BlueStorm/LP Low Profile PCI Multi-port Serial Adapter Contact Information: Connect Tech Inc. 42 Arrow Road Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1K 1S6 Tel: 519-836-1291 (International) 800-426-8979 (Canada & USA) Fax: 519-836-4878 Email: sales@connecttech.com support@connecttech.com URL: www.connecttech.com CTIM-00015 Revision 0.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Limited Lifetime Warranty Connect Tech Inc. provides a Lifetime Warranty for all Connect Tech Inc. products. Should this product, in Connect Tech Inc.'s opinion, fail to be in good working order during the warranty period, Connect Tech Inc. will, at its option, repair or replace this product at no charge, provided that the product has not been subjected to abuse, misuse, accident, disaster or non Connect Tech Inc. authorized modification or repair.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table of Contents Limited Lifetime Warranty ..............................................................................................................................2 Copyright Notice..............................................................................................................................................2 Trademark Acknowledgment........................................................................................................
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Customer Support Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and/or using the product, contact the Connect Tech reseller from which you purchased the product. In most cases the reseller can help you with product installation and difficulties. In the event that the reseller is unable to resolve your problem, our highly qualified support staff can assist you.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Introduction Connect Tech Inc. proudly presents the BlueStorm/LP, a high-speed multi-port communication adapter for Low Profile PCI compatible computers. The BlueStorm/LP provides you with up to eight high performance serial ports with baud rates up to 1.8432 Mbps that are compatible with any standard serial communications application. BlueStorm/LP is fully PCI 2.2 compliant (2 and 8 port models are 2.3 compliant).
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Hardware Installation Installing the BlueStorm/LP into your system Turn the power off to your computer and open it to expose the expansion slots (consult your system’s documentation for more information about this procedure). Choose an available PCI expansion slot, remove the expansion slot cover and insert the BlueStorm/LP adapter, pushing down gently until the board seats fully in the slot. Secure the BlueStorm/LP to the computer chassis.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Multi-drop Slave Mode In this mode the TxD+/- line driver is enabled only when data is transmitted and RxD+/- is enabled all the time. This mode is typically used in multi-drop 4-wire connections. This mode requires software setup in Control Panel – System Properties – Hardware - Device Manager – Ports – CTI PCI UART. Click on Advanced under Port Settings.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Figure 2: BlueStorm/LP jumper block locations 4 port models Figure 3: BlueStorm/LP jumper block locations, 8 port models 8 Revision 0.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Jumper Configuration In the following example, the four RS-422/485 ports are set as follows: port 1 is set for half duplex, port 2 is set for half duplex; port 3 is set for full duplex, and port 4 is set for multi-drop slave.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Connectors/Pinouts Table 1: DB-25 Female Pinouts (2 port connector) Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Port No. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 RS-232 Signal SG TXD RXD RTS CTS DSR SG DCD TXD RXD RTS CTS DSR NC NC NC NC NC DTR DTR NC RI RI NC DCD Signal Direction signal gnd. output input output input input signal gnd.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 2: HDB-44 Pinouts (4 port connector) Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Port No.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 3: VHDCI-68 Female (8 port connector) Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Port No.
BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. Table 3: VHDCI-68 Female (continued) Pin No. 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Port No. 6 6 6 6 5, 6 7, 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 RS-232 Signal RTS DSR RXD CTS SG SG TXD RI DCD DTR RTS DSR RXD CTS TXD RI DCD DTR RTS DSR RXD CTS Signal Direction output input input input signal gnd. signal gnd.
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BlueStorm/LP Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc. You can now verify the presence of BlueStorm/LP serial ports in your system by going to Start Control Panel – System Properties – Hardware - Device Manager – Multi-port serial adapters. Specifications Operating Environment Storage temperature: -55° C to 125° C Operating temperature: 0° C to 70° C Humidity: 95% non-condensing PC Bus Interface 3.3V or 5V (2 and 8 port models) or 5V (4 port model) PCI bus.
