B&B Electronics RS-422 User's Manual
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1. M red A A A Properties Refresh Hemove Print Example After renaming B amp B Port from Com5 to Com3 The Default Com parameters are normally overridden by the software application Continue in Chapter 4 Setting Driver Options for Data Rate Clock Speed and FIFO settings Make your connections RS 232 in Chapter 5 or RS 422 485 in Chapter 6 14 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Removal of Drivers Card If you need to install a possible future driver update or want to remove the card from your system 1 Open My Computer Control Panel System or Start Setting Control Panel System Select the Device Manager page Select the B amp B Com port Click the Remove button Click Multifunction Adaptors then select B amp B 3PCIO1 Single Port Isolated Serial Card which matches the card installed 5 Click the Remove button Next find the C WINDOWSI INF directory select View Details Arrange Icons By Name You can use Windows Explorer instead File Edit View Go Favorites Help du E Back Forsand Ej Ap int SEB Setup Information 4 23 99 10 22 PM 55 Asaini 2EB Setup Information 42399 10 22 Phi 55 Bbpci int ARB Setup Information 232032. Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for gt B amp B 3PCI01 Single Port lzolated Serial Card Click Finish to close the wizard ancel 8 Click Finish to continue installation Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for 1695 Serial Port If your hardware came with an installation CD z or floppy disk insert it now hat do you want the wizard to do Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Hest to continue Black Cancel 9 Select Next 10 Windows provides the Logo notice for Com Port Driver Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 25 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Hardware Installation i l A The software you are installing for this hardware BE Communications Port has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows AR Tell me why this testing ls important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly
3. Fax 353 91 792445 Install the Card 1 Shut down your computer 2 Unplug the power cord to remove power to prevent accidentally turning on the computer during installation 3 Remove the cover of the computer 4 Locate an empty PCI expansion slot 5 Remove the expansion slot cover Save the retaining screw 6 Ground yourself to the computer chassis before and while inserting the card 7 Install the card into the unused slot Be certain that the card is inserted completely fully seated in the slot 8 Secure the card with the mounting screw from step 5 9 Replace the cover plug in the power cord 10 Connect your cables 11 Power up the system 12 Install the drivers as indicated in chapter 3 Next page Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 2 7 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Chapter 3 Software Driver Installation Windows 95 or 98 The 3PCIO1 drivers are unique to this series of cards If at some point in the future you want to update these drivers remove these drivers before installing the new version See Removal at page 16 Windows 98 screens are shown for this section Windows 95 will have other screen names and text shown 1 2 3 Configure the jumpers on card and install it see
4. Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 23 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 6 Windows will find the drivers on the CD then provide a notice concerning Windows Logo testing for XP This new feature of XP simply indicates that these drivers have not yet undergone the Microsoft testing procedures required to use the Windows XP Logo on the packaging Driver compatibility is not affected Hardware Installation AN The software you are installing for this hardware BE SPCIO1 Single Port Isolated Serial Card has not passed Windows Logo testing to very its compatibility with Windows AR Tell me why this testing ls important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway 7 Click Continue Anyway Continued next page 24 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland
5. Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Table of Contents jii B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Chapter 1 General Information Introduction The 3PCIO1 Optically Isolated Single Port serial interface card is designed to work with Windows based IBM compatible computers equipped with a PCI Bus The card is Plug and Play compatible which permits the Windows Operating System and driver to set the addresses and IRQ used by the card If you are developing your own software make sure that the communications routines support Windows communication drivers and a wide range of COM ports Com1 to Com16 or higher Features e Optically Isolated Multiple Interface PCI Serial Card e Windows 95 98 2000 XP Compatible Drivers e Buffered high speed 16C950A UARTs 16C550 compatible 128 byte FIFOs for input output with selectable trigger thresholds e Supports baud rates to 460 8K baud e Provides 2000 VDC minimum isolation on all lines from the DB9 male connector to the host computer e Selectable RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 mode e RS 232 Mode All eight signals including DCD amp RI e RS 422 Mode Supports Transmit amp Receive signal pairs e RS 485 Mode Supports Transmit amp Receive signal pairs for half or full duplex connections e 2 wire or 4
6. 1 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Appendix B CONNECTOR PINOUTS Table B 1 RS 232 Pinouts Description Direction DB9M DTE Pin DCD Data Carrier Detect RD Receive Data Input Transmit Data Output GND Signal Ground gt 7 RI Ring Indicator Input Table B 2 RS 232 DB9 to DB25 Conversion Cable DB9 Pin DB25 Pin DoD mm 3 DTR a one 00 0 2 J Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Appendix B B 1 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Table B 3 RS 422 485 Pinouts Description DB9M Pin GND Signal Ground With 2 wire RS 485 mode operation your connection cable must jumper TD A to RD A and TD B to RD B Connect from TD A and TD B to the Data A and Data B wires of your RS 485 network See Chapter 2 for example connections Note that the ElA RS 422 Specification labels data lines with an A and B designator Some RS 422 equipment uses a and designator In almost all cases the A line is the equivalent of the line and the B line is the
7. 1 15 Ph 55 oils inf SKB Setup Information 2f 5 03 2 26 PM 2 a SEE PHF File 227403 11 03 AM 21 Biosimfo inf SURE Setup Information 422399 10 22 Phi B1829 inf 4KB Setup Information 4 29 99 10 22 PM 1 object s selected EJ My Computer ve 6 Find the files Bbpci inf Bbpic2 inf bbpci2 PNF and remove them The bbpci2 PNF is a compiled version of the same named inf and can be viewed with Notepad if you want to confirm the content before removing 7 Remove Bbpci inf in Other subdirectory within INF Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 15 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 If the inf folder can t be found select My Computer View Folder Options View Files and Folders select Show all files Removing the card first in the device manager clears up the registry EY Exploring CXWINDOWSAINFAOTHER File Edit Werw Go Favorites Toole Help Ported Up Folders BAB ElectronicsBB PCLIKF Eg History A Inf 1 object s selected Si Mp Computer 8 Shut down the computer then remove the card 16 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlin
