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Technical description 

ADDICOM APCI-7501

 

4-port serial interface 

for the PCI bus 

 

1

st

 edition   03/1999

Summary of Contents for ADDICOM APCI-7501

Page 1: ...Technical support 49 0 7223 9493 0 Technical description ADDICOM APCI 7501 4 port serial interface for the PCI bus 1st edition 03 1999 ...

Page 2: ...he intrusion of foreign bodies and by influence beyond the user s control Licence for ADDI DATA software products Read carefully this licence before using the software ADDIREG The right for using this software is given to the customer if he she agrees to the conditions of this licence this software can only be used for configuring ADDI DATA boards copying the software is forbidden except for archi...

Page 3: ...is not with the documentation please contact us and ask for it Observe the instructions of the manual Make sure that you do not forget or skip any step We do not assume responsibility for damages resulting from a wrong use of the board Used symbols WARNING It designates a possibly dangerous situation If the instructions are ignored the board PC and or peripheral may be destroyed IMPORTANT designat...

Page 4: ...ecting a free slot 10 5 1 3 Plugging the board into the slot 11 5 1 4 Closing the PC 11 5 2 Installing the software 12 5 2 1 Installation under MS DOS and Windows 3 11 12 5 2 2 Installation under Windows NT 95 12 5 3 Configuration of the board with ADDIREG 12 5 3 1 Program description 12 5 3 2 Registrating a new board 17 5 3 3 Changing the registration of a board 17 5 3 4 Removing the ADDIREG prog...

Page 5: ...Fig 5 4 Fastening the board at the back cover 11 Fig 5 5 ADDIREG registration program 13 Fig 5 6 Inserting a new board 14 Fig 5 7 Communication board 15 Fig 5 8 PCI boards 16 Fig 5 9 The ADDI UNINSTALL program 18 Fig 6 1 37 pin SUB D male connector 19 Fig 6 2 Connection cable ST074 4 x 25 pin 20 Fig 6 3 Connection cable ST075 4 x 9 pin 20 Fig 6 4 RS 232 cabling 21 Tables Table 1 1 Intended purpose...

Page 6: ...ed on both ends The connection with our standard cable ST010 complies with the minimum specifications as follows metallized plastic hoods shielded cable cable shield folded back and firmly screwed to the connector housing The board supports serial communication through 4 asynchronous serial ports The intended purpose of the board depends on the following parameters Table 1 1 Intended purpose depen...

Page 7: ...r to putting the device into operation Make sure that the board remains in the protective blister pack until it is used Do not remove or alter the identification numbers of the board If you do the guarantee expires For RS232 the signal lines are to be twisted in pairs with GND The housing of the peripheral connector is to be firmly screwed together with the shield of the cable is to assure a low r...

Page 8: ...ined in electronics are entitled to perform the following tasks installation putting into operation use maintenance 2 2 Personal protection Consider the country specific regulations about the prevention of accidents electrical and mechanical installations radio interference suppression ...

Page 9: ...APCI 7501 Technical description Chapter 3 4 3 HANDLING THE BOARD Fig 3 1 Wrong handling Fig 3 2 Correct handling ...

Page 10: ...ted radio interferences 10 V 10 V Noise emission B class WARNING The EMC tests have been carried out in a specific appliance configuration We guarantee these limit values only in this configuration Consider the following aspects your test program must be able to detect operation errors your system must be set up so that you can find out what caused errors 4 2 Physical set up of the board The board...

Page 11: ...rements operating system PCI BIOS 1 0 MS DOS 6 2 or higher bus speed up to 33 MHz Energy requirements operating voltage of the PC 5V 5 current consumption in mA without load typ See table 5 APCI 7501 APCI 7501 G 5 V from PC 315 mA CCITT recommendation V 24 US norm EIA RS 232 Max transfer rate Standard 112 kBd With High Speed Driver up to 1 MBd1 Safety Option G Optical isolation 500 V 1 ADDI DATA H...

Page 12: ...Technical description Chapter 4 APCI 7501 7 4 5 Component scheme and block diagram Fig 4 1 Component scheme of the APCI 7501 board ...

Page 13: ...APCI 7501 Technical description Chapter 4 8 Fig 4 2 Block diagram ...

Page 14: ...and configure the boards one after the other You will thus avoid configuration errors 1 Switch off the PC 2 Install the first board 3 Start the PC 4 Install the software only once 5 Configure the board 6 Switch off the PC 7 Install the second board 8 Start the PC 9 Configure the board etc You will find additional information to these different steps in the sections 5 1 to 5 4 IMPORTANT You have in...

