ICP DAS USA 8KE8 - Manual (Page 6)

1.1 Features
Ethernet –based Data Acquisition I/O unit
The i-8430,i-8830,i-8KE4 and i-8KE8 are Ethernet I/O unit. This feature allows Ethernet
applications to access and control the remote I/O in industrial filed network. And
E10M_nnn.exe or 8KE10.exe is the DCON firmware for the i-8430, i-8830, i-8KE4 and
i-8KE8. Using this firmware, applications can be easily and directly developed using a
TCP program, or via VxComm technology.
ASCII-based protocol (DCON Protocol)
The i-8430,i-8830,i-8KE4 and i-8KE8 Ethernet I/O units use the DCON protocol, which
is a request/reply communication protocol used with I-7000/8000/87K series I/O
modules. And is used to access the data from the module using a simple ASCII format.
For example, sending the command “$01M” will query the controller name. The
responding module will reply with a message similar to “!018KE4(cr)” or “!018430(cr)”
For more details regarding the DCON Protocol,
please refer to Appendix B: DCON protocol.
For DCON Protocol about 8000 MCU and 8000 series I/O modules. 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/
Various SDK provided ( free )
In order to access the I/O modules that are connected to 8430/8830/8KE4/8KE8.
Various SDKs are provided, such as: (see Note1, Note2, Note3)
z DLL
driver
z ActiveX component
z LabView bundled driver
z Indusoft bundled driver
z Linux driver
z OPC server
Note1: All these SDKs include the DCON Command and can be easily and quickly
integrated into the user's system. Please refer to Chapter 3 for more detail
information.
Note2: When applied to an Ethernet interface, users should first install VxComm utility
when using these SDKs
Note3: DLL, ActiveX, LabView, IndoSoft, OPC server and VxComm utility only support
the windows platform. (Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP)
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