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1. COM SISR Cad COM IRQ UART FIFO Port Port Base Trip COM2 120 1 100 03 16950 Default COM3 120 2 108 03 16950 Default COM4 120 3 110 03 16950 Default COM5 120 4 118 03 16950 Default Card Port 1 Card Port 2 Multiport Settings a Oe y o ac Multiport Settings ESL Oi o x O 8250 16450 16550 8250 16450 16550 O Standard Multiport Standard e Multipor 16650 16750 16950 16650 16750 16950 ien Base Joo e SE SISR Base 0120 ze T Ein unus ifo Trig Levels COM Bare CR eer 1 Auto Flow Control r Toros AR de Flow Control F SN E D RTS CTS CIO RTS CTS Standard Settings Ir Auto Flow Control COM Base ons Auto Flow Control H E RTS CTS CX mms E E RTS CTS Le DTR DSR 18 mm e E DTR DSR None Fifo levet None NOTE Set Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware to reflect these settings The only settings that change from port to port are the COM Base and the Card Port Settings Chapter 3 Page 24 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card COMI amp 2 Present COM SISR Card COM IRQ UART FIFO Port Port Base Trip COM3 120 1 100 di 16950 Default COM4 120 2 108 Sa 16950 Default COMS 120 3 110 SS 16950 Default COM6 120 4 118 ac 16950 Default As2. eese 28 Deleting Ports in Windows eee 28 Restarting WindOWs vincia ciar 20 Serial Solutions Installation for Windows 95 amp 98 30 Photon 4 Port RS232 Card Settings in Win 95 amp 98 35 Default Settings for Photon 4 Port COMI Present 37 Settings for Photon 4 Port Card COMI amp 2 Present 37 Settings for Photon 4 Port Card COMI to 4 Present 38 Changing COM Port Numbers in Windows 95 amp 98 38 ISA Photon 4 Port Card Port Settings In Win 95 98 39 Maximum Baud Rate Settings ees 40 INTRO 4 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Index ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 in Win NT4 Overview 43 Serial Solutions Installation for Windows NTIA 43 Checking Windows NT 4 I O Usage eene 44 TP dialled nvidia eee eee 44 Configuring and Installing the Serial Card 45 Installing the Serial Solutions Software 45 Adding the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card to Windows NT4 46 Configurable Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card 48 Default Settings for Photon Card COMI Present 49 Settings for Photon Card COMI amp 2 Present 50 Alternate Settings for Photon Card COMI 4 Present 51 Changing Serial Port Senge 52 Advanced Port SettiHES iier e eina oth banda seda dios 53 Uninst
3. Baud Rate 50 Baud to 230400 Baud Word Length 5 6 7 or 8 bits Parity Even Odd None Mark or Space Start Bit start bit always sent Stop Bits 1 1 5 for 5 bit data word length or 2 Figure 1 1 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Factory Settings BANK ADDRESS ii iif BANK 100 GIVING l Port 1 100 Port 2 108 Port 3 110 Port 4 118 SISR 120 Chapter 1 Page 7 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration Configuring the ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 In the state it leaves our factory the ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 is ready to plug straight into a PC compatible computer Unless there is GOOD REASON do not alter its default setting However due to the presence of other serial ports in the PC your card may need configuring to suit your setup If your card needs to be reconfigured it is important to know the settings particularly IRQ allocations of any other add on cards motherboard resources that exist in your PC in order to ensure its trouble free operation Various means of determining these settings exist for example the Device Manager in Windows 95 or the MSD program in MS DOS but these do not always give the complete picture and should be used for indication only Settings for legacy devices such as ISA cards are determined most accurately by examining the appropriate hardwa
4. Seele T Zeie IRQ 7 PRINTER PORT 1 CEET IRQ 10 Usually free Weg eg e TJ a IRQ 11 Usually free POINTING DEVICE Usually Self NN k IRQ 12 Free Free when mouse is on a COM port da m da at 2a 308 IRQ 15 Usually free The movable jumper on the jumper block is used to specify which hardware interrupt is to be generated by the PC serial board Chapter 1 Page 15 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Installing the Card CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE CARD Serial Card Installation Once the card has been correctly configured then it can be installed in the PC For the ISA card it is best to make a note of the Bank I O address and IRQ jumper settings for later use After installing the card and configuring the software the cables should be attached and communication with the serial peripheral devices should be established Provided that the RS232 installation is attacked in this orderly manner everything should work first time If it does not then check the software selectable communications parameters Baud rate Parity stop bits first and that the communications program is attempting to access the serial port installed If this fails to solve the problem check the cable connections Finally check that the card is indeed configured as you believed NOTE Always turn the computer OFF before installing or removing any interfac
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6. Version System Display Drives Memo Services Resources Environment Network Include HAL resource es IRQ Device Bus Type msiB042 0 i Isa Isa Isa Isa Po Isa Isa Isa m m z Z oooocoo Ro vert Da een bees Pun ee pp JC In the list Shown IRQ 1 4 5 6 11 12 14 amp 15 are used leaving IRQ 3 7 9 amp 10 free Any interrupt not shown on the list can be used make a note of a free IRQ and set the card to use it Also click the I O Port tab and make a note of a free address space for the card This card requires 22hex 32dec consecutive bytes of I O space Select OK to clear this dialogue TIP When installing serial cards the parameter that usually causes the greatest trouble is finding an unused Interrupt Request line a free IRQ Ifthe system already has a COM2 port installed IRQ 3 will be allocated to that In this case and whenever IRQ 3 is being used by other devices the Photon 4 Port RS232 card will not be able to be installed at it s default settings however there should be no need to change the Bank address DIP switch just the IRQ jumper setting to an unused IRQ e g 5 10 or 11 Which IRQ is free depends on what other devices you have installed in your PC Chapter 3 Page 44 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Configuring and Installing the Serial Card Having chosen a free IRQ and I O address range physically set from the IRQ jumper and
7. 390 398 3A0 3A8 3B0 3B8 3C0 3C8 3D0 3D8 3E0 3E8 3F0 3F8 Chapter 1 Page 13 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration Figure 1 6 I O Addresses To Avoid VO Address Normal Use O1FOH OIF7H IDE Hard Disk 0201H 0201H Game Control Adapter 0278H 027FH Second Printer Port Adapter 0378H 037FH Printer Port Adapter 03BOH 03BFH Monochrome Display and Printer Card 03COH 03CFH VGA amp EGA cards 03DOH 03DFH VGA cards O3F8H 03FFH COMI Port Adapter If any of these adapter cards are installed in the PC DO NOT set the any of Photon 4 Port RS232 Serial ports to reside in the same range Serial Port IRQ Interrupt Jumper Selection The position of the movable jumper on the interrupt jumper block located in the bottom left hand corner of the card determines the IRQ vector for all of the serial ports configuring the card as IRQ2 IRQ7 IRQIO IRQI2 or IRQ14 IRQIS Chapter 1 Page 14 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration Figure 1 7 Card Shared IRQ Jumper Block 1111 2345670125 VALUE NORMAL USE Ieannan E IRQ 2 Usually free dk leese lee IRQ 3 COM 2 Factory Default Do not use 1f COM2 already installed a8 EREHERE IRQ 4 COM 1 ste dk za IRQ 5 PRINTER PORT 2 lala T mE at iat in IRQ 6 DISK DRIVE STATUS AVOID I
