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Manual Documentation Number: 232BSS4-2916

Buffered Smart Switch

Model 232BSS4

Documentation Number: 232BSS4_2916

This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa, Illinois USA

of domestic and imported parts by

707 Dayton Road -- P.O. Box 1040 -- Ottawa, IL 61350 USA

Phone (815) 433-5100 -- General Fax (815) 433-5105

Phone

(815) 433-5100 --

General Fax

(815) 433-5105

Website:

www.advantech-bb.com

Sales

e-mail:

[email protected]

Fax

(815) 433-5109

Technical Support

e-mail:

[email protected]

Fax

(815) 433-5104

European Headquarters

Advantech B+B SmartWorx

Westlink Commercial Park -- Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland

Phone

+353 91-792444 --

Fax

+353 91-792445

Advantech B+B SmartWorx -- July 2007

Summary of Contents for B+B SmartWorx 232BSS4

Page 1: ...040 Ottawa IL 61350 USA Phone 815 433 5100 General Fax 815 433 5105 Phone 815 433 5100 General Fax 815 433 5105 Website www advantech bb com Sales e mail orders advantech bb com Fax 815 433 5109 Techn...

Page 2: ...y and confidential to Advantech B B SmartWorx The methods described herein are for the exclusive use of Advantech B B SmartWorx authorized personnel Any unauthorized use or dissemination of the inform...

Page 3: ...21 DTE DCE EXPLANATION 21 CHAPTER 4 SETUP SOFTWARE 23 INTRODUCTION 23 CONNECTION 23 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 24 SOFTWARE UNINSTALL 24 SETUP TUTORIAL 25 APPENDIX A ASCII CHARACTER CODES 1 APPENDIX B CABL...

Page 4: ...ii Documentation Number 232BSS4 2916m...

Page 5: ...cally to the Master port from each of the Slave ports when data is present with an optional preamble identifying the port It can also provide two way communications between the Master port and one Sla...

Page 6: ...6 x 1 2 in 19 0 x 11 7 x 3 0 cm Setup Software PC compatible Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP Vista Supplied Accessories CDROM with Setup Program Instruction Manual Default Parameters When shipped the 232BSS4...

Page 7: ...damage If damage is found file a claim with the shipper immediately The following equipment should be in the shipping carton 1 RS 232 Buffered Smart Switch model 232BSS4 2 Instruction Manual 3 2 3 5 f...

Page 8: ...4 Documentation Number 232BSS4 2916m...

Page 9: ...used to show a Hex value Items in italics are optional items only used in certain configurations The instances when these items are required will be explained in the text LED Indicators The 232BSS4 ha...

Page 10: ...ort can be configured for Even Odd or No parity Because the Master port uses a slightly different UART it is not capable of receiving only seven bits thus seven data bits with no parity is not allowed...

Page 11: ...equence the sequence is not passed through the switch Options Initial Connections Upon power up the 232BSS4 can be initialized to allow the Master access to any of the Slave ports without any commands...

Page 12: ...rts S Dec 0 to 15 Use to Broadcast Clear Buffer on Specific Ports X Dec 0 to 15 Clear the Receive Buffer Ignore Commands T 0 to 9 Sets Timer Value Values in quotes are ASCII characters Dec is an abbre...

Page 13: ...4 The Turn Off command deselects all ports No ports will transmit or receive to from the Master port until another command is received by the Master port The full command sequence to disable all port...

Page 14: ...n be used to delete old data from one or more of the Slave port buffers before it is sent to the Master The lowest four bits of the control byte tell the 232BSS4 which ports buffers to purge Bit 0 rep...

Page 15: ...ing characters outside the printable ASCII range decimal 64 can be added to each of the control bytes and the switch will operate properly Ignore Commands T one control byte specifying the length of t...

Page 16: ...are not needed if the binary file will be transferred from the Slave devices to the Master device No switching commands are used in the 232BSS4 with data from this direction so no inadvertent switchin...

Page 17: ...This option is enabled through the setup software This method is useful if the length of the binary file transfers are not known The user would first raise DTR on the Master device then send the comm...

Page 18: ...allow the Master to send data to any of the Slave ports without any commands sent The Master can also be set to broadcast to any or all of the Slave ports on power up This allows the switch to be used...

Page 19: ...for the Inactivity Time would give the transmitting Slave port access to the Master until a Port Timeout was reached or until a specific Turn Off command was sent from the Master device Port and Inac...

Page 20: ...R PORT 232BSS4 12 VDC POWER B B electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY www bb elec com Ottawa IL 61350 USA Figure 2 1 Multiple Terminals to a Host Controller To configure the 232BSS4 as a four port splitte...

Page 21: ...ation the Slave ports would typically be set up for a slower baud rate than the Master ports If the Master ports will not be running at a baud rate at least four times the speed of the Slaves or if th...

