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    BlueStorm Univer sal PCI User Manual 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 Revis ion 0.10 June 4,, 2008[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 2 Revision 0.10 Limited Lifetime Warranty Connect Tec h Inc. provides a lifetime warranty for all * Connect Tech Inc. products. Shoul d this product, in Con nect Tech Inc.'s opinion, fail to be in good working order during the warra nty period, Connect Tech Inc. will, at its op tion, repair or [...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 3 Table of Contents Limite d Lifetime Warranty .............................................................................................................................. 2 Copyrig ht Notice.............................................................................................[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 4 Revision 0.10 List of Tables Table 1: DB -25 Male Pinouts for B lueStorm/LP (2 Port Co nnector) ........................................................... 13 Table 2: HDB -44 Pinouts for BlueStor m/LP (4 Port Connecto r) ................................................................. 14 Table 3[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 5 Customer Suppo rt Overvie w If you experience dif ficulties after read ing the manual and/or using the product, co ntact the Connect Tec h Inc. reseller from which you purc hased the pro duct. In most cases the resell er can help you with pro duct installation and diffic ulties. In t[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 6 Revision 0.10 Introduction Connect Tec h Inc. presents BlueStor m /LP/SP/SP Opto and SP RJ-11 . These high-speed multi- port co mmuni catio n adapters are designed for Low Profile (LP) and Standard Profile (SP) PCI compatible computers. BlueStorm cards p rovide you with u p to eight high perfor ma[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 7 BlueStorm Insta llation Overvie w There ar e three stages to installing y our B lueStorm card: 1. Hard w are Configuration Interrupts and Me mory selection will be set by the host com puter’s BIOS and o perating system. This section o utlines jumper settin gs and configuratio n. 2.[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 8 Revision 0.10 Multi-drop Slav e Mode In this mode the T xD+/- line driver is enabled only when data is transmitted and RxD+/ - is enabled at all ti m e s. This mode is typically used in multi-dr op 4-wire connection s. This mode requires software se tup in Control Panel – System Properties – H[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 9 Figure 1: BlueStorm /LP Jumper Block Locations (2 Po rt Models) Figure 2: BlueStorm /LP Jumper Block Locations (4 Po rt Models) Figure 3: BlueStorm /LP Jumper Block Locations (8 Po rt Models) • • • • • • • • • • • • Jx1 Jx2 Jx3 Jx4 Jx5 Jx6[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 10 Revision 0.10 Figure 4: BlueStorm /SP Jumper Block Locations (8 Port Models) Figure 5: BlueStorm /SP Opto J u m per Block Locations ( 4 Port Models) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jx1 Jx2 Jx3 Jx4 Jx5 Jx6 Jx • • • • • • ?[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 11 )Figure 6: BlueSto rm/SP RJ-11 (8 Port Model) Note: Refer to Table 8 for port 7 and port 8 pinouts. Jumper Configura tion for BlueStor m Jumper configuratio n options will vary by model. BlueStorm/LP RS-422/485 cards feature the jumper la y out listed in Figure 7 , while BlueStorm/S[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 12 Revision 0.10 Figure 9 illustrates t he jumper co nfigurations for selecting +5V power or +12 V power. Figure 7: Jum per Configuration Exa mple for 4 Port RS-422/485 BlueStorm/LP Models Figure 8: Jum per Configuration Exa mple for BlueStorm /SP Opto Mode ls Figure 9: Jum per Configuration Exa mpl[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 13 the operating s ystem is booted by the curren t driver/software RS-485 mode. T he jumper is used to ensure that a po rt will power-on tri-stated . For example, the RS -485 mode selection i n the Windows control panel will override this jumper setting once a port is opened. The BlueS[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 14 Revision 0.10 19 2 DTR output RXD- input 20 1 DTR output RXD- input 21 NC no connect NC no connect 22 1 RI input CTS+ input 23 2 RI input CTS+ input 24 NC no connect NC no connect 25 2 DCD input RXD+ input Cable CBG002 sends the signals to two DB-9 male connectors. See Table 6 for pinout details.