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1. 16 2 1 BOARD uuu tr tan usss ee a tau I 16 2 2 SW1 DIP SWITCH COM PORT MAPPING 18 2 3 WIRING NOTES FOR RS 232 422 485 21 2 4 PIN ASSIGNMENTS 23 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 27 4 SOFTWARE 31 4 1 OBTAINING THE DRIVER INSTALLER PACKAG6E 31 4 2 INSTALLING VXCARD DRIVER UNDER WINDOMWS S 32 4 3 PNP DRIVER INSTALLATION NETT Tm 35 4 4 VERIFYING THE INSTALLATION 37 4 5 CONFIGURATION COM PORT BUFFER SIZE 40 4 6 UNINS
2. Select the No I will restart o 1 will restart the computer later thecomouteriater option and then click the Finish button to exit the Wizard N ICP DAS CO LTD s NEUE Manu 722 34 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 3 PnP Driver Installation Step 1 Correctly shut down and power off your computer and disconnect the power supply and then install the VXC VEX series card into the computer VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card For detailed information regarding installation of the 3 Hardware Installation VXC VEX series card refer to Chapter 3 Hardware Installation A 1 As certain operating systems such as Windows 2000 may require the computer to be restarted after a new driver is installed it is recommended that the driver is installed first 2 Static electricity can easily damage computer equipment It is recommended that your ground yourself by touching the chassis of the computer before handling any of the boards Follow the process described below to install your VXC VEX series card Step 2 Power on the computer and complete the Plug Play installation 4 Note More recent operating system such as Windows Vista 7 will automatically detect the new hardware and install the necessary drivers etc so Steps 3 to 5 can be skipped Found Mew Hardware Wizard Welcome the Found New Step 3 When the Found New Hardware Wizard Hardware Wiz
3. 50 51 or or oN ON om ON OFF Bard ID Ox3C OFF OFF OFF OFF 60 61 peen ID 0x64 COM peen s Bard ID 0xFF 255 256 ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 19 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 2 2 VXC VEX 114 144 Series cards The COM port mapping configuration examples are as follows If Setting SW1 dip switch COM Selector to 0x05 1 and 3 NOD1 others OFF 0 The setting forces the 4 port VXC VEX series card to use COM5 6 COMBS H6 5 2 Mi SW1 Setting Table for the E 144 Series 4 p SW1 DIP Switch er or or or COM Auto defined mean o on on 08 om on on on oma or om om om on on mean 08 om on OF om on on ow or Siew oF on o o on on om 98 on En F or ON N on or on o ON ON ON or ete om on ow om om 255 256 x x ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7
4. CA 3720D 37 Pin Male Male D sub Cable 2 m 1809 9 37150 DB 37 Male D sub to 4 DB 9 Male D sub Cable 1 5 M 180 2 ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 15 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 Hardware Configuration 2 1 Board Layout VXC 114 144 series ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial VEX 114 144 series CON1 VEX 112 142 series HL 1 2 ul DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 2 SW1 DIP Switch COM Port Mapping The Board ID and COM port mapping are the same which is set by the SW1 DIP Switch The SW1 DIP Switch has different functions under different OS ra LJVEX 1121 Ir Rev 1 1 For DOS users the SW1 DIP switch acts as Board ID When there are two or more multi port serial cards in a single system it is difficult to identify individual card number For easier identification the VXC VEX series card includes a Board ID function For Windows users the SW1 DIP switch acts as COM port number selector and the COM port number is depending on the Board ID If the Board ID is 0 then the driver finds valid number for each port If the Board ID is not 0 then the driver uses the Board ID to be the first COM port number and uses the Board ID 1 to be the ne
5. VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 7 Installing VxCard Driver under Linux This section describes VXC VEX series card Linux driver s features and how to compile and install into a general Linux system Linux kernel 2 4 X 2 6 X or 3 12 X The VXC VEX series card Linux driver is modified from Linux kernel source and supports most of popular PC based Linux distributions 4 7 1 Driver Features Device file Dynamic device allocation Dynamic major number One major number for multiple devices Use the GNU configure and build system 4 7 2 Installation To install Linux driver complete the following steps Step 1 Download or copy the IxCOM package to a directory that you have access to Please refer to section 4 1 Obtaining the Driver Installer Package getting the location of IXCOM package Step 2 Extract the IXCOM package For example the package s file name is ixcom 0 8 1 tar gz and its path related to your current working directory is pkg then the extraction command would be tar zxvf pkg ixcom 0 8 1 tar gz An ixcom 0 8 1 directory is created after extraction DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Step 3 For convenient access it is a good idea to put a symbol link on it ln s ixcom 0 8 1 ixcom Step 4 Change to the ixcom working directory you just made type configure to create proper Makefiles Step 5 Once the configuring has
6. 0 9501 0 9501 0 9505 0 9501 0 9505 0 9501 0 9505 OxC20D OxC20D OxC20D OxC20D Sub Vendor ID 0 1441 0 1441 0 1440 0 1440 0 1441 0 1441 0 1440 0 1440 0 1442 0 1442 0 1441 0 1440 0 1441 0 1440 User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 Sub Device ID 0x0090 0x0091 0x0090 0x0091 0x0080 0x0080 0x0080 0x0080 0x0080 0x0080 0x0091 0x0091 0x0080 0x0080 Version Rev1 1 Rev4 0 Rev3 1 Rev4 0 Rev1 3 Rev4 0 Rev1 2 Rev4 0 Rev1 1 Rev4 0 Rev1 0 Rev1 0 Rev1 0 Rev1 0 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 6 2 Address Mapping The address of the VXC VEX series card is automatically assigned by the main board ROM BIOS The universal version of VXC VEX series card using two PCI functions as followings Application VXC 112U VXC 142U 142iU VXC 182iU VXC 114U 114iAU Version after Rev1 2 VXC 144U Version after Rev1 2 VXC 144iU Version after Rev3 2 Base Address Register Function 0 Function 1 BARO UARTSs I O Mapped Local Bus I O Mapped BAR1 UARTs Memory Mapped Local Bus Memory Mapped Local Configuration Registers Mapped Local Configuration Registers BAR4 BARS Application VXC 112 A U 112iAU Rev4 0 VXC 142AU 142iAU Rev4 0 VXC 182iAU Rev4 0 Base Address Register Function 0 Function 1 Local Configuration Registers I O Mapped Lo
