Hardware Safety Notes

Hardware Handling Instructions

Attention: To avoid reading errors and serious damage to your hardware, please keep the following general instructions in mind whenever installing or removing your data acquisition hardware, changing switch or jumper settings, or connecting and disconnecting cables.

Integrated circuits in general, and the CMOS modules in analog input circuits in particular, are most sensitive to excess voltage. The voltage limits can easily be exceeded when the human body is electrically charged. Touching any of the connectors or components on the hardware device may result in the destruction of these elements.
Discharge any static electricity by touching the back of the system unit before you handle the board.
Avoid contact with materials that create static electricity, such as plastic, vinyl, and Styrofoam.
The board should be handled by touching it only on the edges.
During operation, an input voltage of ±30 volt must never be exceeded at any input channel.
When the board is inactive, the maximum voltage at any input channel is ±15 volt.
Ensure that the jumper and switch settings selected on the hardware device always correspond exactly to the values entered in the dialog boxes to ensure that the readings during an experiment will be interpreted correctly by the software.