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1. eeeissssssssisssssesseeeeeeenn nennen nennen nnne nna nnns sana n nnns nnn nnn nnns 27 A A PO A 28 4 1 Un installation for Windows 98 and NT rnennnnnnnnrnvnnnnnnernvnnnnnnervennnnnnerevnnnnnnereennnnsrrrennnnnsereennnnnseseennnnnene 28 4 2 Un installation on Windows XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Windows 7 enne 28 4 3 Brainboxes Serial Solutions Unmnstaller AAA 28 5 Serial Solutions Driver Upgrade Rollback nnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnsrnnnnnnsrnrnrnnnrnrnsrnnrrensnnrnrnsrnnrreosnnrneenn 30 5 1 Upgrading the Serial Solutions Driver 30 Ser O ande TROC Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 2 of 47 Manual e brain boxes 5 2 Rolling back the Serial Solutions Driver 31 6 Troubleshooting and T uo ne 32 SC ku H co EZ o O E 32 6 2 COMMUNICATION POD ISS EE 32 6 3 Testing your Serial COM port cccccccccccssseseeeceeeeecaeeeeeeceeeeeeeseeeeeeceeeeesseaeeeeeeeeeeeseaeeseeeeeeeessaaeaseeeeeees 32 6 4 Baud rate ee ee 33 Te OU Mal Pies 22 40 e netos cine 34 7131 The R5422 Standard 34 Vides INO R9489 AI NO WE 34 7 1 3 Terminating Impendences 34 7 1 4 Fail Safe Open Circuit Detechon 35 7 1 5 Fail Safe Short Circuit Protection ME EO E DOT 35 DR NNN 35 T o422358nadl Pott BS danene 36 7 1 8 Serial Port 1 to Other P TT 36 ENN NN 36 A SA 37 7 1 11 RS485 One Talker Many Listeners Half Duplex
2. Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for E Brain Boxes Serial Port Click Finish to close the wizard Back LC apcel 8 The New Found Hardware Wizard will appear again for other ports that are on the device Follow the above instructions again to install the ports Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 15 of 47 e brain boxes 2 5 Windows Vista Server 2008 32 amp 64 bit Installation 1 Once you have booted up the computer the Found New Hardware wizard will appear and give you options to install the driver software for the Serial Solutions card Click on the Locate and install driver software option and Windows update will be searched and install the drivers for the card and ports Windows needs to install driver software for your PCI Multiport Serial Controller Locate and install driver software recommended Windows will quide you through the process of installing driver software for your device Ask me again later Windows will ask again the next time you plug in your device or log on Don t show this message again for this device Your device will not function until you install driver software C CU ETC EE Driver Software Installation Installing device driver software A PCI Dual R5432 Card Ready to use
3. Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually 6 Select the folder which contains the driver files and then the folder will be searched and the drivers found The drivers will then be installed and then you will get a message saying that the drivers have been installed successfully o Update Driver Se E A A Browse For Folder Select the folder that contains drivers for your hardware Search for driver sg b Sy Libraries b A Test gt Be Computer b ck Network a Build96 Win7 logo CA UsersTesthDesg Iz Include subfoldd Let me piti This list will a UI MEE software in t Folder Build96 Win7 logo Net Cancel o Range Product Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 20 of 47 brain boxes 3 Product Configuration 3 1 Windows XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 and Windows 7 3 1 1 Finding your Brainboxes COM port Open device manager Found by right clicking on My Computer and clicking Manage Then select Device Manager from the left hand pane Find the Brainboxes Serial Port entry in Device Manager Found under Ports section The Brainboxes Serial Port entry displays the current COM number in brackets after the name This is usually COM3 following install but may be different if other serial devices have been installed in the past To change your COM label see Section 3 3 Changing your COM label
4. lesse eene nennen nennen nnne 45 10 3 WEEE Directive Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ooocccccccncccccncconnnononononcnnonanononaconononos 45 o NTE ee 46 A EE o E Em 47 Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 4 of 47 brain boxes 1 Introduction 1 1 The Serial Solutions Range 1 1 1 UC UP and EP Product Range The UC range includes 1 2 4 and 8 port devices which will provide an RS232 and or RS422 485 9 pin COM port to any device with a PCI slot The UC cards are compatible with 3 3V and 5V signalling 1 1 2 PM Product Range The PM Product range includes 1 and 2 port devices which provide an RS232 or RS422 485 9 pin COM port to any device with a PCMCIA slot 1 1 3 CC Product Range The CC Product range includes 1 2 4 and 8 port devices which provide an RS232 and or RS422 485 9 pin COM port to any device with a PCI slot The CC cards are only capable of 5V signalling compared with the UC cards 3 3V and 5V signalling pe E p IO 96 MES t perg 73 9180 en SHIT PE e Oa siaii ES In eH 9 00 M il oH m H o Range a Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 5 of 47 e brain boxes 1 1 4 PX 275 279 The Serial Solutions driver covers the PX 275 279 which provides 8 RS232 COM ports to any device with a PCI express slot 1 2 The Serial Solutions Software Serial Solutions is the device driver for managing the
5. O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 RTS 5 DTR 5 DCD 6 RIO CTS 5 DSR 8 RXD 8 RXD 5 DSR 7 TXD 1 RTS 2 DTR 2 DCD 2 DSR 2 DCD 1 RI 1 RXD 3 DSR 4 DCD 3 Page 43 of 47 e brain boxes e To achieve RS485 Half Duplex communications using two wires for communication Pins 1 and 6 2 and 7 must be physically shorted e Once your wiring is setup you will also need to set the card to FULL or HALF Duplex mode in the software For further details see Section 3 Product Configuration 9 3 Terminating Resistors RS422 and RS485 lines should be terminated at the end of the main branch of the RECEIVER in the cables characteristic impendence These terminating impendence s stop echoes caused by the serial data being reflected back at the cable ends It is not necessary to terminate the transmitter end of the twisted pair The AT Dual Port RS422 485 Opto Isolated AT Dual Port RS422 485 and AT Velocity RS422 485 cards have the correct 120 ohm nominal terminating resistors for the RXD twisted pair line and the CTS twisted pair line fitted on the RS422 485 card for both the serial ports on the card There is no need to add any more at the PC end The terminating impendence s shown later in the wiring diagrams are automatically provided by the on board resistors and do not have to be added by the user 9 4 Storage and Operating Environment Guidelines Storage Temperature 10 C to 70 C Humidity 896 to 9596 non c
6. j KI Batteries 4 Computer Sat Disk drives ig Display adapters 14 DYDICD ROM drives CN Floppy disk controllers 3 IDE ATAJATAPI controllers l a Infrared devices ru Keyboards BN Mice and other pointing devices la Modems ig Monitors Exp Multi port serial adapters eG rain Boxes if Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 422 485 Card Port 1 El Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 422 485 Card Port 2 Ba Network adapters h E PCMCIA adapters H Ports COM amp LPT m i Brain Boxes Serial Port COMLL m x Brain Boxes Serial Port COML2 x Communications Port COMI 24 Printer Port LPT1 e Processors 4 sound videa and game controllers e System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers mm HE TEGE SE BP Jl TBI I 3 1 2 Port Settings The port settings allow you to set a Default or Override Settings for the Serial Communication and how to deal with incoming hardware handshaking events To open Port Settings open Device Manager and Double Click on the Brainboxes COM port entry under the Ports section Then click on the Port Settings tab Serial Solutions Range Product Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 21 of 47 Manual e brain boxes Brain Boxes Serial Port COM11 Properties Data bits 18 D I Parity Mone w Stop bits 1 Vi Flow control None v Restore Defaults e All options can be selected from the dropdo