7. Baud Rates Check all for 9600 to 115200 2 Data Bits Check 5 6 7 and 8 6 Loop 1 3 Parity Check None Odd and Even 7 Click the Start Test button 4 Stop Bits Check 1 2 Test 2 COM ports v1 21 Sep 24 2010 ER Test Result Baud Rates will test the sendingreceiving between these two COM ports 1200 2400 4800 Iv 9600 19200 Iv 38400 lw 57600 lw 115200 230400 460800 321600 Data Length Timeout ms 0 W Timeout ma Loop 1 Errors Cour 0 Start receiving data alter Used to test serial driver s buffer size Test COM1 ATS COM2 CTS Test COM1 DTA COM2 05R Save Conti Load Conti Exit Test COM1 DTR COM2 DCD S DEM nad Lonfig si w Clear log i lines for reducing memory usage Start Test Save Log Save Error 4 Notes 1 You should first confirm the number of the COM Port for the VXC VEX series card through the Device Manger see Section 4 4 Verifying the Installation and then this COM Port using the Test2COM application 2 The Baud Rate and Data Format settings used in the Test2COM application depend on the COM Ports being used by the VXC VEX series card Refer to Section 1 2 Specifications for more detailed information ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 50 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Step 3
8. Perform the self 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 by shorting the RxD OOOO000000000000000 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card VXC VEX 144 Series Card RS 485 Port 1 Port 2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 34 Datak 000 14 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 OOOOO00000000000090 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Step 2 Perform the self test by shorting the Datal and Data2 and Datal Data2 pins of the Port 1 and Port 2 Note For detailed information regarding wiring and pin assignments for the RS 232 422 485 refer to Section 2 3 Wiring Notes for RS 232 422 485 and Section 2 4 Pin Assignments ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 5 4 Self Test Step 1 Execute the Test2COM exe application which can be found on the companion CD at CD Napdos multiport utility Or download it from L AS http ftp icpdas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport utilit Test COM exe Step 2 Set the appropriate COM Ports Baud Rate and Data Format information to the values shown in the image below 1 COM Ports Enter COMS First COM6 Second 5
9. TxD RxD RxD RTS RTS CTS CTS GND COM1 RS 485 Data Data GND COM4 RS 485 Bias Resistor Yes 1 Nodes 256 max UART 16c950 compatible Baud Rate 50 115200 bps Data Bits Stop Bits Parity FIFO Isolated ____ ___ 2500 2500 Universal PCI Bus Type 3 3 V 5 V 33 MHz 32 bit Plug and Play COM Selector Connector Power Consumption Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity 142 mm x 84 142 mm x 95 Dimensions LxWxD 114 mm x 101 mm x 22 mm mmx22mm mmx22mm PCI Express x1 Plug and Play ICP DAS LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 12 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 2 5 VXC 182 Series VXC 182iU VXC 182iAU Models VXC 182i Communication Port RS 422 485 The RS 422 and RS 485 interfaces cannot be used simultaneously RS 422 RS 422 TxD TxD RxD RxD RTS RTS CTS CTS GND COM1 RS 485 Data Data GND RS 485 Yes 1 256 max 2 RS 232 TxD RxD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD RI GND UART 16c950 compatible Baud Rate 50 115200 bps Data Bits 5 6 7 8 Stop Bits 1 1 5 2 Parity None Even Odd Mark Space FIFO Internal 128 bytes Isolated 2500 Voc for RS 422 485 port PCI 5 V Universal PCI 33 MHz 32 bit 3 3 V 5 V 33 MHz 32 bit Bus Type Plug and Play Plug and Play COM Selector Yes 8 bit DIP Switch DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 13 Connector
10. 128 128 128 User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Female DB 37 Female DB 37 Female DB 37 Female DB 37 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Female DB 37 Female DB 37 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Female DB 37 Female DB 37 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 Male DB 9 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 1 Features PCI Express PCI Express PCle is a computer expansion card standard A key difference between PCle and earlier PC buses is a topology based on point to point serial links rather than shared parallel bus architecture Concep tually the PCle bus can be thought of as a high speed serial replacement of the older PCI PCI X bus Universal PCI 3 3 V and 5 V The Universal PCI card works with both the newer 3 3 V PCI bus that is widely used in servers and the traditional 5 V PCI bus The Universal PCI interface will be the standard for every card developed by ICP DAS in the near future COM Selector Each VXC VEX card is equipped with a COM Selector Dip Switch for the COM port number selection automatically or manually It s an important and innovative feature for the VXC VEX family 81 Easy COM Port The COM Selector provides the following advantages Selection by DIP switch Simplifies the COM port number selection instead of using configuration utility programs Users can speci
11. Assignment Terminal O No Pin Assiqnment n 09 RI 08 5 07 RIS 06 DSR DCD Pin Assignment x No Pin Assignment GND VEE CE S 08 CTS B 07 RTS B TxD B Data B E ATETAJ TxD A Data A RS 422 485 Male DB 9 Connector DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 4 3 VXC VEX 114 Series DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 24 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 4 4 VXC VEX 144 Series Terminal Pin Assiqnment Assignment sen Data3 _ 2 m 21 RxD3 A CTS34 B ai 2 mns w e 24 RxD3 B 07 25 TxD4 A Datat A ODARE m e 28 TOD4 B Data4 B ERE 11 e 2 BAN GND VEE2 12 le Jeol 5 024 248 14 CTS1 A 5 le 33 RxD2 B RxD1 A 16 e 34 TxD1 A Datat A 7 e 35 GND VEE1 RTS1 B 8 le 36 51 RxD1 E i e 37 ToupB Daat B RxD1 B 19 RS 422 485 Female DB 37 Connector Pin 7 Pin Assignment ie Assignment GND VEE 05 WO cem 08 CTS B 07 RTS B TxD B Data B 02 TxD A Data A 01 RS 422 485 Female DB 37 to Male DB 9 Connector ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 4 5 VXC 182 Series B CON1 Isolation RS 422 485 Port GND VEE RxD A RxD B TxD B Data B
