- **Windows 3.1x Compatibility:** Specifically designed for legacy Windows 3.1x environments, ensuring stable operation with older industrial and laboratory systems. - **Support for CNT24-4(PC) and TCR-10(PC):** Provides full driver-level control for CONTEC’s ISA-based counter input boards, enabling precise event counting and timing operations. - **Part of the API-PAC Suite:** Integrates with CONTEC’s unified API-PAC driver architecture, allowing consistent programming across analog, digital, counter, and communication modules. - **Unified API Structure:** Offers a standardized DLL-based API for easy integration into custom applications using languages such as Visual Basic, Visual C/C++, and LabVIEW. - **High-Speed Counter Input:** Supports high-frequency counting and event detection, suitable for industrial automation, motion control, and measurement systems. - **Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities:** Includes setup and diagnostic tools for verifying hardware installation, driver functionality, and board configuration. - **Sample Programs and Documentation:** Provides example source code and reference materials to accelerate application development. - **Backward Compatibility:** Maintains compatibility with earlier CONTEC counter boards and software environments, ensuring long-term usability in legacy systems.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows 3.1x Compatibility:** Specifically developed for legacy Windows 3.1x systems, ensuring stable operation in industrial environments still utilizing older control platforms. - **Supported Hardware:** Fully compatible with CONTEC’s SMC‑2P(PCI), SMC‑3(PC), and SMC‑4P(PCI) motor control boards. - **Comprehensive Motion Control:** Enables precise control of stepper and servo motors, including point‑to‑point (PTP) motion, jogging, and origin return operations. - **Multi‑Axis Synchronization:** Supports simultaneous control of multiple axes, allowing continuous interpolation across N axes for coordinated motion. - **Bank Motion Function:** Provides high‑speed control using pre‑defined motion patterns, improving throughput in repetitive motion sequences. - **Event‑Driven Operation:** Offers event functions for motion completion, error detection, and synchronization, facilitating responsive control logic. - **Setup and Diagnostic Utilities:** Includes configuration and diagnostic tools for easy setup, troubleshooting, and verification of hardware and software operation. - **Integration with API‑PAC Framework:** Shares a unified API structure with other CONTEC drivers (analog, digital, counter, GPIB, serial), simplifying multi‑device integration. - **Ease of Development:** Provides a consistent DLL‑based API for use in multiple programming languages, reducing development time for custom motion control applications. - **Backward Compatibility:** Maintains compatibility with earlier CONTEC driver architectures, ensuring smooth migration from older systems.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 Compatibility:** Fully supports legacy Windows operating systems, ensuring stable operation on older PC platforms used in industrial control systems. - **ISA/AT Bus Support:** Designed for CONTEC’s ISA-based digital I/O boards, providing direct hardware-level communication and control. - **Unified API Interface:** Offers a consistent API structure across CONTEC’s DIO product line, simplifying software development and reducing integration time. - **High Channel Count:** Supports up to 64 digital I/O channels per board, allowing for extensive signal monitoring and control. - **Hardware Filtering and Bit-Level Control:** Includes digital filtering to prevent chattering and supports bit-level input/output operations for precise control. - **Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities:** Bundled with setup and diagnostic tools to simplify installation, configuration, and troubleshooting. - **Integration with CONTEC API-PAC Framework:** Compatible with CONTEC’s API-PAC(W32) unified driver library, enabling cross-compatibility with other CONTEC analog, counter, and communication modules. - **Sample Programs and Documentation:** Includes example source code and documentation to accelerate application development. - **LabVIEW and Visual Studio Support (via API-PAC):** Can be used in conjunction with CONTEC’s API-PAC and VI-DAQ libraries for integration with National Instruments LabVIEW and Microsoft Visual Basic/C++ environments.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows 95 Compatibility:** Fully compliant with Microsoft Windows 95, ensuring stable operation on legacy industrial systems. - **Supported Hardware:** Provides complete driver support for CNT24‑4(PCI) and CNT24‑4(PC) counter boards. - **Unified API Architecture:** Part of the API‑PAC(W32) and API‑PAC(98/PC) driver family, offering consistent function calls across analog, digital, counter, and communication modules. - **High‑Speed Counter Control:** Enables precise counting, timing, and event measurement functions for up to 24‑bit or 32‑bit counter channels depending on the board model. - **Multi‑Board Control:** Supports up to 16 boards simultaneously, allowing large‑scale data acquisition or motion control systems. - **Event‑Driven Operation:** Provides interrupt‑based event handling for efficient foreground and background data collection. - **Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities:** Includes setup and diagnostic programs for verifying hardware installation, driver status, and board functionality. - **Sample Programs and Libraries:** Comes with example source code in multiple programming languages to accelerate application development. - **LabVIEW and Visual Studio Integration:** Compatible with National Instruments LabVIEW and Microsoft Visual Basic/C++ environments through the API‑PAC interface. - **Free Distribution and Updates:** Provided free of charge with CONTEC hardware; updates and documentation available via CONTEC’s global portal.