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USER'S MANUAL
RS-232/422/485
Universal PCI/PCI Express
Industrial Multiport Serial Cards
Ver. 1.0, Feb. 2007
SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd.
TEL : +886-2-8913-1987
Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw

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  • Page 1 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw USER’S MANUAL RS-232/422/485 Universal PCI/PCI Express Industrial Multiport Serial Cards Ver. 1.0, Feb. 2007...

  • Page 2: Safety Information

    SUNIX Co., Ltd. Disclaimer SUNIX Co., Ltd. Shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this equipment. SUNIX Co., Ltd. makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual. Information in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability;...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw INDEX Chapter 1 Introduction..................Overview..........................1-2 Package Checklist........................1-2 Product Features........................1-3 Product Specifications......................1-4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation................Hardware Installation......................2-1 Pin Assignment ........................2-2 Chapter 3 Software Installation ................

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Multi-port Serial Communication Board comes in the selection of 2.4.8 ports in choice of RS-232, RS-422/485 or 3-in-1 combo with DB9 or DB25 serial connectors and compatible with all major operating system for industrial applications.

  • Page 5: Product Features

    In the early days, RS-485 transmission required manual switching of the direction of the line driver. Switching manually is prone to error and is not an efficient way. In order to solve such problem, Sunix has developed a special technique call AHDC/CS for RS-485 transmission to provide a precise data direction control automatically.

  • Page 6: Product Specifications

    Universal PCI Industrial Multi-Port Serial Card Bus Transceivers RS-232, 422 Full-Duplex, RS-485 Half-Duplex Drivers per Line RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 1 Driver Receivers per Line RS-232 1 , RS-422 10 , RS-485 32 Receivers Hardware Matrix Controller 16C750 compatible UART 64-bit & 32-bit PCI Bus Bus Interface 3.3V &...
  • Page 7 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Dimensions 125 x 63 mm (for RS-232 only and RS-422/485 only) Dimensions (W × D) 135 x 63 mm (for 3-in-1 only) Regulatory Approvals Regulatory Approvals CE, FCC PCI Express Interface...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Regulatory Approvals CE, FCC 2. Hardware Installation This chapter includes information about hardware installation for RS-232 Universal PCI Multi-Port Communication Board. The following topics are covered: Hardware Installation Pin Assignments 2-1. Hardware Installation The hardware installation of PCI / PCI-E serial boards is easy to carry out. Before inserting the card into the PCI / PCI-E bus, please follow the detailed steps given below to install the PCI / PCI-E serial board in your computer.

  • Page 9: Pin Assignment

    SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 2-2. Pin Assignment...