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10. COM2 is already set to IRQ 3 you will need to set the IRQ to 5 10 or 11 dependent on what interrupts are free because of other installed devices IRQ 5 is used in these examples Card Port 1 Card Port 2 ANC Multiport Settings E UART 8250 O 16450 O 16550 o Standard e Multiport O 16650 o 16750 16950 jp UART 8250 O 16450 O1 16550 O 16650 16750 fl 16950 Multiport Settings O Standard e Multiport ISISR Base 0120 El een Base Bel Fito Trig Levels H Standard Settings A com Base 0108 s 1 Flow Conto AR Standard Settings 1 m q COM Base 10100 E SE Flow Control Cm SEH mns ORrs tTs ES O DTR DSR a ORTs CTs AAA Fifo level ba s ODTR DSR Fifo C 128 s None None uui ncel Card Port 4 r Multiport Settings 1 Kee O o Multiport Settings cM Se O1 E 8250 16450 O 16550 8250 16450 16550 E Pied Maton 16650 16750 E 16950 E been 1 Mutiport 16650 16750 16950 ore Fifo Trig Levels S pS es Standard Settings Ss Rx 1 Standard Settings Tel 4 COM Base 0110 E Auto Flow Contro AR COM Base 0118 Auto Flow Control GR Ke ORTS CIS E s Jal ORTSICTS DE En O DTR DSR Hee mb M O DTR DSR ae NOTE Set Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware to reflect these settings The only settings that
11. RS232 Pinouts and Cabling Figure 4 6 Photon 4 Port RS232 Cable by 9 25 pin D Connector 87 way D connector Pinouts Port Port Port Port Pin Function 9 25 1 2 3 4 Pin Pin 3 26 12 35 Transmitted Data TXD 3 2 2 25 11 34 Received Data RXD 2 3 21 7 30 16 Request To Send RTS 7 4 22 8 31 17 Clear To Send CTS 8 5 20 6 29 15 Data Set Ready DSR 6 6 5 28 14 37 Ground GND gt 7 1 24 10 33 DataCarrier detect DCD 1 8 4 27 13 36 Data terminal Ready DTR 4 20 23 9 32 18 Ring Indicator RI 9 22 NOTE Pin 19 on the 37 pin D connector is not used Chapter 6 Page 63 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling Figure 4 7 Pin outs of the ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 37 pin D connector y PIN20 papa AM CA PIN21 RISZ OG E PIN22 l e CD Ss PC PIN DRA PIN24 DCD42 REI Es RAI c Time Den PIN26 TXD42 NR E eee PIN27 mr mom PIN28 GND42 ENS cu od Ie PINO DCD 3 PINO RTS 3 L EET lie PIN31 CTS 3 AS de MEI TN prius NANI c MINI GNDIA m E PIN35 TXD 4 ON am CTS44 PIN36 DTR 4 ERBE ping uu PIN37 GND 4 GL pinto NO CONNECTION E NOTE On the above diagram the symbol followed by a number is used to notify a port on the cable E g 4 means port 4 hence PIN36 DTR 4 is pin 36 of the 37way connector which
12. bursts of data especially at high Baud rates 2 Defaults When clicked this button resets the advanced properties to the followed settings Use FIFO Buffers On checked Transmit Buffers 196 Receive Buffers 80 Chapter 3 Page 54 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Uninstalling Serial Solutions for Windows NT To uninstall Serial Solutions for Windows NT IM A Caere Scan Console Date Time Devices Options o Manager 3 0 Sa ux E EY E o Display Find Fast FindVirus scan Fonts Internet Keyboard settings zl Sets up programs and creates shortcuts A e From Control Panel open the Add Remove Programs applet then be certain to close the Control Panel Add Remove Programs Properties x Instell Uninstell Windows NT Setup EJ To install a new program from a floppy disk or CD ROM drive click Install E The following software can be automatically removed by Windows To remove a program orto modify its installed components selectitfrom the list and click Add Remove Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 Microsoft Office Professional Microsoft Outlook Express Microsoft VM for Java Microsoft Wallet Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard 1 51 Mi Add Remove V Viewer OK Cancel Apply e Select from the list Serial Solutions for Windows NT e Click the Add Remove button Windows NT will then uninstall the Serial Solutions applet without the need f
13. corresponds to the DTR function on port 4 Chapter 6 Page 64 Photon 4 Port RS232 Index Index 16450 LOS in 6 25005 a Seduta dioe ten ed oe d Enea p SEENEN 60 62 Add New Hardware 30 31 asynchronous S o Rasse ds 6 baud baud rates beu btt 6 EI 8 A A nena ana 7 16 56 ei ua TEE 6 b ffered is nsn EE EE di 6 EE dada cec O N 16 56 57 60 62 COMMON td tia 17 57 Control Panel iii id iia 30 CLOS O to T EEE 57 60 62 Ecker ee Mee Ane ed ELE 6 58 A DEE 7 Ee KEE 6 58 E ET EE 8 TR a O Ps 30 ID E A A AR 6 58 Bp dep A alas cated dee 6 58 EE EE 6 handshakext iere rra isa 58 WSCA ALL OM ci tees eerte reed ENEE EE e 16 19 30 JUMP a do ds 6 14 16 loop back ainia e epe REO aa 56 60 Maximum Baud Rate A0 Treni pte tide hi A A Tee ee 30 MOM tas 6 PCI Quad RS232 connector pinouts oooocccnnnnoccccnncnnnancnncnnnnnnnnnnos 64 A A eic e ac cird 56 57 port ports E 6 8 9 14 16 31 56 57 58 60 62 Photon 4 Port RS232 Index EE e d e 58 hee O aaa 6 oy sc 6 16 56 57 60 A N 6 58 A preparers Wier rete Per neues tater NA aa Eaa rarely tee er ter 6 58 Serial DEE ia Dee 6 8 9 14 16 31 56 58 60 62 Serial Pos 31 SeLUDES daci n dado ed bo E Ea EO n RR RERO eds 30 SEL dare at aes ees meas ous tu at o se ss aes fa au c dM UR 8 BEE Gin tU ARIA ERRORIS ER MURDER CU NN aaa MURS IG et 6 BLUE 16 a D a D 6 58 Uninstalling Serial Solutions PCI for Windows NT
14. e if port 12 COM3 then port 2 COMA port 3 COMS and port 4 COMO IO Range with Photon 4 Port RS232 Cards this must always be set to Banked IRQ All four ports should be set to the same IRQ as that set physically on the card s IRQ Jumper Block Bank I O Base Address this is the address which is set physically by the Bank DIP switch Chapter 3 Page 36 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Default Settings for Photon 4 Port COM1 Present ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Properties x General Serial Solutions Driver Resources 5 Serial Solutions ISA Communications Card Settings eq nterupt Settings r Port Settings Port Assignment 10 Range IRQ Device Status Bank IO Base Address 100 Cancel Settings for Photon 4 Port Card COMI amp 2 Present ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Properties mE General Serial Solutions Driver Resources 5 Serial Solutions ISA Communications Card Settings eheted Intenupt Seta Ss e r Port Settings Port Assignment 10 Range IRQ Device Status Bank 10 Base Address fioo s Canoa As COM2 is already set to IRQ 3 you will need to set the IRQ to 5 10 or 11 dependent on what interrupts are free because of other installed devices IRQ 5 is used in these examples Chapter 3 Page 37 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Settings for Photon 4 Port Card COMI to 4 Present ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Properties x General Serial
15. should be set in the off position Figure 1 4 Serial Port Bank Address Allocation DIP 1234 8 P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 ty UA 100h 108h h 110h LS 67 PORT ADDRESS SETTINGS N O Within this 32 byte bank port 1 port 4 are decoded consecutively e g Port 1 is at the bank address port 2 at bank 8 port 3 at bank 16 port 4 at bank 24 SISR at bank 32 In all each of serial ports 1 4 may be set to 1 of 96 addresses The default bank I O address is 100hex The best addresses for the serial ports are in the range 0100 01EF hex which is rarely used and 0200 023F hex amp 0280 02BF hex which are usually unused I O addresses to avoid are given in Figure 1 6 Chapter 1 Page 9 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration Figure 1 5 Valid Photon 4 Port Base Addresses DIP DIP DIP DIP DIP DIP DIP SWITCH Pl P 2 P 3 P 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BAA On Off On On On Off Off v vv 100 A AAA A On Off On On On Off On v v 100 108 A AAAA On Off On On On On Off v v es 100 108 110 A AAAAA Default on offon on on On On ab 100 108 110 118 pot A AA On OffOn On Off Off Off vi ees 108 110 118 120 A AA A On OffOn On Off Off On y ivy 110 118 120 128 on offon On offon off PMA 118 120 128 130 On offon On offon On MANIN 120 128 130 138 AjA
