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Hardware Manual
PCI QUAD RS232
PCI LYNX RS232
1.21 EDITION JANUARY 1998
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Guarantee.
FULL 36 MONTHS GUARANTEE.
We guarantee your Serial Port Card for a full 36 months from
purchase, parts and labour, provided it has been used in the
specified manner. In the unlikely event of failure return your
interface to your Dealer, with proof of purchase, who will
determine whether to repair or replace this product with an
equivalent unit.
COPYRIGHT.
COPYRIGHT © 1985-1997
All rights reserved. No part of this hardware, circuitry or manual
may be duplicated, copied, transmitted or reproduced in any way
without the prior written consent of the Manufacturer.
Serial Solutions is supplied to you by
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
IBM, Commodore, COMPAQ, Olivetti, AMSTRAD, Hewlett
Packard, H.P. and EPSON are trademarks of the relevant
companies. OS/2 and Microchannel Ar chit ectur e are trademar ks of
IBM. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft.
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PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Introduction
PCI Quad RS232
PCI Lynx 8 Port
These products conform to the follow ing sta ndards :
CE Standard: EN55022:1987
TIA / EIA: 232 - E
Intro
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Introduction PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port MANUAL
OUTLINE CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Overview of Serial Solution Software.
Chapter 2 - PCI Multiport Specifications.
Chapter 3 - PCI Multiport S oft ware Configuration
Guide.
Chapter 4 - RS232 Pinouts and P or t Cabli ng.
The Layout of This Manual
Chapter 1 - Serial Solution Software, is an overview of
the companion software package for our range of serial port cards.
Chapter 2 - PCI Multiport Specifications, gives details
of the PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 specifications and hardware
installation procedures.
Chapter 3 - PCI Multiport Software Configuration
Guide
successfully allow trouble free operat ion of your PCI Quad / Lynx
8 Port RS232 card. Installation procedures are for DOS, Windows
3.x, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 3.51/4.0.
, shows you how to configure your operating system to
Chapter 4 - RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling - gives
details of the 9 and 25 pin RS232 pin outs, cabling and
connections, and the pinouts of the PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port
RS232 card
Intro
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PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Introduction
Contents
CHAPTER 1..................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................... 1
Introducing Serial Solution Software. ....................................1
Serial Solutions For DOS.......................................................1
Serial Solutions For Windows 3.x..........................................3
Serial Solutions For Windows 95........................................... 3
Serial Solutions For Windows NT. ........................................ 4
Complete Documentation and Technical Backup................... 4
CHAPTER 2..................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................... 5
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Features........................5
PCI Quad RS232 Card Specifications.................................... 6
PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Specifications..........................7
Shared Interrupt Mechanism. ................................................. 8
Configuring PCI Multiport RS232 Cards............................... 8
Installing A PCI Multiport Card............................................. 8
Problems!.............................................................................. 9
CHAPTER 3...................................................................10
INTRODUCTION........................................................................ 10
CONFIGURING PORTS IN WINDOWS 95 AND 98.......................... 10
PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Settings In Windows
95 and 98. ............................................................................ 13
Selecting The Maximum Baud Rate..................................... 14
PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 Port Settings In Windows
95 and 98. ............................................................................ 16
CONFIGURING PORTS IN MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT..................19
Software Installation............................................................ 19
Examining Card Configuration. ........................................... 20
Configuring Ports................................................................ 21
Advanced Port Settings........................................................ 22
Intro
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Uninstalling Serial Solutions PCI......................................... 23
CONFIGURING PORTS IN WINDOWS 3.X .................................... 24
Determining PCI Multiport RS232 Resources...................... 24
Windows 3.x Software Installation.......................................25
Serial Port Installation..........................................................26
Configuring The COM Ports................................................ 29
Deleting Ports in Windows. ................................................. 30
Restarting Windows............................................................. 30
CONFIGURING PORTS IN DOS. .................................................. 31
Determining PCI Multiport RS232 Resources...................... 31
NEWCOM.SYS Parameters.................................................32
Configuring and Installing NEWCOM.SYS......................... 33
CHAPTER 4...................................................................36
INTRODUCTION........................................................................ 36
The RS232 Standard............................................................ 36
Serial Port Pin Outs. ............................................................ 37
9 Pin D Serial Port RS232 Cables........................................37
9 Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another PC. ................... 38
9 Pin D Serial Port To A Modem......................................... 40
9 Pin D Serial Port Loop Back Connector............................ 40
The Quad Cable Pinouts...................................................... 42
The Lynx Card Octopus Cable Pinouts................................ 44
INDEX ...........................................................................46
Intro
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Chapter 1
SERIAL
SOLUTIONS
SOFTWARE.
Introduction.
This chapter is a brief description for the INCLUDED
Serial Solut ions software package.
Introducing Serial Solution Software.
The perfect partner for any Serial Port is Serial Solutions
Software! Serial Solutions is a fully featured suite of programs
designed to squeeze the most from PC serial co mmunicat ions, and
is ideal as a teaching aid for you to develop your own serial
comms pro grams.
Serial Solutions is made up of the following components: -
Serial Solutions for DOS
Serial Solutions for Windows 3.x
Serial Solutions for Windows 95
Serial Solutions for Windows NT
All th e Serial Solutions dr ivers h ave the following features: -
• Drivers for PC FIFO UARTs e.g. 16550 as well as the new
improved 32 byte 16650 and 64 byte 16750 UARTs.
• Support for any mix of RS232, RS422 and RS485 handshake
schemes.
• Support for wider range of Baud rates and for more than four
serial ports.
Serial Solutions For DOS.
Serial Solutions for DOS consists of the following
programs: -
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NewCOM.sys A device driver, it supports COM1 to COM16,
allowing 16 serial ports to be used under DOS.
It also includes an interrupt handler for
enhanced performance with user definable
buffer sizes. Accessible from all DOS
languages, it is the heart of the Serial Solution.
It has extensive handshaking support,
implementing both hardware handshaking
using an y co mb inat io n o f the DTR , D SR, CT S,
RTS, and DCD lines, and a so ftware handshake
using the XON/XOFF protocol.
