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- Page 1 Hardware Manual PCI QUAD RS232 PCI LYNX RS232 1.21 EDITION JANUARY 1998...
- Page 2 Guarantee. FULL 36 MONTHS GUARANTEE. We guarantee your Serial Port Card for a full 36 months from purchase, parts and labour, provided it has been used in the specified manner. In the unlikely event of failure return your interface to your Dealer, with proof of purchase, who will determine whether to repair or replace this product with an equivalent unit.
- Page 3 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI Quad RS232 PCI Lynx 8 Port These products conform to the following standards: CE Standard: TIA / EIA: EN55022:1987 232 - E Introduction Intro...
- Page 4 Introduction PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port MANUAL OUTLINE CONTENTS Chapter 1 – Overview of Serial Solution Software. Chapter 2 - PCI Multiport Specifications. Chapter 3 - PCI Multiport Software Configuration Guide. Chapter 4 - RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling. The Layout of This Manual Chapter 1 - Serial Solution Software , is an overview of...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Contents 1 ...1 HAPTER ..1 NTRODUCTION Introducing Serial Solution Software..1 Serial Solutions For DOS... 1 Serial Solutions For Windows 3.x... 3 Serial Solutions For Windows 95... 3 Serial Solutions For Windows NT..4 Complete Documentation and Technical Backup. - Page 6 Introduction Uninstalling Serial Solutions PCI... 23 ONFIGURING ORTS Determining PCI Multiport RS232 Resources... 24 Windows 3.x Software Installation... 25 Serial Port Installation... 26 Configuring The COM Ports... 29 Deleting Ports in Windows..30 Restarting Windows... 30 ONFIGURING ORTS IN Determining PCI Multiport RS232 Resources...
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Page 7: Chapter 1
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE. Introduction. This chapter is a brief description for the INCLUDED Serial Solutions software package. Introducing Serial Solution Software. The perfect partner for any Serial Port is Serial Solutions Software! Serial Solutions is a fully featured suite of programs designed to squeeze the most from PC serial communications, and is ideal as a teaching aid for you to develop your own serial comms programs. - Page 8 Serial Solutions NewCOM.sys A device driver, it supports COM1 to COM16, allowing 16 serial ports to be used under DOS. It also includes an interrupt handler for enhanced performance with user definable buffer languages, it is the heart of the Serial Solution. implementing using any combination of the DTR, DSR, CTS, RTS, and DCD lines, and a software handshake...
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Page 9: Serial Solutions For Windows 3.X
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 demonstrate in depth serial port programming in a variety of languages but they are also useful tools for using serial devices. Comtest.exe Comtest is a short but invaluable program that is used to check that the serial port at a particular I/O address is functioning correctly and is connected to the particular IRQ line. -
Page 10: Serial Solutions For Windows Nt
Serial Solutions Solutions for Windows 95 consists of the following programs: - SSCards.inf The information file to aid the installation process "Have Disk...” Ssmodem.inf Setup file for Serial Solutions modems. sscardui.dll ssportui.dll The device manager configuration DLLs and… ssenum.vxd ssv485.vxd ...the virtual device drivers providing the shared ssvel.vxd interrupt handlers and dispatch routines etc for the... -
Page 11: Chapter 2
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI MULTIPORT SPECIFICATIONS Introduction. This chapter details the specifications of the PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 serial card. These half-sized cards will work happily in any PCI 2.0 (or greater) compliant PC compatible. PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Features. -
Page 12: Pci Quad Rs232 Card Specifications
Specifications PCI Quad RS232 Card Specifications. (PCI Quad RS232 pictured with 9-pin quad lead). Dimensions: I/O Connection: Also, refer to Chapter 4 "RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling" for more detailed information on RS232 cabling, ports and pinouts. Chapter 2 Page 6 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 4.8 x 3.8 in, 120 x 95 mm 37 way female D connector... -
Page 13: Pci Lynx 8 Port Rs232 Card Specifications
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Specifications. (PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 pictured with 9-pin "octopus" lead). Dimensions: I/O Connection: Also, refer to Chapter 4 "RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling" for more detailed information on RS232 cabling, ports and pinouts. 4.8 x 4.1 in, 120 x 105 mm 78 way female D connector Fully moulded 8 port cable with EITHER 9... -
Page 14: Shared Interrupt Mechanism
Specifications Shared Interrupt Mechanism. The shared interrupt mechanism is a way of using the single interrupt line available to the PCI card efficiently. It allows the serial ports on the PCI Multiport Card to share only one IRQ line. Latching of the first asserted interrupt and a priority encoding system which queues any subsequent interrupts, allows the driver software to service the ports in an intelligent and orderly manner. -
Page 15: Problems
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Step 4 - Insert the PCI Serial Card. STEP 5: The card connector should fit neatly through the slot’s aperture to the outside world. NB. Use the screw kept back from the blanking cover to screw the PCI Serial card-retaining bracket into the PC back panel housing. -
Page 16: Chapter 3
Software Configuration PCI MULTIPORT SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Introduction. This section describes the software installation procedure allowing the PCI Quad RS232 or PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 to be configured within the DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems. The setup procedures in this chapter assume that your PC has only COM1 present. - Page 17 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Windows will then display the "Update Device Driver Wizard", which asks you to “insert any disk which came with the PCI card”. Insert the installation disk for Windows 95 provided with the PCI Quad RS232 and click Next. The Wizard should then come up with the message: "Windows found the following updated driver for this device: PCI Quad RS232".
