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Twin 9 RS232
1.0 EDITION December 1998

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  • Page 1 Photon Twin 9 RS232 1.0 EDITION December 1998...
  • Page 2 Guarantee. FULL 36 MONTHS GUARANTEE. We guarantee your interface 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 Photon Twin 9 PCI PHOTON TWIN 9 These products conform to the following standards: CE Standard: IEC 801-2: IEC 801-3: IEC 801-4: TIA / EIA: To comply with the requirements for UL certification, the following installation requirements should be observed:- 1.
  • Page 4 PCI Photon Twin 9 Introduction The Layout Of This Manual THE LAYOUT OF THIS MANUAL Chapter 1 - Hardware Configuration, Summarises the features of the PCI Photon 4 Card, describes the two configurable options and lists all the possible DIP Switch options settable on the card.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1 HARDWARE GUIDE... 6 HAPTER Introduction..6 WARNING For Windows 98 Users Only..6 PCI Photon Twin 9 Card Features... 6 Configuring PCI Cards..7 2 INSTALLING IN YOUR COMPUTER ... 8 HAPTER Serial Ca r d Installation..8 Problems! ...
  • Page 6 PCI Photon Twin 9 Changing Serial Port Settings ... 30 Advanced Port Settings... 31 Uninstalling Serial Solutions for Windows NT ... 33 4 RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT CABLING..34 HAPTER Introduction..34 The RS232 Standard..34 Serial Port Pin Outs..35 9 Pin D Serial Port RS232 Cables.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Hardware Guide

    PCI Photon Twin 9 HARDWARE GUIDE Introduction. This chapter details the specifications of the PCI Photon Twin 9 Serial card. These half-sized cards will work happily in any PCI 2.0 (or greater) compliant PC compatible. WARNING For Windows 98 Users Only. Each PCI Photon Twin 9 Card should be fully installed before adding additional PCI Photon cards.

  • Page 8: Configuring Pci Cards

    Dimensions: I/O Connection: Weight: Configuring PCI Cards. PCI cards, by definition, require no hardware configuration and can be installed "directly from the box". 5 x 3 in, 120 x 85 mm Serial Port 1: 9 pin Male D type. Serial Port 2: 9 pin Male D type.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Installing In Your Computer

    PCI Photon Twin 9 INSTALLING IN YOUR Serial Ca r d Installation. Once the card has been correctly configured then it can be installed in the PC. For the PCI card it is best to make a note of the COM port I/O address and IRQ jumper settings for later use.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Page 9

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Figure 3-1. Removing Blanking Cover STEP 3: Choose an empty appropriate expansion slot. Remove the blanking cover protecting the slot on the PC back panel. KEEP the blanking cover screw safely for later (Figure 2-1). Figure 3-2. Inserting The PC Serial Card. STEP 5: The D connectors should fit neatly through the slot’s aperture to the outside world.

  • Page 11: Problems

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Problems! If the system fails to power up normally check the following: i.) Ensure that the PC Serial card is installed correctly. ii.) Ensure that other cards in the PC have not been upset. iii.) Ensure that the power is connected and the PC is switched If all these have been checked and the PC still does not power up then there is probably a conflict of I/O address between the PC Serial card and another board in the PC.

  • Page 12: Chapter 3 Software Installation

    PCI Photon Twin 9 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Introduction. This section describes the software installation procedure allowing the PCI Photon Twin 9 to be configured within the Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT operating systems. Configuring Ports In Windows 3.x The Windows 3.x installation procedure consists of 3 steps: 1.

  • Page 13: Serial Solutions Installation For Windows 3.X

    PCI Photon Twin 9 PCI Photon Twin 9 Users: w‚ˆs††‰„ˆÂ€w‚sÂETS!! "‡sˆ‡ÂƒtÂ!&%% qƒ„iˆwp€s†suw‡ˆs†‡ Note the IRQ and I/O address values In our example: The IRQ = 11 The IRQ is the interrupt line shared amongst the Photon Twin 9 card’s serial ports The Bank address = FF40 The Bank address determines the COM Port Base addresses in the following manner:...

