7803 User Manual
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1. Linux Refer to D software seacom Other Linux Linux Serial README where D your CDROM driver letter found on the Sealevel Systems CD This file contains valuable information on installing your adapter in the various Linux releases Also in this sub directory is the LinuxSerialHOWTO This series of files explains typical Linux serial implementations as well as informing the user to Linux syntax and preferred practices QNX Refer to D software seacom Other QNX6 Install readme where D your CDROM driver letter found on the Sealevel Systems CD This file contains valuable information on installing your adapter in the QNX6 Neutrino OS as well as the files required to ensure a flawless implementation Also provided on the Sealevel Systems CD are implementation instructions for QNX4 These are found in D software seacom Other QNX4 QNX_COM txt Physical Installation The adapter can be installed in any PCI 5V or 3 3 V expansion slot Do not install the Adapter in the machine until the software has been fully installed 1 Turn off PC power Disconnect the power cord 2 Remove the PC case cover 3 Locate an available PCI slot and remove the blank metal slot cover 4 Gently insert the PCI adapter into the slot Make sure that the adapter is seated properly 5 Replace the screw This is required to ensure FCC Part 15 compliance 6 Replace the cover 7 Install the cable CA 199 8 Connect the power cord Installation is fi2. Panel should be launched and the oscillator value may be entered in the Advanced tab When using any other OS i e Linux or QNX the following tables should be used For this Data Rate Choose this Data Rate 1200 bps 300 bps 2400 bps 600 bps 4800 bps 1200 bps 9600 bps 2400 bps 19 2K bps 4800 bps 57 6 K bps 14 4K bps 115 2 K bps 28 8K bps 230 4K bps 57 6 K bps 460 8K bps 115 2 K bps If your communications package allows the use of Baud rate divisors choose the appropriate divisor from the following table For this Data Rate Choose this Divisor 1200 bps 384 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 57 6K bps 8 115 2K bps 4 230 4K bps 2 Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 2 Installation Installation Operating System Installation Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP Do not install the Adapter in the machine until the software has been fully installed 1 Start Windows 2 Insert the Sealevel Systems CD in to your CD drive 3 If Auto Start is enabled for this drive the software will automatically launch Otherwise point your browser to the Index htm on the root of the CD 4 Select Install Software 5 Select the part number for your adapter from the listing 6 Select Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP then depending on the OS version select the Run from current location or Open option Follow the information presented on the screens that follow
3. 1 inches 11 99 cm Board Height including Gold fingers 2 536 inches 6 44 cm Board Height excluding Gold fingers 2 211 inches 5 62 cm Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 5 Appendix A Troubleshooting Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 Identify all I O adapters currently installed in your system This includes your on board serial ports controller cards sound cards etc The I O addresses used by these adapters as well as the IRQ if any should be identified 2 Configure your Sealevel Systems adapter so that there is no conflict with currently installed adapters No two adapters can occupy the same I O address 3 Make sure the Sealevel Systems adapter is using a unique IRQ While the Sealevel Systems adapter does allow the sharing of IRQs many other adapters i e SCSI adapters amp on board serial ports do not The IRQ is typically selected by the BIOS or operating system Some BIOS setup software will allow changing the IRQ but others do not Another method of changing assigned resources is to try changing PCI slots This will typically cause the BIOS or OS to reassign the resources 4 Make sure the Sealevel Systems adapter is securely installed in a motherboard slot 5 When running DOS or Windows 3 x refer to the supplied Sealevel Software and this User Manual to verify that the Sealevel Systems adapter is configured correctly This software contains a diagnostic program SSD D software seacom Other DOS DIAG wher