7. gt bral n boxes Print Date 12 02 2010 Brainboxes Serial Solutions Range Manual amm amen fa Brainboxes Limited Unit 3C Wavertree Boulevard South Wavertree Technology Park Liverpool L7 9PF UK Tel 44 0 151 220 2500 Fax 44 0 151 252 0446 Web www brainboxes com Email sales brainboxes com e brain boxes Contents Tie 111400 1016 10 mM T 5 1 1 The Serial Solutions Range enne nnne nnns nnna nnn nn nnn sss sn na anis rrr sss n naar nnns 5 1 1 1 UG UP and EP Product Range etica eegene geet t epb Un EEEE 5 1 12 PM rele e 5 OG PO e 5 VER A 6 1 2 The Serial Solutions SOMWANS tancia lara 6 1 3 Supported Operating Gvstems 6 JEVN 7 CN D Ree ME re BEE 7 2 2 NT Installation Es 9 23 A A Ea A H 10 2 4 Windows XP Server 2003 Installaton 12 2 5 Windows Vista Server 2008 32 8 64 bit Installation ooooonccccccnnnnnnccccncocooooonannnnnnnnnnnnnonononononnonnnnnnnos 16 2 6 Windows 7 Server 2008 H72lnstallaton AAA 19 SW Producti COMMUN ATION WEE 21 3 1 Windows XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 and Windows 7 eee 21 3 1 1 Finding your Brainboxes COM port 21 PT o io E ee 21 3 1 3 Changing the COM labels s occorre roti ta aperit tie Ehe eet Pu ortae bee 22 314 R9422 489 SEMNE APA TEE ETT 23 32 esc 24 esc esca pcc P 26 3 3 1 Advanced port settings
8. 9f 7 1 12 Half Duplex Settings of RS485 Multiplex sees 37 7 1 13 RS485 Many Talkers Many Listeners Half Duplex 37 7 1 14 RS485 Many Talkers Many Listeners Full Duplex 38 7 115 Optional Grounding Arrangements sra a ets 39 8 Lifetime Warranty and Gupport nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnrnnnrnrnnnnrnnnnrnnnrnnnrnnnancons 41 S Technical SO SCMICATOMS RP ETa Ea EE Ea 42 9 1 Supported Serial Settings cierto nra sah nna nonna ra aea paras sna 3 4 Rear iani daa are ed 42 9 2 Device V 42 SU Ws NVO COM CIO M RET 42 9 2 2 78 Way D pin connechor treen nnreen 43 SEASON teu AE Bri 43 9 2 4 RS422 485 DeVICES ccccccscccccesseececesececsasececsaseecseuseeecsaeeecsauseecsauseeessusecessaeeecsauseessauseeeessagenenes 43 O ds Ra Ee AAA o E EEE O OPA EE oea RE eE 44 Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 3 of 47 e brain boxes 9 4 Storage and Operating Environment Guidelines no00000nnnnnnnoeeannnnnnnnnennnnennnnsrnnnnnnrnennrnnrrnreennennnenneee 44 10 Regulatory Approvals Compliance elsi nennen nennen nnne nnn nnns nnn nnn nnn 45 10 1 COMPANY Acore dla n MER 45 10 2 Europe EU Declaration of Conformity
9. The Serial Solutions devices are designed to conform to the protection requirements of European Council Directive 2004 108 EC The products are designed to meet the standards detailed below The Declaration of Conformity and supporting Technical Construction File is available by request from Brainboxes EN 55022 1998 A2 2003 Information technology equipment Radio disturbance charastics Class A Limits and methods of measurement EN 55024 1998 A2 2003 Information technology equipment Immunity characteristics Class A Limits and methods of measurement 10 3 WEEE Directive Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment The WEEE Directive 2004 96 EC came into force in the UK at the beginning of 2007 Customer Responsibilities You are encouraged to dispose of WEEE in an environment friendly way This can be done through your local civic amenities site an approved treatment facility or alternatively through a relevant compliance scheme Brainboxes Responsibilities Brainboxes has a legal responsibility as producer to provide a free of charge collection service to our customers for our obligated WEEE Brainboxes is defined as a producer under the WEEE regulations because we sell own brand Electrical amp Electronic Equipment EEE in the UK Our WEEE Producer Registration Number is WEE AHO004XR SE EE O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 45 of 47 e brain boxes For details of our WEEE recovery service options please s
10. Duplex configurations the TXD line is connected to the RXD whilst the TXD line is connected to the RXD only one pair of twisted wire cable is used in RS485 Half Duplex communications The hardware handshaking performed by the CTS and RTS lines in RS422 systems are handled by a software protocol in RS485 systems In situations where more than one device may transmit data on the shared data line each cards RTS line is used as a gating signal to enable the TXD driver only when that card needs to transmit data i e set TXD GATE or AUTO jumper This mechanism prevents bus contention caused by multiple transmitters holding the line in opposing states Revision 3 and higher versions of this card have a facility which automatically gates the RTS line thus enabling the transmitter independently of any software This Auto gating is described in more detail in the previous 485 half duplex section The three wiring schemes given described below are RS485 One Talker Many Listeners HALF DUPLEX RS485 Many Talkers Many Listeners HALF DUPLEX RS485 Many Talkers Many Listeners FULL DUPLEX Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 36 of 47 e brain boxes 7 1 10 RS485 Cable For best noise immunity use twisted pair cables to make the RS485 connection In Half Duplex wiring only 1 twisted cable pair is needed Two twisted pair cables are needed for Full Duplex communications Use scree
11. Ground Interchange circuit Green wire ground of power system Protective ground of frame ground Circuit ground or circuit common Configuration A The circuit common of the equipment is connected to protective ground at one point only by a 100 Q 20 resistor with a power dissipation rating of 1 2W An additional provision may be made for the resistor to be bypassed with a strap to connect signal common and protective ground directly together when specific installation conditions necessitate Vidit p E SERGE Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 40 of 47 brain boxes 8 Lifetime Warranty and Support To receive the lifetime warranty you need to register your product with us using our online form NB this must be done within 28 days of purchase Lifetime Warranty Sian u Terms and Conditions are available online Standard warranty period is 3 years if a product is not registered Since 1983 Brainboxes have designed tested and manufactured our products all under one roof One of our greatest strengths is after sales service Technical Support is provided by members of our Test Team who know our products inside out and have direct access to the chip and board designers as well as the technicians who built and tested your product If you have any issues questions or suggestions about our Products and Services then please contact us Technical support is free As long as you have a Brainboxes Product we
12. RS422 485 products only in the Multi port Serial Adaptors section in Device Manager double click on the Brainboxes card port number then click on the Card Properties tab Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 422 485 Card Po PK General Card Properties Driver Details Resources Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PEMETI 1227485 Card Port 1 r Port Settings Port Humber Address RO Advanced 000001B88 000001BF 7 Advanced e Click Port 1 advanced button to open up the Ports settings window Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 23 of 47 e brain boxes e The drop down list for Duplex operation allows users to choose the desired RS422 485 operations mode Part Settings Port 1 r Trigger Levels Receiver Trigger Level ED Software Transmit Limit 24 4227485 Options Duplex Operation 15422485 full duples oe 485 full duple CTS tue F R5485 half duples autogating mode T Tranemit only Baudrate Settings Receive only Transmitter and Receiver both disabled Maximum Baudrate 905 Baudrate Multiplier UART Type 950 v FIFO Depth e Select RS422 485 full duplex mode for full duplex communications e Select RS485 half duplex autogating mode for half duplex communications e Select Transmit only to just transmit communications e Select Receive only to just receive co
