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VXC-112U, VXC-142U/142iU, VXC-182iU, VXC-114U,
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VXC Cards User's Manual
VXC-144U/144iU
VXC-114U/144U/144iU User's Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----1

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  • Page 1 VXC Cards User’s Manual VXC-112U, VXC-142U/142iU, VXC-182iU, VXC-114U, VXC-144U/144iU Warranty All products manufactured by ICP DAS are warranted against defective materials for a period of one year from the date of delivery to the original purchaser. Warning ICP DAS assumes no liability for damages consequent to the use of this product.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Tables of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................3 ............................6 EATURES ..........................6 PECIFICATIONS .........................7 RODUCT HECK ........................7 RDERING NFORMATION .............................8 PTIONS HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ..........................10 ..........................10 OARD AYOUT COM P ....................12 APPING AND OARD ..........................14 SSIGNMENT .........................18 ARDWARE NSTALLATION SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................19 NT 4.0 ..........................20 INDOWS 2000 ..........................23...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1. Introduction The VXC multi-port serial card enables user to increase additional communication ports on the PC. It’s the on-top-of-the-list choice while you are managing to connect lots of outer devices through your PC; every VXC card ensures you fluent communication in both time-critical applications and industrial fields. With simply a VXC card, it has never been that easy for integration of a PC with many other devices, like PLCs, FAB machines, meters, controller devices, laboratory instruments, modems, card readers, serial printers, RFID readers, bar code readers, sensors, etc.
  • Page 4 ESD Protection The VXC cards offer TVS diode ESD protection technology, protecting your system from being damaged by the high potential voltages. Under normal operating conditions, the TVS diode presents high impedance (appears as an open circuit) to the protected component. When the voltage is beyond the limits, the TVS diode avalanches providing a low impedance path for the transient current.
  • Page 5 Self-Tuner: The VXC card is equipped with a “Self-Tuner” chip to control the sending/receiving direction of RS- 485 ports automatically. Without the help of Self-Tuner, users need to enable RS-485 transmitter before sending, and disable the transmitter after finishing sending. The timing to enable and disable transmitter (direction control) is the major issue on many communication problems, and it is very difficult to debug.

  • Page 6: Features

    1.1 Features  Universal PCI V2.2, supports 5 V and 3.3 V PCI bus  COM-Selector  Provides surge protection  128 Byte UART FIFO 1.2 Specifications VXC- VXC- VXC- VXC- VXC- VXC- VXC- 112U 182iU 142U 142iU 144U 144iU 114U Universal PCI (5 V and 3.3 V) Connector...

  • Page 7: Product Check List

    Save all shipping materials and the carton in case you need to ship or store the product in the future. 1.4 Ordering Information Model Description VXC-112U Universal PCI, 2-port RS-232 communication board VXC-114U Universal PCI, 4-port RS-232 communication board VXC-142U...

  • Page 8: Options

    1.5 Options VXC- VXC- VXC- VXC- VXC- Item Description 142U/ 142U/ 112U 182iU 114U 142iU 142iU CA-4002 37-pin Male D-sub   connector with plastic cover CA-PC09F 9-pin Female D-sub connector with plastic    cover DN-37 I/O Connector Block (Pitch= 5.08 mm) with ...
  • Page 9 CA-9-3715D DB-37 Male(D-sub) to 4-   Port DB-9 Male(D-sub) cable 1.5M (180 º) CA-0910F 9-pin Female-Female D-    sub cable, 1M CA-0910N 9-pin Female-Female D-    sub cable, 1M Null Modem Cable CA-0915 9-pin Male-Female D-sub ...

  • Page 10: Hardware Configuration

    Hardware configuration 2.1 Board Layout Board layout of the VXC-114U/144U/144iU  CON1 VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----10...
  • Page 11 Board layout of the VXC-112U/142U/142iU/182iU  CON2 CON1 VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----11...

  • Page 12: Com Port Mapping And Board Id

    2.2 COM Port Mapping and Board ID The Board ID and COM port mapping are the same, which is set by the SW1 DIP switch. The SW1 DIP switch has different functions under different OS. For DOS users, the SW1 DIP switch acts as Board ID. When there are two or more multi- port serial cards in a single system, it is difficult to identify individual card number.
  • Page 13 SW1 DIP Switch Board ID=0x00 (Default) COM = Auto-defined Board ID=0x03 COM = 3/4/5/6 Board ID=0x05 COM = 5/6/7/8 Board ID=0x07 COM = 7/8/9/10 Board ID=0x09 COM = 9/10/11/12 Board ID=0x14 COM = 20/21/22/23 Board ID=0x1E COM = 30/31/32/33 Board ID=0x28 COM = 40/41/42/43 Board ID=0x32 COM = 50/51/52/53...

