Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction RS-422/485 I/O series, a line of PCI Express Multi-port Serial Communication Board, is designed to meet PCI Express Base Specification 1.1. It can be installed in virtually any available PC system and compatible with all major operating systems. Users do not need to manually set jumpers to configure I/O addresses and IRQ locations.
128-bype deep transmit/receive FIFOs Serial communication speeds up to 1Mbps RS-422 and RS-485 auto detect and switching Low profile form factor ± 15KV ESD protection on all signal pins 2KV isolation protection for all signal and power (Isolation version only) ...
1 x Driver CD 1 x User Manual 1 x Fan Out Cable Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.1 Hardware Installation Turn off the power to your computer. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s cover. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCIe slot. To install the card, carefully align the card’s bus connector with the selected PCIe slot on the motherboard.
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cable, and the male DB9 device-side pin assignments for the fan out cable. Male DB9 Connector: Device-side Pin Assignments: Transmission Signals RS-422 4-Wire RS-485 2-Wire RS-485 MN2000000215 Page 6...
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Female DB44: Board-side Pin Assignments: 2-Port RS-422/485 PCIe Card: RS-422 or 4-Wire RS-485 Port Signal MN2000000215 Page 7...
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GND GND 2-Wire RS-485 Port Signal GND GND 4-Port RS-422/485 PCIe Card: RS-422 or 4-Wire RS-485 Port Signal MN2000000215 Page 8...
GND GND GND GND 2-Wire RS-485 Port Signal GND GND GND GND 2.3 Jumper Settings For RS-422/485 serial communications, when an electrical signal travels through two different resistance junctions in a transmission line, the impedance mismatch will sometimes cause signal reflection. Signal reflection causes signal distortion, which it turn will contribute communications errors.
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same impedance at the line ends as in the line itself by terminating them with resistors Ideally, the two ends of the cable will have a termination resistor connected across the two wires. Without termination resistors, reflections of the fast driver edges can cause multiple data edges that can cause data corruption.
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2-Wire RS485 working model with termination resistor: This RS-422/485 PCI Express Serial board equips independent TX and RX termination resistors for each serial port. User can modify the jumper setting (short the pins) to avoid impedance mismatched problem when operate under Multi-drop transmission. Resistors should be added near the receiving side.
duplex or RS-485 half duplex and control the data transmitting and receiving wires at the same port. 2). RS-422 (4-Wire RS-485) This COM port forces to run RS-422 full duplex mode. 2.4 Driver Installation 2.4.1 Installation for Windows XP/Vista/7/8 Insert the provided CD into your disk drive. The CD-ROM will start automatically.
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*Note: Actual image may vary Note: If the install program doesn’t run automatically, please locate and double-click on the Autorun.exe file in the CD to launch the install program. Please click “RS-422/485 PCIe” to start the installation. *Note: Actual image may vary Follow the instructions on screen to install the driver.
2.4.2 Installation for Linux 2.6.x/3.x Please refer to the installation guide and driver for Linux 2.6.x & 3.x operation system installation within the folder located in the CD driver. :\Driver\PCIe\Linux Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Tips Some or all of the ports will not communicate with any devices Please refer to following instructions to configure Serial COM settings.
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On the “Settings” tab, please set the mode to “RS422/485” and choose RS485 buffer enable to “Active High”. Click “OK” to approve the setting for the selected port. Set the other port (e.g. COM8) by the same procedures mentioned. System fails to find the PCI Express serial board or COM port It may cause by following issue: The board is not properly plugged into the PCI Express slot.
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IRQ setting is available in the PCI/PnP settings. The board itself might be defective. You can try another mainboard testing this board working or not. There are some exclamation marks in device manager and serial ports can not work properly It caused by the wrong driver installing or hardware setting.
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