01-26-2024 03:57 AM
I need to know how the sensing/excitation lines work on a NI9237.
I want to connect several 5-component balances (full bridges) to a measurement system with 21 NI9237 modules on a cRIO with 2 slave RIO's (84 channels).
The distance between balance and measurement system is 15m.
The balances are wired to a 12 pin connector on the balance.
5x2 wires for output (+/-) of the bridges and 2 excitation pins (+/-).
Because of the cable length to the meas. system I want to connect 2 extra wires for sense to the balance excitation pins.
In the drawing you see the wiring of the balance.
Now my problem:
I can't find it in the manuals, but I assume that the NI9237 channels have no 'active' excitation lines, in other words the sense lines are only used to get the real ratio-metric reading (output bridge / sense line voltage). Am I right?
Then the wiring in my drawing must be OK!
I use the modules on the same external DC Voltage (+5.0 VDC)
Is there someone to confirm this?
01-26-2024 03:59 AM
Sorry I ment a 5 component Balance, not 6!