ICP DAS USA 8KE8, 8KE4, 8430, 8830 Dual Bus design to supports i-8K and i-87K series I/O modules

zSupport for new I/O modules

zThe addition of new functions

zBug fixes and revision

There is a document (Revision.txt) that records the update information as follows:

For more details, please refer to Appendix E: Updating the firmware and MiniOS7 image.

Dual Bus design to supports i-8K and i-87K series I/O modules

The 8430/8830/8KE4/8KE8 has two types of bus on its back plane. The first is a serial bus (RS-485 interface) for 87K I/O modules and the second is a parallel bus for 8K I/O modules. The DCON firmware can support both 8K and 87K series I/O modules. These two series I/O modules can both be connected into the same I-8000 MCU, and can use the same DCON command when they are both attached to I-8000 MCU. The modules for DI, DO, DIO, AI, AO and Counter/Frequency purpose are supported. Other modules, such as multi-serial port (8112, 8144, 8142, 8144), MMC (8073), motion (8090, 8091), are not supported. For more details, please refer to Appendix D: i-8K and i-87K series I/O modules.

For more about I/O module’s information, please refer to CD:\ Napdos\DCON\IO_Module\hw_dcon_on_8KUnit ftp://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/dcon/io_module/hw_dcon_on_8kunit/

More flexible I/O combination and Compact、fasten、quick to install

The 8430/8830/8KE4/8KE8 Ethernet I/O units contain either a 4-slot or 8-slot bus to allow various i/o modules to be connected, removing the need for complex wiring between i/o modules. Furthermore, various I/O modules can be inserted into the slots at the same time, such as digital input/output, analog input/output and counter modules, and each I/O module allows various numbers of channels. For example, with i-8040 or i-8041, the 8830/8KE8 provides max 256 digital input or digital output channels.The module can simply be plugged into the slot and secured to the plastic base using a pair of locking buttons. The assembly can then be mounted on the control box using DIN rail clips.

8430/8830/8KE4/8KE8 User’s manual, Jan 2005, Version 1.0, 8MS-002-10 ----- 8