Fastcom 232/8-ISA Hardware Reference Manual

Text of Fastcom 232/8-ISA User Guide:

• CONTENTS CE CERTIFICATE ................................................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION Description / Block Diagram ............................................................................................ 3 Specifications / Features ..............................................................

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 14 TECHNICAL SUPPORT All products manufactured by Commtech are warranted against defective materials and workmanship for the lifetime of the product. This warranty is available only to the original purchaser. Any product found to be defective will, at the option of Commtech, be repaired or replaced with no charge for labor or parts not excluded by the warranty. This warranty does not apply to any products that have been subjected to misuse, abuse, or accident or as a result of service or modification by anyone other than Commtech. In no case shall Commtech liability exceed the original product pur

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 1 EUROPEAN UNION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Information Technology Equipment The Company COMMTECH, INC. declares under its own and full responsibility that the product " Fastcom: 232/8-ISA - Revision 4.0 " on which is attached this Certificate is compliant to the "89/336/EEC" Directive, amended by 92/31/EEC and 93/88/EEC. [ ] The product identified above complies with the requirements of the above EU Directive by meeting the following standards: • EN 50081-1 (1992) EMC Generic Emission Standard - Part 1, Residential, Commercial and Light Industry - EN 55022 (1995), CISPR 22 (1993) Limits an

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 4 SPECIFICATIONS: UART 16C854 BAUD RANGE Up to 725 Kbaud* BUFFERING Transmit - 128 bytes Receive - 128 bytes INTERFACE RS-232C DB25 connector SIGNALS: TX, RX, DTR, DSR, DCD, RTS, CTS, RI PROTOCOL: Asynchronous BUS 16-bit ISA POWER REQUIREMENTS: +5 600mA (typical) +12 100mA - 12 100mA FEATURES: FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA CE certified Eight independent RS-232 channels Complete hand-shaking signals for each channel Compatible with our older models: Fastcom: 8 and Fastcom: 8-ST Address Mode Ports are assigned address/IRQ by the user High performance 16C854 UARTs Standard on the

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 17 Hex (Decimal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hex (Decimal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦1000h ( 4096) 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ¦ ¦1880h ( 6272) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 ¦ |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦1040h ( 4160) 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ¦ ¦18c0h ( 6336) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 ¦ |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦1080h ( 4224) 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 ¦ ¦1900h ( 6400) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 6 INSTALLATION Important: Observe Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) precautions when handling the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA board. The FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA is hardware/software compatible with our original FASTCOM4: adapter. The address/IRQ for each channel is determined by setting Switch 1 (Address) and Switches 2 and 3 (IRQ Level). FACTORY SWITCH SETTINGS ADDRESS SELECT 12345 ON 678 BASE ADDRESS - 280H SW1 IRQ SELECT 12345 ON 6781234 ON IRQ LEVEL - 5 SW2 SW3 INSTALLING THE FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA IN THE PC 1. Unpack the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA.

• 13 FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA ADAPTER CABLE We provide access to the eight channels on the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA adapter through a shielded DB78 connector and an adapter cable (supplied with the board). The adapter cable consists of a DB78 male plug fanning out to eight standard DB25 male plugs. FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA CABLE PIN DESCRIPTION DB78 CHANNEL NUMBER

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 7 TESTING THE INSTALLATION 2 3 4 5 6 8 20 To fully test the installation of your FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA, you will need to build a "loop back plug". Materials needed are a DB25 female receptacle, solder cup style, and a few short pieces of 20 or 24 AWG stranded wire. This loop back plug can be used to test any RS-232 port. Jumper the pins together on the DB25 as illustrated below: 2 TRANSMIT 3 RECEIVE 4 RTS 5 CTS 6 DSR 8 DCD 20 DTR TESTING YOUR FASTCOM ASYNC ISA PORT IN DOS 1. Plug the loo

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 11 INTERRUPT SHARING An important feature of the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA is its ability to share one IRQ level with several FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA boards in the same computer. This is important because there are very few unassigned IRQs in the PC. Switch 3 positions 1 and 8 control the interrupt sharing circuit on the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA. Position 1 Enables interrupt sharing in the OFF position and Disables sharing in the ON position. Position 8 is called the "Board 1" switch. In the interrupt sharing mode, this switch must be ON for the first FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA board in your system, and OFF on all other FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA boards.

