EQUINOX SST-2I, SST-4I, SST-4P, SST-4E, SST-8I Hardware Reference Guide

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Multiport Serial I/O Adapter

Hardware Reference Guide

includes:

SST-2I - PN 990286
SST-4I - PN 990283
SST-4P - PN 990299
SST-4E - PN 990285
SST-8I - PN 990265
SST-8P - PN 990301
SST-8E - PN 990266

PN 560160/B

March 1999

Contents

Overview
Installation
PCI Setup
ISA Setup
EISA Setup
ISA Installation Tips
PCI Installation Tips
Connecting and Cabling Information
Connector Panel and Fan Out Cables
CP-8 and DB-25 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling
RJ-45 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling
DB-9 to Device Cabling
RJ-45 Modular Adapters

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Overview

Equinox SuperSerial Technology (SST) Adapters are intelligent, high­speed (up to 920k bps on each port) Multiport Adapters providing high
performance serial I/O solutions for PCI, ISA and EISA bus systems. All
port interfaces are standard RS-232 with full modem control and voltage
surge protection on every pin.

SST Adapters appear to the system host processor as memory. That is,
they are memory mapped devices. Each adapter is automatically mapped
into system memory at the time of device driver installation. The device
driver soft-configures all adapters each time the system is initialized
(booted). See the appropriate software documentation located on your
SuperSerial CDROM for detailed device driver information.

The SST Adapter (see Figure 1 below) occupies a slot in the host computer
and provides the intelligent functions to "off-load" the CPU serial
communications processing tasks. Adapters are available for PCI, ISA and
EISA bus systems.

Figure 1. SST Multiport I/O Adapter (SST-81 and SST-8P Shown)

Installation

Use the following procedure to install your SST Adapter. Alternatively,
you may follow the installation instructions presented in your host system
documentation.

1. Set the host computer system power switch to OFF and disconnect the
power cord.

2. Locate a free expansion slot.

3. Insert and secure the adapter firmly into the expansion slot.

4. Replace the power cord and turn the host computer system ON.

5. Install the device driver software (see CDROM for details).

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PCI Setup

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) system architecture has a design
feature termed Plug and Play. This feature automatically detects, identifies
and configures the

currently installed devices each time the system is

booted. Therefore, whenever an adapter is installed (or removed) in a PCI
system, the adapter is recognized and configured immediately upon restart.

ISA Setup

All ISA Adapters must be assigned a unique I/O base address. This can be
accomplished by the use of ISA Plug and Play (PnP) or the I/O Base
Address Switch S1 (see Figure 1 and Table 1).

If PnP is not supported by your operating system, or if you are unsure,
place the PnP Jumper (JP1) in the position closest to switch S1. This will
disable PnP and enable the sixteen position I/O Base Address switch (see
Table 1 below).

If multiple ISA Adapters are installed in the same system, a different I/O
base address must be assigned to each adapter. (This is automatically
accomplished if PnP is utilized.) This procedure should be performed
before the adapter is physically installed.

1 2 3 4 Base Address

OFF OFF OFF OFF 200

ON OFF OFF OFF 220

OFF ON OFF OFF 240

ON ON OFF OFF 260

OFF OFF ON OFF 280

ON OFF ON OFF 2A0

OFF ON ON OFF 2C0

ON ON ON OFF 2E0

OFF OFF OFF ON 300

ON OFF OFF ON 320

OFF ON OFF ON 340

ON ON OFF ON 360

OFF OFF ON ON 380

ON OFF ON ON 3A0

OFF ON ON ON 3C0

ON ON ON ON 3E0

Table 1. Switch S1 Is Shown Set For I/O Base Address 240H

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EISA Setup

All Equinox configuration files are located on the SuperSerial CDROM.
All directories below assume that D: is the CDROM drive.

Novell, DOS, OS/2, D:\Drivers\RAS\Disk1
Windows based D:\Drivers\RAS\Disk3
UNIX based D:\Drivers\UNIX\DIAG_DOS

Copy all .cfg files from CDROM directory to your system manufacturers
EISA configuration diskette. Then run EISA configuration to correctly
identify the Equinox adapters.

ISA Installation Tips

SST ISA adapters require a 16K window (below 1 megabyte) in the host
system memory. Occasionally the driver may not be able to automatically
find an available memory window (i.e. memory hole) due to system
caching, memory shadowing, or devices that stay hidden in memory until
loading.

If the driver fails to locate the adapter after installation you may need to
manually configure its memory address. Check for available memory holes
by using the SSDIAG.EXE /M software located on your SuperSerial
CDROM. (Refer to SSDIAG.DOC about the command line switch "/M").
Then configure the driver to use one of the available memory holes be­tween 0xA0000 and 0xEFFFF. (Refer to the software driver documentation
located on the CDROM for information on how to manually configure this
memory range.)

If SSDIAG /M reports that there are no available memory holes you may
need to modify your system BIOS to disable memory shadowing or caching
(in the 0xA0000 to 0xEFFFF range). Also, some system BIOS will allow
you to open a memory hole for ISA memory mapped devices.

PCI Installation Tips

A PCI adapter may have trouble locating available memory addresses on
some systems that have shared PCI slots. If this happens move the PCI
adapter to a non-shared slot or change the slot type in the system BIOS to a
master PCI slot.

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Connecting and Cabling Information

SST-2I adapters have two DB-9s on the connector bezel as shown in
Figure 2 below. See Figures 13-15 for detailed cabling information.

Figure 2. SST-2I Multiport I/O Adapter

Figure 3 below shows the pinouts for the SST-2I DB-9 Connectors.

