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BlueStorm Univer sal PCI User Manual Contact Information: Connect Tech Inc. 42 Arrow Road Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1K 1S6 Tel: 519-836-1291 (International) 800-426-8979 (Canada & USA) Fax: 519-836-4878 Email: sales@connecttech.com support@connecttech.com URL: www.connecttech.com CTIM-00015 revisi on 8 November, 200 7[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 2 Revision 0.08 Limited Lifetime Warranty Connect Tec h Inc. provides a Lifetime W arranty for all Connect T ech Inc. prod ucts. Should this product, in Con nect Tech Inc.'s opinion, fail to be in good working order during the warra nty period, Connect Tech Inc. will, at its op tion, repair or [...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 3 Table of Contents Limite d Lifetime Warranty .............................................................................................................................. 2 Copyrig ht Notice.............................................................................................[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 4 Revision 0.08 List of Tables Table 1: DB -25 Female Pinouts for B lueStorm/LP (2 port connector) ........................................................ 1 3 Table 2: HDB -44 Pinouts for BlueStor m/LP (4 port connecto r) .................................................................. 14 Table 3[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 5 Customer Suppo rt Overvie w If you experience dif ficulties after read ing the manual and/or using the product, co ntact the Connect Tec h reseller from which you p urchased the prod uct. In most cases the reseller can help you with prod uct installation and difficulties. In the even[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 6 Revision 0.08 Introduction Connect Tec h Inc. presents BlueStor m /LP/SP/SP Opto and SP RJ-11 . These high-speed multi- port co mmuni catio n adapters are designed for Low Profile (LP) and Standard Profile (SP) PCI compatible computers. BlueStorm cards p rovide you with u p to eight high perfor ma[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 7 BlueStorm Insta llation Overvie w There ar e three stages to installing y our B lueStorm card: 1. Hard w are Configuration Interrupts and Me mory selection will be set by the host com puter’s BIOS and o perating system. This section o utlines jumper settin gs and configuratio n. 2.[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 8 Revision 0.08 Multi-drop Slav e Mode In this mode the T xD+/- line driver is enabled only when data is transmitted and RxD+/ - is enabled all the time. This mode is t ypically used in multi-dro p 4-wire connections. This mode requires software se tup in Control Panel – System Properties – Hard[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 9 Figure 2: BlueStorm /LP jumper b lock locations, 4 p ort models Figure 3: BlueStorm /LP jumper b lock locations, 8 p ort models[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 10 Revisi o n 0.08 Figure 4: BlueStorm /SP jumper blo ck locations, 8 po rt models Figure 5: BlueStorm /SP Opto jum per block locations, 4 port models • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Female HDB-78 4 x RJ-45 Jx Jx1 Jx2 Jx3 Jx4 Jx5 JA = Port 1 JB = Port [...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 11 Figure 6: BlueStorm /SP RJ-11 diagram, 8 port model Note: Refer to Table 8 for port 7 and port 8 pinouts. Jumper Configura tion for BlueStor m Jumper configuratio ns will vary by mod el. BlueStorm/LP cards feature the ju m per layout listed in Figure 7 , wh ile BlueStorm/SP and Blue[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 12 Revisi o n 0.08 Figure 7: Jum per configuration exam ple for 4 port RS-422/48 5 BlueStorm/LP m odels Figure 8: Jum per configuration exam ple for BlueStorm/SP a nd BlueStorm/SP Opto mo dels Figure 9: Jum per configuration exam ples for BlueStorm /SP RJ-11 models TxD Control Install this ju m per [...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 13 Note that Auto 4 85 is a single jum per. The second site is n ot in use. See Figure 1 for the location of this jum per. Power-On Tri-stat e (BlueStorm/SP mod els only, excludes BlueStorm/SP RJ-11) BlueStorm/SP models offer a po w er-on tri -state similar to the Auto-485 mode listed [...