Fiber I/O Applications; Configurable Fiber Optic Data Logger - ICP DAS USA PDS-220F Series User Manual

2.2. Fiber I/O Applications

The PDS series provides fiber optic I/O solution:
Linking to I-7000 Series Modules
The I-7000 series provides a variety of I/O operations, such as D/I, D/O, A/D, D/A,
Counter and Frequency Measurement, etc. The I-7000 series was originally designed to be
used with RS-485 networks, so COM2 on the PDS-220Fx can be used to link to I-7000
series modules. These modules are very robust and work well in harsh industrial
environments.
By using VxComm technology, programs on the host PC that support serial devices
can be upgraded from a RS-485 network to a fiber optic network without requiring any
modifications to the program. Refer to Sec. 2.1 for more information.

2.3. Configurable Fiber Optic Data Logger

Using the VxComm driver, PDS-220Fx + I-7000 modules can be virtualized to become
COM port + I-7000 modules located on the host PC, and then the Data Logger in the
DCON Utility can be used to access data from the I-7000 via the fiber optic network.
Signal data originating from the I-7000 modules can be analyzed using MS-Excel without
the need to create any custom programs
1. The DCON utility includes a data logger function, as show below:
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