ICP DAS old news & events

2004

GPIB to USB Controller is available now 

End year Stocktaking during 29 of December to 31 of December 2004 

To all valued Customers,

Please be advised that our warehouse will be closed during December 29 to 31, 2004 for stocktaking.  

Business will resume as usual from January 3, 2005

We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the period. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any query.

Thanks for your great attention.

Sincerely Yours

ICP DAS Co., Ltd  

X702 : a 2-axis expansion board designed for encoder related applications

The X702 is a 2-axis encoder board which can be appended to the 7188XB/EX on applications. The X702 encoder board has XOR logic circuits to select logical level of its inputs and two 24-bit counters for high speed  counting (1M pps max).  It can be used  in the general-purpose position and velocity measurement, the feedback position measurement of motion control, or as the interface of the handwheel input.

For more information, please refer to

http://www.icpdas.com/products/7188/x/x702.htm

X703 : a 3-axis expansion board designed for encoder related applications

The X703 is a 3-axis encoder board which can be appended to the 7188XB/EX on applications. The X703 encoder board has XOR logic circuits to select logical level of its inputs and three 24-bit counters for high speed  counting (1M pps max).  It can be used  in the general-purpose position and velocity measurement, the feedback position measurement of motion control, or as the interface of the handwheel input.

For more information, please refer to 

http://www.icpdas.com/products/7188/x/x703.htm

ICP DAS's New Product  : I-7231D  CANopen/DCON Gateway  

The I-7231D provides the gateway function of CANopen slave and DCON master. That is, it can offer the communication gateway between CANopen and DCON protocol. From the DCON master site, it can support lots of the I-7K/I-87K series IO modules and automatically map into the object of CANopen slave device during the startup process.  From the CANopen slave site, it stands as the standard device with the CANopen slave function. Based on the CANopen protocol, this device can provide higher communication speed and efficiency, and better function of the data error checking mechanism. Furthermore, it can avoid 2 or more devices start transmitting messages at the same time. In addition, I-7231D can be used in the application of building automation, remote data acquisition, environment control and monitoring, laboratory equipment & research, factory automation, etc.

Main Features

• NMT: Slave 

• Error Control: Node Guarding

• No. of PDOs: 16 Rx, 16Tx 

• PDO Modes: Event-triggered, remotely requested, cyclic and acyclic SYNC 

• PDO Mapping: variable 

• No of SDOs: 1 server, 0 client 

• Emergency Message: Yes

• CANopen Version: DS-301 v4.01 

• Device Profile: DSP-401 v2.0 

• Produce EDS file dynamically 

• Support max 15 I-7000/I-87K I/O series modules

• Baud Rate setting by Utility: 10K, 20K, 50K, 125K, 250K, 500K, 800K and 1M bps 

• Node ID setting by Utility

• CAN, ERR and Overrun LED indicators 

• Provide friendly Utility to configure 

• 7-segmemt LED to show Node ID, CAN baud and RS-485 baud

For more information, please refer to

http://www.icpdas.com/products/converter/i-7231d.htm

The I-7241D is one of the CAN series products produced by ICP DAS. It provides a communication protocol transfer the DeviceNet and the DCON protocol. By using the I-7241D, users can easily update DCON network to DeviceNet network. In addition, we also can apply I-7k and I-87K IO modules into DeviceNet applications through the I-7241D. It can be used in the application of building automation, remote data acquisition, environment control and monitoring, laboratory equipment & research, factory automation, etc.

Features

• Group 2 Only Slave

• Support of Predefined Master/slave Connection Set

• Dynamic Assembly Objects Mapping

• Support of Offline Connection Set, Device Heartbeat message and Device Shutdown message

• Provide Assembly object

• Dynamic Product EDS File

• I/O operating modes: Polling, Bit-Strobe, Change of State/Cyclic

• Support max 15 I-7K/I-87K IO modules

• Baud Rate: 125Kbaud, 250Kbaud and 500Kbaud

• Provide friendly Utility to configure

• On-line change baud rate and MAC ID of CAN

• NS, MS and IO LED indicators

•  7-segmemt LED to show operation mode, MAC ID, baud rate and error code

For more information, please refer to 

http://www.icpdas.com/products/converter/i-7241d.htm  

ISaGRAF Update

I-8xx7, I-7188EG & I-7188XG hardware driver upgraded to new version.

