ADLINK C514 User Manual

PCI-Based Serial

Communication Cards

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Manual Rev 2.10: July 19, 2001
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ADLINK PCI Multiport Card Comparison Chart

NT

Modular box 8

R102 (Local)

RS422 or RS

C485 C514 C518 C584 C588 C888

Serial port

CPU

Serial

communicati

on controller

MAX System

throughput

Memory

Hardware

compatibility

Software

compatibility

4~8 4~32 8~64 4~8 8~16 8~16 8~128

- - - - - - -

16C550 16C550 16C550 16C550 16C554 CD1865 16C554

115.2K*4 115.2K*4 115.2K*8 115.2K*4 115.2K*8 115.2K*8

- - - - -

PCI bus PCI bus PCI bus PCI bus PCI bus PCI bus PCI bus

DOS

Windows

(3.1/95/98/N

T) LINUX

SCO Open

Server

DOS

Windows

(3.1/95/98/N

T) LINUX

SCO Open

Server

DOS

Windows

(3.1/95/98/N

T) LINUX

SCO Open

Server

DOS

Windows

(3.1/95/98/N

T) LINUX

SCO Open

Server

DOS

Windows

(3.1/95/98/N

T) LINUX

SCO Open

Server

128KByte

SRAM

SCO UNIX

SCO XENIX

AT&T UNIX

Windows

LINUX

C960/990/

990D

104 /240

/360

128KByte

SRAM

SCO UNIX

SCO XENIX

AT&T UNIX

Windows NT

LINUX

External

connector

RS422 DB25

males

Remote

access Box

(building

Mux)

Surge

protection

Isolation

protection

(500VDC)

(RS232,RS422

, RS485)

Dimension

Other

specification

Four DB25
male cable

connector

RS422 or

RS485

Four DB25
male cable

connector

- -

Four DB25
male cable

connector

Four DB25
male cable

connector

Option

(RS422)

Four DB25
male cable

connector

Option

(RS422)

Four DB25
male cable

connector

Option

(RS422)

- - - - - -

Y Y Y Y Y N Y

Port A~D:

Isolated for

RS422 or

RS485

6.25inch
(length)

4.25inch

(width)

Port D:

Isolated

485

5.75inch
(length)

4.25inch

(width)

Port H:

Isolated

RS422 or

RS485

6.25inch
(length)

4.25inch

(width)

Y

(RS4232-4)

option

5.5inch
(length)

4.0inch
(width)

Y

(RS4232-8)

option

5.5inch
(length)

4.2inch
(width)

Y

(RS4232-8)

option

6.2inch
(length)

4.2inch
(width)

Box dimension : F641, F642 9.1 inch (length), 3.5 (width)

F641 male

modular box

F642

R106

(Remote)

N

5.5inch
(length)

4.25inch
(width)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................1

1.1 About the Serial Communication Cards .......................... 1

1.2 Overview of C514 .......................................................... 2

1.2.1 What is C514?.......................................................................2

1.2.2 Feature of C514.....................................................................2

1.2.3 Specification of C514...........................................................2

1.2.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C514..................................4

1.3 Overview of C584 ..........................................................5

1.4 Overview of C518 .......................................................... 8

1.5 Overview of C588 ........................................................11

1.6 Overview of C485 ........................................................14

1.7 Overview of C888 ........................................................17

1.8 Overview of C960/C990/C990D ...................................20

1.3.1 What is C584?.......................................................................5

1.3.2 Feature of C584.....................................................................5

1.3.3 Specification of C584...........................................................5

1.3.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C584..................................7

1.4.1 What is C518?.......................................................................8

1.4.2 Feature of C518.....................................................................8

1.4.3 Specification of C518...........................................................8

1.4.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C518...............................10

1.5.1 What is C588?....................................................................11

1.5.2 Feature of C588..................................................................11

1.5.3 Specification of C588........................................................11

1.5.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C588...............................13

1.6.1 What is C485?....................................................................14

1.6.2 Feature of C485..................................................................14

1.6.3 Specification of C485........................................................14

1.6.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C485...............................16

1.7.1 What is C888?....................................................................17

1.7.2 Feature of C888..................................................................17

1.7.3 Specification of C888........................................................17

1.7.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C888...............................19

1.8.1 What is C960/C990/C990D?...........................................20

1.8.2 Feature of C960/C990/C990D.........................................20

1.8.3 Specification of C960/C990/C990D...............................20

1.8.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C960/C990/C990D......22

Chapter 2 Installation........................................................23

2.1 What You Have...........................................................24

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2.2 Unpacking ..................................................................25

2.3 Installation Procedure..................................................26

2.4 Hardware Configuration ...............................................27

2.5 Software Installation ....................................................28

2.5.1 Windows NT Installation...................................................28

2.5.2 Windows 95/98 Installation..............................................30

2.5.3 UNIX/XENIX Installation...................................................31

Chapter 3 Expansion/Isolation Box User Guide........38

3.1 Introduction.................................................................38

3.2 Pin Definition / DIP Switch Setting ................................41

Product Warranty/Service................................................43

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1

Introduction

1.1 About the Serial Communication Cards

• The serial communication cards are intelligent serial input/output
multi-port controller cards which are suitable to PC AT with PCI bus
machine. The cards can reduce the interval for serial
communication controller to interrupt main CPU on the mainboard
to improve the whole syst em performance.

