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ASTCOM

DAPTERS

FASTCOM™: 232/4-PCI

Advanced Four Channel RS-232 Interface

for PCI Bus

Hardware Reference Manual

Manufactured by:

9011 E 37th St N

Wichita KS 67226-2006

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Summary of Contents for FASTCOM: 232/4-PCI

Page 1: ...F A ASTCOM DAPTERS FASTCOM 232 4 PCI Advanced Four Channel RS 232 Interface for PCI Bus Hardware Reference Manual Manufactured by 9011 E 37th St N Wichita KS 67226 2006 ...

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Page 3: ...including those to reproduce this document or parts thereof in any form without permission in writing from Commtech Inc FASTCOM and SMART14 are trademarks of Commtech Inc IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation WINDOWS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation ...

Page 4: ...loop back plug description 2 2 12 Changed warranty to 2 years 2 3 6 Added link to installation manual 2 4 10 Updated contact information 2 5 3 4 6 8 Changed 1 5 Mbaud to 725 Kbaud Updated Testing Installation and Fastcom Serial Settings 2 6 10 Changed warranty period to lifetime ...

Page 5: ...cription Block Diagram 3 Specifications Features 4 Board Layout 5 INSTALLATION Installing the Hardware Software 6 Testing the Installation 6 FASTCOM SERIAL SETTINGS 8 ADAPTER CABLE 9 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 10 APPENDIX A 16C854 UART Technical Data 11 ...

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Page 7: ...ass B Limits EN 50082 1 1992 EMC Generic Immunity Standard Part 1 Residential Commercial and Light Industry IEC 801 2 1984 Method of Evaluating Susceptibility to Electrostatic Discharge Level 4 IEC 801 3 1984 Radiated Electromagnetic field Requirements Level 3 IEC 801 4 1988 Electrical Fast Transient Burst Requirements Level 2 Products listed on this declaration are exempt from the requirements of...

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Page 9: ...n utilize all standard baud rates plus a high speed mode capable of up to an amazing 725 Kbps RS 232 data rates are realistically limited by cable length and driver receiver characteristics to data rates less than 725 Kbaud If your application requires faster data rates or better noise immunity we suggest you try our Mega Baud family of RS232 adapters or our RS 422 family of PCI adapters such as t...

Page 10: ...d FEATURES High performance 16C854 UARTS Standard on the Fastcom 232 4 PCI no extra charge All baud rates up to 725 Kbaud 128 byte FIFOs for improved throughput User programmable baud rate Switchless design Durable Cables with RFI shielding Comprehensive Hardware and Software Documentation Made in Wichita Kansas USA RS 232 data rates are realistically limited by cable length and driver receiver ch...

Page 11: ...CI BOARD LAYOUT TRANSMIT RECEIVE LEDs DB37 CONNECTOR PCI CONTROLLER 16C854 UART PACKING LIST FASTCOM 232 4 PCI CARD CABLE ASSEMBLY FASTCOM CD If an omission has been made please call technical support for a replacement ...

Page 12: ... the Fastcom Async PCI series cards section to return to this manual TESTING THE INSTALLATION 2 3 4 5 6 8 20 To fully test the installation of your Fastcom 232 4 PCI you will need to build a loop back plug Materials needed are a DB25 female receptacle solder cup style and a few short pieces of 20 or 24 AWG stranded wire This loop back plug can be used to test any RS 232 port Jumper the pins togeth...

Page 13: ...ffending device 3 IRQ steering is enabled on Windows 98 and Windows is not assigning an IRQ to the Fastcom card Try disabling IRQ steering or varying the options in Control Panel System Device Manager System Devices PCI Bus 4 Multiple COMx assignments In Windows NT the driver setup assumes that there are not any ports installed above COM4 and starts assigning the Fastcom ports at COM5 If there is ...

Page 14: ...be updated to reflect other bauds that can be used with the calculated clock frequency If you wish to return to the standard rates you can set the top box to 115200 and hit tab the rest of the bauds will be filled in Note The baud rates that you set will not be available to standard Windows applications like HyperTerminal The new rates will be available to you in your code or in applications that ...

Page 15: ...andard DB25 male plugs DB37 PIN DESCRIPTION DB25 PIN DESCRIPTION Four Plugs DCD GND DSR CTS RTS RXD TXD RI DTR 13 2 7 2 1 1 11 10 9 8 6 5 4 3 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 N C DCD3 GND CTS3 RXD3 RI4 DTR4 DSR4 RTS4 TXD4 DCD2 GND CTS2 RXD2 RI1 DTR1 DSR1 RTS1 TXD1 RI3 DTR3 DSR3 RTS3 TXD3 DCD4 GND CTS4 RXD4 RI2 DTR2 DSR2 RTS2 TXD2 DCD1 GND CTS1 RXD1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1...

Page 16: ...tch positions your cables and your program We recommend that you build the loop back plug that is described in the Programming section of this manual With that plug you can quickly isolate the problem to the board cables or software If you still have unresolved questions use the following procedure to get technical support 1 Call our Technical Support Staff at 316 636 1131 They are on duty from 9 ...

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