8. 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 After selecting a new com number Click OK then OK again on the Settings page After returning to the Device Manager screen it should refresh automatically Then double click Ports again You should see B amp B port renamed as shown below Action View gt Ee cy amp Sy Floppy disk controllers ea Floppy disk drives H IDE ATAZATAPI controllers En E Keyboards 2 Mice and other pointing devices 8 Moderns aa Maoritorz E Y Multifuncion adapters den xp B amp B 3PCI01 Single Port Isolated Serial Card E BH Network adapters 27 Ports Ol amp LPT ae F iaa Pot TEN 2 co YE Printer Port LPT 1 E p Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Example After renaming B amp B Port from Com6 to Com2 Double click or select the port to finish selecting other properties Continue in Chapter 4 Setting Driver Options Software installation is complete Make your connections RS 232 in Chapter 5 or RS 422 485 in Chapter 6 32 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353
9. 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Removal of Drivers Card If you need to remove the card from your system or remove the current driver before installing a possible future driver upgrade l Click on the B amp B Com Port under Ports COM amp LPT and select Uninstall right click Click on Multifunction Adapters select the B amp B 3PCIO1 Single Port Isolated Serial Card Select Uninstall This step clears the entries in the Registry which cannot be easily edited under 2000 or XP Remove the two sets of driver files from the Windows INF directory See the screen on the next page These are named by the OS in the sequence of installation On a clean system they are Oem0 inf amp Oem0 PNF and Oem1 inf amp Oem1 PNF The inf versions should be verified by opening it with Notepad then checking that it is a B amp B Electronics file for the card The PNF version is a compiled copy of the same information You can use the Find File or Folder function to search for the text 3PCIO1 or B amp B or 3pci within the files Windows Explorer can also be used to find the OEM files Explorer view shown next page You may need to set your Views under My Computer to show all files and folders if the INF directory and inf files are not visible Example after Windows Explorer screen 4 Shut down the system and remove the card Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 33 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd
10. Fax 353 91 792445 Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for your hardware device The wizard found driver for the following device Do PCI Serial Port Windows found driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Nest La e bbpci int Cancel 8 Click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard LY BB 3PCI01 Single Port Isolated Serial Card Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish 9 Click Finish to complete the first part of installation Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 19 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps You install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Nest 10 Next Windows finds a new type of serial port Click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers device driver is software program that enables hardware device to work with an operating syster This wizard will complete the installation for this device 5 16C95x Serial
11. Operation to RS 485 Mode for 2 wire or 4 wire RS 485 operation Either setting can be used for RS 422 The card jumpers must be set for the same mode See Chapter 2 E amp B Communications Port COMS Properties General Settings Data rate FIFOs Driver Resources BB DTA Operation electronics MANUFACTURINO COMPANY C AS 485 Mode Default Communications parameters Bits per second seno v The Default Com parameters are normally overridden by the software application so it is not necessary to change them You can now remove the driver disc close the Windows and check the new ports with your software Continued next page 12 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Changing Com Port Number From the Device Manager Select Properties Settings Advanced B amp B Communications Port COM3 Properties Ei ES Advanced Settings for COM 3 Ei COM Port Humber COM1 in use COM in use DOTA Operation fr Normal Default Communications parameters Bits per second seno y Data bits av Parity None y Stop bits h H Flow control None Advanced Hestore Default OF Cancel Available names for Com
12. PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Windows Explorer WINNT INF Oem2 and Oem3 files File Edt View Favortes Toole Help Back A Search 3 Folders g Folders a Local Disk C 3 rd PNF Frecompiled H E Documents and Settin 55 oem int 4KB Setup Inform H Program Files oemll PAF 10 KE Precompiled fel Recycled E oern inf SKE Setup Inform a temp oemt PNF 11 KB Precompiled Ai WINNT 55 oem int BEB Setup Inform 1 addins ls oem2 PNF 10KB Precompiled E Conia 55 pem3 ir BEB Setup Inform oem3 PNF 11KB Precompiled E optional int TEB Setup Inform a E an optionalPNF 20KB Precompiled Ed perncia n TAKE Setup Inform E 4 1 Debug l l l Downloaded Prog 33 pemcla PMF 39KB Precompiled al FJ Driver Cache 5 perm int EKE Setup Inform gt perm2 PNF 12KB Precompiled E phil vic int BKB Setup Inform phillvid PNF 11KE Precompiled 4403 Installer E pinball inf 4KB Setup Inform ninhall FRF JER Precomniled F Type Setup Information Size 4 45 EE 4 45 EE J My Computer F Finding the OEMx inf and OEMxPNF files for removal Showing hidden files next page 34 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electro
13. Port device driver Is software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Nest hat do vou want the wizard to do f Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose specific driver Back Cancel 11 Click Next to search a second time 20 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files here do vou want Windows to search for driver files Search for driver files for the following hardware device F 16C95x Serial Port The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on pour computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Nest If pon are searching on floppy disk or CD ROM drive Insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Next Optional search locations I CD ROM drives Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update lt Back Cancel 12 Select CD ROM drives Click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finish
14. bias must not fall below 54 ohms Termination Not installed Not required for baud rates 19 2K or less Termination Resistor Location R15 R15 2 120 ohms Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 6 47 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble starting your system after installing the card the card may not be properly seated in the slot Remove and re insert it or try a different slot Check BIOS is set for PnP OS If you are unable to communicate with the card using your software and hardware devices 1 Check your pinouts In RS 422 or RS 485 mode the A lines should match your A or lines B lines should match your B or lines Note RS 422 485 pinouts are non standard 2 Use the ComTest program provided on the Disc with a loopback to check the card Double click on the ComTest folder to open it Di el ES File Edit View Go Favorites Help da 1d a Hack Bamsan Up Map Drive Disconnect File Edt View Go Favorites Help bbpci2 inf e td Back Bamsan Up 3 D ComT est bbui dll Read me Setup exe 3 Run Setup exe to install COMTest on your program menu under B amp B Electronics 48 Chapter 7 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp
