Interfaces and Connectors
VL-EPIC-25 Reference Manual
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Serial Ports
The Iguana features four on-board 16550-based serial communications channels located at
standard PC I/O addresses. All serial ports can be operated in RS-232 4-wire, RS-422, or RS-485
modes. IRQ lines are chosen in BIOS setup. Each COM port can be independently enabled,
disabled, or assigned a different I/O base address in BIOS setup.
COM
P
ORT
C
ONFIGURATION
Use the BIOS setup screens to select between RS-232 and RS-422/485 operating modes.
Jumper block V4 is used to configure serial ports for RS-422/485 operation. See “Jumper
Summary” for details. The termination resistor should be enabled for RS-422 and the RS-485
endpoint stations. It should be disabled for RS-232 and RS-485 intermediate stations.
If RS-485 mode is used, the differential twisted pair (TxD+/RxD+ and TxD-/RxD-) is formed by
connecting both transmit and receive pairs together. For example, on CBR-5013 connectors J6
and J5, the TxD+/RxD+ signal is formed by connecting pins 3 and 5, and the TxD-/RxD- signal
is formed by connecting pins 2 and 4.
RS-485
M
ODE
L
INE
D
RIVER
C
ONTROL
The TxD+/TxD– differential line driver is automatically turned on and off based on data
availability in the UART output FIFO.