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 14 Revisi o n 0.08 Table 2 : HDB-44 Pinouts for BlueSto rm/LP (4 po rt connector) Pin No. Port No. RS -2 32 Signal Signal Direction RS- 422/485 Signal Signal Direction 1 1 TXD output TXD- output 2 1 RTS output RT S- output 3 1 DCD input RXD+ input 4 1 RXD input T XD+ output 5 2 TXD output TXD- outpu[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 15 Table 3 : VHDCI-68 Female Pinouts for Bl ueStorm/LP (8 port connector) Pin No. Port No. RS-23 2 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 85 Signal Signal Direction 1 1 TXD output TXD- output 2 1 RI input CTS+ input 3 1 DCD input RXD+ input 4 1 DTR output RXD- input 5 1 RTS output RT S- outp[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 16 Revisi o n 0.08 Table 3 : VHDCI-68 Female Pinouts for Bl ueStorm/LP (co ntinued) Pin No. Port No. RS-232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 85 Signal Signal Direction 47 6 RTS output RTS- output 48 6 DSR input CTS- input 49 6 RXD input T XD+ output 50 6 CTS input RTS+ output 51 5, 6 SG signal gnd. [...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 17 Table 4 : HDB-78 Pinouts for BlueSto rm/SP (8 port co nnector) Pin No. Port No. RS- 232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 8 5 Signal Signal Direction 1 5 RT S output RTS A(-) output 2 5 CT S input RTS B(+) output 3 5 DSR input CTS A(-) input 4 5 RI input CTS B( +) input 5 5 SG signal[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 18 Revisi o n 0.08 Table 4 : HDB-78 Pinouts for BlueSto rm/SP (continued) Pin No. Port No. RS- 232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 8 5 Signal Signal Direction 40 1 RTS output RTS A(-) output 41 1 CTS input RTS B( +) output 42 1 DSR input CTS A(-) input 43 1 RI input CTS B( +) input 44 1 SG signal g[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 19 Table 5 : RJ-45 Pinouts for BlueStorm /SP Opto (4 po rt connector) Pin No. RS-232 Signal Direction RS-422/485 Signal Direction 1 N/C no connect RTS (-) o utput 2 N/C input RxD (+) input 3 RTS output RTS (+) output 4 SG signal gnd SR signal ref. 5 TxD output TxD (+) output 6 RxD in p[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 20 Revisi o n 0.08 Table 6 : Pinouts and Control Signals f or DB-9 and DB-2 5 Male Connectors (BlueSto rm/LP and BlueStorm/SP only) Pin # RS-232 RS-422/4 85 DB-9 DB-2 5 Signal Signal Direction Signal Signal Direction 1 8 DCD input RxD + input 2 3 RxD input T xD + output 3 2 TxD output TxD – output[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 21 Table 8 : RJ-11 Pinouts for BlueStorm /SP RJ-11 ( ports 7 and 8 only) Pin No. RS-232 Direction 1 DCD input 2 DSR input 3 RxD input 4 RTS o utput 5 TxD o utput 6 CTS in put 7 DTR output 8 RI input 9 SG signal gnd . 10 N/C no connect 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 2 1 P7/P8 Please note that ports 7[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 22 Revisi o n 0.08 Figure 10: RS-42 2/485 Wiring Dia grams (BlueStorm/LP and BlueStorm/SP o nly) RTS + RTS - CTS + CTS - TxD + TxD - RxD + RxD - RxD + TxD + RxD - TxD - RTS - CTS - RTS + CTS + SR SR BlueStorm/ SP Opto Adapter RS - 485/422 Peripheral 3 1 4 2 5 6 9 7 8 RTS + RTS - CTS + CTS - TxD + Tx[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 23 Hardware Instal lation Turn the po w er o ff to your computer a nd open it to expo se the expansion slots (cons ult your system’s docu m e ntation for more infor mation about this proce dure). Choose a n available PCI expansio n slot, remove the e xpansion slot cover and insert th[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 24 Revisi o n 0.08 UARTs BlueStorm/LP (2 and 4 port models) ■ 17D152 dual UART s with 64 byte TxD/RxD FIFO buffers BlueStorm/LP ( 8 port models) ■ 17D158 octal UARTs with 64 byte TxD/ RxD FIFO buffers BlueStorm/SP and BlueStorm/SP RJ -11 (8 port models) ■ 17D158 dual UART s with 64 byte TxD/Rx[...]
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BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.08 25 Certification Connect Tec h Inc. declares that the pr oduct(s) covered b y t he contents of this manual have been tested and found co mpliant with the belo w listed standards as r equired by the Electro magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive for Ge neral Immunity Co m p liance, EN 5[...]