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Hardware Manual

1.0 EDITION MAY 1998

3 Port RS232

3+1 Port RS232

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Page 1: ...Hardware Manual 1 0 EDITION MAY 1998 3 Port RS232 3 1 Port RS232...

Page 2: ...it COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT 1985 1998 All rights reserved No part of this hardware circuitry or manual may be duplicated copied transmitted or reproduced in any way without the prior written consent of the...

Page 3: ...roduction Intro 1 PCI 3 PORT RS232 PCI 3 1 PORT RS232 These products conform to the following standards CE Standard EN55022 1987 Class B IEC 801 2 1991 Level 2 IEC 801 3 1984 Level 2 IEC 801 4 1988 Le...

Page 4: ...port cards Buy it from your dealer now Chapter 2 PCI 3 Port RS232 PCI 3 1 Port RS232 Specifications gives details of the PCI 3 Port RS232 specifications details of how to install the optional paralle...

Page 5: ...g PCI Cards 12 RS232 Cabling and Pinouts 12 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 12 PROBLEMS 13 CHAPTER 3 14 INTRODUCTION 14 INSTALLING PORTS IN MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 98 14 PCI 3Port RS232 Card Settings In Windows 95...

Page 6: ...ning PCI 3Port RS232 Resources 31 NEWCOM SYS Parameters 32 Configuring And Installing NEWCOM SYS 33 Modifying Command Line Parameters 34 CHAPTER 4 35 INTRODUCTION 35 The RS232 Standard 35 Serial Port...

Page 7: ...programs designed to squeeze the most from PC serial communications Serial Solutions is made up of the following components Serial Solutions for DOS Serial Solutions for Windows 3 x Serial Solutions...

Page 8: ...sed to set the serial parameters including the port address IRQ line used the baud rate parity and data and stop bit options Baud rates supported are from 110 baud to 115 200 baud Included is a very h...

Page 9: ...d for a second serial port or a cable when using this utility Serial Solutions For Windows 3 x Serial Solutions for Windows 3 x works with Windows 3 0 3 1 and 3 11 as well as Windows For Workgroups 3...

Page 10: ...vxd Serial Solutions For Windows NT Windows NT has an improved communication API and directly supports up to 255 ports Serial Solutions for Windows NT consists of the following programs Setup exe Expa...

Page 11: ...in any PCI 2 0 or greater compliant PC compatible PCI RS232 Card Features Three or 4 independent 9 pin D RS232 Serial ports Reliable communications up to 50 feet 15m and beyond Word length of 5 6 7 o...

Page 12: ...ge 10 Figure 2 1 PCI 3Port RS232 Card Dimensions 5 x 3 in 120 x 85 mm I O Connection Serial Port 1 9 pin Male D type Serial Port 2 9 pin Male D type Serial Port 3 9 pin Male D type Weight 84g Optional...

Page 13: ...Port RS232 Card Dimensions 5 x 3 in 120 x 85 mm I O Connection Serial Port 1 9 pin Male D type Serial Port 2 9 pin Male D type Serial Port 3 9 pin Male D type Serial Port 4 9 pin Male D type on option...

Page 14: ...card can be installed the power to the PC MUST be switched OFF and the lead removed from the PC STEP 2 Remove the PC case Figure 2 4 Removing Blanking Cover Figure 2 5 Inserting the PC Serial Card STE...

Page 15: ...The PC should then power on in the normal way Problems If the system fails to power up normally check the following i Ensure that the PC Serial card is installed correctly ii Ensure that other cards...

Page 16: ...g Ports In Microsoft Windows 95 98 Although covering the installation of the PCI 3Port RS232 into the Windows 95 operating system the procedure is also valid with only minor differences in the Windows...

Page 17: ...ld then display something similar to following Click Finish A Copying Files window should now appear Click OK when it asks you to insert the disk After copying the file Windows 95 will then detect eac...

Page 18: ...PCI 3 1Port RS232 Users PCI 3 1 Port RS232 will appear under the Multi function adapters branch and four Communications Ports will appear under the Ports COM LPT branch For most users who have 4 or le...

Page 19: ...ing a new COM port value from the pull down menu relevant to the port However COM port usage other than those for the PCI 3Port RS232 card itself are not checked so it is advisable to first check whic...

Page 20: ...vailable in these windows are 1 Baud Rate determines the baud rate at which the selected port operates Maximum Setting is 115200 2 Data Bits 3 Parity 4 Stop Bits 5 Flow Control 6 Advanced clicking on...

Page 21: ...for multi tasking operations Transmit Buffer These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will send fewer data bytes per interrupt and this is recomm...

Page 22: ...you do not have these please contact your system administrator Software Installation Insert the PCI 3port RS232 into your PC as described in chapter 2 and restart Place the supplied floppy disk titled...

Page 23: ...rd Configuration Go to Control Panel Start Settings Control Panel and double click on Serial Solutions PCI You will be presented with a Serial Solutions PCI Port Configuration window PCI 3 1Port RS232...

