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BlueStorm Universal PCI
User Manual
Contact Information:
Connect Tech Inc.
42 Arrow Road
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1K 1S6
Tel: 519-836-1291 (International)
800-426-8979 (Canada & USA)
Fax: 519-836-4878
Email: sales@connecttech.com
support@connecttech.com
URL: www.connecttech.com
CTIM-00015 Revision 0.10 June 4,, 2008
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Limited Lifetime Warranty Connect Tech Inc. provides a lifetime warranty for all* Connect Tech Inc. products. Should this product, in Connect Tech Inc.'s opinion, fail to be in good working order during the warranty period, Connect Tech Inc. will, at its option, repair or replace this product at no charge, provided that the product has not been subjected to abuse, misuse, accident, disaster or non Connect Tech Inc. authorized modificatio
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table of Contents Limited Lifetime Warranty ..............................................................................................................................2 Copyright Notice..............................................................................................................................................2 Trademark Acknowledgment..........................................................................................
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. List of Tables Table 1: DB-25 Male Pinouts for BlueStorm/LP (2 Port Connector)........................................................... 13 Table 2: HDB-44 Pinouts for BlueStorm/LP (4 Port Connector)................................................................. 14 Table 3: VHDCI-68 Female Pinouts for BlueStorm/LP (8 Port Connector)................................................ 16 Table 4: HDB-78 Pinouts for BlueStorm/SP (8 Port Connect
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Customer Support Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and/or using the product, contact the Connect Tech Inc. reseller from which you purchased the product. In most cases the reseller can help you with product installation and difficulties. In the event that the reseller is unable to resolve your problem, our highly qualified support staff can assist you. Our support section is available 24 hours a day, 7 da
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Introduction Connect Tech Inc. presents BlueStorm/LP/SP/SP Opto and SP RJ-11. These high-speed multi- port communication adapters are designed for Low Profile (LP) and Standard Profile (SP) PCI compatible computers. BlueStorm cards provide you with up to eight high performance serial ports and baud rates up to 1.8432 Mbps that are compatible with any standard serial communications application. BlueStorm cards are fully PCI compliant.
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. BlueStorm Installation Overview There are three stages to installing your BlueStorm card: 1. Hardware Configuration Interrupts and Memory selection will be set by the host computer’s BIOS and operating system. This section outlines jumper settings and configuration. 2. Hardware Installation Installation involves the physical installation of the BlueStorm into your computer. Please note that you should configure any jumper settings
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Multi-drop Slave Mode In this mode the TxD+/- line driver is enabled only when data is transmitted and RxD+/- is enabled at all times. This mode is typically used in multi-drop 4-wire connections. This mode requires software setup in Control Panel – System Properties – Hardware - Device Manager – Ports – CTI PCI UART. Click on Advanced under Port Settings. Line Bias/Termination The RS-422/485 transceivers, both transmit and receive are
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Figure 1: BlueStorm/LP Jumper Block Locations (2 Port Models) • • • • • • • • • • • • Jx1 Jx2 Jx3 Jx4 Jx5 Jx6 Figure 2: BlueStorm/LP Jumper Block Locations (4 Port Models) Figure 3: BlueStorm/LP Jumper Block Locations (8 Port Models) Revision 0.10 9
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Note: Jumper blocks are not installed •••••• •••••• •••••• for ports only capable of •••••• •••••• •••••• communicating in •••••• •••••• •••••• RS-232. •••••• •••••• •••••• Female HDB-78 • • • • • • • • • • • • Jx • • • • • • • • • • • • Jx1 Jx2 Jx3 Jx4 Jx5 Jx6 JA = Port 1 JB = Port 2 •••••• JC = Port 3 •••••• JD = Port 4 •••••• JE = Port 5 •••••• JF = Port 6 JG = Port 7 JH = Port 8 Figure 4: BlueStorm/SP
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Pin 1 Pin 1 6 x RJ-11 )Figure 6: BlueStorm/SP RJ-11 (8 Port Model) Note: Refer to Table 8 for port 7 and port 8 pinouts. Jumper Configuration for BlueStorm Jumper configuration options will vary by model. BlueStorm/LP RS-422/485 cards feature the jumper layout listed in Figure 7, while BlueStorm/SP and BlueStorm/SP Opto cards use the jumper layout in Figure 8. Lastly, BlueStorm/SP RJ-11 uses the jumper layout used in Figure 9.