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5. SEALEVEL SYSTEMS INCORPORATED COMM 8 LPCI Users Manual ZZ yeas 1 mee U A C 7 x cat a OF NICHES Cle ce ts 3000111211811 Part Number 7803 Sealevel Systems Inc Telephone 864 843 4343 PO Box 830 Fax 864 843 3067 Liberty SC 29657 USA www sealevel com Contents INTRODUCTION siisesscisscesasdeisesvesssesseccsdsonscdesessesZeasessenssensesc dceascsesentes saseasocesessuscsdcesscdessstesceasess ll OVERVIEW ruk iO TE IA E N 1 WHATIS INCLUDED ti a 1 CARD SETUP sa o o sasi s oi Zlo Z ADDRESS ANDIRO SELECTION e a A ias 2 BAUD RATES AND OSCILLATOR VALUE cccsesssccsececsessnsececececsesenseaececcesesssaaececccsesessaaeceeececsensaaeeecececeenes 2 INSTALLATION ii iS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION sisi ss cccasissssessscdaccaecsssstessbicccansdsiscssccaceccuusseasvesccecseescsusesescsccacossesseeece 4 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENTS sccscsccccecsesessececececsesessececececsenenssseeeeceseneseaaeceeececeeaaeceeececeenesaeeeeeeeceenes 4 DB 25 RS 232 DTE DB 25 Male ccescesssesseesseceseconscossonsesnsesnsesessseessescesssesaesonsconsensesnseens 4 DB 68 Micro MDB 68 Female eeeeesescesesesecseeecseeseceaeceessecaeesecneeeceaeceessecseseeenaseeeeaeeeeeaeeas 4 SPECIFICATIONS Siceicloshisectctvetlelesessoctecsactavesocsecessdettelesesstatessecsssasecs a ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS ccccceceesessececececeesessecececeesenenseseeeeeceesesseaeeeeeceeseaaeaeeeceseenesasaeeeeeceenes 5 POWER CONSU
6. able of operating at data rates up to 20K bps 50 ft The absolute maximum data rate may vary due to line conditions and cable lengths RS 232 often operates at 38 4K bps over very short distances The voltage levels defined by RS 232 range from 12 to 12 volts RS 232 is a single ended or unbalanced interface meaning that a single electrical signal is compared to a common signal ground to determine binary logic states A voltage of 12 volts usually 3 to 10 volts represents a binary 0 space and 12 volts 3 to 10 volts denote a binary 1 mark The RS 232 and the EIA TIA 574 specification define two types of interface circuits Data Terminal Equipment DTE and Data Circuit Terminating Equipment DCE The Sealevel Systems Adapter is a DTE interface Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 8 Appendix D Asynchronous Communications Appendix D Asynchronous Communications Serial data communications implies that individual bits of a character are transmitted consecutively to a receiver that assembles the bits back into a character Data rate error checking handshaking and character framing start stop bits are pre defined and must correspond at both the transmitting and receiving ends Asynchronous communications is the standard means of serial data communication for PC compatibles and PS 2 computers The original PC was equipped with a communication or COM port that was designed around an 8250 Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmit
7. e D the driver letter of your CDROM drive will verify if an adapter is configured properly This diagnostic program is written with the user in mind and is easy to use You can use D software seacom Other DOS PCI FindPCLexe to determine resources that have been assigned to your adapter Make sure that if available the Use Plug n Play option is turned OFF in your BIOS Having this option set to ON in DOS or Windows 3 x will cause erratic operations 6 For Windows95 98 ME NT 2000 XP the diagnostic tool WinSSD is installed in the SeaCOM folder on the Start Menu during the setup process First find the ports using the Device Manager then use WinSSD to verify that the ports are functional 7 Always use the Sealevel Systems diagnostic software when troubleshooting a problem This will eliminate any software issues from the equation Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 6 Appendix B How To Get Assistance Appendix B How To Get Assistance 1 Begin by reading through the Troubleshooting Guide in Appendix A If assistance is still needed please see below 2 When calling for technical assistance please have your user manual and current adapter settings If possible please have the adapter installed in a computer ready to run diagnostics 3 Sealevel Systems provides an FAQ section on its web site Please refer to this for many commonly asked questions This section can be found at http www sealevel com faq as