16. the Bank DIP switches on the card as shown in Chapter 1 Note down the IRQ and Bank addresses for use later when entering the Photon 4 Port RS232 card settings when configuring the driver Install the serial interface card in an available slot Installing the Serial Solutions Software To install the software place the HandyWeb CD ROM into a suitable drive from Start Menu choose Run and in the resulting window type lt drive gt drivers speed winnt setup exe where lt drive gt is the path to the drive containing the installation disk Selecting the OK button begins the conventional InstallShield setup process there are no options for this installation all items must be installed in the NT System32 directory Once the software has been installed you may run the Serial Solution applet by double clicking on it s icon from the Control Panel If installing from the Serial Solutions CDROM Insert your CDROM into your CD Drive Programs Documents Zb Settings 14 9 LE Shut Down l Windows NT Workstation m Chapter 3 Page 45 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Click Start gt Run Run x Type the name of a program folder or document and Windows will open it for you Open carive WEE exe Iv Run in Seperate Memon Space Seef Cancel Browse lt drive gt the letter assigned to your CDROM drive click on OK The driver software will then be install
17. to your system Chapter 3 Page 30 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Click next on the applet dialogue Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard will help you quickly install a new piece of hardware To begin installing your new hardware click Next The Add New Hardware wizard will ask you if you wish Windows to search for your hardware Click the No radio button since Windows cannot find Multiport Serial Solutions serial ports and it will save some time Click next Add New Hardware Wizard If your hardware is already installed you should have Windows detect it When Windows detects new hardware it automatically determines the current settings for the device and installs the correct driver Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware lt Back Cancel Chapter 3 Page 31 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation From the hardware types list on the next page select Multi Function A dapter Click next Add New Hardware Wizard Select the type of hardware you want to install Hardware types Multi function adapters I9 Network adapters E Other devices b PCMCIA socket A Ports COM 8 LPT Printer amp SCSI controllers MU Sound video and game controllers zi lt Back Cancel click Have Disk Add New Hardware Wizard Click the manufacturer and model of your hardware If your hardware is not listed or if you h
18. two devices a common earth level Connect the Transmit and Receive lines together Line 3 TXD Port 2 goes to line 3 RXD of the other PC Line 2 RXD Port 2 goes to line 2 TXD of the other PC This allows each to receive the data transmitted by the other Connect the Port 2 DTR line pin 4 to the other PC DCD pin 8 and CTS pin 5 lines Also connect up the other PC DTR line pin 20 to the Port 2 DCD pin 1 and CTS pin 8 lines This allows the receiving device to signal when it can no longer accept data The receiving device sets DTR false when it is unable to receive any more data The sending device reads DTR on its CTS and DCD pins It should stop sending when CTS goes false Connect the Port 2 RTS line pin 7 to the other PC DSR line pin 6 Also connect the other PC RTS line pin 4 to the Port 2 DSR line pin 6 This RTS line is used to let the other device know that it is ready for data exchange Chapter 6 Page 58 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling Figure 4 3 9 Pin D Serial Port To Other PC Cable AT SERIAL PORT Side Other PC SERIAL PORT Side 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 9 PIN D CONNECTOR SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION 5 GND GND 5 3 TAD gt RXD 2 2 1RXD E TXD 3 7 RTS gt DSR 6 6 DSR lt RTS 7 4 DTR gt DCD 1 8 CTS C
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21. 32 Card Comms Settings Settings for COM2 Chapter 3 Page 27 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Changing Serial Port Settings Once the Photon 4 Port RS232 card has been installed it may be necessary to change the communications settings in the COM Ports to match the baud rate parity settings etc of the remote serial device O Highlight the serial port required e g COM2 in Serial Ports Control Panel O Click on the Settings button to change the communications settings Figure 3 3 O Select the appropriate communications settings which must match the communications settings on the remote device O Click on the OK button to leave the communications Settings window The Advanced option in Settings can be used to change the hardware settings to match a new base address and IRQ physically set on the Photon 4 Port RS232 serial port cards if it becomes necessary to reconfigure the card due to the installation of other new hardware e Click on the Advanced button for the hardware settings window Figure 3 4 Enter the 7 options in the same manner as described in the section Adding an ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Serial Card Deleting Ports in Windows The Delete button can be used to discard the entries of ports that have been removed from the system Note Due to problems with the standard Windows Serial Ports Applet in the Control Panel Make sure that there are no gaps in the numbering of the first four se
22. Hardware Manual ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 1 0 EDITION December 1998 Guarantee FULL 36 MONTHS GUARANTEE We guarantee your interface card for a full 36 months from purchase parts and labour provided it has been used in the specified manner In the unlikely event of failure return your interface to your Dealer with proof of purchase who will determine whether to repair or replace this product with an equivalent unit COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT O 1985 1998 All rights reserved No part of this hardware circuitry or manual may be duplicated copied transmitted or reproduced in any way without the prior written consent of the Manufacturer Due to the Manufacturers commitment to quality software is subject to continuous improvements information regarding upgrades can be obtained from your supplier supplied to you by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IBM COMPAQ Hewlett Packard H P and EPSON are trademarks of the relevant companies Windows is a trademark of Microsoft ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Layout PHOTON 4 PORT RS232 MANUAL THE LAYOUT OF THIS MANUAL Chapter 1 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration Summarises the features of the ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Card describes the two configurable options and lists all the possible DIP Switch options settable on the card Chapter 2 Installing the card into the PC Explains how to open the PC and insert a new serial card Chapter 3 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 So
23. ORT 9 Pin Female D Connector SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION SO 00 4 QV d Q2 t2 e tA ACTUAL REPRESENTATION 25 Pin PC SERIAL PORT 25 Pin Male D Connector AAVAYVVAA GND DIR CTS TXD RTS DSR DCD AMAVVAVA RA gt E gt GND 1 GND 7 DCD 8 RXD 3 TXD 2 DT 20 DS 6 TS 4 CT8 5 R 22 GND 1 A EXD 2 XD 3 TS 4 CIS 5 DS 6 GND 7 DT 20 DCD 8 RI 22 Chapter 6 Page 62 Photon 4 Port RS232 The Photon 4 Port RS232 Cable Pinouts The Photon 4 Port RS232 cable consists of a 37 way female D connector attached to four either 25 or 9 way Male D connectors Each of the cables carries 9 cores plus a sheath Each of the 25 pin D connectors has 9 connections based on the standard PC serial port configuration Figure 6 7 on the next page shows the 37 way female connector pin numbers corresponding to each of the 4 separate port pin outs and pin functions Each cable is approximately 1 metre long and is clearly marked as P1 for Port 1 P2 for Port 2 etc