• 15 APPENDIX A I/O ADDRESS SETTINGS Each channel of the Fastcom: 232/8-ISA requires 8 contiguous bytes of address space. Since channels 2-8 are addressed as offsets of the base address, you will need 64 contiguous bytes (040 hex) of address space. The following are I/O addresses and devices that are typically assigned to them. You may use any I/O address t

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 10 Please note that not all of the I/O address space in a PC is available for your use. We have selected 280H as a default because it does not conflict with devices normally installed in a PC. However if you wish to select another address, refer to Appendix A, I/O Address Usage Table, and select an address that does not conflict with devices installed in your PC. Keep in mind that the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA requires 40 Hex contiguous bytes of address space. If you want to install more than one FASTCOM: 8 board in your computer, be sure to set each to a unique I/O address. We recommend the following addresses for a multi-board system: FASTCOM: 232/8-

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 19 Hex (Decimal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hex (Decimal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦3200h (12800) 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 ¦ ¦3900h (14592) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 ¦ |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦3240h (12864) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 ¦ ¦3940h (14656) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 ¦ |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦3280h (12928) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 ¦ ¦3980h (14720) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ¦ |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦32c0h (12992) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 ¦ ¦39c0h (14784)

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 9 SWITCH DESCRIPTIONS There are three dip switches on the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA, labeled SW1, SW2, and SW3 (See Board Layout Illustration for location). Switch 1 (labeled Base Address) is used to set the I/O address of the FASTCOM: 232/8- ISA board. Switch 3 (labeled IRQ) serves two functions: it selects the IRQ level for the board and is used to enable/disable interrupt sharing. Switch 2 is used to select upper IRQ levels. SWITCH 1, ADDRESS Switch 1 decodes the PC address lines as follows: Address lines A6 through A13 are decoded by the setting of SW1 and set the base address of the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA. Address lines A3, A4, and A5 are used on th

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 3 INTRODUCTION The FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA adapter is one of the fastest (725 Kbps), most advanced eight-port RS-232 asynchronous serial adapter in the industry. Primarily designed for commercial, industrial, and OEM applications, the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA features eight discrete RS-232 channels, complete with all standard hand-shaking signals for each channel. The advanced UART on the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA features full compatibility with standard 16C550 UARTs, but provides extraordinary 128-byte receive and transmit FIFOs for buffering. This buffering is extremely important when working with RS-232 communicati

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 18 Hex (Decimal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hex (Decimal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦2100h ( 8448) 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ¦ ¦2980h (10624) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ¦ |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦2140h ( 8512) 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ¦ ¦29c0h (10688) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ¦ |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| ¦2180h ( 8576) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 ¦ ¦2a00h (10752) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ¦ |-----------

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 5 FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA BOARD LAYOUT 16C854 UARTs DB78 CONNECTOR IRQ SELECT SWITCHES BASE ADDRESS SWITCH PACKING LIST FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA CARD CABLE ASSEMBLY FASTCOM CD If an omission has been made, please call technical support for a replacement.

• 12 I-STAT REGISTER The FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA features an Interrupt Status Register ("I-STAT Register") that improves the efficiency of interrupt service routines and reduces polling time. The I-STAT register is an 8-bit register on the FASTCOM: 232/8-ISA board that will quickly tell a programmer which channel or channels has generated an interrupt. The I-STAT regi

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, REVISION NOTES REVISION PAGE NUMBER CHANGES MADE 2.1 7 Swapped DSR and DCD on loop back plug description 2.2 14 Changed warranty to 2 years 2.3 14 Updated contact information 2.4 3,4 Changed 1.5 Mbaud to 725 Kbps 2.5 1 14 Updated revision level Changed warranty period to lifetime 2.6 6 Correct default setting of address switch

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 9011 E. 37TH STREET N. WICHITA, KANSAS 67226-2006 (316) 636-1131 FAX (316) 636-1163 http://www.commtech-fastcom.com/ COPYRIGHT (C) 1999, 2002, 2003 All rights reserved, including those to reproduce this document or parts thereof in any form without permission in writing from Commtech, Inc. FASTCOM and SMART14 are trademarks of Commtech, Inc. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

• Fastcom 232/8-ISA, 8 3. From the menu bar on the TTY program, select Settings. Select the port to test (e.g., COM5) Uncheck all of the flow checkboxes (DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF). Click OK. 4. From the TTY main menu bar select Action, then Connect. 5. At this point you should see a blinking cursor in the upper left corner of the TTY window. Try to type on the keyboard; you should see the characters that you are typing in the TTY window. If you see what you type, the port is passing the loopback, and is installed and functioning correctly. I

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