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1.2. negligence strict liability or otherwise In no event shall ACTiISYS Corporation be liable or in any way responsible for any damages or defects in the Product which were caused by repair or attempted repairs performed by anyone other than ACTiSYS technician Nor shall ACTISYS Corporation be liable or in any way responsible for any incidental or consequential economic or property damage Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages so the above exclusion may not apply to you FOR YOU RECORDS For your assistance in reporting this product in case of loss or theft please record below the model number and serial which are located on the bottom of the case Please retain this information Model Number Serial Number Date of Purchase a Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp Jan 9 2007 13 of 14 Ver 1 4 ACT IR100SD User s Manual CTiISYS The Infrared Wireless Expert 8 CONTACT INFORMATION A amp OM bi het bd The Wireless Infra red Expert rD4 Protocol Software For Portable Devices IrDA Test Software For Hardware Systems i IrDA Printer And Computer Adapters IS ek 4AM and IBM fn kin 3 IR TOOM 1000M ACTiSYS Corporation 48511 Warm Springs Blvd Suite 206 Fremont CA 94539 USA TEL 1 510 490 8024 FAX 1 510 623 7268 E Mail irda info actisys com Web http www actisys com Copyright 2000 2007 ACTISYS Corp 14 of 14 Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4
3. initiates discovery connection sequence and negotiates IrDA protocol parameters with Secondary while Secondary always passively waits for commands from Primary Both modes can run different protocols and both may send or receive user data ACT IR100SD supports both modes When ACT IR100SD is set to Primary user can choose IrCOMM IrLPT or OBEX PUT GET server to be Primary protocol via a simple PC utility Fig 1 shows its system diagram Fig 1 System Diagram for Using ACT IR100SD as a Communication Media Notebook PC S CTISYS User Host Device ACT IR100SD Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 6 ot 14 ACT IR100SD User s Manual i E Ti ES The Infrared Wireless Expert 3 OPERATING ACT IR100SD 3 1 Connecting ACT IR100SD With Host ACT IR100SD uses a standard RS232 DTE port DB9 Male to connect with the host If the host has a DB9 Female RS232 port then it is DCE port and can be direct connected Otherwise you need a null modem with DB9 Female on both sides for conversion DSR is an input signal for ACT IR100SD All the operating procedures of ACT IR100SD are triggered by DSR from HOST except DSR is ignored by PC utility See section 3 2 for configuration and parameter settings When DSR is pulled high level RS232 level by HOST ACT IR100SD will send out discovery frames to outside and try to find some other IrDA devices if it is set to Primary Or it will be ready to receive discovery frame from an
4. status DSR activated Dongle is connected to another LED blinks rapidly The blinking speed is based IrDA device on how fast both devices send and reply frames to each other 5 DEFAULT SETTINGS The default settings of ACT IR100SD are configured as the followings Configuration Parameter Default Setting Value Host baud rate and data format 115 2Kbps 8N1 DSR CTS Not ignored Device role mode Primary Secondary both Discovery period 3 seconds Discovery slots 6 Primary protocol IrCOMM 9 wire Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp Jan 9 2007 Lion 14 Ver 1 4 ACT IR100SD User s Manual j C Ti AY ES The Infrared Wireless Expert 6 ACT IR100SD DONGLE DIMENSIONS SACTISYS 35 6mm 61 8mm Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 12 of 14 A CTi an ES The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD User s Manual 7 WARRANTY INFORMATION ACTIiSYS Corporation warrants the first end user purchaser for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase that this wireless interface The Product will be free from defective workmanship and materials and agrees that it will at its option either repair the defect or replace the defective Product or part thereof at no charge to the purchaser for parts or for labor This warranty does not apply to any appearance items of the Product any consumable items such as paper ink ribbon or batteries supplied with the Prod
5. ACTiSYS The Wireless Connecti ity Expert 48511 Warm Springs Blvd Suite 206 Fremont CA 94539 USA Tel 1 510 490 8024 Fax 1 510 623 7268 Web http www actisys com E mail irda info actisys com irReatly ACT IR1I00SD IrDA IrReady Intelligent Embedded RS232 Adapter User s Manual January 9 2007 Ver 1 4 Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corporation All Rights Reserved A E Ti ES The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD 3 User s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS REVISION HISTORY orasini ionii aea oa E EEE E EE EREE 3 PRECAUTIONS sccets csnisdnadssuncensdatesterosdeaacdaaivtusietanedeansaniieionddiednaumeuterpeatuudediet 4 K FEATURES coreene a ean ggasi e A E 5 2 OVERVIEW escorts sa sissinsartaahnnetindeietieutaipewins ean ed uvabeais on een obuabnabentnn muha devaatenautenans 6 3 OPERATING ACTIRIOOS Diniaussnoncspncarivaveietacoantenthavundenkunlooseaenipialaivievesievnnte 7 3 1 Connecting ACT IR100SD With OS ez ceca cesiidacs etc ctlcderanuddanaatceediyenltd ceca edenayantans T 3 2 Configuration amp Parameter Settings cis sscieasaiverssnasontasdnosenesnesantaasaaeeas daadenaaadanevanensanaedasees 7 3 3 The First Tab Host Settings s sesssssisiisriiintsiieriii iaiia iiis irs iesin 8 SBA Flow Control Note siss ot cep ceecieegeicttsgecceustecutndeentagei A A 8 3 5 The Second Tab Discovery Timing Settings eeeseesseesresreesrsrrssrrerersessrerreeserserrrresrrsese 9 3 6 The Third Tab Primary Protoco
