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- Page 1 First Edition, Dec. 2018 SUNIX Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8913-1987 Fax: +886-2-8913-1986 Http://www.sunix.com info@sunix.com...
- Page 2 SUNIX. Disclaimer SUNIX shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this equipment. SUNIX makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual. Information in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability;...
- Page 3 For information on recycling of this product, please contact your local authorities, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product. BSMI 聲明 限用物質含有情況標示資訊網站請參考下列網址：http//www.sunix.com.tw 操作說明：選擇頁面之產品/型號/文件下載區(RoHS文件)
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
___________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview ........................6 1.2 Package Checklist ......................6 1.3 Product Features ......................7 1.4 Product Specifications ....................8 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation ....................10 2.2 Pin Assignment ......................11 Chapter 3 Software Installation 3.1 Windows Driver Installation .................. -
Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
___________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction ______________________________________________ RS-232 Golden I/O series, a line of PCI Express Multi-Port Serial Communication Board, is designed to meet PCI Express Base Specification Ver2.0. 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. -
Page 6: Overview
128-byte Tx/Rx FIFO, and WHQL certificated device drivers. This board is designed with SUNIX 16C950 UART controller and as well as building in with many of SUNIX advanced features and technologies, making it the best solution for commercial and industrial automation applications. -
Page 7: Product Features
Suitable for M.2 slot with Key-M or B based over PCI-E communication. Designed to meet PCI Express Base Specification Revision 2.0. High performance SUNIX 16C950 compatible UART controller on-board. On-chip hardware auto flow control to guarantee no data loss. ... -
Page 8: Product Specifications
___________________________________________________________________________________ 1.4 Product Specifications Serial Communication Baud RS-232 50bps ~460.8Kpbs Interface rate SUNIX SUN2412 1, 1.5, 2 Controller Stop bit (16C950 UART Compatible) PCI Express 2.0 x 1 (single lane) even, odd, none, mark, M.2 59-pin 2242 Type Parity space Key B+M Male 2 &... -
Page 9: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
___________________________________________________________________________________ Hardware Installation ______________________________________________ This chapter includes information about hardware installation for M.2 PCI Express RS-232 Multi-Port Communication Board. The following topics are covered: 2.1 Hardware Installation 2.2 Pin Assignments... -
Page 10: Hardware Installation
Step 1: Remove the screw attached to the motherboard. Step 2: Insert M.2 Card tightly into the M.2 slot with 20° angle. (SUNIX M.2 Card supports Key-M and Key-B slot) Step 3: Push the M.2 card down to the screw hole. -
Page 11: Pin Assignment
___________________________________________________________________________________ 2.2 Pin Assignment This chapter provides the pin assignments for SUNIX M.2 PCI Express RS-232 Multi-Port Communication Board, as well as the pin assignments for the optional accessories. DB9M DB25M RJ45 Pin Header... - Page 12 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Driver Installation ______________________________________________ After installing the M.2 PCI Express RS-232 Multi-Port Communication Board in your system successfully, please follow the step by step software installation guide to confirm how to install driver and configure the serial port settings. The driver for PCI Express serial board supports Windows and Linux operating systems, and you can select your requirement in the following chapter: The following topics covered in this chapter: ...
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Page 13: Windows Driver Installation
___________________________________________________________________________________ 3.1 Windows Driver Installation Please refer to following instructions to install the driver for the first time under Windows operation system. You will need to plug the board in an available PCI Express slot first, before installing the driver. (1) After the board is physically installed and the PC boots up, system will detect the PCI Express Serial card and prompt for driver installation wizard, please choose <Cancel>. - Page 14 ___________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Please select the correct product interface, such as PCI Express here. (4) Please select the O.S. version you are using, such as Windows Vista. Then system will process the driver installation step automatically.
- Page 15 ___________________________________________________________________________________ (5) Please select driver language for your operation system. (6) Click “Next” to continue driver installation steps.
- Page 16 ___________________________________________________________________________________ (7) Click “Install” to continue driver installation steps. (8) System will install driver automatically. It takes about one minute.
- Page 17 ___________________________________________________________________________________ (9) Click “Finish” to end installation steps. Please visit SUNIX website (http://www.sunix.com) to download least driver version by searching product model number. Or you can update driver over “Microsoft Windows Update” service under Windows 10 or later operation system.
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Page 18: Windows Driver Uninstallation
(1) Click on the “Programs and Features” tab in the Windows Control Panel. Start > Controller Panel > Programs and Features (2) Enter Uninstall or change a program page, and double click “Windows Driver Package – SUNIX Co., Ltd SUNIX Multi-I/O Controller” to process with driver uninstallation procedure. -
Page 19: Linux Driver Installation
___________________________________________________________________________________ 3.3 Linux Driver Installation This installation guide describes the procedures to install the PCI serial board in Linux kernel 2.x, 3.x and 4.x Please refer to “snx_Vx.x.x.x.zip” for driver installation detail in CD Driver (Linux folder) directory. : \ PCI_IO \ Linux (1) Driver install Please create a directory under root directory, e.g /temp, do commands: # cd /... - Page 20 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Load driver module, do command: # modprobe snx # insmod /temp/snx/driver/snx.ko (snx.o for kernel 2.4) Check driver module, do command: # lsmod | grep snx Unload driver, do command: # rmmod snx (2) Device node creation Each serial port has one device node which is named "ttySNX?", maximum up to 32 serial ports.
