Connect PCI-6225 to SC-2056 adapter

[BobNo]

How can you connect a PCI-6225 board to a SC-2056 adapter?  We are currently using a PCI-6033E board with the SH100-100 cable connected to J1 of the SC-2056, but want to switch to the PCI-6225 due to the obsolescence of the PCI-6033E.  I see from the product manuals that the pinouts of the two 68-pin connectors from the 100-68-68 cable when connected to the PCI-6033E are very close to the pinouts on the 6225 board (only a few differences with digital I/O).  Could I use it in reverse (connect the two 68-pin connectors to the 6225 and the 100-pin connector to the SC-2056), and what adapters would I need to convert between the different plug types?

Thanks for any help.

[Jake_H]

From looking at the specifications on the PCI-6225, it looks like the card has two 68 pin connectors and the 2056 has a 50 pin connector. The 2056 has connections to other devices - what are you trying to connect to? It may be cheaper to just buy a new cable or a new adapter that uses all the pins from your M Series card. We have an adapter that does 68-50, but the picture is down so I can't confirm if it will work for you or not. 

[BobNo]

We are trying to connect the 6225 to two 5B01 backplanes.  We are currently using the SH100-100 to connect from the 100-pin connector on our PCI-6033E to J1 (100 pin connector) on the 2056.  We then use two of the 26-pin connectors (J11 and J12) to connect to the 5B backplanes.  What I have been looking for is a cable that goes from the 6225 to the SC-2056 (either the 100-pin J1 or the two 50-pin J2 and J3) so that we would still have 64 analog inputs available.  If there is another adapter instead of the SC-2056 that would connect the 6225 to the 5B backplanes then that would certainly work also, but I didn't see any other adapters that looked like they would work.

For reference, I have attached the pin configurations that I was referring to in my earlier post (all from the NI product manuals).

[Jake_H]

It looks like you'll need 4 different parts to use 5B modules with M Series DAQ devices. I looked around for 68 pin M Series to 100 pin cable accessories and wasn't able to find any connector that allowed you to connect the two. I would recommend looking at the link to see exactly what you need in your configuration.

[BobNo]

I have seen that KB before.  The problem with that solution is that the SC-2050 in the example has only 16 analog inputs so I would need four DAQ cards and four new SC-2050's to get 64 analog inputs (if that would even work).  

Is there a solution for 64 channel E-series devices?

[Jake_H]

That KB was the only reference I was able to find on connecting the 5B modules to an M Series device. The 5B modules were designed to work with E Series DAQ cards so the options may be limited. I'll look into this a bit and let you know.

[BobNo]

I was able to find a cable online that goes from the 68-pin VHDCI male to a 68-pin .050" D-series male connector.  I am going to go ahead and get the NI PCI 6225 card and then connect it to the SC-2056 J1 (100 pin) using two cables, the previously mentioned VHDCI to D-series connector (2)  and  the SH1006868 cable.  I will post an update after I receive everything and test it out.  Anyone let me know if they see any reason why this wouldn't work.

[BobNo]

Actually the plugs were too big on the cable I found online, but I later found the SH68-68M-EPM cables that can connect the PCI-6225 to the SH100-68-68.  My planned setup will be:

NI PCI-6225 -> 2x SHC68-68M-EPM -> SH100-68-68 -> J1 of SC-2056 -> Two 16-Module 5B Backplanes connected to J11 and J12.

[asalant]

Hello:

We're you ever able to get this setup to work?

Thanks,

Allan Salant

[BobNo]

Yes, it worked.