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As a rule, I/O cards reside in slots. Therefore, you have to navigate to a particular rack and select a slot where you want to create a new I/O card. Note that I/O cards may or may not have built-in termination blocks. If an I/O card does not have a built-in termination block, you need to associate it with an I/O termination. To define an I/O card that has a built-in termination block, create an I/O card and then add a terminal strip with channels under this I/O card. For an I/O card with a built-in terminal block, you need to create a terminal strip with channels under an I/O card to be able to effect I/O assignment and make connections.

You can create new I/O cards either in the Domain Explorer or the Reference Explorer. If you are creating an I/O card that is going to have a frequently used configuration, we recommend that you create it in the Reference Explorer. Reference I/O cards facilitate fast creation of plant I/O cards by copying an existing item from the Reference Explorer to the Domain Explorer. However, if you want to create an I/O card that does not have a configuration that you intend to use frequently, we recommend that you create it in the Domain Explorer and in the <unit> where it is to be physically located. This is helpful when filtering I/O cards in the current <unit>.

  1. Press F7 to open the Domain Explorer.

  2. In the Domain Explorer, do one of the following:

    • Expand the Panels by Category folder and navigate to a wiring item under which you want to create a new I/O card.

    • Expand the Panels by Location folder and navigate to a wiring item under which you want to create a new I/O card.

  3. Double-click a panel and then a rack until you see the existing slots.

    SHARED Tip As a rule, I/O cards reside in rack slots. Therefore, you have to navigate to a slot where you want to create an I/O card. However, Smart Instrumentation allows the creation of flexible wiring hierarchies and therefore you can add I/O cards to a number of various item types. To see examples of possible wiring hierarchy structures, see Wiring Items Hierarchy Examples.

  4. Right-click a slot or any other wiring item under which you want the new card reside and then select New > Wiring Equipment.

  5. In the New Wiring Equipment dialog, from the Category list, select I/O Card.

  6. Under Name, type the name of the new I/O card and select OK.

  7. In the Wiring Equipment Properties – I/O Card dialog, on the General tab, do one of the following to define the name of the new card:

    • Select the Apply naming convention check box selected if you want the software to name the new card automatically according to the naming conventions that are set for this type of equipment in the Administration module. For more information, see Naming Conventions in the Smart Instrumentation Administration Help.

    • Clear the Apply naming convention check box and under Name, type the name of the new card. Note that if you do not clear the Apply naming convention check box, the software will ignore the name that you type under Name.

  8. Select the Double width check box if the card occupies a double width slot.

  9. In the Details group box do the following as you require:

    1. Type a description.

    2. Select an I/O card type, model, and manufacturer. If the required value is not available on the list, select to define a new one.

    3. Enter a sequence if you need to define the sequence of the new card in its parent item. This sequence also determines the order in which wiring items appear under their parent item in the Domain Explorer tree view.

  10. Select the Control System tab.

  11. In the Control system details group box, under I/O type, select an I/O type to determine the actual function of the new I/O card. For example, AI, AO, DI, DP, Fieldbus, Profibus, and so forth. You can add more values to this list in the I/O Type supporting table in the Instrument Index module. (See the important notes at the end of this procedure.)

  12. Under Module, type the software address that this card is assigned to.

    SHARED Tip Module, Controller/ Processor, Rack, and Slot are field headers specific to panel manufacturers. Selecting a different manufacturer when editing the panel displays the headings used by that panel manufacturer. For details, see Customize the Controller/Processor List Header in I/O Card Properties.

  13. From the Controller/Processor list, select an I/O card controller. If the required controller is not available on the list, select to define a new one.

  14. To view the list of all I/O terminations associated with the current I/O card, select the I/O Terminations button.

  15. Select the Category Properties tab.

  16. Revise and modify category property values as you require. Select the value for each property and modify it as needed.

    SHARED Tip I/O card is a wiring equipment category that is shipped with Smart Instrumentation. You cannot delete or rename any of the wiring equipment categories that have been shipped with the software. Nor can you delete or rename the properties of the shipped categories. However, when editing I/O card properties, you can add user-defined properties which you can rename or delete as you want. For details, see Customize and Use Wiring Equipment Categories.

  17. Select the Associate Symbols tab to associate a symbol with the current I/O cards. The software will use this symbol when generating a report in the Enhanced Report Utility. For details, see Associate a Symbol with an Item.

  18. Select OK to accept your settings and close the dialog.

  • In a redundant system configuration, an I/O card can function as a primary or secondary I/O card and can be associated with several I/O terminations. Therefore, an I/O termination can serve multi-paired redundant I/O cards. However, in these redundant I/O card configurations, the I/O termination can be associated only with one pair of primary and secondary I/O cards. Also, an I/O card cannot function as both a primary and secondary I/O card for the same I/O termination.

  • If an I/O card functions as a primary I/O card, the Control System tab of the Wiring Equipment Properties – I/O Card dialog displays the secondary I/O card data and the primary I/O card data properties remain blank. If an I/O card functions as a secondary I/O card, the Control System tab displays the primary I/O card data and the secondary I/O card data properties remain blank.