WiPort™ User Guide
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The WiPort has eleven pins configurable for General Purpose I/O (GPIO).
Note:
In addition, configure these pins for serial port control lines, such as
modem control in, DCD, and diagnostic outputs to LED, using
DeviceInstaller.
Use these GPIO pins to control devices such as relays, servers, lights, monitor
switches, sensors, and even processes such as data transfer.
Defaults Settings:
Function: general purpose input/output
Direction: input
Active Level: low
Set the functions for the three pins independently and in any combination. The initial
directions (input/output) and active levels (low or high active) at boot up can also be
configured through 77FE, for example, by using DeviceInstaller.
This chapter describes how the directions, active levels, and states can be
dynamically controlled and probed through special port 77F0.
Features:
TCP and UDP can be used.
The protocol supports up to 32 GPIO for future products.
Function configuration can be retrieved.
Input or output selection can be retrieved and controlled.
Active low or high selection can be retrieved and controlled.
Active or inactive selection can be retrieved and controlled.
77F0 can be disabled.
Every change of state (active/inactive) requires a command over TCP or UDP, and
thus is not very fast. If you use this port for data transfer, the throughput is low,
usually up to 1Kbps.
Control Protocol
The GPIO control protocol is a simple, proprietary protocol, which is described below.
Guidelines
The GPIO control protocol is described from the PC side.
Send
means from PC to
WiPort.
Response
comes from WiPort to PC.
The protocol allows for control of up to 32 GPIOs. How many are actually available
depends on the product. WiPort has only three.
