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Installing a Standard or Surge Interface Box
Installing a
Standard or Surge
Interface Box
Use this procedure to complete the installation with a standard interface box.
1.
Attach the interface box cable to the connector on the RocketPort card
mounting bracket.
2.
Tighten the retaining screws.
3.
Use the software installation and configuration document for your operating
system, with the driver to complete your installation.
For the latest software and documentation, go to
.
Note:
After installing the hardware, you must install the device driver for your
operating system.
4.
Verify that the ports are functioning properly and connect your peripheral
devices.
RocketPort Interfaces
The RocketPort PCI
422
series provides several interface options:
•
Quadcable and Octacable fanout cables, which are available with the following
configurations:
-
Quadcable DB9
-
Octacable DB9
•
Interface boxes are available in two
configurations:
-
8-port DB9 male
-
8-port SMPTE (Society of Motion
Picture and Television Engineers)
207M DB9 female
Note:
RS-422 supports up to 10 multidrop devices.
Octacable
DB9
