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Black Box 232 Monitor Plus Installation And Operation Manual

Black Box 232 Monitor Plus Installation And Operation Manual

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APRIL 1998
DT200A
DT200AE
232 Monitor Plus
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Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018
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  • Page 1 Order toll-free in the U.S.: Call 877-877-BBOX (outside U.S. call 724-746-5500) SUPPORT FREE technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 INFORMATION Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Appendix C: Table of Codes ................38 Appendix D: Sample—ASCII HEX Printout ............40 Appendix E: Batteries ..................42 Appendix F: 232 Monitor Plus Schematic Diagram ..........43 TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL Any trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the...

  • Page 3: Overview

    232 MONITOR PLUS Overview of the 232 Monitor Plus The 232 Monitor Plus Keyboard Figure 1 on page 3 shows the many Each key of the 232 Monitor Plus ways you can use the 232 Monitor can serve three distinct functions. Plus.
  • Page 4 EIA RS-232 Remote Source application, such Adapter as the modem c o n n e c t i o n shown here. Terminal or PC with Modem Modem communication software Figure 1. A sample configuration with the 232 Monitor Plus.

  • Page 5: Quick Reference And Quick Setup

    Push the [START/STOP] key to start output. How to start the 232 Monitor Plus The 232 Monitor Plus will begin to transmit data and capture the transmitted data. Any returned data on Make sure that the main power switch is in the ON the RD line will be placed in the RD buffer.
  • Page 6 If the baud rate, word size, and parity of the data stream match the current settings, the For more information about status screens, see 232 Monitor Plus will start capturing and Chapter 1, View Mode, p.18. viewing data. If you get framing errors, push [A] to How to exercise a parallel printer autoconfigure TD on the 232 Monitor Plus.
  • Page 7 (see the illustration below). When in an options 2. Insert the Y-connector into either connector menu a selected option value is depicted in reverse on the right side of the 232 Monitor Plus. video. To increment the value, press RETURN or 3. Flip main power switch on.
  • Page 8 Quick Reference/Quick Setup Configuration Menu Sync Char 2 (hex value) Used to set communications and other parameters; Refers to the second synchronous characters in BSC four screens in all. Scroll through the parameters mode or the receive synchronous character in using the up ↑...
  • Page 9 (STX) and the end text character Error Messages Fatal, Warn, None (ETX) will not be captured. NOTE: When the 232 Monitor Plus is turned on, it Start Txt Char (value) will always pass data through itself, even if See “Exclude” above. Specify the STX character.
  • Page 10 Quick Reference/Quick Setup TABLE OF CODES Screen ASCII EBCDIC C1 IPARS BAUDOT* 03 Screen ASCII EBCDIC D5 IPARS BAUDOT*0C Screen ASCII EBCDIC 81 IPARS — — — — — — — — — — — — — BAUDOT — — —...

  • Page 11: View Mode

    232 MONITOR PLUS 2. View Mode 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Setting Options and Values Turn on the 232 Monitor Plus and Several command keys, when you are in View Mode. Here’s what pressed, open their respective sub- you can do in this mode: menus;...
  • Page 12 CHAPTER 2: View Mode Figure 2. The option value keyboard. Use these keys, located on the far right of the 232 Monitor Plus keyboard, to move through submenus and to set option values. • Press ← to delete the low-order With the START/STOP key, you can character.

