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National Instruments PCI-232/4 Board manual available for free PDF download: Getting Started
National Instruments PCI-232/4 Getting Started (64 pages)
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National Instruments
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PCI Card
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
6
About this Manual
10
Organization of this Manual
10
Conventions Used in this Manual
11
Customer Communication
12
Related Documentation
12
How to Use this Manual
13
Introduction
13
Optional Equipment
14
Serial Hardware Overview
14
What You Need to Get Started
14
NI Serial Software Overview
15
Optional Programming Tools
16
Using the Serial Hardware with Other National Instruments Products
16
Figure 2-1. Add/Remove Programs Properties Dialog Box
17
Install the ni Serial Software
17
Installation and Verification
17
Figure 2-2. ni Serial Setup Screen
18
Figure 2-3. PCI Serial Board Installation
19
Install the PCI Serial Hardware
19
Verify the Installation
20
Determine Which Physical Port Is Associated with Comx
21
Figure 2-4. Device Manager Ports List for PCI Serial Board Correctly Installed
21
Verify the Hardware Resources
21
Connect the Cables
22
Run the Diagnostic Test
22
Figure 2-5. DB-9 Connector Pin Locations
23
Table 2-1. DB-9 Pin Descriptions
23
Figure 2-6. 10-Position Modular Jack Pin Locations
24
Table 2-2. 10-Position Modular Jack Pin Descriptions
24
Figure 2-7. DB-25 Connector Pin Locations
25
Table 2-3. DB-25 Pin Descriptions
25
Connecting Two-Wire Devices
26
Figure 2-8. Connecting the Cables to Your Four-Port PCI Serial Board
26
Change/View Communication Port Settings
27
Configuration
27
Communication Port Settings
28
Figure 3-1. Port Settings Tab
28
Advanced Port Settings
29
Bits Per Second
29
Data Bits
29
Figure 3-2. Advanced Port Settings Dialog Box
29
Flow Control
29
Parity
29
Stop Bits
29
FIFO Buffers
30
Transceiver Mode
30
Advanced Transceiver Control for the PCI-485
31
Four-Wire Mode
31
Table 4-1. Transceiver Control Modes
31
Two-Wire Mode: DTR with Echo
31
Using Your Serial Hardware
31
Setting the Transceiver Control Mode
32
Two-Wire Mode: DTR Controlled
32
Two-Wire Mode: TXRDY Auto Control
32
Setting the Transceiver Mode with Deviceiocontrol
33
Table 4-2. Transceiver Mode Control Bytes
33
Table 4-3. Deviceiocontrol Function Input Values
33
General Programming Requirements
34
Other Programming Points
34
Appendix A Specifications
35
Hardware Specifications
35
Table A-1. Physical Characteristics of the Two-Port PCI Serial Boards
35
Table A-2. Physical Characteristics of the Four-Port PCI Serial Boards
36
Table A-3. Physical Characteristics of the Eight-Port PCI Serial Boards
36
Software Specifications
37
Table A-4. Environmental Characteristics of the Serial Hardware
37
Table A-5. Software Characteristics
37
Forcing Windows 95 to Detect the Serial Hardware
38
Figure B-1. Port Selected in Device Manager
39
Appendix C Serial Port Information
40
Table C-1. RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 Features
41
Serial Communication Issues
42
Duplex Architectures
42
Termination
43
Figure C-1. Typical Full-Duplex System
43
Figure C-2. Typical Half-Duplex System
43
Bias Resistors
44
Figure C-3. Multidrop Network Using Terminating Resistors
44
DTE Vs. DCE
45
Figure C-4. Transmission Line Using Bias Resistors
45
Figure C-5. Straight-Through Cabling in a DTE-To-DCE Interface
46
Figure C-6. Null-Modem Cabling in a DTE-To-DCE Interface
46
Uninstalling the Serial Hardware and Software
47
Removing the Hardware Information
47
Figure D-1. Selecting an Interface to Uninstall
48
Uninstalling the ni Serial Software
49
Figure D-2. Add/Remove Programs Properties Dialog Box
49
Figure D-3. Uninstallation Results
50
Troubleshooting and Common Questions
51
Freeing an Interrupt Request Level
51
Selecting Conflict-Free Resources
52
Troubleshooting Diagnostic Messages
52
Resolving Resource Conflicts with Legacy Boards
53
Common Questions
53
Table E-1. Standard DOS-Based Addresses
54
Figure E-1. Multi-Function Adapter Class in the Device Manager
55
Customer Communication
57
Glossary
63
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