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NPB-232 Option Installation Sheet

Draft: January 19, 2007

Part Number 10762

Port Pinouts

Material and Tools Required

 

2

Figure 2

Remove screws and battery assembly.

4.

Remove

 

the

 

blanking

 

end

 

plate

 

for

 

the

 

slot

 

you

 

are

 

installing

 

the

 

option

 

card

 

into.

(Retain

 

the

 

blanking

 

end

 

plate

 

in

 

case

 

the

 

option

 

card

 

must

 

be

 

removed

 

at

 

a

 

later

 

date.)

5.

Carefully

 

insert

 

the

 

pins

 

of

 

the

 

NPB

232

 

into

 

the

 

socket

 

of

 

the

 

appropriate

 

option

 

card

 

slot.

 

The

 

mounting

 

holes

 

on

 

the

 

option

 

board

 

should

 

line

 

up

 

with

 

the

 

standoffs

 

on

 

the

 

base

 

board.

 

If

 

they

 

do

 

not,

 

the

 

connector

 

is

 

not

 

properly

 

aligned.

 

Press

 

until

 

the

 

option

 

card

 

is

 

completely

 

seated.

6.

Place

 

the

 

custom

 

end

 

plate

 

that

 

came

 

with

 

the

 

NPB

232

 

over

 

its

 

connector

 

(see

 

Figure 3

).

Figure 3

NPB-232 inserted, end plate on top.

7.

Plug

 

the

 

battery

 

cable

 

into

 

the

 

battery

 

connector

 

on

 

the

 

JACE

 

(see

 

Figure 3

 

for

 

location).

8.

Set

 

the

 

battery

 

and

 

bracket

 

assembly

 

back

 

over

 

the

 

option

 

card

 

slots,

 

with

 

the

 

mounting

 

holes

 

aligned

 

with

 

the

 

standoffs.

9.

Place

 

the

 

four

 

screws

 

through

 

the

 

battery

 

bracket,

 

end

 

plates,

 

and

 

into

 

the

 

standoffs

 

on

 

the

 

JACE

 

base

 

board.

 

Hand

 

tighten

 

these

 

screws.

Figure 4

Re-fasten screws through battery bracket.

10.

Replace

 

the

 

JACE

 

cover.

If

 

accessory

 

modules

 

were

 

unplugged,

 

plug

 

them

 

back

 

into

 

the

 

JACE

 

as

 

before,

 

and

 

secure.

Port Pinouts

The

 

NPB

232

 

option

 

has

 

standard

 

DB

9M

 

pinouts,

 

identical

 

to

 

the

 

RS

232

 

port

 

on

 

the

 

JACE

2/6

 

base.

 

Table 2

 

provides

 

a

 

visual

 

reference.

Standard

 

DB

9

 

serial

 

cables

 

may

 

be

 

used,

 

for

 

example,

 

a

 

“null

 

modem”

 

cable

 

to

 

communicate

 

to

 

another

 

DTE

 

device.

LEDs

Two

 

LEDs

 

are

 

visible

 

on

 

the

 

top

 

of

 

the

 

NPB

232

 

option

 

card

 

(cover

 

must

 

be

 

removed

 

from

 

JACE).

 

They

 

are

 

also

 

noted

 

on

 

the

 

label—see

 

Figure 1

.

 

The

 

two

 

LEDs

 

are

 

described

 

as

 

follows:

TX

 

(yellow)

 

 

Transmit,

 

indicates

 

that

 

the

 

JACE

 

is

 

sending

 

data

 

to

 

a

 

device.

RX

 

(green)

 

 

Receive,

 

indicates

 

that

 

the

 

JACE

 

is

 

receiving

 

data

 

from

 

a

 

device.

Screws (4)

Option 

Slot 2

 

Area

JACE-2/6 

Blanking
End
Plate

Battery 
Assembly

(includes
cable and 
bracket)

Unplug battery here

Option 

Slot 1

 

Area

JACE 
Battery 
Connector

Place NPB-232 custom 
end plate over end.

Insert NPB-232 into 
option card slot carefully, 
with 

pins aligned

.

Fully seat card.

Table 2

NPB-232 port pinouts.

 Pinout Reference

Signal DB-9 Plug Pin

DCD

1

RXD

2

TXD

3

DTR

4

GND

5

DSR

6

RTS

7

CTS

8

not used 

9

Hand tighten the 
4 screws through 
battery bracket, 
end plates, into 
standoffs.

DB-9 Plug 

(male)

1

5

6

9

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