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Documentation Number 3PCIOSD2x-3903 Manual 

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B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 

B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk. – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445  

 

 

 

 

 

Optically Isolated Dual Port PCI Bus  

CE

 

RS-232/422/485 Serial Card     

with Send Data Control 

MODELS:  3PCIOSD2A   3PCIOSD2B                                         

Documentation  Number  3PCIOSD2x-3903m 

(pn4824-r004)

 

 

 

 

 

This manual applies to model

s 3PCIOSD2A and 3PCIOSD2B.  The “2” suffix 

designates the number of ports on the card.  The “A” models are equipped with 16550 
UARTs with 16 byte transmit and receive buffers.  The “B” models come with 16850 
UARTs with 128 byte transmit and receive buffers.  The model number of each card is 
printed on a sticker on the board. 

 

This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa, Illinois

 

USA 

of domestic and imported parts by 

 

 

International Headquarters 

B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. Inc.  

707 Dayton Road  --  P.O. Box 1040  --  Ottawa, IL  61350 USA 

Phone (815) 433-5100 -- General Fax (815) 433-5105  

Home Page:  www.bb-elec.com 

Orders e-mail:  [email protected]  --  Fax (815) 433-5109 

Technical Support e-mail:  [email protected]  --  Fax (815) 433-5104 

 
 

European Headquarters 

B&B Electronics Ltd. 

Westlink Commercial Park, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland 

Phone +353 91-792444  --  Fax +353 91-792445 

Home Page:  www.bb-europe.com 

Orders e-mail:  [email protected] 

Technical Support e-mail:  [email protected] 

 

 2000 B&B Electronics  --  Revised October 2003 

 

 

Summary of Contents for 3PCIOSD2A

Page 1: ...The B models come with 16850 UARTs with 128 byte transmit and receive buffers The model number of each card is printed on a sticker on the board This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa Illino...

Page 2: ...change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of B B Electronics B B Electronics shall not be liable for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing perfo...

Page 3: ...ESCRIPTION 1 FEATURES 1 SPECIFICATIONS 2 CHAPTER 2 SETUP 5 INSPECTION 5 RS 232 MODE 7 RS 422 MODE 8 RS 485 MODE 10 INSTALLING THE CARD 13 CHAPTER 3 WINDOWS INSTALLATION 15 WINDOWS 95 AND WINDOWS 98 15...

Page 4: ...ation Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353...

Page 5: ...applications be sure that the communications routine supports Windows communication drivers and a wide range of COM ports Description The two isolated ports can be independently configured for RS 232...

Page 6: ...aud maximum in RS 232 422 485 modes UARTs 6550 16 byte TX and RX buffers 3PCIOSD2A or 16850 128 byte TX and RX buffers 3PCIOSD2B Character length 5 6 7 or 8 bits Parity Even odd or none Stop bits 1 1...

Page 7: ...53 91 792445 Termination A 120 termination resistor is jumper selectable on each 422 485 receiver Optical Isolation Data Line Device HCPL 0600 Handshake Line Device IL 207 The two serial ports are iso...

Page 8: ...n Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 9: ...s or Send Data for RS 485 mode 2 jumpers select RS 422 or RS 485 operating modes for Receive and Transmit and the last selects 120 ohm termination for the RS 422 or RS 485 Receiver Refer to Jumper Mod...

Page 10: ...3 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 7924...

Page 11: ...E C T E D N OM E A N I N G RS 232 Mode To configure one port for RS 232 mode 5 jumpers must be set checked 5 for each port The following settings will configure Port 1 as RS 232 Jumpers for Port 2 sh...

Page 12: ...of JP6 for Port 2 2 The bottom jumper Termination of JP4 switches the 120 Termination resistor IN or OUT Use JP6 for Port 2 Typically this resistor is not used In some cases using high baud rates and...

Page 13: ...S 422 Pinouts The RS 422 mode supports 2 channels transmit and receive Table 2 shows the signal connections on the DB 9 male connectors Table 2 RS 422 485 Pinouts With 2 wire RS 485 mode operation you...

Page 14: ...left position full duplex Receive enabled Use RX of JP6 for Port 2 5 Set the top Control jumper Port 1 of JP2 to select the type of RS 485 transmit driver control automatic Send Data SD or RTS Select...

Page 15: ...e transmit driver automatic Send Data SD control and Request To Send RTS control With automatic SD control the driver is enabled when data is sent The driver remains enabled for the transmission time...

Page 16: ...surface mount resistor on the Receive Data A line These values are usually adequate for networks without termination and small numbers of nodes For more complex networks the user must calculate the r...

Page 17: ...ssis of the computer to discharge any static electricity 2 Turn off the power to your computer and unplug the power cord 3 Remove the cover of the computer 4 Locate a free PCI expansion slot 5 Remove...