[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 15 38 NC no connect NC no connect 39 3 DSR input CT S- input 40 3 DTR output RXD- input 41 3 RI input CT S+ input 42 4 DSR input CT S- input 43 4 DTR output RXD- input 44 4 RI input CT S+ input Cable CBG003 sends the signals to four DB-9 male connectors. Cable CBG007 sends the signals [...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 16 Revision 0.10 Table 3 : VHDCI-68 Female Pinouts for Bl ueStorm/LP (8 Port Connector) Pin No. Port No. RS-23 2 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 85 Signal Signal Direction 1 1 TXD output TXD- output 2 1 RI input CTS+ input 3 1 DCD input RXD+ input 4 1 DTR output RXD- input 5 1 RTS output RT S- outp[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 17 Table 3 : VHDCI-68 Female Pinouts for Bl ueStorm/LP (Continued ) Pin No. Port No. RS-232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 85 Signal Signal Direction 47 6 RTS output RTS- output 48 6 DSR input CTS- input 49 6 RXD input T XD+ output 50 6 CTS input RTS+ output 51 5, 6 SG signal gnd. SR[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 18 Revision 0.10 Table 4 : HDB-78 Pinouts for BlueSto rm/SP (8 Port Conne ctor) Pin No. Port No. RS- 232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 8 5 Signal Signal Direction 1 5 RT S output RTS A(-) output 2 5 CT S input RTS B(+) output 3 5 DSR input CTS A(-) input 4 5 RI input CTS B( +) input 5 5 SG signal[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 19 Table 4 : HDB-78 Pinouts for BlueSto rm/SP (Continued) Pin No. Port No. RS- 232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/4 8 5 Signal Signal Direction 40 1 RTS output RTS A(-) output 41 1 CTS input RTS B( +) output 42 1 DSR input CTS A(-) input 43 1 RI input CTS B( +) input 44 1 SG signal gnd[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 20 Revision 0.10 Table 5 : RJ-45 Pinouts for BlueStorm /SP Opto (4 Port Connector) Pin No. RS-232 Signal Direction RS-422/485 Signal Direction 1 N/C no connect RTS (-) o utput 2 N/C input RxD (+) input 3 RTS output RTS (+) output 4 SG signal gnd SR signal ref. 5 TxD output TxD (+) output 6 RxD in pu[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 21 Table 6 : Pinouts and Control Signals f or DB-9 and DB-2 5 Male Connectors (BlueSto rm/LP and BlueStorm/SP Only) Pin # RS-232 RS-422/4 85 DB-9 DB-2 5 Signal Signal Direction Signal Signal Direction 1 8 DCD input RxD + input 2 3 RxD input T xD + output 3 2 TxD output TxD – output 4[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 22 Revision 0.10 Table 8 : RJ-11 Pinouts for BlueStorm /SP RJ-11 ( Ports 7 and 8 Only) Pin No. RS-232 Direction 1 DCD input 2 DSR input 3 RxD input 4 RTS o utput 5 TxD o utput 6 CTS in put 7 DTR output 8 RI input 9 SG signal gnd . 10 N/C no connect 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 2 1 P7/P8 Please note that ports 7[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 23 Figure 10: BlueSto rm External I/O Box Diagram External I/O Box (part number : IOBG08BLV1) Male DB-9 conne ctors Mounting bracke t VHDCI-68 conne ctor Note: View VHDCI-68 connector pinouts in Table 3 . I/O box IOBG08BLV1 will send the signals to eight DB-9 male connectors. See Table[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 24 Revision 0.10 Figure 11: RS-42 2/485 Wiring Dia grams (BlueStorm/LP and BlueStorm/SP Only) RTS + RTS - CTS + CTS - TxD + TxD - RxD + RxD - RxD + TxD + RxD - TxD - RTS - CTS - RTS + CTS + SR SR BlueStorm/ SP Opto Adapter RS - 485/422 Peripheral 3 1 4 2 5 6 9 7 8 RTS + RTS - CTS + CTS - TxD + TxD -[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 25 Hardware Instal lation Turn the po w er o ff to your computer a nd open it to expo se the expansion slots (cons ult your system’s docu m e ntation for more infor mation about this proce dure). Choose a n available PCI expansio n slot, remove the e xpansion slot cover and insert th[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. 26 Revision 0.10 UARTs BlueStorm/LP (2 por t m od els) ■ 17D152 dual UART with 64 byte TxD/RxD FIFO b uffers BlueStor m/LP (4 port m ode ls) ■ 17D154 quad UART with 64 byte TxD/RxD FI FO buffers BlueStorm/LP ( 8 port models) ■ 17D158 octal UART with 64 byte TxD/RxD FI FO buffers BlueStorm/SP a[...]

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    BlueStorm I nstallation Guide, Conne ct Tech Inc. Revision 0.10 27 Certification Connect Tec h Inc. declares that the pr oduct(s) covered b y t he contents of this manual have been tested and found co mpliant with the belo w listed standards as r equired by the Electro magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive for Ge neral Immunity Co m p liance, EN 5[...]