- Page 18 Software Configuration PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232: PCI Quad RS232: If you have no other serial port cards installed above COM 4, the PCI Quad RS232 will appear as COM5 -COM8 and the PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 will appear as COM5 - COM12.
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Page 19: Pci Quad And Lynx 8 Port Rs232 Card Settings In Windows 95 And 98
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 Card Settings In Windows 95 and 98. Double clicking a card entry under the "Multi-Function Adapters", in Device Manager will display general properties for the selected card. Clicking on the Serial Solutions tab (for a PCI Lynx 8 Port), will display: Some communications applications require the serial ports... -
Page 20: Selecting The Maximum Baud Rate
Software Configuration All COM ports present will be listed under the entry "Ports (COM & LPT)." The above screenshots indicates that COM2 - 4 and COM9 and above are not installed. Selecting The Maximum Baud Rate. The baud clock determines the maximum rate at which the serial ports of the PCI Multiport card can communicate. - Page 21 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Table 3-1 Maximum Baud Rate Settings. 115200 1200 1800 Selectable 2000 Baud 2400 Rates 3600 4800 7200 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 *Indicates baud rates not guaranteed to give error free transmission. Note: Many serial comms applications will not actually register the ports as running at baud rates of above 115200.
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Page 22: Pci Quad And Lynx 8 Port Rs232 Port Settings In Windows 95 And 98
Software Configuration PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 Port Settings In Windows 95 and 98. Double clicking on a selected Multiport 232 Port entry in Device Manager will the display general properties window for the selected port (in this case COM5). Selecting the Port Settings tab produces: Settings available in this window are: 1. - Page 23 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 6. Restore Defaults - when clicked, resets the selected COM port to the following values: Baud Rate: Data Bits: Parity: Stop Bits: Flow Control: Clicking on the Serial Solutions tab will display: Settings available in this window are: 1.
- Page 24 Software Configuration appear greyed out if the Enabling Sharing checkbox has been un-checked. Port Index - This is only used for interrupt sharing cards. 2. FIFO Settings: Enable FIFO - turns the selected ports FIFO buffer on or off. It is strongly recommended that the FIFO for both ports is left enabled.
