e Multiport Serial I/O Adapter Hardware Reference Guide includes: SST-2I SST-4I SST-4P SST-4E SST-8I SST-8P SST-8E PN 560160/B March 1999 - PN 990286 PN 990283 PN 990299 PN 990285 PN 990265 PN 990301 PN 990266
Contents Overview Installation PCI Setup ISA Setup EISA Setup ISA Installation Tips PCI Installation Tips Connecting and Cabling Information Connector Panel and Fan Out Cables CP-8 and DB-25 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling RJ-45 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling DB-9 to Device Cabling RJ-45 Modular Adapters Multiport Serial I/O Adapter Hardware Reference Guide 2
Overview Equinox SuperSerial Technology (SST) Adapters are intelligent, highspeed (up to 920k bps on each port) Multiport Adapters providing high performance serial I/O solutions for PCI, ISA and EISA bus systems. All port interfaces are standard RS-232 with full modem control and voltage surge protection on every pin. SST Adapters appear to the system host processor as memory. That is, they are memory mapped devices.
PCI Setup Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) system architecture has a design feature termed Plug and Play. This feature automatically detects, identifies and configures the currently installed devices each time the system is booted. Therefore, whenever an adapter is installed (or removed) in a PCI system, the adapter is recognized and configured immediately upon restart. ISA Setup All ISA Adapters must be assigned a unique I/O base address.
EISA Setup All Equinox configuration files are located on the SuperSerial CDROM. All directories below assume that D: is the CDROM drive. Novell, DOS, OS/2, D:\Drivers\RAS\Disk1 Windows based D:\Drivers\RAS\Disk3 UNIX based D:\Drivers\UNIX\DIAG_DOS Copy all .cfg files from CDROM directory to your system manufacturers EISA configuration diskette. Then run EISA configuration to correctly identify the Equinox adapters.
Connecting and Cabling Information SST-2I adapters have two DB-9s on the connector bezel as shown in Figure 2 below. See Figures 13-15 for detailed cabling information. Figure 2. SST-2I Multiport I/O Adapter Figure 3 below shows the pinouts for the SST-2I DB-9 Connectors. Figure 3. SST-2I DB-9 Pinouts SST-4 and SST-8 adapters require a fan out cable or a connector panel (ordered separately). See pages 6 through 10 for detailed cabling and ordering information.
Connector Panel and Fan Out Cables SST Connector Panels (CPs) and Fan Out Cables (FOCs) provide four or eight RS-232 interfaces. Table 2 below details products available from Equinox. Figures 4 through 6 show the connector panel and pinouts for CP-8, DB-25 and RJ-45 fan out cables.
CP-8 and DB-25 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling Figures 7 through 9 show the pinouts required to make a cable to connect between SST CP-8 and DB-25 FOC ports and your terminals, printers, modems, etc. Note that CP-8s will require a cable with a male DB-25 connector not a female as shown in the figures. Figure 7. Cable Pinouts for FOC DB-25 to Terminal/Printer DB-25 Figure 8.
RJ-45 Fan Out Cable to Device Cabling Figures 10 through 12 show the pinouts required to make a cable to connect between SST RJ-45 FOC ports and your devices. Figure 10. Cable Pinouts for FOC RJ-45 to Terminal/Printer DB-25 Figure 11. Cable Pinouts for FOC RJ-45 to PC DB-9 Figure 12.
DB-9 to Device Cabling Figures 13 through 15 show the pinouts required to make a cable to connect between SST DB-9 ports and your devices. Figure 13. Cable Pinouts for SST DB-9 to Terminal/Printer DB-25 Figure 14. Cable Pinouts for SST DB-9 to PC DB-9 Figure 15.
RJ-45 Modular Adapters Modular Adapters are available from Equinox to convert RJ-45 modular jacks to DB-25 or DB-9 connectors. These modular adapters in conjunction with 10-wire modular cables perform the same functions as shown in Figures 10 through 12. Table 3 below describes the modular adapters available from Equinox.
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