15. numbers are shown Select a new number from those not in use Com numbers from Com1 to Com256 may be available Com numbers in use may be used by motherboard ports Modems virtual com ports for network serial server devices or FAX modem Formerly installed USB to serial adaptors PCI cards or other hardware may have reserved a com number The device may need to be added back to the system or the registry may need to be edited with Reg Edit or a similar utility After selecting a new com number Click OK then OK again on the Settings page Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 13 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 After returning to the Device Manager screen select Refresh Then double click Ports again You should see the B amp B port renamed As shown below System Properties General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance fe Viem devices by type C View devices by connection H COROM ED Disk drives EE DISPLAY Floppy disk controllers 4 2 Hard disk controllers H Keyboard ce Monitors Hy Mouse E pa function adapters Eo wy B amp B SPCIOT Single Port Isolated Serial Card H 2 Network ald E E A Communications Port COMT 7 Communications Port COM 24 ECP Printer Port LFT1
16. wire RS 485 Operation Half or Full Duplex e Automatic Send Data Control for RS 485 Operation e Com Port Rename Advanced Driver Function e Standard DB9 Male Connector Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 1 1 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Quick Start SD GR 15 16 17 18 2 CAUTION ELECTROSTATIC SENSITIVE DEVICE Before removing the card from the anti static protective packaging discharge any static electricity on yourself Set the Operating Mode Jumpers to match the mode desired Use the Jumper Mode Table in Chapter 2 Unplug the computer Power Cord to prevent accidentally turning the computer on during installation Install the Card replace the cover Reconnect the Power Cord While power is off connect your cables or wait for Step 15 Start the computer as Administrator 2000 XP Insert the driver disc in your CD ROM drive Wait until new hardware is detected Proceed with Installation according to your Operating System See Chapter 3 Check for new com ports in Device Manager 12 13 14 Select Driver Settings for DTR Control Set Com number as needed Prepare your cable connections to match the connector pinouts See Chapter 5 RS 232 or Chapter 6 RS 422 RS 485 Shut
17. 0 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Data Rate 1X or 4X Clock Speed The 3PCIO1 port in the Device Manager has Data Rate Clock Speed settings for 1X or 4X The 4X position provides a compatibility mode for software which requires it In the 4X position all standard baud rate settings are multiplied 4 times For example if the software sets 57 6K baud the actual baud rate will be 230 4K baud 115 2K becomes 460 8K B amp B Communications Port COMS Properties General Settings Data rate FIFOs Driver Resources BB Clock Speed t 1 electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY Example Data Rate Clock Speed 4x Windows 98 Refer to Specifications in Chapter 1 for baud rates available In many systems faster baud rates can improve throughput significantly Actual throughput and faster baud rates are only proportional if the system can keep up with the communications otherwise increasing the baud rate effectively only increases the idle time between characters Continued next page 38 Chapter 4 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 FIFO Sett
18. 85 Mode Your cables must bridge pins 1 amp 3 and pins 2 amp 9 in order to receive and transmit Connect from Pin 2 to Data B of your devices and from pin 3 to Data A of your devices Make sure your Mode Jumpers are set and that the driver Setting for DTR Operation is RS 485 Mode in the Device Manager Note that the EIA RS 422 Specification labels data lines with an A and B designator Some RS 422 or RS 485 equipment uses a and designator In most cases the A line is the equivalent of the line and the B line is the equivalent of the line Some device manufacturers may not follow the standard designation for RS 422 or RS 485 using the A connection for and the B for In such cases reversing the line pair permits operation Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 6 43 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 4 Wire RS 422 or RS 485 Connections 4 Wire Master 465 Device 1 485 Device 2 3PCI01 Card Set RS 485 RD A to TD A TD B to RD B Remaining 485 TD A to RD A i Wire Devices RD B to TD B 4 Wire R5485 Connections R5422 Connections only one Device 485 Device 3 Figure 6 2 Note With RS 422 Devices connect only one device to computer Connect the TD B pin 2 on the co
19. 85 OPERATION ccccscccccscceccecccccoccoscoccoscasccecsecocsosccsrseccessescasseccerees 48 DTR OPERATION IN RS 485 MODE ccccsceccscescesccecesccscencescenceesees 48 RS 485 NETWORK BIASING ccscceccecceccscsceccescescesccscesccscescesceecescens 49 CHAPTER 7 TROUBLES HOOT ING cccccccccccccccscccscccssccccccccccces 51 APPENDIX A JUMPER MODE TABLES 1 ccccccocccccceccecceccescees A 1 APPENDIX B CONNECTOR PINOUT cccccccccccscccscccccccccccees B 1 APPENDIX C TROUBLESHOOTING WITH COMTEST C 1 APPENDIX D DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY cc0000s D 1 ii Table of Contents Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 CAUTION ELECTROSTATIC SENSITIVE DEVICE Use ESD precautions for safe handling Before removing the card from the anti static protective packaging e Discharge any static electricity buildup on your body by touching a large grounded metal surface or the metal chassis on equipment connected to earth ground by a 3 wire power cord e Avoid touching the gold connectors or other parts on the card except as necessary to set the configuration jumpers e Remove AC power from the computer before inserting the card e Retain the ESD bag for handling the card
20. 903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Chapter 5 RS 232 Connections Operation The DB 9 male connector is configured as a standard RS 232 DTE serial port Table 3 shows the signal names and pin numbers Table 3 RS 232 Pinouts Description Direction DB9M DTE Pin ata Carrier Detec npu Data Carrier Detect Input 1 RD ReceiveData Input 2 Transmit Data Output GND_ SignalGround 7 CTS CleartoSend Input 8 RI Ringindicator_____ Input 9 gt RS 232 Operation RS 232 signal lines are referenced to Ground and each signal can alternate above and below ground by the rated voltage see Specifications for RS 232 Transmitter Receiver Typical input voltage levels range from 11 to 3 Volts or 3 to 11 Volts The primary RS 232 signals are Transmit Tx and Receive Rx so together with Ground they make a 3 wire interface The RTS and CTS signals are Handshaking lines used to indicate to the other device that data can be sent or received These lines may be enabled or disabled on a byte by byte basis and are used to prevent buffer overrun or the loss of data Two secondary Handshaking signals are DTR and DSR They are usually enabled when the device is powered up and the port is