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Figure 9 illustrates the jumper configurations for selecting +5V power or +12V power. JA JB JC JD JA1 JB1 JC1 JD1 TxD control JA2 JB2 JC2 JD2 RxD control JA3 JB3 JC3 JD3 RxD ± Termination/Bias JA4 JB4 JC4 JD4 RxD ± Termination/Bias JA5 JB5 JC5 JD5 TxD ± Termination Port 3 Port 4 Port 1 Port 2 Figure 7: Jumper Configuration Example for 4 Port RS-422/485 BlueStorm/LP Models JA JB JC JD RS-485 selection JA0 JB0 JC0 JD0 Tx
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. the operating system is booted by the current driver/software RS-485 mode. The jumper is used to ensure that a port will power-on tri-stated. For example, the RS-485 mode selection in the Windows control panel will override this jumper setting once a port is opened. The BlueStorm/LP RS-422/485 uses JC to configure Auto-485 mode, while the BlueStorm/SP Opto uses J1. Note that on BlueStorm/LP RS-422/485 models the Auto 485 is a single
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. 19 2 DTR output RXD- input 20 1 DTR output RXD- input 21 NC no connect NC no connect 22 1 RI input CTS+ input 23 2 RI input CTS+ input 24 NC no connect NC no connect 25 2 DCD input RXD+ input Cable CBG002 sends the signals to two DB-9 male connectors. See Table 6 for pinout details. NOTE: This is not the pinout of DB-25 cable CBG007. Table 2: HDB-44 Pinouts for BlueStorm/LP (4 Port Connector) Pin Port RS-232 Signal RS-422/485
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. 38 NC no connect NC no connect 39 3 DSR input CTS- input 40 3 DTR output RXD- input 41 3 RI input CTS+ input 42 4 DSR input CTS- input 43 4 DTR output RXD- input 44 4 RI input CTS+ input Cable CBG003 sends the signals to four DB-9 male connectors. Cable CBG007 sends the signals to four DB-25 connectors. See Table 6 for pinout details. Revision 0.10 15
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 3: VHDCI-68 Female Pinouts for BlueStorm/LP (8 Port Connector) Pin Port RS-232 Signal RS-422/485 Signal No. No. Signal Direction Signal Direction 1 1 TXD output TXD- output 2 1 RI input CTS+ input 3 1 DCD input RXD+ input 4 1 DTR output RXD- input 5 1 RTS output RTS- output 6 1 DSR input CTS- input 7 1 RXD input TXD+ output 8 1 CTS input RTS+ output 9 2 TXD output TXD- output 10 2 RI input CTS+ input 11 2 DCD input RXD+ inpu
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 3: VHDCI-68 Female Pinouts for BlueStorm/LP (Continued) Pin Port RS-232 Signal RS-422/485 Signal No. No. Signal Direction Signal Direction 47 6 RTS output RTS- output 48 6 DSR input CTS- input 49 6 RXD input TXD+ output 50 6 CTS input RTS+ output 51 5, 6 SG signal gnd. SR signal ref. 52 7, 8 SG signal gnd. SR signal ref. 53 7 TXD output TXD- output 54 7 RI input CTS+ input 55 7 DCD input RXD+ input 56 7 DTR output RXD- input
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 4: HDB-78 Pinouts for BlueStorm/SP (8 Port Connector) Pin Port RS- Signal RS-422/48 Signal No. No. 232 Direction 5 Direction Signal Signal 1 5 RTS output RTS A(-) output 2 5 CTS input RTS B(+) output 3 5 DSR input CTS A(-) input 4 5 RI input CTS B(+) input 5 5 SG signal gnd. SR signal ref. 6 6 RTS output RTS A(-) output 7 6 CTS input RTS B(+) output 8 6 DSR input CTS A(-) input 9 6 RI input CTS B(+) input 10 7 RTS output RTS
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 4: HDB-78 Pinouts for BlueStorm/SP (Continued) Pin Port RS- Signal RS-422/48 Signal No. No. 232 Direction 5 Direction Signal Signal 40 1 RTS output RTS A(-) output 41 1 CTS input RTS B(+) output 42 1 DSR input CTS A(-) input 43 1 RI input CTS B(+) input 44 1 SG signal gnd. SR signal ref. 45 2 RTS output RTS A(-) output 46 2 CTS input RTS B(+) output 47 2 DSR input CTS A(-) input 48 2 RI input CTS B(+) input 49 3 RTS output R
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BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 5: RJ-45 Pinouts for BlueStorm/SP Opto (4 Port Connector) RS-232 RS-422/485 Pin No. Signal Direction Signal Direction 1 N/C no connect RTS (-) output 2 N/C input RxD (+) input 3 RTS output RTS (+) output 4 SG signal gnd SR signal ref. 5 TxD output TxD (+) output 6 RxD input RxD (-) input 7 Gnd ground Gnd. ground 8 CTS input CTS (+) input 9 N/C no connect TxD (-) output 10 N/C no connect CTS (-) input RJ-45 connector 1