  • Page 13: The Command Keys

    (DCE). The DCE then up to 255 How many 0.25-second intervals retransmits the same pattern back to would you like the 232 Monitor Plus the 232 Monitor Plus. The 232 to wait for an answer before Monitor Plus compares the incom-...
  • Page 14 CHAPTER 2: View Mode Chars sent 999 Block Errors Chars recv 9 Bit Errors Rec in sync 9 Blocksize Elap second 7 Error Free Sec BERT: *% BLERT: Average trip time per block (ms) TEST COMPLETED Press START/STOP to end test. DTR, DSR The form of handshaking you want.
  • Page 15 DISPLAY EVENTLOG [D] The 232 Monitor Plus can be set to To see more events press either keep a log of the following informa- PAGE DOWN or PAGE UP. tion (See the section on Log Events...
  • Page 16 Plus as follows: The Edit Strings screen works as • As triggers. When you set a Start follows: Trigger, the 232 Monitor Plus can be set to wait until it sees this ↑ —deletes the byte with trigger in incoming data before the cursor under it.
  • Page 17 FORCE CAPTURE [F] • In any menu, F1 highlights (selects) the previous option on This key forces the 232 Monitor Plus the menu. to begin capturing all data. The command is applicable in any synchronous mode when the PAGE UP —...
  • Page 18 LOAD CONFIG 2 [2] “S”), press and hold down that letter LOAD CONFIG 3 [3] and all of the topics begin-ning with The 232 Monitor Plus allows you to that letter will scroll. save up to three sets of system communication parameters. See...
  • Page 19 → or ← . Set the values by from within the View Menu, press [1], [2], or [3], respectively. pressing RETURN. The 232 Monitor Plus will set itself to Values may be: the chosen configuration. Press RESET and then [D] to set the 232 hi ..matches a high signal...
  • Page 20 Pattern Handshake; Passes PGUP,GDOWN,END,HOME & arrows to set values, [START/STOP] to continue This key turns the 232 Monitor Plus The hex report and the help report on. To turn it off, press are formatted reports. The hex RESET/SHUTDOWN, then STOP.
  • Page 21 232 MONITOR PLUS status screen (See STATUS, p.18). Monitor Plus help facility. PAGE DOWN F4 After you press [1], [2], or [3], you receive a prompt asking you to direct See F4 (p.10). the report you have chosen to a...
  • Page 22 How many times, total, would you like to send the pattern? SAVE CONFIG [Y] Handshake Off, XON/XOFF, CTS, DSR The 232 Monitor Plus allows you to Choose the type of handshaking save up to three sets of system desired. parameters. [Start/Stop]...
  • Page 23 RD line. more information. Modem Ctl Mask1 SET DATE [V] 232 Monitor Plus will look for the Pressing [V] allows you to set the high or low states of the RS, CS, DS, internal clock on the Monitor Plus.
  • Page 24 CHAPTER 2: View Mode match the state you have set with NOTE: The 232 Monitor Plus can be set to turn itself off automatically. See Auto Off in [M], the 232 Monitor Plus will begin the Configure Menu. capturing data.
  • Page 25 Hit [O](off) to re-enable all capture bytes of data in the buffer. It also displays the current byte (the one the cursor is on) in the following 232 Monitor Plus will display the codes: binary (101001), decimal following screen: (83), and hexadecimal (53).
  • Page 26 (emulate) a terminal. Begins timing on the RD line when the Press [T] and from that point on, 232 Monitor Plus receives a string the Monitor Plus will output each identical to the contents of string2. letter you type as you type it. It will...
  • Page 27 232 MONITOR PLUS Stops timing on the RD line when the 232 Monitor Plus receives its first character. Timer Func Once, Continuous Times events once, or over and over again as they happen. Note that the timing of many events will present a statistical average of all of the events.

  • Page 28: Configure Menu

    Data Bits 8, 7, 6, 5 the communications and other The number of data bits the 232 parameters of the 232 Monitor Plus. Monitor Plus can be set to read. There are four screens in all. Scroll through the parameters by Parity using the up arrow ↑...
  • Page 29 On, Off • NRZ — used in both synchronous and asynchronous Selecting “On” drops synchroniza- applications. tion when the 232 Monitor Plus detects Ready To Send or Carrier • NRZI, FM0 (biphase space) and Detect. FM1 (biphase mark) — all used in various synchronous applications.
  • Page 30 Log Events Error Messages No, 1Fill, Cont. Fatal, Warn, None The 232 Monitor Plus can be set to NOTE: When the Monitor is turned on, it will keep a log of certain events. See always pass data through itself, even if it Chapter 1, Time Events (p.
  • Page 31 Monitor Plus will continue to fill the buffer and discard the oldest data on Remote Off, On a first-in/first-out basis. Set the 232 Monitor Plus in an RS- 232 circuit (see Section 3.0, Remote Control). Then turn on remote with this menu function to take remote control of your 232 Monitor Plus.
  • Page 32 CHAPTER 3: Configure Menu Remote Baud 57600, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200 The baud rate at which you want to communicate with the remote 232 Monitor Plus. Invert Rec. Bits Yes, No “Yes” inverts the sense of all incoming bits. SDLC Status Yes, No Use “Yes”...

