Installation
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made through connector J4, the primary 100-pin connector. See
Chapter 3, “Magellan Developer’s Kit Electrical
for detailed signal descriptions.
1.7.8
Communication Connections
If the PCI bus is used, communication between the PC and the DK card occurs via the PCI bus and no additional
communication connections are needed.
If the card is operated in standalone mode, the included DB9 serial cable should be used to connect a serial port on
the PC to the card’s serial port connector. At the DK card the serial cable should connect to J13. See
locate the J13 connector.
If your PC does not directly support a serial port you may be able to use a USB to serial converter device. Note that
PMD provides such a device (p/n Adapt-USB232-01.R). Contact your PMD representative for more information.
Whether connected directly into the PC or into a converted device, the provided DB9 connector presents a standard
RS-232 signal scheme, and should work without need for a null modem or other signal converter.
The DK card's default serial port baud rate is 57,600 bits per second. This rate should work with most PCs. To set the
baud rate to a different value use the S2 switch settings described in section 2.3.2 of this manual. If you still have
trouble communicating to the card using the serial port contact PMD for assistance.
1.7.9
Power Connections
1.7.9.1
Power For The DK Card
The final electrical installation step is to provide power to the DK card and to the amplifiers. If you are operating the
card from the PCI bus then the DK card receives power from the PC and the only additional required power
connection is to the amplifiers.
Signal Category
Signal Description
Encoder input signals:
(per axis)
A quadrature channel input
B quadrature channel input
Index pulse channel input
Amplifier output signals:
(per axis, if PWM sign, magnitude used)
PWM magnitude (phase A)
PWM magnitude (phase B)
PWM direction (phase A)
PWM direction (phase B)
Amplifier output signals:
(per axis, if PWM 50/50 used)
PWM magnitude (phase A)
PWM magnitude (phase B)
Amplifier output signals:
(per axis, if analog output used)
Analog out (phase A)
Analog out (phase B)
Other control signals:
(optional, per axis)
Home signal channel input
Positive limit switch input
Negative limit switch input
AxisIn input
AxisOut output
Miscellaneous signals:
GND
+5 V (for encoder power)