• I-8417/8817/8437/8837 Rev. 3.01

• I-7188EG: Rev. 2.01

• I-7188XG: Rev. 2.01

Please click on "New Driver For I-8xx7, 7188EG/XG" at

http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

New function "Ethernet Security". Please refer to  

ftp://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/isagraf/8000/english_manu/eth_security.pdf

or CD-ROM:\napdos\isagraf\8000\english_manu\eth_security.pdf

New ISaGRAF I/O libraries for the WinCON ,I-8xx7 and I-7188EG/XG updated.

Please click on "ICP DAS Utilities For ISaGRAF.zip" at
http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

I-7188EG/XG add "license checking”, Please refer to

ftp://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/isagraf/7188eg/driver/readme.txt

or ftp://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/isagraf/7188xg/driver/readme.txt  

Products Upgrade

he following PIO/PISO series cards will be equipped with an upgraded PCI controller, and will be released soon. The versions of these cards are: 

The old cards and new ones have the same features, the only difference is the H/W ID (PCI Hardware ID). ICP DAS provides new drivers to support both the old and the new cards in the same time. Users just need to upgrade their Apps (application programs) by using the new driver. 

For more information, please refer to the "Release Note" with the new cards.

*Note: If you have **no** App's source code to build the new program, it's recommended to buy some old-version cards beforehand. You can then have more time to find a better solution.

Q & A :

I-7530 RS-232/CAN converter is available

New ISaGRAF Manual  

  NAPOPC DA Server Update

   NAPOPC DA Server has been updated to version 2.15 including following features:

• Separate controller, 7K, 8K and 87K items from original layout in the module list.
• The functions of adding device, group and tags are restricted within non-Monitor mode.
• Show correct 87K device names when automatically scanning devices.
• Fix an unexceptional error while adding 8K modules without adding 8K MCU first.
• Modify incorrect data access to some AI/AO modules.
• Modify communication failure of COM port 10 to 255 under Modbus RTU mode.
• Support I-8050 module

  ISaGRAF Update

            I-8xx7, I-7188EG & I-7188XG hardware driver upgraded to new version. 
            a. I-8417/8817/8437/8837 : Rev. 2.52
            b. I-7188EG : Rev. 1.44 
            c. I-7188XG : Rev. 1.40
            Please click on "New Driver For I-8xx7, 7188EG/XG" at 
            http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

            New ISaGRAF I/O libraries for the WinCON ,I-8xx7 and I-7188EG/XG updated.

            Please click on "ICP DAS Utilities For ISaGRAF.zip" at 
            http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

New Product Release : I-87040:32-channel Isolated Digital Input Module

             I-87040 is a 32-channel Isolated digital Input module. Each channel support 3750 Vdc 
             isolation. 

             Please refer to http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/i-87040.htm for more details.  

New Product Release : I-87041:32-channel Isolated open-collector output Module

             I-87041 is a 32-channel Isolated open-collector output module. Each channel support 3750 
             Vdc isolation. 

             Please refer to http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/i-87041.htm for more details.　

ISaGRAF Update

I-8xx7, I-7188EG & I-7188XG hardware driver upgraded to new version.
a. I-8417/8817/8437/8837 : Rev. 2.51
b. I-7188EG : Rev. 1.43
c. I-7188XG : Rev. 1.39
Please click on "New Driver For I-8xx7, 7188EG/XG" at 
http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

And new I/O libraries can be download for the WinCON ,I-8xx7 and I-7188EG/XG.
Please click on "ICP DAS Utilities For ISaGRAF.zip" at 
http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

New Product Available: VXC-142/182i Multi-port Serial Card

The VXC-142 card provides two independent RS-422/RS-485 serial ports, while the VXC-182i card provides one isolated RS-422/485 port and one RS-232 port. It offers speed up to 115.2Kbps and long distance communication link. The VXC series card equips a dip switch to let users define the COM port number faster and easier.

