ICP DAS USA 8KE8 - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction......................................................................................................5
1.1 Features .................................................................................................................6
1.2 i-8430/i-8830 Hardware Specifications .................................................................10
1.3 i-8KE4/i-8KE8 Hardware Specifications................................................................12
1.4 Front view of 8430/8830 .......................................................................................14
1.5 Front view of 8KE4/8KE8......................................................................................16
1.6 8430/8830/8KE4/8KE8 installation .......................................................................18
1.7 I/O module installation ..........................................................................................21
Chapter 2. Configure the 8430/8830/8KE4/8KE8 and I/O modules ................................25
2.1 Configure the network settings .............................................................................25
2.1.1 By “Configuration Wizard” ...........................................................................25
2.1.2 By MiniOS7 Utility........................................................................................26
2.1.3 By SMMI Menu: Network Configuration.......................................................27
2.2 Creating a virtual COM port to map the I/O modules ............................................30
2.3 Configure I/O modules..........................................................................................30
Chapter 3. Using the DCON Protocol..............................................................................33
3.1 The feature of using DCON Protocol ....................................................................33
3.2 Using the TCP protocol directly ............................................................................34
3.3 Via VxComm technology.......................................................................................36
Chapter 4. Software Development ToolKit (free) .............................................................37
4.1 Location of documents and software ....................................................................37
4.2 DCON Utility (DOS) ..............................................................................................39
4.2.1 Procedure for using the DCON Utility (DOS) ...............................................39
4.3 DCON DLL ...........................................................................................................40
4.3.1 Procedure for using the DLL........................................................................40
4.3.2 VB Example (Reading an analog input value) .............................................42
4.4 DCON ActiveX ......................................................................................................45
4.4.1 Procedure for using the ActiveX ..................................................................45
4.4.2 VB Example (Reading an analog input value) .............................................46
4.5 DCON LabVIEW ...................................................................................................50
4.5.1 Procedure for using DCON_LabVIEW.........................................................50
4.5.2 LabVIEW Example (Reading multi-channel analog Input value) .................53
4.5.2 LabVIEW Demo Program (Reading multi-channel analog input value) .......54
4.6 DCON Indusoft .....................................................................................................56
4.6.1 Procedure for using the Indusoft bundled driver ..........................................56
4.6.2 Indusoft Example (Reading an analog input value) .....................................56
4.7 NAP OPC Server ..................................................................................................61
4.7.1 Introduction..................................................................................................61
4.7.2 Procedure for using the OPC server............................................................62
4.7.3 OPC Server Example (Reading an analog input value)...............................63
Appendix A: Dimensions ....................................................................................................66
Appendix B: DCON protocol ..............................................................................................70
B.1 Command Set ......................................................................................................71
B.2 Hardware interface ...............................................................................................80
Appendix C: VxComm technique .......................................................................................81
Appendix D: i-8K and i-87K series I/O modules.................................................................83
Appendix E: Updating firmware and MiniOS7 image .........................................................85
E.1 Access the controller .........................................................................................86
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