Page 22: ...6 78 6 78 6 78 6 12 6 3 9 1 2 11 10 5 4 7 8 12 6 3 9 1 2 11 10 5 4 7 8 12 6 3 9 1 2 11 10 5 4 7 8 Port A Port B Port C Port D MASTER PORT 232BSS4 12 VDC POWER B B electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY www...

Page 23: ...hould be set up the following way Set the switches to turn on the Auto Select feature Set the Port Timer to 0 Set the Inactivity Timer on all of the switches to somewhere between 20 and 500 millisecon...

Page 24: ...lliseconds or so Set the switches on Level 2 for no Auto Select Set the command sequences on the Level 2 switches to be unique from each other One suggestion is to use a 3 character command Use the fi...

Page 25: ...nally the RS 232 standard specified only a 25 pin D sub connector Since then the use of a 9 pin D Sub supporting only a portion of the original RS 232 signals has been used extensively starting with t...

Page 26: ...232DTE is needed If the user chooses to use the DTR signal to tell the 232BSS4 when to accept commands the DTR output from the Master device should be connected to pin 20 See Appendix B for a complet...

Page 27: ...s serial port is a 25 pin D sub a straight through connection cable is required If the computer s serial port is a 9 pin D sub the cable should be an XT to AT adapter cable such as B B s model 232CAM...

Page 28: ...tructions To install on your hard drive follow these steps Place the 232BSS4 setup CDROM in drive D Select RUN from the Windows START menu Type D SETUP and click OKAY Follow the instructions in the In...

Page 29: ...le Unit Main Screen All configuration of the 232BSS4 can be initiated from the Main Screen The overall operation of the switch and each port s parameters can be individually selected and modified NOTE...

Page 30: ...figuration This button displays the parameters for the Master Port including Data Rate the number of Data Bits Parity and if the port requires handshaking Slave Ports A D Configuration This button dis...

Page 31: ...asy method of configuring multiple switches with the same setup Operation Setup Back to Back units are predefined for Auto Switch mode and a three character command The command characters can be set t...

Page 32: ...appropriate tab and clicking the View Module Configuration button Any changes from what was read from the switch will be shown in red The page can then be printed to the default Windows printer for re...

Page 33: ...disk Step 7 Disconnect the first 232BSS4 from the COM port Step 8 Connect the destination switch to the serial COM port of the PC Install the setup jumper Apply power to the 232BSS4 Step 9 Select File...

Page 34: ...30 Documentation Number 232BSS4 0812 Manual...

Page 35: ...2B 75 4B K 107 6B k 12 C FF ctrl L 44 2C 76 4C L 108 6C l 13 D CR ctrl M 45 2D 77 4D M 109 6D m 14 E SO ctrl N 46 2E 78 4E N 110 6E n 15 F SI ctrl O 47 2F 79 4F O 111 6F o 16 10 DLE ctrl P 48 30 0 80...

Page 36: ...A 2 Appendix A Documentation Number 232BSS4 0812Manual 5...

Page 37: ...ept commands See Appendix C for a block diagram of the 232BSS4 Master Port Connections Chart B 1 DTE PC DB25 Connector to Master Port DTE PC Serial Port DB25 Connector Signal Direction 232BSS4 Master...

Page 38: ...B 2 Appendix B Cable Charts Documentation Number 232BSS4 2916 Manual 3 2 TD 4 20 DTR 5 7 GND 6 6 DSR 7 4 RTS 8 5 CTS Pins 6 8 20 looped back internally on the 232BSS4...

Page 39: ...ignal Direction 232BSS4 Master Port DCE DB25 Connector 2 3 RD 3 2 TD 4 5 CTS 5 4 RTS 6 20 DTR 7 7 GND 20 6 DSR Pins 6 8 20 looped back internally on the 232BSS4 Chart B 4 DCE Modem DB9 Connector to Ma...

Page 40: ...3 TD 3 4 DTR 6 5 GND 7 6 DSR 20 7 RTS 5 8 CTS 4 Pins 1 4 6 looped back internally on the 232BSS4 Chart B 6 Ports A D DTE to DTE PC DB9 Connector 232BSS4 Ports A D DTE DB9 Connector Signal Direction D...

Page 41: ...S 4 8 CTS 5 Pins 1 4 6 looped back internally on the 232BSS4 Chart B 8 Ports A D DTE to DCE Modem DB9 Connector 232BSS4 Ports A D DTE DB9 Connector Signal Direction DCE Modem Serial Port DB9 Connector...

Page 42: ...B 6 Appendix B Cable Charts Documentation Number 232BSS4 2916 Manual...

Page 43: ...PORT B PORT C PORT D Microcontroller UART UART UART UART 3 2 7 8 6 1 4 5 TD RD RTS CTS DSR DCD DTR GND 3 2 7 8 6 1 4 5 TD RD RTS CTS DSR DCD DTR GND 3 2 7 8 6 1 4 5 TD RD RTS CTS DSR DCD DTR GND 3 2...

Page 44: ...C 2 Appendix C Documentation Number 232BSS4 0812 Manual...

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