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PCL-858

8-Port RS-232

Interface Card

Summary of Contents for PCL-858

Page 1: ...PCL 858 8 Port RS 232 Interface Card...

Page 2: ...h Co Ltd Information provid ed in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However Advantech Co Ltd assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements of rights of third partie...

Page 3: ...Default Settings 14 I O Address and Interrupt Setup 14 Speed Mode selection 18 Chapter 3 Software Installation 19 Operating Environment Selection 20 Icom Utility Setup for Windows 95 98 NT environment...

Page 4: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 5 1 Introduction C H A P T E R...

Page 5: ...share the same interrupt IRQ and interrupt status register is available for determining the interrupt source When an on board interrupt occurs the interrupt status register vector address indicates w...

Page 6: ...ws 3 1 PC ComLib Windows 95 98 Win dows NT v Supports surge protection 3000 VDC PCL 858B v PC ComLib Icom Utility software included Specifications l Bus interface ISA l Number of ports 8 l I O address...

Page 7: ...re 0 60 C refer to IEC 68 1 2 3 item l Storage Temperature 25 80 C l MTBF over 99 100 hrs PCL 858A at 25 C Ground fixed environment over 92 363 hrs PCL 858B at 25 C Ground fixed environment l For tech...

Page 8: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Figure 1 1 Switch and jumper layout...

Page 9: ...10 PCL 858 User s Manual...

Page 10: ...2 Hardware Installation C H A P T E R...

Page 11: ...ment or your local sales representative immediately Also notify the carrier Retain the shipping carton and packing material for inspection by the carrier After inspection we will make arrangements to...

Page 12: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 13...

Page 13: ...ly for manufacture PCL 858 Default Configuration Setting Default function JPI IRQ 12 Speed mode 1x Base address Address 300H Vector address Interrupt 280H I O Address and Interrupt Setup Next you will...

Page 14: ...d in your system set the card to different base address DIP switch SW1 controls each card s base address as shown below Port base address SW1 Base Address A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 200 21F l l l l l l 208...

Page 15: ...status register setup SW2 Vector address When data arrives at one of the eight ports it will generate an interrupt in the interrupt register The software can read this and identify immediately which p...

Page 16: ...SW2 Please note the address decorder will occupy a continuous 8 bytes area related to switch setting For example if you set the switch to 210H then the address 210H to 217H will all be decoded The var...

Page 17: ...d mode is selected at SW2 Normal Speed Mode To select the baud rate commonly associated with COM ports such as 2400 4800 9600 115 2 Kbps place the switch as follows High Speed Mode To increase normal...

Page 18: ...3 Software Installation C H A P T E R...

Page 19: ...his part utility installation configuration and upgrade removal procedure are described IOCM Utility software package is stated for both Windows 95 98 and NT environments Utility Installation The foll...

Page 20: ...Taskbar Start button then select Programs menu then Advantech Icom Utility menu and then Icom icon When the configuration panel is popped up Click Add Board button to add a board Click Delete button t...

Page 21: ...board can share only one same IRQ and different board will set different IRQ Click Share IRQ Enable button to set the share IRQ function Share IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 15 Vector Address 200H 3F8H Afte...

Page 22: ...Chapter 4 Wiring 23 4 Wiring C H A P T E R...

Page 23: ...25 to 8 x DB25 with these pinouts Pin no Signal Pin no Signal Pin no Signal 1 TxD1 22 RxD1 43 CTS1 2 DTR1 23 DSR1 44 RTS1 24 DCD1 45 GND 3 RxD2 25 TxD2 46 CTS2 4 DSR2 26 DTR2 47 RTS2 5 DCD2 6 TxD3 27...

Page 24: ...e GND Ground 7 TD Transmit Data 2 Output RTS Request To Send 4 Output DTR Data Terminal Ready 20 Output RD Receive Data 3 Input CTS Clear To Send 5 Input DSR Data Set Ready 6 Input DCD Data Carrier De...

Page 25: ...ion Examples include PC s terminals and some printers DCE refers to the device being communicated with or controlled Examples include modems DSU s digital service units printers and lab factory equipm...

Page 26: ...on t have to reverse lines 2 and 3 lines 4 and 5 and lines 6 and 20 Because in general the DCE RS 232 interfaces are reversed them selves Terminal without handshake DB 25 Male PCL 858 Terminal PC DTE...

Page 27: ...28 PCL 858 User s Manual...

Page 28: ...Appendix A PC I O Address Assignments 29 A PC I O Address Reference A P P E N D I X...

Page 29: ...060 063 PPI 8255A 070 071 Real Time Clock 080 08F DMA Page Register 0A0 0BF 8259A Interrupt Chip 0C0 0DF Second DMA Controller 8237A 0F0 0FF Math Coprocessor 1F0 1F8 AT Fixed Disk 200 20F Game I O 27...

Page 30: ...Appendix B Quick Reference 31 B Quick Reference A P P E N D I X...

Page 31: ...l 1 8432 MHz default Base Address MODE SW1 In this mode The I O Addresses and its IRQ Level for each port are set to default as below Please make sure that the I O address on BIOS setting of on board...

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