  • Page 33: Remote Control

    232 especially useful when testing the Monitor Plus. quality of lines over long distances. Set the 232 Monitor Plus in place, CAUTION then initiate loop tests from a remote location. Error reports will The port on the left side of...
  • Page 34 ANSI. on the 232 Monitor Plus screen. If necessary, enter CON (connect) from within the You can access all of the 232 terminal emulation program.

  • Page 35: Appendices

    232 MONITOR PLUS APPENDIX A: REMOTE TERMINAL INFORMATION ANSI Terminal Function Keys These are the function keys for a DEC ™ VT-type terminal keypad. F1 HELP....(PF1) F5 MENU ....(4) F2 START/STOP..(PF2) F6 STATUS....(5) F3 PAGE UP ....(7) F7 LOGOUT.....(1) F4 PAGE DOWN ..(8) F8 RESET ....(2)
  • Page 36 ) require that you set the program to ANSI mode. A true VT102 ™ terminal will be set by the 232 Monitor Plus to ANSI mode. If it is not in ANSI mode, the function keys F3-F8 will behave unpredictably.

  • Page 37: Appendix B: Nonprinting Ascii Codes

    232 MONITOR PLUS APPENDIX B: NONPRINTING ASCII CODES Key Abrv. Name Description Null Filler, often used while awaiting carriage return on slow printers. Start of Heading First character of a heading in information transmission. Start of Text Terminates heading and signals start of the text.
  • Page 38 APPENDIX B: Nonprinting ASCII Codes Key Abrv. Name Description Data Link Escape Shifts into a different set of control codes. Device Control 1 A variable. Device Control 2 A variable. Device Control 3 A variable. Device Control 4 A variable. Negative ACK Used by remote to answer Negative to host.

  • Page 39: Appendix C: Table Of Codes

    232 MONITOR PLUS APPENDIX C: TABLE OF CODES Screen ASCII EBCDIC C1 IPARS BAUDOT* 03 Screen ASCII EBCDIC D5 IPARS BAUDOT*0C Screen ASCII EBCDIC 81 IPARS — — — — — — — — — — — — — BAUDOT —...
  • Page 40 APPENDIX C: Table of Codes Screen < > ASCII EBCDIC 4B IPARS — — — — — — — — — — — — — BAUDOT**1C — — — — — — Screen & – “ ASCII EBCDIC 7E — IPARS —...

  • Page 41: Appendix D: Sample-Ascii Hex Printout

    232 MONITOR PLUS APPENDIX D: SAMPLE ASCII HEX PRINTOUT Page number:01 code: ASCII 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 5 5 0 0 6 6 0 0 7 7 0 0 8 8 0 0 9 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 0000 Rd 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 52 44 20 64 61 74 61 20 ←...
  • Page 42 APPENDIX D: Sample ASCII HEX Printout CS HI HI HI HI LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO RS LO LO LO LO HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI RI LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO LO Td 54 44 20 64 61 74 61 20 77 69 74 68 20 44 54 52 TD data with...

  • Page 43: Appendix E: Batteries

    232 MONITOR PLUS APPENDIX E: BATTERIES General Information Replacing the Lithium Cell Your 232 Monitor Plus uses two Place the 232 Monitor Plus face batteries (both included). The down on a soft cloth and remove the primary battery is a 9-volt alkaline five (5) cover screws.

  • Page 44: Appendix F: 232 Monitor Plus Schematic Diagram

    APPENDIX F: Schematic APPENDIX F: 232 MONITOR PLUS SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM...
  • Page 45 © Copyright 1998. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved. 1000 Park Drive • Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 • 724-746-5500 • Fax 724-746-0746...

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