Page 18: ...n Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 19: ...gure each port on the PCI card to the desired RS 232 422 485 mode using the jumpers 2 Install the card in the slot start the computer 3 Windows will detect the PCI card start the Add New Hardware Wiza...

Page 20: ...Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 5 After new hardware is detected this screen will appear W95 This screen is named Upda...

Page 21: ...Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 7 Click Next 8 Select...

Page 22: ...d PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Windows will find 2 Port PCI Serial Adapt...

Page 23: ...Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 11 Click Finish to begin the second part of the driver installation which installs the Com port driver for P...

Page 24: ...Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 14 Click Next W95 Dri...

Page 25: ...iver installation for Port A then search find and install the driver for Port B without requiring any more user input 16 Wait for the process to complete To verify the installation open My Computer Co...

Page 26: ...the Operating System 17 You can now remove the driver disk close the Windows and check the new ports with your software If your software requires accessing a COM port below COM5 and you have unused CO...

Page 27: ...Manual Chapter 3 23 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax...

Page 28: ...1 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 5 Close the Windows and Open My Computer Drive C 6 Open the Windows directory on your Hard Drive then Open the Inf folder then Other If the Inf folder is not shown it is hid...

Page 29: ...d RS 232 422 485 mode using the jumpers for Port 1 and Port 2 2 Install the card in the slot start the computer as an Administrator or ask your system administrator to install the software 3 Windows w...

Page 30: ...s Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 6 Select Search Clic...

Page 31: ...00 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 8 Click Next 9 Click Finish to complete the Install The computer will complete the i...

Page 32: ...PCI Serial Adapter card will be identified as the 2 Port PCI Serial Adapter 3PCISD2 Both cards use the same drivers and are functionally the same to the Operating System 11 Open My Computer Control Pa...

Page 33: ...es as 3PCISD2 2 Next Click on PCI Serial Adapter 3PCISD2 under B B Electronics Select Uninstall 3 Remove the two sets of driver files from the Windows INF directory These are named by the OS in the se...

Page 34: ...way Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Windows NT 4 0 1 Configure the port on the PCI card to the desired RS 232 422 485 mode using the jumpers 2 Install the card in the slot start the compute...

Page 35: ...B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 5 Clic...

Page 36: ...Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 6 Insert the driver disk into drive A 7 Enter A WinNT40 Setup exe in the Command line for installation program window as...

Page 37: ...select Ports 12 Verify 2 new COM Ports shown here as COM5 COM6 If you have 2 new COM ports the installation is complete Select the port select Settings Advanced You should obtain the message There are...

Page 38: ...tronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 You can check details of the serial card setup using Windows NT Diagnostics found under Administrative Tools Thi...

Page 39: ...Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 The screen below shows the address rang...

Page 40: ...Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Removal of Card and Driver If you need to remove the card from your system or remove the current driver before installing a possible future driver upg...

Page 41: ...RS 232 connects the Transmit output to the Receive input pins 2 3 on the DB9 connector For RS 422 or 4 wire RS 485 connect the TD A to RD A and the TD B to RD B Then use the COMTest program to send ch...

Page 42: ...n Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 43: ...A 1 B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Ap...

Page 44: ...on Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 45: ...bels data lines with an A and B designator Some RS 422 equipment uses a and designator In almost all cases the A line is the equivalent of the line and the B line is the equivalent of the line More in...

Page 46: ...on Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 47: ...485 JP4 RX not used 422 422 485 JP4 Termination not used IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT JP3 Clock 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 How to use the table The left vertical column shows the jumpers for port A The right 4 vertical...

Page 48: ...ed 422 422 485 JP6 Termination not used IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT JP3 Shared Clock 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 How to use the table The left vertical column shows the jumpers for port B The right 4 vertical columns sh...

Page 49: ...CI USB COM Port Utility Disk is a test program called ComTest It can be installed on your Programs menu for use by inserting the disk and running Setup ComTest is a simple 32 bit Windows Windows 95 98...

Page 50: ...on Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 51: ...our software refuses to access COM ports above COM4 and you have unused COM numbers that you want to be able use with your B B PCI Serial Card this utility can be used to rename some or all of the por...

Page 52: ...rt to a number already in use which will cause problems If any problems occur after renaming you may need to re start the system and rerun the Rename utility to correct the situation or remove the ser...

Page 53: ...rt numbers will not show any change after renaming Ideally unused entries should be removed by using RegEdit then having the system re install the drivers to make the entries This will result in a sin...

Page 54: ...on Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 55: ...F DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturer s Name B B Electronics Manufacturing Company Manufacturer s Address P O Box 1040 707 Dayton Road Ottawa IL 61350 USA Model Numbers 3P...

Page 56: ...on Number 3PCIOSD2x 3903 Manual B B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

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