8. g container or equivalent Warranty is valid only for original purchaser and is not transferable Sealevel Systems assumes no liability for any damages lost profits lost savings or any other incidental or consequential damage resulting from the use misuse of or inability to use this product Sealevel Systems will not be liable for any claim made by any other related party This warranty applies to Sealevel manufactured Product Product purchased through Sealevel but manufactured by a third party will retain the original manufacturer s warranty Sealevel Systems Incorporated 2779 Greenville Highway P O Box 830 Liberty SC 29657 USA 864 843 4343 FAX 864 843 3067 www sealevel com Email support sealevel com Technical Support is available from 8 a m to 5 p m Eastern time Monday Friday Trademarks Sealevel Systems Incorporated acknowledges that all trademarks referenced in this manual are the service mark trademark or registered trademark of the respective company COMM 8 LPCI is a trademark of Sealevel Systems Incorporated Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 12
9. he same at both the transmitting and receiving ends The communication parameters are baud rate parity number of data bits per character and stop bits i e 9600 N 8 1 Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 9 2 536 O o 0000000000000 00000 pes i 27 1 i 1107010101101 za 111 CO 0000000000 000000000 1 I 1e 6 IN 19 1 1s Iw IN 1 i ES fa iS IIS A CA E f Py i i z c IIS MOU S S S M g Z UAE Ee S m i O o R EE gt pa S o LLL Os Se S A 11 100 o 3 gt gy B ee al s O ES s c d 2 1G 18 a oo E M nok A 1 noo ERN b 1 oo amp 10101011 1 0100111100701111111121101111111 A e x 17 3 g sM pp E Co Cc p Co a 1 R E E at 5 A 5 E 16 A FEO I z Appendix E Silk Screen 4 721 Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Appendix E Silk Screen Page 10 Appendix F Compliance Notices Appendix F Compliance Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device 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 environment This equ
10. ipment 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 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 A Limits and methods of measurement of radio interference characteristics of nformation technology equipment m EN55024 Information technology eguipment Immunity characteristics Limits and methods of measurement EN60950 IEC950 Safety of information technology equipment including electrical business equipment Warning This is a Class A Product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Always use cabling provided with this product if possible If no cable is provided or if an alternate cable is required use high quality shielded cabling to maintain compliance with FCC EMC directives Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 11 Warranty Warranty Sealevel s commi
11. nished Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 3 Technical Description Technical Description The COMM 8 LPCI provides eight RS 232 ports from a single PCI slot The board meets the requirements for the MD1 Low Profile specification as defined by PCISIG in PCI 2 2 Low Profile Addendum The COMM 8 LPCI also features Universal Bus 3 3 and 5 0V operation The COMM 8 LPCI utilizes the 16C864 UART This chip features programmable baud rates data format interrupt control and industry leading 128 byte transmit and receive FIFOs Connector Pin Assignments DB 25 RS 232 DTE DB 25 Male GND Grud 0 7 RD RD_____ Receive Data 3 pu DSR____ DataSetReady 6 Input DCD____ Data Carrier Detect 8 Input Technical Note Please terminate any control signals that are not going to be used The most common way to do this is connect RTS to CTS and RI Also connect DCD to DTR and DSR Terminating these pins if not used will help insure you get the best performance from your adapter DB 68 Micro MDB 68 Female Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 4 Specifications Specifications Environmental Specifications Specification Operating Temperature 0 to 70 C 20 to 70 C Range 32 to 122 F 4 to 158 F Humidity Range 10 to 90 R H 10 to 90 R H Non Condensing Non Condensing Power Consumption Supply line 5 VDC 350 mA Physical Dimensions Board length 4 72
12. p 4 Visit Sealevel s website at www sealevel com for the latest software updates and newest manuals 5 Technical support is available Monday to Friday from 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m eastern time Technical support can be reached at 864 843 4343 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 COMM 8 LPCI Page 7 Appendix C Electrical Interface Appendix C Electrical Interface RS 232 Quite possibly the most widely used communication standard is RS 232 This implementation has been defined and revised several times and is often referred to as RS 232 C D E or EIA TIA 232 C D E It is defined as Interface between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Circuit Terminating Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange The mechanical implementation of RS 232 is on a 25 pin D sub connector The IBM PC computer defined the RS 232 port on a 9 pin D sub connector and subsequently the EIA TIA approved this implementation as the EIA TIA 574 standard This standard has defined as the 9 Position Non Synchronous Interface between 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 cap
