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Part # 2101

Sealevel Systems, Inc

155 Technology Place
P.O. Box 830
Liberty, SC 29657 USA

Phone:  (864) 843-4343
FAX: (864) 843-3067
www.sealevel.com

232

USER MANUAL

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Summary of Contents for SeaLINK+232 2101

Page 1: ...Part 2101 Sealevel Systems Inc 155 Technology Place P O Box 830 Liberty SC 29657 USA Phone 864 843 4343 FAX 864 843 3067 www sealevel com SeaLINK 232 USER MANUAL TM ...

Page 2: ...G 7 POWER CONSUMPTION 7 MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES MTBF 7 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS 7 APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING 8 APPENDIX B HOW TO GET ASSISTANCE 9 APPENDIX C ELECTRICAL INTERFACE 10 RS 232 10 APPENDIX D ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS 11 APPENDIX E COMPLIANCE NOTICES 12 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STATEMENT 12 EMC DIRECTIVE STATEMENT 12 WARRANTY 13 Figure 1 Asynchronous Communications Bit Diagram 1...

Page 3: ...aditional approaches is that it doesn t require opening the computer case nor does it require resources such as I O ports or IRQ s It does require a system that supports USB both in terms of hardware and operating system What s Included The SeaLINK 232 is shipped with the following items If any of these items is missing or damaged contact the supplier SeaLINK 232 USB to RS 232 Serial I O Adapter U...

Page 4: ...differ slightly from what is shown based on your version of Windows The SeaLINK 232 can be connected to any Upstream Type A port either at the PC host or an Upstream Hub The SeaLINK 232 is hot pluggable meaning there is no need to power down your computer prior to installation The SeaLINK 232 requires no user hardware configuration since there are no jumpers present on the card 1 Connect SeaLINK 2...

Page 5: ...vel Systems SeaLINK 232 Page 3 Since you have already installed the software by running Setup simply click Next to proceed The drivers that were installed during setup will automatically be used to configure the adapter ...

Page 6: ... software Click Finish to proceed You should see one more New Hardware Found indicating the actual port being created If you view your systems Device Manager at this point you should have a new COM port in the Ports COM LPT Device Class It should look similar to the screen shot on the following page ...

Page 7: ...using the assigned COM identifier shown above In this case it is COM4 but this assignment will vary from system to system At this point the hardware is recognized To verify operation use Sealevel Systems supplied WinSSD diagnostic utility WinSSD can be found in the Start Programs group ...

Page 8: ...eatures Hot Pluggable device that doesn t require opening the case No system resources are required i e I O ports or IRQ s LED status indicators for USB Enabled TD and RD Connector Pin Assignments DB25 Male Name Pin Mode TD Transmit Data 2 Output RTS Request To Send 4 Output DTR Data Term Ready 20 Output GND Ground 7 RD Receive Data 3 Input DCD Data Carrier Detect 8 Input DSR Data Set Ready 6 Inpu...

Page 9: ...ondensing Manufacturing All Sealevel Systems Printed Circuit boards are built to UL 94V0 rating and are 100 electrically tested These printed circuit boards are solder mask over bare copper or solder mask over tin nickel Power Consumption Supply line 5 VDC Rating 50 mA Mean Time Between Failures MTBF Greater than 150 000 hours Calculated Physical Dimensions Package Length 3 8 inches 9 66 cm Packag...

Page 10: ... been installed on the machine so that the necessary files are in place to complete the installation 3 When the SeaLINK 232 is configured properly the USB Enabled LED EN will be lit This should allow you to use Sealevel s WinSSD utility and the supplied loopback plug to check communications The supplied loopback plug connects TD to RD If you decide to test the Modem Control Signals a full pin loop...

Page 11: ...in a computer ready to run diagnostics 3 Sealevel Systems maintains a home page on the Internet Our home page address is www sealevel com The latest software updates and newest manuals are available via our FTP site accessible from our home page 4 Technical support is available Monday through Friday from 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m Eastern time Technical support can be reached at 864 843 4343 RETURN AUTH...

Page 12: ...tween Data Terminal Equipment and Data Circuit Terminating Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange Both implementations are in wide spread use and will be referred to as RS 232 in this document RS 232 is capable of operating at data rates up to 20 Kbps at distances less than 50 ft The absolute maximum data rate may vary due to line conditions and cable lengths RS 232 is a single ended o...

Page 13: ...mission of a pre defined number of stop bits usually 1 1 5 or 2 An extra bit used for error detection is often appended before the stop bits Remain Idle or next start bit Odd Even or Unused STOP P BIT 5 to 8 Data Bits Idle state of line 1 0 1 1 5 2 Figure 1 Asynchronous Communications Bit Diagram This special bit is called the parity bit Parity is a simple method of determining if a data bit has b...

Page 14: ...use harmful interference In such case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense EMC Directive Statement Products bearing the CE Label fulfill the requirements of the EMC directive 89 336 EEC and of the low voltage directive 73 23 EEC issued by the European Commission To obey these directives the following European standards must be met EN55022 Class B Limits and meth...

Page 15: ...o use this product Sealevel Systems will not be liable for any claim made by any other related party RETURN AUTHORIZATION MUST BE OBTAINED FROM SEALEVEL SYSTEMS BEFORE RETURNED MERCHANDISE WILL BE ACCEPTED AUTHORIZATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING SEALEVEL SYSTEMS AND REQUESTING A RETURN MERCHANDISE AUTHORIZATION RMA NUMBER Sealevel Systems Incorporated 155 Technology Place P O Box 830 Liberty SC 2...

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