24. Solutions Driver Resources 5 Serial Solutions 154 Communications Card Settings Shared Interrupt Seid Port Settings 1 Port Assignment 10 Range IRQ Device Status Bank 10 Base Address 200 you will need to set the IRQ to 5 10 or 11 dependent on what interrupts are free because of other installed devices IRQ 11 is used in these examples Changing COM Port Numbers in Windows 95 amp 98 In the Serial Solutions tab of the parent device properties window the COM port assignment may be changed simply by selecting a new COM port value from the pull down menu relevant to the port However COM port usage other than those for the installed Photon 4 Port RS232 card itself are not checked so it is advisable to first check which COM ports are in use port availability can be checked by viewing the Device Manager Communications Port COM1 B E Multinort COM3 3 Multiport COM4 3 Multiport COM5 3 Multiport COM All COM ports present will be listed under the entry Ports COM amp LPT The above screenshot indicates that COM6 and above are not installed and therefore may be used Chapter 3 Page 38 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation ISA Photon 4 Port Card Port Settings In Win 95 98 Double clicking upon an individual port entry in the Device Manager and selecting the Port Settings tab will display Hultiport COM3 Properties ME General Port Settings Seri
25. TS 8 1 pcb lt gt DTR 4 ACTUAL REPRESENTATION GC 5 IGNDI gt DCD 9 p DSR 4 DTR gt RXD 8 CTIS la RTS 3 TD lt 4 TXD 7ARTS 4 CTS 2 RXD gt DTR 6 DSR a 1 1DCD GND Chapter 6 Page 59 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 25 PIN D CONNECTOR GND 1 GND 7 5 GND RXD 3 3 TXD gt TXD 2 2 RXD 7 RTS gt DSR 6 s E s RIS 4 8 CTS DCD 3 1 DCD E CTS 5 LI DTR 20 ACTUAL REPRESENTATION GND 1 TXD 2 5 GND RXD 3 4 DTR gt 8 CTS gt RTS 4 3 TXD 7 EIST B CTS 5 2 RXD P 6 DSR An ADSR A 1 DCD lt P gt N CND 7 DIR 20 DCD 8 9 Pin D Serial Port To A Modem If you are connecting a MODEM to a 9 pin D Serial Port then you will NOT need a cross over cable and a straight through cable connected as the 9 to 25 pin adapter given in Figu
26. al Solutions Driver Resources Communications Settings Baud Rate Data bits E Parity None Stop bits h H Elow control None y m Maximum Baud Rate Setting Advanced Restore Defaults Cercel Settings available in this window are Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Flow Control a duc iS port to the default values of Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Flow Control Change to suit remote device Restore Defaults When clicked this will reset the selected 9600 8 None 1 Xon Xoff Chapter 3 Page 39 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Maximum Baud Rate Settings Advanced Clicking the Advanced button gives the user the option of changing the behaviour of the driver Multiport COM3 Properties GIS General Port Settings Serial Solutions Driver Resources r Communications Settings Baud Rate 230400 El Data bits a Parity None sz Stop bits hy Elow control None H Maximum Baud Rate Setting Default C Double Restore Defaults The Default behaviour of the driver is to operate on a wysiwyg what you see is what you get basis meaning the Baud rate than application selects will be the Baud rate of the data leaving the port Selecting Double changes the driver behaviour in the following ways For applications using the above dialogue e g HyperTerminal there
27. alling Serial Solutions for Windows NT 55 CHAPTER 4 RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT BENENNEN 56 A EE EE 56 The RS232 A E 56 Serial Port Pri Qu il a tia 57 INTRO 5 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration CHAPTER 1 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Introduction This chapter explains how to configure the ISA PHOTON 4 PORT RS232 in a PC compatible giving details for address and IRQ jumper selection Detailed instructions are given how to set the address select DIP switch and IRQ jumper This half size RS232 card will fit into ANY 16 bit ISA slots and will work happily in any PC compatible up to and exceeding SOOMHz Pentium II single or multiprocessor ISA PHOTON 4 PORT RS232 Card Features X X x X Four independent Serial ports Reliable communications up to 50 feet 15m and beyond 10096 16C550 PC Compatible serial port up to 230 400 baud 16550 compatible FIFO provides 128 byte input and 128 byte output buffer on each port Jumper selectable interrupt level IRQ 2 7 10 12 14 amp 15 Shared IRQ settings for all Ports Full modem control TXD RXD DSR DCD DTR RTS CTS and RI signals Fully double buffered for reliable asynchronous operation High speed integrated circuitry ensures operation with fast PC s e g 500 MHz Pentium II WITHOUT extra wait states Chapter 1 Page 6 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration The ISA PHOTON 4 PORT RS2372 has the following features
28. apter 3 Page 41 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Transmit Buffer These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will send fewer data bytes per interrupt and this is recommended if you are communicating to a slower machine Selecting a high value will send more data bytes per interrupt and will give more time for multi tasking operations The trigger options in the case of the Photon Card s 128 byte FIFO are 1 32 64 and 112 2 Restore Clicking on this port will restore the port setting of the Serial Solutions tab to the values set on entry to this page Chapter 3 Page 42 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 in Win NT4 Overview The ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 card requires the use of one interrupt IRQ and 22hex 34dec contiguous I O locations i e a BANK of 22hex I O addresses The two configurable options on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card are the Bank address DIP switch and the IRQ jumper block The Bank address DIP switch determines the COM Base address of each port and also the SISR Base address of the card COM Base of port 1 the Bank Address COM Base of port 2 the Bank Address 8hex COM Base of port 3 the Bank Address 10hex COM Base of port 4 the Bank Address 18hex SISR Base the Bank Address 20hex Serial Solutions Installation for Windows NT4 The suggested installation sequence is 1 Note Check W
29. ave an installation disk click Have Disk If your hardware is still not listed click Back and then select a different hardware type To see all hardware choices click Unknown Hardware Manufacturers Models Multi function PC Card Pa BusLogic ESS Technology Inc Hewlett Packard New Media Corporation Daitsch vi b Multi function PC Card Parent lt Back Next gt Cancel Chapter 3 Page 32 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Windows will then ask you for the location of the Serial Solutions files you will see the following Install From Disk If you are installing from the Serial Solutions CDROM the path is lt drive gt diskimg sswin9x where lt drive gt is the letter of your CDROM After the installation procedure the Window will display a list of Photon cards Add New Hardware Wizard d 154 Photon 4 Port PCI Photon 2 Port PCI Photon 4 Port Select the ISA Photon 4 Port Card Click Next Chapter 3 Page 33 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Windows 95 will then inform you of the settings it has assumed for the new ports Add New Hardware Wizard gt Windows can install your hardware using the following settings WARNING Your hardware may not be set to use the resources listed If you need to you can adjust these settings by using the Device Manager in the System control panel before restarting your computer To cha
30. change from port to port are the COM Base and the Card Port Settings Chapter 3 Page 25 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Alternate Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card COM 1 4 Present Software Installation COM SISR Cad COM IRQ UART FIFO Port Port Base Trip COM5 320 1 300 11 16950 Default COM6 320 2 308 11 16950 Default COM7 320 3 310 11 16950 Default COM8 320 4 318 11 16950 Default you will need to set the IRQ to 5 10 or 11 dependent on what interrupts are free because of other installed devices IRQ 11 is used in these examples Card Port 1 Card Port 2 Multiport Settings o j Standard Multiport UART O 8250 O 16450 o 16550 r Multiport Settings Os Standard Multiport O 16650 o 16750 16950 z 16650 16750 ei 16950 SISR Base 0320 2 Card Port E E i 3 e Standard Settings COM Base 0300 Flow Control i n j O RTS CTS O DTR DSR m M Pio level None un P ce IE Card Port 3 GP UART SC 8250 o 16450 e 16550 sue 52218 M Fifo Trig Levels 7 IRQ Een Cpmapen C Hee J Fifo level None COM Base i Ga g ie H ii O RTS CTS Card Port 4 Multiport Settings BH O Standard Multiport 16650 16750 16950 SISR Base 0320 E _ _ Card Port EN S
