Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual
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Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Overview
Industio - The Industrial Multiport Async Solution
The term
Industio
stands for smart multiport serial I/O solution for industrial
applications. The
Industio
CP-132 Series boards
,
including CP-132, CP-132I,
CP-132S and CP-132IS
, are designed for 16-bit ISA/EISA bus. They offer 2
independent RS-422/RS-485 serial ports for connecting data acquisition equipment
and many other serial devices to the PC and its compatible systems. It offers reliable
communication link over a longer distance (4000ft). It is best suitable for industrial
environment. Connections with
point-to-point
full-duplex
or
multidrop
half-
duplex
are available to meet user’s needs. Each port can control up to 32 devices in
a multidrop environment.
Automatic Data Direction Control for RS-485
To ease the 2-wire RS-485 half-duplex control, an Automatic Data Direction Control
(ADDC) intelligence is built on each CP-132 board, eliminating the need of software
interference. Hence, the Windows applications can manage the RS-485 port without
extra code to control the half-duplex protocol.
With a well-designed and fine-tuned device driver, the
Industio
CP-132 boards
make full use of the 32 byte Tx/Rx FIFO and on-chip H/W flow control, so that they
can transfer data without loss even at high speed such as 921.6 Kbps. They offer a
reliable and high performance solution for serial multiport communications.