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Page 13

    PCI Photon Twin 9 All" button will select all installed components for deletion and selecting "Add All" chooses all uninstalled components for installation. Several of the components have user selectable parameters, e.g. target install directory, which can be changed by clicking on the button.

  • Page 15: Serial Port Installation

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Serial Port Installation. From Main, select Control Panel: Click on Serial Ports: The following dialogue will be displayed: Software Installation Chapter 3 Page 14...

  • Page 16: Adding An Pci Photon Twin 9 Serial Card

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Adding an PCI Photon Twin 9 Serial Card. Figure 3-2. PCI Photon Twin 9 Serial Card Settings. For both ports on the Photon Twin 9 card we need to ADD a port and fill in the following 5 settings in the order given. Each Port should have the Standard button selected, each port on the Photon Twin 9 Card is a independent serial port Standard Settings:-...

  • Page 17: Settings For Photon Twin 9 Card Com1 Present

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Settings for Photon Twin 9 Card COM1 Present Port BBCARDS Values * COM2 COM3 *The BBCARDS Values may be different from your machine. Card Port 1 Settings for Photon Twin 9 Card COM1 & 2 Present Port BBCARDS Values*...

  • Page 18: Settings For Photon Twin 9 Card Com1 To 4 Present

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Settings for Photon Twin 9 Card COM1 to 4 Present Port BBCARDS Values* COM5 COM6 The BBCARDS Values may be different from your machine Card Port 1 Select the OK button to finish adding the port. This will display a Windows restart message, but do not restart until you have installed all four ports.

  • Page 19: Configuring The Com Ports

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Note: Adding a port automatically sets default values for the communications settings to 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. These values can be changed as described below. Configuring The COM Ports. Figure 3-4 PCI Photon Twin 9 Card Comms Settings Changing Serial Port Settings Once the Photon Twin 9 card has been installed it may be...

  • Page 20: Deleting Ports In Windows

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Click on the Advanced button for the hardware settings window, Figure 5-4. Enter the 5 options in the same manner as described in the section “Adding a PCI Photon Twin 9 Serial Card” Deleting Ports in Windows. The Delete button can be used to discard the entries of ports that have been removed from the system.

  • Page 21: Configuring Ports In Windows 95 And 98

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Configuring Ports in Windows 95 and 98. Although covering the installation of the PCI Photon Twin 9 cards into the Windows 95 operating system. The Windows 95 environment now supports up to 255 standard serial ports. Windows 98 The Windows 98 operating system procedure is the same as for Windows 95 with only minor differences.

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 Page 21

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Software Installation Figure 3-5 CDROM Installation Path *<Drive> will be the letter of your CDROM drive Chapter 3 Page 21...

  • Page 23: Pci Photon Twin 9 Card Settings In Win95/98

    PCI Photon Twin 9 After copying the files Windows 95 will then detect each of the serial ports in turn and install them as Photon Twin 9 communications ports. The Device Manager, reached by clicking on ’System’ in the Control Panel, now shows the presence of the PCI Photon Twin 9 Card under Multi-function adapters.

  • Page 24: Force Configuration

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Software Installation Clicking on the Serial Solutions tab will display: Some communications applications require the serial ports they access to be as named COM 4 or lower. The COM port assignment may be changed, simply by selecting a new COM port value from the pull down menu relevant to the port.

  • Page 25: Pci Photon Twin 9 Card Port Settings In Win 95/98

    PCI Photon Twin 9 PCI Photon Twin 9 Card Port Settings In Win 95/98. Double clicking upon an individual port entry in the Device Manager, and selecting the Port Settings tab will display: Settings available in this window are: Baud Rate. Data Bits.

  • Page 26: Maximum Baud Rate Settings

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Software Installation Maximum Baud Rate Settings. Clicking the Advanced button gives the user the option of changing the behaviour of the driver. The Default behaviour of the driver is to operate on a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) basis, meaning the Baud rate than application selects will be the Baud rate of the data leaving the port.

  • Page 27: Chapter 3 Page 26

    PCI Photon Twin 9 For applications directly calling the Win32 API e.g. Dial Up Networking the selected baud rate is doubled, i.e. selecting 115,200 gives a real baud rate of 230,400. Selecting the Serial Solutions tab of the selected port properties Window will display: Settings available in this window are: FIFO settings.