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows 95 Compatibility:** Fully compliant with Microsoft Windows 95, providing stable operation in legacy industrial control systems. - **Supported Hardware Platforms:** Designed for CONTEC SMC‑2P(PCI), SMC‑3(PC), and SMC‑4P(PCI) motor control boards. - **Multi‑Board Control:** Supports up to 16 boards simultaneously, allowing complex multi‑axis motion systems. - **Comprehensive Motion Control:** Enables control of both stepping and servo motors with high precision. - **User‑Friendly Setup Utility:** Includes a configuration wizard for initial board setup and parameter definition. - **Diagnostic Utility:** Provides hardware/software diagnostic tools to identify configuration or communication issues. - **Flexible Motion Modes:** - **PTP (Point‑to‑Point) Motion:** Direct movement between defined positions. - **Jogging Mode:** Continuous manual movement for setup and calibration. - **Origin Return:** Multiple homing modes for establishing reference positions. - **Bank Motion:** Predefined motion pattern execution for repetitive operations. - **Event Functionality:** Supports event‑driven control for synchronization and automation. - **Multi‑Axis Synchronization:** Enables coordinated motion across multiple axes for continuous interpolation. - **Integration with API‑PAC(W32):** Unified API structure across all CONTEC I/O and control devices. - **Sample Programs Included:** Demonstrates driver usage and accelerates application development. - **Automatic Board Detection:** Compatible with API‑TOOL Configuration Ver.4.10 or later for automatic hardware recognition. - **Industrial‑Grade Reliability:** Designed for continuous operation in automation and measurement environments.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows NT Compatibility:** Fully compliant with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (SP3 or later), Windows 2000, and Windows XP environments. - **Hardware Support:** Provides complete driver support for CONTEC’s CNT24‑4(PCI), CNT24‑4D(PCI), CNT32‑8M(PCI), CNT24‑4(PC), and CNT32‑4MT(CB) counter boards. - **High‑Performance Counter Control:** Enables precise counting, timing, and event measurement functions across multiple channels. - **Multi‑Board Control:** Supports up to 16 boards simultaneously, allowing large‑scale data acquisition and control systems. - **Unified API Architecture:** Part of the API‑PAC(W32) unified driver library, ensuring consistent function calls and programming interfaces across all CONTEC I/O products. - **Foreground/Background Data Collection:** Supports event‑driven control and background data acquisition for continuous operation. - **Logical Device Access:** Allows programming by logical device rather than direct hardware port access, simplifying application development. - **Auto‑Detection of Installed Boards:** Automatically detects installed PCI, ISA, or CardBus boards via the API‑TOOL Configuration utility (Ver. 4.10 or later). - **Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities:** Includes setup and diagnostic tools for verifying hardware and driver operation. - **Sample Programs Included:** Provides example source code in multiple programming languages to accelerate development. - **LabVIEW Integration:** Compatible with CONTEC’s VI‑DAQ and API‑GPLV(W32) libraries for seamless operation within National Instruments LabVIEW environments. - **Free Distribution:** Provided free of charge with supported CONTEC hardware products. - **Backward Compatibility:** Supports legacy ISA and PC Card versions of counter boards for long‑term system maintenance.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows NT Compatibility:** Fully compliant with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later), ensuring stable operation in industrial and laboratory environments. - **Multi‑Board Control:** Supports up to **16 motor control boards** simultaneously, allowing complex multi‑axis motion systems to be configured and managed from a single host PC. - **Comprehensive Motion Control:** Provides complete control of **stepping motors** and **servo motors**, including position, speed, and acceleration parameters. - **Easy Setup Utility:** Includes a **Setup Wizard** for initial configuration of board parameters, simplifying installation and reducing commissioning time. - **Diagnostic Utility:** Built‑in diagnostic tools identify hardware and software issues, facilitating smooth application development and debugging. - **Flexible Motion Modes:** Supports **PTP (Point‑to‑Point)** motion, **JOG** operation, and **origin return** modes. - **Bank Motion Function:** Enables pre‑programmed motion sequences for high‑speed, repetitive operations. - **Event‑Driven Control:** Provides event functions for synchronization, error detection, and motion completion notifications. - **Multi‑Axis Synchronization:** Allows **N‑axis interpolation** for coordinated motion across multiple motors. - **API‑PAC Integration:** Operates within the unified API‑PAC(W32) framework, ensuring consistent programming interfaces across all CONTEC I/O and control products. - **Sample Programs Included:** Demonstrates driver usage and accelerates application development in supported programming languages.