User's Manual

Chapter 20: Module - eIO
Overview
The eIO module is a stand-alone application that communicates with eKERNEL. The module
is capable of controlling and measuring Distributed I/O peripherals of National Instruments.
eIO offers support for analogue input, digital input and digital output.
See
Install PC - Step 3 - National Instruments for a detailed explanation of installation and
configurations issues of the modules, and the supporting Measurement Studio components
(FieldPoint Explorer and OPC Server).
All these documents contain important information that is required to understand and configure
the eIO module. To avoid duplicate information, the concepts are not repeated in this
chapter.
Startup
You must start the eIO application by means of a shortcut that uses the syntax described in
Figure 127: Parameters in the shortcut for eIO on page 179.
Figure 127: Parameters in the shortcut for eIO
The following parameters are required:
• Site
Defines the site identifier and is used by eKERNEL to verify the identifier with the
eKERNEL_TCPCLIENT and eKERNEL_INPGM settings. This identifier is also required
so that eKERNEL can respond with the appropriate configuration settings.
• eKernel address
Defines the IP address of eKERNEL. Use the special value *LOCAL to refer to the same
address as the system where eIO resides. In a single-computer environment the *LOCAL
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