  • Page 28: Chapter 3 Page 27

    PCI Photon Twin 9 high value will give you more time for multi-tasking operations. The trigger options in the case of the Photon Card’s 128 byte FIFO are 1, 32, 64 and 112. Transmit Buffer - These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting.

  • Page 29: Configuring Pci Photon Twin 9 In Windows Nt

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Configuring PCI Photon Twin 9 In Windows NT. Microsoft Windows NT Provides built in support for 255 standard serial ports. To setup your PCI Photon Twin 9 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 30: Examining Card Configuration

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Software Installation Examining Card Configuration. Go to Control Panel (Start Menu/Settings/Control Panel) and double click on Serial Solutions: After adding a Photon Twin 9 Card (COM 1 present) you will be presented with a Serial Solutions Port Configuration window: Chapter 3 Page 29...

  • Page 31: Changing Serial Port Settings

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Changing Serial Port Settings Adding a Photon Twin 9 Card to the system automatically sets default values for communications settings to 9600 Baud, 8 Data Bits, No Parity and 1 Stop Bit. To view the settings of a port, select it and click on Settings. Clicking on the Port Settings tab opens up the following window: Settings available in this window are: 1.

  • Page 32: Advanced Port Settings

    PCI Photon Twin 9 7. Restore Defaults - when clicked, resets the selected COM port to the following values: Baud Rate: Data Bits: Parity: Stop Bits: Flow Control: Advanced Port Settings. When the Advanced button of Port Settings in selected the following dialogue is displayed: Settings available in this window are: 1.

  • Page 33: Chapter 3 Page 32

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Transmit Buffer - These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting. Selecting a low value will send fewer data-bytes per interrupt, this is recommended if you are communicating to an older external serial device. Setting a high value will give better overall system performance when the host PC has multiple applications running simultaneously.

  • Page 34: Uninstalling Serial Solutions For Windows Nt

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Uninstalling Serial Solutions for Windows NT To uninstall Serial Solutions for Windows NT: From Control Panel, open the Add/Remove Programs applet, then be certain to close the Control Panel. Select from the list Serial Solutions for Windows NT. Click the Add/Remove button.

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Rs232 Pinouts And Port Cabling

    PCI Photon Twin 9 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling 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 and how to make a selftest loop back connector.

  • Page 36: Serial Port Pin Outs

    PCI Photon Twin 9 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: 25 Pin connector: 9 Pin D Serial Port RS232 Cables. To connect to the AT style RS232 Serial Port you will need a cable terminating in a 9 way female D connector.

  • Page 37: Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another Pc

    PCI Photon Twin 9 considered a black art. However, provided you have the pin outs and handshake requirements of both sides of your RS232 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.

  • Page 38: Chapter 4 Page 37

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Figure 4-3. 9 Pin D Serial Port To Other PC Cable. AT SERIAL PORT Side 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 9 PIN D CONNECTOR RS232 Pinouts and Cabling Other PC SERIAL PORT Side. 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 25 PIN D CONNECTOR Chapter 4 Page 37...

  • Page 39: Pin D Serial Port To A Modem

    PCI Photon Twin 9 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. 9 Pin D Serial Port Loop Back Connector.
  • Page 40 PCI Photon Twin 9 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 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling 25 Pin PC SERIAL PORT...

  • Page 41: Index

    PCI Photon Twin 9 Index INDEX 16450 / 16550 ... 6 2500... 2 adapter ... 38, 39 asynchronous ... 6 baud / baud rate... 6 BBCARDS.EXE ... 11 bits ... 8, 34 buffer ... 6 buffered ... 6 cable ... 8, 34, 35, 38, 39 Changing COM numbers in Windows 95 ...
  • Page 42 PCI Photon Twin 9 Index RTS ... 6, 36 RXD ... 6, 36 serial port ...6, 8, 20, 28, 34, 36, 38, 39 SISR ... 12 speed... 6 stop bits... 8 TXD... 6, 36 Uninstalling Serial Solutions PCI for Windows NT... 33 Windows...2, 4, 20, 28...

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