Making a Connection for 2-Wire Quad 6 × 1 Multiplexer Topology

The module in this topology contains four banks of six 2-wire input channels connected to a common 2-wire channel. These input channels are referred to as ch<0..23>, and the four common channels are referred to as com<0..3>. You can only connect to the common channel that is in the same bank. The banks are organized as shown in the following table.

Input Channels Common Channel
ch0, ch1, ch2, ch3, ch4, ch5, cjtemp com0
ch6, ch7, ch8, ch9, ch10, ch11 com1
ch12, ch13, ch14, ch15, ch16, ch17 com2
ch18, ch19, ch20, ch21, ch22, ch23 com3

For example, you can connect ch5 to com0; however, you cannot connect ch5 to com1 in this topology. When connecting signals for ch5, you would connect them to CH5+ and CH5– for HI and LO of the signal, respectively. For com0, connect to COM0+ and COM0– for HI and LO of the signal, respectively.

Notice that in the first bank you can connect cjtemp to com0. This connects com0 to a temperature sensor on the NI TB-2605 terminal block. Refer to PXI-2503 Cold-Junction Temperature Sensor Channel for more information.

During scanning, an example scan list entry is ch2->com0; This entry routes the signal connected to CH2+ to COM0+ and the signal connected to CH2– is routed to COM0–.

During immediate operations when calling the niSwitch Connect Channels VI or the niSwitch_Connect function with ch2+ and com0, the signal connected to CH2+ is routed to COM0+. To route the signals to ABO, use the niSwitch Connect Channels VI or the niSwitch_Connect function with com0 and ab0 and the signal connected to CH2– is routed to COM0–.