NewCOM24.sys A device driver providing support for 24 ports.
NewCOM32.sys A device driver providing support for 32 ports.
NewMode.exe A replacement for the DOS ’mode com...’
command. NewMode is used to set the serial
parameters, including the port address, IRQ line
used, the baud rate, parity and data and stop bit
options. Baud rates supported are from 110
baud to 115,200 baud! Included is a very handy
query mode that reports the settings of the
various serial ports. Flexible and fast!
EASY programs. The EASY disk contains short, simple to
understand and use EASYBAS, EASYC and
ASYPAS programs, providing straight forward,
file type I/O to serial ports with debug
information. Use these FIRST, base your
sample applications on them. Source code,
make files and compiled ready to run programs
supplied.
TERM programs A suite of larger terminal emulation programs
written in C (Cterm), Assembly language
(Aterm), Pascal (Pasterm), BASIC (BASterm)
and FORTRAN (FORter m) show how to access
the NEWBIOS routines as well as the simple
file I/O to ports. They contain many lines of
code and are thus harder to grasp. They
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demonstrate in depth serial port programming
in a variety of languages but they are also
useful tools for using serial devices.
Comt est.exe Co mte st is a sho rt b ut in valu abl e pr ogr am t hat is
used to check that the serial port at a particular I/O
address is f un ctioning correctly and is connected to
the particular IRQ line. The program correctly
i den tifies the UA RT type by employin g the built in
loop back capability of the PC serial port chip, a
fu ll test of the b aud rate generator, t ransmitting and
receiving buffer, parity enable and start stop bit is
performed. There is no need for a second serial
port or a cable when using thi s util ity.
Serial Solutions For Windows 3.x
Serial Solutions for Windows 3.x works with Windows 3.0,
3.1 and 3.11 as well as Windows For Workgroups 3.11.
Serial Solutions for Windows 3.x consists of the following
programs: Setup.exe The install routine for the package.
Port.DLL Enhanced Control Panel applet. Allows
configuration of extra serial ports from the
Windows Control Panel. Supports single as well
as multiport car ds using shared inter r upts.
BbLynx.drv Replacement for COMM.DRV.
LynxAPI.dll Enhancement to the Windows Comms API’s
allowing support for more than 9 ports.
Term.exe Terminal program.
EasyCWIN C source code, project files and ready to run.exe
program for an easy to understand Windows
terminal program. Learn how to write Windows
comms apps correctly the easy way.
Serial Solutions For Windows 95.
Windows 95 has an improved communication API and
directly supports up to 255 ports. Our Windows 95 driver supports
the shared interrupt mechanism used on our multiport cards. Serial
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Solutions for Windows 95 consists of the following programs: -
SSCards.inf The information file to aid the installation
process "Have Disk....”
Ssmodem.inf Setup file for S er ial Solu tions mod ems.
sscardui.dll
ssportui.dll The device manager configuration DLLs and…
ssenum.vxd
ssv485.vxd ...the virtual device drivers providing the shared
ssvel.vxd interrupt handlers and dispatch routines etc for the
ssmult.v xd various Serial Solutions serial cards.
ssm485.vxd
Serial Solutions For Wind ows NT.
Windows NT has an improved communication API and
directly supports up to 255 ports. No extra driver is necessar y for
Windows NT to drive multiport cards. Serial Solutions for
Windows NT consists of the following programs: -
Setup.exe Expands into the Control Panel applet and
associated files which allows the configuration of
all ports on Serial Solut ions serial cards.
Ssmodem.inf Setup fi le for S er ial Solutions mod em s.
Complete Documenta tion and Tec hnic al B a ckup.
We believe in supplying complete documentation with
every package we sell. The Serial Solut ion Software Package is no
exception, it has an attractive manual in an A5 binder, containing
over 150 pages of in-depth technical detail with comprehensive
indexes and table of contents. We guarantee your Serial Solution
Software package or a full 12 months from purchase. A co mplete
technical backup service is available to ensure that you get the
maximum performance out of your investment.
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Chapter 2
PCI MULTIPORT
SPECIFICATIONS
Introduction.
This chapter details the specifications of the PCI Quad /
Lynx 8 Port RS232 serial card. These half-sized cards will work
happily in any P C I 2.0 (or greate r) compliant PC c ompatible .
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Feat ures.
• Fully PCI 2.1 compliant.
• Reliable communications up to 50 feet, 15m and beyond!
• 16550 FIFO provides 16-byte input and 16-byte output buffer
on each port.
• Maximum baud rate of 921,600 Baud1.
• 100% PC Compatible serial port TI 16C550.
• Fully double buffered for reliable asynchronous operation.
• Interrupt sharing system allows a ll ports to use a single inter rupt
line while preventing any one port from hogging the processor.
• Full modem control TXD, RXD, DS R, DCD, DTR, RTS , CTS
and RI signals.
• Fully double buffered for reliable asynchronous operation.
• High-speed integrated circuitry ensures o peration with fast PC’s
e.g. 333MHz Pentium II WITHOUT extra wait states.
• Word length of 5, 6, 7 or 8 bits.
• Even, Odd, None, Mark or Space parity options.
• 1 start bit always sent.
• 1, (1.5 for 5-bit data word length) or 2 stop bits.
1
Refer to the sections "Selecting the maximum baud rate"
(Windows 95) and "Configuring Ports" (Windows NT) for more
details on baud rate.
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PCI Quad RS232 Card Specifications.
(PCI Quad RS232 pictured with 9-pin quad lead).
Dimensions: 4.8 x 3.8 in, 120 x 95 mm
I/O Connection: 37 way female D connector
Fully moulded 4 port cable with EITHER 9
or 25 pin D connectors.
Also, refer to Chapter 4 "RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling" for
more detailed information on RS232 cabling, ports and pinouts.
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PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Specifications.
(PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 pictured with 9-pin "octopus" lead).