6. E ATES 3 4 Flow Control Note Ignore CTS If host device has_no hardware flow control signals only Tx Rx and GND then you have to select YES option ACT IR100SD will then pass the incoming data to host and not care the status of CTS it will Ignore CTS Note ACT IR100SD is a buffer limited adapter 2K bytes for host and 2K bytes for IrDA If this option has been selected to YES then it may cause data loss because of no flow control Whereas data loss can be solved if user can send data segment by segment and every segment not exceeding 2K bytes But normally we recommend to select NO option on this field Ignore DSR If host system has no DSR signals then this option should be set to YES to ignore DSR signal This is what we recommend only when host device is Secondary But since DSR signal will trigger ACT IR100SD into Primary if you select Primary Secondary on Mode option on the 2 tab and set option to Ignore DSR it will always be in Primary mode and no way to disconnect IrDA link once power on In other words once you set option Ignore DSR to YES you will not be able to control ACT IR100SD at all until power off and set it to NO So normally we recommend to select NO on this option Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 8 of 14 Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 ACTISYS The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD A J User s Manual 3 5 The Second Tab Discovery Ti
7. l Sun 28 ic soic ctuecnsecuatcone vnioiecteeiveeeiaocodeevnacesecransedewincds 10 4 LED BEHAVIOR cssnocnscisienrenedeandua n a Ea 11 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS v5icssassyneeersinsavinsvoncteeerralonnsetneeon eae 11 6 ACT IR100SD DONGLE DIMENSIONS ssssssssseeeeesssessssssesssessssssrrrsrrssees 12 7 WARRANTY INFORMA TION sissiseixsesiscssnicivns ceniptel vusenahaneintviscivnasanencdinieasynain 13 8 CONTACT INFORMATION srinsisstcsitsmnonssisanssidrpnspnisnubadonadabbapnentinsbibapscnsuicopsistuiba 14 Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 9 of 14 Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 j E Ti a ES The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD User s Manual REVISION HISTORY Revision bate commen 01 21 2005 Changed supply power on Features 01 25 2005 Added Chapter 6 for default setting 1 3 3 04 25 2006 Overall reformatted and revised Chapter 8 Characteristics amp Specification 11 23 2006 Added Chapter 6 for LED Behavior 1 09 2007 Extracted technical sections Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp Jan 9 2007 3 of 14 Ver 1 4 A E Ti ES The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD 3 User s Manual PRECAUTIONS To ensure trouble free operation please observe the following precautions Optical communications are easily affected by external light sources weak batteries transfer distance transfer angle etc Any of these conditions may cause a data transfer failure incomplete or missing data Make sure that the wireless in
8. layers TinyTP IrCOMM IrLPT and OBEX transport Supports host baud rate from 1 2 kbps to 115 2 kbps which is changeable by PC utility IrDA baud rate from 9 6 kbps to 115 2 kbps which is flexible setting by IrDA devices Supports both IrDA Primary and Secondary mode changeable via PC utility No driver is needed IR frame and Host buffer are 2048 bytes respectively Supply voltage 6 0 V to 12V Power consumption 40 mA standby 50 mA active Supports 3 wires host interface Tx Rx and GND Interface to Host Full duplex asynchronous serial TXD RXD Hardware flow control RTS CTS Optional line status for link control DTR DSR Other unused inputs RI CD Internal PCBA available Model ACT IR100SDi Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 5 of 14 Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 ACT IR100SD User s Manual j C Ti S ES The Infrared Wireless Expert 2 OVERVIEW ACT IR100SD is a highly integrated IrDA Intelligent dongle It provides a serial interface to a host device that intends to have Infrared communication capability The host device can be any equipment or device that needs to communicate with IrDA enabled devices via IrDA protocol with only a wired serial interface ACT IR100SD handles all the details regarding IrDA protocols It sends and receives user data to and from the host device via the serial interface with hardware flow control IrDA has two modes Primary and Secondary The difference between them is that Primary