  • Page 14: Pin Assignment

    2.3 Pin Assignment 2.3.1 VXC-112U Pin Assignment RS-232 Cable Wiring (Null Modem) 2.3.2. VXC-142U/VXC-142iU Pin Assignment Warning: The RS-485 bus is a differential (balanced) signal, thus you cannot wire the Data+ with Data- directly for a single port loop-back test. It will not work at all! VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver.
  • Page 15 2.3.3. VXC-114U Pin Assignment DB-37 to 4-port DB-9 (CA-9-3715D) RS-232 Cable Wiring (Null Modem) VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----15...
  • Page 16 2.3.4. VXC-144U/VXC-144iU Pin Assignment DB-37 to 4-port DB-9 (CA-9-3715D) Warning: The RS-485 bus is a differential (balanced) signal, thus you cannot wire the Data+ with Data- directly for a single port loop-back test. It will not work at all! VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----16...
  • Page 17 2.3.5. VXC-182iU Pin Assignment CN1: Isolation RS-422/485 port Warning: The RS-485 bus is a differential (balanced) signal, thus you cannot wire the Data+ with Data- directly for a single port loop-back test. It will not work at all! CN2: RS-232 port RS-232 Cable Wiring (Null Modem) VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver.

  • Page 18: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Warning: Static electricity can easily damage computer equipment. Ground yourself by touching the chassis of the computer before touching any boards. To install your VXC series cards, complete the following steps: 1. Refer to Chapter 3 for installing driver first 2.

  • Page 19: Software Installation

    Software Installation ICP DAS provides following device drivers for most operation systems such as Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista32. These Windows drivers provide full interrupt- driven, buffered I/O for each COM ports. And also supports the Plug & Play mechanism for easy installation.

  • Page 20: Windows Nt 4.0

    3.1 Windows NT 4.0 3.1.1 Installation Note: It’s recommended to install the software first, and then the hardware. This reduces the configuration procedures. Refer to “Quick Start” for getting the location of setup program on CD. 1. Launch the “VxCard_NT_Vista32_v204.exe” setup program. 2.
  • Page 21 4. Select “No, I will restart the computer later” and click “Finish” button. 5. Turn off the computer and install the VXC card into the PC. 6. Power on the computer. VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----21...
  • Page 22 3.1.2 Verification ICP DAS provides a ”VxCard Util” program (VxCard Utility.exe) for users to see all the COM ports on the system. It shows COM ports in two gorups, one for VXC Card and one for others. So, users can check if any conflict occurred between COM ports. To launch the utility, just double-click on the ”VxCard Utility”...

  • Page 23: Windows 2000

    3.2 Windows 2000 3.2.1 Installation Note: It’s recommended to install the software first, and then the hardware. This reduces the configuration procedures. Refer to “Quick Start” for getting the location of setup program on CD. 1. Launch the VxCard_NT_Vista32_V204.exe to install the driver and register the related information onto the system.
  • Page 24 4. Select “No, I will restart the computer later” and click “Finish” button. 5. Turn off the computer and install the VXC card into the PC. 6. Power on the computer, Windows 2000 should find the new card and load the driver automatically.
  • Page 25 3.2.2 Verification To verify the installation, please complete the following steps: Select ”Start / Settings / Control Panel” and double-click the ”System” icon. Click the ”Hardware” tab and then click the ”Device Manager” button. The VXC Card is listed under the ”VXC Multi-port serial Card” class, and each Communications Port is listed under the ”Ports (VxCard –...
  • Page 26 3.2.3 Configuration If needed, users can change the input buffer size (default is 4 KB for each port, up to 128 KB) by setting the “SW FIFO” scroll-bar on the VxCard Utility. The utility’s short cut is placed on the desktop after installation.

  • Page 27: Windows Xp/2003

    Windows XP/2003 It’s recommend to disable the Driver Signing and Windows Update options in Windows to suppress the lots of prompt messages during driver installation. 3.3.1 Disable Driver Signing 1. Select ”Start / Settings / Control Panel” and then ”System”. 2.
  • Page 28 3. Select “Ignore – Install the software anyway and don’t ask for my approval”, check “Make this action the system default” and then click “OK” to close the “Driver Signing Options” window. 4. Click the “Windows Update” button on “System Properties” window. Note: The “Windows Update”...

  • Page 29: Driver Installation

    5. Select “Never search Windows Update for drivers” and click “OK”. 6. Click “OK” on “System Properties” window to close it. 3.3.2 Driver Installation Note: It’s recommended to install the software first, and then the hardware. This reduces the configuration procedures. Refer to “Quick Start”...
  • Page 30 3. Select a folder where setup will install files, and click “Next>” button. 4. Select “No, I will restart the computer later” and click “Finish” button. VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----30...
  • Page 31 5. Turn off the computer and install the VXC card into the PC. 6. Power on the computer and continue to finish the Plug and Play procedures. 7. Select “Install the software automatically [Recommended]” and Click “Next>” button. VXC-114U: 4-Port RS-232 Communication Board 8.
  • Page 32 3.3.3 Restore the Driver Signing Setting 1. Select ”Start / Settings / Control Panel” and then ”System”. 2. Select the “Hardware” page on “System Properties” window and click “Driver Signing”. 3. Select “Warn – Prompt me each time to choose an action”, check “Make this action the system default”...
  • Page 33 5. Select “Ask me to search Windows Update every time I connect a new device” and click “OK” button. 6. Click “OK” button to close the “System Properties” window. 3.3.4 Verification To verify the installation, please complete the following steps: 1.
  • Page 34 3.3.5 Configuration If need, users can change the input buffer size (default is 4 KB for each port, up to 128 KB) by setting the “SW FIFO” scroll-bar on the VxCard Utility. The utility’s short cut is placed on the desktop after driver installed.