12. Interrupt priority All modes Enhanced mode tert priority Anodes Pending Number Parity 011 enable of stop Data Length bits Divisor Tx Force Latch break Parity access Enable Internal OUT2 OUT1 DTR Loop Int En Baud IrDA Back XON Arry prescale mode Normal Data Framing Error Overrun 9 bit dat 101 9 RxRDY Error Empty Empty Break Error yi Error Mode Data bit MCR 550 750 Mode 100 650 920 Trailing pola pis RI edge Temporary data storage register and indexed control register offset value bits Normal 6 bit data Mode Unused Data bit Additional Standard Registers These registers require divisor latch access bit LCR 7 to be set to 1 R W Divisor latch bits 7 0 Least significant byte DLM 001 R W Divisor latch bits 15 8 Most significant byte DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 55 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 6 4 Programmable Baud Rate Baud Rates Using a 14 7456 MHz Crystal Universal PCI series card DESIRED DIVISOR USED TO BAUD RATE GENERATE 16x CLOCK 18432 12288 8376 6144 3072 1536 768 384 92 96 ERROR intime W 1200 2400 4800 9600 14400 19200 23040 28800 38400 56000 57600 115200 184320 230400 307200 460800 gt e e IN 100 dem NJ O Warning baud rates higher than 115 200 bps not
13. PC every VXC VEX card ensures you fluent communication in both time critical applications and industrial fields With simply a VXC VEX card it has never been that easy for integration of a PC with many other devices like PLCs FAB machines meters controller devices laboratory instruments modems card readers serial printers RFID readers bar code readers sensors etc ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Comparison Table for VXC VEX Series Cards FIFO RS 422 Self ESD Isolation Size RS 485 Tuner Protection bytes Model RS 232 Connector VXC 112U VXC 112AU VXC 112iAU VXC 114U VXC 114iAU VXC 142U VXC 142iU VXC 142AU VXC 142iAU VXC 144U VXC 144iU VXC 182iU VXC 182iAU PCI Express Universal PCI PCI Bus ICP DAS CO LTD N N N N 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128
14. Refer to the test results If the test was successful the message Failed Test 0 will be displayed Test 2 COM ports 1 13 Oct 26 2007 Test Result data from Sending data to 5 Check data OK 109 ms Purging data of COM ports Receiving data trom COMS Sending data to Check data OK 108 ms Test OK on 115200 8 2 RARA ANA PA PA RA RO APA PA RA RE READ ADA RA RO RADA NA NANA RA ANA DA AKA NNA PANSAN End test at 2008 9 5 FF 03 48 42 Data Length Success Test 105 Test Successful Faded Test Timeout ms Timeout Loop f Save Log Errors Count 1 Start receiving data after sending finished Save Config Load Config Exit Used to test serial driver s buffer size Complete Step 4 The self test process is now complete and your COM Port program can now be operated using this extended COM Port ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 6 Programming Reference 6 1 PCI Hardware IDs Model Name VXC 114U VXC 114iAU VXC 144U VXC 144iU VXC 112 A U VXC 112iAU VXC 142 A U VXC 142i A U VXC 182i A U Vendor ID 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 0x1415 ICP DAS CO LTD Device ID 0 9504 0 9501 0 9504
15. when you use a 16 MHz crystal to replace the built in 14 7 MHz crystal for U versions VXC cards and select the baud rate 230 400 bpsin your software setting the hardware will generate baud rate 250 kbps actually Note The multi port serial cards can have special baud rate OEM version Please contact us for more information regarding the OEM products Warning The baud rates higher than 115 200 bps are not guaranteed to work ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014
16. 014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 6 Uninstalling the Device Driver The series driver includes uninstall driver utility that allows the software to be removed from your computer To uninstall the software follow the process described below Step 1 Open the driver installation folder for example C ICPADS VxCard_Win32_64 and then double click the 5000 uninstaller application Step 2 The uninstaller application will then ask you confirm that you wish to remove the utility program Click the Yes button to continue Femove Shared File Step 3 The Remove Shard File dialog The system indicates that the Following shared File is no langer use by programs Would you like For Uninstall to remove this shared File box will be displayed asking whether your IF programs are still using this File and it is removed those programs may wish to remove the shared file Click the not Function properly IF vau are unsure choose Leaving the File on your system will not cause harm Location CoWINDOWS systems drivers Yes to Al to All Yes to button to continue Step 4 After the uninstallation process is 1011 complete a dialog box will be displayed to notify that the driver was successfully removed Click the OK button to finish DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 41
17. 1 Aug 2014 30 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 Software Installation The VXC VEX series card can be used with both DOS Linux and Windows 2000 and 32 64 bit Windows XP 2003 2008 Vista32 Windows 7 systems and also supports Plug amp Play functions for easy installation This chapter provides a detailed description of how to install the drivers for the VXC VEX series card 4 1 Obtaining the Driver Installer Package The installer package for the ICP DAS VXC VEX series driver can be obtained from either the companion CD ROM the FTP site or the ICP DAS web site The locations and addresses are show below CD NAPDOS MultiPort Windows ftp ftp icodas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport http ftp icodas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport Install the appropriate driver for your operating system as follows Folder Setup File OS for Windows 2000 XP 2003 2008 Vista and Windows VxCardWin32_64_x_ 7 32 64 bit Windows 7 For detailed information about the Windows driver u installation please refer to section 4 2 for Linux 2 4 X 2 6 X 3 12 X Linux ixcom tar gz For detailed information about the Linux driver installation please refer to section 4 7 DOS DOS Library files for DOS DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 2 Installing VxCard Driver under Windows Follow the process described below to set up the software for the VX
