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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd.
TEL : +886-2-8913-1987
Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw
USER’S MANUAL
RS-232/422/485
Universal PCI/PCI Express
Industrial Multiport Serial Cards
Ver. 1.0, Feb. 2007
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw RS-232/422/485 Universal PCI/PCI Express Industrial Multuport Serial Cards Copyright Copyright© 2005 SUNIX Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any from or by any means, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without prior written permission from SUNIX Co., Ltd. Disclaimer S
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw INDEX Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................................................ Overview................................................................................................................................1-2 Package Checklist.................................................................................................................. 1-2 Product Features.. .
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 1. Introduction SUNIX Serial Communication Boards family provides an array of PCI Express, PCI, PCI-104 and PC/104 interfaces to meet your serial port expansion needs. Multi-port Serial Communication Board comes in the selection of 2.4.8 ports in choice of RS-232, RS-422/485 or 3-in-1 combo with DB9 or DB25 serial connectors and compatible with all major operating system for industrial ap
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 1-3. Product Features New Design of Matrix UART controller Matrix is a highly integrated multi-port UART controller that includes all of its functions into a single chip. In addition to those functions provided by a standard 16C750 UART chip, it also equips lots of advanced features that make the serial communication much more reliable and easy to use. With the large buffer and special designed flow-cont
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Galvanic isolation removes the ground-loop currents from data lines; hence, the impressed noise voltage that affects the signal also is eliminated. Common-mode noise can be removed completely and many forms of radiated noise can be reduced to negligible limits using this technique. It is highly recommended for use in high-noise environments. 1.10. Product Specifications Universal PCI Interface Function
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Dimensions 125 x 63 mm (for RS-232 only and RS-422/485 only) Dimensions (W × D) 135 x 63 mm (for 3-in-1 only) Regulatory Approvals Regulatory Approvals CE, FCC PCI Express Interface Function Type PCI Express Industrial Multi-Port Serial Card Mode of Operation Hand-Shaking Bus Transceivers RS-232, 422 Full-Duplex, RS-485 Half-Duplex Drivers per Line RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 1 Driver Receivers per Line RS
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Regulatory Approvals CE, FCC 2. Hardware Installation This chapter includes information about hardware installation for RS-232 Universal PCI Multi-Port Communication Board. The following topics are covered: Hardware Installation Pin Assignments 2-1. Hardware Installation The hardware installation of PCI / PCI-E serial boards is easy to carry out. Before inserting the card into the PCI / PCI-E bus, ple
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 2-2. Pin Assignment
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3. Software Installation After installing the RS-232/42/485 Universal PCI / PCI Express Multi-Port Communication Board in your system successfully, please follow the step by step software installation guide to confirm how to install appropriate driver and configure the serial port settings. The driver for PCI / PCI-E serial board supports various operating systems, and you can select your requirement in the
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (1) Please insert the driver CD in your CD/DVD-ROM drive. (2) Please click “Next” to continue. (3) Please choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) “option, and click “Next” again to continue. (4) Please choose the 2 items as bellow, then click “Next” to continue. (5) Please click “ Browser ” to choose driver folder.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (6) Please choose the CD/DVD-ROM drive, and choose the path “Windows\2K&XP&2003&Vista_32bit”, and click “Open” to continue. (7) Please click “OK” to continue. (8) Please click “Next” to continue.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (9) Please click “Yes” to continue. (10) Please click “Finish” to continue.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (11) Please click “Next” to continue. (12) Please choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) “option, and click “Next” again to continue.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (13) Please choose the 2 items as below, then click “Next” to continues. (14) Please click “OK” to continue.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw (15) Please click “Next” to continue. (16) Please click “Finish” to continue. Note. Please return step11~step16 to install.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Configure the Seri al Port Settings 1. Please launch the “Device Manager” 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial port XXX (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Properties”.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 3. Click “Port Settings” tab page and click “Advanced” for advanced settings. 4. Click “Defaults” button for restoring default advanced settings.
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw 5. Check/Un-check the “Enable 64 Byte FIFO buffers” checkbox to enable / disable the hardware FIFO buffering feature or you can select the size of FIFO if “Use FIFO buffers control” is enabled. 6. Re-map the COM port number by select a free COM port number from the “COM Port Number” combo box. The (in use) means this COM port number is used by another COM port. 7. Click “OK” to save your settings, and
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SUNIX NCCI Co., Ltd. TEL : +886-2-8913-1987 Email : info@sunix-ncci.com.tw Uninstalling Device 1. Please launch the Device Manager, and find the SUNIX Matrix Serial Port XXX (COMXXX). 2. Right click the “SUNIX Matrix Serial port XXX (COMXXX)” item from the “Ports (COM & LPT)” sub-tree and click “Uninstall”.
