DECISION COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
16 CHANNEL RELAY OUTPUT/PHOTO-ISOLATOR
Card Type | Data acquisition |
Chip Set | NEC 8255 |
I/O Options | Opto-isolated input port, relay control output port |
Data Bus | 8-bit ISA |

CONNECTIONS | |||
Function | Label | Function | Label |
Breadboard | BB1 | Relay control output (see pinout below) | J2 |
Opto-isolated input (see pinout below) | J1 | ||
J1 PINOUT | |||
Function | Pins | Function | Pins |
Channel 1 relay control | 1 & 2 | Channel 11 relay control | 21 & 22 |
Channel 2 relay control | 3 & 4 | Channel 12 relay control | 23 & 24 |
Channel 3 relay control | 5 & 6 | Channel 13 relay control | 25 & 26 |
Channel 4 relay control | 7 & 8 | Channel 14 relay control | 27 & 28 |
Channel 5 relay control | 9 & 10 | Channel 15 relay control | 29 & 30 |
Channel 6 relay control | 11 & 12 | Channel 16 relay control | 31 & 32 |
Channel 7 relay control | 13 & 14 | Ground | 33 & 34 |
Channel 8 relay control | 15 & 16 | +5V DC power | 35 & 36 |
Channel 9 relay control | 17 & 18 | +12V DC power | 37 & 38 |
Channel 10 relay control | 19 & 20 | Ground | 39 & 40 |
J2 PINOUT | |||
Function | Pin | Function | Pin |
Channel 1 negative | 1 | Channel 11 negative | 21 |
Channel 1 positive | 2 | Channel 11 positive | 22 |
Channel 2 negative | 3 | Channel 12 negative | 23 |
Channel 2 positive | 4 | Channel 12 positive | 24 |
Channel 3 negative | 5 | Channel 13 negative | 25 |
Channel 3 positive | 6 | Channel 13 positive | 26 |
Channel 4 negative | 7 | Channel 14 negative | 27 |
Channel 4 positive | 8 | Channel 14 positive | 28 |
Channel 5 negative | 9 | Channel 15 negative | 29 |
Channel 5 positive | 10 | Channel 15 positive | 30 |
Channel 6 negative | 11 | Channel 16 negative | 31 |
Channel 6 positive | 12 | Channel 16 positive | 32 |
Channel 7 negative | 13 | Ground | 33 |
Channel 7 positive | 14 | Ground | 34 |
Channel 8 negative | 15 | +5V DC power | 35 |
Channel 8 positive | 16 | +5V DC power | 36 |
Channel 9 negative | 17 | +12V DC power | 37 |
Channel 9 positive | 18 | +12V DC power | 38 |
Channel 10 negative | 19 | Ground | 39 |
Channel 10 positive | 20 | Ground | 40 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Setting | Label | Position | |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | JP1 | Unidentified |
INTERRUPT | ||||||
Setting | JP2/A | JP2/B | JP2/C | JP2/D | JP2/E | JP2/F |
IRQ2 | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ3 | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4 | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ5 | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open |
IRQ6 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open |
IRQ7 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed |
Disabled | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
BASE I/O ADDRESS | |||||||||
Setting | SW1/1 | SW1/2 | SW1/3 | SW1/4 | SW1/5 | SW1/6 | SW1/7 | SW1/8 | |
000h | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
004h | Off | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
008h | On | Off | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
00Ch | Off | Off | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
010h | On | On | Off | On | On | On | On | On | |
| » | 1A0h | On | Off | Off | On | Off | On | On | On |
3ECh | Off | Off | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
3F0h | On | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
3F4h | Off | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
3F8h | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
3FCh | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
Note: A total of 255 base address settings are available. The switches are a binary representation of the decimal memory addresses. SW1/1 is the Most Significant Bit and switch SW1/8 is the Least Significant Bit. The switches have the following decimal values: SW1/1=512, SW1/2=256, SW1/3=128, SW1/4=64, SW1/5=32, SW1/6=16, SW1/7=8, SW1/8=4. Turn off the switches and add the values of the switches that are off to obtain the correct memory address. (Off=1, On=0) | |||||||||
DIAGNOSTIC LED(S) |
The function of the LED D33 is unidentified. |