Black Box IC600C, IC051C, IC057C, IC112C-R3, IC102C-R2 Specifications
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Control 1, 2, 4, or 8 devices
from a single PC.
Control 1, 2, 4, or 8 devices
from a single PC.
ISA Cards
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FEATURES
• Add up to eight serial ports to your
ISA bus.
• Cards available for RS-232, RS-422/485,
RS-530, V.35, Current Loop, and MIL-188
interfaces.
• Work with DOS, Windows
®
, or OS/2®.
• Cards with UARTs reach speeds up to
115.2 or even 460.8 kbps.
• Cards with Zilog
™
chips achieve speeds
beyond 1 Mbps!
• Optically isolated cards protect devices
from spikes and surges.
OVERVIEW
If your PC is connected to multiple peripherals—such as
modems, data-entry terminals, and printers—you can use just
one interface card to add up to eight extra ports (depending
on which model you’re using). Best of all, you don’t need to
use all your PC’s slots.
We have ISA cards that work with many popular interface
and operating system standards. For details about the
supported interfaces, see the 1-, 2-, 4-, and 8-port ISA card
descriptions on the next two pages.
Suported operating systems include DOS, Windows
3.x/95/98/Me/XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT
®
, and OS/2.
ISA cards operate at different speeds, depending on the
type of card interface. Some ISA cards work without an additional line driver or converter. But other ISA cards (where
noted) must use the appropriate line drivers and receivers to
achieve the specified speeds. The noted ISA cards must also be
able to optimize the other factors that affect performance
(such as CPU, number of ports, cable length and quality, and
electrical interface).
A diagnostic software program (SSD) on the included
CD-ROM tells you if your card is configured correctly.
1-Port ISA Cards
The MIL-188 ISA card (IC179C) helps you link MIL devices to
your PC—up to 4000 feet (1219.2 m) away.
The Parallel and Serial RS-232/422/485 ISA card (IC602C)
supports both parallel and serial RS-232 and RS-422/485. On
the parallel side, the card handles data bidirectionally, so you
can transmit data in two directions and double your
throughput rate to more than 400 kbps. The card links RS-232
devices up to 50 feet (15.2 m) away and RS-422/485 devices up
to 4000 feet (1219.2 m) away.
The RS-422/485 ISA cards (IC050C, IC171C) support 9 IRQs.
2-Port ISA Cards
With the 2-port cards, you can add factory-automation
equipment, such as bar-code readers, scales, drill presses, time
clocks, and other devices to your PC.
The 2-port cards are available with an RS-232 interface
(IC110C) for sustained speeds up to 115.2 kbps. Or, select the
RS-232 High-Speed cards (IC130C, IC177C). They support
sustained data-transfer speeds of up to 460.8 kbps.
The IC130C and IC177C adapters can be configured as
COM1 through COM4 to provide an RS-232 interface for a
modem, mouse, or plotter, as well as a higher-speed interface
for ISDN applications or V.34 modems.
If you need a more flexible interface, select an RS-232/422/
485 card (IC113C). It operates via 2- or 4-wire connections.
The RS-422 mode runs point-to-point and supports up
to 10 receivers, and the RS-485 mode has the electrical
characteristics to support up to 32 drivers and 32 receivers
on one line.
For faster applications, choose an RS-422/485 card. They
feature 4 IRQs (IC600C), 11 IRQs and Autoenable (IC051C,
IC176C), or optical isolation (IC057C).
These cards automatically handle low-level RS-485 driver
maintenance via hardware, so integrating an RS-485 network
is simple—with little or no programming changes within
Windows and other protected-mode operating systems.
Because the cards incorporate unique hardware circuitry that
enables the RS-485 interface to appear to be RS-232, no additional software drivers are required. Installation is as easy as
picking an address and interrupt level. This means that initial
development can be targeted for RS-232, debugged, tested,
and then implemented as RS-485.
The optically isolated card (IC057C) eliminates the
effects of spikes, surges, and ground differences to protect
communications devices connected to the PC. Isolation
is important in installations in which equipment being
connected to the PC is either far from the PC or is on a
different power transformer circuit. The isolated RS-422/485
ISA card provides up to 500 VDC of isolation.
High-speed sync/async adapters (IC121C-R3–IC122C-R3,
IC120C-R4) feature two communication channels that use
the Zilog 85230 Enhanced Serial Communications Controller
(ESCC). Depending on the model you choose, you can link
your PC to TIA RS-232, TIA RS-530, or ITU-TSS V.35 devices.
DMA on the adapters supports data rates in excess of
1 Mbps (one million bits per second). Selectable port address
is also available on the adapters.
The RS-232 adapter (IC122C-R3) supports RS-232
connections with full modem-clocking options, providing
an industry-standard interface to synchronous data links,
modems, and other devices.
The IC120C-R4 adapter supports RS-530, which is RS-422/
485 on a 25-pin connector. RS-422 allows for extended
distance communication—5000 feet (1524 m) at 9600 bps—
with virtually error-free differential drive characteristics.
RS-485 is backward compatible with RS-422 but optimized
for multidrop applications: Multiple ports can be selectively
polled. RS-530 calls for RS-422 signals on a DB25 connector.
The RS-530 standard is broken into two interfaces (DTE and
DCE), much like RS-232. In addition to the asynchronous
modem-control signals on a standard PC serial port, RS-530
specifies synchronous clock signals, modem test signals, and
loopback signals.
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