The VXC card is designed for industrial and automation control. When a PC needs to communicate with multiple devices via RS-232 or RS-422/485 interfaces, then the VXC card is your best choice.

　

Features  Supports PCI bus, Plug and Play Provides surge protection Self-tuner inside Auto-define or dip switch setting COM port number LED diagnostic indicator Up to 128KB software FIFO Provides DOS Lib and sample programs (includes source code) Supports Windows NT 4.0 (standard COM port interface) Supports Windows 2000/XP/2003 (standard COM port interface) Supports Linux (tty device driver)		VXC-142
		VXC-182i

 For more information, please refer to VXC-142, VXC-182i.

Products Upgrade

he following PIO/PISO series cards will be equipped with an upgraded PCI controller, and will be released soon. The versions of these cards are: 

The old cards and new ones have the same features, the only difference is the H/W ID (PCI Hardware ID). ICP DAS provides new drivers to support both the old and the new cards in the same time. Users just need to upgrade their Apps (application programs) by using the new driver. 

For more information, please refer to the "Release Note" with the new cards.

*Note: If you have **no** App's source code to build the new program, it's recommended to buy some old-version cards beforehand. You can then have more time to find a better solution.

Q & A :

I-8050:16-channel Universal Digital I/O Module

I-8050 is a 16-channel universal digital I/O module for the 8000 MCU modules and WinCon8000 series controller. Each channel can be independently configured to be a Digital input or Digital output by programming. 

Please refer to http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/i-8050.htm for more details.

ISaGRAF Update

I-8xx7, I-7188EG & I-7188XG hardware driver upgraded to new version.

• I-8417/8817/8437/8837 : Rev. 2.50

• I-7188EG : Rev. 1.41

• I-7188XG : Rev. 1.38

Please click on "New Driver For I-8xx7, 7188EG/XG" at
http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

And new I/O libraries can be download for the WinCON ,I-8xx7 and I-7188EG/XG.
Please click on "ICP DAS Utilities For ISaGRAF.zip" at
http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

Getting Started Manual:I-8417/8817/8437/8837

Getting Started Manual of I-8417/8817/8437/8837 is available. 

Please visit "Download Area" at http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

  NAPOPC DA Server Update  

NAPOPC DA Server has been updated to version 2.13 and added the following component.

• Add a .Net wrapper for developing OPC.Net client under Microsoft .Net environment

• Provide two demo programs developed with VB.Net and VC#.Net

• Add chapter 6.2 in user’s manual for programming OPC.Net client with VB.Net and VC#.Net

Please download it from

http://www.icpdas.com/products/software/napopc/napopc.htm

I-8KE4/I-8KE8 Ethernet I/O unit is available

I-8KE4 and I-8KE8 are Ethernet I/O units with DCON communication protocol.

They are used as remote data acquisition and control applying to environment monitoring, power management, factory automation, etc.

Features

• Supports IPv4

• Supports DCON communication protocol on the Ethernet port

• Supports VxComm technique for every port (RS-232 and Ethernet)

• Supports 8K and 87K series DI/DO/AI/AO modules

• I/O configurable via the Ethernet

• Allowed a maximum of 8 host PCs access simultaneously

• Firmware updateable (via the RS-232 port)

• Variant SDK provided ( free )
  DLL, ActiveX, Labview driver, Indusoft driver, Linux driver, OPC server, etc.

Please refer to http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/i-8KE4_8KE8_Eng.htm for further information.

Wireless remote I/O solution  

With the power of the SST-2450 – wireless modem module, ISaGRAF controller (I-7188EG, I-7188XG, I-8417/8817/8437/8837 & Wincon-8037/8337/8737) can control the I-7000 series remote I/O devices wirelessly.

Please refer to below items for more information.

           Application figure.

http://www.icpdas.com/products/modem/sst-2450.htm

http://www.icpdas.com/products/8000/isagraf.htm

ISaGRAF Update  

I--8xx7, I-7188EG & I-7188XG hardware dr