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PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card
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  • Page 1 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card PCCOM PORT UNIVERSAL RS232 ADAPTER OPERATION MANUAL Computer International Co., Ltd. DECISION Computer International 9/30/2005...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card 1. Introduction…………………………………..…… 2. Unpacking Information……………………..…….. 3. System Requirements…………………………..…. 4. Hardware Installation …………………………..… 5. Switch and Jumper Settings…………….………..6. RS232 Cabling Information……………..………. A. PCCOM Diagnostics Under MS/DOS ………..…. B. PCCOM Device Driver for MS/DOS…………….

  • Page 3: Introduction

    PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter is an 32 bits PCI bus board with Plug and Play (PnP) features, it provides eight asynchronous RS232 serial communication ports, which link the computer and serial peripheral devices such as terminals, modems, serial printers, plotters, ...
  • Page 4 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card • Suitable for SCO UNIX, Linux, MS/DOS, WINDOWS NT/2000/XP, WINDOWS 95/98/ME, OS/2... etc. • Pentium hardware compatibles. • On board XR16C854 chip. • Provides eight 16850 ports that contains 128 bytes FIFO for each port.

  • Page 5: Unpacking Information

    CHAPTER 2  Check that your PCCOM package includes the following items: • PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter, select one of the follows: Dual speed (clock rate is 7.3728MHZ) board Octal speed board (clock rate is 14.7456 MHZ) board •...

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card CHAPTER 3  Before installing your PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter, make sure that: • The host computer is a Pentium or its compatibles. • The switch and the jumpers are properly configured.

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card CHAPTER 4 Your PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter is designed to be inserted in any available PCI slot in your Pentium or compatibles. You must plug this board to your computer before installing PCCOM software.

  • Page 8: Switch And Jumper Settings

    Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card CHAPTER 5 The Plug and Play features let hardware configuration for IRQ and I/O address is detected by BIOS automatically, so that it need not switch and jumper setting. The on board switch can be used to identify card number by the users (if you do not set the switch, the PnP BIOS will assign card number automatically).
  • Page 9 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card DECISION Computer International...
  • Page 10 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card 1. Select External Clock or Internal Clock The JP2 is used to select external clock or internal clock; to select external clock, please short pin 1 and 2, to select internal clock, please short pin 2 and 3.
  • Page 11 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card a. Dual Speed Board for Internal Clock The clock rate is 7.3728MHZ. The baud rate speed up to 115200. Under this configuration, the user setting baud rate is the same as RS232 baud rate.
  • Page 12 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card b. Dual Speed Board for External Clock The clock rate is 7.3728MHZ. The baud rate speed up to 230K. Under this configuration, the user setting baud rate maps to on board RS232 baud rate are list in the following.
  • Page 13 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card c. Octal Speed for Internal Clock The clock rate is 14.7456MHZ. The baud rate speed up to 230K. Under this configuration, the user setting baud rate maps to on board RS232 baud rate are list in the following. Please note that, you device driver may report original baud rate, however the speed of communication line is dual speed.
  • Page 14 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card d. Octal Speed for Eternal Clock The clock rate is 14.7456MHZ. The baud rate speed up to 1M. Under this configuration, the user setting baud rate maps to on board RS232 baud rate are list in the following. Please note that, you device driver may report original baud rate, however the speed of communication line is octal speed.
  • Page 15 PnP mode Just plug in PCCOM PCI bus 8 port adapter into PCI slot, the PCI BIOS will allocate I/O address to each adapter automatically and assign card number start from 0 to each adapter.
  • Page 16 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card  The card number starts from 0 to 15. DECISION Computer International...
  • Page 17 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card CHAPTER 6 6.1 DB9 Connector The communication interface follows the EIA RS232 standard. The signal assignments for a standard DB9 connector are shown below: RS-232C Signal Pin # Signal Name Name...
  • Page 18 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card To connect the PCCOM adapter to other DATA TERMINAL EQUIPMENT (DTE) devices, we recommend using a DTE to DTE connection as shown below: Signal Pin # Pin # Signal DECISION Computer International...
  • Page 19 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card 6.2 Null Modem Connections: RS232 If the software supplier or operating system does not specify a particular cable configuration, we recommend you use the following “null modem” cable when XON/XOFF is utilized.
  • Page 20 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card 6.3 Modem Connections A straight through cable is required, e.g. pin 2 to pin 2, pin 3 to pin 3, etc. HOST REMOTE DECISION Computer International...

