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Table of Contents Limited Lifetime Warranty ...2 Copyright Notice ...2 Trademark Acknowledgment...2 Table of Contents ...3 Customer Support Overview...5 Contact Information ...5 Certification ...6 Introduction ...7 Features ...7 Hardware Installation...14 Installing the Blue Heat/PCI Adapter in your System...14 Configuration ...14 Baud Rate Selection ...15 RS-422/485 Line Interface...15 Full Duplex Mode ...15...
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Power Requirements ...45 Communications ...45 Control Signals ...45 Dimensions ...45 Connectors/Interface ...45 Part Numbers ...45 Certification ...45 Connectors/Pinouts ...46 List of Figures Figure 1: Blue Heat/PCI Adapters ... 9 Figure 2: Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapters... 10 Figure 3: Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapters ... 11 Figure 4: Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapter (6+2 model) ...
Customer Support Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and/or using the product, contact the Connect Tech reseller from which you purchased the product. In most cases the reseller can help you with product installation and difficulties. In the event that the reseller is unable to resolve your problem, our highly qualified support staff can assist you.
Blue Heat/PCI CL Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 Connect Tech Inc. declares that the product(s) covered by the contents of this manual have been tested and found compliant with the below listed standards as required by the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive for General Immunity Compliance, EN 50 0082.1:1997...
Introduction The Blue Heat/PCI family of adapters includes the Blue Heat/PCI RS-232, RS-422/485, RJ-11, Opto, 20mA CL and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485. provide high speed interfaces, allowing you to connect up to eight serial devices through one expansion slot. Your Blue Heat/PCI product consists of the following components: One Blue Heat/PCI adapter ●...
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Six RJ-11 connectors provide +12 VDC or +5 VDC output (factory installed) on pin 6 with ● a current limit of 300 mA total for +12 VDC and 1A total for +5 VDC. (Blue Heat/PCI RJ-11 model) System requirements are one 32-bit 5V PCI bus compatible slot (Blue Heat/PCI, ●...
Figures 1 through 7 show the locations of various hardware components found on the Blue Heat/PCI, RS-422/485, Opto, Opto RS-422/485, RJ-11, 20mA CL and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 models. Figure 1: Blue Heat/PCI Adapters Blue Heat/PCI adapter (2 port model) Surge 16C654 Quad UART Suppression...
Figure 7: Blue Heat/PCI adapter DB-78 Connector You can combine different Blue Heat/PCI and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapters in a single computer to accommodate both small and large multi-channel applications. below represents a sample configuration for a system requiring 20 ports. Figure 8: Blue Heat/PCI, 20-port configuration Printer Modem...
Hardware Installation Hardware installation involves configuration of the following Blue Heat/PCI products: The Blue Heat/PCI; RS-422/485; Opto; Opto RS-422/485; 20mA CL; RJ-11 and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapters Note: Please see the installation of your Blue Heat/PCI or Universal Blue Heat/PCI board under certain operating systems.
PCI devices and then do manual assignments of free resources to ISA devices. Reboot your system. If the BIOS cannot find a suitable configuration please contact Connect Tech Technical Support. Baud Rate Selection Blue Heat/PCI adapters offer ideal solutions for applications requiring serial communications up to 57.6 Kbps (Blue Heat/PCI CL models), 921.6 Kbps (Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485;...
Windows NT ● Windows XP ● If you require further information please contact Connect Tech Customer Support. Technical Tips: Your Blue Heat/PCI adapter may ship with disks that include howto.txt or readme.txt files. Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of various device drivers and software utilities.
Appendix A: Specifications Operating Environment Storage temperature: Operating temperature: 0° C to 70° C Relative humidity: 5 - 95% non-condensing Air movement: no requirement Altitude: 15,000 feet (5000 metres) Power Requirements Blue Heat/PCI (2 port model) +5 VDC +/-5% @ 200 mA (typical +/-12VDC +/-10% @ 20 mA (typical) Blue Heat/PCI (4 port model) +5 VDC +/-5% @ 220 mA (typical)
Power Requirements (continued) Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 (8 port model) +3 VDC ±5% @ 100mA (typical) +5 VDC ±5% @ 460mA (typical) PCI Bus Interface One 32 bit, 5V PCI slot One 32 bit 3.3V or 5V PCI slot (Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapters only) Communications Communication controllers: •...
