Industrial Digital I/O Control Card
Quick Installation Guide (Universal)
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Introduction
SUNIX industrial digital I/O card is designed for PC-based IoT Gateway or Edge Computer that enables data
acquisition and I/O controls in industrial automation. With built-in SUNIX QiuNiu Digital-I/O controller, and other
SUNIX advanced features and technologies. In addition, SUNIX provides API software and SDK library, allowing
users to program under Windows 10/11 and Linux operating system. The software package includes a dynamic
library.dll, C and C# programming language sample code, making it easier to develop application software.
SUNIX enriches digital I/O expandable capacity with cost-efficient design; it is the best digital I/O control solution
for lite-industrial applications.
1. Hardware Installation
SAFETY FIRST
To avoid damages, please make sure to remove any power connection before card installation,
and follow the detailed steps given below before inserting the card into your computer.
1-1 PCI Express I/O Card
Step 1: Turn your PC's power off, and shut off the power to any peripheral.
Step 2: Remove the power plug from the plug socket.
Step 3: Remove the cover from the computer case.
Step 4: If fitted. Remove the metal cover plate on the rear of a free PCIe slot.
Step 5: Insert PCI Express Industrial I/O Control Board into the free PCIe slot
and screw it firmly on the bracket side.
Step 6: Place the cover back onto the computer.
Step 7: Insert the plug into the plug socket.
1-2 M.2 PCIe I/O Card
Step 1: Remove the screw attached to the motherboard.
Step 2: Insert M.2 Card tightly into the M.2 slot with 20° angle.
(SUNIX M.2 Card supports Key-M and Key-B slot)
Step 3: Push the M.2 card down to the screw hole.
Step 4: Lock screw on M.2 card that you remove from motherboard in step1.
Step 5: Connect ribbon cable between M.2 card and extension board.
Step 6: Secure the extension board to PC chassis.
1
4
2
20°
6
1-3 Mini PCIe I/O Card
Step 1: Remove the screw attached to the motherboard.
Step 2: Insert Mini PCIe Card tightly into the Mini PCIe slot.
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Step 3: Push the Mini PCIe Card down to the screw hole.
Step 4: Lock screw on Mini PCIe Card that you remove from motherboard in step1.
Step 5: Connect ribbon cable between Mini PCIe Card and extension board.
Step 6: Secure the extension board to PC chassis.
1
2
20°
2. Pin Assignment
2-1 PCI Express Series
DB9 Male
PIN
RS-232
RS-422
RS-232/422/485
1
DCD
TxD-
(SDC4880B)
2
RxD
TxD+
3
TxD
RxD+
1
5
4
DTR
RxD-
5
GND
GND
6
DSR
RTS-
7
RTS
RTS+
8
CTS
CTS+
6
9
9
RI
CTS-
DB25 Male Wiring Board
PIN
Digital Input / Output
1
(SDC0880I、SDC4880B)
2
3
1
13
4
5
6
7
8
9
14
GND
10
11
12
13
DB44 Male Wiring Board
PIN
3
Digital Input / Output
25
26
(SDC0FF0I)
27
28
47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27
26
25
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
37
38
39
40
41
42
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
43
5
44
45
46
47
3
4
5
6
2-2 M.2 / Mini PCIe Series
4+4 Digital Input / Output
RS-485
Data-
Data+
1 2 3 4
-
-
GND
-
-
PIN
DI
PIN
DO
-
1
DI 1
7
DO 1
-
2
DI 2
8
DO 2
3
DI 3
9
DO 3
4
DI 4
10
DO 4
DI
PIN
DO
5
COM
11
PWR
6
GND
12
GND
DI COM
14
DO PWR
DI COM
15
DO PWR
DI GND
16
DO GND
DI GND
17
DO GND
8 Digital Input
DI 1
18
DO 1
DI 2
19
DO 2
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
DI 3
20
DO 3
DI 4
21
DO 4
DI 5
22
DO 5
DI 6
23
DO 6
DI 7
24
DO 7
PIN
DI
PIN
DI
DI 8
25
DO 8
1
DI 1
7
DI 5
NC
GND
NC
2
DI 2
8
DI 6
3
DI 3
9
DI 7
4
DI 4
10
DI 8
DI
PIN
DO
5
COM
11
PWR
DI COM1
1
DO COM1
6
GND
12
GND
DI COM2
2
DO COM2
DI COM3
3
DO COM3
DI 1
4
DO 1
8 Digital Output
DI 2
5
DO 2
DI 4
6
DO 3
DI 5
7
DO 4
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
DI 5
8
DO 5
DI 6
9
DO 6
DI 7
10
DO 7
DI 8
11
DO 8
GND
GND
DI GND1
13
DO GND1
DI GND2
14
DO GND2
PIN
DO
PIN
DO
DI GND3
15
DO GND3
1
DO 1
7
DO 5
DI 9
16
DO 9
2
DO 2
8
DO 6
DI 10
17
DO 10
3
DO 3
9
DO 7
DI 11
18
DO 11
4
DO 4
10
DO 8
DI 12
19
DO 12
5
PWR
11
PWR
DI 13
20
DO 13
6
GND
12
GND
DI 14
21
DO 14
DI 15
22
DO 15
DI 16
23
DO 16
GND
GND
2-3 DIO Pin Header Assignment
Digital-In
Digital-In
Digital-Out
MiniPCIe Series
M.2 Series
3. Driver Installation
1) You can download the latest driver from SUNIX official website (https://www.sunix.com)
2) Please plug the card into the available I/O slot
3) Unzip the software file and run setup.exe under Windows operating system.
Setup.exe
4. Hardware Verification
Please launch �Device Manager� to verify hardware installation correctly.
Controller Panel > All Control Panel Items > Device Manager
Multifunction adapters
SUNIX Industrial I/O Control Board
Device Manager
5. Configure Digital Input / Output Interface
Under Digital I/O interface catalog, select �Digital Input / 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.
(1)Digital Input / Output Interface Select this item to read Digital Input channel state on the table.
(2)Digital Input / Output Channel State List User can read the state table of the digital channel
and individually set each channel in the control panel.
(3)Digital Input / Output Control Panel
SDC Name: IPC-M4443I
Board ID:
1
Digital Output
IPC-M4443I
1
1
SDC0FF0I
Digital Input
IO 1
IPC-M4443I
SDC0FF0I
SDC0FF0I
1
1
Digital Output
Digital-Out
2
2
3
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