9. ming Settings It is to set time interval of discovery the slot number of discovery and the mode of ACT IR100SD COMSET for ACT IRT005D Host Stings Di civary Timing Settings OOM POAT Mode Discovery Sim i Semid Fi aa eae l C Secondary ony m oi E COME Discovery Tima Sac ra Cz ACTE TYS ASO READY Communicerion Sating Tooter ACT R100150 MN FF 01 ACTOS 3 5 1 ACT IR100SD supports both Primary and Secondary It allows customer to change it 3 5 2 Discovery time should be 3 seconds in general You can change it if you want the discovery process faster 3 5 3 Discovery slot can also make discovery process faster Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 9 of 14 Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 ZACTISYS The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD 3 User s Manual 3 6 The Third Tab Primary Protocol Settings It is to set the IrDA protocols when ACT IR100SD is in Primary SET for ACT IR100SD Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 10 of 14 C Ti ES The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD User s Manual 4 LED BEHAVIOR Activities LED Behavior Remark Power Turned On LED blinks rapidly one time amp then off Set Dongle to Primary mode amp LED blinks every 3 seconds Discovering any other IrDA DSR activated device Set Dongle to Secondary mode amp LED stays off It s in stand by
10. other Primary device if ACT IR100SD is set to Secondary It depends on what mode you set in ACT IR100SD When ACT IR100SD is connecting to another IrDA device successfully via IR it will pull DSR signal to high RS232 level which also means that Host can send and receive data frame to and from another IrDA device When DSR is pulled to low it means that IR link is now not established anymore 3 2 Configuration amp Parameter Settings Since ACT IR100SD supports Primary Secondary and several parameters we provide an application Comset_IR100SD exe with the dongle for you to configure yourself 3 2 1 Please attach ACT IR100SD dongle in PC 3 2 2 Then open Comset_IR100SD exe in Windows system It will show three tabs of parameters for setting 3 2 3 After any parameter has been changed you have to click Send button on the tab you changed first Then click Save Config into Flash so that parameters can be configured successfully Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp 7 of 14 ACT IR100SD E Ti S ES The Infrared Wireless Expert Eo User s Manual 3 3 The First Tab Host Settings It is to set the host baud rate and the hardware flow control COMSET for ACT RTO0SD Hust Saraga Dsorsen Tirisg femega Piira Procal Searg cow POAT Priz faudrie bga rii 7 am C cou C E r ODi lgnore GT t ao Tai FERS eae PACTS Sil OSD J Commencsios ating Tool ier ATT IA eo DMENT ID F a
11. terface is away from direct sunlight and other strong light source Do not terminate arbitrarily during file transfer process between ACT IR100SD and computers until finished Otherwise ACT IR100SD internal data integrity may be damaged which is due to the violation of ACT IR100SD s Do not expose the unit to moisture as this will damage the internal circuitry Do not expose the unit to extreme temperatures It should not be placed in direct sunlight or in a closed vehicle neither should it be placed near heaters nor other heat sources Do not store the unit in a humid or dusty place Use a soft dry cloth to clean the unit Do not use a wet cloth or any solvent Do not drop the unit or handle the unit carelessly CAUTION Never touch the pins of computer connection terminal The internal circuits can be damaged by an Electro Static Discharge If this device requires any servicing use only an ACTISYS service dealer an ACTISYS approved service facility or an ACTISYS repair service When exchanging data with host computer be sure the appropriate serial communication port is available and is not in conflict with other peripheral device or software Copyright 2000 2007 ACTiSYS Corp Aof 14 Jan 9 2007 Ver 1 4 8 0e 0 A E Ti ES The Infrared Wireless Expert ACT IR100SD 3 User s Manual FEATURES Supports mandatory IrDA layer IrPHY IrLAP IrLMP and IAS Supports upper
12. uct or to any equipment or any hardware software firmware or peripheral other than the Product This warranty does not apply to any Product the exterior of which has been damaged or defected which has been subjected to misuse abnormal service or handling or which has been altered or modified in design construction or interfacing Tampering with Label Voids Warranty In order to enforce the rights under this limited warranty the purchaser should mail ship or carry the Product together with proof of purchase to ACTISYS The limited warranty described above is in addition to whatever implied warranties may be granted to purchasers by law To the extent permitted by applicable law ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDE THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR USER ARE LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may not apply to you Neither the sales personnel of the seller not any other person is authorized to make any warranties other than those described above or to extend the duration of any warranties beyond the time period described above on behalf of ACTiISYS Corporation The warranties described above shall be the sole and exclusive remedy available to the purchaser Correction of defects in the manner and for the period of time described above shall constitute full satisfaction of all claims whether based on contract
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