21. A B amp B Communications Port COMB ven F Communications Port COM 24 Printer Port LPT 1 Under Multifunction Adapters the B amp B 3PCIO1 Single Port Isolated Serial Card is installed Under Ports B amp B Com Port COM6 was assigned If Com ports between COM1 and COM6 are not in use by other hardware or software we can change the B amp B Com port to another available Com number using Properties Settings Advanced Double click on B amp B Com Port COM6 to access the Properties Next select Settings Continued next page Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 29 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Set DTR Operation Set DTR Operation to Normal for RS 232 Set DTR Operation to RS 485 Mode for 2 wire or 4 wire RS 485 operation Either setting can be used for RS 422 The card jumpers must be set for the same mode See Chapter 2 E amp B Communications Port COME Properties General Settings Data rate FIFOs Driver BB DTA Operation TEC952 E electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY C RS 455 Mode Default Communications parameters Bits per second 3600 v The Default Com parameters are normally overridden by the software application You can now remove the driver di
22. B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Check your Card Jumpers and Driver Settings See Chapter 2 Make sure you have DTR Operation set to the correct mode Normal for RS 232 RS 485 Mode for RS 485 RS 422 mode works in either setting provided that the mode jumpers are set correctly 6 A loopback connection for RS 232 connects the Transmit output to the Receive input pins 2 amp 3 on the DB9 connector Use connections below to check all RS 232 Loopback Connections DTE Computer Loopback DBS Conneccion Pint DBS RS 232 Signal Mames Signal Direction 1 Carrier Detector OCE He Receive Data Rx 3 Transmit Data Tx 4 OTE Ready Data Terminal Ready OTR 5 Signal GroundiCommon SS 6 DOE Ready Data Set Ready OS r Request ta Send RTS fo Clear to Send CTS 9 Ring Indicator RN soldered to DBS Metal Shield Mote CD amp Fl are inputs from Modem device use OTR Connection Fig 7 1 RS 232 Loopback w Handshaking Connections T For RS 422 or 4 wire RS 485 connect the TD A to RD A and the TD B to RD B Then use the COMTest program to send characters and observe the characters being received Male 1 3 Pin 1 Fig 7 2 RS 422 or 4 wire RS485 Loopback Connections Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Man
23. Chapter 2 Make sure PnP OS is set in the BIOS Power up the computer Windows will detect the PCI card start the Add New Hardware Wizard and begin driver installation The driver installation goes through several steps after finding the driver files The first part installs the driver for the card then after Finish the second part installs the serial driver for the Com port Do not remove the disc until completed Add New Hardware Wizard 5 8 This wizard searches for new drivers for PCI Serial Controller A device driver is software program that makes hardware device work Cancel Click Next Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Add New Hardware Wizard hat do wou want Windows to do AOS Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location 0 you can select the driver you want z Back Cancel i 6 Select Search Click Next Add Hew Hardware Wizard Windows will search for new drivers in its diver database on Your hard dive and in any of the following selected locations Click Hest to start the search Floppy disk drives Microsoft Windows Update T Specify a location C 3peio1 Bose Back C
24. ES HARDWARE DEVICE MANAGER rerernonernonevnnnenener 29 SET DIR OPERATIONS 31 CHANGING COM PORT NUMBER ccescecceccececceccecescsecscescecencescesescescs 32 REMOVAL OF DRIVERS CARD cccescecceccecesceccsccccesceccscuscecencescscescescs 34 SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS esvorrervnrnnrnnvnnennennennennennennennennennenner 36 CHAPTER 4 SETTING DRIVER OPTIONS cccccsccsccescescescescs 37 DIR OPERATION gs 37 ADVANCED COM PORT RENAMING ccccscecceccececceccscesceccscescecescescs 38 DATA RATE 1 X 4X CLOCK SPEED ccceccsccsceccecesceccecescescescscesceses 39 FOSEN Ve 40 CHAPTER 5 RS 232 CONNECTIONS OPERATION sesevsvevneessees 43 VAS A el O IN E aaa a a a a 43 RS OPERA IN e e o ele UR Sica UL 43 DTR OPERATION IN RS 232 MODE csceccsccsccececcecsceccsceecesescesces 44 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Table of Contents i B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 CHAPTER 6 RS 422 RS 485 CONNECTIONS OPERATION 45 RS 422 485 PINOUTS ccccccoeccecccccecccccoscccccsceccccascececseecsccecsecceeseees 45 RS 422 amp RS 485 DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS ccccscescesccecescceccecceceuces 47 RS 422 OPERATION cccscsscoccsccsccscoccsccsceccsccscescscescencecsecescncesceeseseeces 47 RS 4
25. Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 System Properties Hardware Device Manager System Properties Hardware Wizard The Hardware wizard helps vou install uninstall repair oot unplug eect and configure your hardware Hardware Wizard Device Manager B The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed on Your computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties of any device Driver Signing Device Manager Hardware Frotiles 4 Hardware profiles provide way for pon to set up and store Bel different hardware configurations Hardware Profiles Select Device Manager then view the hardware list Continued next page 28 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 A Device Manager Ox Action view 4 EE Disk drives c a Display adapters A DVD CD ROM drives oe Floppy disk controllers Se Floppy disk drives H IDE ATAZATAPI controllers m keyboard Hj Mice and other pointing devices E Moderns E W Monitors EG Multifunction adapters i gt B amp B SPCIO1 Single Port Isolated Serial Card 5 EG Network adapters 2 orte COM amp LPT
26. Optically Isolated Single Port ITA ON RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 PCI Bus Serial Card with Send Data Control 3PCIO1 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa Illinois USA of domestic and imported parts by B B electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY International Headquarters B amp B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Road P O Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 USA Phone 815 433 5100 General Fax 815 433 5105 Home Page www bb elec com Orders e mail orders bb elec com Fax 815 433 5109 Technical Support e mail Support bb elec com Fax 815 433 5104 European Headquarters B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Co Galway Ireland Phone 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Home Page www bb europe com Orders e mail orders bb europe com Technical Support e mail support amp bb europe com O 2003 B amp B Electronics Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Cover Page B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 2003 B amp B Electronics No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photography recording or any information storage and retrieval system without written consent Information in thi
27. ancel 6 Insert Disc Select CD ROM Drive Click Next Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 9 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Windows will find B amp B 3PCIO1 Single Port Isolated Serial Card and the driver BBPCI inf file Add New Hardware Wizard Windows driver file search for the device BB 3PCI01 Single Port Isolated Serial Card Windows ls now ready to install the best driver for this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location of driver 001 O BBPCI INF llo Cancel 7 Click Next Add New Hardware Wizard Q BE 3FCIOT Single Port Isolated Serial Card Windows has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires Cancel 8 Click Finish Installation will complete automatically 10 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 New Hardware Found B amp B Communications Port Windows is installing the software for pour new hardware Another similar screen will be sho
