PCM-COM232 SERIES
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1. 7 An insertion tone should be heard and the card should now appear under the Device Manager s list at node DAS Component 8 Please proceed to the section titled InstaCAL If no New Hardware Found or Update Device Driver dialog box appears check that your computer s 32 bit PCMCIA drivers are enabled This can be checked using the following Windows 95 sequence Right Click on My Computer select Properties then Performance It should read 32 bit If not enable 32 bit shut down your com puter and try the above procedure again DOS AND OR WINDOWS 3 1 Most users are now installing boards on systems with at least Windows 95 operating systems However if you wish to install the PCM COM232 in a machine running Windows 3 1 and or DOS you will need to use the DOS based Card amp Socket serv ices routine This is included with most newer computers However if you need to purchase these routines they are available After you have installed all the software using the automated install program please run InstaCal CARD amp SOCKET SERVICES The following section describes Card amp Socket Services and should help you deter mine whether or not you need to install CSS Card and socket services for your PCM card are on a disk labeled PCM Board Card amp Socket Services We will refer to Card amp Socket Services as CSS for the remainder of this manual The software from that disk should be installed if you do not alread2. other PCMCIA boards it will not interfere If you decide to install CSS When you run the InstaCal installation described in the next section you will be prompted to indicate whether or not to install CSS Respond yes After installation of InstaCal and the Universal Library if ordered the CSS disk will be requested Insert the CSS disk and accept the defaults when prompted if possible INSTACAL Install the InstaCal software Windows in its various forms and DOS users install the program by running the INSTALL EXE program supplied on your InstaCAL disk Some versions of Insta CAL will include a file named SETUP EXE If you are running from Windows 3 x Windows 95 or higher and your InstaCAL disk contains SETUP EXE run it rather than INSTALL EXE You will then be prompted for some information Follow the instructions and if possible accept the defaults If this is your first installation we urge you to accept the defaults It will be easier to assist you in the event of trouble with default settings The installation routines will create all required folders directories and unpack the various pieces of compressed software Simply follow the on screen instructions Remember where the InstaCAL files are placed as you will need to access them in the next step the default location is on your main hard drive in a directory or folder named C CB If you have purchased the Universal Library programmers library the installati
3. PCM COM232 SERIES ComputerBoards Inc Revision 1 November 1997 LIFETIME PRODUCT WARRANTY Every ComputerBoards Inc product is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for the life of the product to the original purchaser Any products found to be defective in material or workmanship will be repaired or replaced promptly LIFETIME HARSH ENVIRONMENT WARRANTY Any ComputerBoards Inc product which is damaged due to misuse may be replaced for only 50 of the current price I O boards face some harsh environments some harsher that the boards are designed to withstand When that happens just return the board with an order for its replacement at only 50 of the list price ComputerBoards does not need to profit from your misfortune By the way we will honor this warranty for any other manufacture s board that we have a replacement for 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Any ComputerBoards Inc product may be returned within 30 days of purchase for a full refund of the price paid for the product being returned If you are not satisfied or chose the wrong product by mistake you do not have to keep it Please call for a RMA number first No credits or returns accepted without a copy of the original invoice Some software products are subject to a repackaging fee These warranties are in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular application Th
4. e com puters with PCMCIA type slots The heart of the board is a 16550 UART which is configured to be compatible with all DOS and Windows COM port drivers and soft ware Customers familiar with CIO COM422 and CIO COM485 will notice immedi ately the similarity in register structure and function between the PCMCIA board and the ISA bus boards The board is based on the 16550 UART This UART has a built in FIFO memory and allows data transfer rates consistently faster than boards using the more commonly used 16450 chip Sustained data transfer rates of 115 2 Kbaud are achievable with any of the PCM COM series boards The serial ports can be configured as COM1 COM2 COM3 or COM4 and support a wide variety of serial transfer modes including using 5 6 7 or 8 data bits with odd even or no parity and 0 or 2 stop bits The PCM COM232 is a low cost single port RS 232 interface and uses the PCM C232 241 cable INSTALLATION IN OLDER COMPUTERS If you are using a desktop PC or an older laptop PC you may experience problems with automatic detection of the PCM COM board when you reboot with the PCM card installed On many desktops and older laptops the PCM card is not reset during the reboot This will result in one extra COM port being detected on every other system boot cycle For example if there are two integrated ports in the PC COMI and COM2 and one PCM COM board is installed at COM3 every other boot will result in 4 COM port
