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- Page 1 USB 2.0 to 4-Port RS232-422-485 Serial TB Adapter Isolation | Surge Model Number: USB2-4COMi-TB Installation Guide Coolgear, Inc. Version: 1.0 Date: 04/24/2024...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
First Release 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing Coolgear’s USB 2.0 to 4-Port RS232-422-485 Serial TB Adapter Isolation | Surge. The USB2-4COMi-TB USB2.0 Octal industrial serial adapters are designed to make serial RS-422 and RS-485 port expansion quick and simple. -
Page 3: Pin-Out Information
5-pin Screw-Lock Type Terminal Block Pin-out Information RS-232 Pin-out Pin Name Pin Type Description TxD- (Data-) No Function TxD+ (Data+) No Function RxD+ (TxD) Output TxD: Transmit RS-232 data RxD- (RxD) Input RxD: Receive RS-232 data Ground GND: Signal ground Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 4 Pin Name Pin Type Description TxD- (Data-) Output Data-: Transmit/Receive RS-485 data, negative /Input polarity TxD+ (Data+) Output/In Data+: Transmit/Receive RS-485 data, positive polarity RxD+ (TxD) No Function RxD- (RxD) No Function Ground GND: Signal ground Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
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Page 5: Power Output
RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 mode as per the requirements of your application. The operation mode configuration settings are listed as follows: SW1 (Port 1), SW2 (Port 2), SW3 (Port 3), SW4 (Port 4) Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 6 The operation mode configuration settings are listed as follows: SW1 (Port 1), SW2 (Port 2), SW3 (Port 3), SW4 (Port 4) SW5 (Port 5), SW6 (Port 6), SW7 (Port 7), SW8 (Port 8) Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
- Page 7 Settings are listed as follows for termination and biasing resistors configuration options. SW1 (Port 1), SW2 (Port 2), SW3 (Port 3), SW4 (Port 4) SW5 (Port 5), SW6 (Port 6), SW7 (Port 7), SW8 (Port 8) Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
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Page 8: Proper Wiring For Rs-422/485 Operation
The signal is defined by the difference in voltage between those two wires. This hardens the transmission against noise. Usually twisted pair cables are used, which further reduces the sensitivity for noise. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 9 10 receivers, as stated in the specifications of RS422. Since the USB quad/octal industrial serial adapters use the RS-485 Line Driver technology, up to 32 receivers are possible. The following diagram shows RS-422 and RS-485 4-wire scheme: Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
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Page 10: Installation
If no suitable drivers are automatically found, the following procedure should be followed. First, download the latest Windows driver of the USB quad/octal industrial serial adapters from http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm. Press “Start” and select “Control Panel” (right click “Start” button for Windows 10, 8.1). Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 11 Select “Hardware and Sound” in “Control Panel” Select “Device Manager” In “Device Manager”, there will be eight “USB Fast Serial Adapter” devices under “Other devices” with a yellow warning symbol indicating that the driver is not installed Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
- Page 12 Right click on the first “USB Fast Serial Adapter” to bring up a menu as shown below. Click “Update Driver Software…”. This then displays the option for an automatic search or a manual search. Select the second option to browse manually. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
- Page 13 After the “USB Fast Serial Adapter” driver installations are done successfully, you will find eight “USB Serial Converter X” (X = A, B, C, D) and eight “USB Serial Port” with a yellow warning symbol under “Device Manager”. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
- Page 14 From the displayed menu, select “Update Driver Software…”, repeat the same driver install procedure for the first “USB Serial Port”. When the first “USB Serial Port” driver installation is done, you will find a “USB Serial Port (COMx)” under “Ports (COM & LPT)” of Device Manager. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
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Page 15: Pre-Install Windows
PC. Before you plug the USB2.0 4/8-port Industrial Serial I/O adapter into the PC, you need to run the pre-install program. You can download the setup program from http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm. After downloading the driver setup program, right click it and select “Run as administrator”. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 16 USB 2.0 to 4-Port RS232-422-485 Serial TB Adapter Isolation | Surge Click “Extract”. The drivers will be installed. Whenever the USB 2.0 4/8-port Industrial Serial I/O Adapters is plugged into the PC, the Windows driver will be installed and listed in “Device Manager”. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
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Page 17: Uninstalling Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/Xp/2003 Drivers
file” prior to removing the device. This will create a text file outlining all operations that were attempted during the removal process that will be saved in the same directory as the .exe file. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 18 The Vendor ID and Product ID must be a unique combination, if an attempt is made to add the same device twice, the following message box will appear. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
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Page 19: Manual Windows 10/8.1/8/7 Driver Uninstall
“OK” to uninstall the software driver. Right click on the other “USB Serial Converter X” and repeat the driver uninstall procedure to uninstall all “USB Serial Converter X” Windows drivers. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... -
Page 20: Tools
USB device. The right pane displays the USB data structures that pertain to the selected USB device.These structures include Device, Configuration, Interface, and Endpoint Descriptors,as well as the current device configuration. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 21 RS-422 data positive polarity (TxD+) to receive RS-422 data positive polarity (RxD+); connecting transmit RS-422 data negative polarity (TxD-) to receive RS-422 data negative polarity (RxD-). After downloading putty.exe PuTTY application program, click the putty.exe to open PuTTY Configuration window. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
- Page 22 • Flow control: Select flow control for serial port under test (e.g. None) From “Category” select “Session” in the PuTTY Configuration window. The basic option for the PuTTY session. Select “Serial” radio button under “Connection type” menu and click “Open” to start the loop-back test. Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support...
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Page 23: Specifications
TxD-, TxD+, RxD+, RxD- (4-wire) Data-, Data+ (2-wire) Max Bitrate 921.6kbps Serial Configuration Data bits: 7, 8 Parity: None, odd, even, mark, space Stop bits: 1, 2 UART FIFO Buffer Size Each port has 2kb FIFO for transmit and receive Need help? Visit: coolgear.com/support... - Page 24 – Installation Guide USB 2.0 to 4-Port RS232-422-485 Serial TB Adapter Isolation | Surge USB2-4COMi-TB Serial Ports Four Connectors Four 5-pin screw-lock type terminal block connectors Protection 15kV ESD protection 600W surge protection Chipset FTDI FT4232H USB2.0 to Quad UART Chip...
- Page 25 Technical Support When you reach out to Coolgear support, you’ll find yourself in the hands of a solution-oriented and knowledgeable expert ready to answer whatever question you throw at them. If you ever need help with your product, visit coolgear.com/support for support tickets, downloads, and other support resources.
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