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Cytron Technologies IFC-CI00 User Manual

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IFC-CI00
Interface Free Controller
Computer Interface
User's Manual
V1.0
March 2010
Information contained in this publication regarding device applications and the like is intended through suggestion only and may
be superseded by updates. It is your responsibility to ensure that your application meets with your specifications. No
representation or warranty is given and no liability is assumed by Cytron Technologies Incorporated with respect to the accuracy
or use of such information, or infringement of patents or other intellectual property rights arising from such use or otherwise. Use
of Cytron Technologies' products as critical components in life support systems is not authorized except with express written
approval by Cytron Technologies. No licenses are conveyed, implicitly or otherwise, under any intellectual property rights.

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  • Page 1 It is your responsibility to ensure that your application meets with your specifications. No representation or warranty is given and no liability is assumed by Cytron Technologies Incorporated with respect to the accuracy or use of such information, or infringement of patents or other intellectual property rights arising from such use or otherwise. Use of Cytron Technologies’...
  • Page 2 6. Installation (Software) 7. Getting Started 7.1 Basic Setup (IFC-PC00 + IFC-CI00) 7.2 Basic Setup with Control Panel (IFC-PC00 + IFC-CI00 + IFC-CP04) 7.3 Setup for IFC System 8. Warranty Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 3: Introduction And Overview

    Computer Interface Card (IFC-CI00) is another main card for IFC system and may replace IFC-MB00. It is designed for advance user to interface the IFC system and computer where computer will become main controller.
  • Page 4 IFC-CI00 was designed to cover the limitation and that we call unlimited potential of IFC system. Just plug a USB cable from computer to IFC-CI00 card and a virtual COM Port will be created on your computer. Besides, user can plug more than one IFC-CI00 cards in one computer.
  • Page 5 USB Cable System 2 More than one IFC-CI00 can be plugged to a computer as shown as above. USB hub can be used to expand your USB port if needed. Please do remind that each IFC slave card MUST has a UNIQUE address in every system (except IFC-CP04) but the address can be repeated or same for other slave card which placed in another system as shown as above.

  • Page 6: Packaging List

    • 1 x CD which contained 3 folders. The folders are Documentation (consist of IFC- CI00 User’s Manual, IFC Library Functions card for VCS & VB), Installer (consist of Visual Studio software), sample source codes for IFC-CI00). Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 7: Product Specification

    : No Battery 3.5 USB Status LEDs These two LEDs are used to indicate the USB status. If IFC-CI00 first plugs in a new USB port, the given IFC-CI00’s driver should be installed. Only LED 2 will blink and LED 1 off (Address State) when installation until the driver is successfully installed.
  • Page 8 C – This reset extension connector is used for extending the reset button out of the IFC system. D – The orientation marking on IFC-CI00. Every IFC card will have this orientation marking, this is to help user in ensuring the cards are stack correctly.
  • Page 9 LED Off : No Battery I – These two LEDs are used to indicate the USB status. If IFC-CI00 first plugs in a new USB port, the given IFC-CI00’s driver should be installed. Only LED 2 will blink and LED 1 off (Address State) when installation until the driver is successfully installed.

  • Page 10: Installation Hardware

    Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 5. INSTALLATION (HARDWARE) For the hardware installation of IFC-CI00, user will first need the Power Card (IFC-PC00) and Computer Interface (IFC-CI00) of IFC system. IFC-CI00 is replacing IFC-MB00 in IFC system. IFC-CI00 and IFC-MB00 cannot be used together in same system. The details about IFC-PC00 card are available in IFC-MB00A User's Manual.
  • Page 11 Ensure the orientation same direction. marking at the same side. Cautions: Please ensure that all card pins are not shifted when stacking. IFC system will NOT function if the pins are shifted. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 12 Examples of stacking stacking. cards with shifted pins. Please AVOID this! 5. Connect USB cable (B type) to IFC-CI00 USB socket as shown in following figure, another end (A type) to PC/laptop. Connect to PC or laptop Connect to battery...
  • Page 13 LED 1 off until the driver is installed then both LEDs will alternate blink (ready to use). To ensure the COM Port connect to IFC-CI00, go to My Computer> right click and select Properties or while holding the windows key, press the Pause / Break key then click Hardware>Device Manager.
  • Page 14 8. Select “Yes, this time only” from the options available and then click “Next” to proceed with the installation. 9. Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” as shown below and then click “Next”. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 15 Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 10. Select “Search for the best driver in these locations” and click browse button to browse the location. Location is a location for folder where users copy the IFC-CI00 installation Driver. Click next to proceed.
  • Page 16 13. Windows will display a message that the installation was successful. Click “Finish” to complete the installation. Both USB status LEDs will alternate blink at this time (device ready to use). Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 17 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 14. After installation is complete, IFC-CI00 is ready to use. At device manager, user will see the COM Port for IFC-CI00. From the example below, COM Port for IFC-CI00 is COM14.
  • Page 18 Please ensure the power is OFF before inserting or removing IFC card. Caution: Please use the opener to open IFC cards to avoid damage to pins or cards. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 19: Installation (Software)