13. rsal Bus 3 3 and 5 0V operation The COMM 8 LPCI ships with a Low Profile PCI bracket that will only work in a Low Profile PCI slot If you need a standard size PCI bracket please order Item 7803S What is Included The COMM 8 LPCI is shipped with the following items If any of these items is missing or damaged contact the supplier e COMM 8 LPCI Serial I O Adapter Item 7803 ships with a Low Profile PCI bracket Item 7803S ships with a standard size PCI bracket e Micro MDB 68 to Eight Connector Fan Out Cable Item CA202 MDB 68 to eight DB 25M fan out cable ships with Item 7803 Item CA231 MDB 68 to eight DB 9M fan out cable ships with Item 7803 DB9 e Sealevel Software CD Sealevel Systems COMM 8 LPCI Page 1 Card Setup Card Setup Address and IRQ selection The COMM 8 LPCTI is automatically assigned I O addresses and IRQs by your motherboard BIOS or by a Plug n Play Operating System Adding or removing other hardware or moving the adapter to another slot may change the assignment of 1 O addresses and IRQs Baud Rates and Oscillator value The following table shows some common data rates and the rates you should choose to achieve them when using the COMM 8 LPCI If the O S of choice is Windows 95 98 ME 2000 NT XP the oscillator value 7 3728 MHz will be automatically entered into the Advanced Tab on 95 98 Me 2000 XP Device Manager applet When using Windows NT the Advanced Ports applet in the Control
14. ter UART This device allows asynchronous serial data to be transferred through a simple and straightforward programming interface A starting bit followed by a pre defined number of data bits 5 6 7 or 8 defines character boundaries for asynchronous communications The end of the character is defined by the transmission 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 Idle state of Odd Even iine H 5 to 8 Data Bits sd Hoste stroj 4 Po naana lt Y 7 T A RE a tl l l 1 ler STOP 1 dali os Po Z AS A E J ytd 0 l te mis 1 159 l 2 Figure 1 Asynchronous Communications Bit Diagram This special bit is called the parity bit Parity 1s a simple method of determining 1f a data bit has been lost or corrupted during transmission There are several methods for implementing a parity check to guard against data corruption Common methods are called E ven Parity or O dd Parity Sometimes parity is not used to detect errors on the data stream This is refereed to as N o parity Because each bit in asynchronous communications is sent consecutively it is easy to generalize asynchronous communications by stating that each character is wrapped framed by pre defined bits to mark the beginning and end of the serial transmission of the character The data rate and communication parameters for asynchronous communications have to be t
15. tment to providing the best I O solutions is reflected in the Lifetime E Warranty that is standard on all Sealevel manufactured products We are able to offer WARRANTY this warranty due to our control of manufacturing quality and the historically high reliability of our products in the field Sealevel products are designed and manufactured at its Liberty South Carolina facility allowing direct control over product development production burn in and testing Sealevel Systems Inc hereafter Sealevel warrants that the Product shall conform to and perform in accordance with published technical specifications and shall be free of defects in materials and workmanship for life In the event of failure Sealevel will repair or replace the product at Sealevel s sole discretion Failures resulting from misapplication or misuse of the Product failure to adhere to any specifications or instructions or failure resulting from neglect or abuse are not covered under this warranty Warranty service is obtained by delivering the Product to Sealevel and providing proof of purchase Return authorization must be obtained from Sealevel Systems before returned merchandise will be accepted Authorization is obtained by calling Sealevel Systems and requesting a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number The Customer agrees to insure the Product or assume the risk of loss or damage in transit to prepay shipping charges to Sealevel and to use the original shippin
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