ICP DAS USA 8830, 8KE8, 8KE4, 8430 user manual Table of Contents

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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