28. ay Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Windows XP Professional This section covers the first part of device driver installation for Windows XP Professional Windows Classic settings used as standard The 3PCIO1 drivers are unique to this series of cards If at some point in the future you want to update these drivers remove these drivers before installing the new version See Removal at page 34 1 Configure the port on the Card for the desired RS 232 422 485 mode using the 3 jumpers See Chapter 2 2 Install the card in the slot Start the computer as Administrator or ask your system administrator to install the software 3 Windows will detect the PCI card and start Found New Hardware Wizard to begin driver installation Windows XP will find new hardware two times After the driver for the PCI Serial Card installs the serial driver for the Com port will be installed 4 Insert your driver disc in the CD ROM drive Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for PCI Serial Port 9 If your hardware came with an installation CD 2 or floppy disk insert it now hat do you want the wizard to do o instal fram a list or specific location vaca Click Hest to continue Back Cancel 5 Select Install the software automatically Allow a few seconds for the drive to become ready after inserting disc Click Next
29. down the computer before connecting the cable Connect your cable Power up your computer Verify operation with your hardware Chapter 1 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Specifications Bus PCI bus 8383MH2 32 bit 5V bus power Slot Requires one PCI slot Dimensions 4 79 x 3 77 in 12 16 x 9 57 cm card edge Mounting bracket 1 23 x 12 06 x 0 85cm I O Connections One 9 pin male D sub DB9M connector OS Supported Windows 95 98 2000 XP Baud rates 460 8K baud maximum RS 232 422 485 UARTs 16C950 128 byte FIFO TX and RX buffers 16C550 Compatible Character length 5 6 7 or 8 bits Parity Even odd or none Stop bits 1 1 5 or 2 Optical Isolation Data Line Device HCPL0600 or equivalent Handshake Line Device IL207 or equivalent RS 232 Data Lines Drivers Receivers Transceiver Device SP211H or equivalent High level output voltage 5 0 V minimum Low level output voltage 5 0 V minimum Output current limited to 25 mA Input high threshold voltage 1 7 V maximum Input low threshold voltage 0 8 V minimum Device will withstand 15 V RS 422 485 Driver Receiver Transceiver device SP491 or equivalent Differential driver output voltage 15 5V Different
30. e line pair to Space state the first transmitter is still trying to hold the opposite state and neither can communicate To overcome this limitation the RS 485 mode was established where each transmitter tri states to a high impedance when not transmitting See following section on RS 485 RS 485 Operation In RS 485 mode the transmit driver must be enabled during transmit TX SD and tri stated to a high impedance when the data has been sent In the 2 wire half duplex mode the receiver is enabled when not transmitting and disabled RX SD during transmit echo off The 3PCIO1 provides Send Data SD Control for the RS 485 Driver and Receiver This is hardware controlled based on the contents of the UART output buffer When data is present the driver is enabled when the output buffer becomes empty it is disabled This automatically handles whatever baud rate is used The RS 485 transmitter and receiver have separate settings for 2 wire modes TX SD RX SD or 4 wire TX SD RX ENABLE BEB Communications Port COMS Properties General Settings Data rate FIFOs Driver Resources BB DTA Operation electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY C Normal Default Communications parameters Bits per second 115200 a Example Settings DTR Operation RS 485 Mode selected Windows 98 shown 46 Chapter 6 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Otta
31. ed searching for driver files for your hardware device The wizard found driver for the following device T 16C95x Serial Port Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Nest ei bbpeld int Cancel 13 Click Next when the bbpci2 inf file is found Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 21 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard LY BE Communications Fort Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish Lance 14 Click Finish Wait for the process to complete Check to verify that a new B amp B Com port is now available 13 Open Start Settings Control Panel System Then select the Hardware tab on System Properties 14 Skip over the first part of software driver installation for XP which follows The second part applies to both 2000 and XP Continued on page 29 System Properties Hardware Device Manager 22 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galw
32. equivalent of the line More information on RS 422 communications can be found in the B8B Electronics RS 422 485 Application Note available on our website To 2 Wire 485 Devices gt Data A gt Data B gt G Common RDA 1 Em Le RD B SPCIO1 Card Wire RS 485 Set R5485 Connections it Male 1 3 T DATA 1 TxRx DATA TxRx B 2 Appendix B Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Appendix C Troubleshooting With ComTest Included on the CD ROM disc is a test program called ComTest See Chapter 7 ComTest is a simple 32 bit Windows Windows 95 98 2000 XP or NT 4 0 COM port test program It allows multiple ports at any address and IRQ to be opened at any given time ComTest can also be found on our Support webpage at www bb elec com B amp B Com Test e A Windows Terminal Program for Simple Checks of Serial Ports Works with USB Serial Converters amp ISA or PCI Serial Cards e Serial Port Access under Windows 95 98 2000 XP Com1 Comg8 or above e Dual Windows show typed transmit characters in separate window from received characters e Transmit amp Receive Activity Indicators e Unprintable Characters Shown in Hex 2 Digits Withi
33. hanical and electrical condition upon receipt CAUTION ELECTROSTATIC SENSITIVE DEVICE Use ESD precautions for safe handling Before removing the card from the anti static protective packaging e Discharge any static electricity buildup on your body by touching a large grounded metal surface or the metal chassis on equipment connected to earth ground by a 3 wire power cord e Avoid touching the gold connectors or other parts on the card except as necessary to set the configuration jumpers e Remove AC power from the computer before inserting the card e Retain the ESD bag for handling the card Save the packaging for storage or shipping Before Starting The card is normally pre configured for RS 232 operation Check Set 3 Operating Mode Jumpers for Mode desired Device Driver Setting for RS 485 Mode After driver installation set DTR Operation to RS 485 Mode See Chapter 4 Setting Driver Options Continued next page Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 2 5 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Selection of Operating Mode The hardware address and IRQ is set by the Windows Operating System using driver information files and the Plug and Play OS The Operating Mode is set using Jumpers Device Manager Driver Sett
34. he Option to set the RTS line high or low observe the CTS input line follow Exit When testing is completed close the program C 2 Appendix C Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Appendix D Declaration of Conformity Statement DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturers Name B amp B Electronics Manufacturing Company Manufacturer s Address P O Box 1040 707 Dayton Road Ottawa IL 61350 USA Model Numbers 3PCIO1 Description 1 port RS232 422 485 PCI Serial Card Type Light industrial ITE equipment Application of Council Directive 89 336 EEC Standards EN 55022 EN 50082 1 EN 61000 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6 HU CE William H Franklin III Director of Engineering Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Appendix D D 1 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445
