Page 2 - FCC AND IC RFI STATEMENTS/CE NOTICE; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
1 FCC AND IC RFI STATEMENTS/CE NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with themanufacturer’s inst...
Page 4 - NOM STATEMENT
3 NOM STATEMENT 10. El equipo eléctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores, registros de calor, estufas u otros aparatos (incluyendoamplificadores) que producen calor . 11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del tipo descrito en...
Page 5 - TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL; UL
4 USB SINGLE-PORT HUB (RS-422/485) TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL UL ® is a registered trademark of Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated. Windows ® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual areacknowledged to be the property of the trademark ...
Page 6 - Contents; Chapter; CONTENTS
5 Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 Connector Pin Assignments (DB25 Male) . . . 7 2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7 - Temperature Tolerance:; noncondensing
6 USB SINGLE-PORT HUB (RS-422/485) 1. Specifications 1.1 General Manufacturing: UL ® 94V0 rating; 100% electrically tested; solder mask over bare copper or solder maskover tin nickel. Connectors: (1) DB25 male; (1) USB Type B Indicators: LEDs: (1) USB Enabled, (1) TX, (1) RX Mean Time Between Failur...
Page 8 - CHAPTER 1: Specifications; NOTE
7 CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1.2 Connector Pin Assignments (DB25 Male) Name Pin # Mode GND Ground 7 — RDB RX+ Receive Positive 16 Input RDA RX- Receive Negative 3 Input CTSB CTS+ Clear to Send Positive 13 Input CTSA CTS- Clear to Send Negative 5 Input DSRB DSR+ Data Set Ready Positive 22 Input DSRA D...
Page 9 - What the Package Includes; • USB cable for connecting to upstream host/hub
8 USB SINGLE-PORT HUB (RS-422/485) 2. Introduction 2.1 Overview The USB Single-Port Hub (RS-422/485) equips the PCwith one USB to RS-530/422/485 asynchronous serialport, providing a versatile interface for commonRS-530/422/485 needs. The advantage of this productover more traditional approaches is t...
Page 10 - CHAPTER 2: Introduction; Technical Description; • Hot-pluggable device that doesn’t require opening
9 CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2.3 Technical Description The USB Single-Port Hub (RS-422/485) uses a USBUART. This chip features programmable baud rate, dataformat, a 128-byte dual-port TX buffer, and a 384-bytedual-port RX buffer. The RS-422/485 transceiversupports data rates up to 921.6 kbps. 2.4 Featu...
Page 11 - Operating System Installation; Choose; Install Software; at the beginning of the CD.; SeaCOM; System Installation; Me installation. Your particular operating
10 USB SINGLE-PORT HUB (RS-422/485) 3. Installation 3.1 Operating System Installation Choose Install Software at the beginning of the CD. Select the Serial I/O software drivers and install SeaCOM . 3.2 System Installation The screen shots pictured in this section are taken froma Windows ® Me install...
Page 12 - CHAPTER 3: Installation
11 CHAPTER 3: Installation Connect the USB Single-Port Hub (RS-422/485) to anupstream Host or Hub. Figure 3-1. New Hardware Found screen. This indicates that the system has recognized the newdevice and will now locate a driver. Figure 3-2. Add New Hardware Wizard screen. Add New Hardware Wizard <...
Page 14 - Start
13 CHAPTER 3: Installation Figure 3-4. System Properties, Device Manager tab. You can access your new COM port by using theassigned COM identifier. In this case, it is COM5: butthis assignment will vary from system to system. At thispoint, the hardware is recognized. To verify operation,use the supp...
Page 15 - Electrical Interface Selection
14 USB SINGLE-PORT HUB (RS-422/485) 4. Configuration 4.1 Electrical Interface Selection The port on the USB Single-Port Hub (RS-422/485) canbe used as RS-530/422/485, RS-422, or 2-wire RS-485.This is selectable via the DIP-switch SW1. The chartbelow describes each of the positions’ functions. Please...
Page 16 - CHAPTER 4: Configuration
15 CHAPTER 4: Configuration 4.2 Switch Examples Please use these examples to configure your USB Single-Port Hub (RS-422/485). Figure 4-1. RS-530/422, 4-wire 485 master (default). Figure 4-2. RS-485, 2-wire with echo. Figure 4-3. RS-485, 2-wire no echo.
Page 17 - Appendix A. Troubleshooting; A.1 Before Calling Technical Support; If your adapter isn’t working, first check to make
16 USB SINGLE-PORT HUB (RS-422/485) Appendix A. Troubleshooting A.1 Before Calling Technical Support Serial Utility test software is supplied with the USBSingle-Port Hub (RS-422/485) and will be used in thetroubleshooting procedures. Using this software andfollowing these simple steps, most common p...
Page 18 - A.2 Calling Black Box
17 APPENDIX A: Troubleshooting Modem Control Signals, a full pin loopback plugwill be required. Details on loopback plugs areincluded within WinSSD. 4. When testing the USB Single-Port Hub (RS-422/485) in loopback mode, you should seeboth the TX and RX LEDs flashing as well asseeing echoed data on t...
Page 19 - A.3 Shipping and Packaging
18 USB SINGLE-PORT HUB (RS-422/485) Before you do, make a record of the history of theproblem. We will be able to provide more efficient andaccurate assistance if you have a complete description,including: • the nature and duration of the problem. • when the problem occurs. • the components involved...
Page 20 - APPENDIX B: Electrical Interfaces; Appendix B. Electrical Interfaces
19 APPENDIX B: Electrical Interfaces Appendix B. Electrical Interfaces RS-530 RS-530 (EIA-530) compatibility means that RS-422 signallevels are met, and the pinout for the DB25 connector isspecified. The EIA (Electronic Industry Association)created the RS-530 specification to detail the pinout,and d...
Page 24 - APPENDIX C: Asynchronous Communications
23 APPENDIX C: Asynchronous Communications Figure C-1. Asynchronous communications bit diagram. This special bit is called the parity bit. Parity is a simplemethod of determining if a data bit has been lost orcorrupted during transmission. There are severalmethods for implementing a parity check to ...
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