DS-700 and PDS-700

Introduction

The PDS-700 series is the enhanced version of I-7188EN/7188EX series, and have the same system design of μPAC-7186EX series. Thus, most of the documents can be shared and used for I-7188EN, I-7188EX, μPAC-7186EX and PDS-700.

Note: DS-700 series is non-programmable Device Server while the PDS-700 series is Programmable Device Server. ICP DAS does not provide technical support and technical information on firmware programming issues for these non-programmable DS-700 series products.

Comparison Table

	I-7188EX	I-7188EN	μPAC-7186EX	DS-700	PDS-700
CPU	80186-40 MHz	80186-40 MHz	80186-80 MHz	80186-80 MHz	80186-80 MHz
Ethernet	10 Mbps	10 Mbps	10/100 Mbps	10/100 Mbps	10/100 Mbps
RTC (Real Time Clock)	Yes	-	Yes	-	-
Expension Bus	Yes, for optional XBoard.	Used for built-in serial ports.	Yes, for optional XBoard.	-	Used for built-in serial ports or DI/DO.
Programmable	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes

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VxComm Driver (Virtual COM)  

"VxComm" stands for "Virtual Communications Ports".

The VxComm Driver creates COM port(s) and maps them to the Ethernet port(s) of the I-7188E, I-8000E, μPAC-7186EX, DS-700 and PDS-700 series. The user's RS-232 client programs need only to use the virtual COM port to get the access of serial devices that are allocated in the Internet or Ethernet network via the 7188E/8000E, 7186E and DS-700/PDS-700.

The Vxcomm driver can be obtained from the following locations:
    CD:\napdos\Driver\VxComm_Driver\
    http://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/driver/vxcomm_driver/

Refer to the Quick Start Guide:
    CD:\napdos\PDS\PDS-700\Document\Quick_Start\
    http://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/pds/pds-700/document/quick_start/
  

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OS Image (MiniOS7)

CD:\NAPDOS\PDS\PDS-700\OS_image\
http://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/pds/pds-700/os_image/

To update OS Image, please refer to DownloadUpdate_v2.pdf  file on the following folder.
CD:\Napdos\MiniOS7\document\
http://ftp.icpdas.com.tw/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/minios7/document

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Firmware (DS-700/PDS-700)

CD:\NAPDOS\PDS\PDS-700\VxComm\Server(PDS)
http://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/pds/pds-700/vxcomm/server(pds)/

To upload firmware, please refer to DownloadUpdate_v2.pdf  file on the following folder.
CD:\Napdos\MiniOS7\document\
http://ftp.icpdas.com.tw/pub/cd/8000cd/napdos/minios7/document

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