Control Signals (continued) Blue Heat/PCI CL Models: TxD; RxD • 20mA Surge Suppression Blue Heat Models: • 500 watts, 8 x 20 µS (EN61000-4-2/3/4 compatible) on every signal of every port. Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485; Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 Models: • TransGuard Transient Voltage Suppression, able to withstand multiple strikes on every signal of every port.
6-pin RJ-11 and optional 9-pin male DB-9 Blue Heat/PCI Opto; Opto RS-422/485 and RJ-45 Plug: ● 10-pin RJ-45; optional RJ-45 to male DB-9 Other connection options are available upon request. Contact Connect Tech for details. Revision 0.11 Width: 1.50 cm Weight: 0.12 kg...
Appendix B: Connectors/Pinouts Appendix B outlines the pinouts for the following: Blue Heat/PCI; RS-422/485; Opto; Opto RS-422/485; RJ-11; 20mA CL and Universal Blue ● Heat/PCI RS-422/485 connector pinouts Blue Heat/PCI and RS-422/485 and CL and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 external ●...
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Table 1: DB-9 pinouts for Blue Heat/PCI RS-232, 422/485 models, Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 RS-232 Pin No. Signal Part #(s): CAB04DX CAB08FXDX Table 2: DB-9 pinouts for the Blue Heat/PCI Opto RS-232 Pin No. Signal Direction no connect input output no connect signal gnd no connect...
Table 3: RJ-45 pinouts for the Blue Heat/PCI Opto RS-232 Pin No. Signal Direction no connect input output signal gnd output input ground input no connect no connect Note: The RS-232 signals do not apply to the Blue Heat/PCI Opto RS-422/485 adapter Table 4: Blue Heat/PCI RJ-11 port header (P7/P8) pinouts RS-422/485 Signal...
Table 5: Blue Heat/PCI RJ-11 pinouts DB-9 RS-232 Pin No. Signal Direction input input output output signal ground input output input input Male DB-9 Connector Part #: CAB104K Technical Tip: Please ensure that you terminate the CTS signal if your application does not use them.
Table 7: DB-37 pinouts for Blue Heat/PCI RS-232 and RS-422/485 models Port RS-232 Signal unused Part #: CAB04DX RS-422/485 Direction Signal Direction signal gnd signal ref output RxD A(-) input output TxD A(-) output input TxD B(+) output input RxD B(+) input unused input...
Table 8: DB-78 pinouts for Blue Heat/PCI RS-232, RS-422/485, Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 Port RS-232 Signal RS-422/485 Signal Direction Signal output RTS A(-) input RTS B(+) input CTS A(-) input CTS B(+) signal gnd. output RTS A(-) input RTS B(+) input CTS A(-) input...
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Table 8 (cont.): DB-78 pinouts – Blue Heat/PCI; RS-422/485; 20mA CL; Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 Port RS-232 Signal RS-422/485 Signal Direction Signal output RTS A(-) input RTS B(+) input CTS A(-) input CTS B(+) signal gnd. output RTS A(-) input RTS B(+) input CTS A(-)
Connector Box Pinouts You may order the Blue Heat/PCI (8 port model), Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 (8 port, 4+4 and 6+2 models) and Blue Heat/PCI CL with an external I/O Box or the RJ-45 Connector Plug option. The I/O Box option comes with a metal bracket that can be mounted on a wall or other surface.
Figure 9: Blue Heat/PCI, RS-422/485, 20mA CL and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 I/O Box Male DB-9 connectors Table 9: DB-9 pinouts for Blue Heat/PCI RS-232, RS-422/485, 20mA CL and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 I/O Box RS-232 RS-422/485 Signal Direction Signal input RxD B(+) input...
Appendix C: RS-422/485 Line Interface For information on how to configure your RS-422/485 interface, find your specific Blue Heat/PCI model below: Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 You can order the Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapter with all ports RS-422/485 or a combination of RS-422/485 and RS-232. The RS-422/485 electrical interface is a reliable high- speed serial link that offers superior noise immunity and multi-drop network connectivity.
Blue Heat/PCI User’s Manual, Connect Tech Inc. Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 (6+2 model) The Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 (6+2 model) offers full RS-422/485 support in hardware like the other Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 models. The modes include full duplex, half duplex, and multi- drop slave.
2. RxD is biased inactive (off, idle) 3. CTS is biased active (on) 4. For custom line bias and termination requirements please contact a Connect Tech Sales Representative Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 (6+2 model) RS-422/485 Line Bias/Termination TxD + 150 Ω...
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Example 1 The following example shows the settings on J1 to tri-state the line drivers upon power up of the Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapter (6+2 model). It also shows the settings on J2 through J13 where the RS-422/485 port 7 is set for termination on TxD, RTS and bias/termination on CTS ±, and RxD ±;...