13. of wires and is thus a differential data transmission system Over distances up to 40 feet the maximum data rate is 10 Megabits per second and for distances up to 4000 feet the maximum data rate is 100 Kilobytes per second A 120 Ohm resistor should be used to terminate the receiving end of the line It is generally used between one transmitter receiver pair to ONLY one other transmitter receiver pair but each output can drive up to 10 receivers RS422 Standard 1 Driver up to 10 receivers Line Length Max Baud Rate 40 feet 12m 10 Mbits sec 400 feet 122m 1 Mbits sec 4000 feet 1219m 100 Kbits sec TTL D 7 1 2 The RS485 Standard The RS485 standard is similar to the RS422 standard upon which it is based The main difference is that up to 32 transmitter receiver pairs may be present on the line at one time A 120 Ohm resistor should be used to terminate either end of the main line If more than one device may transmit data the RTS line is used as transmit enable signal so preventing contention between talkers RS485 Standard Up to 32 Driver Receiver Pairs Line Length Max Baud Rate 40 feet 12m 10 Mbits sec 400 feet 2 122m 1 Mbits sec 4000 feet 1219m 100 Kbits sec uum A 4 V x LIN D R D R R i f 7 7 1 3 Terminating Impendence s RS422 and RS485 lines should be terminated at the end of the main branch of the RECEIVER in the cables characteristic impedance These t
14. on sends the data down the device TXD channel and disables its TXD drivers The other RS485 devices remain in the receive only mode when they are not being addressed they do not transmit any data at all RS485 Jumpers TX RX1 ww TX RX1 mw Both jumpers left unconnected not shorted Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 38 of 47 brain boxes RS485 Full Duplex um PC s TAD CHANNEL E PC Ping uu Device n TXD FRXD n 1200 TXD 7 RXD n PC Pinl 4 4 RADI RADZ RXDn 1 RXDn 2 Device l Davicef Device Device n 1 4n 2 Te Devices TXD CHANNEL PC Pin aa Device n EAXD i TADL n RXD TAL I PC Pin 6 TXDI TXD TXDn 1 TXDn 2 Deviceil Device Device Device n 1 n 2 Note The receiver end of MAIN line terminated in characteristic impedance stubs off the main not terminated 7 1 15 Optional Grounding Arrangements Proper operation of the cable circuit according to TIA EIA 485 A 1995 requires that the cable ground shield is not connected directly to the equipment ground shield A current limiting resistor should be used in series with the shield to avoid possible large current flow due to differences in ground potential Any one of the methods shown below can do this Configuration A GWG o Range a Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 39 of 47 brain boxes Configuration B Signal
15. or the equipment they produce Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 46 of 47 e brain boxes 11 Copyright Copyright O 1985 2010 Brainboxes Ltd All rights reserved No part of this hardware circuitry or manual may be duplicated copied transmitted or reproduced in any way without the prior consent of the Manufacturer Serial Solutions Range Product O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 47 ot 47 Manual
16. via the TXD GATE jumper It can be used in the following situations a The PC is connected to only ONE RS485 device b The PC is communicating with several RS485 devices that are each able to recognize and respond to their own unique address The RS485 devices only drive their TXD lines when they are responding to requests from the PC to send data In effect the RS485 device s address and the command it receives is used to control access to the devices T XD channel This is a Full Duplex system Two twisted pair cables are required One twisted pair is the PC s TXD channel it carries the data sent from the PC s TXD outputs to the RXD inputs of each of the RS485 devices The second twisted pair is the Devices TXD channel it carries the data sent from each of the devices TXD outputs to the RXD inputs of the PC The advantages of this system are great since no new communications software is needed and the PC can talk and listen at the same time In effect the handshaking is performed by the intelligence of the RS485 devices attached to the PC When wired as below the PC can transmit data at any time and all the RS485 devices 1 to n simultaneously receive it Only one of the RS485 devices may talk i e transmit data at any one time Each RS485 device recognizes commands and data addressed to it it only talks when the PC commands it to do so When the RS485 device receives the command to talk from the PC it gates its TXD drivers
17. will be happy to help even if it s discontinued or out of warranty Excellent Customer Service just as it should be For the quickest solution to your issue if you email us please include as much detail of your setup and the fault you are experiencing Standard rate call charges for phone support apply Email Technical Support support brainboxes com Sales Enquiry sales brainboxes com Telephone You can speak to Brainboxes Support or Sales teams direct Monday Friday 9am to 5pm UK Time Tel 44 0 151 220 2500 Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 41 of 47 e brain boxes 9 Technical Specifications 9 1 Supported Serial Settings Serial Setting Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Handshaking Break 9 2 Device Pin out 9 2 1 37 Way D Connector Serial Solutions Range Product Manual PIN 19 PIN T8 PIN T7 PIN 16 PINTS R3 PIN 14 E PIN 13 PIN 12 PINTI D PINTO D PINS PING PIN 7 PIN PINS PIN 4 PIN 3 FIN PII 1 CTS4 CTA RAD RXD SND RIS 1 RIS 1 TXDI TXDI GROUND RADA Up to 921 600 5 6 77 or 8 None Odd Even Mark amp Space 1 1 50r2 RTS CTS DTR DSR Xon Xoff Supported 0 60000000 000000 00 U 6 uU nn 48449808 E 68 8 E E 04000808 08 A EE qEEE O EH Fo H Dm Ee E d PINS 7 PIN34 PIN 33 PIN 32 PINS 1 PIN28 PIN P
18. Communications Port I Searching Windows Update Communications Port 2 Pending Parallel Port 1 Pending 2 If the search on Windows update fails or you are not connected to the internet you will be asked to insert the CD that came with the Brainboxes card The CD will then be searched for the drivers and installed automatically Please move on to step 6 if the drivers install automatically Serial Solutions Range Product Manual Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 16 of 47 e brain boxes 3 If you don t have a disc or have downloaded the latest drivers from our website click on the option at the bottom of the page to show other options Insert the disc that came with your PCI Multiport Serial Controller If you have the disc that came with your device insert it now Windows will automatically search the disc for driver software I don t have the disc Show me other options 4 You will then be presented with two options Click on the second one to browse your computer for the driver software Windows couldn t find driver software for your device Check for a solution Windows will check to see if there are steps you can take to get your device working Browse my computer for driver software advanced Locate and install driver software manually Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 17 of 47 e brain boxes 5 You will then be asked
19. Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 13 of 47 e brain boxes 5 A second New Found Hardware Wizard will appear Choose to Install from a specific location Advanced Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Communications Fart 1 fe If pour hardware came with an installation CD Sue nr floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to da CO Install the software automatically Recommended Click Mest to continue 6 Again select to search from the removable media to search the CD Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options 9 Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed Search removable media floppy CD ROM FI inchide this location in the search co e Cp Oh C2 Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver pon choose will be the best match for your hardware Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 14 of 47 gt brain boxes 7 When the files have finished copying across the Found New Hardware Wizard will finish Press Finish Found New Hardware Wizard
