Appendix E Using Expansion Rs-232/485/422 - ICP DAS USA ISaGRAF WinCE ViewPAC User Manual

Appendix E Using Expansion RS-232/485/422

The ViewPAC can expand 12 more COM ports in its slot No. 0 to 2 by using following modules.
(User can refer to www.icpdas.com
tGW-700 series of Modbus TCP / RTU / ASCII gateway to expand the Modbus master RS-232 / 485 / 422
port.)
I-8112iw
I-8114iW
I-8114W
I-8142iW
I-8144iW
Before user can use them, please configure them By the "ViewPAC utility" first. Please plug them in the
ViewPAC 's slot 0 to 2 and then run "ViewPAC utility" > "Multi-serial port wizard" , then click on "Slot
scan". The current found multi-serial port cards will be listed on the left. The original COM port setting is
listed on the right. Then click "Set" to update the original setting to become the current found cards.
Then remember to run "File" > "Save and Reboot" to save the new setting and then ViewPAC will
re-boot itself once.
After the configuration is succeed, the COM port No. for the expansion board is COM5 to COM16 in the
ISaGRAF definition.
The relation between ViewPAC 's COM setting and the ISaGRAF definition is as the following.
> Support > FAQ > ISaGRAF Soft-Logic PAC
: 2-channel isolated RS-232
: 4-channel isolated RS-232
: 4-channel non-isolated RS-232
: 2-channel isolated RS-422/RS-485
: 4-channel isolated RS-422/RS-485
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