31. ctly 11 Ensure that other cards in the PC have not been upset iii Ensure that the power is connected and the PC is switched ON DW If all these have been checked and the PC still does not power up then there is probably a conflict of I O address between the PC Serial card and another board in the PC Ask your dealer to check this Chapter 2 Page 18 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Introduction This section describes installation procedures for Serial Solutions driver for Windows 3 x Windows 95 98 and for Windows NT The drivers are on the HandyWEB CDRom Serial Solutions Installation for Windows 3 x To install the software from the supplied disk insert the disk from Windows Program Manager s File menu choose Run and in the Command Line entry window type lt drive gt diskimg sswin3x setup exe CDROM or lt drive gt setup exe FLOPPY where lt drive gt is the path to installation disk Selecting the OK button shows the setup program main screen Figure 4 1 which will automatically select components for Run Command Line A XSETUP EXE CJ Run Minimized Browse installation that have not already been installed Selecting the Del All button will select all installed components for deletion and selecting Add AUT chooses all uninstalled components for installation Several of the components have user selectable parameters e g target install dire
32. ctory which can be changed by clicking on the button These options may not be changed once the components have been installed A README TXT file on the disk contains details of the latest updates to this software Note If it is necessary to re install an OLDER version of a component then the NEWER version component must be FIRST Chapter 3 Page 19 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation removed by selecting the component s button in the Uninstall column then selecting the Continue button If only logical ports COMI to COMO are to be used then de select the Comms API library option button in the Install column This library is only necessary to allow the use of logical ports greater than COM e g COM10 COM11 etc Figure 3 1 Setup Program Main Display Selecting the Continue button will start the installation process When the setup program has finished select the Done Setup Utility X Install Uninstall Component Options Cosas API Linse COMDEBUS Library vim button A Windows restart message will be shown only if the Windows communications driver option has been selected and you should choose Yes to allow the new driver to run Chapter 3 Page 20 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation TIP When installing serial cards the parameter that usually causes the greatest trouble is finding an unused Interrupt Request line a free IRQ If the system already has a COM2 port installed IRQ 3 will be a
33. dows NT If your PCI card has not been detected do not attempt to use this wizard to add it please contact technical support You will need to know what type of card you have and exactly how it is configured in order to setup the communications ports for use in Windows NT Please select a card type to setup and click next ISA Photon Twin 9 lt Back Cancel Help Chapter 3 Page 47 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Configurable Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card For each Photon 4 Port RS232 Card there are Three parameters to set tart At Card Settings Bank 100 Address BANE BANK G BANE C BENK SISR fiz 4 Address Lm Ji Jg Ji 515 ettir Setting Geer O Enter your Settings Please enter the settings Serial 1 Serial 2 Serial 3 Serial 4 from your Photon 4 Port card Jumper Jumper Jumper Jumper Setting Setting Setting Setting NT Port Assignments COM2 E 5 lt Back Cancel Help The NT Port assignment determines the names by which the Photon 4 Port RS232 Ports are known to the system Windows NT4 supports up to 255 COM ports known as COMI to COM255 The Base COM Port sets the name of port 1 on the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card Ports 2 4 are automatically allocated to the next 3 port names Selecting CONZ here will cause the Photon 4 Port RS232 ports to be known as COM COM3 COM4 amp COMS The Bank Address this is th
34. e address which is set by the Bank DIP switch The Shared IRQ as set on the Photon 4 Port RS232 jumper block see the advice in the tip above p47 The following pages display suggested settings for adding a Photon 4 Port RS232 card to a variety of systems where other ports are already present Chapter 3 Page 48 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Default Settings for Photon Card COM1 Present Enter your Settings Please enter the settings Serial 1 Serial 2 Serial 3 Serial 4 from your Photon 4 Port card Jumper Jumper Jumper Jumper Setting Setting Setting Setting NT Port Assignments cow2 E Start At Card Settings Bank Address 100 sen rz BANK BANK BANK S BANK Address IRG ID ID IS S Setting Setting Setting Setting Img P I fsh fe 5 ife d Back Cancel Help Change any of the settings in the box as appropriate to match your hardware For this example the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card s IRQ jumper and DIP switches are left in the factory set configuration When you are happy with your settings Click Next Confirm your settings EN You are about to install the following card on your system please check these settings are correct Configuration for Photon 4 Port Card Port 1 COM2 Address 100h IRQ Shared Port 2 COM3 Address 108h IRQ Shared Port 3 COMA Address 110h IRQ Shared Port 4 COMS Address 118h IRQ Shared Shar
35. e board After having made sure that the I O address and if appropriate jumpers are correctly set now is the time to insert the PC Serial card into the I O connector slots in the computer STEP 1 Before the PC card can be installed the power to the PC MUST be switched OFF STEP 2 Remove the case Chapter 2 Page 16 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Installing the Card Figure 2 1 Removing Blanking Cover STEP 3 Choose an empty appropriate expansion slot Remove the blanking cover protecting the slot on the PC back panel KEEP the blanking cover screw safely for later Figure 2 14 STEP 4 Now insert the PC Serial card in the available slot Be careful to ensure that the gold plated PCB fingers fits neatly into the I O expansion connector Press down firmly but evenly on the top of the PC Serial card Figure 2 15 STEP 5 The D connectors should fit neatly through the slot s aperture to the outside world NB Use the screw kept back from the blanking cover to screw the PC Serial retaining bracket into the PC back panel housing STEP 6 Now replace the system units cover by carefully sliding 1t down and back over the system unit Replace the cover mounting screws Attach all the cables The PC should power on in the normal way Chapter 2 Page 17 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Installing the Card Problems If the system fails to power up normally check the following i Ensure that the PC Serial card is installed corre
