ICP DAS

New Release— MPAC: MP-8743/MP-8343

Advanced PAC Solution for Machine Automation

Hardware Selection Guide MP-8343/MP-8743

MP-8x43 Series Controller


MP-8743	MP-8343

Overview
Item Descriptions
1. Power LED Indicator
2. Rotary Switch
3. Ethernet Port 1
4. USB 2.0 Ports
5. COM Port 5 (RS-232)
6. COM Port 4 (RS-232/RS-485)
7. Power Switch
8. COM Port 2 (RS-232)
9. Power and Ground
10. COM Port 3 (RS-485)
11. Redundant Power and Ground
12. Relay Output R.COM and R.NO
13. Frame Ground
14. Ethernet Port 2
15. CF (Compact Flash) Card Slot
16. VGA Port
17. Slot 1 ~ Slot 7
18. DIP Switch

EzProg-I Software Development Package

Introduction:

EzProg-I development suite is a software package for the windows CE 5.0 /6.0 platform consisting of numerous utilities and libraries which assist the system developer in developing a control system on the PAC in a short period of time. EzProg-I enable system engineers to increase efficiency of operations by simplifying and reducing the time required in implementing a control solutions. The development suite has the following advantages for the user:

Simple and visually appealing I/O monitoring HMI can be created by dragging and dropping of ActiveX objects, without the need of any programming.
Plc like programming by providing a predefined multitasking structure.
Extensive motion control libraries and utilities for writing motion control macros which make it easy to write application programs for ICP DAS's multi-axis motion control cards.

The EzProg-I development suite comprises:

Human machine interface (HMI) objects (ActiveX)
Configuration tools and utilities
IO libraries
Motion control tools and libraries
Libraries for serial and network communications

Powerful and Easy to Use

EzProg-I is a total solution for system configuration, logic programming and HMI design for manufacturers or control system designers. Engineers who are familiar with programming PLC systems can easily migrate to EzProg-I and become acquainted with the software solution. EzProg-I makes it much easier for customers to integrate PLC and IT technologies.

The EzProg-I package contains many kinds of development tools and libraries such as EzConfig, EzGo, EzMake, EzHMI, EzLIB and EzCore. Based on these development resources, customers can directly configure and test the PAC's I/O channels and motion control modules without any additional programming effort. Moreover, EzProg-I simplifies the I/O instructions and provides I/O mapping table equivalent to the PLC system. It assists the system developer to design, construct and test its control system.

EzProg-I total solution

WinCE 5.0/6.0 real time OS
Embedded low power consumption controller
EzProg-I development tools: EzConfig, EzHMI, EzGo, EzMake and EzLIB.
Microsoft VC++ IDE develop environment (Visual Studio 2008).
Software protection and license management

Integration of Software and Hardware

EzProg-I integrates the software with the underlying hardware. EzProg-I provides hardware-independent software interfaces for a large variety of IO and motion modules provided by ICPDAS. Considerable emphasis has been put on the integration of the hardware and software components so that the system designer can focus on designing, implementing, testing and deploying its control system.

Standard USB, VGA interface
Touch screen support
Data storage (1GB CF or Micro SD)
Great number of IO modules available
Multi-axis motion control modules
Easy to use API command
Various communication interfaces: Ethernet, RS-232 and RS-485.

Real Time Framework:

EzProg-I priority level

The EzProg-I is a real time development framework. The framework supports hardware interrupts, provides eight real time service routines (RTSR) and eight user threads with different priorities. RTSR are software interrupts being triggered at a set time intervals by the EzCore engine. RTSR enables the developer to create a real time and deterministic control program.

Easy to Design a GUI (HMI):

EzHMI provides a number of ActiveX controls which allows the programmer to develop a graphic user interface for the WinCE 6.0 system. EzHMI supports the visualization and control for many I/O devices and motion control cards provided by ICPDAS. A user interface can therefore be designed within a short period of time especially when it comes to displaying digital and analog I/O data of the ICPDAS 8000 series.

EzHMI ActiveX properties:

Direct display of IO status
Direct display of register values
Multilanguage support
Support flashing (alarm)
Dynamic picture
Font setting
Color setting
Enable/disable objects

EzProg-I Tools

XPAC Utility: Tool for configuring the window CE environment
EzConfig Utility： EzProg-I configuration and testing tool
EzGo Utility： Configuration and testing tool for motion control modules
EzMake Utility：Macro editing tool for motion control modules.

EzProg-I Software Development Resources

EzProg-I develop structure
EzCore
EzCore system variables
EzCore main function
EzHMI human machine interface
EzLIB other useful function
Motion control resources

EzProg-I Applications

I/O monitoring and logic control:
Building automation, SCADA, factory automation

Motion control:
Carving machine, cutter, laser carving, laser cutting, graphic plotter, tapping machine, dispensing machine, welding machine, drilling machine , punch machine, X-Y-Z table control, coil wiring machine, automatic machine control

For more information please visit the following web pages:

1. For EzProg-I: http://www.icpdas.com/products/motion/EzProg-I.htm

2. For MP-8743/MP-8343 hardware: http://www.icpdas.com/products/motion/MP-8x43.htm

3. Download page: http://www.icpdas.com/products/motion/download%20data/Motion_download_MP-8x4x.htm

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