RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Introduction Congratulation on your purchasing this high performance RS-422/485 multiport serial PCI card. The card is high speed PCI bus based and plug-and-play compliant. It works at 2-wire (with Auto Transceiver Turn Around feature, ATTA ) and 4-wire configuration.
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Package Check List Before installing the RS-422/485 multiport serial PCI card to your computer, please make sure the following accessories are well packed in the box: □ Multiport serial PCI Card x 1 □ Optional Octopus-Cable (only for 4-port and 8-port models) □...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card S1 and S2 have its own setting. You need to go to each port to turn on both settings. 3.1.3 S1,S2 Connector Pin Assignments 9 Pins Signal TXD- (DATA-) TXD+ (DATA+) RXD+ RXD- RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- 3.1.4 S1,S2 Terminator Settings...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card 3.2.1 JP5: UART Input Clock Speed Selector UART Input Clock Speed = 1.8432MHZ, the maximum baud rate is 115.2Kbps (Default) UART Input Clock Speed = 14.7456MHZ, the maximum baud rate is 926.1Kbps. In this setting, you need go to Windows’ COM port Properties to detect this input clock automatically and fit this clock value (see the software setup for more...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card ECHO/NO_ECHO ECHO Transmitting data will be echoed back NO_ECHO No echo data (Default) LOOP/NO_LOOP LOOP RTS will be connected to CTS NO_LOOP RTS and CTS operate normally (Default) Please note that if the mode were set at “422” mode, the ...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Installing the RS-422/485 PCI Card Turn the system power OFF before installation! Use static electricity discharge precautions. Remove the chassis cover from your computer Locate an unused PCI slot (typically white or ivory) and remove the corresponding slot cover from computer chassis.
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Installing Drivers The RS-422/485 PCI card is plug-and-play so the driver installation is quite straightforward. Please “Browse” to the correct path on the Driver CD when Windows asking for the driver’s location. Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003 When Windows start-up, OS will display Found New Hardware Wizard.
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Windows NT 4.0 Since the Windows NT is not plug and play, you need to double click the following icon in the D:\IO\OXFORD\WinNT4 folder or run the Install_serial.exe in the same folder.
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Set RS-485 in 2-wire (Half Duplex) Mode To enable your card to work in the RS-485 2-wire mode, please follow the following steps: 1. Set the Mode Jumpers (JP1) to “485” and “AUTO” as mentioned in the above sections. 2.
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Double click on 〝PCI Communications Port (COM3) 〞 or 〝PCI Communications Port (COM4)〞then select 〝 Settings 〞 Windows 2000, XP Go the the COM3’s properties and set the mode to “RS422/485” Choose RS485 buffer enable to “Active High” ...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Windows 98, ME In this examples, if the first port is COM5 and the second port is COM6, go to the COM5’s “properties” and select “RS485 Buf En Active high” for the DTR function Repeat the mentioned procedures to set the other port ...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Set High Baud Rate The RS-422/485 card was shipped at the low baud rate (115.2Kbps maximum). To set to high baud rate to 921.6Kbps maximum, 2 steps are required: Change the UART input clock jumper (JP5) to “HI” ...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Windows 98/ME Set the JP5 to “HI” In the Windows COM port properties as the following figure, select 〝 Data rate 〞and click on 〝 Automatic Crystal Detection 〞 The 〝Crystal Frequency〞 settings will be set to 〝14.7456MHZ ...
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Application Wiring RS-485 (Transmitter is controlled automatically by ATTA Hardware) 2-wire twisted pair cable DATA(+) TXD+(485) DATA(-) TXD-(485) RS-422/485 PCI Card RS-485 Device Please note that the RS-422/485 PCI Card supports optional auto echo mode. If enabled, when the data was sent to the RS-485 transmitter, the exact data will be sent back to its receiver simultaneously.
RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card RS-422 (Transmitter buffer is always enabled) 4-wire twisted pair cable TXD+ TXD- RXD+(485) RXD-(485) RS-422/485 PCI Card RS-422 Device Please note that the RS-422/485 PCI Card supports 4-wire RS-422 mode. In this mode, the data was sent and received independently.
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