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Order toll-free in the U.S.: Call 877-877-BBOX (outside U.S. call 724-746-5500) SUPPORT FREE technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 INFORMATION Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com...
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FCC AND IC RFI STATEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy, and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio communication. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is...
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4-PORT RS-232 USB HUB EUROPEAN UNION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Products bearing the CE label fulfill the requirements of the EMC directive (89/336/EEC) and of the low-voltage directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the European Commission. To obey these directives, the following European standards must be met: •...
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NOM STATEMENT NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura.
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4-PORT RS-232 USB HUB 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos, poniendo particular atención a los contactos y receptáculos donde salen del aparato.
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TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL BLACK BOX and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of BB Technologies, Inc. AT and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Windows, Windows NT, and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
2.3 What’s Included ..................10 Installation......................11 3.1 Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Windows Vista Operating Systems ..11 3.2 Hardware Installation .................12 Appendix A. Troubleshooting ..................13 A.1 Calling Black Box ..................13 A.2 Shipping and Packaging ................13 Appendix B. Electrical Interface................14 Appendix C. Asynchronous Communication ............15...
CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications Communication Chips: (4) High-speed, USB-to-serial interface (128-byte FIFO transmit, 384-byte FIFO receive) UARTs Distance (Maximum): RS-232: 50 ft. (15.2 m) Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): Greater than 150,000 hours Speed (Maximum): RS-232: 460.8 kbps Connectors: Serial: (4) DB9 male (see pinout below); USB: (1) Type B female Table 1-1.
4-PORT RS-232 USB HUB 2. Overview 2.1 Introduction The 4-Port RS-232 USB Hub has four USB to RS-232 asynchronous serial ports that enable you to connect non-USB peripherals to a USB bus. It doesn’t require installing cards, I/O ports, or IRQs. However, you must have a recent enough operating system to support USB.
CHAPTER 2: Overview Table 2-1 (continued). Front-panel components. Number Component Description ➃ Serial Port 3 LED Lights when the corresponding serial device is active. ➄ Serial Port 4 LED Lights when the corresponding serial device is active. 2.2.2 B ANEL The 4-Port RS-232 USB Hub’s back panel appears in Figure 2-2.
2.3 What’s Included The 4-Port RS-232 USB Hub is shipped with the following items. If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact Black Box at 724-746-5500. • 4-Port RS-232 USB Hub • USB cable • CD-ROM containing software and this user’s manual in PDF...
CHAPTER 3: Installation 3. Installation 3.1 Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Windows Vista Operating Systems ™ NOTE Windows NT ® cannot support this device. Do not connect the device to a USB port until the software is installed. 1. Start Windows ® 2.
4-PORT RS-232 USB HUB 3.2 Hardware Installation 1. Connect the 4-Port RS-232 USB Hub to any upstream type “A” port either at the PC host or an upstream hub. The hub is hot-pluggable, so you don’t have to power down your computer before installing it. 2.
• Package it carefully. We recommend that you use the original container. • If you are returning the unit, make sure you include everything you received with it. Before you ship for return or repair, contact Black Box to get a Return Authorization (RA) number.
4-PORT RS-232 USB HUB Appendix B. Electrical Interface RS-232 Quite possibly the most widely used communication standard is RS-232. This implementation has been defined and revised several times and is often referred to as EIA/TIA-232. The IBM ® ® computer defined the RS-232 port on a DB9 connector and subsequently the EIA/TIA approved this implementation as the EIA/TIA-574 standard.
APPENDIX C: Asynchronous Communication Appendix C. Asynchronous Communication Serial data communications implies that individual bits of a character are transmitted consecutively to a receiver that assembles the bits back into a character. Data rate, error checking, handshaking, and character framing (start/stop bits) are pre-defined and must correspond at both the transmitting and receiving ends.
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