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Comprehensive DIO Control:** Supports up to 64 digital I/O channels per board, allowing precise bit‑level control and monitoring. - **Windows NT/2000 Compatibility:** Fully compliant with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (SP3 or later) and Windows 2000 Professional environments. - **Unified API Architecture:** Operates under the API‑PAC(W32) framework, providing consistent function calls across multiple CONTEC hardware types. - **Hardware Filtering:** Built‑in digital filter functions prevent chattering and ensure stable signal acquisition. - **Bit‑Specific I/O:** Enables control of individual bits within a port for flexible digital signal manipulation. - **Event‑Driven Operation:** Supports event‑based data collection and background operation for real‑time control applications. - **Auto Board Detection:** Automatically identifies installed CONTEC boards via the API‑TOOL Configuration utility (v4.10 or later). - **Diagnostic Utilities:** Includes a diagnosis program for verifying driver installation, board recognition, and I/O functionality. - **Sample Programs:** Provides ready‑to‑use code samples in multiple programming languages for rapid application development. - **LabVIEW Integration:** Compatible with National Instruments LabVIEW through the VI‑DAQ library, enabling graphical system design and measurement automation. - **Cross‑Language Support:** Usable with Visual Basic, Visual C++, C#.NET, Visual Basic.NET, Borland C++ Builder, and Delphi. - **Free Distribution:** API‑PAC(W32) and its components, including API‑DIO(PC)NT, are provided free of charge with CONTEC PCI and PC Card products.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows NT Support:** Fully compatible with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Server 3.51/4.0, as well as Windows 2000, XP, Me, 98, and 95. - **Unified API Architecture:** Part of the API‑PAC(W32) suite, offering a consistent programming interface across multiple board types (Analog I/O, Digital I/O, Counter, Serial, GPIB, Motion Control, Timer). - **Analog I/O Control:** Enables analog input and output operations from specified channels on supported boards. - **Sampling Control:** Supports analog input at arbitrary fixed intervals using either internal sampling clocks or external clock signals. - **Trigger and Control Flexibility:** Start/stop of analog input sampling can be controlled via software commands, analog signal levels, or external TTL‑level triggers. - **Interrupt Monitoring:** Multiple interrupt conditions can be monitored simultaneously, including sampling completion, buffer memory usage, and error detection. - **Board Auto‑Detection:** Automatically recognizes installed PCI, ISA, and PC Card boards using API‑TOOL Configuration Ver.4.10 or later. - **Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities:** Includes CONFIG.EXE for setup verification, IRQ conflict prevention, and board diagnostics. - **Sample Programs:** Comprehensive sample code provided for Visual Basic and Visual C++ demonstrating function usage and board operation. - **Multi‑Board Support:** Up to four boards can be configured per group, with up to sixteen groups supported. - **Demo‑Board Function:** Allows software testing and application verification even when no physical board is installed. - **Free Distribution:** Available free of charge from CONTEC’s website.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: Contec Driver, Software

- **Windows NT Compatibility:** Specifically developed to provide GPIB communication support for Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (SP3 or later), ensuring stable operation in industrial and laboratory automation systems. - **IEEE‑488 / IEEE‑488.2 Compliance:** Fully compliant with IEEE‑488 and IEEE‑488.2 standards, enabling reliable communication with a wide range of GPIB instruments. - **Multi‑Board Control:** Supports up to **four GPIB boards** simultaneously, allowing multiple instrument interfaces within a single system. - **Flexible Operation Modes:** Software‑configurable **Master Mode** and **Slave Mode** operation, selectable through the configuration utility. - **Advanced Data Transfer Mechanisms:** Supports **Bus Master**, **DMA**, and **FIFO** functions for high‑speed and efficient data transfer between host and instruments. - **3‑Line Handshaking:** Implements standard three‑line handshaking for reliable data exchange between devices operating at different transfer rates. - **Signal Monitoring and Analysis:** Provides access to GPIB control lines such as **IFC** (Interface Clear) and **SRQ** (Service Request). Includes a **GPIB Analyzer** utility for monitoring data and signal flow on the bus. - **Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities:** Bundled setup and diagnostic tools allow users to configure IEEE‑488.2 parameters, verify board operation, and troubleshoot communication issues. - **Integration with CONTEC API‑PAC(W32):** Compatible with CONTEC’s unified API‑PAC driver library, enabling consistent programming interfaces across analog, digital, counter, and communication modules. - **LabVIEW and Visual Studio Support:** Compatible with National Instruments LabVIEW and Microsoft Visual Basic/C++ environments through the API‑PAC and API‑GPLV(W32) frameworks.

Manufacturer: Contec

Category: IEEE (GPIB) Cards