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Relay monitoring 5 devices without external hub
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Measurement Computing product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Jun 8, 2005
Measurement Computing Corporation has launched its USB-SSR24, a USB-based device for monitoring and controlling solid-state relays.
Measurement Computing Corporation has launched its USB-SSR24, a USB-based device for monitoring and controlling solid-state relays.
The USB-SSR24 offers 24 channels of isolated I/O through standard-size OAC5/ODC5/IAC5/IDC5 SSR modules (the modules are sold separately).
The single-piece price is $299.
Measurement Computing said that the USB-SSR24 features a robust all-aluminum enclosure to protect electronics and wiring, integrated screw terminals, a built-in USB expansion port, allowing the user to chain up to five devices together without requiring an external USB hub and an integrated DIN rail mount.
According to the company, the USB-SSR24 demonstrates that there is a true measurement advantage to using USB-based devices instead of a PCI-based system.
Moreover, as PCI slots grow more scarce, the advantage of USB-based data acquisition becomes even more significant.
Measurement Computing believes that the USB-SSR24, compared to the equivalent PCI-based system, is easier to use because it represents an all-in-one solution and eliminates the need to open a PC chassis.
The USB-SSR24 is also more flexible as the USB interface allows a user to move the device quickly from one application to another or to expand an application to include up to five devices (which would hold up to 120 SSR modules).
Additional flexibility comes from the fact that the enclosure is designed to sit comfortably on any benchtop or to be mounted on a DIN rail.
The USB-SSR24 is also almost the same price as the PCI-based solution, added the company.
The USB-SSR24 complements Measurement Computing's other USB-based high-voltage digital products.
They include the USB-SSR08 that offers the same functions as the USB-SSR24 but in an eight-channel form factor and the USB-ERB08 and USB-ERB24, that feature electromechanical relays, whils the USB-PDISO8, features eight electromechanical relays and eight high-voltage (up to 24V AC or DC) inputs.
The company added that free software is provided in a variety of forms, which are suitable for any application.
All units include TracerDAQ, Measurement Computing's stripchart recorder and data logger software application.
Also included is SoftWIRE, the graphical programming interface for Visual Studio.NET.
All USB units also include Measurement Computing's Universal Library language interface that is said to allow users to write programs in all of the popular programming languages using easy-to-understand, high-level command syntax.
The USB-series also includes drivers for most popular data acquisition application packages including LabVIEW.
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