User`s guide

PCLTA-21 PCI Interface User’s Guide

PCLTA-21 Introduction

This guide describes the mechanical characteristics and the

hardware and software driver installation for the Echelon PCLTA-

21 Interface (Models 74501, 74502, 74503, 74504, and 74505).

Echelon’s PCLTA-21 card is a high-performance LONWORKS

interface for desktop and embedded personal computers equipped

with a 3 or 5V 32-bit PCI interface and a compatible operating

system. Designed for use in LONWORKS networks that require a

PC to monitor, manage, or diagnose the network, the PCLTA-21

card is ideal for industrial control, building automation, and

process control applications. The PCLTA-21 card features support

for TP/XF-78, TP/XF-1250, TP/FT-10, and RS-485 transceivers,

downloadable memory, a network management interface, and Plug

n’ Play capability with Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, and XP

operating systems.

The four versions of the PCLTA-21 interface with integral twisted

pair transceivers support the TP/FT-10 (Model 74501), TP/XF-78

(Model 74502), TP/XF-1250 (Model 74503), and TP-RS485 (Model

74504) channels, respectively.

The PCLTA-21 card can be used as an LNS

High Performance

Network Interface, a standard LNS network interface, or a

LonManager API-compatible interface.