5. e remedies provided herein are the buyer s sole and exclusive remedies Neither ComputerBoards Inc nor its employees shall be liable for any direct or indirect special incidental or consequential damage arising from the use of its products even if ComputerBoards has been notified in advance of the possibility of such damages Notice ComputerBoards Inc does not authorize any ComputerBoards Inc product for use in life support systems and or devices without the written approval of the President of ComputerBoards Inc Life support devices systems are devices or systems which a are intended for surgical implantation into the body or b support or sustain life and whose failure to perform can be reasonably expected to result in injury ComputerBoards Inc products are not designed with the components required and are not subject to the testing required to ensure a level of reliability suitable for the treatment and diagnosis of people C Copyright 1997 ComputerBoards Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced without written permission from ComputerBoards Inc EC Declaration of Conformity INTRODUCTION coi as ela ide Ba INSTALLATION 222 2 AA Seo mathe codes Rah AAS Bors We ComputerBoards Inc declare under sole responsibility that the product WINDOWS PCM COM2 32 PC Card RS232 interface Windows 95A New Hardware Found dialog box o o oooo o Windows 95B Update Device Driver Wizard lt
6. here Direct writes to the addresses simply by refer ence to the base address of the PCM card I O registers is not advised Since the addresses assigned by the PCM plug amp play software are not under your control there is no way to guarantee that your program will run in any other computer Not only that but if you remove and then reinstall your PCM board the plug amp play software may not choose the same address during the second or subsequent installa tions It is best to use a library such as Universal Library or a program such as HP VEE to make measurements with your PCM card TESTING THE INSTALLATION After you have run the install program and set your base address with InstaCal it is time to test the installation The following section describes the InstaCal procedure to test that your board is properly installed
7. ng If this is your first installation simply hit enter to accept the default of BOARD 0 If you have other boards already installed choose a board number not currently in use InstaCAL will do the rest of the initial installation of your PCM board selecting addresses and other system resource settings which are not your choice to select InstaCal help is available by pressing the F1 function key Most of InstaCal is intui tively obvious and for that reason there is no user s manual for InstaCal Once done exit InstaCal This will update and save the configuration file CBI CFG in the C CB directory InstaCal selects and sets the I O address and interrupt level from the range of available options The address and other information is stored in the configuration file CB CFG This file is accessed by the Universal Library for programmers Note also that the Universal Library is the I O board interface for packaged applications such as Labtech Notebook and HP VEE therefore the InstaCal settings must be made in order for these and other applications to run The board s base address is also stored in the system software Once InstaCal installa tion software is run other programming methods such as direct IN and OUT state ments can write and read the PCM card registers by reference to the base address and the offset from base address corresponding to the chart of registers located elsewhere in this manual But a word of warning is in order
8. o o o oo ooo Part Number Description DOS AND OR WINDOWS 3 1 oooooococococnonconcnonoonoomo ooo to which this declaration relates meets the essential requirements is in conformity q I n C mu a Re A A O A A with and CE marking has been applied according to the relevant EC Directives listed BR 4 anstand Bl LE EL AO SSS a Launching InstaCAL girien d i eee teens below using the relevant section of the following EC standards and other normative 7 pi nee Using InstaCal ae 2 las we ee re a ale nich TESTING THE INSTALLATION ow ee ee ees EU EMC Directive 89 336 EEC Essential requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility PCM COM232 CONNECTIONS cw we eee SPECIFICATIONS siii si ee is ee a a aia EU 55022 Class B Limits and methods of measurements of radio interference POWER CONSUMPTION nn characteristics of information technology equipment EN 50082 1 EC generic immunity requirements INSTALLATION IN OLDER COMPUTERS _ c c oc oooooooo o IEC 801 2 Electrostatic discharge requirements for industrial process measurement and control equipment IEC 801 3 Radiated electromagnetic field requirements for industrial process measurements and control equipment IEC 801 4 Electrically fast transients for industrial process measurement and control equipment Carl Haapaoja Director of Quality Assurance INTRODUCTION The PCM COM232 is a serial communications board for IBM PC compatibl
9. on pro gram will install all the software required to run the PCMCIA board as well as the UniversalLibrary Launching InstaCAL Prior to starting InstaCAL reboot your computer so the various changes made to your start up files are active From the DOS prompt you may start InstaCAL by simply typing InstaCal and hitting enter From Window 3 x use the file manager to find InstaCAL exe It should be on your main hard drive in a directory called C CB if C is your main hard drive To launch InstaCAL simply double click on the file InstaCAL exe You may also launch InstaCAL use the FILE menu select RUN type InstaCAL and click on OK From Win95 use Start Run type InstaCAL at the prompt and click OK IM Using InstaCa InstaCal is the Installation Calibration and Test software supplied with your I O board After installing InstaCal you should restart your computer to take advantage of changes made to the AUTOEXEC and CONFIG files If you have a PCM board installed in a PCM slot in your computer the first message InstaCal displays is Card PCM COM232 found in slot A dialog box opens allowing you the choice to install or not install the software con figuration for your PCM card Install the card by choosing yes Two additional dialog boxes will open One shows the boards currently installed in your configuration file the second allows you to choose a board number to assign to the PCM card you are currently installi