36. ed If you are installing from Floppy Disk then the path for installation will be lt drive gt setup exe Adding the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card to Windows NT4 All that remains is that the Photon 4 Port RS232 card is added to NT4 using the installed Serial Solutions Control Panel Applet Windows NT Workstation Click the start button select Settings and then Control Panel From control panel Double click the Serial Solutions icon fi Control Panel OF x File Edit View Help cu a E Y c S Add Remove Angelo Console Date Time Devices Dial Up Display Programs Configurati Monitor ai e 9 a 8 Find Fast Internet Mail Microsoft Mail Modems Postoffice Y CES Q a 7 s Multimedia Network Keyboard PC Card Ports Printers PCMCIA 32 objects Chapter 3 Page 46 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation If you only have one existing port in your PC then your ports applet will look something like the above screenshot Click AddSelect ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Click Next Bus Pot Mo Slot No Bust Close C COMI Communications Port ISA N A N 0 Settings Eonnectto pork One of the following sections will apply dependant on how many COM ports are already present on your machine Select a Card EN This wizard will guide you through the steps U necessary to install an 154 Serial Solutions card into Windows NT PCI cards will be automatically detected and configured by Win
37. ed IRQ 3 SISR Address 120h Press Finish to complete the installation of this card Einish Cancel Help Click Finish Chapter 3 Page 49 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Settings for Photon Card COMI amp 2 Present Please enter the settings Serial 1 Serial 2 Serial 3 Serial 4 Jumper Jumper Jumper Jumper Ne Setting Setting Setting Setting NT Port Assignments com 3 EI Start At Card Settings Bank o Address 100 BANK 4 BANK BANK BANK SISR 2n Addess DZ E ER FO E Setting Setting Setting Setting Shared s d IRQ d br sn Jr dis 7 lt Back Cancel Help Change any of the settings in the box as appropriate to match your hardware For this example the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card s IRQ jumper should be set to IRQS When you are happy with your settings Click Next Confirm your settings x You are about to install the following card A on your system please check these f y settings are correct Configuration for Photon 4 Port Card Port 1 COM3 Address 100h IRQ Shared Port 2 COMA Address 108h IRQ Shared Port 3 COMS Address 110h IRQ Shared Port 4 COME Address 118h IRQ Shared Shared IRQ 5 SISR Address 120h Press Finish to complete the installation of this card Cancel Help Click Finish Chapter 3 Page 50 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Alternate Settin
38. es Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection Computer CDROM Disk drives amp Bl Display adapters t Floppy disk controllers amp amp Hard disk controllers E E Keyboard El Monitor zz 55 Mouse amp Multi function adapters Y 154 Photon 4 Port amp B9 Network adapters Y Other devices e Y Ports COM amp LPT mg Bl System devices Properties Refresh Remove Print Close It is now necessary to change the settings of the parent device the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card to match those physically set on the card double click the Photon 4 Port RS232 card entry under the Multi Function adapter branch and select the Serial Solutions Tab Chapter 3 Page 35 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation For each port on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card we need to and fill in the following 4 settings shown below Photon 4 Port RS232 Properties General Serial Solutions Driver Resources l Q 5 Serial Solutions ISA Communications Card Settings Shared Interupt setin 1 O prol fe coma eankeo fa le FE coma E feankeo 3 lo problem The adjustable options available in this window are O The COM Port assignment determines the names by which the Photon 4 Port RS232 Ports are known to the system Windows 93 supports up to 255 COM ports known as COMI to COM255 The ports need to be numbered consecutively i
39. ftware Installation This chapter details how to install and configure the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card in Windows 3 x Windows 95 98 and Windows NT Chapter 4 RS232 Port Cabling INTRO 3 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Index Index PHOTON 4 PORT RS232 MANUAL eee eee 3 CHAPTER 1 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 6 T ttoductlOn uio EE 6 ISA PHOTON 4 PORT RS232 Card Features 6 Configuring the ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 8 Serial Port Connectors ccoooooooncccnnnnnnnnnnnnnoncccnnnnnnnnnnnaroconononnns 9 Serial Port Configuration e o e Lin 9 Serial Port IRQ Interrupt Jumper Selection 14 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE CARD 16 Serial Card Installation ooooonccnnnnnnnnnnnnnorccnnnnnnnnnnnananoconos 16 Problems sett Serie TERRE 18 CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 19 Introduction adds 19 Serial Solutions Installation for Windows 3 x 19 A A A A A ea a 2 Serial Port Installation ooooonncnnnnnnnnnnnnononcccnnnnnnnnnnnnanocnnss 21 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 in Win 3 x Overview 22 Adding an ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Serial Card 23 Default Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card COMI Present24 Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card COMI amp 2 Present 25 Alternate Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card COMI 4 e Lco Sud acd A eee 26 Changing Serial Port Settings
40. ge to suit remote device Sun i 19 Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control Hardware Advanced Port Settings When the Advanced button of Port Settings in selected the following dialogue is displayed Fifo Trigger Levels Iv Enable Fifos Transmit Fifo Trigger Level Chapter 3 Page 53 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Settings available in this window are 1 FIFO settings e Use FIFO Buffers turns the selected ports FIFO buffer on or off It is strongly recommended that the FIFO for both ports is left enabled e Receive Buffer These settings allow the selection of a receiver FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will lessen the likelihood of data loss due to overrun errors when Photon 4 Port RS232 cards are installed in slower host PCs running ports at higher baud rates Setting a high value will give better overall system performance when the host PC has multiple applications running simultaneously e Transmit Buffer These settings allow the selection of a transmitter FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will send fewer data bytes per interrupt this is recommended if you are communicating to an older external serial device Setting a high value will give better overall system performance when the host PC has multiple applications running simultaneously Be warned many older devices or even modern PC s without PHOTON ports cannot deal with long
41. gs for Photon Card COM1 4 Present Enter your Settings Serial 1 Serial 2 Serial 3 Serial 4 Please enter the settings Jumper Jumper Jumper Jumper from yourPhoton4 Port card Setting Setting Setting Setting NT Port Assignments cows E Start At Card Settings Bank Address 300 SISA G BANK BANK BANK BANK Address 320 AG IAG E IRG rens Setting Getma Seting gt IRQ a a ku EE e ee Change any of the settings in the box as appropriate to match your hardware For this example the Photon 4 Port RS232 card should have its IRQ jumper set to IRQ 11 and the Bank DIP switches set to 300hex When you are happy with your settings Click Next Confirm your settings Ea You are about to install the following card on your system please check these settings are correct Configuration for Photon 4 Port Card Port 1 COMS Address 300h IRQ Shared Port 2 COME Address 308h IRQ Shared Port 3 COM Address 310h IRQ Shared Port 4 COM8 Address 318h IRQ Shared Shared IRQ 11 SISR Address 320h Press Finish to complete the installation of this card Cancel Help Click Finish Chapter 3 Page 51 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation After adding a Photon 4 Port RS232 Card COM 1 present you will be presented with a Serial Solutions Port Configuration window Serial Solutions for Windows NT Lx Name Ca