35. he decimal value 17 and 19 and can often be generated in a terminal program with CTL Q or CTL S DTR Operation In RS 232 Mode B amp B Communications Port COMS Properties General Settings Data rate FIFOs Driver Resources BB DTA Operation electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY C AS 485 Mode Default Communications parameters Bits per second a600 a Example DTR Operation Select Normal Windows 98 In RS 232 mode the card supports software and hardware handshaking Set the DTR Operation driver Setting to Normal 42 Chapter 5 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Chapter 6 RS 422 RS 485 Connections Operation These modes support 2 channels transmit and receive The pinouts of the DB 9 male connector are given in Table 4 Table 4 RS 422 485 Pinouts Description DB9M Pin RD A Receive Data A Transmit Data B Transmit Data B GND SignalGround gt Connect only to specified pins for proper operation 2 Wire RS 485 Connections To 2 Wire 465 Devices gt Data A j gt Data B RDA 1 ALTE Y GND 5 Pp RDG 9 3PCI01 Card Wire R5 485 Set AS41845 Connections gt G Common Fig 6 1 2 Wire RS 4
36. ial input high threshold voltage 0 2 V maximum Differential input low threshold voltage 0 2 V minimum Automatic RS 485 Driver Control Timing Driver is enabled by Tx input buffer data Driver remains enabled until all data in Tx buffer is sent Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 1 3 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Receiver Biasing 4 7K pull up pull down for 32 standard 12 15K nodes Provision for custom biasing R14 R13 Termination None Provision for custom termination R15 Max Power Consumption loaded V mA W 45 300 15 5 Typical Baud Rates 460 8K Any baud rate which is a common divisor of 460 8K can be used if the application software supports it Accessories Software Driver CD ROM disc for Windows 95 98 2000 XP Manual Instruction Manual paper copy of this booklet 4 Chapter 1 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Chapter 2 Setup Inspection Your 3PCIO1 serial card was tested for proper operation before packaging It should be in perfect mec
37. icians are available at 815 433 5100 to answer your questions from 8 AM 5 PM weekdays Central Time Email lt support bb elec com gt European Office Technicians are available at 353 91 792444 to answer your questions from 8 30 AM 5 PM weekdays GMT Time Email support bb europe com 50 Chapter 7 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Appendix A Jumper Mode Settings Set the 3 JP1 Jumpers to match your Operating Mode IFA JP RS 422 485 mg R 232 RS 422409 map RS 232 TX SD RE 1X ENABLE TKSD GES 1x ENABLE Rx SD ER py ENABLE Rx SD CI px ENABLE AS 232 MODE AS 422 MODE JF JET RS 422 485 man RS 232 RS 422 485 map R5 232 TA SD mejo TX ENABLE TH SD fe TX ENABLE Rx SD LES px ENABLE RX SD CEE px ENABLE A WIRE RS 485 MODE 2 WIRE R5 485 MODE Te oe Y 4 Wire 4 Wire 2 Wire Right left left left Table A Jumper Mode The top jumper sets either RS 232 or RS422 485 DB9 connections Only the Top Jumper position affects RS 232 mode The middle jumper sets either RS 485 or RS 422 transmit enable The bottom jumper sets either RS 485 half duplex or receive enable Full duplex 4 wire modes must select RX ENABLE Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Appendix A A
38. ings E amp B Communications Port COMS Properties General Settings Data rate FIFOs Driver Resources BB electronics MANUFACTURINO COMPANY FIFO Interrupt Trigger levels Transmitter 4 Fecelver n m Receiver FIFO Flow Control Thresholds Flow Or Flow Off Restore Defaults The default FIFO settings should minimize overhead and work well for most users The FIFO Interrupt Trigger levels setting determines how often the host processor services the serial port to send or receive data The Transmitter Trigger level sets how low the output buffer gets before it triggers a request for more data from program memory The Receiver Trigger level sets how much data is in the input buffer before it triggers a request to read the data from the buffer to program memory Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 4 39 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 The optimum setting for each depends on the nature of your data how it fits within the buffer how fast your computer operates etc Receiver FIFO applies when Handshaking is used for Hardware or Software control For Connections refer to Chapter 5 RS 232 or Chapter 6 RS 422 or RS 485 40 Chapter 4 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0
39. ings and by your cable connections and software Set the Jumpers Set the 3 JP1 Jumpers to match your Operating Mode JPA JPA RS 4221485 mg RS 232 Ro 422405 ma RS 232 TX SD TX ENABLE TR SO sjm TX ENABLE Rx D GEE py ENABLE RX SO CIE Rx ENABLE R4S 2327 MODE RS 422 MODE JP JP RS 422 485 p R5 232 R5 422485 man RS 232 TX SD fe TX ENABLE TXSD SE TH ENABLE RXSD GI Rx ENABLE RX SD LE Ry ENABLE 4 WIRE RS485 MODE 2 WIRE R5485 MODE Go ser Te ee oe 4 Wire 4 Wire 2 Wire Right left left left Table 1 Jumper Mode Table The top jumper sets DB9 connections for either 232 or 422 485 RS 232 operation requires setting only the Top jumper The middle jumper sets the RS 422 RS 485 transmitter for RS 485 or RS 422 operation In RS 485 mode the transmitter is tri stated when not sending data In RS 422 mode the transmitter is always enabled The bottom jumper sets the RS 422 RS 485 receiver for half duplex RS 485 operation or full duplex RS 422 RS 485 operation In Half Duplex RS 485 the Receiver is Enabled when not transmitting In Full Duplex RS 422 485 operation the receiver is always enabled For more operating mode information see the related chapter 6 Chapter 2 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444
40. k Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Windows 2000 Professional This section covers device driver installation for Windows 2000 Professional Windows Classic settings used as standard The 3PCIO1 drivers are unique to this series of cards If at some point in the future you want to update these drivers remove these drivers before installing the new version See Removal on page 34 1 Configure the card to the desired RS 232 422 485 mode using the 3 JP1 jumpers 2 Install the card in the slot Start the computer as Administrator or ask your system administrator to install the software 3 Windows will detect the PCI card and start Found New Hardware Wizard to begin driver installation 4 Windows 2000 will find new hardware twice After the driver for the PCI Serial Card installs a new Com Port will be found and the serial drivers for the Com Port will be installed F ound Hew Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install device driver for hardware device To continue click Hest Cancel 5 Click Next to continue Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 17 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Found New Ha
