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SeaLevel 7202e User Manual

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Item# 7202e & 7202eS
Sealevel Systems, Inc.
Sealevel.com
864-843-4343

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  • Page 1 Item# 7202e & 7202eS Sealevel Systems, Inc. Sealevel.com 864-843-4343...
  • Page 2 APPENDIX A – TROUBLESHOOTING ........................24 APPENDIX B - HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS ......................29 APPENDIX C – ELECTRICAL INTERFACE ......................... 30 APPENDIX D – ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS ..................31 APPENDIX E – MECHANICAL DRAWING ....................... 32 WARRANTY ................................33 ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 3 XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 operating systems. The 7202e ships with a low profile PC bracket for use in systems with a low profile PCI Express slot. If you need a standard size PC bracket, order the 7202eS.
  • Page 4 Depending on the PC bracket ordered, the 7202e is shipped with the following items. If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact Sealevel for replacement.  COMM+232.PCIe– Two-Port RS-232 Serial Interface 7202e – PCI Express Board with Low Profile PC Bracket 7202eS –...
  • Page 5 Depending upon your application, you are likely to find one or more of the following items useful with the 7202e. All items can be purchased from our website (www.sealevel.com) by calling our sales team at (864) 843-4343. DB9F to DB25M (RS-232) Extension Cable (Item# CA177)
  • Page 6 The 7202e is a low profile PCI Express 1.0a compliant board via single-lane x1 slot. It can be used in any single- or multi-lane PCI Express slot. It is available in standard height PCI Express as item# 7202eS. The board integrates a DB25 male connector for interfacing the two serial ports via the included cable.
  • Page 7 921.6K bps. Refer to Appendix C for cable length limitations. The 7202e board includes a DB25 male connector for attaching the included cable (Item# CA203). The pin out for the DB25M connector is shown in the table below.
  • Page 8 The 7202e includes a cable (Item# CA203) with a DB25 female connector terminating to a pair of DB9 male connectors. The DB25F connector on the cable plugs into the DB25M connector on interface board. The DB9M connectors are compatible with a variety of serial peripherals. The pin assignments for the supported electrical interfaces are shown in the tables below.
  • Page 9 The 7202e utilizes a 14.7456MHz oscillator, which is automatically entered by the SeaCOM driver under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 operating systems. The oscillator value can be found in the COM port properties of Device Manager under the ‘Advanced Tab’. The high-speed oscillator and the UART’s flexible clock prescaler support a wide range of standard and non-standard baud rates.
  • Page 10 For this Data Rate Choose this Divisor 1200 bps 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 19.2K bps 38.4K bps 57.6K bps 115.2K bps 230.4K bps 460.8K bps 921.6K bps ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 11 Proceed to the Manual Software Installation guide for your operating system.  Do not install the hardware until the software has been successfully installed. To install Sealevel software, you must log in as an administrator or have administrator privileges in Windows. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc.
  • Page 12 1. Insert the Sealevel media into your PC. 2. If the ‘AutoRun’ feature is enabled for this media the software will automatically launch. 3. Otherwise, navigate to the root directory of the media and double-click the ‘autorun.exe’ application to launch the installation window.
  • Page 13 ‘C:\Program Files’ folder on your computer. Some versions of Windows will halt the installation and provide you with a dialog box which will ask you for permission for the installer to make changes to your ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 14 10. The following dialog box may appear, as shown below. Click the ‘OK’ button to continue. All Sealevel Systems software drivers have been fully tested by Sealevel. Clicking ‘OK’ will not harm your system. 11. The following dialog box may appear, as shown below. Click the ‘OK’ button to continue.
  • Page 15 OSs it will be found in the ‘Programs and Features’ list. 3. Navigate to the Device Manager and remove the Sealevel adapter by right clicking on the line item choosing ‘Uninstall’. Depending on your product, it can be found under either ‘Multiport Serial adapters’...
  • Page 16 The following instructions are applicable to the Windows 7 operating system and may vary depending on your version of Windows. 1. After the software installation is complete, install the 7202e into an available PCI Express slot and boot the computer.
  • Page 17 7. There should now be two ports labeled ‘COMM+232e: PCI 2 Port RS-232 (7202e) (Port X) (COMYY)’ where X is the port number on the card, and YY is the COM number the OS has assigned to the ports.
  • Page 18 The 7202e is now ready for use. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 19 In the left pane under ‘System Tools’, click ‘Device Manager’. In right pane near the bottom, expand the ‘Multi-port serial adapters’ section by clicking the arrow ‘>’ symbol. Locate the 7202e device in the listing. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual...
  • Page 20 Right click on the entry for the 7202e device and click ‘Uninstall’ in the fly out menu. Confirm that you want to uninstall the device by clicking the ‘OK’ button. This will remove the hardware, COM ports and all registry entries from your computer.
  • Page 21 The window will refresh and the entry for the device will no longer appear. Proceed with removing the software on the following pages. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 22 The ‘SeaCOM – InstallShield Wizard’ window will appear along with a dialog box asking you to confirm. Click the ‘Yes’ button to continue. When the uninstallation completes, click the ‘Finish’ button to close the window. Click the ‘Ok’ button on the dialog box. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 23 With the device still installed in a PCI Express slot, install the latest version of SeaCOM. You can download the latest version of SeaCOM from the product page on the Sealevel website. Follow the software installation steps detailed in the preceding ‘Software Installation’ section.
  • Page 24 121mA (1.4W) 3.3VDC 218mA (0.7W) All Sealevel Systems Printed Circuit boards are built to UL 94V0 rating and are 100% electrically tested. These printed circuit boards are solder mask over bare copper or solder mask over tin nickel. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc.
  • Page 25 Once you have confirmed that the serial adapter COM ports are listed in Device Manager, use the Sealevel WinSSD utility to verify communications. Detailed help is included in the WinSSD utility. If you have a loopback plug, put it on the adapter connector. If you do not have a loopback plug, you can use female jumper wires to make the connection to verify the functionality.
  • Page 26 This will first open the COM port. From this tab the port can also be closed (See image below). Click the ‘Settings’ button to open the COM Port Properties dialog box. This will allow the Port Settings to be altered. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 27 Change your parameters to 9600 bits per second, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control, as pictured below. Click ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 28 In the main WinSSD window, click on the ‘BERT’ tab (Bit Error Rate test). Click on the ‘Start’ button. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 29 Frames and Receive Frames will increase. The Tx and Rx Data Rates will show the calculated data rate. This verifies that the adapter is working properly. You can continue testing this port with different configurations or proceed with testing other ports, if necessary. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 30 10. Keep work area free of non-conductive materials such as ordinary plastic assembly aids and Styrofoam. 11. Use field service tools such as cutters, screwdrivers, and vacuum cleaners that are conductive. ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 31 (ground) to determine binary logic states. The RS-232 and the EIA/TIA-574 specification define two types of interface circuits: Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment (DCE). ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 32 The data rate and communication parameters for asynchronous communications have to be the same at both the transmitting and receiving ends. The communication parameters are baud rate, parity, number of data bits per character, and stop bits (i.e., 9600,N,8,1). ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 33 ©Sealevel Systems, Inc. 7202e Manual SL9243 08/2013...
  • Page 34 We are able to offer this warranty due to our control of manufacturing quality and the historically high reliability of our products in the field. Sealevel products are designed and manufactured at its Liberty, South Carolina facility, allowing direct control over product development, production, burn-in and testing.

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