Digi ACCELEPORT EPC/CON-16 Hardware Installation Manual

Step Five: Install peripheral cabling

You can connect printers, terminals, modems (or any other standard EIA-
232 device to be controlled by applications on the computer) to the
EPC/CON-16 concentrator by installing a cable between the peripheral
and the concentrator.
On the peripheral end of the cable, the cable connector depends on the
requirements of the peripheral. The EPC/CON-16 (or PORTS/Xem mod-
ule) end of the cable must fit either an RJ-45 or DB-25 connector,
depending on the model you have.
The pin assignments for each type of EPC/CON-16 connector are as fol-
lows:
DB-25 Pin assignments
Signal Description
GND Chassis Ground
TxD Transmitted Data
RxD Received Data
RTS Request To Send
CTS Clear To Send
DSR Data Set Ready
SG Signal Ground
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DTR Data Terminal Ready
RI Ring Indicator
* Chassis Ground is also available on the
connector shell
RJ-45 pin assignments are shown on the back.
RJ-45 Pin Assignments
Signal
DSR
RTS
GND
TxD
RxD
CTS
DTR
DCD
Pin
† Pin 2 can be configured for DCD (through Digi
software) if you want to connect using an 8 pin
1*
2
3
Refer to the CD-ROM for more detailed cabling information.
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What Next?
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At this point the hardware installation for your EPC/X system is com-
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plete. However, since the EPC/X adapter and the EPC/CON-16 concen-
trators must have software downloaded to their internal RAM before they
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become functional, you must next install the software drivers for your
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operating system.
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• Read the instruction booklet for the CD-ROM that came with your
system for instructions on installing software.
• View the on-line documentation on the CD-ROM for more informa-
tion about your EPC/X system.
The Digi logo and AccelePort are registered trademarks of Digi International. EPC/X,
EPC/CON-16, PORTS/Xem PORTS/8em, PORTS/16em, Modem/Xem, Modem/4em, and
Modem/8em are trademarks of Digi International.
All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.
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Description Pin
RI Ring Indicator 1
Data Set Ready 2†
Request To Send 3
Chassis Ground 4
Transmitted Data 5
Received Data 6
SG Signal Ground 7
Clear To Send 8
Data Terminal Ready 9
Data Carrier Detect 10
connector
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AccelePort
EPC/CON-16 Concentrator
Installation Guide
Introduction
® ™
An AccelePort EPC/X system consists of an EPC/X host adapter cou-
™
pled with EPC/CON-16 concentrators from which EIA-232 peripheral
devices such as printers, terminals or modems can be cabled and con-
trolled. The adapter has two lines that can each support one or more con-
centrators. Multiple concentrators can be linked in a chain, and Digi
™ ™ ™
PORTS/8em , PORTS/16em , Modem/4em
modules can be added to a concentrator to expand the number of ports
available.
Figure 44.
Example EPC/X setup
This installation guide describes how to plan your setup and install the
EPC/X host adapter and concentrator hardware.
EPC/X System
EPC/X PCI Host Adapter
Hardware
™
, and/or Modem/8em