41. mputer to RD B on the device Connect the TD A pin 3 on the computer to RD A on the device Connect the RD B pin 9 on the computer to TD B on the device Connect the RD A pin 1 on the computer to TD A on the device Connect the Signal Ground pin 5 to Signal Ground on the device In a 4 wire RS 485 system each receive line connects to the same receive terminal on all slaves and each transmit line connects to the same transmit terminal on all slaves The master to the first slave is connected as above In a multi slave RS 422 connection TD B and TD A connect to RD B and RD A on all the slaves If the slaves have Transmit connections only one device can be connected back to the master See Fig 6 3 on next page 44 Chapter 6 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 R amp 422 Master 477 Device 1 477 Device 2 3PCI101 Card to Remaining TD B to RD B R5 422 Devices TD A to RD A Connections for RS422 Master 422 Device 3 to 422 Receive Only Devices 422 Device Pinouts Vary Figure 6 3 RS 422 amp RS 485 Differential Signals In RS 422 and RS 485 modes each signal is differential when one line is high 4 4V the other is low OV they alternate voltage with data The receiver is diffe
42. n Left Right Angle Brackets e Visual Indication of Handshaking Lines DTR DSR DCD and RTS CTS Red Hi e Option for Setting DTR or RTS lines high or low e Option for Repeat Mode last character or Function Character Sequence is repeated until set off e Configuration Settings Baud Rates 150 300 600 1200 2400 9600 19 2 28 4 57 6 115 2K 9600 default and recommended Parity None Odd Even Mark Space None default Data Bits 5 6 7 8 8 default Stop Bits 1 1 5 2 1 default Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Appendix C C 1 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 m DD s 10 Start ComTest Make loopback connections Select Start Programs B amp B Electronics ComTest ComTest ComTest Starts with a Select Port Window Select the Com port to access or test The drop down box shows available ports not in use Click OK Configure Port is shown Select the needed baud rate parity data bits stop bits Defaults are common settings Type characters they will appear in the upper window If performing a loopback test observe the received characters in the lower window Use the Option to set DTR high or low observe the DSR line and if connected the DCD line follow Use t
43. nics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Show Hidden Files and Folders Folder Options Ei General View File Types Offline Files Folder views Tou can set all of pour folders to the same view Reset All Folders Advanced settings Files and Folders C Display compressed files and folders with alternate color O Display the full path in the address bar O Display the full path in title bar 7 Hidden files and folders Do not show hidden files and folders Show hidden files and folders Hide file extensions for known file types Hide protected operating system files Recommended O Launch folder windows in separate process Remember each folders view settings show My Documents on the Desktop Restore Defaults OF Lancel Apply End of Remove section Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 35 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Chapter 4 Setting Driver Options DTR Operation B amp B Communications Port COMS Properties General Settings Data rate FIFOs Driver Resources BB DTA Operation electronics MANUFACTURING COMPANY C AS 485 Mode Default Communications parameters Bits per
44. open They may be used for flow control by some devices instead of RTS and CTS DCD is used by a modem to indicate Carrier to the computer so data can be sent received RI is output by a modem to indicate that the phone or FAX line has a incoming call so it can be handled Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 5 41 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 There are two types of RS 232 ports DTE Computer and DCE Modem Connected directly together using a modem cable wired pin to pin the inputs match the outputs of the other When two of the same type DTE to DTE or DCE to DCE are interconnected a crossover null modem cable is needed to route the outputs of one to the inputs of the other This type of cable is needed to interconnect two computers with RS 232 RS 232 devices which require hardware handshaking require connection of RTS CTS and or DTR DSR lines in order to operate properly Programs for RS 232 may chose to use only Receive and Transmit and ignore hardware handshaking None inputs or may require connections to verify that a cable and device is ready for access Some devices may use Software Handshaking using Xon Xoff characters to start and stop the incoming or outgoing data These unprintable characters have t
45. rdware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers device driver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device PCI Serial Port device driver 1 a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for pour new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Nest What do you want the wizard to do o a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose specific driver lt Back Locate Driver Files here do vou want Windows to search for driver files Search for driver files for the following hardware device PC Serial Port The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on pour computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Nest If you are searching on floppy disk or CD ROM drive insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Next ae search BEN F CD ROM drives Specify a location P Microsoft Windows Update Cancel 7 Insert the driver disc in the CD ROM drive Click Next 18 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444
46. recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway 11 Click Continue Anyway Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for F B amp B Communications Port Click Finish to close the wizard 12 Click Finish 26 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 13 After Finish for the Com port this part of software driver installation is complete Check to verify that a new B amp B Com port is now available within the Control Panel System Device Manager lf you are more familiar with Windows 95 98 2000 you may want to select the Windows Classic look for the Start Menu Position the mouse pointer over the Taskbar then Right Click Select Properties Select the Start Menu tab then select Classic Start Menu Open Start Settings Control Panel System Then select the Hardware tab on System Properties Continued next page Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 27 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B
47. rential so that common mode noise picked up on the twisted pair of wires is cancelled Receiver sensitivity is rated at 200mV A separate signal ground common connection provides a common mode reference for the transmitter and receiver These factors provide reliable communications at much greater distances than RS 232 RS 422 Operation In RS 422 mode the transmitter is enabled TX ENABLE all the time and the receiver is enabled RX ENABLE all the time Typical connections are for two devices one device at each end The transmit lines of one device are connected to the matching receive lines of another The second device transmit lines are connected to the receive lines of the first In another common mode of connection the transmit lines of the master device are connected to the receive lines of many listening slave devices None of the listening devices reply to the master Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 6 45 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 This limitation is due to the fact that the transmitter is active all the time and the line pair is set so the TD B line is high during Mark state and the TD A line is set low If another transmitter output is connected to the same wire pair and attempts to send data by setting th
