User manual

Connect Tech BlueStorm/Express User Manual
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Table of Contents
Limited Lifetime Warranty..............................................................................................................................1
Copyright Notice..............................................................................................................................................2
Trademark Acknowledgment...........................................................................................................................2
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................................3
List of Figures ..........................................................................................................3
List of Tables ...........................................................................................................3
Customer Support Overview............................................................................................................................5
Contact Information.........................................................................................................................................5
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................6
Features...................................................................................................................6
BlueStorm/Express Diagrams..........................................................................................................................7
BlueStorm/Express Installation Overview.......................................................................................................9
Hardware Configuration ................................................................................................................................10
Interrupts and Memory Address Selection .................................................................10
Electrical Interfaces .......................................................................................................................................10
RS-232 Electrical Interface......................................................................................10
RS-422/485 Electrical Interface................................................................................10
Full Duplex Mode....................................................................................................10
Half Duplex Mode ...................................................................................................10
Multi-drop Mode......................................................................................................10
Line Bias/Termination .............................................................................................11
Jumper Block Settings.............................................................................................11
Tri-state Operation..................................................................................................11
Connectors/Pinouts ........................................................................................................................................12
Hardware Installation.....................................................................................................................................15
Installing the BlueStorm/Express into your system.....................................................15
Software Installation......................................................................................................................................16
Software First Installation........................................................................................16
Hardware First Installation.......................................................................................17
Hardware First Installation.......................................................................................17
Windows XP Installation.........................................................................................17
Port Settings...........................................................................................................18
Advanced Port Settings ...........................................................................................19
Use FIFO Buffers.....................................................................................................19
Receive and Transmit FIFO Settings .......................................................................19
Software Settings for RS-422/485.............................................................................19
Baud Rate Mapping .................................................................................................20
Clock Frequency......................................................................................................20
COM Number ..........................................................................................................20
Specifications.................................................................................................................................................21
Operating Environment ...........................................................................................21
PCI Express Interface..............................................................................................21
Communications.....................................................................................................21
Baud Rates...............................................................................................................21
UARTs.....................................................................................................................21
Surge Suppression ..................................................................................................21
Optical Isolation .....................................................................................................21
Dimensions............................................................................................................21
Certification...................................................................................................................................................22
List of Figures
Figure 1: BlueStorm/Express RS-232/422/485 two and four port model hardware components.................................. 7
Figure 2: BlueStorm/Express RS-232/422/485 eight and 16 port model hardware components ...................................... 8
Figure 3: BlueStorm/Express Opto RS-232/422/485 four port model hardware components........................................... 9
Figure 4: Example of various port configuration jumper block settings ......................................................................... 11
List of Tables