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Page 25: Configuring Ports In Microsoft Windows Nt
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Configuring Ports In Microsoft Windows NT. Microsoft Windows NT Provides built in support for 255 standard serial ports. To setup your PCI Multiport serial card you should follow these steps. Please note that to change any kind of hardware configuration under Windows NT you must be logged in as a user with Administrator level privileges, if you do not have these please contact your system administrator. -
Page 26: Examining Card Configuration
Software Configuration Examining Card Configuration. Go to Control Panel (Start Menu/Settings/Control Panel) and double click on Serial Solutions PCI: You will be presented with a Serial Solutions PCI Port Configuration window: Chapter 3 Page 20 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI Quad Port RS232 users: these entries under will appear as:... -
Page 27: Configuring Ports
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Configuring Ports. To view the settings of a port, select it and click on settings, and then click on the resources tab: Settings available in this window are: 1. Baud Rate - determines the baud rate at which the selected port operates, the maximum value available is 921,600 (1 Megabaud.) - though it has been found during testing that the PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 will operates correctly up to... -
Page 28: Advanced Port Settings
Software Configuration 2. Data Bits. 3. Parity. 4. Stop Bits. 5. Flow Control. 6. Advanced - see the section below, titled "Advanced Port Settings." 7. Restore Defaults - when clicked, resets the selected COM port to the following values: Baud Rate: Data Bits: Parity: Stop Bits:... -
Page 29: Uninstalling Serial Solutions Pci
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 value will allow the interrupt to be serviced quicker, which is good for slow machines. If you have a fast machine, setting a high value will give you more time for multi-tasking operations. Transmit Buffer - These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting. -
Page 30: Configuring Ports I N Windows 3. X
Software Configuration Configuring Ports In Windows 3.x The Windows 3.x installation procedure consists of 2 steps after the PCI Quad RS232 card is inserted: 1. Determining the resources that the PCI Quad RS232 has claimed. 2. Informing Windows 3.x of those resources. Determining PCI Multiport RS232 Resources. -
Page 31: Windows 3.X Software Installation
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Note down IRQ, I/O address and SISR (the SISR is the Shared Interrupt Status Register, which is a read only register which returns an index value that identifies which port on the card has an interrupt awaiting servicing by the driver software.) In this case: The IRQ = 11... -
Page 32: Serial Port Installation
Software Configuration for deletion and "Add All" chooses all uninstalled components for installation; options may not be changed when the components are installed. For further details on the Component Options consult the README.TXT file on the supplied disk. If only logical ports COM1 to COM9 are to be used then de-select the Comms API library option in the "Install"... - Page 33 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 The following dialogue will be displayed: To add a COM port: Click on the add button and a Window similar to the following will be displayed: Software Configuration Chapter 3 Page 27...
- Page 34 Software Configuration In Multiport Settings: Select the Multiport radiobutton. In SISR base box, enter a SISR value of 0104 (this value was returned by the BBCARDS program, as described in the above section.) In the Card’s Port field enter a value of 1, as this is the first port of the PCI Quad RS232 installed.
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Page 35: Configuring The Com Ports
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 Users: After installing all 8 ports, the COM Ports Window will look similar to the following: Configuring The COM Ports. From the COM Ports window choose the port that you wish to configure and click on Settings - the following dialogue will be displayed: Software Configuration... -
Page 36: Deleting Ports In Windows
Software Configuration Note: A port that has been added has the default values of: Baud Rate: Data Bits: Parity: Stop Bits: Flow: Change the communications Settings in the COM Ports to match the baud rate, parity settings etc. of the remote serial device. Deleting Ports in Windows. -
Page 37: Configuring Ports In Dos
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Configuring Ports in DOS. The DOS installation procedure consists of 2 steps after the PCI Quad RS232 card is inserted: 1. Determining the resources that the PCI Quad RS232 has claimed. 2. Informing the Serial Solutions DOS device driver of those resources. -
Page 38: Newcom.sys Parameters
Software Configuration Note down IRQ, I/O address and SISR (the SISR is the Shared Interrupt Status Register, which is a read only register which returns an index value that identifies which port on the card has an interrupt awaiting servicing by the driver software.) In this case: The IRQ = 11 The I/O address = 0140... -
Page 39: Configuring And Installing Newcom.sys
PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 type to use on the specified ports. This is used in the following manner: /H range, hs where range specifies the COM port or ports and hs selects handshake type. Handshake types available are: Type 0 RS232 DTR/CTS - The PC only transmits when CTS is input true. - Page 40 Software Configuration COM ports 5,6,7 and 8 are defined, with an i/o address range that begins at 0140h and all subsequent ports have an i/o address that is 8 higher than the previous. i.e. if COM5 has an address of 0140h, then COM6 will have an address of 0148h, COM7 an address of 0150h etc.
- Page 41 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Software Configuration Modifying Command Line Parameters. When "assembled" the NEWCOM.SYS command line looks like… DEVICE=NEWCOM.SYS /A5-8,0140 /L 0104,11,5-8 /B8 /S 512 /H,4 …and should be entered into the CONFIG.SYS file. Once you are sure that these parameters have been entered correctly, restart your PC and your PCI Quad RS232 should be ready to use immediately.
