Using a pressure transducer with a PCI-6024E DAQ and SCB-68 connector block.

[sst]

I have a PCI-6024E Multifunctional DAQ device and a SCB-68 connector block.
Software is Labview, which uses Measurement Automation and Explorer to organize the hardware.

--I have already connected a thermocouple with some success after updating the legacy DAQmx drivers and Labview software, as well as DAQmx drivers.

QUESTION: How do i connect a pressure transducer to my scb-68. (only Sound pressure is an option in labview. How do i get just regular pressure measurements using labview?)

Labview is quite impressive because when i selected the thermocouple, it showed me visually how to connect the thermocouple to the exact model of the terminal block that i have, exactly which wires where to connect.

[PBear]

Pressure transducers can vary in implementation and therefore you DAQ configuration will vary as well. This is why there are no pre-defined pressure tasks in Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX). If your pressure transducer comes with some documentation about the relationship of the pressure to the output voltage you can simply set up a voltage task in MAX and set up a custom scale to correspond to this.

If your pressure transducer does not provide onboard signal conditioning it will require some amplification and filtering in order to be read and analyzed properly. More information about pressure measurements with National Instruments products, please refer to http://www.ni.com/pressure.

I hope this information is helpful and gets you headed in the right direction.

Message Edited by Patrick_Ba on 02-12-2008 03:28 PM