  • Page 35: Windows Vista

    Windows Vista 3.4.1 Driver Installation Note: It’s recommended to install the software first, and then the hardware. This reduces the configuration procedures. Refer to “Release Note” for getting the location of setup program on CD. 1. Launch the VxCard_NT_Vista32_V204.exe to install the driver and register the related information onto the system.
  • Page 36 4. Select folder where setup will install files, and click “Next>” button. 5. Click “Install this driver software anyway”. Note: The prompt will repeat for several times. Please click “(Install this driver software anyway)” for all these prompts. VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----36...
  • Page 37 6. Select “No, I will restart the computer later” and click “Finish” button. 7. Turn off the computer and install the VXC card into the PC. 8. Power on the computer and system will find the new card and make it work automatically. VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver.
  • Page 38 3.4.2 Verification To verify the installation, please complete the following steps: 1. Select ”Start / Settings / Control Panel” and double-click the ”System” icon. 2. Click the ”Hardware” tab and then click the ”Device Manager” button. The VXC Card is listed under the ”VXC Multi-port serial Card” class, and each Communications Port is listed under the ”Ports (VxCard –...
  • Page 39 1. Right–click “VxCard Utility.exe” and select “Run as administrator”. 2. Click “Allow, I trust this program. I know where it’s from or I’ve used it before” on the “User Account Control” window. 3. The VXC Card Utility shows all COM ports that existing in the system. To change the COM port mappings (see Section 2.2 COM Port Mappings and Board ID), users should restart the driver by rebooting the computer, or re-install the “VXC Card”...

  • Page 40: Linux

    3.5 Linux This section describes VXC Card Linux driver’s features and how to compile and install into a general Linux system (Linux kernel 2.4.X or 2.6.X). The VXC Card Linux driver is modified from Linux kernel source and supports most of popular PC-based Linux distributions. 3.5.1 Driver Features ...
  • Page 41 5. Once the configuring has done successfully, type “make” to build all. Note: If you like to install files to system directory, the make install will do it for you. However, install files to system directory is not necessary for further operation. You will need the root privilege for that.
  • Page 42 serial port, ttySV0, ttySV1, ttySV2 and ttySV3. The “ixcom.inst” script will use major number 254 to create correspond device on the /dev. # ls -la /dev/ttySV? crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 254, 64 Jul 14 10:13 /dev/ttySV0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 254, 65 Jul 14 10:13 /dev/ttySV1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 254, 66 Jul 14 10:13 /dev/ttySV2 crw-rw-rw-...

  • Page 43: Programming Reference

    Rev1.2 Rev1.1 (144U) 0x1415 0x9504 0x1440 0x0090 Rev3.1 (144iU) VXC-144U Version after VXC-144iU 0x1415 0x9501 0x1440 0x0091 Rev1.2 (144U) Rev3.2 (144iU) VXC-112U 0x1415 0x9501 0x1441 0x0080 VXC-142U 0x1415 0x9501 0x1440 0x0080 VXC-142iU VXC-182iU 0x1415 0x9501 0x1442 0x0080 VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----43...

  • Page 44: I/O Address Mapping

    The I/O address of the VXC series card is automatically assigned by the main-board ROM BIOS. The universal version of VXC series cards using two PCI functions as followings: Application: VXC-112U, VXC-142U/142iU, VXC-182iU, VXC-114U (Version after Rev1.2), VXC-144U (Version after Rev1.2), VXC-144iU (Version after Rev3.2) Function 0...

  • Page 45: Uart Register

    4.3 UART Register VXC-114U/144U/144iU User’s Manual (Ver. 1.2, Mar.11, 2009) -----45...

  • Page 46: Programmable Baud Rate

    4.4 Programmable Baud Rate Baud Rates Using a 14.7456-MHz Crystal (Universal series cards) DESIRED DIVISOR USED TO PERCENT (%) ERROR BAUD RATE GENERATE 16× CLOCK 18432 12288 8376 0.026 6144 3072 1536 1200 2400 4800 9600 14400 19200 23040 28800 38400 56000 2.86...

  • Page 47: Customized Baud Rate

    4.5. Customized Baud Rate To generate baud rate 125,000 bps: 125,000 * 16 * 8 = 16,000,000 = 16MHz crystal So, when you use a 16MHz crystal and selecting the baud rate 115,200 bps in your software setting, the hardware will generate baud rate 125kbps actually. Warning: The baud rates higher than 115,200 bps are not guaranteed to work.

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