200609 error on upgrade from PCMCIA 6036-E USB 6212-M

[hma1]

Unfortunately I am more of a "power-user" than a developer, so I may have to research the answer to your question.  However, I can tell you the encoder is an "incremental" type that has an "A-Phase" and a "B-phase" output.  And comparing the 6036-E PCMCIA pinout diagram against the 6212-USB shows both use common connections.  Encoder phase A is the only possible exception (see table below). 

Also, from what I can tell, it does look like my encoder is a quadrature encoder (picture below), I'm just not 100% on what type it is (X1, X2, X4).

	Encoder Phase A-	Encoder phase B-	Encoder phase A +	Encoder phase B+
Cable PIN #	7	13	37	16
6036 E PCMCIA Pinout	D GND	D GND	PFI 8 / CTR 0 SRC	P0.6
6212 M USB Pinout	D GND	D GND	PFI 8 / P2.0	P0.6

Does it matter that the 6212 doesn't reference CTR0 on pin 37 while the 6036 does?

Do I need to physically re-wire something for this encoder to increment/decrement with the 6212-USB?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

[Brad_K · Accepted solution]

Hi hma1,

The USB-6212 doesn't support using P0.6 and P0.7 as direction terminals for edge counting. You'll have to wire your encoder's B signal to a PFI terminal instead. In the DAQ Assistant, the direction terminals for the USB-6212 are PFI10 for ctr0 and PFI11 for ctr1.

Brad

[hma1]

Brad,

Thanks a lot for your excellent advice.  I wired up the encoder the way you suggested and the counter increments and decrements correctly now!  I will let you know what the results of the first test look like.

Thanks again for your helpfulness,

Adam

[hma1]

The results of the first testing looked good.  Thanks again to everyone for all your support.