5B37 Setup

[J Muller]

I have a 5B01 backplane and am trying to get a temperature measurement with a 5b37 module and I can't figure out how to set up the channel in the Measurement & Automation explorer. Should it be a thermocouple or a voltage reading? Also, what should the limits be for the reading. The module I have is for a Type K with 0-5V output, but the number I see correspond to very low temperatures. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have installed 5b30's and get a scaled voltage output correctly from them. So, I think the DAQ setup is correct.

[JaredA]

I'm not familiar with using the 5B series in the Measurement and Automation Explorer, but from the information that I can gather, you will want to configure the reading to be voltage. The 5B37 is a non-linear module, hence I don't think you will want to use temperature scaling provided by the DAQ driver.

To start, I suggest placing the limits at the maximum and minimum values allowed by the 5B37. This informatin can be found in the 5B manual on page 2-11.

5B Series User Manual

Jared A

[J Muller]

Thanks for the response. I went looking thru all of these again, and actually found out that I had the device set up wrong. HTe channels were set to NRSE, but the PCI card was not. Once I set that correctly and used the VI provided for the 5B37 module, everything worked perfect. Thanks for the help.