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Page 21: Verify Installation
(1) Click on the “Programs and Features” tab in the Windows Control Panel. Start > Controller Panel > Device Manager (2) In the Device Manager window, you should see this board under Multifunction adapters (4-port Serial Card in this example). You should also see SUNIX COM port under Ports (COM & LPT). -
Page 22: Chapter 4 Port Configuration
___________________________________________________________________________________ Port Configuration ______________________________________________ This chapter shows all Serial COM port settings that user came with usually, such as COM port number, FIFO length(size), baud rate, IO address and others. The following topics covered in this chapter: 4.1 Configure Serial Port Settings ... -
Page 23: Configure Serial Port Settings
After the board and serial port drivers are installed, please refer to following instructions to configure Serial COM settings. (1) Please launch the “Device Manager”. (2) Right click the “SUNIX Serial Card” item from the “Multifunction adapters” sub-tree and click “Properties”. (3) On the “Port Control” tab, select a port to configure. -
Page 24: Com Port Number Settings
NOT assign legacy ISA address (3F8, 3E8, 2F8, 2E8) for the specific COM port. But for IRQ setting, user can set specific IRQ value for this PCI Express bus slot via mainboard’s BIOS settings (not via SUNIX driver). But all COM ports will share one IRQ value. -
Page 25: Fifo Settings
___________________________________________________________________________________ 4.4 FIFO Settings Select an Rx FIFO Trigger and Tx FIFO Size. The default Rx FIFO Trigger is 112 bytes. The default Tx FIFO Size is 128 bytes. Click “Set to All” to change this setting for all serial ports on the board. Then click “OK”... - Page 26 This parameter must match with the oscillator (crystal) frequency on the board. System default is 14745600 Hz. We do NOT recommend for modification without SUNIX instruction. User can click “Defaults” button back to manufactory settings.
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Page 27: Chapter 5 Appendix
___________________________________________________________________________________ Appendix ______________________________________________ This chapter shows some problems that users commonly have; also you can check why the M.2 PCI Express serial board can not work properly in your system after following hardware and software installation steps. In addition, you could contact us directly for additional technical product information and support. -
Page 28: Troubleshooting
___________________________________________________________________________________ 5.1 Troubleshooting 1. System fails to find the PCI Express serial board or COM port. A: It may cause by following issue: a. The board is not properly plugged into the PCI Express slot. b. Please clean the golden finger. c. - Page 29 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How large FIFO length I should set? A: FIFO (First-In-First-Out) buffers are used to reduce the frequency of interrupt processes for UART chips. The size of the buffer will determine the number of times the cards need to interrupt the computer’s CPU in order to process a string of data.
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Page 30: Product Family
___________________________________________________________________________________ 5.2 Product Family SUNIX provides different types of RS-232/422/485 interface cards for customer specific applications, including PCI Express, M.2(NGFF), Mini-PCI Express, PCI, and PCI/104 card. Please refer to the product family table for reference. RS-422/485 PCI Express Interface Baud... - Page 31 ___________________________________________________________________________________ RS-422/485 PCI/104 Interface Baud Surge Isolation Port Connecter Model NO. Rate Protection Protection Protection 600W 2.5KV IPC-B2108SI 5x2 Pin ±15KV 921.6Kbps Header IPC-B2108 600W 2.5KV IPC-B2104SI 5x2 Pin ±15KV 921.6Kbps Header IPC-B2104 600W 2.5KV IPC-B2102SI 5x2 Pin ±15KV 921.6Kbps Header IPC-B2102 RS-232/422/485 PCI Express Interface...
- Page 32 5V/12V Low profile SER6437PHL 5x2 Pin Header SER6437UHL RS-232 M.2 PCI Express Interface (Type 2242) Baud Power Header Port Connecter Model NO. Rate Protection Output Type 180° M2S6456A 90° M2S6456AR ±15KV 5x2 Pin Header 115.2 kbps 180° M2S6437A 90° M2S6437AR...
- Page 33 ___________________________________________________________________________________ RS-232 PCI Interface Baud Power Port Connecter Bracket Model NO. Rate Protection output Mini SCSI 68 ±15KV 921.6Kbps Standard SER5016H Female DB62 Female Standard SER5066A Mini SCSI 68 Low profile SER5066AL ±2KV 115.2Kbps Female Standard SER5066U 5x2 Pin Header Low profile SER5066UL DB62 Female...
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Page 34: Contact Information
5.3 Contact Information Customer satisfaction is our number one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, SUNIX has set up service platforms to provide technical support, driver updates, product information, and user’s manual updates.
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