Dimensions: 4.8 x 4.1 in, 120 x 105 mm
I/O Connection: 78 way female D connector
Fully moulded 8 port cable with EITHER 9
or 25 pin D connectors
Also, refer to Chapter 4 "RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling" for
more detailed information on RS232 cabling, ports and pinouts.
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Shared Interrupt Mechanism.
The shared interrupt mechanism is a way of using the
single interrupt line available to the PCI card efficiently. It allows
the serial ports on the PCI Mu ltiport Card to share o nly one IRQ
line. Latching of the first asserted interrupt and a priority encoding
system which queues any subsequent interrupt s, allows the driver
soft ware t o serv ice the p orts in a n int ellige nt and o rde rly man ner.
This prevents one port dominating the interrupt line at the expense
of other ports.
Configuring PCI M ultip ort R S232 Cards.
The PCI Quad and Lynx cards are fully “plug and play”,
and require no hardware configuration. They can be installed
"directly from the box".
Installing A PCI Multiport Card.
STEP 1: Turn the PC off, remove the plug from its socket and
detach all PC peripherals - mouse, keyboar d etc.
STEP 2: Remove the case.
Step 3 - Remove Bla nking Cover.
Choose an empty PCI expansion slot.
Remove the blanking cover protecting the
slot on the PC back panel. KEEP the
blanking cover screw safely for later.
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Step 4 - Insert the PCI Serial Card.
Insert the PCI Serial card in the slot. Be
careful to ensure that the gold plated PCB
fingers fits neatly into the expansion
co nnecto r. Pr ess dow n firml y but e venly o n
the top of the PCI Serial card.
STEP 5: The card connector should fit neatly through the slot’s
aperture to t he outside world. NB. Use the screw kept back fro m
the blanking cover to screw the PCI Serial card-ret aining bracket
into the PC back panel housing.
STEP 6: Replace the cover.
STEP 7: The Multiport lead, provided with the PCI Multiport
RS232 card, fits easily over the connector and is held in place by
screw locks on the card connector.
STEP 8: Reattach all PC periphera ls - mouse, keyboard, mains et c.
The PC should power on in the normal way.
Problems!
If the system fails to power up normally, check the following:
1. Ensure that the PC Serial card is installed corr ect ly.
2. Ensure that other cards in the PC have not been upset.
3. Ensure t hat the power is connected and the PC is switched ON!
If all the se have been chec ked and the PC still do es no t powe r up
then inspect the area surrounding the card to ensure that any
potentially harmful bits of metal etc. are not present. If the
problem persists, ask your dealer to check the card or contact the
HELP line as given on Intro. Page 2.
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Chapter 3
PCI MULTIPORT
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
GUIDE
Introduction.
This section describes the software installation procedure
allowing the PCI Quad RS232 or PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 to be
configured within the DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and
Windows NT operating systems.
The setup procedures in this chapter assu me that your PC
has only COM1 pr esent.
Note: Due to the nature o f t he insta llation pro cedure, t here is litt le
or no difference between PCI Quad RS232 and PCI Lynx 8 Port
RS232 installation methods. Instances where differences do exist
are clearly marked.
Configuring Ports in Wind ows 95 a nd 98.
Although covering the installation of PCI Multiport cards
into the Windows 95 operating system, the procedure is also valid,
with only minor differences, in the Windows 98 Operating System.
The Windows 95 environment now supports up to 255
standard serial ports, RS232, RS422, RS485 etc.
To obtain a trouble free mix-and- mat ch o f the COM ports:
• Po wer up your PC after inserting your card or cards, as shown
in Chap t e r 2.
• Windows 95 should then load normally. During the booting
pro cess, Window s 95 will d etec t the c ard and yo u wil l brie fly
see a message box indicating the detection process.
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• Windows will then display the "Update Device Driver
Wizard", which asks you to “insert any disk which came w ith
the PCI card”. Insert the installation disk for Windows 95
provided with the PCI Quad RS232 and click Next.
• The Wizard sho uld then come up with the message: "Windo ws
found the following updated driver for this device: PCI Quad
RS232". Click Finish.
PCI Lynx 8 Port
RS232 users: This
messages displays as
"PCI Lynx 8 Port
RS232 Card."
• A " Copying Files…" window should now appear. Click OK
when it asks you to insert the disk.
• After copying the files Windows 95 will then detect each of t he
serial ports in turn and install them as MultiPort
communications ports.
If you then use the Device Manager (by clicking on
’System’ in the Control Panel) a window similar to one of the
following wi ll be d is pla yed:
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PCI Quad RS232:
PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232:
If you have no other serial port cards installed above COM
4, the PCI Quad RS232 will appear as COM5 -COM8 and the PCI
Lynx 8 Port RS232 will appear as COM5 - COM12. If you already
have more than 5 COM port s inst alled the Mult iport car d ports will
appear as the next highest available COM ports.
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PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Settings In
Windows 95 and 98.
• Double clicking a card entry under the "Multi-Function
Adapters", in Device Manager wil l disp la y ge ner a l pro p ert ies
for the selected card.
• Clicking on the Serial So lutions t ab (for a PCI Lynx 8 Port),
will display:
PCI Quad Port RS232
users: Window title
displayed as "PCI Quad
Port RS232 Card
Properties."
PCI Quad Port RS232
users: These buttons are
disabled.
Some communications applicat ions require the ser ial port s
they access to be as named COM 4 or lower. The COM port
assig n ment ma y be c hang ed, simp l y by se lec t ing a ne w CO M po rt
value from the pull down menu relevant to the port. However,
COM port usage other than those for t he select ed car d itself are not
checked, so it is advisable to first check which COM port s are in
use - port availability can be checked by viewing the Device
Manager:
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All COM ports present will be listed under the entry "Ports
(COM & LPT). " The above screenshot s indicates t hat COM2 - 4
and COM9 and above are not insta lled.
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 Ser ial Solutions
tab. The Maximum Baud Rate settings are located at the
bot tom o f this 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 po rts. T able 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 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 meters.
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Table 3-1 Maxi m um B aud Rate Settings .
