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PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board
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  • Page 1 SUNIX. Disclaimer SUNIX shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this equipment. SUNIX makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual.
  • Page 2 __________________________________________________________________________________ Regulatory Compliance FCC Conditions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This equipment may not cause harmful interference (2) This equipment must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Configure Digital Input interface ............. 25 4.3. Configure Digital Output interface ............30 4.4. Configure Serial Interface (SDC4880B only) .......... 32 4.5. Firmware Upgrade ................... 35 5. HOW TO USE DLL LIBRARY IN C, C++ ........37 6. APPENDIX ..................42 6.1.
  • Page 4: Introduction

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction ______________________________________________ SUNIX industrial PCI Express I/O Control Board, is designed to meet PCI Express Base Specification Ver2.1. It can be installed in virtually any available PC system and compatible with all major Windows and Linux operating systems. This board offers independent Digital I/O and RS-232/422/485 ports for connecting kinds of serial terminals on the PC based systems.
  • Page 5: Overview

    SUNIX PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board enriches I/O expandable capacity with cost-efficient design; SDC4880B is the best serial and digital I/O communicating solution and SDC0880I is the best digital I/O communicating solution to enrich your system I/O expandable capacity for lite industrial applications.
  • Page 6  Support both standard and Low profile bracket design to meet various of  PC chassis. Serial Interfaces: (SDC4880B only) Expands internal two (2) ports RS-232/422/485 and external two (2) ports  RS-232/422/485. Utilize 16C950 UART and on-chip 128-bytes hardware FIFO for reliable, ...
  • Page 7: Product Specifications

    QiuNiu PCI Express Gen1 x 1 (single Lane) IRQ & IO Assigned by System ±15KV IEC61000-4-2 Air Gap Discharge ESD Protection ±8KV IEC61000-4-2 Contact Discharge Serial Ports (SDC4880B only) Interface No. of Port RS-232/422/485 4 ports Controller 16C950 UART Compatible...
  • Page 8 Digital Filter Pin Define DI1~DI8, COM, GND reduction Interrupt Mode Event trigger (Rising Edge, Falling Edge, Both modes) & polling for all channels DB44 Female connector for SDC4880B PCB Connector DB25 Female connector for SDC0880I Digital Output Type Channel 8-channel...
  • Page 9 -20 to 70°C (-4 to 158°F) Operation Humidity 5 to 95% (non-condensing) Storage Temperature -20 to 70°C (-4 to 158°F) Dimension SDC4880B 146 x 68.5 mm Bracket Standard 121 mm / Low Profile 79.2mm Bracket Space SDC0880I 84.44 x 68.5 mm Bracket Standard 121 mm / Low Profile 79.2mm...
  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Hardware Installation ______________________________________________ This chapter includes information about hardware installation of SUNIX PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board, connectors and cables, pin assignment of hardware interfaces, and digital input/out settings. The following topics covered in this chapter: 2.1 Hardware Appearance 2.2 Hardware Installation...
  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    Place the cover back onto the computer. Step7. Insert the plug into the plug socket. 2.3. Connector Installation This product also contains connection cables and DIN-rail wiring board: DB44 to 2-port DB9 Male & 1-port DB25 Female connection cable, 40cm (SDC4880B only)
  • Page 12 __________________________________________________________________________________ DB25 Male to Female connection cable, 100cm (SDC0880I only) DB25 Male DIN-rail wiring board Serial RS-232 D-Sub 9-pin male with nuts on cable, 30cm 2 pcs (SDC4880B only)
  • Page 13 __________________________________________________________________________________ The chapter demonstrates the assembly of boards, cables and connectors. Step1. Plug DB44 (SDC4880B only) or DB25 (SDC0880I only) connection cable to PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board. Two DB9 male connectors on DB44 connection cable are used for RS-232/422/485 serial port interface.
  • Page 14: Pin Assignment