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Page 42: Chapter 4
RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Chapter 4 RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT CABLING. Introduction. This chapter gives details of the 9 and 25 pin RS232 pin outs, cabling and connections, with information on how to connect the serial ports of two PCs, how to make a selftest loop back connector and the pinouts of the PCI Quad and Lynx 8 Port RS232 card The RS232 Standard. -
Page 43: Serial Port Pin Outs
AT QUAD AND LYNX RS232 Serial Port Pin Outs. The pinouts of the 9 and 25 pin Male D connectors are given below. Figure 4-2. Serial Port RS232 Pin Outs. 9 Pin connector: P IN 6 - D ATA S E T R E A DY (D SR ) PIN 7 - R E Q U E ST T O SE N D (R X D ) P IN 8 - C L E A R T O S E N D (C T S ) P IN 9 - R IN G IN D IC ATO R (R I) -
Page 44: Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another Pc
RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling connection, the cross over cable becomes a matter of common sense. The cross over cable is simply to ensure that the right signals going out of one RS232 port go into the appropriate lines of the other RS232 port. 9 Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another PC. - Page 45 AT QUAD AND LYNX RS232 Figure 4-3. 9 Pin D Serial Port To Other PC Cable. AT SERIAL PORT Side 9 PIN D CONNECTOR SC H E M AT I C R E P R E S E N TAT IO N : A C T U A L R E PR E S E N TAT IO N : 9 PIN D CONNECTOR S C H E M AT IC R E P R E S E N TAT IO N...
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Page 46: Pin D Serial Port To A Modem
RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling 9 Pin D Serial Port To A Modem. If you are connecting a MODEM to a 9 pin D Serial Port then you will NOT need a cross over cable and a straight through cable connected as the 9 to 25 pin adapter given in Figure 4-5. - Page 47 AT QUAD AND LYNX RS232 Figure 4-5. 9 To 25 Way Adapter. This adapter cable makes the AT style 9 pin serial port, look like the standard PC 25 pin serial port. It is NOT a cross over cable! 9 Pin AT SERIAL PORT 9 Pin Female D Connector S C H E M AT IC R E P R E S E N TAT IO N : A C T U A L R E P R E S E N TAT IO N :...
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Page 48: The Quad Cable Pinouts
RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling The Quad Cable Pinouts The Quad cable consists of a 37 way female D connector attached to four 25 way Male D connectors. Each of the cables carries 9 cores plus a sheath. Each of the 25 pin D connectors has 9 connections, based on the standard PC serial port configuration. - Page 49 AT QUAD AND LYNX RS232 Figure 4-7. Pin outs of the PCI Quad 4 Port RS232 38 pin D connector P IN 2 0 - D S R # 1 P IN 2 1 - R T S # 1 P IN 2 2 - C T S # 1 P IN 2 3 - R I# 1 P IN 2 4 - D C D # 2...
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Page 50: The Lynx Card Octopus Cable Pinouts
RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling The Lynx Card Octopus Cable Pinouts The Lynx card octopus cable connects a 78 pin Male D connector to 8 nine way Male D connectors. Each of the cables has 9 cores plus a sheath. The sheath each of the 25 way D connectors is connected to the sheath of the 78 way D connector. - Page 51 AT QUAD AND LYNX RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling Figure 4-9. Pin Outs of the 78 pin D connector on the PCI Lynx 8 Port RS232 NOTE: On the above diagram the # symbol followed by a number is used to notify a port on the cable e.g. #4 means port 4, hence PIN47 DTR#4 is pin 47 of the 78way connector, which corresponds to the DTR function on port 4.
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Page 52: Index
Index PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Index 115200 Baud... 15 16450 / 16550 ... 1, 5 460800 Baud... 15 921600 Baud... 15 adapter ...40, 41 asynchronous ... 5 baud / baud rate...2, 3 BBCARDS.EXE ... 24, 31, 33 bits... - Page 53 PCI Quad / Lynx 8 Port RS232 Index PCI Lynx 8 Port Connector pinouts ... 45 PCI Lynx 8 Port Specifications... 7 PCI Quad / Lynx, installation differerences... 10 PCI Quad RS232 connector pinouts... 43 PCI Quad RS232 Specifications ... 6 pin outs ...8, 36, 37 port / ports ...
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