Maximum Bau d R ate
115200 230400 460800 921600
50 100 200 400
75 150 300 600
110 220 440 880
150 300 600 1200
300 600 1200 2400
600 1200 2400 4800
1200 2400 4800 9600
1800 3600 7200 1440
2000 4000 8000 16000
2400 4800 9600 19200
3600 7200 14400 28800
4800 9600 19200 38400
7200 14400 28800 57600
9600 19200 38400 76800
19200 38400 76800 153600
38400 76800 153600 230400
57600 115200 230400 460800*
115200 230400 460800* 921600*
*Indicates baud rates not guaranteed to give error free
transmission.
Note: Many serial comms applications will not actually
register the ports as running at baud rates of above 115200.
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PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 Port Settings In
Windows 95 and 98.
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 CO M5) .
• Se lecting the Port Settings tab produces:
Set tings availab le in t his windo w are :
1. Baud Rate - determines the baud rate at which the
sele cted po rt o perat es, t he maximu m va lue avai lable is
dependant upon the Maximum Baud Rate Setting (see
belo w.)
2. Data Bits.
3. Parity.
4. Stop Bits.
5. Flo w Control.
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6. Restore Defaults - when clicked, resets the selected
COM port to the following values:
Baud Rate: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Co ntrol: Xo n / Xoff
• Clicking on the Serial Solutions tab will display:
Set tings availab le in t his windo w are :
1. Shared Interrupt Settings:
• Enable Sharing - Clicking on this setting will
remove the selected 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
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appear greyed out if the Enabling Sharing checkbox
has been un-checked.
• Port Index - This is onl y used for inter rupt shar ing
cards.
2. FIFO Setti ngs:
• Enable FIFO - turns the select ed port s FIFO buffer
on or off. It is stro ngly recommended that t he FIFO
for bot h ports is le ft ena bled.
• Receive B uffer - These sett ings allow the select ion
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
t im e for mu lt i-t a s ki ng op e r a tions .
• 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.
3. Restore- Clicking on this port will restore the port
setting of the Serial Solut ions tab for the selected port
to:
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Enable Sharing: On (Checked)
SISR Address: 3a0
Port Index: 0
Enable FIFO: On (Checked)
Receive Buffer: 3rd from right.
Transmit Bu ffe r: High.
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Configuring Ports In Microsoft Windows NT.
Microsoft Windows NT Provides built in support for 255
standard ser ial ports. To setup your PCI Mult iport serial card you
should follow these st eps. Please note t hat to change a ny kind of
hardware configuration under Windows NT you must be logged in
as a user with Administrator level privileges, if you do not have
these please cont act your system administrat or.
Software Installation.
Insert the PCI Multiport Card into your PC, as described in
chapter 2, and restart. Place the supplied floppy disk t itled "Serial
Solutions for Windows NT" in a suitable drive and from the Start
Menu choose Run and e nter a:\setup (where a: is the path to
the floppy drive with the installation disk).
• Inst a llShie ld w il l th e n inst a ll the driver softw ar e a u to matica l ly -
it will then copy the necessary files and start itself. This
automatically detect s your new PCI serial card(s) and does not
require any further system restarting.
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Examining Card Configuration.
Go to Control Panel (Start Menu/Settings/Control Panel)
and double click on Serial Solutions PCI:
You will be presented with a Serial Solutions PCI Port
Configuration window:
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users: these entr ies under
card
will appear as:
PCI Quad Port RS232 Card
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Configuring Port s.
To view the settings of a port, select it and click on
settings, and then click on t he resources tab:
Set tings availab le in t his windo w are :
1. Baud Rate - determines the baud rate at which the selected
port operates, the maximum value available is 921,600 (1
Megabaud.) - though it has been found dur ing testing that t he
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 will operates correctly up to
230,400 baud at distances of up to 10 meters, but baud rates
above 230,400 cannot be guaranteed to give error free data
transmission.
Note: Many serial comms applications will not actually
register the ports as running at baud rates of above 115200.
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2. Data Bits.
3. Parity.
4. Stop Bits.
Change to suit remote device.
5. Flo w Control.
6. Advanced - see the section below, titled "Advanced Port
Settings."
7. Resto re Defaults - when clicked, resets the selected COM port
to the following values:
Baud Rate: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Control: Hardware
Advanced P ort Se ttings.
When the Advanced but to n of Po rt S ett ings in s elec t ed t he
following dialogue is displaye d :
Settings available in this window are:
1. FIFO settin g s.
• Use FIFO Buffers - turns the selected ports FIFO
buffer on or off. It is strong ly r ecommended t hat the
FIFO for bo th po rts is left enabled.
• Receive B uffer - These settings al low the selection
of a receiver FIFO trigger setting. Selecting a low
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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
t im e for mu lti-t aski n g o p er ations .
• 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.
2. Defaults - When clicked this button resets the advanced
properties to the followed settings:
Use FIFO Buffers: On (checked)
Transmit Bu ffe rs: 1 4
Receive Buffers: 14
Uninstalling Serial Solutions PCI.
To uninstall Serial Solutions PCI:
• From Control Panel, open the Add/Remove Programs applet,
then close the Control Panel.
• Select from the list Serial Solutions PCI.
• C lick the Add/Remove button.
Windows NT will then uninstall the Serial Solutions PCI applet,
without the need for restarting.
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Software Configuration PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232
Configuring Ports I n Wind ows 3. x
The Windows 3.x 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 Windows 3.x of those resources.
Determining PCI Multiport RS232 Resources.
• Insert card into PC, as described in Chapter 2.
• Run BBCARDS.EXE, from the supplied DOS utilities disk
titled "Utility Disk" (Version 2.2 Jan 1998 or higher) by typing the
following:
%@"4'-@&&'%6(7
Where A:\ is the drive containing the supplied disk.