42. in connector PIN 2 TRANSMITTED DATA TXD PIN 3 RECEIVED DATA RXD PIN 4 REQUEST TO SEND RTS PIN 5 CLEAR TO SEND CTS C PIN 6 DATA SET READY DSR PIN 7 GROUND GND PIN 8 DATA CARRIER DETECT DCD PIN 20 RING INDICATOR RI PIN 22 DATA TERMINAL READY DTR 9 Pin D Serial Port RS232 Cables To connect to the AT style RS232 Serial Port you will need a cable terminating in a 9 way female D connector It is sound practice to use cables with screws fitted that will allow you to fasten the cable securely to the PC card In general you will need to make up a cross over cable to correctly interface the PC to the RS232 port of another computer or device Traditionally making up the cross over cable has been considered a black art However provided you have the pin outs Chapter 6 Page 57 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling and handshake requirements of both sides of your RS232 connection the cross over cable becomes a matter of common sense The cross over cable is simply to ensure that the right signals going out of one RS232 port go into the appropriate lines of the other RS232 port 9 Pin D Serial Port Connection To Another PC Suppose we want to connect the AT style 9 pin D Serial Port to the serial port of another IBM PC 25 pin D See Figure 6 3 1 2 3 4 Connect the earth lines Line 5 of Serial Port 2 to lines 1 amp 7 of the other PC This gives the
43. indows NT s I O usage to determine which IRQs and I O addresses are already in use on your PC and thus which are available Choose an unused IRQ and select an I O address range Configure the Photon 4 Port RS232 Card to match these settings noting down the settings of the IRQ jumper and DIP switches and Install the card into the PC switch the PC off and back on a If this is the first time that you have installed the Photon card then you will need to install the software from the CD b If you already have other Photon card and drivers installed then you will need to run the ADD option from the Serial Solutions icon in the Control Panel Enter the IRQ and Bank address as set on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card into the card setting window when prompted To install this software or change serial port settings under Windows NT 4 you must be logged in as a user with Administrator level privileges consult your NT documentation to see how this can be set Chapter 3 Page 43 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Checking Windows NT 4 I O Usage The simplest way to find out which I O addresses and IRQ s are available for the serial card is to examine those that Windows NT believes are free This is done using Windows NT Diagnostics From the Start Menu choose Programs Administrative Tools Common and Windows NT Diagnostics Click the Resources tab and if the IRQ button is not selected select it E Windows NT Diagnostics PC777
44. llocated to that In this case and whenever IRQ 3 is being used by other devices the Photon 4 Port RS232 card will not be able to be installed at it s default settings However there should be no need to change the Bank address as set in the DIP switch just change the IRQ jumper setting to an unused IRQ e g 5 10 or 11 Which IRQ is free depends on what other devices you have installed in your PC Serial Port Installation If your PC has only one COM port COM1 and you are installing a Photon 4 Port RS232 card click on Control Panel from the Main Window File Manager Control Panel Print Manager i Kal US wm Read Me MS DOS Windows Prompt Setup ClipBook PIF Editor Viewer Chapter 3 Page 21 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Then click on Serial Ports Control Panel Settings Help em MES lt Pi e Color Fonts Ports Sound Desktop Keyboard Ha z Printers International Date Time Power Serial ports Enhanced m c Drivers Fax Changes settings for your mouse a The following dialogue should then appear COM Ports ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 in Win 3 x Overview The two configurable options on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card are the Bank address DIP switch and the IRQ jumper block The IRQ must match that set on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card The bank address DIP switch determines the COM Base address of each port and also the SISR Base address of the card COM Base of port 1
45. nge your hardware settings see the documentation that came with your hardware To continue installing the software needed by your hardware click Next Resource type Input Output Range 0120 0127 Input Output Range 0118 011F Input Output Range 0110 0117 Input Output Range 0108 010F Interrupt Request 05 E Click next Add New Hardware Wizard Windows has finished installing the software necessary to support your new hardware Click finish You will then be asked if you wish to re boot the system Since the Photon 4 Port RS232 card will now need to be installed select yes Turn the PC off and insert the Photon 4 Port RS232 card Restart the computer and allow Windows 95 to load normally Upon loading it will then detect each of the ports on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card individually and install them in a similar manner to that of a Plug and Play card Chapter 3 Page 34 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation However if you choose not to restart your PC Windows 95 will still detect each of the ports on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card as described above despite the card not being installed this is due to the nature of the driver software Photon 4 Port RS232 Card Settings in Win 95 amp 98 Upon installation of the Photon 4 Port RS232 card and Windows being restarted the Device Manager will appear similar to the following System Properties Lx General Device Manager Hardware Profil
46. or restarting your machine Chapter 3 Page 55 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling CHAPTER 4 RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT CABLING Introduction This chapter gives details of the 9 and 25 pin RS232 pin outs cabling and connections with information on how to connect the serial ports of two PCs how to make a selftest loop back connector and the pinouts of the Photon 4 Port RS232 cards The RS232 Standard The RS232 standard is ancient in computer industry terms Introduced in 1962 it is now widely established RS232 is a slow photon short distance single ended transmission system i e only one wire per signal Typical RS232 maximum cable length is 50 feet with a maximum data rate of 20K bits per second Figure 4 1 RS232 Point To Point Connection TTL D R IL Ground Ground RS232C Standard 1 Driver 1 Receiver Line Length Max Data Rate 50 Feet 15m 20 Kbits sec Chapter 6 Page 56 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling Serial Port Pin Outs The pinouts of the 9 25 pin Male D connectors are given below Figure 5 2 Serial Port RS232 Pin Outs 9 Pin connector PIN 1 DATA CARRIER DETECT DCD PIN 2 RECEIVED DATA RXD PIN3 TRANSMITTED DATA TXD PIN 4 DATA TERMINAL READY DTR PIN 5 GROUND GND PIN 6 DATA SET READY DSR PIN 7 REQUEST TO SEND RTS PIN 8 CLEAR TO SEND CTS PIN 9 RING INDICATOR RI 25 P
47. rd Bus PortNo Slot BusNo COM1 Comm Port ISA N A N A 9 f COM2 PhotonCard ISA N A 7 3 f COM3 PhotonCard ISA N A 7 9 COMA Photon Card ISA N A 7 9 f COM5 PhotonCard Ia N A 7 9 gt Changing Serial Port Settings Adding a Photon 4 Port RS232 Card to the system automatically sets default values for communications settings to 9600 Baud 8 Data Bits No Parity and 1 Stop Bit To view the settings of a port select it and click on Settings Clicking on the Port Settings tab opens up the following window Settings for communications port COM3 General Port Settings Resources Bits per second 9600 m Data bits 8 T Parity None hd Stop bits 1 D Flow control None E Advanced OK Cancel Apply Help Chapter 3 Page 52 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Settings available in this window are 1 Baud Rate determines the baud rate at which the selected port operates providing it is not overridden by any serial comms applications in use ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 will operate correctly up to 230 400 baud at distances of up to 10 meters Note Many serial comms applications will not actually register the ports as running at baud rates of above 115200 Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Flow Control Advanced see the section below titled Advanced Port Settings 7 Restore Defaults when clicked resets the selected COM port to the following values Chan
