ACTiSYS ACT-IR320L manual

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    The W ireless Connectivity Expert 4851 1 W arm Springs Blvd., Suite 206, Fremont, CA 94539, USA T el: +1-510 490-8024 Fax: +1-510-623-7268 W eb: http://www .actisys.com , E-mail: irda-info@actisys.com ACT -IR320L LONG DIST ANCE INFRARED ADAPTER USER’S MANUAL November 6, 2006 V ersion 1.0 © Copyright 2000-2006 ACT iSYS Corporation, All Rights Res[...]

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    The W ireless Connectivity Expert ACT -IR320L User ’ s Manual  Copyright 2000-2006 ACT iSYS Corp Page 2 of 6 Nov . 6, 2006 V ersion 1.0 T ABLE OF CONTENT REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................................. 3 1. OVERV IEW .................................................................[...]

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    The W ireless Connectivity Expert ACT -IR320L User ’ s Manual  Copyright 2000-2006 ACT iSYS Corp Page 3 of 6 Nov . 6, 2006 V ersion 1.0 REVISION HIST OR Y Revision History Revision Date Comment 0.1 02/28/2002 Draft Preliminary Design S pecification for internal review . 1.0 1 1/06/2006 Added LED behavior chapter & changed connection distan[...]

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    The W ireless Connectivity Expert ACT -IR320L User ’ s Manual  Copyright 2000-2006 ACT iSYS Corp Page 4 of 6 Nov . 6, 2006 V ersion 1.0 1. OVER VIEW The ACT -IR320L is a long distance infrared adapter that en ables the host system with long distance infrared communication capabilities. The host system may be an industrial controller , a data c[...]

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    The W ireless Connectivity Expert ACT -IR320L User ’ s Manual  Copyright 2000-2006 ACT iSYS Corp Page 5 of 6 Nov . 6, 2006 V ersion 1.0 3. APPLICA TION DESCRIPTION ACT -IR320L uses 455 KHz ASK-IR technology to support long distance transmitting / receiving. ASK-IR is a technology that based on sub-carrier and it is not compatible to IrDA . The[...]

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    The W ireless Connectivity Expert ACT -IR320L User ’ s Manual 4. DTE-DB9M CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION ACT -IR320L is a DTE adapter , like serial port on PC. It can be connected to any DCE device directly . If you want to connect this adapter to a Notebook or Desktop computer , the DB9F-to-DB9F converter is needed. The converter plays like a null-modem,[...]