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Summary of Contents for PI080A-R2

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Page 2: ...der toll free in the U S Call 877 877 BBOX outside U S call 724 746 5500 FREE technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mailing address Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com ...

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Page 4: ... operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This ...

Page 5: ...de baño lavabo sótano mojado o cerca de una alberca etc 6 El aparato eléctrico debe ser usado únicamente con carritos o pedestales que sean recomendados por el fabricante 7 El aparato eléctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo sólo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo eléctrico más allá a lo descrito en las instrucciones de oper...

Page 6: ...contactos y receptáculos donde salen del aparato 14 El equipo eléctrico debe ser limpiado únicamente de acuerdo a las recomendaciones del fabricante 15 En caso de existir una antena externa deberá ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deberá ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado debe ser tomado de tal manera qu...

Page 7: ...oration Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners CE Notice The symbol on your Serial Parallel Converter 38 4 kbps indicates that it is in compliance with the Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC directive and the Low Voltage Directive LVD of the Union European EU ...

Page 8: ...tion 8 2 2 Features 8 3 Configuration 10 3 1 Configuration Switches 10 3 2 Detailed Switch Settings 12 4 Installation 15 5 Operation 16 Appendix A Port Connections 18 A 1 36 Pin Centronics Parallel Port Connections 18 A 2 DB25 Serial Port Connections 19 Appendix B Block Diagram 20 ...

Page 9: ...800 9600 19 200 or 38 400 bps Data Format 7 or 8 data bits 1 or 2 stop bits switch selectable Parity Enable disable even odd switch selectable Parallel Interface Centronics compatible 36 pin male connector attached to the end of a 6 foot 1 8 m cable Temperature Tolerance 32 to 140 F 0 to 60 C Altitude Tolerance Up to 10 100 feet 3078 m Maximum Humidity 5 to 95 noncondensing ...

Page 10: ...7 CHAPTER 1 Specifications Power Uses power from RS 232C interface no external power required Size 2 6 H x 1 3 W x 0 8 D 6 6 x 3 3 x 2 cm Weight 2 oz 57 g ...

Page 11: ...equires no AC power and supports serial data rates from 300 to 38 400 bps Convenient configuration switches control data rate parity word length and flow control An easy to read LED indicator displays status and operating conditions The Serial Parallel Converter 38 4 kbps includes a DB25 female connector on the serial side and a 6 foot 1 8 m cable ending in a Centronics 36 pin male connector on th...

Page 12: ...1 kbit buffer prevents data loss Serial data rates up to 38 400 bps No AC power required Supports both software and hardware flow control Ultra miniature size A five state LED monitors status and diagnostics Complete with 6 ft 1 8 m of cable and a Centronics 36 pin connector ...

Page 13: ...tion to a wide range of applications Because all eight switches are in one externally accessible DIP switch package you don t have to open the case for configuration The configuration switches allow you to select data rates parity word length and flow control This chapter describes all switch locations positions and functions Figure 3 1 Locating the configuration switches Configuration Switches LE...

Page 14: ... the unit use a small screwdriver and gently push each switch to its proper setting The ON and OFF positions are shown in Figure 3 2 Default settings for the DIP switches are shown in Table 3 1 Detailed settings follow the table in Section 3 2 Figure 3 2 The miniature 8 position DIP switch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OFF DHS 8 ...

Page 15: ...4 Data Parity Stop Bits OFF 8B NP 1S SW5 Data Parity Stop Bits OFF SW6 Data Rate OFF SW7 Data Rate OFF 9600 bps SW8 Data Rate OFF 3 2 Detailed Switch Settings SWITCH 1 HARDWARE SOFTWARE FLOW CONTROL The setting for Switch 1 determines whether the Converter will have hardware or software flow control Table 3 2 SW1 settings Flow Control SW1 Hardware OFF Software ON B data bits NP no parity S stop bi...

Page 16: ...TY AND STOP BIT Switches 3 through 5 are used to specify the data parity and stop bits Table 3 4 shows the settings that may be used Table 3 4 SW3 through SW5 settings Data Parity Stop Bit SW3 SW4 SW5 7B EP 1S ON ON ON 7B OP 1S OFF ON ON 7B NP 2S ON OFF ON 7B EP 2S OFF OFF ON 7B OP 2S ON ON OFF 8B EP 1S OFF ON OFF 8B OP 1S ON OFF OFF 8B NP 1S OFF OFF OFF B data bits NP no parity EP even parity OP ...

Page 17: ...witches 6 through 7 determine the frequency and data rate Table 3 5 shows the settings that may be used Table 3 5 SW6 through SW8 settings Data Rate SW6 SW7 SW8 300 OFF OFF ON 600 ON OFF ON 1200 ON ON OFF 2400 OFF ON ON 4800 ON ON ON 9600 OFF OFF OFF 19 200 ON OFF OFF 38 400 OFF ON OFF ...

Page 18: ... switches just plug it in and you re ready to go Figure 4 1 illustrates the proper connections for the standard cables If you have a non standard connector on your printer or PC call Black Box Technical Support at 724 746 5500 Figure 4 1 Installing the converter PC Printer Serial Parallel Converter PI080A R2 ...

Page 19: ...r is derived from the RS 232 data and control signals there is no ON OFF switch The Converter features an easy to read status LED that glows red to indicate the condition of the transmission line Figure 3 1 at the beginning of Chapter 3 shows the location of the LED Table 5 2 on the next page describes the LED s various functions Table 5 1 Key for LED codes Key Blink _ Short pause ___ Long pause ...

Page 20: ...l and parallel devices are connected computer is not sending data Printer is not ready data is held in the buffer ___ Computer is ignoring flow control data is lost The red LED indicator blinks to show activity Since there is only one indicator it uses different LED codes to demonstrate various messages Table 5 1 describes these codes ...

Page 21: ...on Direction 1 Strobe Output 2 Data bit 0 3 Data bit 1 4 Data bit 2 5 Data bit 3 I O 6 Data bit 4 7 Data bit 5 8 Data bit 6 9 Data bit 7 10 Acknowledge Input active low 11 Busy Input active high 12 Paper end 13 Select 18 5 volts 32 Error 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ground 25 26 27 28 29 30 33 36 NOTE All other pins are not connected ...

Page 22: ...RXD Serial Receive Data also used as a power source 4 RTS Request to Send also used as a power source 5 CTS Clear to Send also used as a power source 6 DSR Data Set Ready also used as a power source 7 SG Signal Ground 8 DCD Carrier Detect also used as a power source 9 V in Used as a power source 20 DTR Data Terminal Ready also used as a power source NOTE All other pins are not connected ...

Page 23: ...ATA BIT 1 DATA BIT 2 DATA BIT 3 DATA BIT 4 DATA BIT 5 DATA BIT 6 DATA BIT 7 DATA BIT 8 STROBE ACKNOWLEDGE BUSY DSR RTS DCD DTR CTS RD TD GND 100K PULL UP NETWORK PARALLEL AND SERIAL PROCESSOR REGULATOR WITH RESET MONITOR RESET DIP SWITCH SETTINGS FOR RATE LENGTH PARITY POWER SUPPLY DCD RD TD DTR DSR RTS CTS VIN V V 5V ...

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