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Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual 

 

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5.

 

CTI Xtreme/104 PCI Express GPIO Adapter installation is complete. Select 

Finish.

 

 

 

6.

 

Once the software for the CTI Xtreme/104 PCI Express GPIO Adapter has been 
installed, a window will appear to begin the installation for the PCI Serial Port.  Select 

Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)

.  Select 

Next

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Summary of Contents for Xtreme/104-Express

Page 1: ...nect Tech Inc 42 Arrow Road Guelph Ontario N1K 1S6 Tel 519 836 1291 Toll 800 426 8979 North America only Fax 519 836 4878 Email sales connecttech com support connecttech com Web www connecttech com CTIM 00045 Revision 0 00 July 30 2008 ...

Page 2: ...nect Tech Inc reserves the right to substitute an equivalent product if available or to retract Lifetime Warranty if no replacement is available The above warranty is the only warranty authorized by Connect Tech Inc Under no circumstances will Connect Tech Inc be liable in any way for any damages including any lost profits lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of th...

Page 3: ...ress Selection 8 Electrical Interfaces 8 RS 232 Electrical Interface 8 RS 422 485 Electrical Interface 8 Full Duplex Mode 8 Half Duplex Mode 9 Multi drop Mode 9 Line Bias Termination 9 Jumper Block Settings 9 Tri state Operation 11 Connectors Pinouts 12 Hardware Installation 14 Installing the Xtreme 104 Express into your system 14 Software Driver Installation 15 Windows Installation 15 Port Settin...

Page 4: ...gure 1 Xtreme 104 Express Hardware Components 7 Figure 2 Jumper Block Diagrams 9 Figure 3 Example port configuration jumper block settings 10 Figure 4 RS 422 485 Wiring Diagram 13 List of Tables Table 1 I O Signal Assignments for Xtreme 104 Express 12 Table 2 DB 9 Male Pinouts 13 ...

Page 5: ...Courier You may contact us by letter at Connect Tech Inc Technical Support 42 Arrow Road Guelph Ontario Canada N1K 1S6 Email Internet You may contact us through the Internet Our email and URL addresses on the Internet are sales connecttech com support connecttech com www connecttech com Note Please go to the Download Zone or the Knowledge Database in the Support Center on the Connect Tech website ...

Page 6: ...dical instrumentation and industrial control applications among others Full industrial temperature range 40 C to 85 C operation is standard Features Eight hardware switchable RS 232 422 485 ports Fully PCI 104 Express compliant 9 bit data support allows for command data addressing in RS 485 networks Supports RS 485 full duplex four wire with RTS CTS flow control half duplex two wire with auto TxD ...

Page 7: ...Connect Tech Xtreme 104 Express User Manual Revision 0 00 7 Xtreme 104 Express Board Diagram Figure 1 Xtreme 104 Express Hardware Components ...

Page 8: ...ion Load the appropriate driver for your operating system as found on the accompanying CD Installation guides are also available on the CD to aid you in this process Hardware Configuration Interrupts and Memory Address Selection The Xtreme 104 Express board is a PCI 104 Express card so the host computer s BIOS will automatically set interrupts and memory addresses when you power up the system Depe...

Page 9: ...his mode requires software setup in Control Panel System Properties Hardware Device Manager Ports CTI Xtreme 104 PCI Express UART Serial Port Line Bias Termination The RS 422 485 transceivers can be configured to terminate and produce a line level mark condition on the receiver and or terminate the transmitter These options are enabled through on board jumper selectable resistors These options are...

Page 10: ...itter will always drive the line to an idle state when not sending data RxD Control Install this jumper to enable the RS 485 receiver only when NOT transmitting data This is useful for half duplex operation to prevent the transmitting device from receiving the data it has sent If this jumper is not installed the receiver is always enabled and ready to receive data RxD Termination Bias Install this...

Page 11: ...operation while the system is powering up If enabled the Xtreme 104 Express will tri state the transmitter until the driver opens the port This operation is configurable for any port configured as RS 485 regardless of the RS 485 mode selected Jumper J1 controls the power on tri state functionality Install a jumper on the first location of the J1 in order to tri state Port 1 at power on Install a j...

Page 12: ...utput 15 TxD Output TxD Output 16 CTS Input CTS Input 17 DTR Output TxD Output 18 RI Input RTS Output 19 SG Signal Ground SR Signal Reference 2 or 6 20 N C No Connection N C No Connection 21 DCD Input RxD Input 22 DSR Input CTS Input 23 RxD Input RxD Input 24 RTS Output RTS Output 25 TxD Output TxD Output 26 CTS Input CTS Input 27 DTR Output TxD Output 28 RI Input RTS Output 29 SG Signal Ground SR...

