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USER’S MANUAL Universal PCI Multi-IO RS-232 / Parallel Communication Board English Version Third Edition, July 2017 SUNIX Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8913-1987 Fax: +886-2-8913-1986 Http://www.sunix.com info@sunix.com...
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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;...
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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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___________________________________________________________________________________ WHQL Certification Approval The Designed for Microsoft Windows 32/64-bit operation system WHQL logo identifies products that meet Microsoft’s quality standards, SUNIX I/O products carry with this logo and listed on Windows Catalog. WHQL logo includes below operation system version Microsoft Windows Client: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8.x / 10 (X86/X64)
Introduction ______________________________________________ SUNIX Golden I/O series, a line of Universal PCI Multi-Port Serial and Parallel Multi-IO Communication Board, is designed for 3.3V / 5V and 32 / 64-bit PCI Bus with Plug and Play feature. Its can be installed in virtually any available PC system and compatible with all major operating systems.
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1.1 Overview The majority of today’s motherboards are not equipped with any RS-232 or Parallel port. With SUNIX Universal PCI Serial and Parallel Multi-IO Communication Board, users can expand both COM and LPT ports on their system, allowing them to use serial and parallel devices further. It is compatible with RS-232.V24 standard serial and IEEE1284 Parallel interfaces.
1.3 Product Features Expands both RS-232 COM and IEEE1284 LPT ports on system. High performance SUNIX 16C950 UART Multi-IO controller on-board. Ultra low power consumption design for Green Environment. Compliance with PCI 33MHz Version 3.0/2.3/2.2/2.1 specification.
___________________________________________________________________________________ 1.4 Product Specifications Board Communication Interface Universal PCI 64/32bit PCI Spec.Ver3.0/2.3/2.2/2.1 Controller SUNIX SUN1989 (16C950 UART Compatible) IRQ & IO Assigned by System Serial Communication Interface RS-232 No. of Port 1, 2, or 4-port (Depend on product user bought)
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-20 to 85°C (-4 to 185°F) Temperature Note: ± SUNIX High Speed RS-232 Card (H Version) supports 15KV ESD protection for each signal and 921.6Kpbs baud rate setting. Please refer to the Chapter 5 Appendix, Product Family for detail. ...
___________________________________________________________________________________ Hardware Installation ______________________________________________ This chapter includes information about hardware installation for Universal PCI Serial and Parallel Multi-IO Communication Board. The following topics are covered: 2.1 Hardware Installation 2.2 Pin Assignments...
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___________________________________________________________________________________ 2.1 Hardware Installation The hardware installation of Universal PCI Serial and Parallel Multi-IO Communication Board is easy to carry out. Before inserting the card into the PCI bus, please follow the detailed steps given below to install the PCI board in your computer.
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___________________________________________________________________________________ For 2S/1P or 4S/1P PCI Multi-IO Card, there is one extend flat cable along with the board. Please connect the cable 2x13 female header to the board. The red wire matches with the arrow mark (first pin) on the board. Fix the bracket on the PC chassis.
___________________________________________________________________________________ 2.2 Pin Assignment This chapter provides the pin assignments for SUNIX Universal PCI Serial and Parallel Multi-IO Communication Board, as well as the pin assignments for the optional accessories. RS-232 Interface: DB9M DB25M RJ45 Pin Header...
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___________________________________________________________________________________ Driver Installation ______________________________________________ After installing the Universal PCI Serial and Parallel Multi-IO Communication Board in your system successfully, please follow the step by step software installation guide to confirm how to install appropriate driver and configure the serial port settings. The driver for PCI board supports Windows and Linux operating systems, and you can select your requirement in the following chapter: The following topics covered in this chapter:...
___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 or PCI-X slot first, before installing the driver. (1) After the board is physically installed and the PC boots up, system will detect the PCI Multi-IO card and prompt for driver installation wizard, please choose cancel.
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___________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Please select the product interface you bought, such as PCI. (4) Please select the O.S. version you are using, such as Windows Vista. Then system will process the driver installation step automatically.
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___________________________________________________________________________________ (5) Click “Next” to continue driver installation steps. (6) Click “Finish” to end installation steps. If SUNIX I/O card install correct in your system, you can read “ ” icon in this picture.
(1) Click on the “Programs and Features” tab in the Windows Control Panel. Start > Controller Panel > Programs and Features (2) Entry Uninstall or change a program page, and double click “Windows Driver Package – SUNIX Co., Ltd SUNIX Multi-I/O Controller” to process driver uninstall procedure.
(2) In the Device Manager window, you should see this board under Multifunction adapters (SUNIX 1-port RS-232 Serial Card / 1-port Parallel Multi-IO Card in this example). You should also see SUNIX COM and LPT port under Ports (COM & LPT).
___________________________________________________________________________________ 3.4 Linux Driver Installation This installation guide describes the procedures to install the PCI parallel 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 /...
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"parport?". This step will backup lp2~lp3 and parport2~parport3 to lp?.bak and parport?.bak in /dev for your system first. Then, create lp2~lp3 and parport2~parport3 in /dev for sunix driver, maximum up tp 2 parallel ports. This setp will be done when do "make clean ; make install", if...
___________________________________________________________________________________ Port Configuration ______________________________________________ This chapter shows all Serial COM and Parallel LPT port settings that user came with usually, such as port number, FIFO length(size), baud rate, IO address and others. The following topics covered in this chapter: 4.1 Configure COM / LPT Port Settings ...
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After the board drivers are installed, please refer to following instructions to configure Serial COM and Parallel LPT port settings. (1) Please launch the “Device Manager”. (2) Right click the “SUNIX 2-port RS-232 Serial Card / 1-port Parallel Multi-IO Card” item from the “Multifunction adapters” sub-tree and click “Properties”.
___________________________________________________________________________________ 4.2 COM / LPT Port Number Settings Under Port Number, select a COM number to assign to the serial port. Click “OK” to approve the settings for the selected port. Note: In order to prevent system resource conflict, do not select “in use” port. 4.3 COM / LPT System Resource User can read the COM or LPT port’s “IO Range”...
___________________________________________________________________________________ Appendix ______________________________________________ This chapter shows some problems that user came with usually. Also you can check it if the PCI serial and parallel board can not work properly in your system after following hardware and software installation steps. In addition, you could contact with us for detail technical product information.
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___________________________________________________________________________________ 5.1 Troubleshooting 1. System fails to find the PCI serial & parallel board or COM / LPT port. A: It may cause by following issue: a. The board is not properly plugged into the PCI slot. b. Please clean the golden finger. c.
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___________________________________________________________________________________ 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.
___________________________________________________________________________________ 5.2 Product Family SUNIX provides kinds of RS-232 and IEE1284 interface cards for customer selection, including PCI Express and PCI card. Please refer to the product family table for reference. Multi I/O PCI Express Interface Serial Port Connecter Power...
5.3 Contact Information Customer satisfaction is our number one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, SUNIX services has been set up to provide technical support, driver updates, product information, and user’s manual updates.
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