BBCARDS.EXE will return a string that looks similar to
the following (values contained in the string may differ in
individual PC’s due to resource availability):
PCI Quad Users:
GEVHMWSRFYWHIZMGIJYRGXMSR
'EVH-(!VIZMWMSR5YEH67
MRXIVVYTXPMRI
WIXWSJGSQTEXMFPIVIKMWXIVW
7-76MWEX-3EHHVIWW
&EYHGPSGOGSRXVSPMWEX-3EHHVIWWH
;VMXI\JJSVHIJEYPX\JJSV\HJSV\HJSV
LEWFIIREWWMKRIH
EVIEX
-3EHHVIWW
PCI Lynx 8 Po rt Users:
GEVHMWSRFYWHIZMGIJYRGXMSR
'EVH-(!VIZMWMSR0]R\
MRXIVVYTXPMRI
WIXWSJGSQTEXMFPIVIKMWXIVW
7-76MWEX-3EHHVIWW
&EYHGPSGOGSRXVSPMWEX-3EHHVIWWH
;VMXI\JJSVHIJEYPX\JJSV\HJSV\HJSV
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-3EHHVIWW
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• 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
Windows 3.x Software Installati on.
Place the Serial Solutions for Windows 3.x disk into a
suitable drive. From the File Menu choose ‘Run’ and enter
“a:\setup” (where a: is the path to the floppy drive with the
installatio n disk).
• Click OK, the Setup Progr a m Main Sc ree n is disp layed:
By default, all component options will be installed,
sele cting t he "Del All" bu tton wil l sele ct all in stalled compo nents
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for deletion and "Add All" chooses all uninstalled components for
installation; options may not be changed when the components are
installed. For further details on the Component Options consult the
README.TXT file on the supplied disk.
If only logical ports COM1 to COM9 are to be used then
de-select the Comms API library option in the "Install" column.
This library is only necessary to allow the use of logical ports
greater than COM9 e.g. COM10, COM11 etc.
• When you have made your choice of Component Options click
Continue and when the setup program has finished select t he
Done button.
Note: If the Serial Port driver options has been se lected, after the
setup program has finished, Windows will display a restart
message - answer Yes and Serial Solutions will be ready to run
upon Windows restarting.
Serial Port Installation.
• From Main, select Control Panel:
• Click on Seria l Ports:
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The following dialogue will be displayed:
To add a COM port:
• Click on the add bu t ton and a W ind o w s imila r to the fo llo w in g
wil l be displa ye d :
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• In Multiport Settings:
• Select the Multiport radiobutton.
• In SISR base box, enter a SISR value of 0104 (this
value was returned by the BBCARDS program, as
described in the above section.)
• In t he Card’s Port field enter a value of 1, as this is the
first po rt of the PCI Quad RS 232 installe d .
• In Standard Settings:
• In the COM Base field, enter the value 0140 (this value
was returned by the BBCARDS program, as described
in the above section.)
Note: COM ports are defined with an i/o address range,
which in this case, begins at 0140 and all subsequent
ports have an i/o address that is 8 higher than the
previous. i.e. if COM2 has an address of 0140h, then
COM3 will have an address of 0148h, COM4 an
address of 0150h etc.
• In the IRQ field, enter the value 11 (this value was
returned by the BBCARDS program, as described in
the above section.)
• When you have finished, click on OK. A restart message will
be d isp la ye d ; to s ave o n ly r estar t whe n a l l fo u r p o r t s ha ve be e n
added and correctly configured.
• Repeat the above process to add the next 3 COM ports of the
PCI Quad RS232. For example, for the second po rt of the PCI
Quad RS232 (designated COM3) the SISR value of 0104 will
remain the same, the Card’s Port value will be 2 (the second
port of the Quad card), COM base will be 0148 and the IRQ
value is 11. After adding the remaining COM ports the COM
Ports Window will look similar to the following:
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PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Users: After installing all 8 ports, the
COM Ports Window will look similar to the following:
Configuring The COM Po rts.
• Fro m the COM Ports window choo se the port that you wish to
configure and click on Settings - the following dialogue will
be dis pla yed:
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Note: A port that has been added has the default values of:
Baud Rate: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Parity: N on e
Stop Bit s: 1.0
Flow: None:
Change the communications Settings in the COM Ports to
match the baud rate, parity settings etc. of the remote serial device.
Deleting Ports in Windows.
The Delete button can be used to discard the entries of
ports that have been removed from the system.
Note. Never try to leave out a serial port number when
using the delete button, because Windows may automatically shift
ser ial port number s whic h res ults in a mis- mat ch o f sett ings in the
Serial Ports Applet (COM1-COM4 only).
Re sta rting Wi ndows.
Whenever certain values have been entered or changed in
the hardware settings window, a message prompting to restart
Windows will appear. Only after having made ALL the necessary
changes rest art Windows so that the new set tings come into effect.
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Configuring Ports in DOS.
The DOS installation procedure consists o f 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 RS232 Resources.
• Insert card into PC, as described in Chapter 2.
• Run BBCARDS.EXE, from the supplied DOS driver disk tit led
"Utility Disk" by typing the following:
%@"&&'%6(7
Where A:\ is the drive containing the supplied disk.
BBCARDS.EXE will return a string that looks similar to
the following (values contained in the string may differ in
individual PC’s due to resource availability):
PCI Quad Users:
GEVHMWSRFYWHIZMGIJYRGXMSR
'EVH-(!VIZMWMSR5YEH67
MRXIVVYTXPMRI
WIXWSJGSQTEXMFPIVIKMWXIVW
7-76MWEX-3EHHVIWW
&EYHGPSGOGSRXVSPMWEX-3EHHVIWWH
;VMXI\JJSVHIJEYPX\JJSV\HJSV\HJSV
LEWFIIREWWMKRIH
EVIEX
-3EHHVIWW
PCI Lynx 8 Po rt Users:
GEVHMWSRFYWHIZMGIJYRGXMSR
'EVH-(!VIZMWMSR0]R\
MRXIVVYTXPMRI
WIXWSJGSQTEXMFPIVIKMWXIVW
7-76MWEX-3EHHVIWW
&EYHGPSGOGSRXVSPMWEX-3EHHVIWWH
;VMXI\JJSVHIJEYPX\JJSV\HJSV\HJSV
LEWFIIREWWMKRIH
EVIEX
-3EHHVIWW
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• 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 specif ie s CO M p o rt nu mbe r fo llo w ed by a
hexadecimal address in the form /Ax,y 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 range specifies the COM
port(s). Range may be a single port OR a range of ports.