  • Page 21: Pccom Diagnostics Under Ms/Dos

    APPENDIX A The TESTCOM is a diagnostic program, provide routines to test your PCCOM PCI 8 port serial adapter under MS-DOS. It has both internal and external loopback tests. During external loopback test, a loop back plug must be connected to each port being tested. You can also select different hardware settings during testing from the SETUP RS232 menu.

  • Page 22: Pccom Device Driver For Ms/Dos

    CPU and multi-serial cards such as four port card, eight port card, ... etc. For each I/O port, the service routine handles a ring buffer to keep track of all I/O data. Moreover, the PCCOM software provides library routines (C, PASCAL, BASIC, FoxPro) and DOS communication interface (DOS device driver, BIOS call) for several access levels.
  • Page 23 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card B.2 Software Installation When the board is installed, please install software drivers as follows: STEP 1: Prepare PCI.OPT file The PCI.OPT file contents are : /B:4 /D:COM3 /P:[:4:(2k:9600:N-8-1:RTS+DTR:XON) * 8] STEP 2: Prepare CONFIG.SYS file Insert statement into CONFIG.SYS file...
  • Page 24 The Portno field is used to specify number of ports in this adapter. The Port field is defined as PCCOM V2.0.  If more than one PCCOM board is installed, Please repeat directive /P of the step 1. DECISION Computer International...
  • Page 25 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card APPENDIX C The distribution CD contains SCO UNIX driver. Our drivers also provide transparent printer features that let user to connect local printer from auxiliary port of terminal. The PCI BIOS will assign card number automatically when you use PnP method, otherwise you can use card identifier switch to set your card number.
  • Page 26 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card 2. Second Adapter Port Device Name MODEM Name Transparent Printer Name /dev/ttyj21 /dev/ttyJ21 /dev/lpj21 /dev/ttyj22 /dev/ttyJ22 /dev/lpj22 /dev/ttyj23 /dev/ttyJ23 /dev/lpj23 /dev/ttyj24 /dev/ttyJ24 /dev/lpj24 /dev/ttyj25 /dev/ttyJ25 /dev/lpj25 /dev/ttyj26 /dev/ttyJ26 /dev/lpj26 /dev/ttyj27 /dev/ttyJ27...
  • Page 27 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card 4. Fourth Adapter Port Device Name MODEM Name Transparent Printer Name /dev/ttyj41 /dev/ttyJ41 /dev/lpj41 /dev/ttyj42 /dev/ttyJ42 /dev/lpj42 /dev/ttyj43 /dev/ttyJ43 /dev/lpj43 /dev/ttyj44 /dev/ttyJ44 /dev/lpj44 /dev/ttyj45 /dev/ttyJ45 /dev/lpj45 /dev/ttyj46 /dev/ttyJ46 /dev/lpj46 /dev/ttyj47 /dev/ttyJ47...
  • Page 28 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card  Reboot the system. Now, your new UNIX system that includes device drivers is activated.  Enable each terminal by using the enable command. # enable ttyj11 # enable ttyj12  Connect each terminal to connector.
  • Page 29 The scheme to multiplex a serial line for these two channels is based on time-division method. The time slices for TTY or TP data are generated according to the entry procedure, polling, in the PCCOM driver, which is periodically called by system clock. The period of system clocks is different among various operating systems, e.g.
  • Page 30 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card throughput line from PCCOM cards if there is no flow control XON/XOFF to the serial line. The lpx command is used to adjust the time interval for TTY or TP data and the TP protocol.
  • Page 31 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card  The examples to invoke lpx  Set 60 time slices reserved for /dev/ttyj11 # lpx -t 60 /dev/ttyj11  Set 2 time slices reserved for /dev/lpj11 # lpx –12 /dev/lpj11 ...
  • Page 32 D.1 Installation 1. For optimum PnP functionality, please install one card at a time. 2. Unplug your PC, open it and install one Decision PCCOM PCI card. 3. Start your computer and wait until Windows 95/98 is loaded. . Windows 95/98 will detect the new PCI card that is installed in your computer, and will prompt you for a proper driver.
  • Page 33 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card D.2 Remove Ports 1. Go [Control Panel Applet]\[System]\[Device Manager]\[Ports]. 2. Select the port you want to remove then press “Remove” to delete specified port. Reboot for changes to take effect. DECISION Computer International...

