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PCI-COM-8ULP 

User’s Guide 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

May 2006 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for PCI-COM-8ULP

Page 1: ...PCI COM 8ULP User s Guide May 2006...

Page 2: ...s protected by copyrights or patents and does not convey any license under the patent rights of Kontron nor the rights of others Kontron is a registered trademark of Kontron All trademarks registered...

Page 3: ...22 Balanced Mode Operation 15 RS485 Balanced Mode Operation 15 COM Port Compatibility 16 Communication Mode 16 Baud Rate Ranges 16 Auto RTS Transceiver Control 16 Block Diagram 17 Specifications 18 Co...

Page 4: ...A Connector Pin Assignments 33 Connector Pin Assignments 33 HVDCI D Connector Pinout Reference 34 HVDCI D Connector Pin Assignments 34 Appendix B Troubleshooting 35 General Guidelines 35 Troubleshoot...

Page 5: ...operating a computer Only qualified experienced authorized electronics service personnel should access the interior of a computer The power supplies produce high voltages and energy hazards which can...

Page 6: ...appropriate To help avoid possible damage to system boards wait five seconds after turning off the computer before removing a component removing a system board or disconnecting a peripheral device fro...

Page 7: ...nent s antistatic packing material until you are ready to install the component in a computer Just before unwrapping the antistatic packaging be sure you are at an ESD workstation or grounded This wil...

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Page 9: ...ams and information on control registers and addressing Appendix A Connector Pin Assignments provides information on connectors and signals Appendix B Troubleshooting provides general troubleshooting...

Page 10: ...ote A note is used to make helpful information stand out Important An important note indicates information that is important for you to know CAUTION A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware an...

Page 11: ...aterial for possible future shipment 2 Remove all items from the box If any items listed on the purchase order are missing notify Kontron customer service immediately 3 Inspect the product for damage...

Page 12: ...not in an as new and resalable condition are not eligible for a credit return and will be returned to the customer Limited Warranty Effective April 1 1998 all products carry a 2 year limited warranty...

Page 13: ...ty repairs and building replacement products If Kontron repairs or replaces a product its warranty term is not extended Kontron will normally return your replacement or repaired items via ground Overn...

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Page 15: ...Also receiver inputs at each end of the network should be terminated to eliminate ringing The card supports biasing by default and supports termination by jumpers on the card If your application requi...

Page 16: ...he driver receiver used in RS232 mode is the SP211 Communication Mode The card supports Half Duplex communications with a 2 wire cable connection Half Duplex allows traffic to travel in both direction...

Page 17: ...smission is completed adjustable from zero to plus one character transmission time The card automatically adjusts it s timing to the baud rate of the data NOTE Thanks to the automatic control feature...

Page 18: ...election on the card Type 16788 buffered UART Address Continuously mappable within 0000 to FFFF hex range of PCI bus addresses Receiver Input Sensitivity 200 mV differential input Common Mode Rejectio...

Page 19: ...power turn off the power supply switch and disconnect the power cord from its source before removing the chassis cover Simply turning the system power off at the system power on off switch does not r...

Page 20: ...e CD should automatically run the install program If the install program does not run promptly click START RUN and type G LQVWDOO click OK or press x 3 Follow the on screen prompts to install the soft...

Page 21: ...do with the termination of each channel are located near the output connector They are labeled by channel The load jumper is labeled LD The other two jumpers are used to connect the transmit and rece...

Page 22: ...MSDN library documentid mk ivt nt40res D15 S55FC HTM also available in the WindowsNT Resource Kit The Microsoft serial driver can be used to control many dumb multiport serial cards Dumb indicates tha...

Page 23: ...tatus REG_DWORD 0xFC40 PortIndex REG_DWORD 4 Indexed REG_DWORD 0 Serial6 subkey PortAddress REG_DWORD 0xFC20 Interrupt REG_DWORD 5 DosDevices REG_SZ COM7 InterruptStatus REG_DWORD 0xFC40 PortIndex REG...

Page 24: ...beled with the channel letter and 485 2 RS 485 2 wire mode using Auto RTS One jumper must be installed for each channel in this mode This jumper is located at the end of the card away from the cable c...

Page 25: ...etected on the PCI bus the addresses assigned to each function on each of the cards and the respective IRQs if any allotted Alternatively some operating systems Windows 95 98 2000 XP can be queried to...

Page 26: ...g under DOS Windows NT Windows 3 1 or any other non PNP compliant operating system should set the PNP CMOS option to BIOS or Motherboard Save the option and continue booting the system 9 Most computer...

Page 27: ...rt See the documentation for your chosen language for details Under DOS the process is identical to programming any 16550 or 16750 compatible UART Address Map The core of the UART function is supplied...

Page 28: ...250 ft 460800 2 550 ft 230400 4 1400 ft 153600 6 2500 ft 115200 1 8 3000 ft 57600 2 16 4000 ft 38400 3 24 4000 ft 28800 4 32 4000 ft 19200 6 48 4000 ft 14400 8 64 4000 ft 9600 12 96 Most Common 4000 f...

Page 29: ...f only one will talk and the others will all receive Balanced Differential Signals The reason that RS422 and RS485 devices can drive longer lines with more noise immunity than RS232 devices is that a...

Page 30: ...ions in the cable and to improve noise rejection in both the RS422 and RS485 mode the receiver end of the cable should be terminated with a resistance equal to the characteristic impedance of the cabl...

Page 31: ...middle of the line Figure 3 Typical RS485 Two Wire Multidrop Network RS485 Four Wire Multidrop Network An RS485 network can also be connected in a four wire mode In a four wire network it s necessary...

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Page 33: ...ues cable connect to chassis ground at the aperture shielded twisted pair wiring etc be used for the input output wiring Connector Pin Assignments DB 9 Male Pin for each of Ch A G RS 232 Signals Indus...

Page 34: ...Pins on 68 Pin 1 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 2 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 3 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 4 3 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 5 331 331 331 331 672 672 672 672 6 38 42 46 50 54 58 62 66 7 35 39 43 47 51 55 59 63 8...

Page 35: ...with high voltage which could injure you Avoid shorting the circuits as this can damage the computer CAUTION The following procedures involve working with a device that is sensitive to static electri...

Page 36: ...r cables to fans and disk drive cables Occasionally Flash BIOS can be corrupted by hardware or software Check the Kontron Web site for the latest version of BIOS and follow the steps for reflashing Wh...

Page 37: ...System is not booting just beeping Memory is not seated correctly or is faulty 1 beep 2 beeps or 3 beeps Re seat the memory first If that does not fix the problem replace the memory with known good ch...

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