  • Page 10: Software Installation

    Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3. Software Installation After installing the RS-232/42/485 Universal PCI / PCI Express Multi-Port Communication Board in your system successfully, please follow the step by step software installation guide to confirm how to install appropriate driver and configure the serial port settings.
  • Page 11 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (1) Please insert the driver CD in your CD/DVD-ROM drive. (2) Please click “Next” to continue. (3) Please choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) “option, and click “Next” again to continue.
  • Page 12 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (6) Please choose the CD/DVD-ROM drive, and choose the path “Windows\2K&XP&2003&Vista_32bit”, and click “Open” to continue. (7) Please click “OK” to continue. (8) Please click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 13 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (9) Please click “Yes” to continue. (10) Please click “Finish” to continue.
  • Page 14 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (11) Please click “Next” to continue. (12) Please choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) “option, and click “Next” again to continue.
  • Page 15 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (13) Please choose the 2 items as below, then click “Next” to continues. (14) Please click “OK” to continue.
  • Page 16 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (15) Please click “Next” to continue. (16) Please click “Finish” to continue. Note. Please return step11~step16 to install.
  • Page 17 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Configure the Serial Port Settings 1. Please launch the “Device Manager” 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial port XXX (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Properties”.
  • Page 18 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3. Click “Port Settings” tab page and click “Advanced” for advanced settings. 4. Click “Defaults” button for restoring default advanced settings.
  • Page 19 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 5. Check/Un-check the “Enable 64 Byte FIFO buffers” checkbox to enable / disable the hardware FIFO buffering feature or you can select the size of FIFO if “Use FIFO buffers control” is enabled.
  • Page 20 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Uninstalling Device 1. Please launch the Device Manager, and find the SUNIX Matrix Serial Port XXX (COMXXX). 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial port XXX (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Uninstall”.
  • Page 21 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3. Please click “OK” to remove driver, and repeat step2~step3 to remove other ports. 3-2. Windows XP (32 / 64-bit) The following procedure is for installing PCI / PCI-E serial board driver under 32 / 64- bit hardware system under Windows XP.
  • Page 22 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (1) Please choose “No, not this time” option, and click “Next” to continue. (2) Please insert the driver CD in your CD/DVD ROM drive, and choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”...
  • Page 23 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (4) Please choose the CD-ROM drive, and find the driver folder , and click “OK” to continue. P.S.1. XP 32bit, please use the folder \Windows\2K&XP&2003&Vista_32bit P.S.2. XP 64bit, please use the folder \Windows\XP&2003_64bit...
  • Page 24 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (6) Please click “Continue Anyway” to continue. (7) Please click “Finish” to continue.
  • Page 25 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (8) Please choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” option, and click “Next” to continue. (9) Please click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 26 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (10) Please click “Continue Anyway” to continue. (11) Please click “Finish” to continue. Note. Please repeat step8~step11 to install.
  • Page 27 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Configure the Serial Port Settings 1. Please launch the “Device Manager” from Start Control Panel System...
  • Page 28 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial port XXX (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Properties”. 3. Click “Port Settings” tab page and click “Advanced” for advanced settings.
  • Page 29 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 4. Click “Defaults” button for restoring default advanced settings. 5. Check/Un-check the “Enable 64 Byte FIFO buffers” checkbox to enable / disable the hardware FIFO buffering feature or you can select the size of FIFO if “Use FIFO buffers control” is enabled.
  • Page 30 COM port number is used by another COM port. 7. Click “OK” to save your settings, and repeat above steps for each serial port. Uninstalling Device 1. Please launch the Device Manager, and find the SUNIX Matrix Serial Port XXX (COMXXX).
  • Page 31 TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial port XXX (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Uninstall”. 3. Please click “OK” to remove driver, and repeat step2~step3 to remove other ports.
  • Page 32 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3.3. Windows Server 2003 (32 / 64-bit) The following procedure is for installing PCI / PCI-E serial board driver under 32 and 64- bit operation system Server 2003 including 32bit driver and both INTEL and AMD 64-bit hardware systems.
  • Page 33 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (2) Please select “Install from a list or specific location (Advance)”, and Click “Next” to continue. (3) Please choose the 2 items as below, and click “Browser” to continue.
  • Page 34 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (4) Please choose CD driver folder to install multi-port card driver, and click “OK” to continue. P.S.1. 32bit, please use the folder \Windows\2K&XP&2003&Vista_32bit P.S.2. 64bit, please use the folder \Windows\XP&2003_64bit...
  • Page 35 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (6) Please click “Continue Anyway” to continue install. (7) Please click “Finish” to continue.
  • Page 36 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (8) Please choose “No, no this time” option, and click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 37 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (9) Please choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advance)” option, and click “Next” to continue. (10) Please click “Next” to continue. (11) Please click “Continue Anyway” to continue.
  • Page 38 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (12) Please click “Finish” to continue. Note. Please repeat step8~step12 to install. Configure the Serial Port Settings 1. Please launch the “Device Manager”...
  • Page 39 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial Port (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Properties”. 3. Click “Port Settings” tab page and click “Advanced” for advanced settings.
  • Page 40 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 4. Click “Defaults” button for restoring default advanced settings.
  • Page 41 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 5. Check/Un-check the “Enable 64 Byte FIFO buffers” checkbox to enable / disable the hardware FIFO buffering feature or you can select the size of FIFO if “Use FIFO buffers control” is enabled.
  • Page 42 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Uninstalling Device 1. Please launch the “Device Manager” 2. Expand the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and right-click the mouse on “SUNIX Matrix Serial Port (COMXXX)” item, and select “Uninstall”.
  • Page 43 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3. Please click “OK” to remove driver, and repeat step2~step3 to remove other ports. 3.4. Vista (32-bit) The following procedure is for installing PCI / PCI-E serial board driver under 32 -bit operation system Vista including 32bit driver.
  • Page 44 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (2) Please click “Don’t search online” to continue. (3) Please click “I don’t have the disc. Show me other options.” to continue.
  • Page 45 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (4) Please click “Browse my computer for drivers software (advanced)” to continue. (5) Please click “Browse” to choose driver folder.
  • Page 46 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (6) Please choose the CD/DVD-ROM drive, and select the driver folder “\Windows\2K&XP&2003&Vista_32bit” , and click “OK” to continue install. (7) Please click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 47 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (8) Please click “Install this driver software anyway” to continue. (9) Please click “Close” to continue.
  • Page 48 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (10) Please click “Don’t search online” to continue. (11) Please click “I don’t have the disc. Show me other options” to continue.
  • Page 49 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (12) Please click “Browse my computer for driver software (advanced)” to continue. (13) Please click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 50 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (14) Please click “Install this driver software anyway” to continue. (15) Please click “Close” to continue. Note. Please repeat step10~step15 to install.
  • Page 51 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Configure the Serial Port Settings 1. Please launch the “Control Panel” , and launch the “Device Manager”...
  • Page 52 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial Port XXX (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Properties”. 3. Click “Port Settings” tab page and click “Advanced” for advanced settings.
  • Page 53 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 4. Click “Defaults” button for restoring default advanced settings.
  • Page 54 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 5. Check/Un-check the “Enable 64 Byte FIFO buffers” checkbox to enable / disable the hardware FIFO buffering feature or you can select the size of FIFO if “Use FIFO buffers control” is enabled.
  • Page 55 SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Uninstalling Device 1. Please launch the “Device Manager” 2. Expand the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and right-click the mouse on “SUNIX Matrix Serial Port (COMXXX)” item, and select “Uninstall”.

  • Page 56: Linux

    SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3. Please choose “Delete the driver software for this device”, and click “OK” to remove driver, and repeat step2~step3 to remove other ports. 3.5. Linux The drivers for Linux support both kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x along with various Linux distributions. Separate packages are used for different version of kernels.

  • Page 57: Driver Installation

    SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw The installation steps described below is showed as a general case. More detail description about installation could be found on the readme file along with the driver package. 3.5.1. Driver Installation To install the driver, follow each steps showed below.
  • Page 58 This will show the info about those serial ports, the result should be like this ================ Found 6 SUNIX port, list informations below =============== ttySMX0 -- RS-232 (bus:2 device: 1) , base address = a000, irq = 169 ttySMX1 -- RS-232 (bus:2 device: 1) , base address = a008, irq = 169...

  • Page 59: Troubleshooting

    SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 4. Troubleshooting This chapter shows some problems that user came with usually. Also you can check it if the PCI / PCI-E serial board can not work properly in your system after following hardware and software installation steps.

  • Page 60: Chapter 5 Appendix

    Contract Information Customer satisfaction is our number one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, SUNIX services has been set up to provide technical support, driver updates, product information, and user’s manual updates. The following services are provided E-mail for technical support……………………………………........

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