• Traditionally, the serial communication controller will interrupt the
MPU character by character. This action will waste MPU processing
time and drop the system computing power. If the MPU is
processing some non-interrupted task, then the serial controller will
overrun and data lost.

• The serial communication interface series can support buffer
capability or local processor and dual port RAM in each port’s
transmit and receive channel simultaneously. This capability will
reduce the number of interrupt and increase the non-interrupt task’s
interval.

• The serial communication interface series used ASIC PCI controller
to interface the board to PCI bus. The ASIC fully implement the PCI
local bus specification Rev. 2.1. All bus relative configurat ions, such
as base memory address and interrupt assignment, are
automatically controlled by BIOS software. It does not need any
user interaction and pre-study for the configurations. This removes
the burden of searching for a conflict-free configuration.

Introduction • 1

1.2 Overview of C514

1.2.1 What is C514?

The C514 is an enhanced four ports serial communication card used for PC
with PCI bus. It includes a PGA to support the serial communication
controller and a 37-pin connector to connect external I/O port.

The expansion cable has four standard DB25 connectors and one DB37
connector to connect to C514 interface card.

1.2.2 Feature of C514

♦ PCI Rev.2.1 Plug and Play
♦ IRQ and IO address automatically assigned by PCI plug-n-play
♦ 4 communication ports intelligent buffer
♦ 3 RS-232C compatible ports plus 1 isolated RS-422/485 interface
♦ Suitable for modems, data display, data collection,

telecommunication

♦ Supports up to 8 cards/32 ports per system
♦ Supports Windows 95/98, NT operation system

1.2.3 Specification of C514

♦ Compliant with PCI Spec.2.1
♦ Serial communication controller:

• 16C550A compatible

• 1.8432 ~ 7.3728 MHz

• Baud programmable upto 112Kbps ~ 448Kbps

♦ System IO mapping:

• Assigned by PCI BIOS

• Shared IRQ

2 • Introduction

♦ Flow control

• Xon/Xoff control

• RTS/CTS control

♦ Port Capability:

• 3 independent RS-232C compatible ports

• 1 isolated RS-422/485 port with 500Vdc isolation voltage

• Max. port per system: 32 (8 cards)

♦ Operation System Compatibility: Windows 95/98/NT

• Connector : DB37 female connector

• Cable : External cable with 4 standard DB25 male connector

• Operating temperature : 0 ~ 55 °C

• Storage temperature: -20 ~ 65 °C

• Humidity : 10% ~ 95%, non-condensing

• Power consumption : +5V @ 1400mA typical

Introduction • 3

1.2.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C514

DB37 female connector pin assignment for C514.

DB37 Pin No. Signal Name DB37 Pin No. Signal Name

1 RXD1(IN) 20 TXD1(OUT)
2 CTS1(IN) 21 RTS1(OUT)
3 DSR1(IN) 22 DTR1(OUT)
4 DCD1(IN) 23 RI1(IN)
5 GND 24 RXD2(IN)
6 TXD2(OUT) 25 CTS2(IN)
7 RTS2(OUT) 26 DSR2(IN)
8 DTR2(OUT) 27 DCD2(IN)

9 GND 28 RI2(IN)
10 GND 29 RI3(IN)
11 GND 30 DCD3(IN)
12 DTR3(OUT) 31 DSR3(IN)
13 RTS3(OUT) 32 CTS3(IN)
14 TXD3(OUT) 33 RXD3(IN)
15 GND4(ISO) 34 422RTS4-(OUT)
16 422CTS4-(IN) 35 422TXD4-(OUT)
17 422RXD4-(IN) 36 422RTS4+(OUT)
18 422CTS4+(IN) 37 422TXD4+(OUT)
19 422RXD4+(IN) --

Note: Please refers to 3.2 for pins connect of RS-485.

4 • Introduction

1.3 Overview of C584

1.3.1 What is C584?

The C584 is an enhanced four ports serial communication card used for PC
with PCI bus. It includes a PGA to support the serial communication
controller and a 37-pin connector to connect external I/O port.

