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VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009)   -----1 

 
 

VXC Cards User’s Manual  

 

VXC-112U, VXC-142U/142iU, VXC-182iU, VXC-114U,  

VXC-144U/144iU 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Warranty

 

All products manufactured by ICP DAS are warranted against 

defective materials for a period of one year from the date of delivery to 
the original purchaser. 

 

Warning 

ICP DAS assumes no liability for damages consequent to the use of 

this product. ICP DAS reserves the right to change this manual at any 
time without notice. The information furnished by ICP DAS is believed to 
be accurate and reliable. However, ICP DAS assumes no responsibility 
for its use, or for any infringements of patents or other rights of third 
parties resulting from its use. 

 

Copyright

 

Copyright 2007 by ICP DAS. All rights are reserved. 
 

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The names used for identification only may be registered 

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Summary of Contents for VXC-112U

Page 1: ...o liability for damages consequent to the use of this product ICP DAS reserves the right to change this manual at any time without notice The information furnished by ICP DAS is believed to be accurat...

Page 2: ...E CONFIGURATION 2 1 10 BOARD LAYOUT 2 2 12 COM PORT MAPPING AND BOARD ID 2 3 14 PIN ASSIGNMENT 2 4 18 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3 19 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3 1 20 WINDOWS NT 4 0 3 2 23 WINDOWS 2000 3 3 27...

Page 3: ...he COM port number selection automatically or manually It s an important and innovative feature for the VXC family The COM Selector provides the following advantages Simplifies the COM port number sel...

Page 4: ...omponents and shunted through the TVS diode The device returns to a high impedance state after the transient threat passes Up To 128 Bytes Hardware FIFO The VXC cards offer TVS diode ESD protection te...

Page 5: ...harsh environment Photo coupler is a device that uses a short optical transmission path to transfer a signal between elements of a circuit typically a transmitter and a receiver This keeping them elec...

Page 6: ...le DB 9 Female DB 37 RS 232 2 ports 1 ports 4 ports RS 422 485 1 ports 2 ports 2 ports 4 ports 4 ports Self tuner or equivalence design Yes COM1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Isolation 3 kV 3 kV 3 kV COM Selector Y...

Page 7: ...g materials and the carton in case you need to ship or store the product in the future 1 4 Ordering Information Model Description VXC 112U Universal PCI 2 port RS 232 communication board VXC 114U Univ...

Page 8: ...D sub connector with plastic cover DN 37 I O Connector Block Pitch 5 08 mm with DIN Rail Mounting Include One CA 3710 37 pin Male Male D sub cable 1 0m DN 09 2 DN 09 2F I O Connector Block with DIN R...

Page 9: ...le 1 5M 180 CA 0910F 9 pin Female Female D sub cable 1M CA 0910N 9 pin Female Female D sub cable 1M Null Modem Cable CA 0915 9 pin Male Female D sub cable 1 5M CA 090910 9 pin Female D sub 9 wire RS 4...

Page 10: ...VXC 114U 144U 144iU User s Manual Ver 1 2 Mar 11 2009 10 2 Hardware configuration 2 1 Board Layout Board layout of the VXC 114U 144U 144iU CON1 SW1...

Page 11: ...VXC 114U 144U 144iU User s Manual Ver 1 2 Mar 11 2009 11 Board layout of the VXC 112U 142U 142iU 182iU CON2 CON1 SW1...

Page 12: ...n the driver finds a valid number for each port If the Board ID is not 0 then the driver uses the Board ID to be the first COM port number and uses the Board ID 1 to be the next COM port number and so...

Page 13: ...21 22 23 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF Board ID 0x1E COM 30 31 32 33 OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF Board ID 0x28 COM 40 41 42 43 OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF Board ID 0x32 COM 50 51 52 53 OFF OFF ON ON...

Page 14: ...nment 2 3 1 VXC 112U Pin Assignment RS 232 Cable Wiring Null Modem 2 3 2 VXC 142U VXC 142iU Pin Assignment The RS 485 bus is a differential balanced signal thus you cannot wire the Data with Data dire...

Page 15: ...VXC 114U 144U 144iU User s Manual Ver 1 2 Mar 11 2009 15 2 3 3 VXC 114U Pin Assignment DB 37 to 4 port DB 9 CA 9 3715D RS 232 Cable Wiring Null Modem...

Page 16: ...11 2009 16 2 3 4 VXC 144U VXC 144iU Pin Assignment DB 37 to 4 port DB 9 CA 9 3715D Warning The RS 485 bus is a differential balanced signal thus you cannot wire the Data with Data directly for a singl...

Page 17: ...XC 182iU Pin Assignment CN1 Isolation RS 422 485 port Warning The RS 485 bus is a differential balanced signal thus you cannot wire the Data with Data directly for a single port loop back test It will...

Page 18: ...installing driver first 2 Shut down and power off your computer 3 Remove all covers from the computer 4 Select an empty PCI slot 5 Remove the PCI slot cover from the PC 6 Carefully insert your VXC ca...

Page 19: ...ation VxCard_NT_Vista32_V204 exe This is the VXC Card driver for Windows NT 4 0 2000 XP 2003 and Vista32 Note Please refer to Quick Start for getting the location of setup program on CD For Windows us...

Page 20: ...ng the location of setup program on CD Note It s recommended to install the software first and then the hardware This reduces the configuration procedures 1 Launch the VxCard_NT_Vista32_v204 exe setup...