Figure 3. SST-2I DB-9 Pinouts

SST-4 and SST-8 adapters require a fan out cable or a connector panel
(ordered separately). See pages 6 through 10 for detailed cabling and
ordering information.

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Connector Panel and Fan Out Cables

SST Connector Panels (CPs) and Fan Out Cables (FOCs) provide four or
eight RS-232 interfaces. Table 2 below details products available from
Equinox. Figures 4 through 6 show the connector panel and pinouts for
CP-8, DB-25 and RJ-45 fan out cables.

P/N Name Description Connector Type

690269 F04-DB SST-4 Fan Out Cable DB-25 Male
690268 F04-RJ SST-4 Fan Out Cable RJ-45 Female
690293 F04-DB9 SST-4 Fan Out Cable DB-9 Male
690264 F08-DB SST-8 Fan Out Cable DB-25 Male
690265 F08-RJ SST-8 Fan Out Cable RJ-45 Female
690271 F08-DB9 SST-8 Fan Out Cable DB-9 Male
990343 CP-8 SST-8 Connector Panel DB-25 Female

Table 2. SST Connector Accessories

Figure 4. SST Fan Out Cable and Connector Panel

Figure 5. DB-25 Fan Out Cable and Connector Panel Pinouts

Figure 6. RJ-45 Fan Out Cable Pinouts

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CP-8 and DB-25 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling

Figures 7 through 9 show the pinouts required to make a cable to connect
between SST CP-8 and DB-25 FOC ports and your terminals, printers,
modems, etc. Note that CP-8s will require a cable with a male DB-25
connector not a female as shown in the figures.

Figure 7. Cable Pinouts for FOC DB-25 to Terminal/Printer DB-25

Figure 8. Cable Pinouts for FOC DB-25 to PC DB-9

Figure 9 Cable Pinouts for FOC DB-25 to Modem DB-25

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RJ-45 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling

Figures 10 through 12 show the pinouts required to make a cable to
connect between SST RJ-45 FOC ports and your devices.

Figure 10. Cable Pinouts for FOC RJ-45 to Terminal/Printer DB-25

Figure 11. Cable Pinouts for FOC RJ-45 to PC DB-9

Figure 12. Cable Pinouts for FOC RJ-45 to Modem DB-25

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DB-9 to Device Cabling

Figures 13 through 15 show the pinouts required to make a cable to
connect between SST DB-9 ports and your devices.

Figure 13. Cable Pinouts for SST DB-9 to Terminal/Printer DB-25

Figure 14. Cable Pinouts for SST DB-9 to PC DB-9

Figure 15. Cable Pinouts for SST DB-9 to modem DB-25

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RJ-45 Modular Adapters

Modular Adapters are available from Equinox to convert RJ-45 modular
jacks to DB-25 or DB-9 connectors. These modular adapters in conjunc­tion with 10-wire modular cables perform the same functions as shown in
Figures 10 through 12. Table 3 below describes the modular adapters
available from Equinox.

P/N Connector Connects To

210070 DB-25 DCE Male Terminal or Printer (Female)
210071 DB-25 DCE Female Terminal or Printer (Male)
210068 DB-25 DTE Male Modem or Multiplexer (Female)
210069 DB-25 DTE Female DCE Devices (Male)

210072 DB-9 Female DB-9 PC (Male)

Table 3. 10-wire Modular Adapters

The adapters listed above (with 10-wire modular cables as shown below)
may be used to attach devices to SST RJ-45 FOC ports. If a customer
supplied modular cable is used, make sure the cable is reversing (see
Figure 16 below).

Figure 16. 10-wire RJ-45 Reversing Cable

The following modular cables are available from Equinox (use with
modular adapters from Table 3 above):

P/N Descri pti on

69 0 25 2 10' 10-Wire Reversing Modular Cable
69 0 25 3 25' 10-Wire Reversing Modular Cable

69 0 25 4 75' 10-Wire Reversing Modular Cable

Table 4. 10-wire Modular Cables

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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014

Manufacturer’s Name: Equinox Systems Inc.
Manufacturer’s Address: One Equinox W ay

Sunrise, Florida 33351-6709
USA

declares, that the products

Product Names: SuperSerial Technology (SST)

Serial I/O products
Megaplex Serial I/O products
ELS Ethernet T erminal Servers

Model Numbers: SST-2, SST-4, SST-8, SST-64,

SST-128, PM-8, PM-16, MIM-1,
CMX-16, SSM-8, SSM-12, SSM-24
Megaplex, Megaplex CMX
ELS-8, ELS-16

Product Options: All

conform to the following Product Specifications:

Safety: EN 60950:1992, CSA C22.2 No:950, UL 1950
EMC: EN 55022 (CISPR22 A): 1987E,

FCC Part 15 Class A
EN 50082-1: 1992 - Generic Immunity
IEC 801-2: 1984, 8kV CD, 8kV AD
IEC 801-3: 1984, 3V/m, 27-500MHz
IEC 801-4: 1988, 1kV Power & 0.5kV I/O Lines

Supplementary Information:

The products herewith comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage
Directive, 73/23/EEC and the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, including
amendments by the CE-marking Directive 93/68/EEC.

March, 1999

Equinox Systems, Inc.

© 1999 Equinox Systems Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without
permission prohibited.

Equinox, Megaport, Megaplex, and SuperSerial are registered trademarks
of Equinox Systems Inc. All other brands and product names are trade­marks of their respective holders.

Equinox makes no representations or warranties with respect to the
contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Information is
subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on
the part of Equinox Systems Inc.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of
this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference
in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his
own expense.

WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment.

SuperSerial T echnology

Multiport Serial I/O Adapter

Hardware Reference Guide

560160/B (March 1999)

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