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    Xtreme/10 4-Express User Manual Connect Tech Inc 42 Arrow Road Guelph, Ontario N1K 1S6 Tel: 519-836-1291 Toll: 800-426-8979 (North America only) Fax: 519-836-4878 Email: sales@connecttech.com support@connecttech.com Web: www.connecttech.com CTIM-00045 Revis ion 0.00 Jul y 30, 2008[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Rev ision 0.00 2 Limited Lifetime W arranty Connect Tec h Inc. provides a Li fetime Warrant y for all Connect T ech Inc. prod ucts. Should this product, in Con nect Tech Inc.'s op inion, fail to be in good working o rder during the warra nty period, Connect Tech Inc. will, at its option, rep air or r[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 3 Table of Contents Limited Lifet ime Warranty............................................................................................................................. 2 Copyright Not ice ....................................................................................................[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 4 List of Figures Figure 1: Xtre me/104-Express Hard ware Components .................................................................................. 7 Figure 2: Ju mper Block Diagra ms ........................................................................................................[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 5 Customer Supp ort O verview If you experience dif ficulties after r eading the manual a nd/or using the p roduct, co ntact the Connect Tec h reseller from which you p urchased t he product. In most cases the reseller can help you with prod uct installation and dif ficulties. In the event t[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 6 Introduction Connect Tec h's Xtreme/104-Expre ss multi-port serial b oards pr ovide a fully compliant P CI/104- Express co mmunications solution for ind ustrial and e mbedded needs. Xtreme/104-Expres s features a b uilt-in baud rate pr escaler to allo w almost any non-standa rd baud r[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 7 Xtreme/104-Ex press Boar d Diagram Figure 1: Xtreme /104-Exp ress Hardware Com ponents[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 8 Xtreme/104-Ex press Ins t allation Over vie w Before you begi n, take a moment to ensure your p ackage includes t he components that s hip with your product. T hese components sho uld include: One Xtreme/104 -Express adap ter One CD containing so ftware a nd documentation DB-9 male fan-out[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 9 RS-232 R S-485 Full Du plex RS-485 H alf D uple x RS-485 Mu lti-Drop Sla ve Half Duplex Mode In this mode the T xD+/- line driver is enabled only when data is tra nsmitted and RxD+/ - is disabled when data is being trans mitted. This mode is t ypicall y used in either point -to-point 2- wi[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 10 Figure 3: Exam ple port co nfiguration jumper b lock settings NOTE: T he example above illustrates the fol lowing: Ports 1, 2, 3 an d 4 are configured f or RS-485 Half -Duplex Ports 5 and 6 are c onfigured f or RS-485 Multi-Dr op Slave Ports 7 and 8 are c onfigured f or RS-232 RS-485 Sele[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 11 Half Duplex and Multi-drop modes r equire you to selec t the appropriate m ode via software, appropr iate wiring and t he proper jum per block settings. Please refer to the wiring r ecomm endations ( Figure 4 ) an d the readme.txt files f ound in the appropriate d irectories on the CD. Tr[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 12 Connectors/Pin out s Table 1 : I/O Signal Assignme nts for Xtrem e/104-Express P3 con tains the signals for p orts 1-4, an d P5 contains th e signals for ports 5- 8. Header Port No. Pin No. RS-232 Direction RS- 422/485 Direction 1 DCD Input RxD+ Input 2 DSR Input CTS- Input 3 RxD Input Rx[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 13 Table 2 : DB-9 Male Pinouts Pin # RS-232 RS-422/485 DB-9 Signal Direction Signal Direction 1 DCD Input RxD+ Input 2 RxD Input RxD- Input 3 TxD Out put TxD+ Output 4 DTR Out put TxD- Output 5 SG Signal G round SR Signal Reference 6 DSR In put CTS- Input 7 RTS Out put RTS+ Output 8 CTS In p[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 14 Hardware Instal lation Installing the Xtreme/104-Express into your system 1. Turn o ff the power to your PCI/104 -Express system and ope n any relevant enclo sure to gain access to the stack (consu lt your system’s doc umentation for more infor mation on this procedure). 2. Mount the Xt[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 15 Software/Drive r Installation Windows Installation The follo wing instructions out line how to install the Xtr eme/10 4-Express to a co mputer running Windows XP. Fo r other op erating system installation s, consult the readm e.txt and Installation Guides available o n the CD ship ped wit[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 16 3. Once you ha ve clicked Next , the Fou nd New Hardware Wizard will begin to install t he software. 4. Next a windo w will appea r indicating that the so ftware for X treme/104-Expres s has not passed Windo ws logo testing. Selec t Continue Anyway . GPIO Adapter[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 17 5. CTI Xtreme/104 PCI E xpress GPIO Adapter installation is co mplete. Select Finish. 6. Once the soft ware for the CT I Xtreme/104 PCI Express GP IO Adapter has bee n installed, a window will appear to begin the installation for the PCI Ser ial Port. Select Install from a list or specifi[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 18 7. Choose Select removable media (floppy, CD-ROM) and Include this location in the search and type D: DriversWin2K-XP , where D is the drive letter of your CD ROM. No w select Next. 8. Once you ha ve clicked Next , the Fou nd New Hardware Wizard will begin to install t he software.[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 19 9. Next a windo w will appea r indicating that the so ftware for X treme/104-Expres s has not passed Windo ws logo testing. Selec t Continue Anyway . 10. CTI Xtreme/104 PCI Express Multiport Serial Adapter installatio n is complete. Select Finish.[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 20 11. Once the software for the CT I Xtre me/104 PCI Expre ss Multiport Serial Adapter has been installed, a window will ap pear to begin the insta llation for the X treme/104 P CI Express UART Serial Port. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) . Select Next . 12. Choos[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 21 13. Once you have clicked Next , the Fo und New Hardware Wizard will begin to install t he software. 14. Next a window will app ear indicating that the so ftware for Xtreme/104-Expres s has not passed Windo ws logo testing. Selec t Continue Anyway . UART Serial Por t[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 22 15. CTI Xtreme/104 PCI Express UART Seria l Port installation is complete. Select Fin ish. 16. Verify the presence of the X teme/104-Expre ss serial por ts in your system b y going to Start – Control Panel – System – Ha rdware – Device Man ager. Yo u should see CTI Xtreme/104 PCI [...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 23 17. Double click on CTI Xtreme/104 P CI Express GPI O Adapter. Click on the Ge neral tab to see that your d evice is working prop erly. NOTE: T he Windows driver prov ided with your Xtrem e/104- Express unit has not been s igned by Micros oft. If you require a signed driver, p lease conta[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 24 Port Settings You can no w access individua l port settings such a s baud rate, data bits, par ity, stop bits and flow control b y choosing the ap propriate CT I Xtreme/104 PCI Expr ess UART Serial Por t under Settings in the Device Manager . COM Port Num ber The driver supports the abili[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 25 FIFOs Choosing the FIFOs ta b, located at Start – Co ntrol Panel – Sys tem – Hardware – Device Manag er - Ports will allow you to select the settin gs for the FIFO bu ffers. Receive and Tra nsmit FIFO Settings These sliders ad just the size of UART FIFO levels used by the CT I Xtr[...]

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    Connect Tech Xtreme/104-Express User Manual Revision 0.00 26 Specif ications Operating Environment ● Storage temperature: -40 ° C to 105 ° C ● Operating temperature: -40 ° C to 85 ° C ● Relative humidity: 95% non-condensing ● Air movement: no requirement Communications Baud Rates ● RS-232 : up to 1.000 Mbp s ● RS-422/485 : up to 15.[...]