10. ontrol card its driver set may include your new card If so you will hear the insertion tone the New Hardware Found dialog box will disappear and you can proceed to the section titled Running InstaCal If the drivers are not already installed on your PC depending on the version of Windows 95 you have there are currently two you will either see a New Hardware Found dialog box or a Update Device Driver Wizard box If you see the New Hardware Found dialog box follow these instructions Windows 95A If you receive the Update Device Drive Wizard box skip to the section on the following page titled Windows 95B Windows 95A New Hardware Found dialog box 5 Select the default radio button labeled Driver from disk provided by hard ware manufacturer Click OK When prompted by the Install From Disk dialog box insert the disk labeled InstaCal Click OK The appropriate driver should be automatically selected However if pre sented with a list select the PCM card you are currently installing Click OK 8 An insertion tone should be heard and the card should now appear under the Device Manager s list at node DAS Component Please proceed to the sec tion titled InstaCAL Windows 95B Update Device Driver Wizard 5 Insert the InstaCal disk then Click on Next to let the system look for an updated driver 6 When the driver for your card is found Click on Finish to return to Windows 95 desktop
11. rd into a PCMCIA slot and have not yet run CSS you will have no access to the functions of that PCMCIA board Does CSS use system resources Yes The CardSoft Card and Socket Services device drivers which are installed in your CONFIG SYS use about 61K of memory These files can be installed DEVICE HIGH The CBCLIENT EXE installed in your AUTOEXEC BAT uses about 10 K of mem ory The CBCLIENT EXE program is a TSR Terminate and Stay Resident You may modify the program line to LOADHIGH the TSR We have tested it both high and low with and without Windows and a variety of other applications We believe it is a safe TSR that will not cause any system problems How do I know CSS is installed and running There is a simple test Just plug in your PCM card If CSS is installed and working the computer will beep You can remove and replace your PCM card as often as you like and need not power down to do so The computer should beep each time you insert the PCM card What about CSS for multiple PCM boards Once the current version of CSS is installed CSS is installed for all PCM boards included in that version of CSS As new PCM boards become available they will be added to the CSS and you will want to always have the most recent version of CBCLIENT EXE installed in the CACB directory Let the installation software do this for you You can run multiple PCMCIA boards with the CBCLIENT EXE CSS and if you have another CLIENT program running for
12. s being detected with the PCM COM card addresses at COM4 COM3 will not have hardware associated with it Therefore your software will be unsuccessful trying to communicate through COM3 If you are experiencing this problem remove the PCM COM card before power up or before rebooting and install after booting is complete This must be done each time the PC is rebooted or power is cycled to prevent having to boot the system twice 10 5V SPECIFICATIONS POWER CONSUMPTION 25 mA Typical 125mW 50 mA Max during normal operation 250mW 30mA Start Up for 200mS max NOTE The figures provided are based on component power consumption speci fications The measured power consumption during normal operation that is transmitting data was less than 5mA five milli amps COM Ports Supported Address IR COMI 3F8 3FF IRQ4 COM2 2F8 2FF IRQ3 COM3 3E8 3EF IRQ4 or any available IRQ COM4 2E8 2EF IRQ3 or any available IRQ 9 INSTALLATION WINDOWS 95 Your PCM COM232 is completely plug and play There are no switches or jumpers to set prior to installation in your computer Simply follow the steps shown below to install your PCM hardware 1 2 Start Windows 95 Insert the card into a free PC Card PCMCIA type II or III slot You do not have to turn the computer off The system is designed for power on installa tion Windows 95 will automatically detect the card If you have previously installed a PCM data acquisition c
13. y have CSS support on your PC PCM COM232 CONNECTIONS The PCM COM232 uses a 9 pin output connector The PCM 232 241 brings these connections out to a standard male 9 pin D connector The pinout of this connector 1s shown below GND DTR TX RX CD PCM C232 241 View looking into the connector With InstaCal running choose the TEST item on the main menu a Select the board you just installed b If the choice Internal Test is available then select Internal Test If not pro ceed to v below c The internal control registers of the board will then be tested If this test is successful your board is installed correctly d Ifthe Internal Test is completed successfully you may want to check that the V O pins are working correctly To check this select External Test and follow the instruction provided This will require you to use the shorting wires sup plied with the board to connect inputs to outputs for I O testing Some exter nal tests may require an external voltage source and ohmmeter All required equipment and connections will be listed by InstaCAL e If the VO Test Menu lists the option Plot the select it and make then connections as shown to test your card What is CSS CSS is a program that communicates with your computers PCMCIA interface control ler and configures it The PCMCIA interface is configurable unlike the standard ISA bus you may be familiar with If you plug a PCMCIA boa
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