8 - Using CONTEC IO Boards AutoVISION and Visionscape both support the use of Contec IO boards for expanding digital IO for GigE systems. The most recent Contec IO board driver for Window 7 and Windows 10 is installed automatically with Visionscape and is ready for use with select Contec IO boards. Contec supplies both USB and PCI IO cards with varying numbers of inputs and outputs. All PCIe boards require a PCIe x1 slot. The following are a listed of suggested Contec IO boards.
USB 8 input/8 output board DIO-0808LY-USB PCIe 16 input /16 output boards PCIe Sinking (Contec DIO-1616L-PE) PCIe Sourcing (Contec GDIO-1616RL-PE) PCIe 32 input/32 output boards PCIe Sinking (Contec DIO-3232L-PE) PCIe Sourcing (Contec DIO-3232RL-PE) 8.1 - Accessing IO from within AutoVISION or Visionscape Contec DIO is serviced through Virtual IO. The virtual IO mapping for the boards is shown below.
Contec 8 USB – Inputs VIO 161 to 168, Outputs VIO 169- 176 Contec 16 – Inputs VIO 161 to 176, Outputs VIO 177- 192 Contec 32x32 – Inputs VIO 161 to 192, Outputs VIO 193 - 224 In Visionscape, inputs and outputs can be selected using the standard dropdowns and picking the IO Board DIO1 selection. Individual IO points can be selected from the list. The example below is for a 16 input, 16 output board. The first 16 (0-15) are inputs. The second set of 16 (16-31) are outputs. You can see the corresponding virtual IO next to the selection. Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and Visionscape Page 33 of 35