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XC Range Product Manual
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XC Range Product Manual

XC-157, XC-235 and XC-475

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Page 1: ...Print date 02 04 2015 XC Range Product Manual V1 0 Copyright Brainboxes Ltd Page 1 of 38 XC Range Product Manual XC 157 XC 235 and XC 475 ...

Page 2: ...he COM label 21 4 3 Changing the port settings 21 5 RS 232 Information 24 5 1 The RS 232 Standard 24 5 2 9 Pin D Serial Port RS 232 Cables 24 5 3 Pin D serial port connection to another PC 24 6 LPT printer port information 26 7 UART Settings 27 7 1 Receive Trigger Level 28 7 2 Transmit Trigger Level 28 7 3 Flow Control Trigger Level 28 8 Uninstallation instructions 30 8 1 Windows Server 2008 Vista...

Page 3: ...Ltd Page 3 of 38 12 2 RS 232 Pinout 36 12 3 LPT pinout 36 13 Regulatory Approvals Compliance 37 13 1 Company Accreditation 37 13 2 Europe EU Declaration of Conformity 37 13 3 WEEE Directive Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment 37 13 4 RoHS Compliance 38 14 Copyright 38 ...

Page 4: ...Specification 1 1 Compliant ExpressCards are the new connect standard for laptops and can be found in most laptops supplied since 2006 07 ExpressCard slots come in 34mm and 54mm widths all of Brainboxes ExpressCards will fit in either slot Use our ExpressCard spacer in 54mm slots when you require added physical security The cards are hot swappable and can be added or removed without having to turn...

Page 5: ...press XC Range can be used with the following Microsoft Operating Systems with the supplied Boost PCIe drivers Brainboxes PCI Express Drivers have undergone Microsoft testing with the XC RS 232 and LPT printer port family Upon passing these tests the drivers were signed by Microsoft as an indication of their quality and stability ...

Page 6: ...tall the driver from the correct location on the CD ROM Alternatively run the setup exe file found in the root of the CD ROM If you are downloading drivers from www brainboxes com please follow the steps below to install the XC drivers Unzip the driver folder Uninstall any current XC driver software by using the BbPUn43 exe in the Exe s folder Now go back to the main folder and select the setup ex...

Page 7: ... installation steps can be applied to all other products in the XC range 1 Insert the XC CD in to your laptop 2 Insert the XC 235 in to an available ExpressCard slot on your laptop 3 You will now see the below hardware wizard prompt click on it 4 You will now see the below window appear select the Install from a list or specific location Advanced option 5 Now select the Search removable media flop...

Page 8: ...inboxes Ltd Page 8 of 38 6 Your laptop will now start to scan the CD ROM and you will now see a window like this 7 After the CD ROM has been scanned for the XC drivers you will now see a window telling you that the driver installation has finished It looks like this ...

Page 9: ...ht Brainboxes Ltd Page 9 of 38 8 Now that the installation has finished you will see one final hardware wizard prompt which tells you that your hardware is now ready to be used 9 In device manager you can now see your XC 235 installed It should look like this ...

Page 10: ...her products in the XC range 1 Insert the XC CD in to your laptop 2 Insert the XC 235 in to an available ExpressCard slot on your laptop 3 The Found New Hardware Wizard will come up If your computer is set to check Windows Update Automatically for a driver then it could take longer for this screen to pop up 4 Select Locate and install driver software 5 NB Vista will enter the Security Check to ens...

Page 11: ...If you would like to install via Windows Update select Yes this time only This will take you to Step 9 Otherwise select Don t search online to install from the CD 7 The Found New Hardware Wizard will then ask you to locate the software drivers Ensure that the CD is in the drive and click Next ...

Page 12: ...Print date 02 04 2015 XC Range Product Manual V1 0 Copyright Brainboxes Ltd Page 12 of 38 8 Once the driver has been installed click Close ...

Page 13: ... same installation steps can be applied to all other products in the XC range 1 Insert the XC CD in to your laptop 2 Insert the XC 235 in to an available ExpressCard slot on your laptop 3 You will now see the below window appear Click on the Open folder to view files option 4 Scroll down to the bottom of the list of files and select the setup exe file as shown below 5 After clicking on the setup e...

Page 14: ... Range Product Manual V1 0 Copyright Brainboxes Ltd Page 14 of 38 6 You will know see the drivers begin to install as pictured below 7 After the drivers have installed you will now be able to see the final installation window ...

Page 15: ...right Brainboxes Ltd Page 15 of 38 8 The following window will now appear showing you that the device has been successfully installed 9 Now go to device manager it will show that the XC 235 has installed You can now use the card to transmit and receive data ...

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Page 17: ... all other products in the XC range 1 Insert the XC CD in to your laptop 2 Insert the XC 235 in to an available ExpressCard slot on your laptop 3 You will now see the below window appear Click on it and a menu will appear 4 Now select the Open folder to view files option from the below window 5 Go to the bottom of the list of files and select the setup exe file This file will install the XC driver...

Page 18: ...ight Brainboxes Ltd Page 18 of 38 setup exe file you will now see a window as shown below click Next 7 When the drivers are installing the window will look like the one below 8 When the drivers have been installed you will then see a similar window as shown ...

Page 19: ...xes Ltd Page 19 of 38 9 When the drivers have installed Device Manager will now look like the below image If there are any yellow exclamation marks over the Brainboxes products please right click the device and then update the driver pointing to the files on the CD ROM ...