48. re or contacting the supplier ISA device settings can change but are usually reported by the BIOS at boot time The two configurable options are i Serial Port I O Address Set by the Bank DIP Switch ii Interrupt Allocation Set on the IRQ Jumper Block The factory default settings listed in the table above are suitable for the majority of systems Recommended alternate setting are given in Table 1 1 below Table 1 1 ISA Photon 4 Port Card Alternate Settings Shared IRQ 5 10 or 11 BANK 300 GIVING Port 1 300 Port 2 308 Port 3 310 Port 4 318 SISR 320 Chapter 1 Page 8 ON JEF ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware Configuration Serial Port Connectors The ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 card has four 9 pin serial ports connected via a 37 pin female port See Chapter 6 RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT CABLING for details on pin outs wiring etc Serial Port Configuration The position of the DIP determines the I O address of the serial ports configuring the card to a bank address in the range 100h to 3F8h with the address of the shared interrupt register immediately following the bank address Thus the ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 card occupies 34 consecutive I O address locations starting at the bank address The bank address is always on an 8 byte boundary The bank address is selected by the first 7 DIPs on the DIP switch DIP 8 is currently not used and
49. re 4 5 9 Pin D Serial Port Loop Back Connector A loop back connector can be used to echo RS232 data transmitted by a serial port back into its own RS232 receiver In this way the function of the serial port can be tested For an AT style Serial Port use the a female 9 way connector wired as in Figure 4 4 Chapter 6 Page 60 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling Figure 4 4 9 Pin D Serial Loop Back Connector 9 PIN D CONNECTOR 25 PIN D CONNECTOR SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION 2 JD 3 4 4 RXD 3 gt TXD 2 RXD 4 gt DTR 7 gt RTS 8 CTS 5 CTS 6 DSR 1 DCD 6 a DSR 4 gt DTR E 8 foco 20 DTR ACTUAL REPRESENTATION 1 2 gt TXD 3 RXD 4 DTR 8 CTS 4 gt RTS 3 TXD A ERIS 5 e CTS 2 RXD 6 DSR 6 DSR 1 4 DTD 20 gt DTR 8 DCD Chapter 6 Page 61 Photon 4 Port RS232 RS232 Pinouts and Cabling Figure 6 5 9 To 25 Way Adapter This adapter cable makes the AT style 9 pin serial port look like the standard PC 25 pin serial port It is NOT a cross over cable 9 Pin AT SERIAL P
50. rial ports COM 1 4 If necessary leave a place holder otherwise Windows may automatically reorder the COM port numbers resulting in serious problems Chapter 3 Page 28 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Restarting Windows Whenever certain values have been changed in the Advanced window a message prompting the user to restart Windows will appear Once ALL necessary changes have been made Windows should be restarted so that the new settings may come into effect Chapter 3 Page 29 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Serial Solutions Installation for Windows 95 amp 98 The following steps describe the installation of the Serial Solutions driver for Windows 95 which is supplied on the HandyWEB CDROM The listed installation procedure assumes that only 1 COM port COM1 is present Open the Control Panel there are several routes to the Control Panel the simplest is to open the Start menu and select Settings 7 New Office Document 5 Open Office Document E Programs gt Documents FR Settings ES Control Panel Al Eind 3 Printers Help A Taskbar 2 Bun RP Shut Down Start Zi My Computer i Ms Dos P Double click the Add New Hardware icon in the control panel 3 Control Panel AE File Edit View Help 32bit ODBC Accessibility Rumita Add Remove Options Hardware Programs o mW A Date Time Display Find Fast Fonts Adds new hardware
51. tandard Settings A EH j UART 8250 16450 o 16550 Fifo Trig Levels H Tx 1 E 128 es 105 128 Auto Flow Control Multiport Settings SISR Base Card Port 032 0 Standard Settings 8250 16450 16550 O Standard e Multiport O o O 16650 16750 16950 COM Base 0318 RTS CTS RTS CTS IRQ COM Base 0310 8 in 18 OprR psR L Hel J m E O DTR DSR El 2 None 22 ba E H Cancel NOTE Set Photon 4 Port RS232 Hardware to reflect these settings The only settings that change from port to port are the COM Base and the Card Port Settings Fifo level 1 Fifo level None E Flow Control Chapter 3 Page 26 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Select the OK button to finish adding the port This will display a Windows restart message but do not restart until you have installed all four ports Be sure to restart Windows after all serial ports have been added so that the new configuration takes effect Figure 3 3 After Adding a PHOTON 4 PORT RS232 Card Base Irq 001 0x03F8 04 om002 0x0100 03 om003 0x0108 03 om004 0x0110 03 om005 0x0118 03 COMI present Note Adding a port automatically sets default values for the communications settings to 9600 baud no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit These values can be changed as described below Figure 3 4 ISA Photon 4 Port RS2
52. the Bank Address COM Base of port 2 the Bank Address 8hex COM Base of port 3 the Bank Address 10hex COM Base of port 4 the Bank Address 18hex SISR Base the Bank Address 20hex Chapter 3 Page 22 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Adding an ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Serial Card Qoo N For each port on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card we need to ADD a port and fill in the following 7 settings in the order given Figure 3 2 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Serial Card Settings Multiport Settings Each Port should have the Multiport button selected this tells Windows 3 x that the port is one of several ports using a SISR shared interrupt status register The SISR Base address needs setting to a value 20hex greater than the bank address set on the DIP switch on the Photon 4 Port RS232 card The Card Port setting tells Windows whether this is the first second third or fourth port of the Photon 4 Port RS232 card Standard Settings The COM Base address is the I O address of each serial card O The IRQ as set on the Photon 4 Port RS232 jumper block should be set according to the advice in the tip above p26 The UART on the photon port is an enhanced 16550 called the 16950 Having selected the 16950 you can then set the FIFO level at 128 bytes Chapter 3 Page 23 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Default Settings for Photon 4 Port RS232 Card COM1 Present
53. will be no change For applications directly calling the Win32 API e g Dial Up Networking the selected baud rate is doubled i e selecting 115 200 gives a real baud rate of 230 400 Chapter 3 Page 40 ISA Photon 4 Port RS232 Software Installation Selecting the Serial Solutions tab of the selected port properties Window will display Multiport COM3 Properties Lx General Port Settings Serial Solutions Driver Resources 5 Serial Solutions Serial Port Settings Shared Aterupt settings FIFO Settings Iv Enable FIFO I Extend FIFO Receive Buffer Low C e e High Transmit Buffer Low C e C High Automatic Hardware Flow Control Off C RTS CTS C DTR DSR 465 Mode Restore aes Settings available in this window are 1 FIFO settings e Enable FIFO turns the selected ports FIFO buffer on or off It is strongly recommended that the FIFO for all ports is left enabled e Extend FIFO When the FIFO is enabled the default FIFO size is 16 Bytes The extended FIFO size is 128 Bytes e Receive Buffer These settings allow the selection of a receiver FIFO trigger setting Selecting a low value will allow the interrupt to be serviced quicker which is good for slow machines If you have a fast machine setting a high value will give you more time for multi tasking operations The trigger options in the case of the Photon Card s 128 byte FIFO are 1 32 64 and 112 Ch
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