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- Page 1 RS-422/485 PCI Card User Manual English No. 51200 (2 Port) No. 51202 (4 Port) No. 51204 (8 Port) www.lindy.com © LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - SECOND EDITION (Nov 2005)
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Page 3: Packing List
1.0 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the LINDY RS-422/485 Controller. This PCI serial card enables your computer to support serial RS-422/485 ports with 128Kbyte FIFO, Auto Identify and Switch RS-422/485 and ARSC™ technology. 2.0 Packing List Please check if the following items are present and in good condition upon opening the packaging. - Page 4 Provides a FIFO maximize size of 128Kbytes. The 128K FIFO can reduce CPU loading, improving system performance dramatically. The unique Auto Switch RS-422/485 technology makes it easy and convenient to manage the device without the need for jumper or switch settings.
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Page 5: Specifications
51202: 1 x DB37 Female to 4 x DB9/Male 51204: 1 x DB78 Female to 8 x DB9/Male BIOS assigned 32 byte hardware FIFO 128Kbyte software FIFO ARSC™ technology Auto Switch RS-422/485 technology 75bps ~ 921.6 Kbps 4,5,6,7,8 1,1.5,2 even, odd, none, mark, space None, Xon/Xoff, Hardware... -
Page 6: Operating Environment
4.4 Driver support Driver Support 4.5 Dimensions Dimensions (W × D) (Std.Bracket:121mm) 4.6 Regulatory Approvals Regulatory Approvals 4.8 System Requirements 1. Pentium or equivalent computer with an available PCI slot. 2. CD-ROM / DVD-ROM required for software installation. 3. Windows 3.x/ 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, DOS, Linux OS system 5.0 Operating Environment 1. - Page 7 6.0 Pin Assignments & Cable Wiring The pin assignments of the DB9 and DB25 Male port are stated as below: Type DB9M Signal TxD- TxD+ RxD+ RS-422 RxD- RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- Type DB9M Signal Data+ Data- RS-485 RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- DB25M...
- Page 8 LINDY Serial Communication Boards have one DB37 female port for the 4 port version and one DB78 female port for the 8 port version. The pin assignments of the DB37 female port and the DB78 female port are shown below and on the following page.
- Page 9 LINDY DB78 female 8 Port Serial Communication Boards Pin Assignment Port Signal TxD- TxD+ RxD+ RS-422 RxD- RTS- RTS+ 24 CTS+ CTS- Port Signal Data+ Data- 21 RS-485 RTS- RTS+ 24 CTS+ CTS- - 7 -...
- Page 10 LINDY Serial Communication Boards feature a 1 x DB37 Male to 4 DB9 Male cable for the 4 port version, and a 1 x DB78 Male port to 8 x DB9 Male ports cable, for 8 port version. DB37 Male to 4 x DB9 or DB25 Male Cable...
- Page 11 It is normally sufficient when the value of the termination resistors equals the characteristic impedance of the transmission line. LINDY RS-422/485 serial boards feature built-in termination resistors to prevent these problems. - 9 -...
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Page 12: Driver Installation
7.0 Driver Installation 7.1 Windows 2000 / XP / 2003: On booting up, the system will detect the presence of the PCI Serial card and prompt for the driver installation wizard. Please ignore this for known and insert the driver CD in your CD/DVD ROM drive. Run the setup file: : \PCI IO\win2k and xp\setup.exe (1) Please click “Next”... - Page 13 (2) You can select the folder location in which the driver is installed. Click Next” to continue. (3)The Software Installation Notice will appear, please click “Continue Anyway”, and the system will install the driver automatically. (4) Please click “Finish” and eject the driver CD. - 11 -...
- Page 14 (5) Please go back to the “Found New Hardware Wizard” window. Select “Install the software automatically (Recommend)” and click “Next”. (6) The system will search and install the appropriate I/O driver automatically. (7) The “Hardware Installation Notice” will appear, please click “Continue Anyway”...
- Page 15 (9) To uninstall the driver: Please click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs Click “Change/Remove” to uninstall the I/O driver. 7.2 Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 on a 64-bit system: On booting up, Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 will detect the presence of the PCI Serial card and will prompt for driver installation.
- Page 16 7.5 Dos: Please install the driver from the CD ROM: \PCI IO\DOS\install.exe, and follow the installation steps from the CD ROM: \PCI IO\serial.pdf 7.6 Windows 95 / 98SE / ME: On booting up, Windows 95 / 98SE / ME will detect the presence of the PCI Serial card and will prompt for driver installation.
- Page 17 (2) Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)” and click “Next” to continue. (3) Please select “Specify a location” and point to the CD Driver directory to install the driver. : \PCI IO\win9x\ - 15 -...
- Page 18 (4) The system will search and install the appropriate IO driver automatically. Please click “Next” to continue. (5) Please click “Finish” to complete this installation step. Note: The “Add New Hardware Wizard” windows will display and install drivers several times until you finish setting up each serial port. 7.7 Verifying Serial PCI card installation: - 16 -...
- Page 19 When Windows has finished installing the driver you must check: Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager >Ports[COM&LPT] It will show the additional ports: Note: 1. If you have installed PCI Serial ports in your system, you will be requested to restart your computer, when you have finished setting up each serial port.
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Page 20: Configure Com Port
8.0 Configure COM port (1) Select the PCI Serial Port which you want to configure, for example COM3. Right click the mouse, and select “Properties”. (2) Click “Port Settings”. Configure the Bits per second, Data bits, Parity, Stop bits and Flow control if you want to change them. - Page 21 Click the “Advanced” button to set more advanced features. (3) Configure the “Enable Auto CTS/RTS Flow Control ”,“ 16/32 bytes FIFO length and Receive/Transmit Buffer trigger level if you want to change these settings (The 128K software FIFO adjustment only supports Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 OS.
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- Page 23 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations.
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