    __________________________________________________________________________________ 2.4. Pin Assignment This chapter provides the pin assignment of PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board, as well as the pin assignment for the optional accessories. RS-232/422/485 Pin Assignment (SDC4880B only) DB9M RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 Tx - Data -...
  • Page 15 __________________________________________________________________________________ Digital in/out terminal block Pin Assignment Digital Input Digital Output DI COM DO PWR DI COM DO PWR DI GND DO GND DI GND DO GND DI 1 DO 1 DI 2 DO 2 DI 3 DO 3 DI 4 DO 4 DI 5 DO 5...
  • Page 16: Driver And Software Installation

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Driver and Software Installation ______________________________________________ After installing the PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board in your system successfully, please follow the step by step software installation guide to confirm how to install appropriate driver and configure the Digital I/O and serial port settings.
  • Page 17 __________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Please select setup language for your operation system. (3) Click “Next” to continue installation steps.
  • Page 18 __________________________________________________________________________________ (4) Click “Install” to continue installation steps. (5) System will install driver and software automatically.
  • Page 19 __________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Click “Finish” to end installation steps. Note: PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board is certificated by Windows 10 operation system. Please visit SUNIX official website (http://www.sunix.com) to download latest driver.
  • Page 20: Windows Driver Verify Installation

    (1) Select Device Manager in the in the Windows Control Panel. Controller Panel > All Control Panel Items > Device Manager (2) In the Device Manager window, you would read SUNIX PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board under Multifunction adapters catalog, and SUNIX COM Port (COM3 ~ COM6) under Ports (COM &...
  • Page 21: Windows Driver Uninstallation

    (1) Click on the “Programs and Features” tab in the Windows Control Panel. Controller Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (2) Enter Uninstall or change a program page, and double click “SUNIX PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board” to process uninstallation...
  • Page 22: Software Operation

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Software Operation ______________________________________________ This chapter introduces the operation of the I/O Control Manager utility of industrial control board that comes with isolated digital input/output channels and Serial (RS-232/422/485) COM ports interfaces. The following topics covered in this chapter: 4.1 Overview 4.2 Configure Digital Input interface 4.3 Configure Digital Output interface 4.4 Configure Serial Interface...
  • Page 23: Overview

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Overview 4.1. The I/O Control Manager utility could be launched after PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board hardware is installed. Therefore, be sure to install hardware and driver properly at first. Launch I/O Control Manager utility, and you can read the control panel windows that shows utility version, service version, and driver version information.
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  • Page 25: Configure Digital Input Interface

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Configure Digital Input interface 4.2. Under Digital I/O interface catalog, select “Digital Input” item and you can read control panel as shown as below. If there are any settings changes, be sure to execute the “Apply” button to save the settings, or execute “Default” button to restore manufactory default settings.
  • Page 26 __________________________________________________________________________________ <<Digital Input Value Setting>> A digital input detects if a voltage is above/below a specific threshold. If the voltage is higher than some value, the computer will detect the digital input as HIGH=1. If the voltage is lower than some value, the computer will detect the digital input as LOW=0.
  • Page 27 __________________________________________________________________________________ <<Counter Setting>> Each digital input channel supports a counter feature that counts the number of digital input triggers. The counter value can be increased when a Positive (rising) edge, Negative (falling) edge or both (positive or negative edge) occur. 1).
  • Page 28 __________________________________________________________________________________ <<Event Trigger Condition Setting>> Event Mode settings must be used with the API (Application Programming Interface) and Library. When the event trigger happens, the corresponding action can be performed through the software. User can enable positive (rising) or negative (falling) trigger event. 1).
  • Page 29 __________________________________________________________________________________ <<Latch Setting>> The latch will record the result of whether the digital input state has changed. User can monitor positive and negative latch state in the digital input channel state List table. “True” will be displayed if the state has changed, if not it shows “false”.
  • Page 30: Configure Digital Output Interface

