B&B Electronics 3PXCC1A User Manual Download Page 1

Documentation No. 3PXCC1x-2x-3903 

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B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 

B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 

 

This manual covers the following B&B Electronics' model serial 

cards: 

 

 

RS-232/422/485 Serial Cards

  

CE

 

3PXCC1a     3PXCC1b 
3PXCC2a     3PXCC2b 

Documentation  Number  3PXCC1x-2x-3903  

 

 

 

Each of these models is an RS-232 serial card and uses the same printed circuit 

board. The "1" and "2" suffix designates the number of ports on the card.  The model 
number of the card is printed on a sticker on the board. 

 

This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa, Illinois

 

USA 

of domestic and imported parts by 

 

 

International Headquarters 

B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. Inc.  

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

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

Home Page:  www.bb-elec.com 

Sales e-mail: 

[email protected]

 --  Fax (815) 433-5109 

Technical Support e-mail: 

[email protected]

 --  Fax (815) 433-5104 

 
 

European Headquarters 

B&B Electronics Ltd. 

Westlink Commercial Park, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland 

Phone +353 91-792444  --  Fax +353 91-792445 

Home Page:  www.bb-europe.com 

Sales e-mail:  

[email protected]

 

Technical Support e-mail:  

[email protected]

 

 

 

 

  B&B Electronics  --  Revised October 2003

 

 

Summary of Contents for 3PXCC1A

Page 1: ...ts on the card The model number of the card is printed on a sticker on the board This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa Illinois USA of domestic and imported parts by International Headquart...

Page 2: ...ecking Windows 2000 for Available Address IRQ s 18 Adding Serial Port s in Windows 2000 22 Chapter 4 Address and IRQ Setting 29 Address Switch Setup 29 Interrupt Jumper Setup 32 Chapter 5 Communicatio...

Page 3: ...CD DTR and RI Specifications Bus IBM PC ISA Bus Slot Requires 1 full length slot for complete IRQ selectability When installed in a short slot IRQ s 10 15 will not be available Dimensions 6 3 x 3 3 in...

Page 4: ...for Available Address IRQ s in Chapter 3 for your operating system Refer to Chapter 4 Table 3 for frequently unused I O Addresses and IRQ s Write down the address and IRQ you select to use Do not phys...

Page 5: ...lick on System Properties Left click on Device Manager Double click on Computer 6 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax...

Page 6: ...hich will be seen in the list You might have to start at COM3 or COM4 to begin addressing the ISA card If these addresses are used you may have to resort to the Frequently Unused Port Addresses found...

Page 7: ...353 91 792445 Click Next Select Yes No for the device in the list Click Next 10 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 81...

Page 8: ...For now simply click Next Windows may ask for the Windows 95 98 disk CD to be inserted Finally click Finish 12 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa...

Page 9: ...Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Click off check mark out of box Use automatic settings Select Basic Configuration 0007 or last one Select Input Output Range Click Change Se...

Page 10: ...entation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792...

Page 11: ...see a screen System Setting Change Click the button Restart Now to restart Windows NT 4 0 At this point you can shut down the system and physically install your B B Electronics Serial Card into an ava...

Page 12: ...lick on View top of screen Click on Resources by type Double click on Input Output Find an unused address to set your B B Electronics serial card to Scroll through the list checking 03F8H 02F8H 03E8H...

Page 13: ...Interrupt Request IRQ Here you need to find an unused IRQ to set your B B Electronics serial card to 22 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 613...

Page 14: ...91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Click Next Click on Add Troubleshoot a device Click Next 24 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 510...

Page 15: ...26 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 35...

Page 16: ...ess Double click on the Interrupt Request to set the IRQ Select IRQ and Address that you want your port s configured at 28 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box...

Page 17: ...ding all 16 bits of the ISA address bus Address settings in our ISA bus serial cards is set by DIP switches selecting bits 11 4 or jumpers B B Electronics 3PXCC cards are factory configured for COM1 I...

Page 18: ...upt Jumper Setup The IRQ is a hardware Interrupt Request line in an ISA Bus expansion slot on a PC or AT compatible computer The 8 bit PC ISA slot has 8 interrupts the 16 bit slot has another 7 since...

Page 19: ...mm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Table 4 Standard IRQ Settings COM1 IRQ4 COM2 IRQ3 COM3 IRQ4 COM4 IRQ3 34 Documentation No 3PXCC1x 2x 3903 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Da...

Page 20: ...0 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 RS 422 Mode To configure a port for RS 422 mode 7 jum...

Page 21: ...aced in the RS 485 position the echo is turned off This is achieved by disabling the receiver when the driver is enabled Placing these jumpers in the RS 422 position will hold the receiver enabled at...

Page 22: ...Carrier Detect input 2 RD Receive Data input 3 TD Transmit Data output 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready output 5 GND Signal Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready input 7 RTS Request to Send output 8 CTS Clear to Send...

Page 23: ...ly set 3 Try another software package for troubleshooting Download SimpTerm DOS Terminal Emulator or Comtest Windows Terminal Emulator from B B Electronics web site SimpTerm and Comtest are shareware...

Page 24: ...ayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Any eight byte space not used by o...

Page 25: ...turer s Address P O Box 1040 707 Dayton Road Ottawa IL 61350 USA Model Numbers 3PXCC1A 3PXCC1B 3PXCC2A 3PXCC2B Description RS 232 Serial Card Type Light industrial ITE equipment Application of Council...

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