20. IN25 PIN2 4 PIN2 3 PIN22 PIN 1 O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 GND4 PIN36 PINSS HE HE TXD4 TXD4 CTS3 CTS3 PINO PIN29 RXDS RXDJ GND2 RTS2 PINZ TXD2 TXD2 CTS1 CT 1 RXDI PIN20 RT32 RXDI Page 42 of 47 e brain boxes 9 2 2 78 Way D pin connector A PIN40 TXD PIN41 RTS 6 PIN42 DSR 6 PIN43 DCD PIN44 RI o O9 9 O 9 OO O O OO OO OO O O O 09 9 QG OQ JE JE JE JE JE JE JJ 0 E A I A 0 E E t 0 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 9 2 3 RS232 Devices DTR 8 TXD 6 DTR 6 CTS 6 DSR 5 DCD 8 RI 8 RXD 6 CTS 7 TXD 4 TXD 3 RTS 3 DTR 3 RTS 4 RI 2 CTS 1 RXD 2 DCD 4 RI 4 RI 3 PIN65 PIN66 PIN67 PIN76 PIN77 PIN78 3 PIN60 PIN61 PIN62 PIN63 PIN64 GROUNDED ON LYNX GROUNDED ON LYNX GROUNDED ON LYNX PIN68 PIN69 PIN70 PIN71 PIN72 PIN73 PIN74 PIN75 GROUNDED ON LYNX GROUNDED ON LYNX GROUNDED ON LYNX Lolli E RN RN NR RN RN EE o o o O O O09 O O 0 O O O O OO O 0 O0 O LE E E NL E E E E E EE 0 E EE NN 0 E ON 0 OK ono o Et 08 8 8 0 08 0808 08 8 808 08 8 8 JE A I E 00 A 0 ON E E 0 00 0 E OK SR ER SR KR SR ER KR RE RR RR RR SR RR RR ER RR ER KR 9 2 4 RS422 485 Devices PLEASE NOTE e DTR DSR Handshaking is not available on RS422 485 devices e For RS422 Full Duplex communications please note outputs above Serial Solutions Range Product Manual
21. UAAT Select lower settings to corect conmection problems Lancel select higher ssthings for faster perlormance Detauks Recewe bulter Low 1 A High 14 Transmit bulter Low 1 ll High 14 FIFO settings e Use FIFO buffers turns the selected ports FIFO buffer on or off It is strongly recommended that the FIFO for both ports is left enabled e Receive Buffer These settings allow the selection of a receiver FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will allow the interrupt to be serviced quicker which is good for slow machines If you have a fast machine setting a high value will give you more time for multi tasking operations e Transmit Buffer These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will send fewer data bytes per interrupt and this is recommended if you are communicating to a slower machine Selecting a high value will send more data bytes per interrupt and will give more time for multi tasking operations Vidit p E a Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 27 of 47 e brain boxes 4 Un installation The un installation steps below are applicable to all the cards in the UC CC PM and UP ranges 4 1 Un installation for Windows 98 and NT Open the CD location and run ssntUnist exe contained in the SSNT folder and SsUn9x exe in the SsWin9x folder to uninstall the drivers 4 2 Un installation on Windows XP Server 2003 Vista Se
22. UC CC PM range and the PX 279 in Windows For a full list of supported Operating Systems please see the list below 1 3 Supported Operating Systems The UC UP EP CC PM ranges and the PX 279 275 can be used with the following Microsoft Operating systems with the supplied drivers e Windows Server 2008 R2 e Windows 7 32 amp 64 bit e Windows Vista 32 amp 64 bit P e Windows Server 2008 32 amp 64 bit e Windows XP 32 amp 64 bit Yo Kk A i O CERTIFIED FOR CERTIFIED FOR s e Windows Server 2003 32 bit amp 64 bit Enihi enera Windows Windows Designed for Server 2008 Vistas Microsoft e Windows 2000 Tver Windows XP Windows XP e Window 98 x64 Editions x64 Edition e Windows NT e MS DOS Brainboxes PCI and PCMCIA Drivers have undergone Microsoft testing Upon passing these tests the drivers were signed by Microsoft as an indication of their quality and stability Serial Solutions Range Product Manual Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 6 of 47 e brain boxes 2 Installation Instructions 2 1 DOS Installation The DOS installation procedure consists of 2 steps after the PCI Quad RS232 card is inserted 1 Determining the resources that the PCI Quad RS232 has claimed 2 Informing the Serial Solutions DOS device driver of those resources Determining PCI Multiport Resources e Insert card into PC as described in Chapter 2 e Run BBCARDS EXE from the supplied CD by ty
23. ation 6 3 Testing your Serial COM port To test your Brainboxes COM port works correctly you can use the Serial Test application It is a simple application which will guide you through the steps to check that your Brainboxes COM port is working correctly You will need to select the COM port you want to test and connect a loopback connector to transmit and receive pins of the respected COM port You will then be given a result as to whether the test has passed or failed Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 32 of 47 e brain boxes 3 E 3 brain boxes Drain boxes www brainboxes com www brainboxes com Welcome to the Brainboxes Serial Port Test Application Please select the COM Port to test This test application will perform tests on your hardware after a successful installation Before the test begins please check in Device Manager For any visible error messages If your card wasn t installed properly please refer to the FAQ document to perform a successful installation or contact Brainboxes for technical support Please refer to the FAQ document for any further help 6 4 Baud rate test application To test to see if a specific baud rate is supported by one of our cards the Baud rate test application can be used You simply put the Baud rate details into the program and then click calculate and the details will be output This software is supplied on the Seria
24. buffer is used to set the number of pairs of buffers to be allocated to ports and is a decimal number in the range 1 maxport o SIG secu Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 7 of 47 e brain boxes S buffer Set size of all buffers in bytes buffer is rounded to the nearest power of 2 and must be a decimal number in the range 32 to 32768 For any serial port opened two buffers of size buffer are allocated one for input and the other for output H hardware handshake selects which hardware handshake type to use on the specified ports This is used in the following manner H range hs where range specifies the COM port or ports and hs selects handshake type Handshake types available are Type 0 RS232 DTR CTS The PC only transmits when CTS is input true When the PC is able to receive its sets DTR output true The DSR and DCD inputs are ignored The RTS output line is set true in case the external serial device needs a true signal Type 4 3 Wire Handshake Really no handshake at all since the PC transmits irrespective of the handshake lines The 3 wires are TxD RxD and Ground no other lines are required Thus the CTS DSR and DCD inputs are ignored The RTS and DTR output line is set true just in case the external serial device needs a true signal Configuring and Installing NEWCOM SYS To load the Serial Solutions for DOS device driver an entry needs to be added to the CONFIG SYS file Any simple test editor EDIT for e
25. cted port from the shared interrupt and will require the particular port to be assigned its own unique IRQ value from the Resources Tab SISR address This value is used in conjunction with the Enabling Sharing checkbox and will appear greyed out if the Enabling Sharing checkbox has been un checked Port index This is only used for interrupt sharing cards FIFO Settings Enable FIFO turns the selected ports FIFO buffer on or off It is strongly recommended that the FIFO for both ports is left enabled Receive Buffer These settings allow the selection of a receiver FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will allow the interrupt to be serviced quicker which is good for slow machines If you have a fast machine setting a high volume will give you more time for multi tasking operations Transmit Buffer These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will send fewer data bytes per interrupt and this is recommended if you are communicating to a slower machine Selecting a high value will send more data bytes per interrupt and will give more time for multi tasking operations Hestore Clicking on this button will restore the port setting of the Serial Solutions tab for the selected port to Enable Sharing On Checked SISR Address 3a0 Port Index 0 Enable FIFO On Checked Receive Buffer 3 from right Transmit Buffer High Serial Solutions Range Product Manua