18. 1 Aug 2014 20 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 3 Wiring Notes for RS 232 422 485 2 3 1 RS 232 Wiring 3 wire RS 232 Connection Shorts unused signals RTS CTS DTR DSR DTE Computer DCE Modem 9 wire RS 232 Connection DB 9 1 For 3 wire RS 232 connection it s recommended to short unused signals such as RTS CTS and DTR DSR since some systems may still check the CTS and DSR status 2 FGND is the frame ground that is soldered to the metal shield on the DB 9 cable DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 3 2 RS 422 485 Wiring B RS 485 wiring RS 422 485 Device 1 R5 485 Device 2 lt lt a 8 92 5 5 RS 485 Master GND Hr QUU m 11 90 2 wire Only Device RS 422 wiring RS 422 Master RS 422 Device common mode voltage between devices Twisted pair cable must be used for the DATA wires Both two ends of the cable may require a termination resistor connected across the two wires DATA and DATA Typically 120 Q resisters are used The Data and pins are positive voltage pins and Data and A pins are negative voltage pins in the above figure The B A pins may be defined in another way depending on devices k it first DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 4 Pin Assignments 2 4 1 112 Series Pin
19. 16 bytes Isolated 280Ve 2500 PCI 5 V Universal PCI Bus Type 33 MHz 32 bit 3 3 V 5 V 33 MHz 32 bit Plug and Play Plug and Play COM Selector Yes 8 bit DIP Switch Connector 2 x DB9 Male 480mA 0 5 120 9 440 mA 9 Power Consumption 105 mA 9 5 V 100 mA 5 V E Operating Temperature 0 C 60 C Internal 128 bytes PCI Express x1 Plug and Play Storage Temperature 20 C 70 C Humidity 0 90 RH non condensing 130 mm x 105 110 mm x 94 mm x 22 Dimensions L x W x D 134 mm x 90 mm x 22 mm mm x 22 mm mm ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 2 2 VXC VEX 114 Series 5 VXC 114U VXC 114iAU VEX 114 VEX 114i Communication Port COM1 COM4 UART Baud Rate Data Bits Stop Bits Parity None Even Odd Mark Space FIFO Internal 128 bytes isolated Loo or 280Vg oo Universal PCI Bus Type 3 3 V 5V 33 MHz 32 bit Plug and Play COM Selector Connector Power Consumption Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity 0 90 RH non condensing 142 mm x 84 mmx 133 mm x 93 mm x Dimensions L x W x D 110 mm x 110 mm x 22 mm 22 mm 22 mm RS 232 TxD RxD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD RI GND 16c950 compatible 50 115200 bps 5 6 7 8 1 1 5 2 PCI Express x1 Plug and Play ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 10 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 2 3 V
20. Aug 2014 36 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 4 Verifying the Installation To verify the installation use the Windows Device Manager to view and update the device drivers installed on your computer and check to ensure that hardware is operating correctly The following is a description of how access the Device Manager in each of the major versions of Windows Refer to the appropriate description for your specific operating system to verify the installation 4 4 1 How do access Windows Device Manager Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Step 1 Click Start gt then point to Settings and click gt Control Panel Double click the System icon to open the System Properties dialog box Step 2 Click the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager button System Properties System Restore General Add Hardware Wizard The Add Hardware Wizard helps pou install hardware Add Hardware Wizard The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed on your computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties of any device Driver Signing Device Manager A DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 37 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card m Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2008 Step 1 Click Start gt point to Administrative Tools and then click Computer Management Step 2 From System Tools in the console tree click
21. C VEX series card Step 1 Double Click the VaCaniWin32 64 2 12 00 exe VxCardWin32_64_x_xx_xx exe to install the driver lan driver setup x ICPDAS Co Lti Step 2 When the setup Wizard screen is displayed click the Next gt button to begin the installation ig Setup YxC ard driver Welcome to the VxCard driver Setup Wizard This will install Driver 2 10 00 for 32 bit 64 bik Windows on your computer It is recommended that vau close all other applications before continuing Click Next bo continue or Cancel bo exit Setup Cancel DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 32 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Step 3 Select the folder where the drivers are to be install ww VxCard driver Select Destination Location The default path is Where should vxCard driver be installed C ICPDAS VxCard_Win32_64 but if your wish to install the LI Setup will install driver into the Following Folder drivers to a different location continue click Next IF vou would like to select a different Folder click Browse click the Browse button and select the relevant folder and then click then Next button At least 1 2 MB of Free disk space is required A Note More recent operating system such as Windows Vista 7 will display a warning message asking you to confirm that your wish to install the de
22. Device Manager J Manage Your Server Command Prompt z Certification Authority E Cluster Administrator Li Computer Management m Microsoft Windows Vista 7 Step 1 Click Start button and then click Control Panel Step 2 Click System and Maintenance and then click Device Manager Alternatively Step 1 Click Start button Step 2 In the Search field type Device Manager and the press Enter Control Panel 3 z Device Manager View devices and printers Update device drivers p See more results device manager Note that Administrator privileges required for this operation If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation type the password or provide confirmation ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 38 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 4 2 Check the Configuration of the COM Port Step 3 Verify that the COM ports for the VXC VEX series card are listed correctly L Device Manager Fie Action View Help Computer Disk drives 8 Display adapters 81 22 DYD CD ROM drives BEE Floppy disk controllers ATAJATAPI controllers Keyboards H t Mice and other pointing devices me 2 Monitors k Other devices Ports COM amp LPT 2 9 Ports VxCard R5 232 422 485 M YF Wee Card Communications Port COME E Car
23. ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Packing List The shipping package includes the following items B One VXC VEX series Card If any of these One Quick Start Guide One Software Utility CD missing or damaged please contact the local distributor for more information Save the shipping materials and cartons in case you need to ship the module in the future More Information Manual DataSheet QuickStart CD NAPDOS multiport document http ftp icodas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport document CD NAPDOS multiport manual CD NAPDOS multiport manual quick_start http ftp icodas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport manual http ftp icodas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport manual quick start Software Drivers CD NAPDOS multiport windows CD NAPDOS multiport linux http ftp icpdas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport windows http ftp icodas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport linux Software Test2COM Utility CD NAPDOS multiport utility http ftp icodas com pub cd iocard pci napdos multiport utilit ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 Introduction The VXC VEX multiport serial card enables user to increase additional communication ports on the PC It s the on top of the list choice while you are managing to connect lots of outer devices through your
24. Power Consumption Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity 90 RH non condensing Dimensions L x W x D 134 mm x 90 mm x 22 mm VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 3 Options VEX 112 series 142 series VXC 182 series VXC 142 series VXC 112 Item amp Description series CA PC09F 9 pin Female D sub connector with plastic cover DN 09 2 DN 09 2F I O Connector Block with DIN Rail Mounting two 9 Pin male Header CA 0910F 9 pin Female Female D sub Cable 1 m CA 0910N 9 pin Female Female D sub Cable 1 m Null Modem Cable CA 0915 9 pin Male Female D sub Cable 1 5 m CA 090910 9 pin Female D sub amp 9 wire RS 422 Cable 1 m CA 0903 9 pin Female D sub amp 5 wire RS 232 Cable 30 cm CA 0910 9 pin Female D sub amp 3 wire RS 232 Cable 1 m s peers BOO Oras ett dep ss plita ICP DAS LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 14 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card VXC 114 iA U VXC 144 i U Item amp Description VEX 114 i VEX 144 i CA 4002 37 pin Male D sub connector with plastic cover DN 37 I O Connector Block Pitch 5 08 mm with DIN Rail Mounting Include One CA 3710 37 pin Male Male D sub Cable 1 0 m CA 3710 37 Pin Male Male D sub Cable 1 m 452 CA 3710D 37 Pin Male Male D sub Cable 1 m v s 1802 CA 3720 DB 37 Male Male D sub Cable 2 m Cable 45 9
25. TALLING THE DEVICE DRIVER 41 4 7 INSTALLING VXCARD DRIVER UNDER LINUX 42 5 TESTING THE VXC VEX SERIES CARD 45 5 1 VXC VEX 112 142 SERIES CARD WIRING 45 5 2 VXC 182 SERIES CARD WIRING 47 5 3 VXC VEX 114 144 SERIES CARD WIRING 48 5 4 SEL sns SS u ee 50 6 PROGRAMMING REFERENCE 52 6 1 PCI HARDWARE DSs 52 6 2 I O ADDRESS MAPPING 53 6 3 DART u amu aa asa 55 6 4 PROGRAMMABLE BAUD RATE 56 6 5 CUSTOMIZED BAUD RATE susanne needs seen tik san do tat ate om er 58
26. TxD A Data A 2 RS 232 Port Pin Assignment GND DTR TxD ICP DAS CO LTD Pin Assign ment CTS A CTS B RTS B RTS A Terminal No Pin Assignment 09 RI 0 RTS 06 DSR COM2 RS 232 Male Connector User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 3 Hardware Installation As certain operating systems such as Windows 2000 XP may require the computer to be restarted after a new driver is installed it is recommended that the driver is installed first which will reduce the installation time Static electricity can easily damage computer equipment It is recommended that your ground yourself by touching the chassis of the computer before handling any of the boards Follow the process described below to install your VXC VEX series card Step 1 Install the VXC VEX series card driver on your computer For detailed information r regarding driver installation p aS T refer to Chapter 4 Software Ss AXX EXE Installation E Step 2 Configuring COM port mapping board ID by the SW1 DIP Switch For detailed information regarding the COM port mapping board ID refer to Sec 2 2 SW1 DIP Switch COM Port Mapping aw DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card off computer J Step 3 Correctly shut down and power off your computer and then disconnect
27. VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card User Manual Version 1 7 1 Aug 2014 WARRANTY All products manufactured by ICP DAS are warranted against defective materials for a period of one year from the date of delivery to the original purchaser WARNING ICP DAS assumes no liability for damages consequent to the use of this product ICP DAS reserves the right to change this manual at any time without notice The information furnished by ICP DAS is believed to be accurate and reliable However no responsibility is assumed by ICP DAS for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use COPYRIGHT Copyright 2014 by ICP DAS All rights are reserved TRADEMARK Names are used for identification only and may be registered trademarks of their respective companies CONTACT Us If you have any question please feel to contact us We will give you quick response within 2 workdays Email service icpdas com service icodas gmail com VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Table of Contents PACKING LIST E 9 3 MORE INFORMATION esse u uuu uuu uuu u uu vise u 3 1 INTRODUCTION u uuu uuu 4 1 1 FEATURES ea au u 6 1 2 SPECIFICATIONS uuu Diu PE EU SIME IEEE DDR ae ka a a ep n era To e E PEE UM 9 1 3 14 2 HARDWARE
