DCON protocol is a request/reply communication protocol for the I-7000/8000/87K series I/O modules. It defines a simple ASCII format protocol, like $AAN, $AASi6, #AAN, .., etc.
Intelligent Ethernet I/O Expansion Unit
ET-87Pn series is a remote intelligent ethernet I/O expansion unit to expand I-87K series I/O modules over the Ethernet for industrial monitoring and controlling applications. It offers two Ethernet switch ports to form a daisy-chain topology. The daisy-chain feature allows ET-87Pn to connect in series to each other or other Ethernet devices. Uses can easily simplify the cabling and save installation space with the feature.
Model Auto Configuration Hot Swap Ethernet Port Max. Baud Rate I/O Slot
ET-87P4 Yes Yes 2, 10/100Base-TX (Note) 115200 bps 4
ET-87P8  8
Note:   The two ethernet ports, LAN1 and LAN2,   are connected with a bridge and they operate much like a network switch. They have a common IP address and a subnet mask.
Ethernet I/O Expansion Unit
DCON protocol is a very simple and easy used ASCII based protocol. It is suit master-slave or query-response distributed I/O applications. The unit is pre-installed a DCON firmware. Therefore PC, HMI or PLC can uses DCON protocol to communicate with I/O modules in the unit via the RS-232/485 or Ethernet interface.
Model CPU SRAM Flash EEPROM Ethernet Port RS-232/RS-485 I/O Slot
I-8KE4  80186 or compatible,
16-bit and 80 MHz
512 KB 512 KB 2 KB 1 1 4
I-8KE8  8
 

Modbus is very wide known protocol in the industrial manufacturing and environment monitoring fields. It is suit master-slave or query-response distributed I/O applications. The unit is pre-installed a Modbus firmware.

Therefore PC, HMI or PLC can use Modbus/TCP and Modbus/RTU protocol to communicate with I/O modules in the unit via the RS-232/485 or Ethernet interface.Besides the slave I/O functionality, it is also a c language based programmable controller that equipped a DOS-like OS (MiniOS7). Users can use C compilers that can create 16 bit executable file (*.exe) to develop a program then download it to the controller. That let the controller work stand alone.

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Modbus Protocol

There are two free charge version compilers (Turbo C 2.0 and Turbo C++ 1.01), we suggest users to use the Turbo C++ 1.01.

Using the software development toolkits that we provide can customize the firmware. The SDK provides rich functions for Modbus communication, such as Modbus/TCP master/slave, Modbus/RTU master/salve, Modbus/ASCII master, etc.

Ethernet I/O Expansion Unit
iP-8000-MTCP series is an Ethernet I/O expansion unit with Modbus protocol. It supports most of high profile I-8K and I-87K series I/O modules. SCADA and HMI software can easily access variant I/O signals via the unit.
Model Ethernet IP Address I/O Slot I-8K series I-87K series I/O Hot Swap COM Port
iP-8441-MTCP 2(10/100 M) 2 4 Yes Yes - 4
iP-8841-MTCP 8
 

 

Intelligent Ethernet I/O Expansion Unit
ET-87Pn-MTCP series is a Modbus TCP I/O expansion unit to expand I-87K series I/O modules over the Ethernet for industrial monitoring and controlling applications. It offers two Ethernet switch ports for daisy-chain topology. The daisy-chain feature allows ET-87Pn to connect in series to each other or other Ethernet devices. Users can easily simplify the cabling and save installation space with the feature.
Model Ethernet IP Address I/O Slot I-8K series I-87K series I/O Hot Swap COM Port
ET-8KP4-MTCP 2(10/100 M) 1 4 Yes Yes - 1
ET-8KP8-MTCP 8
ET-87P4-MTCP 2(10/100 M) 1 4 - Yes Yes 1
ET-87P8-MTCP 8
 
Ethernet I/O Expansion Unit
I-8KE4-MTCP / I-8KE8-MTCP series are Modbus/TCP I/O expansion units with Modbus communication protocol. They support most of 8K and 87K series I/O modules, such as DI, DO, DIO, AI, AO, etc.
Model Ethernet IP Address I/O Slot I-8K series I-87K series I/O Hot Swap COM Port
I-8KE4-MTCP-G 1(10 M) 1 4 Yes Yes - 1
I-8KE8-MTCP-G 8