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User’s Manual SSCF- - 100 & SSCFR SSCF 100 & SSCFR- - 100 One Port RS-232 Serial CompactFlash Cards QUATECH, INC. 5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway Hudson, Ohio 44236 TEL: (330) 655-9000 FAX: (330) 655-9010 http://www.quatech.com. CompactFlash Card User’s Manual P/N: 940-0188-110 Version 1.10, 02.05.04...
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The authors have taken due care in the preparation of this document and every attempt has been made to ensure its accuracy and completeness. In no event will Quatech, Inc. be liable for damages of any kind, incidental or consequential, in regard to or arising out of the performance or form of the materials presented herein or in any software program(s) that may accompany this document.
SSCF-100 / SSCFR-100 Table of contents 1. Overview............................. 4 2. About the SSCF-100/SSSCFR-100..................... 4 3. Installing the SSCF-100/SSCFR-100 ....................5 3.1 Windows CE, Pocket PC....................5 3.2 Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP ..................5 3.3 DOS and Windows 3.1....................5 4. Register Interface..........................5 5.
PC or PDA. The CF+ specification extends the earlier memory-only CompactFlash interface to allow I/O devices and extra power for the card. The SSCF-100 / SSCFR-100 is an I/O type device and therefore requires a CF+ capable slot.
100/ SSCFR-100 have been tested with: SystemSoft Cardware and Award Cardwizard 4. SSCF-100 Register Interface The SSCF-100 and SSCFR-100 both appear as 5V cards to the host system because Vs1 and Vs2 are not connected. Thus the host defaults to 5V when possible to provide the strongest RS-232 output signals, and therefore the best noise margins.
Male connector with female screw-locks (to match the port at the back of a PC). The pin-out below applies to both the SSCF-100 / SSCFR-100 card and the DB9 male connector on the supplied cable (the cable is pinned one-to-one).
All figures quoted are typical parameters @ 25°C RS-232 SIGNALS: Typical output level ±5.5V (open circuit voltages) ESD PROTECTION: All RS-232 signal lines on the SSCF-100 / SSCFR-100 card are protected against electrostatic discharge (ESD) 15kv - human body model 8kv - IEC1000-4-2, contact discharge...
Quatech CompactFlash Card User’s Manual SSCF-100 / SSCFR-100 5.6 NOTES ON SERIAL DATA THROUGHPUT The maximum serial baud rate of 921KBits/sec does not imply that the maximum sustained throughput rate of the serial port will be as high. The actual throughput rate that can be achieved depends on many factors including the host PC speed, the serial data source’s data block size and...
SSCF-100 / SSCFR-100 6. Warranty information Quatech, Inc. warrants the SSCF-100 / SSCFR-100 to be free of defects for five (5) years from the date of purchase. Quatech, Inc. will repair or replace any board that fails to perform under normal operating conditions and in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document during the warranty period.