Programmable Serial-to-Ethernet Device Server
PDS Series User Manual, Version 2.5, Mar. 2019
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7.3
Programming on a PC Client
The General DCON Application Programming Interface kit is a set of DLL (lib) functions designed to
run on Windows 98/2000/XP that allow access to remote I/O modules such as the PDS-700, I-7000,
I-8000 and I-87k series.
The General DCON API kit is located at:
ftp://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/driver/dcon_dll_new/
The General DCON API kit provides VC and VB drivers, VB demos and a document called
“
dcon_fun_user_manual.pdf
”. Only the DIO demo that can be found in the
dcon_dll_new\demo\vb6
folder supports PDS series modules.
The following steps can be used to test the general DCON API kit with the DIO demo programs.
To run the DIO demo, VB6 must first be installed on the PC.
1.
Double click “
prjdio.vbp
” to open the DIO project.
2.
Run the demo and set the
Virtual COM Port number
of the PDS
3.
Click the “
Open COM Port
” button.
The response “
COM n Opened!
” will be shown on the title bar.
