Page 2 - Printed in Taiwan May 2001
Copyright Notice This documentation and the software included with this product arecopyrighted 2001 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved.Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements to theproducts described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual or...
Page 3 - Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................... 5 Description ............................................................................. 6Features .................................................................................. 7Specifications .............
Page 4 - Introduction
Page 5 - Description
6 PCL-849 User's Manual Description The PCL-849 series are four port serial communication interfacecards. Each port can be configured individually to RS-232 using on-board jumpers. PCL-849A/849B serial ports are implemented using 16C554 UARTswhich make serial I/O more reliable. For higher performanc...
Page 6 - Features; Specifications
Chapter 1 Introduction 7 Features v Four independent RS-232 serial ports v Transmission speeds up to 307.2 kbps v Independent I/O addresses and independent/shared IRQ settings foreach of 4 serial ports v Wide IRQ selection: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 v Supports Standard DOS COM1, COM2, COM3, a...
Page 7 - · Surge protection: 3000 V
8 PCL-849 User's Manual · UART: 1 × 16C554 (PCL-849A/849B) 1 × 16C654 (PCL-849+) · Speed: 50 ~ 921.6 kbps (PCL-849A) 50 ~ 307.2 kbps (PCL-849B/849+) · Connectors: 30-cm male DB-37 to 4 × DB25 male (DTE) · Data signals: TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, RI, GND · Surge protection: 3000 V DC (PCL-849...
Page 11 - Initial Inspection; • One diskette with ICOM utility software; Warning! Discharge your body’s static electric charge by
1 2 PCL-849 User's Manual Initial Inspection Depending on the option you ordered, in addition to this manual, youshould find the following items inside the shipping container: • PCL-849(A/B/+) 4-port RS-232 Card • One 30-cm male DB-37 to four male DB-25 cable • One diskette with ICOM utility softwar...
Page 12 - Card Installation
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 13 Card Installation Warning! Turn off your PC’s power supply whenever you installor remove the PCL-849 or its cables. Static electricitycan easily damage computer equipment. Groundyourself by touching the chassis of the computer(metal) before you touch any boards. 1....
Page 13 - Setting; I/O Address and Interrupt Setup
1 4 PCL-849 User's Manual Card Configuration Each port on the PCL-849 card has a jumper and a DIP switch whichrequire configuring prior to use. The DIP switch sets the port to theappropriate I/O address and speed mode. The jumpers set the port'sIRQ. Default Settings The board is shipped with default...
Page 14 - Standard Mode; Enhanced Mode; Base Address
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 15 Standard Mode In this mode, each of the four ports is assigned an address, as shownbelow. Port 1 Ch1 base address 3F8 Port 2 Ch2 base address 2F8 Port 3 Ch3 base address 3E8 Port 4 Ch4 base address 2E8 Enhanced Mode In this mode, the address for each of the four po...
Page 15 - Default Settings; Mode; The following example shows how to set the base address to 2F8.
1 6 PCL-849 User's Manual Default Settings Mode Enhanced Mode Port 1 IRQ12 Address 300H Port 2 IRQ12 Address 308H Port 3 IRQ12 Address 310H Port 4 IRQ12 Address 318H The following example shows how to set the base address to 2F8. The switch sum is set to 2F8: 200 + 80 + 40 + 20 + 10 + 8 (HEX). Note:...
Page 16 - Interrupt Status Register Setup (S1, Vector
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 17 Independent IRQ Mode (JP1-JP4) In this mode, the IRQ level for each of the four ports is set individual-ly. For each port, select an IRQ which is not already in use by anothercard in the system. The correspondence of jumpers to ports is shownbelow. Port 1 à JP1 Por...
Page 17 - Function
1 8 PCL-849 User's Manual switch S1 designates the card's interrupt status register address, asshown in the following figure and table. Interrupt Status Register S1Bit Function 0 Port 1 1 Port 2 2 Port 3 3 Port 4 4 Not Used 5 Not Used 6 Not Used 7 Not Used The user may change the interrupt status re...
Page 19 - Speed Mode selection; Normal Speed Mode
2 0 PCL-849 User's Manual Speed Mode selection The PCL-849 employs a unique speed option that allows the user tochoose either normal speed mode (1x) or high speed mode (8x). Thishigh speed mode is selected at S2. Normal Speed Mode To select the baud rate commonly associated with COM ports , suchas 2...
Page 21 - Utility Installation; After the Advantech Icom Utility configuration panel pops up,
2 2 PCL-849 User's Manual Operating Environment Selection Set jumper 15 (JP15) to correspond with your desired softwareoperating environment. Connect the left two pins of JP15 to operate inDOS or Windows 3.1 mode, as shown below. Connect the right twopins to operate in Windows 95/98 or Windows NT mo...
Page 22 - When the configuration panel pops up,; Click the [Share IRQ Enable] button to set the share IRQ function.
Chapter 3 Software Installation 23 Following completion of installation, please restart your system asprompted. Once the board and driver have been installed and the systemrestarts successfully, users can execute any ready-made applica-tions, such as HyperTerminal to transmit/receive data, or Remote...
Page 24 - Wiring
Page 25 - Connector Pin Assignments
2 6 PCL-849 User's Manual Connector Pin Assignments The following diagrams show the pin assignments for DB-37 and DB-25 connectors for RS-232. PCL-849: DB-37 Four Port Connectors: DB-25 PCL-849 Pin assignments for RS-232
Page 26 - Pin
Chapter 4 Wiring 27 Wiring RS-232 signal wiring Since the RS-232 interface is not strictly defined, many devices havetheir own connection methods which may ignore some signal lines ordefine reserved lines for other functions. It is best to refer to the user’smanual for your device for installation i...
Page 28 - Reference
Appendix A PC I/O Address Assignments 29 A PC I/O Address Reference APPENDIX
Page 30 - Quick
Appendix B Quick Reference 31 B Quick Reference APPENDIX
