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USB To 1* RS232 and 1*RS422/485 Isolated Converter User’s Manual Printed Jun. 2007 Rev 1.2 Trycom Technology Co., Ltd 1F, No.2-11, Sihu street, Yingge Township, Taipei, Taiwan ROC Tel: 886-2-86781191, Fax: 886-2-86781172 Web: www.trycom.com.tw Copyright Copyright Notice: The information in this manual is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and dosed not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.
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1. Introduction The TRP-C08S allows you to connect 2 serial devices simultaneously by using a USB interface. With auto configuration in data format, baud rate and RS485 data flow direction control TRP-C08S is able to automatically configure RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 signals, data format and baud rate without outer switch setting.
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DTE (data terminal equipment) device. All PC COM ports are DTE ports. A null modem cable is required to make a connection between the PC COM port and the TRP-C08S serial port. Straight through cable is required to connect the TRP-C08S serial port to a DCE device. 2-4. Power Connection (USB Internal Bus) Direct power input from USB port.
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RTS/CTS during configuration. Refer to the Pin out table for connections. 2-9. USB Cable Wiring TRP-C08S is true USB 2.0 specification, it also supports USB V1.0, V1.1 standard. It is strongly to recommend user use the standard A to B type USB 2.0 cable if USB1.0 cable can not work properly.
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3-1 .Install Vista32/64 driver Find “MSSetup.exe” utility which in the Vista64 folder. Double click on MSSetup.exe to start the installation process. Make sure that the User installing the driver must be a member of the Administrator group on the system You will get a “User Account Control”...
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3-1-1.TRP-C08S Device Installation & Detection: Connect TRP-C08S to the USB Host controller of the PC using a USB cable. The first time you plug-in the cable into the USB port, Windows will start installing the device driver software. You can see the installation status at the pop-up message of system tray. After installation, the pop-up message says “Your devices are ready to use”, Device driver software installed successfully.
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3-2 .Install XP driver Find MSSetup.exe and MSUninst.exe which in the folders for Win XP/2K and Win98/ME operation system. Use “MSSetup.exe” utility to install the driver. Double click on the utility to start the installation process. Press “Install” button to install the drivers for High-Speed USB Multi serial Device. During the installation process, a warning message will popup informing the user that the software being used has not passed the Windows Logo testing.
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The utility will display a message stating “Installation completed”. Use “Exit” button to complete the driver installation. Connect TRP-C08S to the USB Host controller of the PC by using a USB cable. The first time you plug the adapter into the USB port, Windows will bring up the "Found New Hardware Wizard"...
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As specified in earlier section, a warning message will popup informing the user that the software being used has not passed the Windows Logo testing. You can ignore the warning message by clicking on the option “Continue Anyway”.
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The following window conveys that the OS had finished the software installation for “High-Speed USB Multi Serial Compound Device”. Click on “Finish” to complete found new hardware wizard.
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Follow the same steps as explained for “High-Speed USB Multi Serial Compound Device” for the second port installation . Select the option “Install the software automatically”…… ”⋯ ⋯ “...
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The following wizard indicates that the OS has completed installing the software for the first serial port. Continue the same process for installing the rest of the serial ports. TRP-C08S device detection can be confirmed by checking the Device manager. Check for “High-Speed USB Multi Serial Compound Device” under Universal Serial Bus Controllers and...
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Now the TRP-C08S Device is ready to use. 3-3 .Uninstall XP driver Use “MSUninst.exe” to uninstall the TRP-C08S device driver from your PC. Double click on the utility to run the Uninstaller. Click on OK to proceed further. Use the “Exit” button to complete the Uninstaller utility. No need to restart the PC, unless prompted by the OS.
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The TRP-C08S device driver can be un-loaded through “Device Manager” as well. Go to Device Manager, Select High-Speed USB Multi Serial Compound Device from the Universal serial Bus controllers, Right Click on it, Select “Uninstall” as shown below. The OS will prompt the user whether to uninstall the device from the system. Click on “OK” to uninstall or “Cancel”...
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6. How to test TRP-C08S 6-1 RS422 Loop Back Test Hardware wiring connection for RS422 loop test. 6-2 RS232 Loop Back Test Hardware wiring connection for RS232 Loop Test.
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6-3 Loop Back Test Software User may find “DEMO.EXE” test utility in TRP-C08S CD. Or download the utility from Trycom web www.trycom.com.tw. 7 Click the “Setting” to set the RS422 loop counter (See the Figure 6); your system will detect the COM3.
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7. How to test RS485 TRP-Serial Test Utility is RS485 communicate software which may help to test TRP-C08S and RS485 device connect .User may find the utility in the TRP-C08S support disk. Double click “Trycom Utility”, the installShield Wizard will guide you complete installation.
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7-1 RS485 Pin Wiring User can directly link TRP-C08S to Trycom Remote IO Modules by RS485, The basic wiring connect.
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