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Equinox Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual

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The equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
Class A digital devices, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.  These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environ-
ment.   This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a  residential area is likely to cause
harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct
the interference at his own expense.

NOTE:  The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV
interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment.
Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.

Megaport SS, Serial I/O Board Series, Hardware Manual

560092/B (March 1996)

Equinox Systems Inc.

One Equinox Way

Sunrise, Florida  33351-6709

 (954) 746-9000

Fax: (954) 746-9101

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e-mail:  [email protected]

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Содержание Megaport SS Serial I/O Board Series

Страница 1: ...e Hardware Installation Reference Manual Megaport SS Serial I O Board Series PN 560092 B March 1996...

Страница 2: ...CC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environ ment This equipment generates uses and can radia...

Страница 3: ...ter 2 Installation Chapter 2 describes the Megaport SS Board installation Chapter 3 Port to Device Cabling The Megaport SS Boards support a wide variety of terminals printers and modems Chapter 3 desc...

Страница 4: ...ystem Setup 2 4 Micro Channel System Setup 2 5 Installing the Round Cable 2 6 Equinox Wiring Accessories 2 6 3 Port to Device Cabling Port Signal Names 3 2 Conversion to RS 232 Signal Names 3 2 Telco...

Страница 5: ...e Hardware Installation Reference Manual Megaport SS Serial I O Board Series PN 560092 B March 1996...

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Страница 7: ...One Equinox Way Sunrise Florida 33351 Tel 954 746 9000 FAX 954 746 9101 BBS 954 746 0282 e mail support equinox com FTP site ftp equinox com e...

Страница 8: ...viii Equinox Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual...

Страница 9: ...control and voltage surge protection The Megaport SS Board shown in Figure 1 1 occupies a slot in the host computer and provide the intelligent functions to off load the CPU serial communications pro...

Страница 10: ...24M Micro Channel 24 Software Driver All Megaport SS Boards include a software driver diskette and installation manual EISA and Micro Channel machines must run their setup utility whenever a board is...

Страница 11: ...cable is connected to the board and terminates with one or two 50 pin telco connector illustrated in Figure 1 2 These connectors are attached to any one of a variety of splitters and distribution pane...

Страница 12: ...ales or your Equinox reseller for more details Table 2 2 Megaport SS to Megaport CS Comparison Feature Megaport SS Megaport 8 12 24 CS Maximum Speed 115 2 kbps 38 4 kbps Voltage Surge Protection Yes N...

Страница 13: ...e system is initialized booted Assigning the ISA I O Base Address This section discusses the I O address requirements for the Megaport SS Board installed in an ISA system EISA and Micro Channel system...

Страница 14: ...ddress Selections 1 2 3 4 BASE ADDRESS OFF OFF OFF OFF 200 ON OFF OFF OFF 220 OFF ON OFF OFF 240 ON ON OFF OFF 260 OFF OFF ON OFF 280 ON OFF ON OFF 2A0 OFF ON ON OFF 2C0 ON ON ON OFF 2E0 OFF OFF OFF O...

Страница 15: ...ely you may follow the installation instructions presented in your host system documentation 1 Set the host computer system power switch to OFF and disconnect the power cord 2 Locate a free expansion...

Страница 16: ...can be copied onto the system disk for later use Follow the procedures in your system documentation for the use of this utility If you are also installing an ISA board see the beginning of this chapte...

Страница 17: ...ired system resources The first time you turn on the machine with the board installed an error code appears and 2 beeps sound after the RAM is counted This error message indicates a configuration chan...

Страница 18: ...the distance from the cable attached to the Megaport SS Board to the cabling accessories These cables plug into distribution panels punch blocks fan out cables and modular splitters Extension cables i...

Страница 19: ...the options available for cabling devices to ports connected to Megaport SS Boards see Figure 3 1 These ports provide a standard RS 232 interface with modem control signals Port to Device Cabling Fig...

Страница 20: ...data received by the Megaport SS board from the attached device inbound DATA OUT indicates data transmitted from the Megaport SS board to the attached device outbound The following names are used for...

Страница 21: ...ports The physical ports are mapped by the device driver into UNIX XENIX tty device names Port one is the upper most port on the back of the SSM 8 See Figure 3 9 for RS232 pinout information Figure 3...

Страница 22: ...al to the SSM 12 connector Connector B provides ports 13 24 Various accessories may be used to connect devices to Megaport SS ports The two primary wiring methods are DB 25 wiring and modular wiring F...

Страница 23: ...ices to the board see Figure 3 5 Modular adaptors and cables are used for attaching devices to the selected cabling option see Figures 3 5 and 3 6 Figure 3 5 Modular cable wiring Punch blocks may also...

Страница 24: ...ne distribution panel or fan out cable is required for 12 devices Two are required for 24 ports The following distribution panels are available from Equinox Part No DB 25 Connector Connect To 990117 1...

Страница 25: ...o modular splitters are required to connect 24 devices This splitter should be used to connect to ports only Either 4 or 6 wire modular cable may be used to attach devices to the splitter The outer tw...

Страница 26: ...Hardware Manual The modular splitter is wired as shown in Figure 3 9 Signal names shown refer to those present on the telco connector Figure 3 9 Modular splitter wiring SSM 8 ports are wired the same...

Страница 27: ...to pin 5 etc Figure 3 10 illustrates the signals passed through modular cables when connected to a port using the Equinox part number 210016 modular splitter Modular Adaptors Modular adaptors see Figu...

Страница 28: ...n Figure 3 11 may be eliminated for use with most terminals The resistor is used to loop control signals back to the attached device when 4 wire cable is used and pin 6 is not connected When using 6 w...

Страница 29: ...common ground wired to the center two rows of pins Any of these pins may be used for connecting terminal ground to the port Punch blocks provide a quick and inexpensive solution to wiring around buil...

Страница 30: ...3 12 Equinox Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual Figure 3 13 Punch block PN 210044 wiring PBX Connector...

Страница 31: ...istributor from whom you purchased the board Equinox authorized distributors are fully trained on SuperSerial Port products and are authorized to handle technical support service returns and warranty...

Страница 32: ...product manuals accurate and easy to read If you have an improvement to suggest or find an error in this manual please let us know Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual 560092 B What could be added...

Страница 33: ...CNTL IN 3 2 CNTL OUT 3 2 configuration cfg files 2 4 Control signals 3 2 CPU 1 1 CS modular splitter 3 7 3 9 wiring 3 8 Index D DATA IN 3 2 DATA OUT 3 2 DB 25 2 6 DB 25 distribution panels 3 6 DB 25 w...

Страница 34: ...5 Ordering Guide 3 2 P Pinouts CS modular splitter 3 8 distribution panel 3 6 punch block 3 12 POS ID 2 5 Programmable Option Select 2 5 Punch blocks 3 11 wiring 3 12 R Reversing cables 3 9 RJ 11 2 6...

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