26. e best driver for your device Click Next then Click Specify a location In the location space type lt drive gt sswin9x where drive is the appropriate letter for your CDROM drive Or select the location of the folder which contains the drivers Click Next Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 10 of 47 e brain boxes Add New Hardware Wizard E Micosatt indians Update r2 Cu fia a lac beta lt Drive gt 55Win9x Click Next Add New Hardware Wizard Click Finish After copying the file Windows 98 will then detect each of the serial ports in turn and install them as communication ports Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 11 of 47 e brain boxes 2 4 Windows XP Server 2003 Installation 1 After your computer has booted up a New Found Hardware Wizard will appear for the card that you inserted into the computer em br e Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found Mew Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you Install software hor Multifuncion Device f If your hardware came with an installation CD ar floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do C Install the software automatically Recommended 2 Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 2 Insert the CD that came with your Brainboxes device and point the New F
27. ee our Website or email us at weeerecovery brainboxes com 10 4 ROHS Compliance All Brainboxes Serial and Bluetooth products are fully ROHS compliant Brainboxes identified at an early stage the importance of rapid compliance to ROHS guidelines and established a project team to actively manage the transition The initial step in the process was to use our close relationships with suppliers to ensure early access to ROHS compliant components for all of our Bluetooth and Serial Products In addition the project team worked to ensure that our manufacturing processes meet all ROHS requirements well in advance of the deadline To verify supplier declarations on ROHS compliancy we have also sent fully built products to an external test house for X Ray system XDAL This technique is capable of determining percentages of different elements and is accurate to 0 1 Wt RoHS Compliant Brainboxes products have been available since January 2005 What is the RoHS Directive The RoHS directive 2002 95 EC the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment prohibits the sale of electrical and electronic equipment containing hazardous substances A list of these hazardous substances includes lead cadmium mercury hexavalent chromium polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominatied diphenylethers RoHS affects each and every electronics manufacturer directly or indirectly regardless of geographical location
28. eiver can set RTS true so telling the transmitter on its CTS input that the receiver is ready to accept data In this way no data will ever be transmitted when the receiver is unable to accept it due to a full input buffer etc And so no data will be lost Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 35 of 47 e brain boxes 7 1 7 RS422 Serial Port Cables Use screened twisted pair Belden cable 9729 and 9829 L type 2493 and 2919 or IBM Part No 4716748 cable to make the RS422 connection Unscreened Belden type 8795 may also be used in less noisy environments The on board resistor networks terminate the receiving end of the twisted pair cable in its characteristic impedance 7 1 8 Serial Port 1 to Other PC Cable SERIAL PORT 1 Side Other PC SERIAL PORT Side 0 Pin Female D Connector 0 Pin Female D Connector SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION ACTUAL REPRESENTATION Mira e RES XBE 7 1 9 RS485 Operation The RS485 standard is intended for up to 32 driver receiver pairs on the bus The line drivers used in the Serial Solutions RS422 485 card are designed to work correctly in both RS422 and RS485 systems The main difference therefore is in how the system is implemented Though the card uses a 9 pin D connector in general not all the lines are used for RS485 systems The RTS and CTS lines though driven by the card are usually not connected In two wire Half
29. ered into the CONFIG SYS file Once you are sure that these parameters have been entered correctly restart your PC and your PCI Quad RS232 should be ready to use immediately Sample terminal applications are provided on Serial Solutions Disk 1 amp 2 enabling communications to be established to your peripherals quickly and easily PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Users When assembled the NEWCOM gt SYS command line looks like DEVICE NEWCOM SYS A5 12 0140 L0104 11 5 12 B12 S512 H 4 2 2 NT Installation Insert the PCI Multiport Card into your PC and restart Place the supplied CD disc titled Serial Solutions in a suitable drive and from the start menu choose Run and enter a SSNT setup exe where a is the path to the CD drive Run Pla Type the name of a program folder or document and Windows will open it for you Open aSSNTIsetup exe Fr Sees dome Install shield will then install the driver software automatically it will then copy the necessary files and start itself This automatically detects your new PCI serial card s and does not require any further system restarting Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 9 of 47 E e brain boxes 2 3 Windows 98 Installation During the boot up process Windows 98 will detect the Brainboxes card and you will briefly see a message box to this effect Add New Hardware Wizard Select Search for th
30. erminating impedance s stop echoes caused by the serial data being reflected back at the cable ends It is not necessary to terminate the transmitter end of the twisted pair PCI Quad 422 485 Card Chapter 10 Optional RS422 485 Operation 49 The AT Dual Port RS422 485 Opto Isolated AT Dual Port RS422 485 and AT Velocity RS422 485 cards have the correct 120 Ohm nominal Serial Solutions Range Product Manual Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 34 of 47 e brain boxes terminating resistors for the RXD twisted pair line and the CTS twisted pair line fitted on the RS422 485 card for both the serial ports on the card There is no need to add any more at the PC end The terminating impedance s shown later in the wiring diagrams are automatically provided by the on board resistors and do not have to be added by the user 7 1 4 Fail Safe Open Circuit Detection Open circuit is when there are no drivers on the circuit This occurs by design in party line multi driver receiver systems and unintentionally when the twisted pair line is accidentally cut or disconnected or the transmitting device fails In RS485 party line systems there are extended periods of time when none of the many possible talkers are gated onto the bus This is known as the line idle state and occurs when all the driver outputs are in the high impedance state The lines float perhaps being pulled to the high or low state by noise or other voltages on the line With
31. he drivers Device manager will need to be opened To open device manager go to the control panel system hardware tab then click on device manager button 4 Once this is open you will see the yellow icon in the other devices node Right click on the device and select Update Driver Software gt AR Computer b xg Disk drives li Display adapters 4 DVD CD ROM drives gt ag Human Interface Devices b m Keyboards p D Mice and other pointing devices b AL Monitors b ae Network adapters a Je Other devices po TS a eeri a Update Driver Software gt 9 Processors Disable p a Sound video and ga Uninstall Storage controllers b Ml System devices Scan for hardware changes po Unrversal Serial Bus co Properties Vidit p E SERGE O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 19 of 47 e brain boxes 5 If your Brainboxes card came with a CD insert it now and select to search automatically and the driver software will be found and installed If not and you have a folder with the drivers select to browse your computer for the drivers e x5 WIESE x gt eJ AD Update Driver Software PCI Multiport Serial Controller How do you want to search for driver software Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings
32. izard Click Finsk Fish Bram Boxes Serial Solutions Uninstallation Searching Serial Solutions products Please wait while searching For products Searching Serial Solutions praducts Overall Progress CO e When finished you may turn off your PC and unplug your Serial Solutions card To reinstall simply plug in the card again and follow the installation instructions as in Section 2 Installation Instructions Alternatively restart your PC or scan for hardware changes in device manager and the New Found Hardware Wizard will appear Serial Solutions Range Product Manual Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 29 of 47 brain boxes 5 Serial Solutions Driver Upgrade Rollback There are two parts to the Serial Solutions driver Taking for example the PCMCIA PM 121 2 port Device Card Driver Brainboxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 422 485 Card Card Driver Brainboxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 422 485 Card Port 1 Card Driver Brainboxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 422 485 Card Port 2 Port Driver Brainboxes Serial Port COM7 Port Driver Brainboxes Serial Port COM8 NB If you need to upgrade or roll back the Serial Solutions driver we recommend to completely uninstall the existing drivers first and then to install the new drivers from fresh This will restore all the factory settings to default However if you instead wish to keep all of your existing settings y
33. l Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 25 of 47 brain boxes 3 3 Windows NT Go to control panel Start Menu Settings Control and double click on Serial Solutions PCI It Control Panel ol x File Edit View Help PL Card Ports Printers PCMCIA dE E ba r E J F QuickTime 32 Regional Serial Solutions Settings PCI Server Services Sounds y You will be presented with a Serial Solutions PCI port configuration window Serial Solutions for Windows NT PCI Lynx A5232 Card PCI Lynx R5232 Care PCI Lynx RS232 Car CI Lynx RS232 Card PCI Quad Port RS232 users these entries under card will appear as PCI PLI Lynx HS23z Card POI Lynx Dach Card ZEE Quad Port RS232 card PLI Lynx R5232 Card PC Lynx A5232 Card PCI Lynx AS232 Card Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 26 of 47 e brain boxes To view the settings of a port select it and click on settings and then click on the resources tab Windows MT Communication Port Properties General Ferl Settings Resources Bis p sscond 9600 z C ala Bis B Pant More e Shop bits 1 Flow contro Hardmars bu Advenced Restore defauks 3 3 1 Advanced port settings When the Advanced button of the Port Settings is selected the following dialogue is displayed Advanced Port Settings f Use FIFO buffers requires 15550 compatible
34. l Solutions CD Baudrate lest Application UART Type f 950 UART f Versatile UART CID 0x10 f Versatile UART CID 0x0 t USB2Serial FTDI ET 232 245 Baudrate Settings decimal values Crystal Frequency 2000000 15M Baud Baudrate Divisor Value 1 18MB aud Desired B audrate 18000000 Next Higher Possible Baudrate Py iy Next Lower Possible Baudrate t Exact Baudrate 18000000 UART Settings 950 hexadecimal settings Divisor Value 0001 Calculate Times Clock Value 04 statistics Clock Prescaler 08 The following settings need to be applied for specific Brainboxes products e f you have a PM 121 or CC 530 525 you will need to select the 950 UART type e f you have any UC card set the UART type to Versatile UART CID 0x10 e f you have any other PM card set the UART type to Versatile UART CID 0x01 e The last option is for USB devices so is not applicable for the Serial Solutions software product ranges The crystal frequency will also need to be set to a specific value for the card that you are using For UC and PM cards the frequency is 1475600 Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 33 of 47 e brain boxes 7 Optional RS422 485 Operation 7 1 1 The RS422 Standard The RS422 standard defines a serial communications standard RS422 is a high speed and or long distance data transmission Each signal is carried by a pair
35. lex Another popular RS485 layout is for multiple talkers and multiple listeners This is shown below This is also known as party line transmission lt is imperative to have some method of preventing two devices trying to drive the data lines at the same time The normal method is to use the RTS line as a talk enable The RTS line should go true immediately prior to the data transmission and go false immediately after the last byte in the stream is sent Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 37 of 47 e brain boxes TXD1 PAD D 120 TXD1 TXD n RXDn RXDI RXDn RXD2 RXD3 RXDn 1 T RXD2 RXD3 f RXDn 1 TXD2 TXD3 TXDn 1 TXD2 TXD3 TXDn 1 Note BOTH ends of MAIN line terminated in characteristic impedance stubs off main line not impedance since both ends receive The twisted pair ends are wired to both RXD 8 TXD and RXD amp TXD at each RS485 device 7 1 14 RS485 Many Talkers Many Listeners Full Duplex The RS485 many talkers many listeners Full Duplex system can be used when all the RS485 devices have separate Transmit and Receive channels There is NO multiplexing of the TXD and RXD signals on the same device This system is especially useful when there is no flow control available on the PC usually due to the use of a third party communications program that prevents the use of the RTS signal as a transmit enable control
36. mmunications e Select Transmitter and Receiver both disabled for no communications e For further details on wiring see Section 9 2 Device Pinout 3 2 Windows 98 Note A RS232 card was used during this example but it is the same for RS422 485 cards e Double clicking a card entry under the Multi Function Adapters in Device Manager will display general properties for the selected card e Click on the serial Solutions tab for a PCI Lynx 8 port will display PCI Lynx RS232 Card Properties a x General Serial Solutions Driver Resources Serial Solutions PCI Communications Card Settings l EN SEUNG Port Settings Port Assignment I0 Range IRQ Device Status f coma dl 5 comio g reso res coma silfreesrcer git sg ie Maximum Baud Rate Setting 115200 default 230400 C 460900 921600 OK Cancel Serial Solutions Range Product O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 24 of 47 Manual e brain boxes Some communications applications require the serial ports they access to be as named COM 4 or lower The COM port assignment may be changed simply by selecting a new COM port value from the pull down menu relevant to the port However COM port usage other than those for the selected card itself are not checked so it is advisable to first check which COM ports are in use port availability can be checked by viewing device manager All COM ports present will be listed under the e
37. ned twisted pair Belden cable 9729 and 9829 UL type 2493 and 2919 or IBM Part No 4716748 cable to make the RS485 connection Terminate the twisted pair cable 7 1 11 RS485 One Talker Many Listeners Half Duplex There are several schemes for connecting RS485 devices depending on the characteristics of the system In many cases there will be only one device which can transmit data and all the others simply listen to it This scheme is used for theatrical lighting intensity control in the DMX512 standard This is shown below For the talker the RS485 TXD GATE jumper should remain in the factory set position i e transmitter is always enabled There is NO multiplexing of the TXD and RXD lines Data is only flowing one way from PC outwards and is thus a Half Duplex configuration so only one twisted pair cable is needed TADM TAD RAD1 RADA RXDn 2 RADn 1 Note The Receiver end of MAIN line terminated in characteristic impedance by ONBOARD resistor networks stubs off the main not terminated In the above scheme one RS485 device is talk only it transmits data but it does not receive any The other RS485 devices are receive only they do not transmit any data at all 7 1 12 Half Duplex Settings of RS485 Multiplex TX RX1 EMI TX RX1 MN Both jumpers shorted causing the RXD amp TXD and the RXD amp TXD signals to short together at the 9 pin connector 7 1 13 RS485 Many Talkers Many Listeners Half Dup
