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    232SS21600 Manual Cover Page B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Smart Switch Model 232SS2 Docum ent N o. 232SS21600 This product Designed and Manuf ac tured of domestic and imported parts by International Headqua rters B&B Electron ics Mfg. Co . Inc. 707 Dayt[...]

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     B&B Elect roni cs RESERVED. No par t of th i s publi cation may be reproduced or transm itted in any form or by any means, electronic or m echanical , includi ng photography, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system w ithout written consent. Information in this manual is subject to change without notice, and does not repr [...]

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    232SS21600 Manual Table of Contents i B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 TA BLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: INTRODUCT ION ...............................................1 Check list................................................................................. 2 Ch[...]

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    232SS21600Manual 1 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION The RS-232 Four Por t Smart Switch/Port Combiner , Model 232SS2, allows one RS-232 host dev ice to connect to as many as four RS-232 devic es. The switc h can be controlled in two diff[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 2 Checklist Examine the shipping ca rton and contents for phy sical damage. If damage is found, file a claim with the shipper immediately. The following equipment should be in the shipping c arton: 1. RS-232 S[...]

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    232SS21600Manual 3 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chapter 2: SETUP The 232SS2 is set up using an eight-pos ition dipswitch. This dipswitch is used to s et the com munic ation form at, port configur ation, sm art switch/port com biner m ode and to enable/disa[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 4 Port Configuration In order to determ ine the proper port c onfiguration of the 232SS2, it is necess ary to have a basic understanding of the ter ms DCE and DTE. RS-232 was des igned, using DB-25 connec tors[...]

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    232SS21600Manual 5 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 The 232SS2 supports the following RS-232 signals: TD, RD, SG , RTS, CTS, DSR, DCD, and DTR. The Smart Switch s elects port A as the default port at power up. Serial Data Configuration In order for the hos t d[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 6 Switch position 8 se lects the port c onfiguration, see sec tion titled "Port Configuration". Refer to Table 1. Always power down the smart switch when c hanging switch settings . Smart Switch Oper[...]

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    232SS21600Manual 7 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Programming the Second Character The s econd character com es program m ed as the ASCII ST X character (decim al 2). You can change this to any 8-bit character y ou wish by reprogramm ing dipswitch “ SW 2 ?[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 8 Smart Sw itch/Port Combiner Mode This mode allow Ports A-D to select the m aster port using a handshak e line. It also allows selection f rom the m aster port via the pream ble code desc ribed in the Sm art [...]

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    232SS21600Manual 9 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 A ty pical applic ation would be to have RTS and CT S tied together on the mas ter port. W hen RT S (assum ing DT E slave device) on por t A (conf igured as DCE) is asserted, CT S on port A will be asserted w[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 10 Table 3 - Timer Values The Set T imer Mode com mand r equires the third byte to be an ASCII “ M ” . If the data byte (fourth byte) is an ASCII “ 0 ” , zero (default) , the timer will be setup as an [...]

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    232SS21600Manual 11 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 The “ M ” tells the 232SS2 it is the set tim er m ode com m and and the “ 1 ” indicates to set up the tim er to ignor e switching com m ands. W hen the tim er is conf igured in this m ode, the 232SS2[...]

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    12 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chapter 3: SOFTWA RE Introduction The 232M`SS2 c om es with two application program s that can be used to switch between ports. Eac h com es on a separate f loppy disk . Either can be used independently as [...]

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    232SS21600 Manual 13 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 To Uninstall SSwi tch.exe • From ST ART/ SET T INGS/ CON TRO L PANEL • Select Add/ Rem ove Program s • Select SSwitch fr om the lis t of progr ams • Click on the Add/Remove button DOS SSTSR Installa[...]

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    14 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Enter Port Addres s [02F8]: Enter Baud Rate ( 1 = 150 2 = 300 3 = 600 4 = 1200 5 = 2400 6 = 4800 7 = 9600 8 = 19200) [7]: Enter Parity (0 = No 1 = Odd 2 = Even) [0]: Enter Num ber of Data Bits ( 7 = Seven D[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual 15 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 If the sof tware was installed in the default dir ectory: • At the DOS prom pt Type C: and press the ENT ER key . • Type CD232MSS2 and pres s the ENT ER key . To begin the SST SR program (the f ollowin[...]

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    16 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 The Hot Key is a sequence of thr ee keys that mus t be pressed sim ultaneously to switch from one Smar t Switch Port to another. For exam ple, the hot key sequence, <Lef t Shift> <ALT > <A|B|[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual 17 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Hot Key Method This method enables the user to selec t any Sm art Switch port by pressing a predef ined sequence of keys at the sam e tim e after the SSTSR is installed (ref er to Progr am Ins tallation). E[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual Appendix A A-1 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 A PPENDIX A : ASCII C haracter Codes DECIMAL to HEX to ASCII CONVERSION TABLE DEC HEX ASCII KEY DEC HEX ASCII DEC HEX ASCII DEC HEX ASCII 0 0 NUL ctrl @ 32 20 SP 64 40 @ 96 60 ` 1 1 SOH ctrl A 3[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual Appendix C C-1 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 A PPENDIX B: Cable Cha rts All charts will indicate if the Master Por t of the 232SS2 should be configur ed as a DCE port or a DT E port. Refer to the Por t Configuration s ection of the m anual[...]

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    C-2 Appendix C 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chart 3. M odem DB25 Conn ector to M aster Port Straight Through Connection A sync Modem Serial Port DB25 Connector Signal Direction 232SS2 Mast er Port (DT E) DB25 Connector 2 <----------- 2[...]

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    232SS21600 Manual Appendix C C-3 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chart 5. IBM PC DB25 Connecto r to Ports A - D (DCE) Master port DT E, Slave ports DCE. Straight Through Connection IBM PC Serial Port DB25 Connector Signal Direction 232SS2 Ports A - D (DCE) DB[...]

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    C-4 Appendix C 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chart 7. IBM PC DB9 Connector to Ports A - D (DCE ) Master port DT E, Slave port DCE. Straight Through Connection IBM PC Serial Port DB9 Connector Signal Direction 232SS2 Ports A – D (DCE ) DB[...]

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    FCC Class A Equipm ent Stat em ent FEDERA L COMM UNICA TIONS CO MMI SSION RA DIO FREQ UENCY INTERFA CE STA TEMENT Class A Equipm ent This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for Clas s A digital device, purs uant to Part 15 of the F CC Rules. T hese lim its are designed to pr ovide reasonable protection against harm ful i[...]