Chapter 2 DAQ System Overview
X Series User Manual 2-4 ni.com
NI offers a variety of products to use with X Series PCI Express,
PXI Express, and USB Mass Termination devices, including cables,
connector blocks, and other accessories, as follows:
• Shielded cables and cable assemblies, and unshielded ribbon cables
and cable assemblies
• Screw terminal connector blocks, shielded and unshielded
•RTSI bus cables
•SCXI modules and accessories for isolating, amplifying, exciting, and
multiplexing signals; with SCXI you can condition and acquire up to
3,072 channels
• Low-channel-count signal conditioning modules, devices, and
accessories, including conditioning for strain gauges and RTDs,
simultaneous sample and hold circuitry, and relays
For more specific information about these products, refer to
ni.com.
Refer to the Custom Cabling and Connectivity section of this chapter and
the Field Wiring Considerations section of Chapter 4, Analog Input, for
information about how to select accessories for your X Series device.
This section describes some cable and accessory options for X Series
devices with one or two 68-pin connectors. Refer to
ni.com for other
accessory options including new devices.
SCXI Accessories
SCXI is a programmable signal conditioning system designed for
measurement and automation applications. To connect your X Series
device to an SCXI chassis, use the SCXI-1349 adapter and an
SHC68-68-EPM cable.
Note (NI 6356/6358/6366/6368 Devices) Simultaneous MIO (SMIO) X Series devices only
support controlling SCXI in parallel mode.
Use Connector 0 of your X Series device to control SCXI in parallel and
multiplexed mode. NI-DAQmx only supports SCXI in parallel mode on
Connector 1.
Note When using Connector 1 in parallel mode with SCXI modules that support track and
hold, you must programmatically disable track and hold.
Refer to the SCXI Advisor, available by going to
ni.com/info and
entering the Info Code
rdscad, for more information.
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