  • Page 34: Windows 2000 Configuration

    E.1 Installation 1. For optimum PnP functionality, please install one card at a time. 2. Unplug your PC, open it and install one Decision PCCOM PCI card. 3. Start your computer and wait until Windows 2000 is loaded.
  • Page 35 E.2 Remove Ports 1. Go to [Control Panel Applet]\[Decision PCCOM Adapters]. 2. Select the port you want to remove then press “Remove Port” to delete specified port. Reboot for changes to take effect.
  • Page 36 F.1 Installation 1. For optimum PnP functionality, please install one card at a time. 2. Unplug your PC, open it and install one Decision PCCOM PCI card. 3. Start your computer and wait until Windows NT is loaded. 4. Insert the device driver CD into your computer. The CD is auto run, so you just wait until Decision Studio Applet appears.
  • Page 37 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card F.3 Uninstall Enter [Control Panel]\[Decision PCCOM Adapter], and click [Completely Remove Driver]. DECISION Computer International...
  • Page 38 Under OS/2 2.x and OS/2 Warp operating system, the PCCOM device driver provides total 96 ports and baud rate up to 115200. PCCOM also supports device driver for high speed card, and the baud rate can be up to 1M. The device driver works for 8250, 16450, 16550 (FIFO), 16850(FIFO) etc.
  • Page 39 MODE.COM can be used only for COM1 to COM9 and for maximum baud rate to 57600. The PCCOM.EXE can be used to set COM1 to COM96. The syntax of PCCOM.EXE is the same as MODE.COM. • For example : 1.
  • Page 40 You have to connect the test ports with a null modem before you test communication port. You can use PCCOM.EXE to change the parameters of communication port. Then use this program to test heavy (transmission) duty on communication port.
  • Page 41 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card  DosDevIOCtl - Perform Control Function on a Device Specified by an Opened Device Handle #define INCL_DOSPROCESS APIRET DosDevIOCtl(HFILE DevHandle, ULONG ulCategory, ULONG ulFunction, PVOID pParmList, ULONG ulParmLengthMax, PULONG pParmLengthInOut, PVOID pDataArea, ULONG ulDataLengthMax, PULONG pDataLengthInOut);...

  • Page 42: Linux Configuration

    Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card APPENDIX H The PCCOM 8 port adapter can be installed in the Linux by using serial device driver supported by Linux. For more details, please refer to 'setserial' man-pages.  Please uncomment the appropriate lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.serial to enable auto-configuration of PCCOM PCI bus 8 port card.

  • Page 43: Diagnostics Under Windows

    PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card APPENDIX I After installing the PCCOM PCI 8 port adapter to your computer, you can test it if it is functioning correctly via HyperTerminal (a Windows package communication program), or by using the Decision Terminal (a software of the Decision Computer International Co.
  • Page 44 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card whatever you type must appear to the textbox as long as you have a loop back on the COM port of your card! I.2 Using Decision Terminal To test the card using the Decision Terminal. Please do the...

  • Page 45: Software Development Information

    Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card APPENDIX J In the Decision Studio CD, it contains PCCOM device driver for WINDOWS 3.1/95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP, DOS, OS/2, UNIX, Linux, and the development tools for serial communication and telecommunication. J.1 PCCOM Professional The PCCOM Professional is the Serial Communication Software Development Tool Kits Under Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP.
  • Page 46 PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card program under Internet browser (IE and Netscape). J.3 PCCOM TeleCom The PCCOM TeleCom is an OCX software accessory suitable for software engineer to develop application program under Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP environment. It really makes computer and communication application combine together.
  • Page 47 PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card J.5 PCCOM SCOPE PCCOM SCOPE is a software that monitors all the data and signals between two interacting devices, or a single device. With PCCOM SCOPE you can transform your PC into a total RS-232 analyzer without the need of expensive hardware or plug in boards.
  • Page 48 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card Remote Chat This development tool is used for chatting / communicating with another computer in the Internet / Intranet. Remote White Board This development tool uses client – server remote drawing board, every client can shared their image drawn on server drawing board.

  • Page 49: Warranty Information

    DECISION COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. Each piece of PCCOM package permits user to use PCCOM only on a single computer, a registered user may use the program on a different computer, but may not use the program on more than one computer at the same time.
  • Page 50 Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card In the event of the failure of a PCCOM product within the specified warranty period, DECISION will, at its option, replace or repair the item at no additional charge. This limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from incorrect use, electrical interference, accident, or modification of the product.

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