38. ntry Ports COM amp LPT Selecting the Maximum Baud Rate The baud clock determines the maximum rate at which the serial ports of the PCI Multiport card can communicate The standard PC serial ports allow baud rates up to a maximum of 115 200 however both PCI Multiport cards can be set to use baud rates of up to 230 400 and beyond Double clicking a card entry under the Multi Function Adapters in Device Manager and select the Serial Solutions tab The maximum Baud Rate settings are located at the bottom of the Window The default Maximum Baud rate setting is 115 200 baud which provides full backward compatibility with standard serial ports Any change to the baud rate settings here will affect all of the cards ports Table 3 1 below lists the baud rates available at the various Maximum Baud Rate Settings Setting the card to a higher baud rate requires connection to a device that supports this higher baud rate Whatever setting you use will be stored by the PCI Multiport configuration software and set up again the next time Windows is started It has been found during testing that the PCI Quad Lynx 8 Port RS232 will operates correctly up to 230 400 baud at distances of up to 10 metres Double clicking on a selected Multiport 232 Port entry in Device Manager will the display general properties window for the selected port in this case COM5 Shared Interrupt Settings Enable sharing Clicking on this setting will remove the sele
39. ondensing Operational Temperature 0 C to 70 C Humidity 20 to 75 non condensing Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 44 of 47 e brain boxes 10 Regulatory Approvals Compliance For up to date details of global certifications please check the product datasheet on the Brainboxes website 10 1 Company Accreditation Brainboxes achieved accreditation to the ISO 14001 environmental standard early 2008 This globally recognised standard ensures Brainboxes can demonstrate effective management of all its environmental impacts together with a process of continuous improvement Brainboxes have also been an IS09001 registered company since 1994 This has ensured that all Brainboxes products right from design to manufacture have been produced to the highest standards We operate this Quality Management System through out the company and it is subject to regular external surveillance visits Brainboxes have always been aware of the need to continually review company processes and has been working with National Quality Assurance www nga com since 1994 helping the company to create and maintain internationally recognised accreditation standards Linked with our Lean and Six Sigma techniques we believe we have the most reliable products on the market and to back this up we are offering a Lifetime Warranty on all our Serial Products 10 2 Europe EU Declaration of Conformity
40. ou can use the Update Driver or Rollback driver in device manager for upgrading rolling back the Serial Solutions driver 5 1 Upgrading the Serial Solutions Driver 1 Goto Device Manager and Right click on the Serial Card entry Found under Multiport Serial Adaptors see image below i Batteries e Computer sa Disk drives E Display adapters xs DND CD ROM drives 84 Floppy disk controllers eer IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Aal Infrared devices Keyboards y Mice and other pointing devices Ln Modems E Monitors SI Multi port serial adapters Sp Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port FCMCJ Es Brain Boxes Limited z Port PEME ae Ga Lp d ate Driver LB Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port peme PES BB Network adapters Hee E PCMCIA adapters Scan for hardware changes Ports COM amp LPT Ei Brain Boxes Serial Port COM Properties i E Brain Boxes Serial Pork COMS E Communications Pork COMI oo DS Printer Port LPT1 Processors 8 sound videa and game controllers H r System devices Og Universal Serial Bus controllers 2 Select Upgrade Driver This will launch the Found New Hardware Wizard Follow the on screen instructions and point to the location of the new driver package 3 Repeat this for every Serial card and port entry Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 30 of 47 e brain boxe
41. ound Hardware Wizard to the CD Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options Gei Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check bases below to limit ar expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed Search removable media floppy ED RUM include this location in the search Browse CO Don t search I will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver tram bet Windows does not guarantee that the driver pou choose will be the best match for pour hardware Vidit Ed PANOR TOME O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 12 of 47 e brain boxes 3 The driver files will start to copy across to your computer This example is for the PM 121 and may differ slightly for each product Found Mew Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PEMETA 422 485 Card Port 2 Get and dl To FAWINDOMWSepstem32 C Bark Hess Cancel 4 When the files have finished copying across the New Found Hardware Wizard will finish Press Finish Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software Far Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIAS 122 485 Card Click Finish to close the wizard Serial Solutions Range Product Manual
42. out fail safe open circuit detection false start bits are detected by the receivers either corrupting good communications or causing noise to masquerade as good data The on board fail safe open circuit detection causes the receiver to go to a known predetermined state and prevents false start bits and bad data being detected during open circuits 7 1 5 Fail Safe Short Circuit Protection Short circuits are when the two lines of a twisted pair are connected together This occurs due to either accidental damage to the cable or due to failure of one or more transmitter receivers on the line The short circuit condition is dangerous since damage to the receiver may occur and communication may be corrupted or prevented The on board fail safe short circuit detection prevents the line impedance from going to zero and thus protects the inputs of receivers and the outputs of drivers 7 1 6 RS422 Operation Generally in RS422 systems all 8 signal lines from the 9 pin D connector participate in the data transfer sequence thus 4 twisted pair cables are used One twisted pair carries the TXD data outwards one pair brings the RXD data inward another pair carries the RTS handshake outwards and the fourth pair brings the CTS handshake inwards There is no need to carry the ground from one device to another This RS422 arrangement allows data to be transmitted and received simultaneously since each signal has its own data cable pair In addition the rec
43. ping the following AX gt BBCARDS Where A is the drive containing the supplied file BBCARDS will return a string that looks similar to the following values contained in the string may differ in individuals PC s due to resource availability PCI Quad Users Card 1 is on bus 0 device 16 function O Card ID 2 revision 3 Quad RS232 Interrupt line 11 has been assigned 4 sets of 16550 compatible registers are at I O address 0140 SISR is at I O address 0104 Baud clock control is at I O address 02d0 Write Oxf6 for 8 default Oxf2 for 4 Oxd6 for 2 0xd2 for 1 Note down IRQ I O address and SISR the SISR is the Shared Interrupt Status Register which is a read only register which returns an index value that identifies which port on the card has an interrupt awaiting servicing by the driver software In this case The IRQ 11 The I O address 0140 The SISR 0104 NEWCOM SYS Parameters The NewCOM SYS device driver included with the PCI Quad RS232 driver software is used to set up the card in DOS and has the following syntax NEWCOM SYS A port address L SISR IRQ range B number buffer S buffer H Hardware Handshake Where A port address specifies COM number followed by a hexadecimal address in the form Axy where x is COM port range and y is I O address L SISR IRQ range specifies SISR address card interrupt and COM port range The COM port s Range may be a single port OR a range of ports B number