    User can get Visual C# software from CD which is come together with IFC-CI00 card. 1. Click the executable file that was supplied. (The file was named Setup HTML Application) Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn.
  • Page 20 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 2. Click Visual C # 2008 Express Editions to install that software. 3. Setup will copy required resources to user temp directory. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 21 4. Wait for one or two minute while setup is loading installation components. 5. After loading installation is complete, user should see a screen similar to that shown in figure below. Then click next. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 22 6. Choose ‘I have read and accept the license terms’ and click next to proceed to the next phase of the installation. 7. Select optional product and click next to start installation. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 23 8. Select the location where user would like to install Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Editions. Browse to other location if user doesn’t like to install in default destination. Click install. 9. The following items are being installed on user computer. Wait for awhile. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 24 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 10. After installation complete, click exit. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 25 To start Visual C# 2008 Express Editions, please follow the steps below: 1. To start project, create a main project folder. For example IFC-CI00. Users are recommended to copy all dll file/folder and xml file/folder from the CD provided into main project folder.
  • Page 26 These templates define the types of programs that user may develop with C#. From the templates shown below, select the Windows Application template. User should also type the name of the project. For example IFC Sample. Then click OK. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 27 5. Figure below show the place user will spend time for programming. It’s called the Integrated Development Environment or IDE because every programming tool user need to write C# programs is available there. Solution Explorer Run Icon Windows Form Window Properties Window Toolbar Window Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 28 6. To add references in project, right click on Reference at Solution Explorer Window, then click on Add References…, figure below shown the example for add references. 7. After clicking Add References…, an Add Reference window pop up. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 29 Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 8. Click Browse to browse user main project folder (IFC-CI00). Then browse sub folder of main project folder (IFC-CI00) which consist dll file. Do make sure the Files of type is Component Files (*.dll;*.tlb;*.olb;*.ocx;*.exe;*.manifest) 9. Click on one of dll file and click OK to add reference in project.
  • Page 30 11. After added all the necessary files, user may start create project with adding objects to a Windows Form. Don’t forget to change the text of label objects at Properties Window. Window to change text of label object Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 31 To click view code in Solution Explorer, make sure user click Form1.cs in the Solution Explorer first and small icon will appear at the top of Solution Explorer. Below is example of source code. Programming writing is at this place. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 32 The location of folder must be under the main project folder (IFC-CI00). Then, click save. 15. Please refer chapter 7 on Getting Started with IFC Sample and other setup for using IFC- CI00. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 33: Getting Started

    - Compile and control IFC system using computer/laptop. There are 2 basic setups in this chapter for IFC-CI00. First setup includes 2 cards, IFC-PC00 and IFC-CI00, and second setup includes one extra card, which is IFC-CP04. Please refer to following section of this chapter for setup details.
  • Page 34 2 step is to stack both these cards. Power card (IFC-PC00) should be at the bottom, while Computer Interface card (IFC-CI00) at the top or 2 layer as shown in following figure.
  • Page 35 2 x 12V batteries to PC00. Ensure the polarity is correct. d. Connect USB cable (B type) to IFC-CI00 USB socket as shown in following figure, another end (A type) to PC/laptop. Connect to PC or laptop Connect to battery e.
  • Page 36 (IFC-CI00) on desktop. h. On user desktop, user should now have a folder called “IFC-CI00”. Go in there and double click “IFC-CI00 Sample” folder then “IFC-CI00” folder, user should get csproj file as shown as below.
  • Page 37 USB plug, plug it in again and run the program by clicking Run Program icon l. When Slave Cards Reset is pressed, only all the slave cards will be reset. IFC-CI00 is never reset unless user switches off the power or unplug from USB port.
  • Page 38 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 7.2 Basic Setup with Control Panel (IFC-PC00 + IFC-CI00 + IFC-CP04) Adding a control panel card (IFC-CP04) which comes with a 2 x16 character LCD and 4 programmable push buttons will offer more interesting demonstration. Following steps show the installation of this system and method to operate it.
  • Page 39 2 x 12V batteries to PC00. Ensure the polarity is correct. d. Connect USB cable (B type) to IFC-CI00 USB socket as shown in following figure, another end (A type) to PC/laptop. Connect to PC or Laptop Connect to battery...
  • Page 40 “IFC- CI00” folder on desktop if you have not done it. h. On user desktop, user should now have a folder called “IFC-CI00” now. Go in there and double click “IFC-CI00 Demo with IFC-CP04” folder then “IFC-CI00 Demo with IFC-CP04”...
  • Page 41 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – IFC-CI00 i. Before run the program, please refer chapter 5.0 to make sure your IFC-CI00 driver is installed and determine the COM port number at device manager. User may modify the COM port number if needed in Form1.cs file as shown as below.
  • Page 42 . Make sure the address for IFC-CP04 is switched to CP1. l. IFC-CI00 is never reset unless user switches off the power or unplug from USB port. m. User is free to modify the sample program to play with the IFC-CI00. After modifying the sample program, users need to run program once again.
  • Page 43 7.3 Setup for IFC System More than one IFC-CI00 can be plugged to a computer and USB hub can be used to expand your USB port if needed. Please do remind that each IFC slave card MUST has a UNIQUE address in every system (except IFC-CP04) but the address can be repeated or same for other slave card which placed in another system.

  • Page 44: Warranty

    Warranty does not cover freight cost for both ways. Prepared by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. 19, Jalan Kebudayaan 1A, Taman Universiti, 81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. Tel: +607-521 3178 Fax: +607-521 1861 URL: www.cytron.com.my Email: support@cytron.com.my sales@cytron.com.my Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...