/B number buffer is used to set the number of pairs of
buffers to be allocated to port s and is a decimal number in
the range 1-maxport.
/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 hard ware handshake selec ts whic h har dw are han ds hak e
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type to use on the specified ports. This is used in the
follo wing manner: /H range, hs where range spec ifies t he
COM port or ports and hs selects handshake type.
Handshake types availa ble 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 just 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 DC D input s ar e igno re d. The RT S
and DTR output lines are set true just in case the
external serial device needs a true signal.
Note: If hardware handshaking is not specified in the
NEWCOM.SYS parameters, type 4, 3 Wire
Handshake is selected automatically.
Configuring and Installing N EW COM.SYS
To load the Serial Solutions for DOS device driver an entry
needs to be added to the CONFIG.SYS file. Any simple text editor,
EDIT for example, can edit the CONFIG.SYS file for example. The
installation procedure given below is for a PCI Quad RS232 as
COM 5 - COM8 and a PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 as CO M5 - CO M 12
The parameter required by the NEWCOM.SYS driver are
those returned by the BBCARDS.EXE application earlier. A brief
expla nation for the parameters required by NEWCOM.SYS follows:
Port Address.
/A5-8,0140
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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 i/o
address that is 8 higher than the previous. i.e. if COM5 has an
address of 0140h, then COM6 will have an address of 0148h,
COM7 an address of 0150h etc.
PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Users: /A5-12,0140
SISR, IRQ, 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 - COM8 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 RS 232 has been assigned COM
port values of 5 to 8, all preceding COM ports, must have buffers
assigned to t he m also.
PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Users: /B12
Bu ffer Size .
/S512
Buffer size set to 512 bytes.
Hardware Handshaking.
/H,4
Type 4, 3 Wire Handshake selected for all ports.
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Modifying Command Line Parameters.
When "assembled" the NEWCOM.SYS command line
looks like…
DEVICE=NEWCOM.SYS /A5-8,0140 /L 0104,11,5-8 /B8 /S 512 /H,4
…and should be entered into the CONFIG.SYS file. Once you are
sure that these parameters have been entered correctly, restart your
PC and you r PCI Quad RS2 32 should be ready to use immediately.
Sample terminal applications are provided on "Serial Solutions
Disk 1 & 2" enabling communications to be established to your
peripherals quickly and easily.
PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Users: When "assembled" the
NEWCOM.SYS c omma nd line look s like:
DEVICE=NEWCOM.SYS /A5-12, 0140 /L0104,11,5-12 /B12 /S512
/H,4
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Chapter 4
RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT
CABLING.
Introduction.
This chapter gives details of the 9 and 25 pin RS232 pin out s,
cabling and connections, with informat ion on how to connect the
serial ports of two PCs, ho w to make a selftest loop back connect or
and the pinouts of the PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 card
The RS232 Standard.
The RS232 standard is ancient in computer industry terms.
Introduced in 1962, it is now widely established. RS232 is a slow
speed, short distance, single ended transmission system (i.e. only
one wire per signal). Typical RS232 maximum cable length is 50
feet with a maximum data rate of 20K bits per second.
Figure 4-1. RS232 Point To Point C o nnecti on.
TTL
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GROUND GROUND
TTL
RS232C Standard
1 Driver 1 Receiver
Line Length Max Data Rate
50 Feet = 15m 20 Kbits/sec
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)
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Serial Port Pin Outs.
The pinouts of the 9 and 25 pin Male D connecto r s are given
below.
Figure 4-2. Serial Port RS232 Pin Outs.
9 Pin connector:
PIN 6 - DATA SET READY (DSR)
PIN 7 - REQUEST TO SEND (RXD)
PIN 8 - CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)
PIN 9 - RING INDICATOR (RI)
PIN 1 - DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD
PIN 2 - REC EIVED DATA (R X D )
PIN 3 - TRANSMITTED DATA (TXD)
PIN 4 - DATA TERMINAL READY
PIN 5 - GROUND (GND)
DTR
25 Pin connector:
PIN 2 - TRANSMITTED DATA (TXD)
PIN 20 - RING INDICATOR (RI)
PIN 22 - DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR)
PIN 3 - R E C E IV E D DATA (RXD )
PIN 4 - REQUEST TO SEND
PIN 5 - CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)
PIN 6 - DATA SET READY (DSR)
PIN 7 - GROUND (GND)
PIN 8 - DATA CARRIER DETECT
RXD
9 Pin D Serial Port RS232 Cables.
To connect to the AT style RS232 Serial Port you will need a
cable terminating in a 9 way female D connector. It is sound
practice to use cables with screws fitted that will allow you to
fasten the cable securely to the PC card.
In gener al, yo u will ne ed to make up a "cro ss o ver" cable t o
correctly interface the PC to the RS232 port of anot her computer
or device. Traditionally, making up the cross over cable has been
considered a black art. However, provided you have the pin outs
and handshake requirements of both sides of your RS232
DCD
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connection, the cross over cable becomes a matter of common
sense. The cross over cable is simply to ensure that the right
signals going out of one RS232 port go into the appropriate lines
of the other RS232 port.
9 Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another PC.
Suppose we want to connect the AT style 9 pin D Serial Port
to the serial port of another IBM PC. See Figure 4-3.
1) Connect the earth lines.
Line 5 of Serial Port 2 to lines 1 & 7 of the other PC.
This gives the t wo devices a co mmon earth level.
2) Connect the Transmit and Receive l ines t ogether.
Line 3, TXD, Port 2 goes to line 3, RXD, of the other PC.
Line 2, RXD, Port 2 goes to line 2, TXD, of the other PC.
This a llows each to receive the data tr ansmitted by the
other.
3) Co nnect the Port 2 DTR line, pin 4 to the other PC DCD,
pin 8 and CTS, pin 5, lines.
