I/O SERVER User’s Manual Industrial PC
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Standard Peripheral Connection
–
The I/O Server provides two
standard RS232 serial ports, two switched Ethernet ports, four USB,
audio, and video ports for peripheral connections.
Windows
®
Embedded Standard
–
The IOS-7200-WIN model includes
a Windows
®
Embedded Standard (based upon Windows
®
XP SP3)
image installed on an 8GB Industrial CompactFlash
®
.
Windows Drivers
–
The IOSSW-DEV-WIN software support package
contains low-level driver and Windows 32 Dynamic Link Libraries that
are compatible with many programming environments.
Linux Drivers
–
The IOSSW-API-LNX software support package
contains the Linux OS
Getting Started Guide
and IOS modules Linux
device drivers are available from Acromag.
Wide Operating Voltage
–
The I/O Server has a 9-32V DC input.
External isolated AC/DC power supplies are available from Acromag.
The IOS-7200-WIN model includes an 8GB industrial CompactFlash
®
that contains a licensed Microsoft Windows
®
Embedded Standard image.
The image includes many of the standard Windows components and is
suitable for the majority of customer applications. This allows users to
quickly develop their application in a familiar environment. Device drivers
for Acromag IOS modules are sold separate as described in the following
section.
Acromag provides a software product (sold separately) to facilitate the
development of Windows
®
Embedded Standard applications interfacing
with I/O Server Modules installed on Acromag Industrial I/O Server
systems. This software (Model IOSSW-DEV-WIN) consists of low-level
driver and Windows 32 Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLS) that are compatible
with a number of programming environments including Visual C++, Visual
Basic.NET, Borland C++ Builder and others. The DLL functions provide a
high-level interface to the IOS carrier and modules eliminating the need to
perform low-level reads/writes of registers, and the writing of interrupt
handlers.
Acromag provides a software product (sold separately) consisting of
IOS module Linux support software. This software (Model IOSSW-API-
LNX) is composed of Linux libraries designed to support applications
accessing I/O Server Modules installed on Acromag Industrial I/O Server
systems.
The software is implemented as a library of “C” functions which
link with existing user code.
Acromag provides the following interface products for the I/O Server.
Note that all connections to field signals are made through the IOS carrier
board which passes them to the individual IOS modules.
Model 5028-438:
SCSI-2 50 Pin Shielded Cable. A round 50-pin cable
with SCSI-2 plug connectors at both ends for connecting I/O Server to
Model 5028-378 termination panels.
BOARD CONTROL
SOFTWARE
Windows
®
Embedded
Standard
IOS MODULE Win32 DRIVER
SOFTWARE
IOS MODULE LINUX
SOFTWARE
SIGNAL INTERFACE
PRODUCTS
CABLES