Table Of Contents - Addi-Data ADDICOM APCI-7800 Technical Description

Contents
1 INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE BOARD...................... 8
1.1 Limits of use....................................................................10
2 USER .................................................................. 11
2.1 Qualification ..................................................................11
2.2 Personal protection........................................................11
3 HANDLING OF THE BOARD .................................. 12
4 TECHNICAL DATA................................................ 13
4.1 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) ............................13
4.2 Physical set-up of the board ..........................................13
4.3 Limit values.....................................................................14
4.3.1 RS232 .................................................................................. 15
Without optical isolation (PM 232) ........................................15
With optical isolation (PM232-G) ..........................................15
4.3.2 RS422, RS485....................................................................... 15
Without optical isolation (PM422, PM485) ............................15
With optical isolation (PM422-G, PM485-G) .........................15
4.3.3 20mA current loop .............................................................. 16
4.4 Component scheme.......................................................17
5 INSTALLATION OF THE BOARD ............................. 19
5.1 Opening the PC..............................................................19
5.2 Selecting a free slot .......................................................19
5.3 Plugging the board into the slot ....................................20
5.4 Closing the PC ...............................................................20
6 SOFTWARE ......................................................... 21
6.1 Board registration unter Windows NT .............................22
6.1.1 "More information" dialog box for serial interfaces .............. 26
6.1.2 Registering a new board ..................................................... 27
6.1.3 Changing the registration of a board.................................. 27
6.2 Configuration under Windows XP/2000/98 ....................29
6.3 Board test .......................................................................30
6.4 Questions and software downloads on the web............30
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