Data Acquisition Environment
    • Application Programming Interface (API)
    • Enhanced vs Standard API
    • Hardware Capabilities and Constraints
    • Signal Environment
  • Basic Models
    • Initialization and Error Handling
    • Foreground Acquisition with One-Step Commands
    • Temperature Acquisition Using One-Step Commands
    • Counted Acquisitions Using Linear Buffers
    • Indefinite Acquisition, Direct-To-Disk Using Circular Buffers
    • Multiple Hardware Scans, Software Triggering
    • Background Acquisition
    • Temperature Acquisition Using TC Conversion Functions
    • Double Buffering
    • Direct-to-Disk Transfers
    • Transfers With Driver-Allocated Buffers
  • Summary Guide of Selected Enhanced API Functions
• Chapter 11 - daqCommand Reference (Enhanced API)
  • Overview
  • Commands in Alphabetical Order
  • API Reference Tables
    • Hardware Information Selector Definitions - daqHardwareInfo
    • Bipolar Thermocouple Gain Definitions
    • Voltage Gain Definitions
• Appendix - Differential Measurement Configurations
  • Floating Differential
  • Referenced Differential