Page 21: ...4U 144U 144iU User s Manual Ver 1 2 Mar 11 2009 21 4 Select No I will restart the computer later and click Finish button 5 Turn off the computer and install the VXC card into the PC 6 Power on the com...

Page 22: ...So users can check if any conflict occurred between COM ports To launch the utility just double click on the VxCard Utility short cut on your desktop 3 1 3 Configuration If need users can change the i...

Page 23: ...the hardware This reduces the configuration procedures Refer to Quick Start for getting the location of setup program on CD 1 Launch the VxCard_NT_Vista32_V204 exe to install the driver and register...

Page 24: ...the computer later and click Finish button 5 Turn off the computer and install the VXC card into the PC 6 Power on the computer Windows 2000 should find the new card and load the driver automatically...

Page 25: ...mplete the following steps 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel and double click the System icon 2 Click the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager button The VXC Card is listed under the VXC...

Page 26: ...op after installation To change the COM port mappings see Section 2 2 COM Port Mappings and Board ID users should restart the driver by rebooting the computer or re install the VXC Card hardware in th...

Page 27: ...le the Driver Signing and Windows Update options in Windows to suppress the lots of prompt messages during driver installation 3 3 1 Disable Driver Signing 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel and th...

Page 28: ...t ask for my approval check Make this action the system default and then click OK to close the Driver Signing Options window 4 Click the Windows Update button on System Properties window Note The Win...

Page 29: ...3 3 2 Driver Installation Refer to Quick Start for getting the location of setup program on CD Note It s recommended to install the software first and then the hardware This reduces the configuration...

Page 30: ...VXC 114U 144U 144iU User s Manual Ver 1 2 Mar 11 2009 30 3 Select a folder where setup will install files and click Next button 4 Select No I will restart the computer later and click Finish button...

Page 31: ...puter and continue to finish the Plug and Play procedures 7 Select Install the software automatically Recommended and Click Next button VXC 114U 4 Port RS 232 Communication Board 8 Click Finish button...

Page 32: ...em Properties window and click Driver Signing 3 Select Warn Prompt me each time to choose an action check Make this action the system default and then click OK to close the Driver Signing Options wind...

Page 33: ...m Properties window 3 3 4 Verification To verify the installation please complete the following steps 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel and double click the System icon 2 Click the Hardware tab an...

Page 34: ...after driver installed To change the COM port mappings see Section 2 2 COM Port Mappings and Board ID users should restart the driver by rebooting the computer or re install the VXC Card hardware in t...

Page 35: ...related information onto the system 2 Click Allow I trust this program I know where it s from or I ve used it before on the User Account Control window Refer to Release Note for getting the location o...

Page 36: ...ar 11 2009 36 4 Select folder where setup will install files and click Next button 5 Click Install this driver software anyway The prompt will repeat for several times Please click Install this driver...

Page 37: ...1 2 Mar 11 2009 37 6 Select No I will restart the computer later and click Finish button 7 Turn off the computer and install the VXC card into the PC 8 Power on the computer and system will find the n...

Page 38: ...ab and then click the Device Manager button The VXC Card is listed under the VXC Multi port serial Card class and each Communications Port is listed under the Ports VxCard RS 232 422 485 class 3 4 3 C...

Page 39: ...s that existing in the system To change the COM port mappings see Section 2 2 COM Port Mappings and Board ID users should restart the driver by rebooting the computer or re install the VXC Card hardwa...

Page 40: ...evices Use the GNU configure and build system 3 5 2 Installation Please refer to the following steps to complete it 1 Download or copy the IxCOM package to a directory that you have access to 2 Extrac...

Page 41: ...ish unused device major number dynamically and create correspond device node for access VXC serial port Use proc file proc icpdas ixcom Load module ixcom ixcom inst IxCOM Installer 0 5 0 Check kernel...

Page 42: ...crw rw rw 1 root root 254 64 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV0 crw rw rw 1 root root 254 65 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV1 crw rw rw 1 root root 254 66 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV2 crw rw rw 1 root root 254 67 Jul 14 10 13...

Page 43: ...sion 0x1415 0x9504 0x1441 0x0090 Rev1 1 VXC 114U 0x1415 0x9501 0x1441 0x0091 Version after Rev1 2 0x1415 0x9504 0x1440 0x0090 Rev1 1 144U Rev3 1 144iU VXC 144U VXC 144iU 0x1415 0x9501 0x1440 0x0091 Ve...

Page 44: ...Bus I O Mapped BAR1 UARTs Memory Mapped Local Bus Memory Mapped BAR2 Local Configuration Registers I O Mapped Reserved BAR3 Local Configuration Registers Memory Mapped Reserved BAR4 Reserved Reserved...

Page 45: ...VXC 114U 144U 144iU User s Manual Ver 1 2 Mar 11 2009 45 4 3 UART Register...

Page 46: ...ESIRED BAUD RATE DIVISOR USED TO GENERATE 16 CLOCK PERCENT ERROR 50 18432 75 12288 110 8376 0 026 150 6144 300 3072 600 1536 1200 768 2400 384 4800 192 9600 96 14400 64 19200 48 23040 40 28800 32 3840...

Page 47: ...ually Warning The baud rates higher than 115 200 bps are not guaranteed to work To generate baud rate 250 000 bps 250 000 16 4 16 000 000 16MHz crystal Baud rate 16x clock Divisor Crystal Clock Freque...

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