2.0 T-Series Support Home [T-Series Datasheet]

Thank you for purchasing a LabJack T-Series Device.

This guide will walk you through the installation of the driver, first measurement, and finally will help you decide what approach to controlling the LabJack DAQ is best for your application.

Installation

LabJack provides simple installation packages which will load the drivers and software necessary to get rolling with a T-series device. Follow the installation:

Install the appropriate LabJack driver and software bundle.

The installer covers UD devices (U3, U6, UE9) and LJM devices (T-series, Digit).

If there is an installation problem, see the Windows Installer Troubleshooting (App Note)

Quickstart Tutorial

The quickstart tutorials will guide you through connecting to the device and taking your first measurements. Follow the guide for the device you are using:

• T4 quickstart tutorial

• T7 quickstart tutorial

• T8 quickstart tutorial

Set up Ethernet

Want to use Ethernet? This guide will help you get your device configured for your network: Setup WiFi and Ethernet for the T-series.

Datasheet / manual / user's guide

T-Series devices share a common T-Series datasheet. Detailed specifications are in Appendix-A.

Lua scripting

A unique feature of T-series devices is their embedded Lua scripting support. This functionality is most useful for small time sensitive applications such as feedback loops. See our Lua documentation:

• Overview and Documentation

• Using Kipling to Run Scripts

• Example Code

• Video Tutorial

Need Help with sensor selection and configuration?

We have many suggestions available in our App Notes section. Our FASQ covers many common support questions.

Also see our Basic Functionality Examples:

• Configuring & Reading a Counter

• Configuring & Reading Frequency

• Configuring a PWM Output

• Configuring & Reading a Quadrature Signal

Not sure which software to use or what options are available to control the device?

A good place to start is our Software Options page and the communications section of the T-series datasheet:

• Software Options

• Basic Overview

• High-speed Stream Mode

Looking for programming assistance?

We strongly recommend using our LJM library to control our T-series devices. See our LJM User's Guide for more information such as function references, constant definitions, and error code descriptions for the library. Also see our LJM Example Code.

All T-series device control is done by reading and writing Modbus TCP registers, even when using LJM. The available control registers are described throughout the T-series datasheet, so it is important to read through the datasheet. See the Communication section of the T-series datasheet for more detailed information.

Getting Additional Support

We suggest starting by seeing the resources above. If you still have questions from there, our engineers can help via email at support@labjack.com or via our live chat support. You should see our live chat widget and a description of our availability in the bottom right corner of each of our webpages.

TechExplorations has also created a comprehensive video based tutorial series centered around T4 control. More details can be found in our blog post here.