Page 15: ...ree slot 1 Select a free PCI slot The following PCI slot types are available for 5V systems PCI 5V 32 bit and PCI 5V 64 bit Fig 5 1 Types of slots 32 bit 64 bit See in the PC manual which types of slots are free 2 Remove the back cover of the selected slot according to the instructions of the PC manufacturer Keep the back cover You will need it if you remove the board 3 Discharge yourself from ele...

Page 16: ...nsert the board vertically into the chosen slot Fig 5 3 Inserting the board Fasten the board to the rear of the PC housing with the screw which was fixed on the back cover Fig 5 4 Fastening the board at the back cover Tighten all the loosen screws 5 1 4 Closing the PC Close your PC as described in the manual of the PC manufacturer ...

Page 17: ...s 1 typical 2 compact 3 custom Proceed as indicated on the screen and read attentively the Software License and Readme In custom you can select your operating system The installation program gives you further instructions 5 3 Configuration of the board with ADDIREG The ADDIREG registration program is a 32 bit program for Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 95 With this program the user can registrate all h...

Page 18: ... Base address Selected base address of the board PCI slot Used PCI slot If the board is no PCI board the message NO is displayed Interrupt Used interrupt of the board If the board uses no interrupt the message Not available is displayed DMA Indicates the selected DMA channel or Not available if the board uses no interrupt More information Additional information like the identifier string e g PCI15...

Page 19: ...ch the board is to use DMA name When the board supports 2 DMA channels you can select which DMA channel is to be changed DMA channel Selection of the used DMA channel Buttons Edit1 Selection of the highlighted board with the different parameters set in the text boxes Click on Edit to activate the data or click twice on the selected board Insert When you want to insert a new board click on Insert T...

Page 20: ...ange the board specific parameters like the Identifier string the COM number the operating mode of a communication board etc If your board does not support these information you can not activate this button Notice ADDIREG makes the difference between PCI boards and communication boards Communication boards The following figure is the example of 4 serial interfaces Fig 5 7 Communication board If yo...

Page 21: ...egistrate the board Restore Reactivates the last saved parameters and registration Test registration Controls if there is a conflict between the board and other devices A message indicates the parameter which has generated the conflict If there is no conflict OK is displayed Deinstall registration Deinstalls the registrations of all board listed in the table Print registration Prints the registrat...

Page 22: ...resent If the test has been successfully completed you can quit the ADDIREG program The board is initialised with the set parameters and can now be operated In case the registration data is to be modified it is necessary to boot your PC again A message asks you to do so When it is not necessary you can quit the ADDIREG program and directly begin with your application 5 3 3 Changing the registratio...

Page 23: ...INSTALL program Select the software or the driver to be deinstalled Click within the corresponding check box Click on Remove Proceed as indicated until the complete removal of the program Uninstall ADDIREG Click on Deinstall registration for AddiReg Proceed as indicated until the complete removal of ADDIREG The ADDIREG entries in the Windows registry are deleted 5 4 Error analysis per Internet Do ...

Page 24: ...Technical description Chapter 6 APCI 7501 19 6 CONNECTING THE PERIPHERAL 6 1 Connector pin assignment Fig 6 1 37 pin SUB D male connector Table 6 1 Assignment of the port 1 ...

Page 25: ...APCI 7501 Technical description Chapter 6 20 6 2 Connection cables Fig 6 2 Connection cable ST074 4 x 25 pin Fig 6 3 Connection cable ST075 4 x 9 pin ...

Page 26: ...Technical description Chapter 6 APCI 7501 21 6 3 Connection examples Fig 6 4 RS 232 cabling ...

Page 27: ...he standard drivers which are delivered with Windows NT 4 0and windows 95 You can read additional information about the Windows API functions for the settings and the use of the serial interfaces in the delivered manual SERIAL COMMUNICATION in WIN32 Moreover you will find application examples in Delphi 2 0 and VC 5 0 ...

Page 28: ...onnecting the peripheral 21 connection cable ST074 22 ST075 22 connection examples 23 Device driver 24 EMC 1 5 Intended purpose 1 Internet error analysis 19 limit values 6 energy requirements 6 Limits of use 2 PC closing 12 minimum requirements 6 opening 10 selecting a slot 10 pin connector 21 slot selection 10 types of slot 10 Slot 1 software installation 13 technical data 5 6 ...

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