Also, connect up the other PC DTR line, pin 20 to the Port
2 DCD, pin 1 and CTS, pin 8, lines.
This allows the receiving device to signal when it can no
longer accept data. The receiving device sets DTR false
when it is unable to receive any more data. The sending
device reads DTR on its CTS and DCD pins. It should stop
sending when CTS goes false.
4) Co nnect the Port 2 RTS line, pin 7, to the other PC DSR
line, pin 6.
Also, connect the other PC RTS line, pin 4, to the Port 2
DSR line, pin 6 .
This RTS line is used to let the other device know that it is
ready for data exchange.
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5236718
4
123456789
Figure 4-3. 9 Pin D Serial Port To Other PC Cable.
AT SERIAL PORT Side Other PC SERIAL PORT Side.
9 PIN D CONNECTOR 9 PIN D CONNECTOR
SCHEMATIC REPRESEN TATION:
5
3
2
7
6
4
8
1
ACTUAL REPRESENTATION:
5
9
4
8
3
7
2
6
1
9 PIN D CONNECTOR 25 PIN D CONNECTOR
SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION
5
3
2
7
6
4
8
1
ACTUAL REPRESENTATION
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20
9 Pin D Serial Port To A Modem.
If you are connecting a MODEM to a 9 pin D Serial Port then
you will NOT need a cross over cable and a straight through cable
connected as the 9 to 25 pin adapter given in Figure 4-5.
9 Pin D Serial Port Loop Back Connector.
A loop back connector can be used to echo RS232 data
transmitted by a serial port back into its own RS232 receiver. In
this way, the function of the seria l port can be tested.
For an AT style Serial Port use the a female 9 wa y connecto r
wired as in Figure 4-4
Figure 4-4. 9 Pin D Serial Loop Back Connector.
9 PIN D CONNECTOR 25 PIN D CONNECTOR
SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION:
2
3
2
7
8
6
1
4
3
4
5
6
8
ACTUAL REPRESENTATION:
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Figure 4-5. 9 To 25 Way Adapter.
This adapter cable makes the AT style 9 pin serial port, look like
the standard PC 25 pin serial port. It is NOT a cross over cable!
9 Pin AT SERIAL PORT 25 Pin PC SERIAL PORT
9 Pin Female D Connector 25 Pin Male D Connector
SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION:
5
1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
ACTUAL REPRESENTATION:
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The Quad Cable Pinouts
The Quad cable consists of a 37 way female D connector
attached to four 25 way Male D connectors. Each of the cables
carries 9 cores plus a sheat h. E ach o f the 25 pin D connectors has 9
connections, based on the standard PC serial port configuration.
Figure 4-7, on the next page shows the 37 way female connector
pin numbers cor responding to each of the 4 separat e port pin out s
and pin functions. Each cable is approximate ly 1 metre long and is
clearly marked as P1 for Port 1, P2 for Port 2 etc.
Figure 4-6. Quad Cable by 9 and 25 pin D Connector
37 way D connector Pinouts
Port
#1
3 26 12 35 Transmitted Data (TXD) 3 2
2 25 11 34 Received Data (RXD) 2 3
21 7 30 16 Request To Send (RTS) 7 4
22 8 31 17 Clear To Send (CTS) 8 5
20 6 29 15 Data Set Ready (DSR) 6 6
5 28 14 37 Ground ( GND) 5 7
1 24 10 33 Data Carrier Detect(DCD) 1 8
4 27 13 36 Data terminal Ready (DTR) 4 20
23 9 32 18 Rin g Indicator (RI) 9 22
Port
#2
Port
#3
Port
#4
Pin Function 9
Pin25Pin
NOTE: Pin 19 on the 37 pin D connector is not used.
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Figure 4-7. Pin outs of the PCI Quad 4 Port RS232 38
pin D connector
PIN20 - DSR#1
PIN21 - RTS#1
PIN22 - CTS#1
PIN23 - RI#1
PIN24 - DCD#2
PIN25 - RXD#2
PIN26 - TXD#2
PIN27 - DTR#2
PIN28 - GND#2
PIN29 - DSR#3
PIN30 - RTS#3
PIN31 - CTS#3
PIN32 - RI#3
PIN33 - DCD#4
PIN34 -RXD#4
PIN35 - TXD#4
PIN36 - DTR#4
PIN37 - GND#4
PIN1 - DCD#1
PIN2 - RXD#1
PIN3 - TXD#1
PIN4 - DTR#1
PIN5 - GND#1
PIN6 - DSR#2
PIN7 - RTS#2
PIN8 - CTS#2
PIN9 - RI#2
PIN10 - DCD#3
PIN11 - RXD#3
PIN12 - TXD#3
PIN13 - DTR#3
PIN14 - GND#3
PIN15 - DSR#4
PIN16 - RTS#4
PIN17 - CTS#4
PIN18 - RI#4
PIN19 - NO CONNECTION
NOTE: On the above diagram the # symbol followed by a number
is used to notify a port on the cable. E.g. #4 means port 4, hence
PIN36 - DTR#4 is pin 36 of the 37way connector, which
corresponds to the DTR function on port 4.
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The Lynx Card Oc t o p us Cable Pinouts
The Lynx card octopus cable connects a 78 pin Male D
connector to 8 nine way Male D connect ors. Each of the cables has
9 cores plus a sheath. The sheath each of the 25 way D connectors
is connected to the sheath of the 78 way D connector. Each of the
9 pin D connectors has 9 connections in the standard PC serial port
configuration, see Figure 4-8, below. Each cable is approximately
1 metre long and is clearly marked as P1 for Port 1etc.
