Data Acquisition Toolbox

InputMode

Specify the channel input mode

Description

InputMode can be set to Voltage, ICP, Charge, Mic, or 200VoltMic. You can set InputMode to Charge only if a charge break-out box is attached to the specified channel. Your can set InputMode to Mic or 200VoltMic only if a microphone break-out box is attached to the specified channel. For each input mode, the full-scale setting is configured with the InputRange property.

There is no ICP current source inside the E1432 device. Instead, you can attach a break-out box containing an ICP current source to the input. When this ICP break-out box is attached, setting InputMode to ICP enables the ICP current source in the break-out box. If there is no ICP break-out box attached to the input, then setting InputMode to ICP does nothing.

Note    If a channel is not connected to a smart break-out box, then changing its input mode causes the input mode for all channels within the device to change. If there is a smart break-out box present, then you can set the input mode on a per-channel basis.

Characteristics

Vendor	Agilent Technologies
Usage	AI, Channel
Access	Read/write
Data Type	String
Read-only when running	Yes

Values

{Voltage}	The input mode is set to volts.
ICP	The input mode is set to ICP.
Charge	The input mode is set to charge-amp.
Mic	The input mode is set to microphone.
200VoltMic	The input mode is set to microphone with 200 volt supply turned on.

See Also

Properties

Coupling, InputRange, InputType

GroundingMode

InputSource