Page 20: ...Manage Then Select Device Manager from the left hand pane For Server 2008 users Device Manager is found within Diagnostics in Server Manager Find the Brainboxes Serial Port entry in Device manager Found under the Ports section The Brainboxes Serial Port entry displays the current COM number in brackets after the name This is usually COM3 or COM4 following install but may be different if other seri...

Page 21: ...the COM label To change the COM label Double click on the Port entry in Device Manager You will then need to go to the Port Settings tab and click on the Advanced button You will now see the below window appear You need to click on the COM port number drop down list and then select an available COM port ...

Page 22: ... Legacy applications and you will need to choose these settings to match the communications that you wish to use o The majority of Applications will specify what Serial Settings they wish to use In this case it will not matter what the Default settings are as the Port will be opened with the Application s Settings When the Override box is checked next to the Default Setting the Port will communica...

Page 23: ... tell the ExpressCard when it is and isn t OK to send data o Sometimes these signals may want to be ignored By forcing CTS or DSR True the ExpressCard will ignore those signals and always send data These settings are especially helpful when CTS and DSR are not physically connected such as in a 3 wire setup and it is not acceptable for the data flow to stop and start due to arbitrary variances on t...

Page 24: ...ropriate lines of the other RS 232 port 5 3 Pin D serial port connection to another PC Suppose we want to connect the Brainboxes Serial Port to the serial port of another PC Connect the earth lines Line 5 of Serial Port 2 to lines 1 7 of the other PC This gives the two devices a common earth level Connect the Transmit and Receive lines together Line 3 TXD Port 2 goes to line 3 RXD of the other PC ...

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Page 26: ...nout for the LPT printer port which is used on the XC 157 and XC 475 ExpressCard s When selecting the appropriate LPT port in your application you will need to check device manager to see which LPT port you need to use Please see below the LPT port in the red circle and then choose the correct port in your application for it to be used ...

Page 27: ...s dependant on whether minimal CPU usage or Data Latency delay is the main concern The default settings have been carefully selected and should provide great performance for the majority of users The UART Settings will help if you need to lower the CPU usage or your application is timing critical and requires a lower Data Latency To open Advanced Settings open the Port Settings and click the Advan...

Page 28: ...ore it runs empty has the advantage that the small processing time required to generate the interrupt notification to the driver and putting data into the FIFO will not have the effect of a gap appearing in the data stream on the transmission line It is not common to choose high values for this slider as the potential transmission gap is easily bridged even if values are chosen in the lower part o...

Page 29: ...slider allows choosing values from 1 to 100 of the Receive FIFO size Pressing the Restore Defaults button will reset all settings on this Property Page to the factory defaults of this device The factory defaults are Receive Trigger Level 75 Transmit Trigger Level 10 Flow Control Trigger Level 85 ...

Page 30: ... is present on the PC Open Control Panel and then open Add or Remove Programs In Vista this will be called Programs Features The Brainboxes Uninstallation wizard will launch which will remove all driver files and associated registry entries Just click Next on each page of the Wizard When the drivers have been uninstalled click Finish Once finished check Device Manager to ensure all Ports have been...

Page 31: ...our XC card To reinstall the software simply Right Click the Ports entry in Device Manager and select Scan for Hardware Changes Windows should find the ports and launch the Found New Hardware wizard Follow the installation instructions as in Section 3 to reinstall Alternatively restart the PC to launch the Found New Hardware Wizard ...

Page 32: ...ll the new drivers from fresh This will restore all settings to factory default However if you instead wish to retain your settings you can use the Update Driver or RollBack in Device Manager for upgrading rolling back the Boost PCIe driver 9 1 Upgrading the Boost PCIe Driver i Go to Device Manager and Right Click on the Serial Card entry Found under Multiport Serial Adapters see image below ii Se...

Page 33: ...e XC is correctly installed and the Ports appear in Device Manager without any errors Errors are indicted by a yellow exclamation mark Perform a loopback A loopback test will verify that your card is able to Transmit and Receive Data The Transmit and Receive lines will need to be connected so that any data sent out of the card is then received back on the same Port Here are two links to our websit...

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Page 35: ...our products inside out and have direct access to the chip and board designers as well as the technicians who built and tested your product If you have any issues questions or suggestions about our Products and Services then please contact us Technical Support is free As long as you have a Brainboxes Product we will be happy to help even if it s discontinued or out of warranty Excellent Customer S...

Page 36: ...rainboxes Ltd Page 36 of 38 12 Technical specification 12 1 Support serial settings Serial Setting Baud Rate Up to 921 600 Data Bits 5 6 7 or 8 Parity None Odd Even Mark Space Stop Bits 1 or 2 Handshaking RTS CTS DTR DSR Xon Xoff 12 2 RS 232 Pinout 12 3 LPT pinout ...

Page 37: ... 108 EC and its subsequent revisions A Declaration of Conformity and supporting Technical Construction File is available by request from Brainboxes and will identify any updated legislation that may have been introduced since the publication of this Manual Warning This is a Class A Product In a domestic environment this product may cause interference in which case the user may be required to take ...

Page 38: ...se for X Ray system XDAL This technique is capable of determining percentages of different elements and is accurate to 0 1 Wt RoHS Compliant Brainboxes products have been available since January 2005 What is the RoHS Directive The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances RoHS in Electrical and Electronic Equipment EEE Directive 2011 65 EU was transposed into UK law on 2 January 2013 ...

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