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Configure Digital Output interface 4.3. Under Digital I/O interface catalog, select “Digital Output” item and you can read control panel as shown as below. If there are any settings changes, be sure to execute the “Apply” button to save the settings, or execute “Default” button to restore manufactory default settings.
  • Page 31 __________________________________________________________________________________ <<Digital Output Value Setting>> A digital output is the closed or opened circuit to indicate whether the given state is high or low. The digital output hardware design is a NPN (Sink) type. 1). Digital Output Initial State: (Default: 0=Low) The digital output channel has the function (“High”...
  • Page 32: Configure Serial Interface (Sdc4880B Only)

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Configure Serial Interface (SDC4880B only) 4.4. Under Serial interface catalog, select “COM” port item and you can read control panel as shown as below. If there are any settings changes, be sure to execute the “Apply” button to save the settings, or execute “Default” button to restore manufactory default settings.
  • Page 33 __________________________________________________________________________________ Click “Apply” to approve the settings for the selected port. Note: In order to prevent system resource conflict, do not select “in use” port. 2). Interface Setting (Default: RS-232) User can select RS-422 or RS-485 interface for each COM port of this board.
  • Page 34 __________________________________________________________________________________ 4). RS-485 Carrier Sense (Default: Enable) RS-485 Carrier Sense technology is the data flow control under RS-485 half duplex (one-way traffic) communicating. Due to the reduction of TX/RX packet conflicting on RS-485 one-way traffic bus, it will enhance better system performance and RS-485 communication ability.
  • Page 35: Firmware Upgrade

    After successfully downloading the latest firmware version, “Browse” the file storage path location of the firmware ROM file and click the “Upgrade” button to run firmware upgrade process. The latest version of the firmware can be downloaded from the official SUNIX website. Click “OK” to approve firmware upgrade process.
  • Page 36 __________________________________________________________________________________ Click “OK” to finish firmware upgrade process. To enable new firmware feature, please turn the computer off, and then power it on later. (PC restart is useless) Note: 1). Do NOT turn off or restart your computer while updating the firmware ROM. 2).
  • Page 37: How To Use Dll Library In C, C

    __________________________________________________________________________________ How to use DLL library in C, 5.1. Create Console APP from Visual Studio C++ or C , [Platform] select Windows, [Template] ( [Programming Language] select select Console App) 5.2. Add DLL file to C/C++ /General/ Additional Include Directories...
  • Page 38 __________________________________________________________________________________ 5.3. Add DLL file to Linker/ Input / Additional Dependencies Add DLL to Additional Dependencies 5.4.
  • Page 39 __________________________________________________________________________________ 5.5. Add sdciodll.lib to Linker/General/ Additional Library Directories...
  • Page 40 __________________________________________________________________________________ 5.6. Add following copy command into Build Events/Post-Build Event/ Command Line 5.7. Select [Build> Build Solution] on the menu bar to create an application. According to your version of Visual Studio, the "Output" window in Visual Studio should have an example similar to the following:...
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  • Page 42: Appendix

    __________________________________________________________________________________ Appendix ______________________________________________ This chapter introduce technology detail that user came with usually. In addition, you could contact with us for detail technical product information. In this appendix, we cover the following topics. 6.1 Technology Topics 6.2 Customer Service Information Technology Topics 6.1.
  • Page 43 __________________________________________________________________________________ SUNIX PC Host Card Device Tx + Rx + Tx – Rx – Rx + Tx + Rx – Tx – RS-485 working model with termination resistor: SUNIX PC Host Card Device D + (Tx+) D – (TX-) To maximum RS-485 driving ability, manufactory default setting is Disable.
  • Page 44: Customer Service Information

    CPU speed is not enough to handle. If the system is not stable, select the lower value to correct problems. Customer Service Information 6.2. Customer satisfaction is our number one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, SUNIX services has been...
  • Page 45 __________________________________________________________________________________ set up to provide technical support, driver updates, product information, and user’s manual updates. The following services are provided E-mail for technical support ..........info@sunix.com World Wide Web (WWW) Site for product information: ......... http://www.sunix.com...

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