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’ ’ The package includes the following items: PCIe-S118 or PCIe-S148 English/ Dec. 2014/ Version 1.0 Quick Start Gide (This Guide) Software CD (V6.1 or later) Launch the Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8 (32/64-bit) driver setup program (PCIe-S1x8_Win_Setup_xxx.exe), which can be obtained from either the ...
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8-1: In Windows 7, Click “Start” button, and then click “Control Panel”. 8-2: Click “System and Maintenance”, and then click “Device Manager”. 8-3: Verify that the COM ports of PCIe-S118/S148 card are listed correctly. Installation successful COM port mapping is automatically applied depending on the PC.
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If the auto-configuration for COM Port is messy or that is not you need, you can change the COM port mappings. For detailed configuration steps, please refer to the following: Open Windows Device Manager and right click on the serial port of the PCIe-S1x8 series card. ...
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PCIe-S148 Card Device RS-485 Wiring Signal Signal DATA- DATA- DATA+ DATA+ Note: 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. PCIe-S148 Card Device RS-422 Wiring...
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PCIe-S1x8 series card using the CA-9-6210 and CA-0910F cables (optional). Step 2: Wire the Port 0 and Port1. PCIe-S118 card (RS-232 Wiring): Shorting the RxD, TxD and GND pins of both Port0 and Port1. Port0 Port1 Signal Signal...
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Step 1: Execute the Test2COM.exe program, which can be downloaded from: CD:\Napdos\multiport\utility http://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/iocard/pci/napdos/multiport/utility/ Step 2: Set the appropriate COM Ports, Baud Rate and Data Format information to the values shown in the image below. COM Ports: Enter COM3 (First), COM4 (Second). Stop Bits: Check “1”...
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Once the test is complete, verify the test results. If the result indicates that the test was successful, the expanded COM Port is ready-to-use. Success Test: 8 Failed Test: 0 PCIe-S118/PCIe-S148 card product page: http://www.icpdas.com/root/product/solutions/pc_based_io_board/industrial_communication _boards/multi_introductions.html DN-09-2, CA-0910F and CA-9-6210 product page (optional): http://www.icpdas.com/products/DAQ/screw_terminal/dn_09_2.htm...
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