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3.0 DLPCIe-Hardware Layout 

 

 

This Section contains information of the physical position and purpose of the components of the 

DLPCIe. 
 

 

 
 

 

At the top of the bracket has Configure pushbutton  

 

CHA DH+ or DH-485 3 pin Screw terminal (Phoenix Type) pin 1 is the bottom one. 

 

PCI Express Bus connector (CHB the DF1 Physical communication port). 

 

9 Pin DSUB connector (Extra General purpose Serial RS232 communication port). 

 
The LED’s are from top STATUS LED (ERR), NETWORK LED ( CHA) and BUSLED (CHB). 
 
 

4.0 Mode of Operation 

 

4.1 Online Mode of Operation 

 

Online Mode is the normal operating Mode of the DLPCIe.  In this mode the Channels are now 
configured as they are defined by the configuration and the DLPCIe Model.  The DLPCIe is ready to 
interface your equipment. 
The Reset pushbutton automatically puts the DLPCIe into Online mode. 
 

 
 
 
4.2 Offline Mode 

 
Once the Configure Pushbutton is pressed the Offline BIOS Manager is started.  Using either the 
configuration software and the 

“DL Offline Manager” 

option or a Windows Hyper Terminal type 

program with com port settings of 19,2KBaud,8,N,1 and Xon/Xoff flow control. 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for DLPCIe Series

Page 1: ...DLPCIe User s Guide Revision 1 03 Feb 20th 2017 Equustek Solutions Inc Suite 286 5489 Byrne Rd Burnaby BC Canada V5J 3J1 Toll Free 888 387 3787 http www equustek com ...

Page 2: ...ons 6 5 2 Indicator Functions 6 5 2 1 Power Up and Reset Sequence 6 5 2 2 Normal On line Operation 6 5 2 3 On Line Power Up and Reset Errors 6 5 2 4 Off Line Modes 7 6 0 DLPCIe Wiring Diagrams 8 6 1 Online Cable DLPCIe CHA DH 8 6 2 Online Cable DLPCIe CHA DH 485 8 7 0 DLPCIe DH 485 DH Networking Applications 8 7 1 DLPCIe DF1 DF1 to DH 485 DH interface 8 Appendix A Installing the RS232 Serial Drive...

Page 3: ...3 for DH 485 and 1770 KF2 for DH and allows your PCs or Laptops access to any node on the correspond ing Allen Bradley network 2 0 Hardware Specifications The DLPCIe Hardware Platform has the following specifications 2 1 Operating Specifications CHA can be configured for DH 485 at 4800 9600 or 19 2 KBaud or DH of 57 6 115 2 and 230 4 KBaud CHB has RS232 with the ability of being configured with as...

Page 4: ...NETWORK LED CHA and BUSLED CHB 4 0 Mode of Operation 4 1 Online Mode of Operation Online Mode is the normal operating Mode of the DLPCIe In this mode the Channels are now configured as they are defined by the configuration and the DLPCIe Model The DLPCIe is ready to interface your equipment The Reset pushbutton automatically puts the DLPCIe into Online mode 4 2 Offline Mode Once the Configure Push...

Page 5: ... PLEASE WAIT SEND FIRMWARE TEXT FILE NOW Once the message to send the firmware appears then either click on the Send Firmware File button to select the txt file to send or send the Text File under HyperTerminal Wait for an A OK BURN COMPLETE message to appear 3 Memory Dump This is used to display the RAM memory of the DLPCIe This should only be done after contacting Equustek Solu tions to debug pr...

Page 6: ...uence the DLPCIe goes into the On line mode of Operation The LED indicators will behave in the certain way defined by the DLPCIe model used Most likely all LEDS will be off waiting for communication on its channels 5 2 2 Normal On line Operation The following is a description of the normal operation of the Channel Leds on the DLPCIe LED Description of Operation NET LED Solid Green when on line on ...

Page 7: ...f Line Modes The following table describes the meaning of LED patterns in the different Off Line modes of operation LED Pattern Description of Operation STATUSLED ON BIOS Manager Configuration Parameter Download Upload NETLED OFF and BUSLED ON All Three LED s ON Offline Debug Mode ...

Page 8: ...have to be swapped depending on existing DH wiring 6 2 Online Cable DLPCIe CHA DH 485 DLPCIe CHA DH 485 Other DH 485 Nodes 7 0 DLPCIe DH 485 DH Networking Applications 7 1 DLPCIe DF1 DF1 to DH 485 DH interface Note PC can be running RS LINX or like software MMI to have access to nodes on the DH 485 DH Network ...

Page 9: ...Appendix A Installing the RS232 Serial Driver For the PCI Express BUS A1 Screen shots for an example of installing a driver for Windows XP are shown below ...

Page 10: ...it under the device manager it should be some thing like it is shown below but with different port number depending on what is installed in the PC The COM Port with lowest number is the one to be used for the DF1 Driver While the other one will be the general purpose RS232 serial com port ...

Page 11: ...k DLPCIe Allen BradleyDF1 to DH DH485 PCI Express Bus Card with Windows 7 In case Windows 7 does not successfully install the DLPCIe driver like what you see in the following screen shots Click on Change setting ...

Page 12: ...Change it to Automatic update ...

Page 13: ...And if it still does not find the driver like what you see below Then go to your device manager and look under ports and LPTs and click on update driver software ...

Page 14: ...Choose Browse my computer Browse to where the SW_Windows_PCIe_NativeUart folder is on your CD and click on Next ...

Page 15: ...Wait until you see ...

Page 16: ...rom one PC to another and you can change the number to your desired available one That will complete the installation of the PCI Express driver for the card please note that in Win7 the second port is used for setting up the DF1 drive later on ...

Page 17: ...figuration software to configure the unit all the screen shots below show an example of that Click on the DLPCIe Button Select the DF1 Com port that was found under the Device Manager then click on the Offline Manager button you should see some thing like the screen below ...

Page 18: ...on close Then click on Configure button It should come up with the screen shot shown below Click on Next On next screen shot select the Network mode DH or HD485 and also select the node address number in Octal please make sure that it is not a duplicate ...

Page 19: ...Here select the Network Speed Click on Next then enter the DF1 serial Parameters shown below ...

Page 20: ...d make sure that the unit is in configure mode other wise press the configure button as shown below Click on Ok then on Next It should come with what is shown below Click on Ok then on Finish and close the EQ32 program ...

Page 21: ...d OFF ON 57 6Kbaud ON OFF EEPROM ON ON Node Address Octal Switches 8 7 6 5 4 3 0 ON ON ON ON ON ON 1 ON ON ON ON ON OFF 2 ON ON ON ON OFF ON 3 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF 10 ON ON OFF ON ON ON 33 ON OFF OFF ON OFF OFF Node Address Octal Switches 8 7 6 5 4 3 50 OFF ON OFF ON ON ON 63 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF 64 OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON 75 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 76 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 77 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF...

Page 22: ...As for the DF1 parameters they are preconfigured as shown below If different settings are required please use the EQ32 to configure the unit with the EEPROM as shown in the previous step ...

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