28. XC VEX 142 Series VXC 142U VXC 142iU 5 VXC 142 1421 VEX 142 VEX 142i VXC 142AU VXC 142iAU Communication Port The RS 422 and RS 485 interfaces cannot be used simultaneously NOME RS 422 TxD TxD RxD RxD RTS RTS CTS 5 GND 2 Wire RS 485 Data Data GND COM2 Bias RS 485 Yes 1 KO Resistor 256 max UART 16c550 compatible 16c950 compatible Baud Rate 50 115200 bps Data Bits 5 6 7 8 Stop Bits 1 1 5 2 Parity None Even Odd Mark Space FIFO Internal 16 bytes Internal 128 bytes Isolated 3000Voc 250 2500 PCI 5 V Universal PCI 33 MHz 32 bit 3 3 V 5 V 33 MHz 32 bit Plug and Play Plug and Play COM Selector Yes 8 bit DIP Switch 2 x DB9 Male 105 mA 500mA 100 95 480mA 5 120 mA 440 mA Power Consumption 05V 05V V V 05V 05V Operating Temperature 0 C 60 C RS 422 485 RS 422 PCI Express x1 Bus Type yo Plug and Play Storage Temperature 20 C 70 C 0 90 RH non condensing 130 mm x 110 mm x 94 mm x Dimensions L x W x D 105 mm x 134 mm x 90 mm x 22 mm 25 mm 22mm DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 11 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 2 4 VXC VEX 144 Series Models VXC 144U VXC 144iAU VEX 144 1441 Communication 5 422 485 5 422 5 485 interfaces cannot used simultaneously 5 422 RS 422 TxD
29. XC VEX card that have four serial port ttySVO ttySV1 ttySV2 and ttySV3 The ixcom inst script will use major number 254 to create correspond device on dev Is la dev ttySV crw rw rw 1 root 64 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySVO crw rw rw 1 root 65 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV1 crw rw rw 1 root 66 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV2 crw rw rw 1 root 67 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV3 crw rw rw 1 root 68 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV4 crw rw rw 1 root 69 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV5 crw rw rw 1 root 70 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV6 crw rw rw 1 root 71 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV7 crw rw rw 1 root 72 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV8 crw rw rw 1 root 73 Jul 14 10 13 dev ttySV9 To remove VXC VEX driver from system use script ixcom remove to removes the loaded modules DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 5 Testing the VXC VEX Series Card This chapter provides detailed information about regarding the self test process which enables the user to confirm whether or not the VXC VEX series card is operating correctly Before performing the self test the hardware and driver installation must be completed For detailed information regarding hardware and driver installation refer to Chapter 3 Hardware Installation and Chapter 4 Software Installation 5 1 VXC VEX 112 142 Series Card Wiring Preparing the Device Before beginning the Self test ensure that following items are
30. also simplifies the software programming required for communication applications Isolation Some VXC VEX cards offer photo isolation to protect your computer and equipment against damages in harsh environment Photo coupler is a device that uses a short optical transmission path to transfer a signal between elements of a circuit typicallyh a transmitter and a receiver This keeping them electrically isolated since the signal goes from an electrical signal to an optical signal the electrical contact along the path is broken Photo Coupler Operation It can help cutting down on ground loops common mode voltages and block voltage spikes provide electrical isolation and offer significant protection from serious over voltage conditions in one circuit affecting the other Various Accessories There are a lot of optional accessories for the VXC VEX series cards such as RS 232 cables and daughter boards These tools make wiring much easily than ever ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 1 2 Specifications 1 2 1 VXC VEX 112 Series VXC 112U Models VXC 112A VXC 112iAU VEX 112 1121 VXC 112AU Communication Port COM1 COM2 5 232 TxD RTS CTS DSR DCD GND 16c550 UART 16c950 compatible compatible Baud Rate 50 115200 bps Data Bits 5 6 7 8 Stop Bits 1 15 2 Parity None Even Odd Mark Space Internal FIFO
31. ard is displayed This wizard helps you install software for 7 select nstall the softwa re YAL Card Communications Port automatically Recommended option and then click the ic If your hardware came with an installation CD N b or floppy disk insert it now ext gt utton What da pou want the wizard to do Click Next to continue cha DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 35 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Step 4 The Found New Hardware Wizard will be displayed to advise that the software installation has been completed Click the Finish button to exit the Wizard Found New Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software Y E Card Communications Port Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard Setting a system restore point and backing up old files in case your system needs to be restored in the future The wizard has finished installing the software For Next E YAL Card Communications a Click Finish to clase the wizard Cancel Step 5 If the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box is displayed again repeat Steps 3 and 4 to complete the installation for all COM ports 4 Found New Hardware iX problem occurred during hardware installation Your new hardware might not work properly DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1
32. available ADN 09 optional terminal board Two CA 0910F optional cables Step 1 Connect the DN 09 2 terminal board to the VXC VEX 112 or VXC VEX 142 series card using CA 0910F cable 72 Ca 62 Zu N lt N N VXC VEX 112 series card VXC VEX 142 series card ICP DAS LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card VXC VEX 112 Series Card RS 232 CON2 CON1 Pin pro E Pin Assignment Step 2 Perform the self test by 98 7 shorting the RxD and TxD pins of both 69999 990990 69999 CON1 and CON 2 connectors O OOOO 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 Pin No VXC VEX 142 Series Card RS 485 CON2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Step 2 Perform the self test by 9 8 7 6 9 8 7 shorting the CON2 Data and 99966 CON1 Data and CON2 Data and 99900 O OOGO 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 CON1 Data pins Note For detailed information regarding wiring and pin assignments for the RS 232 422 485 refer to Section 2 3 Wiring Notes for RS 232 422 485 and Section 2 4 Pin Assignments ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 5 2 VXC 182 Series Card Wiring Preparing the Device Before beginning the Self test ensure that following items are available ADN 09 2 optional terminal board Ai 7250 optional Isolated RS 232 to Rs 485 converter module ACA 0910F optio
