Table Of Contents - Brainboxes XC-157 Product Manual

Contents
XC Range Product Manual ...................................................................................................................... 1
XC-157, XC-235 and XC-475 ................................................................................................................ 1
1. Introduction to the XC range .............................................................................................................. 4
2. Supported operating systems ............................................................................................................. 5
3. Installation Instructions ...................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 installation .................................................................... 7
3.2 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 installation .............................................................. 10
3.3 Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installation ............................................................... 13
3.4 Windows 8 installation................................................................................................................ 17
4. Product Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 20
4.1 Finding your Brainboxes COM port ............................................................................................. 20
4.2 Changing the COM label ............................................................................................................. 21
4.3 Changing the port settings .......................................................................................................... 21
5. RS-232 Information ........................................................................................................................... 24
5.1 The RS-232 Standard ................................................................................................................... 24
5.2 9 Pin D Serial Port RS-232 Cables ................................................................................................ 24
5.3 Pin D serial port connection to another PC ................................................................................ 24
6. LPT printer port information ............................................................................................................. 26
7. UART Settings .................................................................................................................................... 27
7.1 Receive Trigger Level .................................................................................................................. 28
7.2 Transmit Trigger Level ................................................................................................................. 28
7.3 Flow Control Trigger Level .......................................................................................................... 28
8. Uninstallation instructions ................................................................................................................ 30
8.1 Windows Server 2008/Vista/Server 2003/XP ............................................................................. 30
9. Boost.PCIe Driver Upgrade / Rollback............................................................................................... 32
9.1 Upgrading the Boost.PCIe Driver ................................................................................................ 32
10. Troubleshooting and Testing .......................................................................................................... 33
10.1 Installation problems ................................................................................................................ 33
10.2 Communication Problems......................................................................................................... 33
10.3 Testing your serial COM port .................................................................................................... 33
11. Lifetime warranty and support ....................................................................................................... 35
12. Technical specification .................................................................................................................... 36
12.1 Support serial settings .............................................................................................................. 36
XC Range Product Manual
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Print date: 02/04/2015
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