The expansion cable has four standard DB25 connectors and one DB37
connector to connect to C584 interface card. User may also use one DB37
to DB37 cable to connect between one C584 and C584XB for providing 4
channel isolated RS-232/422/485 interface.

1.3.2 Feature of C584

• PCI Rev.2.1 Plug and Play

• IRQ and IO address automatically assigned by PCI plug-n-play

• 4 communication ports intelligent buffer

• Suitable for modems, data display, data collection,

telecom munication

• Supports up to 2 cards/8 ports per system

• Supports Windows 95/98, NT operation system

• Optional isolated RS-232/422/485 interface for each port

independently

• One jumper to assign board & COM number .No problem to fix COM
number for each card.

• Supports surge protector in TXD/RXD signal line

1.3.3 Specification of C584

♦ Compliant with PCI Spec.2.1
♦ Serial communication controller:

• 16C550A compatible

• 1.8432 ~ 7.3728 MHz

Introduction • 5

♦ System IO mapping:

• Assigned by PCI BIOS

• Shared IRQ

♦ Flow control

• Xon/Xoff control

• RTS/CTS control

♦ Port Capability:

• 4 independent RS-232C compatible ports

• Optional external C584XB box for extending to 4 isolated

RS-232/422/485 port

• Max. port per system: 8 (2 cards)

♦ Baud rate: Each port can be configured to 50~115,200 bps

• Operation System Compatibility: Windows 95/98/NT

• Connector : DB37 female connector

• Cable : External cable with 4 standard DB25 male connector

• Operating temp erature: 0 ~ 55 °C

• Storage temperature: -20 ~ 65 °C

• Humidity : 10% ~ 95%, non-condensing

• Power consumption: +5V @ 1400mA typical

6 • Introduction

1.3.4 Connector Pin Assignment of C584

DB37 female connector pin assignment for C584.

DB37 Pin No. Signal Name DB37 Pin No. Signal Name

1 RXD1(IN) 20 TXD1(OUT)
2 CTS1(IN) 21 RTS1(OUT)
3 DSR1(IN) 22 DTR1(OUT)
4 DCD1(IN) 23 RI1(IN)
5 GND 24 RXD2(IN)
6 TXD2(OUT) 25 CTS2(IN)
7 RTS2(OUT) 26 DSR2(IN)
8 DTR2(OUT) 27 DCD2(IN)

9 GND 28 RI2(IN)
10 GND 29 RI3(IN)
11 GND 30 DCD3(IN)
12 DTR3(OUT) 31 DSR3(IN)
13 RTS3(OUT) 32 CTS3(IN)
14 TXD3(OUT) 33 RXD3(IN)
15 GND 34 RI4(IN)
16 DCD4(IN) 35 DTR4(OUT)
17 DSR4(IN) 36 RTS4(OUT)
18 CTS4(IN) 37 TXD4(OUT)
19 RXD4(IN) --

Introduction • 7

1.4 Overview of C518

1.4.1 What is C518?

The C518 is an enhanced eight ports serial communication card used for
PC with PCI bus. It includes a PGA to support the serial commun ication
controller and a 62-pin connector to connect external I/O port.

The expansion cable has eight standard DB25 connectors and one DB62
connector to connect to C518 interface card.

1.4.2 Feature of C518

• PCI Rev.2.1 Plug and Play

• IRQ and IO address aut omatically assigned by PCI plug-n-play

• 8 communication ports intelligent buffer

• 7 RS-232C compatible ports plus 1 isolated RS-422/485 interface

• Suitable for modems, data display, data collection,

telecommunication

• Supports up to 8 cards/64 ports per system

• Supports Windows 95/98, NT operation system

• One DIP switch to assign board & COM number. No problem to fix

COM number for each card

1.4.3 Specification of C518

♦ Compliant with PCI Spec.2.1
♦ Serial communication controller:

• 16C550A compatible

• 1.8432 ~ 7.3728 MHz

• Baud programmable upto 112Kbps ~ 448Kbps

♦ System IO mapping:

• Assigned by PCI BIOS

8 • Introduction

• Shared IRQ

♦ Flow control

• Xon/Xoff control

• RTS/CTS control

♦ Port Capability:

• 7 independent RS-232C compatible ports

• 1 isolated RS-422/485 port with 500Vdc isolation voltage

• Max. port per system: 64 (8 cards)
♦ Operation System Compatibility: Windows 95/98/NT
♦ Connector: DB62 female connector
♦ Cable: External cable with 8 standard DB25 male connector
♦ Operating temperature: 0 ~ 55 °C
♦ Storage temperature: -20 ~ 65 ° C
♦ Humidity: 10% ~ 95%, non-condensing
♦ Power consumption: +5V @ 1400mA typical

Introduction • 9