33. cal Configuration Registers BEE Memory Mapped Note Please contact us for more information about 1 0 Address Mapping ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Application VXC 114U Rev1 1 VXC 144U Rev1 1 VXC 144iU Rev3 1 Base Address Register Function 0 Function 1 Local Configuration Registers BAR4 Reserved I O Mapped Local Configuration Registers BAR5 Reserved Memory Mapped Application VEX 114 i Rev1 0 VEX 144 i Rev1 0 VEX 112 i Rev1 0 VEX 142 i Rev1 0 Base Address Register Function 0 Function 1 BAR0 GPIO Memory Mapped UART Memory Mapped Ex visible Modules and MSI X BAR1 All visible Modules and MSI X Used for MSI X All visible Modules and MSI X BAR2 Reserved Used for EEPROM BAR3 BARA BARS Note Please contact us for more information about I O Address Mapping DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 6 3 UART Register Register Address R W Bit 7 i Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Name Special een n Char Modem Rx Stat THRE RxRDY Mode Sleep mode Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt Interrupt mask mask mask mask Altemate 550 750 Mode Unused Sleep mode FCR RHR RHR Trigger Level Level THR Trigger Level Tx 650 Mode Enable 750 Mode 010 RHR Trigger Level men FIFO nable 950 Mode Interrupt priority Interrupt FIFOs Enabled
34. d Communications Port COME Successful installation NER Processors 40 Sound video and game controllers See Storage volumes 8 72 System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers XJ Multi port serial Card Pe Vee Communication Board Extension Si VXC 112Ll 2 Pork RS 232 Communication Board DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 39 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 4 5 Configuration Port Buffer Size The VXC VEX series driver includes a VxCard Utility that allows the users can change the input buffer size default is 4 KB for each port up to 128 KB by setting the SW FIFO scroll bar on the VxCard Utility The VxCard Utility can be found in the the driver installation folder for example C ICPADS VxCard_Win32_ 64 D til exe VyxCard Utility v2 07 01 31 2010 YAL Card COM Parts thers COMI DevicesSenall Device sSernall Sw FIFO auto 4 Close If necessary the port mapping can be adjusted refer to the following Step 1 Change the COM port mappings see Section 2 2 SW1 DIP Switch COM Port Mapping Step 2 Restart the driver by rebooting the computer Step 2 Re install the VXC VEX Card hardware in the Device Manager by un install card and then scan new hardware DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2
35. done successfully type make to build all If you like to install files to system directory the make install will do it for you However install files to system directory is not necessary for further operation You will need the root privilege for Script ixcom inst loads modules automatically Script ixcom remove removes the loaded modules The root privilege is required when installing or removing these kernel modules 4 7 3 Access to VXC VEX Serial Port Script ixcom inst will establish unused device major number dynamically and create correspond device node for access VXC VEX serial port ixcom inst Installer 0 5 0 Check kernel version 2 6 Use proc file proc icpdas ixcom Load module ixcom DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Use dmesg command to inspect the driver output message ICPDAS VXC multi serial card Serial driver version ixcom 0 8 1 2007 08 21 Found ICPDAS VXC 114U series board BusNo 0 DevNo 20 PCI Found IRQ 11 for device 0000 00 14 0 PCI Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000 00 07 2 PCI Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000 00 14 1 ttySVO at port 00 irq 11 is a 16 950 954 ttySV1 at port 4000 11 is a 16C950 954 ttySV2 at port d400 irq 11 is a 16C950 954 ttySV3 at port d800 irq 11 is a 16C950 954 The script ixcom inst had loaded module into kernel and find a V
36. e VXC VEX cards offer TVS diode ESD protection technology protecting your system from being damaged by the high potential voltages ftware gets data in Hardware puts data in dynamic timing fixed speed VXC VEX series cards are equipped with a large 16 byte or 128 byte hardware FIFO for each port A large hardware FIFO is useful for preventing data loss if the loading on your system is heavy e g while you are running a multi task operating system such as Windows or Linux etc Up To 128 KB COM Port Buffer The VXC VEX card driver for Windows features a 128 KB maximum software FIFO for each port default is 4 KB It s practical for large file transmission ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Self Tuner The VXC VEX series cards are equipped with an internal Self Tuner chip that is used to automatically control the direction of the transmission and receiving of signals on the RS 485 ports Without the inclusion of the Self Tuner the RS 485 transmitter would need to be manually enabled before transmitting and then disabled once the transmission is complete The timing method that is used to enable and disable the transmitter direction control is a major source of many communication problems and is very difficult to rectify The built in Self Tuner embedded on the VXC VEX series cards can help effectively eliminate any issues related to direction control and
37. fy the COM port number of the VXC VEX card as exactly what they want no matter which PCI slot it is located at E Automatically select an available COM port number is supported by setting the COM Selector dip switch to O default No need to install configuration utility and to study its operation for different OS Prevents confusion Other PnP COM port devices easily confuse users because of adopting the dynamic COM port number setting m Easy replacement of an existing card by setting the dip switch to be the same COM port number m Great for mass system installation since setting the dip switch to be the same COM port number is very easy ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card ESD Protection The VXC VEX cards offer TVS diode ESD protection technology protecting your system from being damaged by the high potential voltages Transient Current Under normal operating conditions the TVS diode presents high impedance appears as an open circuit PROTECTED to the protected component When the voltage is beyond the limits the TVS diode avalanches providing a low impedance path for the transient current As a result the transient current is diverted away from the protected components shunted Frame Ground through the TVS diode The device returns to a high impedance state after the transient threat passes Hardware FIFO up To 128 Bytes Th