Blue Heat/PCI Opto and Opto RS-422/485 The Blue Heat/PCI Opto ships with all ports jumper selectable for RS-232 or RS-422/485. The Blue Heat/PCI Opto RS-422/485 ships with all ports RS-422/485 only. Both the Blue Heat/PCI Opto and the Blue Heat/PCI Opto RS-422/485 offer full RS-422/485 support in hardware with three modes: Full Duplex, Half Duplex, and Multi-drop Slave.
Half Duplex Mode In this mode the TxD line driver is enabled only when data is transmitted and RxD is disabled when data is being transmitted. This mode is typically used in either point to point "2 wire" connections OR in multi-drop "2 wire" bus connections. To enable this mode for a port you must jumper positions 7 and 8 on the appropriate jumper blocks JA, JB, JC, JD.
Line/Bias Termination You can use jumper blocks JA, JB, JC and JD to terminate and bias TxD ±, RxD ±, RTS ±, and CTS ± on the individual RS-422/485 ports through jumper selectable 150 Ω fixed resistors. Please refer to Figure 12 Opto and Figure 6...
RS-422/485 Cable Wiring You can wire Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485, Opto RS-422/485 and Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapters in various ways to communicate with RS-422/485 peripherals. This section describes a few examples of RS-422/485 cabling schemes. Figure 13 below describes a 4 wire cabling scheme between a port on the Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485, Opto, Opto RS-422/485 or Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapter to a port on the RS-422/485 peripheral.
Figure 14 below describes a 2 wire cabling scheme between a port on the Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485, Opto, Opto RS-422/485 or Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapter to a port on the RS-422/485 peripheral. Figure 14: RS-422/485 wiring diagram (2 wire) Note: In half-duplex mode it is assumed on the Blue Heat/PCI Opto adapter that TxD (-) is connected to RxD (-) and TxD (+) is...
Appendix D: 20mA Current Loop Line Interface Blue Heat/PCI 20mA CL The Blue Heat/PCI CL offers a 20mA Current Loop active or passive electrical interface. For each port there is an optically isolated receiver, an optically isolated transmitter and a 20mA current source.
Current Source/Voltage Selection When using the current source in a loop with low resistance, the transistor will run hot. This can be avoided by increasing the loop resistance. The calculation for Maximum Loop Resistance(RL ) is: Where: = 22V when pins 2 and 3 on jumper blocks J1, J2, J3, J4 J5, J6, J7 or J8 are jumpered ●...
Current Loop Cable Wiring You can wire Blue Heat/PCI CL adapters in various ways to communicate with 20mA Current Loop peripherals. A few examples of Current Loop cabling schemes follow. Figure 16 below depicts a 4 wire cabling scheme between a port on the Blue Heat/PCI CL adapter to another port on the Blue Heat/PCI CL adapter.
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Blue Heat/PCI User’s Manual, Connect Tech Inc. Revision 0.11...
Appendix E: Blue Heat/PCI PTM model Blue Heat/PCI PTM Adapter The Blue Heat/PCI Pass Through Mux (PTM) adapter offers two asynchronous RS-232 serial ports with Monitor Pass Through and Intercept Pass Through capabilities. In Monitor mode the Blue Heat/PCI PTM adapter allows you to monitor and pass through the data from a device connected to one serial port to a device connected to the other serial port.
The Blue Heat/PCI PTM product family is to be included into a device ultimately subject to FCC, DOC/IC, and CE certification. The customer is responsible for bringing the completed device into compliance prior to resale. Connect Tech has designed the Blue Heat/PCI PTM with EMI and EMC considerations such as: Ground and power planes ●...
Connectors/Pinouts Table 11 shows the pinouts for the Blue Heat-2/PCI PTM depict the circuit connections on the Blue Heat/PTM for Monitor Pass Through and Intercept Pass Through Modes. Technical Tip: Please ensure that you terminate signals if your application does not use them. Failure to do so may result in a loss of a performance on your Blue Heat/PCI PTM adapter.
Figure 18: Blue Heat/PCI PTM Monitor Pass Through Mode Connections Blue Heat/PCI PTM Monitor Pass Through Mode Connections Male DB-9 Connector Port 1 Port 1 16C2850 dual UART Figure 19: Blue Heat/PCI PTM Intercept Pass Through Mode Connections Blue Heat/PCI PTM Intercept Pass Through Mode Connections Male DB-9 Connector...
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