# How to connect I/O of industrial PC (IPC) to ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [June 30, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578 "2024-06-30T07:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Radmehr\_barzegari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Radmehr\_barzegari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Radmehr_barzegari)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578/1 "2024-06-30T07:18:47Z")
Hello, I have an industrial computer with the Vecow IVX-1000 model, which includes various inputs and outputs. I want to connect and display these I/Os on Ignition, but I'm not exactly sure how to proceed. I also have a manual for this computer, which provides some explanations in Appendix A. I would appreciate it if someone could help solve my problem. > **[9355.pdf](https://www.vecow.com/dispUploadBox/PJ-VECOW/Files/9355.pdf)** > > 17.79 MB ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578/2 "2024-06-30T13:55:45Z")
It is just a PC with a GPIO chip built in. You will have to use the provided driver DLL (or Linux .so) to implement a network protocol that connects to that specific GPIO chip. Exceedingly non-trivial, sorry. Do you have experience writing C ? ---
**Author:** ![Radmehr\_barzegari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Radmehr\_barzegari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Radmehr_barzegari)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578/3 "2024-06-30T14:11:10Z")
No, I don't have experience. Is there any other way? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578/4 "2024-06-30T14:17:48Z")
Without studying the files that come with that unit (which I don't have time for anyways), I can only offer general instructions: - Write code in C that uses the supplied libraries to read and write signals the way you want. - Write code (probably in C alongside the above) that accepts network connections in some common protocol (I recommend Modbus TCP) and translates protocol addresses and commands to actions with the GPIO chip. There's no other way shown in that documentation. Language choice may vary. ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578/5 "2024-06-30T14:20:19Z")
Perhaps reach out to Vecow and ask if they have a solution. ---
**Author:** ![Radmehr\_barzegari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Radmehr\_barzegari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Radmehr_barzegari)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578/6 "2024-06-30T14:20:36Z")
Do you think it's possible to use a database or OPC as an intermediary for the data? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-i-o-of-industrial-pc-ipc-to-ignition/92578/7 "2024-06-30T14:26:42Z")
> [@Radmehr\_barzegari](#): > > intermediary Only if Vecow offers a tool specifically for that hardware. If you absolutely are stuck with that device, plan on hiring a C programmer. Or abandon that I/O and use an external device that has common industrial protocol support.