Figure 4-8. Lynx Cable by 9 and 25 pin D Connector
78 way D connector Pinouts
Port
#1
30 50 11 10 Transmitted Data (TXD) 3 2
55 17 37 56 Received Data (RXD) 2 3
51 31 12 14 Request To Send (RTS) 7 4
16 53 59 57 Clear To Send (CTS) 8 5
54 34 58 38 Data Set Ready (DSR) 6 6
68 69 70 71 Ground (GND) 5 7
35 33 39 18 Data Carrier Detect (DCD) 1 8
49 32 13 52 Data terminal Ready(DTR) 4 20
36 15 20 19 Ring Indicator (RI) 9 22
Port
#2
Port
#3
Port
#4
Pin Function 9
Pin25Pin
78 way D connector Pinouts
Port
#5
40 2 63 64 Transmitted Data (TXD) 3 2
28 8 46 27 Received Data (RXD) 2 3
21 41 62 60 Request To Send (RTS) 7 4
25 4 9 45 Clear To Send (CTS) 8 5
5 42 29 26 Data Set Ready (DSR) 6 6
72 73 74 75 Ground (GND) 5 7
43 23 48 6 Data Carrier Detect (DCD) 1 8
22 3 61 1 Data terminal Ready(DTR) 4 20
44 24 47 7 Ring Indicator (RI) 9 22
Port
#6
Port
#7
Port
#8
Pin Function 9
Pin25Pin
NOTE: Pins 65,66,75 - 78 on the above connector are not used
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Figure 4-9. Pin Outs of the 78 pin D connector on the
PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232
NOTE: On the above diagram the # symbol followed by a number
is used to notify a port on the cable e.g. #4 means port 4, hence
PIN47 DTR#4 is pin 47 of the 78way connector, which
corresponds to the DTR function on port 4.
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Index
115200 Baud................................................................................................. 15
16450 / 16550............................................................................................. 1, 5
460800 Baud................................................................................................. 15
921600 Baud................................................................................................. 15
adapter.....................................................................................................40, 41
asynchronous..................................................................................................5
baud / baud rate............................................................................................2, 3
BBCARDS.EXE................................................................................24, 31, 33
bits................................................................................................................ 36
Buffer........................................................................................................... 34
buffer / buffered...........................................................................................2, 3
cable..........................................................................................3, 36, 37, 40, 41
Changing COM numbers in Windows 95....................................................... 13
command........................................................................................................2
connectors..................................................................................................9, 37
cross over...........................................................................................37, 40, 41
CTS.......................................................................................................2, 5, 38
data word length.............................................................................................. 5
DCD......................................................................................................2, 5, 38
device driver...................................................................................... 31, 32, 33
DSR.......................................................................................................2, 5, 38
DTR.......................................................................................................2, 5, 38
emula tion........................................................................................................ 2
FIFO........................................................................................................... 1, 5
handshake..............................................................................................1, 2, 37
Insalling Ports In Windows 95. ...................................................................... 10
installation...................................................................................................... 4
Installing a PCI Multiport Card........................................................................ 8
Installing Ports In DOS ................................................................................. 31
Installing Ports In Microsoft Windows NT..................................................... 19
Installing Ports In Windows 3.X.................................................................... 24
interrupts.........................................................................................................3
loop back..............................................................................................3, 36, 40
Maximum Baud Rate................................................................................14-16
Megabaud...............................................................................See 921600 baud
Megabaud..................................................................................................... 21
mode............................................................................................................... 2
modem............................................................................................................ 5
modem control................................................................................................ 5
Multiport Settings ......................................................................................... 28
parity...........................................................................................................2, 3
Index
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PCI Lynx 8 Port C onnec t or pino u t s............................................................... 45
PCI Lynx 8 Port Specifications........................................................................ 7
PCI Quad / Lynx, installation differerences.................................................... 10
PCI Quad RS232 connector pinouts ............................................................... 43
PCI Quad RS232 Specifications......................................................................6
pin outs................................................................................................8, 36, 37
port / ports.............................................................2, 3, 5, 10, 19, 36-38, 40, 41
Port Address ................................................................................................. 33
protocol........................................................................................................... 2
receive .......................................................................................................... 38
RS232 ...............................................................................8, 1, 5, 10, 36, 37, 40
RTS.......................................................................................................2, 5, 38
RXD..........................................................................................................5, 38
safety.............................................................................................................. 8
serial p ort...........................................................1, 2, 3, 5, 10 , 19, 36, 38, 40, 41
Serial Solutions...............................................................................................
shared interrupt........................................................................................... 3, 4
Shared Interrupt Mechanism............................................................................ 8
SISR.................................................................................24, 25, 28, 31, 32, 34
speed............................................................................................................... 5
technical ......................................................................................................... 4
TXD..........................................................................................................5, 38
Uninstalling Serial Solutions PCI for Windows NT........................................ 23
Windo ws..........................................................................................1, 3, 10, 19
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ALSO AVAILABLE FROM YOUR SUPPLIER
VELOCITY SERIAL RANGE
1 Megabaud serial comms
AT VELOCITY RS232
VELOCITY RS422/485
PCI SERIAL RANGE
PCI RS232 2 PORT
PCI RS232 4 PORT
PCI RS232 8 PORT
PCI VELOCITY RS422/485
PCI VELOCITY RS232
PCI OPTO DUAL RS422/485
STANDARD SERIAL RANGE
AT TWIN 9 RS232
AT 1 PORT RS232
AT 3 PORT RS232
AT LPT RS23 2
AT OPTO DUAL RS232
AT QUAD RS232
AT LYNX 8 PORT RS232
AT RS232/422/485
AT DUAL RS422/485
AT QUAD RS422/485
AT OPTO DUAL RS422/485
MODEMS
IEEE488 CARDS
PC IEEE
PC ELITE
PRO488 SOFTWARE
CONVERTER BOXES
RS232 ↔ IEEE ↔ LPT
PSI BOX PLUS+
PSI CABLE SET
DIO CARDS
PC DIO24
PC DIO 48
PC DIO 192
RELAY 16
OPTO ISOLATED DIO CARDS
High voltage, high current DIO cards
PC OPTO DIO16D
PC OPTO IN24D
PC OPTO OUT24D
PC OPTO OUT 48D
PC OPTO DIO48D
A/D 1200 RANGE
30 - 100 kHz range 12 bit A/D cards
V34+ EMBEDDED
PCI V34+ INTERNAL
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