Quick Installation Guide
SST PCI Adapters
SST-4P and SST-8P Multiport Serial PCI Adapters
The following will help you to install SST
PCI adapters and fanout cables.
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Set the host computer system
power switch to OFF.
Locate a free PCI expansion slot.
Insert and secure the adapter
firmly into the expansion slot.
Replace the power cord and turn
the host computer ON.
Software Installation
Refer to the appropriate software documentation,
located on your SuperSerial CD-ROM, for detailed
device driver information.
SST Fanout Cables
SST-4 and SST-8 PCI adapters require a fanout
cable (ordered separately). SST Fanout Cables
(FOCs) provide four or eight RS-232 interfaces. The
following diagrams illustrate pinouts and signals for
DB-9, DB-25 and RJ-45 fanout cables.
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b)
c)
d)
To install SST PCI adapters and fanout cables
Overview
SST-
4
P and SST-
8
P PCI adapters are
intelligent, high-speed (up to 920k bps on each
port) PCI expansion boards, which provide high
performance serial I/O solutions for a PCI bus
host computer. All port interfaces are standard
RS-232, with full modem control and voltage
surge protection on every pin.
SST PCI adapters appear to the system host
processor as memory. That is, they are memory
mapped devices. Each adapter is automatically
mapped into system memory at the time of
device driver installation.
SST adapters occupy a PCI slot in the
host computer and provide the intelligent
functions to "off-load" the CPU from serial
communications processing tasks.
Hardware Installation
Use the following procedure to install your SST
PCI adapter. As an alternative, you may follow
the installation instructions presented in your
host computer documentation.
SST PCI Adapter
FO4-DB Fanout Cable
1
2
3
Signal Name
Pin Functions
FO4-DB9 (PN 690367) FO8-DB9 (PN 690370)
FO4-DB25 (PN 690369) FO8-DB25 (PN 690372)
FO4-DB9 (PN 690368) FO8-DB9 (PN 690371)