Page 13: ...ce 6 DSR Input CTS Input 7 RTS Output RTS Output 8 CTS Input CTS Input 9 RI Input RTS Output Figure 4 RS 422 485 Wiring Diagram D 6 1 DB 9 Male 5 9 Xtreme 104 Express Adapter RTS RTS CTS CTS TxD TxD RxD RxD RxD TxD RxD TxD RTS CTS RTS CTS SR SR Xtreme 104 Express Adapter RS 485 422 Peripheral 3 1 4 2 5 6 9 7 8 RTS RTS CTS CTS TxD TxD RxD RxD RxD TxD RxD TxD RTS CTS RTS CTS SR SR BlueStorm Express ...

Page 14: ... in a given stack without specialized extender circuitry The Xtreme 104 Express provides support for Windows 2000 XP XP x64 XPe Server 2003 Server 2003 x64 and Vista Please refer to the readme txt files found in the appropriate directories on the CD containing drivers and documentation These files contain technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device drive...

Page 15: ...on Guides available on the CD shipped with your board s 1 After inserting the Xtreme 104 Express into your system s PCI Express slot turn on your system A Found New Hardware Wizard will appear Insert the Xtreme 104 Express CD into your drive as requested Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced Select Next 2 Choose Select removable media floppy CD ROM and Include this location in t...

Page 16: ... 0 00 16 3 Once you have clicked Next the Found New Hardware Wizard will begin to install the software 4 Next a window will appear indicating that the software for Xtreme 104 Express has not passed Windows logo testing Select Continue Anyway GPIO Adapter ...

Page 17: ...xpress GPIO Adapter installation is complete Select Finish 6 Once the software for the CTI Xtreme 104 PCI Express GPIO Adapter has been installed a window will appear to begin the installation for the PCI Serial Port Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced Select Next ...

Page 18: ...Choose Select removable media floppy CD ROM and Include this location in the search and type D Drivers Win2K XP where D is the drive letter of your CD ROM Now select Next 8 Once you have clicked Next the Found New Hardware Wizard will begin to install the software ...

Page 19: ...vision 0 00 19 9 Next a window will appear indicating that the software for Xtreme 104 Express has not passed Windows logo testing Select Continue Anyway 10 CTI Xtreme 104 PCI Express Multiport Serial Adapter installation is complete Select Finish ...

Page 20: ...en installed a window will appear to begin the installation for the Xtreme 104 PCI Express UART Serial Port Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced Select Next 12 Choose Select removable media floppy CD ROM and Include this location in the search and type D Drivers Win2K XP where D is the drive letter of your CD ROM Now select Next ...

Page 21: ...00 21 13 Once you have clicked Next the Found New Hardware Wizard will begin to install the software 14 Next a window will appear indicating that the software for Xtreme 104 Express has not passed Windows logo testing Select Continue Anyway UART Serial Port ...

Page 22: ...rial Port installation is complete Select Finish 16 Verify the presence of the Xteme 104 Express serial ports in your system by going to Start Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager You should see CTI Xtreme 104 PCI Express GPIO Adapter Xtreme 104 PCI Express Multiport Serial Adapter and Ports ...

Page 23: ...ick on CTI Xtreme 104 PCI Express GPIO Adapter Click on the General tab to see that your device is working properly NOTE The Windows driver provided with your Xtreme 104 Express unit has not been signed by Microsoft If you require a signed driver please contact Connect Tech ...

Page 24: ...ng the appropriate CTI Xtreme 104 PCI Express UART Serial Port under Settings in the Device Manager COM Port Number The driver supports the ability to change COM port names which is also referred to as COM port mapping For example specifying COM5 would set the COM name for the port selected to COM5 NOTE Ensure the COM name selected is not already in use or the port may not respond properly ...

Page 25: ...ettings for the FIFO buffers Receive and Transmit FIFO Settings These sliders adjust the size of UART FIFO levels used by the CTI Xtreme 104 PCI Express UART serial ports You obtain more buffering the further you move the slider to the right This results in higher throughput and lower load on the system Note that high buffer levels can cause communication problems with some applications ...

Page 26: ...movement no requirement Communications Baud Rates RS 232 up to 1 000 Mbps RS 422 485 up to 15 625 Mbps Custom baud rates are also available The onboard fractional baud rate divisor will match almost any custom baud rate UARTs One octal PCI Express UART with up to 128 byte transmit and receive FIFO buffers Dimensions Fully PCI 104 Express compliant Length 9 017 cm 3 550 inches Height 9 5885 cm 3 77...

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