38. guaranteed to work ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 56 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Baud Rates Using a 62 5 MHz Crystal PCI Express series card DESIRED PERCENT TCR Reg CPR Bit 7 3 DLM BAUD RATE ERROR 3200 0 0 037 2400 o _ 0 037 4800 000 0000 o3 0 099 9600 ooo o 0 221 omo 0221 3400 00000000 oo 0 270 57600 oo 0 270 125200 0000 oo 0 270 30000 0 270 460800 0001 0 0 270 921600 000 0 0 270 1843200 0000 00 0 270 3686400 ooo 0 270 Warning baud rates higher than 115 200 bps not guaranteed to work DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 57 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 6 5 Customized Baud Rate To generate baud rate 125 000 bps 125 000 16 8 16 000 000 16 MHz crystal So when you use 16 MHz crystal to replace the built in 14 7 MHz crystal for U versions cards and select the baud rate 115 200 bps in your software setting the hardware will generate baud rate 125 kbps actually AN Note External 14 7 MHz crystal can be customized to replace for U versions VXC cards but VEX cards PCI Express can t To generate baud rate 250 000 bps 250 000 16 4 16 000 000 16 MHz crystal Baud rate 16 x clock Divisor Crystal Clock Frequency Thus
39. nal cable ACA 0915 optional cable Step 1 Connect the DN 09 2 terminal board to the CON1 on the VXC 182 series card using CA 0910F cable Step 2 Connect the 7520 module to the 2 on the VXC 182 series card using CA 0915 cable ensure that converts RS 232 signals into RS 422 485 signal 0910 _ r 1 RS 422 485 7 DN 092 0915 VXC 182 series card DATA Step 3 Perform the self test by shorting the CON1 Data and CON2 Data and 1 Data and 2 Data pins CON1 CON2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Note For detailed information regarding wiring and pin assignments for the RS 232 422 485 refer to Section 2 3 Wiring Notes for 5 232 422 485 Section 2 4 Pin Assignments ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial 5 3 VXC VEX 114 144 Series Card Wiring Preparing the Device Before beginning the Self test ensure that following items are available ADN 37 optional terminal board ACA 3710 optional cable Step 1 Connect the DN 37 terminal board to the VXC VEX 114 or VXC VEX 144 series card using CA 3710 cable CONNECTOR BLOCK VXC VEX 114 series card OQOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOE VXC VEX 142 series card VXC VEX 114 Series Card RS 232 Port 1 Port 2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment
40. the power supply Step 4 Remove the cover from the computer Step 5 Select an empty PCI PCI Express slot waw 8 CE e xS cy lt P POTA 2 ae th LC m A LP A 1 lt ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Step 6 Remove the screw holding the cover for the Express slot in place and then remove the slot cover from the PC Ensure that you do not misplace the screw Step 7 Remove the connector cover form the VXC VEX series card Step 8 Align the contacts of the PCI PCI Express card with the open slot on your motherboard and carefully insert your VXC VEX series card into the Express slot 2 EXpiess ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card Step 9 Screw the mounting bracket screw removed in step 5 into the new PCI PCI Express card bracket to secure the card in place Ns N Confirm that the VXC VEX series card is correctly mounted on the y motherboard Step 10 Re attach cover for the computer and reconnect the power supply Step 11 Power on the computer Once the computer reboots follow the onscreen messages to complete the Plug 8 Play installation process For more information refer to Chapter 4 Software Installation DAS User Manual Ver 1 7
41. vice software refer to figure below Step 1 In the Windows Security dialog box check the Always trust software from ICP DAS LTD Checkbox Step 2 Click the Install button This warning will be Would you like to install this device software displayed several times Name ICP DAS Co Ltd In all cases click the Publisher ICP DAS Co LTD Install button to proceed with the Always trust software from ICP DAS Co LTD Don t Install ate leno di You should only install driver software from publishers you trust How I decide which device software is safe to install DAS User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 33 Step 4 Once the driver has been installed the Setup Wizard will be displayed to advise that the computer must be restarted in order to complete the installation Setup YxCard driver Installing Please wait while Setup installs xCard driver on your computer In the installation process the Command Finishing installation Prompt windows will be displayed don t care cx CAICPDAS xCard_Win32_6 Please do not close this window in installation process Setup xCard driver Siz Completing VxCard driver Setup Wizard To complete the installation oF driver Setup must restart your computer Would you like ta restart now Q Yes restart the computer
42. xt COM port number and so on For Linux users it s the same as Windows users but for TTY device number selector It s recommended to select a unique COM port number Board ID by users This helps users to clear identify and fix the card number and port number in a system Warning The port will not work if the COM port number is conflicted under Windows or Linux system In that case users should try other port numbers Usually the COM1 are reserved by systems And it s recommended to reserve the 4 if you will have other Plug amp Play serial ports in the future This prevents conflict ICP DAS CO LTD User Manual Ver 1 7 1 Aug 2014 18 VXC VEX Multi Port Serial Card 2 2 1 VXC VEX 112 142 182 Series cards The COM port mapping configuration examples are as follows If Setting SW1 dip switch COM Selector to 0x05 1 and 3 NOD1 others OFF 0 The setting forces the 2 port VXC VEX series card to use COM5 and COM6 H6 5 2 Mi SW1 Setting Table for the ES 142 182 Series 2 SW1 DIP Switch or on or COM Auto defined Coa 05 or om om ov on or ow o om ow om ow o or or or om ov ow m m gt or om Co oo m o e on on Bard ID 0x32 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF

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