i-8000 series Main Control Unit selection guide
Item Description Software and document location
8410, 8810
(serial I/O unit)
Slave serial (RS-232/485) I/O unit with DCON protocol. 

Suit for master-slave or query-response field bus application.

Document, firmware, OS image CD:\Napdos\DCON\8410_8810\
Utility and software develop toolkits CD:\Napdos\Driver
8411, 8811
(C language serial controller)
C language programmable I/O unit (controller) with RS-232/485 interface.  Documents and demo program for the CPU CD:\Napdos\8000\Common\MiniOS7\doc\index.htm
Demo programs for 8K and 87K series I/O modules CD:\Napdos\8000\841x881x\master\
8417,8817
8437,8837

(ISaGRAF controller)
A controller fully supports all five of the IEC61131-3 PLC languages: 
 1. Ladder diagram, 
 2. Function block diagram,
 3. Sequential function chart, 
 4. Structured text, 
 5. Instruction List plus flow chart.
Document, firmware, OS image, drivers, demos CD:\Napdos\ISaGRAF
8420,8820,
( DeviceNet I/O unit)
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Slave CAN bus I/O unit with DeviceNet protocol.

Suit for master-slave or query-response field bus application.

Document, firmware, OS image  All files are in another CAN CD.
8421,8821
(CANopen I/O unit)
Slave CAN bus I/O unit with CANopen protocol.

Suit for master-slave or query-response field bus application.

Document, firmware, OS image 
8430, 8830,
8KE4, 8KE8

(Ethernet I/O unit)
Slave Ethernet (10 BaseT) I/O unit with DCON protocol and VxComm technique.

Suit for master-slave or query-response Ethernet I/O application.

Document, firmware, OS image CD:\Napdos\DCON\8KE4_8KE8\
Utility and software develop toolkits CD:\Nards\Driver
VxComm Utility (Driver) CD:\Napdos\7188E\TCPIP\VxComm\Driver(pc)
8431, 8831
(C language Ethernet controller)
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C language programmable I/O unit (controller) with RS-232/485 and Ethernet interface.

Provided a XServer architecture to let users can quickly and easily develop TCP/IP programs.

Documents.

CD:\Napdos\8000\843x883x\Document\
Demo program based on the Xserver. CD:\Napdos\8000\843x883x\TCP\Xserver\Demo
Demo program based on main(). CD:\Napdos\8000\843x883x\TCP\Other
8431-MTCP,
8831-MTCP,
8KE4-MTCP,
8KE8-MTCP

(Programmable Modbus/TCP I/O unit)
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Programmable Ethernet (10 BaseT) I/O unit with Modbus/TCP protocol.

Suit for master-slave or query-response Ethernet I/O application.

Provided software development toolkits (using C language) to customize the firmware.

Document, firmware, OS image and software development toolkits CD:\Napdos\Modbus\
8438,8838
(Matlab controller)
Matlab provides block diagram tools for modeling, simulating, analyzing dynamic system ,etc. Document, firmware, OS image, drivers CD:\Napdos\Matlab