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    232XS5-1005 Manual Cover Page B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commerci al Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Five Port Expandable Smart Switch Model 232XS5 Docum ent ation Num ber 23[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual Table of Contents i B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commerci al Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 TABLE OF CONTENT S Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION ............. .......[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 1 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION The RS-232 Five Port Expandabl e Smart Switch, Model 232XS[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 3 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 2: SETUP The 232XS5 is set up using an eight-position dipswitch and a thre[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 5 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Table 4. DTE MASTER PORT CHART The 232XS5 supports the following RS-232 signals: T[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 7 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 3: Sm art Sw i tch Ope ration Smart Switch mode is selected when jumper ?[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 9 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Smart Sw itch/Port Combiner Mode With the 232XS5 set up with a DTE master port, th[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 11 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 SetTV$ = CHR$(27) + CHR$(2) +”T” + “6” The “T” tells the 232XS5 it is[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 13 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Expansion Mode The number o f serial ports on the 23 2XS5 can easily be expanded [...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 15 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 4: SOFTWARE Introduction The Smart Switch software allows the user to cha[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual 17 B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercia l Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 The Bau d Rate is the speed at which communication takes place between the PC and[...]

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    232XS-1005 Manual A-1 B&B E lectronics -- PO Box 104 0 -- Ottawa, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5104 Appendix A: ASCII Character Codes DECIMAL to HEX to ASCII CONVERSION TABLE DEC HEX ASCII KEY DEC HEX ASCII DEC HEX ASCII DEC HEX ASCII 0 0 NUL ctrl @ 32 20 SP 64 40 @ 96 60 ` 1 1 SOH ctrl A 33 21 ! 65 41 A 97 61 a 2 2 STX ctrl B 3[...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual Appendix B B-1 B&B E lectronics -- PO Box 104 0 -- Ottawa, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5104 Appendix B: Cable Charts All charts will indicate if the Master Port of the 232XS5 should be configured as a DCE port or a DTE port. Refer to the Port Configuration section of the manual for information on Master Port [...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual Appendix B B-3 B&B E lectronics -- PO Box 104 0 -- Ottawa, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5104 Chart 6. IBM PC DB9 Connector to Ports A - E (DTE) Master port configured as a DCE port. * Pins are tied together inside the 232XS5, they are not connected to the master port. Chart 5. IBM PC DB25 Connector to Ports A [...]

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    232XS5-1005 Manual Appendix B B-5 B&B E lectronics -- PO Box 104 0 -- Ottawa, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5104 Chart 9. IBM PC DB9 Connector to Ports A - E (DCE) Master port configured as a DTE port with a modem connected (see Ch art 3). IBM PC Serial Port DB9 Connector Signal Direction 232XS5 Ports A - E (DCE) DB9 Connector 3 [...]