44. rver 2008 Windows 7 e Open Device Manager and right click on the Card entry in Device Manager and click uninstall e Click OK to confirm device removal Confirm Device Removal Sch Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PEMELS 4227485 Card Warning You are about to uninstall this device from pour system e The Brainboxes Serial Solutions installer will launch Please see Section 4 2 Brainboxes Serial Solutions Uninstaller 4 3 Brainboxes Serial Solutions Uninstaller e The Brainboxes Un installation wizard will launch which will remove all driver files and associated registry entries Just click Next on each page of the Wizard When the drivers have been uninstalled click Finish Brainboxes Serial Solutions Uninstallation Welcome to Brain Boxes Serial Solutions Uninstallation This wizard will quide you through the uninstallation process of Serial Solutions Product To Continue Click Next o Pange RONU Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 28 of 47 brain boxes Bram Boxes Serial Solutions Uninstallation Confimation Do you really want to continue Please confirm that pon wish to start the uninstallation process for Brain Boxes Serial Solutions products To start Uninstallatior Click Nest Ta exit Click Cancel Bram Boxes Serial Solutions Uninstallation Uninstallation process completed Tou have successfully uninstalled pour Brain Boxes Serial Solutions praducts To close this w
45. s 5 2 Rolling back the Serial Solutions Driver 1 Goto Device Manager and Double click on the Serial Card entry Click on the Driver tab of the Card properties page 2 Click on the Roll back Driver button Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 477 485 Card P General Driver Details Resources As Brain Boxes Limited 2 Port PCMCIA 1227485 Card Driver Provider Denel Solutions Driver Date 24 09 2009 Driver Version h2 96 0 Digital Signer Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publ Driver Details To view details about the driver tiles Update Driver To update the driver for this device Doll Back Driver IF the device Falls after updating the driver roll A A AA back to the previously installed driver To uninstall the diver Advanced 3 Click Yes to roll back the driver to the previous version and click No to keep the current driver version Brain Boxes Limited Port PCMCIA 477 485 Card re vou sure vou would like to roll back to Ehe previous driver 4 Click on the Close button to close the properties 5 You may have to restart your computer for the changes to take effect System Settings Change e vour hardware settings have changed You must restart your computer For these changes to take effect EF Do vou want Ea restart your computer new Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 31 of 47 e brain boxe
46. s 6 Troubleshooting and Testing 6 1 Installation Problems e Check the Brainboxes card is correctly installed and the ports appear in Device Manager without any errors Errors indicated by yellow icons e If the installation did not complete or shows any error messages then restart the computer e f Device Manager is still showing error messages it is wise to uninstall and re install This should cure issues such as Resource Conflicts or failed installations See Section 2 Installation Instructions and Section 4 Uninstallation e If the problem still persists try the following to try and help narrow down the problem 1 Adifferent PCI PCMCIA slot 2 Adifferent PC e lf the problem still persists please contact Brainboxes Technical Support See Section 8 Lifetime Warranty and Support 6 2 Communication Problems If you are experiencing communication problems e Check the Brainboxes card is installed correctly and the ports appear in device manager without any errors Errors are indicated by a yellow icon If there are any errors follow Section 6 1 e Perform a loopback test on one of the ports A loopback test will verify that your card is able to Transmit and Receive Data The Transmit and Receive pins will need to be connected so that a data sent out of the card is then received back in the same port e Please contact Brainboxes Technical Support with your loopback test result should the problem persist with your applic
47. to browse your computer for the folders with the drivers in Select the file that has the drivers you want to install and click OK Click next and the drivers will be automatically installed for the card DH Browse for dri Search for driver sg BE Desktop 1 e E Test 7 Include subfoldg gt j Public gt Computer gt E Network 4 Jj Build 95 PX 279 Logo d b de SsWin di SsWindx CA Usersy Test Dess To view subfolders click the symbol next to folder 6 The drivers for the card will then have been successfully installed The software for this device has been successfully installed Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device PCI Dual R5232 Card Vidit p E SERGE O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 18 of 47 e brain boxes 2 6 Windows 7 Server 2008 R2 Installation 1 When you boot into Windows 7 Windows update will automatically search for the latest drivers If you have a connection to the internet the drivers will be installed and the device will be ready to use Ju Installing device driver software Click here for status Your device is ready to use Device driver software installed successtully 2 If there is no connection to the internet available then a message will appear saying that the drivers were not installed successfully 1 Device driver software was not successfully installed Click here for details 3 To install t
48. wn menus NB Once the desired settings have been achieved you must click OK to activate them At any time click the Restore Defaults button to return to the original set up 3 1 3 Changing the COM labels e f you need to change the COM label Double Click on the Brainboxes COM port entry under the Ports Section e Click on the port settings tab and click Advanced Brain Boxes Serial Port COM11 Properties General Port Settings Driver Details Bits per second Data bits E S Parity Mone w Stop bits io BM Flow control None Restore Defaults Serial Solutions Range Product Manual Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 22 of 47 e brain boxes e Anew COM port number can then be selected from the drop down box Advanced Settings for COM11 Use FIFO buffers requires 16550 compatible UART OK Select lower settings to correct connection prablems e 8 ance Select higher settings for Faster performance Defaults Receive Butter Low 1 J High 14 Transrot Buffer Lows 1 y High 15 COM Part Number COMTI v e f the COM port number is labelled In Use it is either currently used by a COM port present on the System or is reserved for a device which is not currently present It is possible to select this COM number and force the change if you are sure it is not required by another device 3 1 4 RS422 485 Settings For
49. xample can edit the CONFIG SYS file The installation procedure given below is for a PCI Lynx 8 port RS232 as COM5 COM12 The parameter required by the NEWCOM SYS follows Port Address A5 8 0140 COM ports 5 6 7 and 8 are defined with an I O address range that begins at 0140h and all subsequent ports have an l O address that is 8 higher than the previous i e if COM5 has an address of 0140h then COMS will have an address of 0148h COM7 an address of 0150h etc PCI Lynx 8 port RS232 Users A5 12 0140 SISR IRC Range L 0104 11 5 8 0104h is the i o address SISR 11 is the IRQ and since the COM port range is COM5 COM 8 range is entered as 5 8 PCI Lynx 8 port RS232 Users L 0104 11 5 12 Number Buffer B8 8 buffers are defined though only four ports are in use this is because buffers in DOS are assigned in a sequential order from COM1 Since the PCI Quad RS232 has been assigned COM port values of 5 to 8 all preceding COM ports must have buffers assigned to them also PCI Lynx 8 port RS232 Users B12 Buffer Size 5512 Buffer size set to 512 bytes Serial Solutions Range Product Manual O Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 8 of 47 e brain boxes Hardware Handshaking H 4 Type 4 3 Wire Handshake selected for all ports Modifying Command Line Parameters When assembled the NEWCOM SYS command line looks like DEVICE NEWCON SYS A5 8 0140 L 0140 11 5 8 B8 S 512 H 4 and should be ent

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