Multi-Tech Systems 7500, 7600 manual Solutions, Onboard I/O for ION Meters

ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide I/O Solutions

I/O Solutions

ION meters offer you a range of onboard I/O. For expanded I/O applications, you can use Grayhill products (see the Grayhill OpenDAC and ION Technology technical note for further information). Configuring onboard and expanded I/O is the same with ION software.

Every ION meter has a set of software modules that control its analog and digital onboard I/O ports. There is one ION software module that corresponds to each hardware input or output port, for example, one Digital Input software module corresponds to one hardware input port.

Onboard I/O requires minimal setup with Designer software. The I/O Expander for the ION 8000 Series meters and expansion boards for the ION 7700, ION 7300 Series, ION 7500, and ION 7600 require similar setup to the onboard I/O with Designer software.

Refer to your meter User’s Guide or technical documentation, or the online

ION Programmer’s Reference for complete details on how to link and configure these

ION modules using Designer software.

Onboard I/O for ION Meters

The number of digital and analog inputs and outputs on each ION meter is listed below.

Meter	Digital	Digital	Analog	Analog	Modbus
	Inputs*	Outputs*	Inputs*	Outputs	Master
ION 6200	0	2	0	0
ION 7300	0	4	4	4
ION 7330	4	4	4	4
ION 7350	4	4	4	4
ION 7500	16	7	4	4	yes
ION 7600	16	7	4	4	yes
ION 7700	8	0	4	0
ION 8300	3	4	0	0
ION 8400	3	4	0	0	yes
ION 8500	3	4	0	0	yes

*Some digital inputs/outputs and all analog inputs require the installation of an optional circuit board inside the meter. See the meter’s data sheet for complete details.

Digital and Analog I/O Technical Note Page 211