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QSC-100

Two Channel RS-232 Asynchronous

Communications Adapter

for PCI bus

User's Manual

QUATECH, INC.

TEL:

(330) 655-9000

5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway

FAX:

(330) 655-9010

Hudson, Ohio  44236

http://www.quatech.com

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Summary of Contents for QSC-100

Page 1: ...232 Asynchronous Communications Adapter for PCI bus User s Manual QUATECH INC TEL 330 655 9000 5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway FAX 330 655 9010 Hudson Ohio 44236 http www quatech com Get other manuals...

Page 2: ...d in this document during the warranty period Any damage that results from improper installation operation or general misuse voids all warranty rights Please complete the following information and ret...

Page 3: ...iable for damages of any kind incidental or consequential in regard to or arising out of the performance or form of the materials presented in this document or any software programs that might accompa...

Page 4: ...ght Industrial Product Name PCI Quad Serial Communications Card Model Number QSC 100 IND 9 4 1 Base Address and Interrupt Level IRQ 9 4 Address Map and Special Registers 8 3 Hardware Installation 7 2...

Page 5: ...18 5 5 Viewing Resources with Device Manager 16 5 4 Windows 1995 15 5 3 Windows 1998 14 5 2 Windows 2000 13 5 1 Windows Millennium 13 5 Windows Configuration 12 4 4 2 Clock Rate Multiplier 11 4 4 1 E...

Page 6: ...0 Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitters UARTs These UARTs contain hardware buffers FIFOs which reduce processing overhead and allow higher data rates to be achieved The 16750 contains a 64 byte...

Page 7: ...Upgrade The IND upgrade provides the protection essential for reliable use in an industrial environment Each communication line has a surge suppresser capable of sustaining up to 40A 20us peak transi...

Page 8: ...iguration as shipped from the factory with two spare jumpers applied in neutral positions Remove one or both and apply as shown in following sections to set optional features SPAD X2 X4 X8 J3 J4 J5 J6...

Page 9: ...wo four or eight times the value for which the UART itself is programmed The factory default is none of these jumpers applied which allows for software control of the clock multiplier via the Options...

Page 10: ...crew 5 Replace the system cover according to the instructions provided by the computer manufacturer 6 Attach and secure the cable connectors to the desired equipment 7 Turn on the power of the compute...

Page 11: ...rial 4 Base Address 16 to Base Address 23 Serial 3 Base Address 8 to Base Address 15 Serial 2 Base Address 0 to Base Address 7 Serial 1 I O Address Range Port Figure 6 Port Address Map All four serial...

Page 12: ...oved 0 Register selected for address 7 accesses SPAD Jumper DLAB Bit Figure 7 DLAB bit selects between special registers 4 3 Interrupt Status Register The read only Interrupt Status Register can be us...

Page 13: ...the QSC 100 as a Quatech Enhanced Serial Adapter Logic operations are performed such that the values read back from these bits will not necessarily be the values that were written to them Bit ID1 wil...

Page 14: ...e clock rate multiplier at which the board is operating 921 6 kbaud 14 7456 MHz X8 1 1 460 8 kbaud 7 3728 MHz X4 0 1 230 4 kbaud 3 6864 MHz X2 1 0 115 2 kbaud 1 8432 MHz X1 default 0 0 Maximum Data Ra...

Page 15: ...t driver for your device Check the Removable media and Specify location box Click the Next button 3 Window will locate the proper INF file and copy the file from the CD Click the Next button 4 The fin...

Page 16: ...shipped with the device Click the OK button 4 The following dialog box will display the appropriate INF file on the diskette in drive Click the OK button 5 Window will copy the INF file from the disk...

Page 17: ...Next button 2 Select Search for the best driver for you device Click the Next button 3 On the next dialog select the CD ROM DRIVE check box Insert the Quatech COM CD shipped with the device into the C...

Page 18: ...that it has found a PCI Card 2 Select the radio button for Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer Click the OK button to continue 3 An Install From Disk dialog box should pop up Insert th...

Page 19: ...registered with Windows 95 10 Installation is complete Windows 95 maintains a registry of all known hardware installed in your computer Inside this hardware registry Windows 95 keeps track of all of...

Page 20: ...ble 7 Select any of the Quatech Serial Ports listed under the group Port COM and LPT and click the Properties button This action opens a properties dialog for the specific COM port on the QSC 100 8 Cl...

Page 21: ...is a command line based configuration utility which is used for adding PCI bus and ISA bus serial ports Please refer to the documentation included with the device driver on the Quatech COM CD for full...

Page 22: ...ll require modifications if they are to use the QSC 100 Custom applications for which the customer has source code can be modified to make just a few PCI BIOS function calls to obtain all the necessar...

Page 23: ...80 I O _ Numbers preceeded by 0x are hexadecimal Figure 14 QTPCI EXE Basic Mode display Figure 14 shows the Expert Mode display for the QSC 100 after the Q key has been pressed The information from th...

Page 24: ...ls Quatech PCI adapters detected QSC 100 Four port RS 232 adapter Vendor ID 0x135c Device id 0x0050 found in slot 0x04 on bus 0x00 Device function code 0x98 Revision ID 0x01 Hardware revision A1 PCI C...

Page 25: ...stem Installation is a manual but simple process Please refer to the read me documentation included on the Quatech COM CD with the device driver for full installation and configuration details Quatech...

Page 26: ...using a one to one cable as shown in Figure 16 In many applications DCEs are unnecessary and in these cases a cable called a null modem cable or modem eliminator cable is used to directly connect two...

Page 27: ...5 4 CTS 4 18 4 32 4 9 4 23 RTS 3 37 3 14 3 28 3 5 RxD 2 19 2 33 2 10 2 24 TxD D 25 D 37 D 25 D 37 D 25 D 37 D 25 D 37 Port 4 Port 3 Port 2 Port 1 RS 232 Signal Figure 18 QSC 100 connector pinouts D 25...

Page 28: ...bers in hex PCI Vendor ID 0x135C Quatech Inc PCI Device ID 0x0010 QSC 100 PCI Class Code Base class 0x07 Simple communications controller Subclass 0x02 Multiport serial controller Interface 0x00 IRQ s...

Page 29: ...typical Low level output 5V max 8V typical Switching speed low to high 1 4 s with 2500 pF load 40 ns with 15 pF load high to low 1 5 s with 2500 pF load 20 ns with 15 pF load Receive buffers MC1489 or...

Page 30: ...from 3V to 3V The EIA TIA 232 E standard defines a maximum signal transition time ratio of 4 most RS 232 receivers will recognize signal transitions with much larger ratios With a 4 signal transition...

Page 31: ...An address conflict is unlikely because most PCI based computers will assign I O addresses in such a way that they cannot conflict withISA bus devices 3 The QSC 100 may be defective Contact technical...

Page 32: ...QSC 100 User s Manual Revision 1 11 March 2004 P N 940 0146 111 Quatech QSC 100 User s Manual 30 Get other manuals https www bkmanuals com...

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