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MSC-102B / MSC-102B-SI
Installation Guide

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  • Page 1 MSC-102B / MSC-102B-SI Installation Guide...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Contents Introduction ................ 1 Package Check List ............2 Board Layouts and Connectors ........3 3.1 2S with DB9 Male Connectors ........... 3 3.1.1 JP5: UART Input Clock Speed Selector .....3 3.1.2 JP1: RS-422/485 Mode Selector .........4 3.1.3 S1,S2 Connector Pin Assignments ......5 3.1.4 S1,S2 Terminator Settings ..........5 3.2 2S with Terminal Block Connectors ........
  • Page 3: Introduction

    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.
  • Page 4: Package Check List

    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) □...
  • Page 5: Board Layouts And Connectors

    RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Board Layouts and Connectors 2S with DB9 Male Connectors JP7: S1 JP1: RS-422/485 Terminator Mode Selector Enable/Disable J2: S1 J3: S2 JP8: S2 JP5: UART Clock Speed Terminator Selector Enable/Disable 3.1.1 JP5: UART Input Clock Speed Selector UART Input Clock Speed = 1.8432MHZ, the maximum baud rate is 115.2Kbps (Default)
  • Page 6: Jp1: Rs-422/485 Mode Selector

    RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card 3.1.2 JP1: RS-422/485 Mode Selector AUTO ECHO NO_ECHO LOOP NO_LOOP Mode Settings for both S1 and S2 (JP1): Jumper Name Jumper Positions Mode and Termination Resistor Setting 485/422 2-wire RS-485 mode (Default) 4-wire RS-422 mode RTS/AUTO RS-485 Transmitter Buffer Enable is Controlled by RTS (active high)
  • Page 7: S1,S2 Connector Pin Assignments

    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...
  • Page 8: With Terminal Block Connectors

    RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card Note: IN : Jumper Installed OUT : Jumper Not Installed S2 Terminator Settings (JP8): Jumper Name Jumper Settings Termination Resistor Setting TXD Terminator Enabled JP8 (TXD) TXD Terminator Disabled (Default) RXD Terminator Enabled (Default) JP8 (RXD) RXD Terminator Disabled RTS Terminator Enabled JP8 (RTS)
  • Page 9: Jp5: Uart Input Clock Speed Selector

    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...
  • Page 10: S1,S2 Terminal Block Connectors Pin Assignments

    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 ...
  • Page 11 RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card S1 Terminator Settings (JP7): Jumper Name Jumper Settings Termination Resistor Setting TXD Terminator Enabled JP7 (TXD) TXD Terminator Disabled (Default) RXD Terminator Enabled (Default) JP7 (RXD) RXD Terminator Disabled Note: IN : Jumper Installed OUT : Jumper Not Installed S2 Terminator Settings (JP8): Jumper Name...
  • Page 12: Installing The Rs-422/485 Pci Card

    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.
  • Page 13: Installing Drivers

    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.
  • Page 14: Windows Nt 4.0

    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.
  • Page 15: Set Rs-485 In 2-Wire (Half Duplex) Mode

    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.
  • Page 16: Windows 2000, Xp

    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” ...
  • Page 17: Windows 98, Me

    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 ...
  • Page 18: Set High Baud Rate

    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” ...
  • Page 19: Windows 98/Me

    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 ...
  • Page 20 RS-422/485 Multiport Serial PCI Card...
  • Page 21: Application Wiring

    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.
  • Page 22: Rs-422 (Transmitter Buffer Is Always Enabled)

    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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