48. s manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of B amp B Electronics B amp B Electronics shall not be liable for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing performance or use of this manual All brand names used in this manual are the registered trademarks of their respective owners The use of trademarks or other designations in this publication is for reference purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement by the trademark holder TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION V cccccesccsscssccesccsscescees 1 INTRODUCTION NN 1 FNS NE 1 QUICK START NE 2 SPECIFI ATION NE 3 CHAPTER 2 SETUP sne 5 TINS PEC TION seres ease 5 BEFORE STARTING ene 5 SELECTION OF OPERATING MODE cceccecceccecceccescescescescescescescescescess 6 JUMPER MODE TABLE FOR RS 232 422 485 oo cccccccceccsccccccecescccecesceces 6 INSTALE THE CAR Decre 7 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE DRIVER INSTALLATION 0 000000 9 WINDOWS93 OR OG okie ae i ek iat ae et 8 SETDTETROPERATION i E tad Doo ote ernie ree dde cid 13 CHANGING COM PORT NUMBER ccccscecceccececceccececcsccscuscecescescesescescs 14 REMOVAL OF DRIVERS CARD cscceccecceccecceccecceccesceccescescesccecescesceees 16 WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL csccscecceccscececcsccsceccscscesescescesescesees 17 WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL cscceccscecceccsccccecceccececcscesctscscescesescesces 24 SYSTEM PROPERTI
49. sc close the Windows and check the new ports with your software Continued next page 30 Chapter 3 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Changing Com Port Number From the Device Manager Select Properties Settings Advanced ax Advanced Settings for COM COM Port Humber come i BCI5 E Cancel OTRA Operation fr Normal Default Communications parameters Bits per second 3500 vm Data bits ge Parity None Stop bits ao Flow control Money Advanced Restore Default OK Cancel Available names for Com numbers are shown Select a new number from those not in use Com numbers from Com1 to Com256 may be available Com numbers in use may be used by motherboard ports Modems virtual com ports for network serial server devices or FAX modem Formerly installed USB to serial adaptors PCI cards or other hardware may have reserved a com number The device may need to be added back to the system then the software removed Advanced editing of the registry may needed to clean up the problem Special permissions are required with 2000 or XP Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 31 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box
50. second seno v Example DTR Operation Screen Windows 98 Select Normal for RS 232 operation Select RS 485 Mode for Automatic RS 485 Driver Control Use either setting for RS 422 operation Continued next page 36 Chapter 4 Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Advanced Com Port Renaming Select to change port name to another Com number From the Device Manager Select Properties Settings Advanced B amp B Communications Port CO M5 Properties Advanced Settings for COMS COM Port Humber COH in use COM in use COM3 COMA Cancel COME in use COM COME COM9 COM10 OTRA Operation fr Normal Example Advanced Settings Windows 98 Available names for Com numbers are shown Select a new number from those not in use Com numbers from Com1 to Com256 may be available Com numbers in use may be used by motherboard ports Modems virtual com ports for network serial server devices or FAX modem Formerly installed USB to serial adaptors PCI cards or other hardware may have reserved a com number Continued next page Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 4 37 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 104
51. ual Chapter 7 49 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 8 To check 2 wire RS 485 you must either enable the receiver by moving the receive jumper to RX ENABLE mode Table 1 or use one Port to transmit to another 2 wire RS 485 port or converter by cross connecting and loading COMTest twice one copy for each port Characters typed in one copy of COMTest will appear in the receive window of the other Note that software must ignore the RS 232 handshaking lines in RS 422 RS485 mode the input lines CTS DSR DCD RI are not pulled high 9 Some manufacturers label their data connections for A and B reverse of the standard for RS 422 or RS 485 so that the A line is and B line is inverted following the IC standard In such a case just swap the wires and try it No damage occurs in the RS 485 mode just no devices will respond The EIA standard for signal labels defines the B line as positive relative to A during the MARK state 10 Try another software package for troubleshooting Some applications try to bypass the Windows drivers and access the hardware directly 11 Check our website for available FAQ s or troubleshooting hints 12 Contact B amp B Electronics Technical Support for troubleshooting assistance USA Office Techn
52. wa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 The RS 485 mode is set using 3 jumpers and by selecting the RS 485 Mode for DTR Operation on the com Port RS 485 Network Biasing In a RS 485 network the transmitter tri states to a high impedance state Unlike RS 422 where the transmitter holds the TD B line high and the TD A line low Mark state when not transmitting data To establish and maintain the Mark state for all RS 485 receivers Biasing is required Biasing maintains a positive voltage difference from RD B relative to RD A above the receiver threshold of 200mV for all devices on that section of the network If the biasing is not maintained the first data bit of a signal may not be detected and one or more devices may not respond to commands or may operate intermittently The RS 485 receiver on the 3PCIO1 is biased with a 4 7 KQ pull up resistor on the Receive Data B line and a 4 7 KQ pull down resistor on the Receive Data A line These values are usually adequate for networks without termination and 31 or fewer nodes When termination is used biasing must be increased calculated according to the termination value and number of nodes Through hole pads are provided for adding smaller value pull up and pull down resistors Port Bias Low R2 14 Hi R3 13 R2 R3 4 7K Combination of termination and
53. wn before the above After the above is shown installation will have completed Wait for the process to complete To verify the installation Open Start Settings Control Panel System System Properties General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance fe View devices by type Cen devices by connection Computer Hj COROM H ED Disk drives e DISPLAY AS Floppy disk controllers e Hard disk controllers H Keyboard El Monitors Bly Mouse f Multi function adapters El BH Network adapters T rd Ports COM amp LPT pu 7 B amp B Communications Port COMS be on Y Communications Port COMM vee Er Communications Port CO M2 oo 24 ECP Printer Port LPT1 El M rd te AA A Properties Refresh Hemove Print Then select the Device Manager Tab Documentation Number 3PCIO1 0903 Manual Chapter 3 11 B amp B Electronics Mfg Co 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 B amp B Electronics Ltd Westlink Comm Pk Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 Click the Multifunction adapters view the card If you want other details Select Properties Click Ports COM amp LPT to view the COM numbers assigned by Windows to the card You will have 1 new B amp B Com port as shown Select Properties or double click on the new com port Set DTR Operation Set DTR Operation to Normal for RS 232 Set DTR
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