Hello Kraze4lv,
About your questions.
1. In 1 port there are 8 lines. Usually the Digital IO are numbered from 0 to x. So if we have the terminal P4.7 it means line 7 of port 4, and since they start at 0 then it will be the 5th port of the device and the 8th line of that port.
Specifically for the PXI-6259, port 0 has 32 lines, port 1 has 8 lines, and port 2 has 8 lines.
2. The analog Inputs can be set to either 32 Single Ended or 16 Differential. The difference is that Single Ended just use one terminal in the daq device. You can set this up in the Measurement and Automation Explorer when you are creating the task, in the configuration there is an option that says terminal configuration. There are the different options. Also in the bottom there is another tab 'Connection Diagram' that will show you how you have to connect the signal to the device depending the terminal block you are using and how you set the terminal configuration.
3. For the channel settings, what exactly do you mean by this? When you call the different channels of the different cards, they will have different names so that is how you would be calling them and setting the different configurations for them.
4. Installation procedure: - Turn off the PXI
- Insert the card into the PXI
- Turn on the PXI
This should recognize the card and you should be able to see it on your Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX).
Here are different links to manuals, and the data sheet.
Data Sheet and Specifications
M Series User Manual
Also, once you have installed your card, when you go to MAX, you can right click on your 6259 card and select device pinout and that will give you the pins and terminals for this card.
I hope this was helpful.
Regards,
Miriam
Field Applications Engineer
NI Colombia
CLD