Page 24: ...indow are 1 Baud Rate determines the baud rate at which the selected port operates Maximum rate is 115200 2 Data Bits 3 Parity 4 Stop Bits 5 Flow Control 6 Advanced see the section below titled Advanc...

Page 25: ...interrupt to be serviced quicker which is good for slow machines If you have a fast machine setting a high value will give you more time for multi tasking operations 3 Transmit Buffer These settings a...

Page 26: ...s serial ports this ensures that the driver file is removed Close the devices applet Also from Control Panel open the Add Remove programs applet then close the Control Panel this ensures that the cont...

Page 27: ...ng A PCI BBCARDS Where A is the drive containing the supplied disk BBCARDS EXE will return a string that looks similar to the following values contained in the string may differ in individual PC s due...

Page 28: ...omponent options will be installed selecting the Del All button will select all installed components for deletion and Add All chooses all uninstalled components for installation options may not be cha...

Page 29: ...setup program has finished select the Done button Note If the Serial Port driver options has been selected after the setup program has finished Windows will display a restart message answer Yes and Se...

Page 30: ...e following will be displayed In Standard Settings In the COM Base field enter the value 0140 Note COM ports are defined with an i o address range which in this case begins at 0140 and all subsequent...

Page 31: ...n added and correctly configured Repeat the above process to add the other COM ports of the PCI 3Port RS232 the COM base for the second port will be 0148 the third 0150 the fourth for 3 1 Port users w...

Page 32: ...d to discard the entries of ports that have been removed from the system Note Never try to leave out a serial port number when using the delete button because Windows may automatically shift serial po...

Page 33: ...he following A PCI BBCARDS Where A is the drive containing the supplied disk BBCARDS EXE will return a string that looks similar to the following values contained in the string may differ in individua...

Page 34: ...t OR a range of ports B number buffer is used to set the number of pairs of buffers to be allocated to ports and is a decimal number in the range 1 maxport S buffer Set size of all buffers in bytes bu...

Page 35: ...3 Wire Handshake is selected automatically Configuring And Installing NEWCOM SYS To load the Serial Solutions for DOS device driver an entry needs to be added to the CONFIG SYS file Any simple text ed...

Page 36: ...ffer Size S512 Buffer size set to 512 bytes Hardware Handshaking H 4 Type 4 3 Wire Handshake selected for all ports Type 4 3 Wire Handshake selected for all ports Modifying Command Line Parameters Whe...

Page 37: ...S232 standard is ancient in computer industry terms Introduced in 1962 it is now widely established RS232 is a slow speed short distance single ended transmission system i e only one wire per signal T...

Page 38: ...DY DTR 9 Pin D Serial Port RS232 Cables To connect to the AT style RS232 Serial Port you will need a cable terminating in a 9 way female D connector It is sound practice to use cables with screws fitt...

Page 39: ...s allows each to receive the data transmitted by the other 3 Connect the Port 2 DTR line pin 4 to the other PC DCD pin 8 and CTS pin 5 lines Also connect up the other PC DTR line pin 20 to the Port 2...

Page 40: ...Cable AT SERIAL PORT Side Other PC SERIAL PORT Side 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 5 3 2 7 6 4 8 1 5 2 3 6 7 1 8 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6 ACTUAL REPRESENTATION SCHEMATIC REPRESENTAT...

Page 41: ...n in Figure 4 5 9 Pin D Serial Port Loop Back Connector A loop back connector can be used to echo RS232 data transmitted by a serial port back into its own RS232 receiver In this way the function of t...

Page 42: ...er This adapter cable makes the AT style 9 pin serial port look like the standard PC 25 pin serial port It is NOT a cross over cable 9 Pin AT SERIAL PORT 25 Pin PC SERIAL PORT 9 Pin Female D Connector...

Page 43: ...Windows 95 98 14 Configuring Ports In Windows NT 4 0 18 connectors 9 34 cross over 35 39 40 CTS 2 6 36 data word length 6 DCD 2 6 36 Determining PCI Dual RS232 Resources In DOS 28 Determining PCI Dua...

Page 44: ...3 4 6 11 16 34 35 36 39 40 Port Address 30 protocol 2 receive 36 RI 6 RS232 1 6 7 8 11 34 35 39 RS422 RS485 1 RTS 2 6 36 RXD 6 36 serial port 1 2 3 4 16 34 36 39 40 shared interrupt 4 5 SISR 29 speed...

Page 45: ...AT QUAD RS232 AT LYNX 8 PORT RS232 AT RS232 422 485 AT DUAL RS422 485 AT QUAD RS422 485 AT OPTO DUAL RS422 485 MODEMS V34 EMBEDDED PCI V34 INTERNAL IEEE488 CARDS PC IEEE PC ELITE PRO488 SOFTWARE CONVE...

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