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    BlueStorm/LP Low Pro file PCI Multi-por t Serial Ad apter Contact Inform ation: Conn ect Tech Inc. 42 Ar row Roa d Gue lph, Ontario, C anada N 1K 1S6 Tel: 519-8 36-1291 (Inte rnationa l) 800-4 26-8979 ( Cana da & USA ) Fax: 519-8 36-48 78 Email: sales@connect tech.com support@ connectte ch.com URL: www.conn ecttech.co m CTIM-00 015 Revi sion 0.[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. 2 R evision 0.05 Limited Lifetime Warra nt y Connect Tech Inc. prov ides a Lifetime Warranty for all Connect Tech Inc. products. Sh ould this product, in Connect Tech Inc.' s opinion , fail to be in g ood working order du ring th e warranty period, Conn ect Tech Inc. will, at i ts option, r[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. Revis ion 0.05 3 Table of Contents Limite d Lifetime Warranty ...................................................................................................... ........................ 2 Copyrig ht Notice.......................................................................................[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. 4 R evision 0.05 Customer Support Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and/or using the product, contact the Connect Tech reseller f ro m which you purchased the product. In m ost cases the reseller can help you with product installatio n and difficulties. In the even[...]

  • Page 5

    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. Revis ion 0.05 5 Introduction Connect Tech In c. proudly presents the BlueS torm/LP, a high-s peed multi-port com munication adapter for Low Profile PCI compatible computers. The BlueStorm/LP prov ides you w ith up to eight h igh performance seri al ports with baud rat es up to 1.8432 Mbps t hat[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. 6 R evision 0.05 Hard ware Inst allation Installing the BlueStorm/ LP into your system Turn the pow er off to y our computer and open it to expose th e expansion slot s (consult yo ur system’s documentatio n for more information about this procedure). Choose an av ailable PCI expansion slot, r[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. Revis ion 0.05 7 Multi-drop Slave Mod e In this mode the TxD+/- line driver is enabled only when data is transmit ted and RxD+/- is enabled all the time. This m ode is typically used in multi- drop 4-wire connecti ons. This m ode requires sof tware setup in Control Panel – System Pro perties ?[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. 8 R evision 0.05 Figur e 2: BlueStor m/LP jumper block loc ations 4 port models Figur e 3: BlueStor m/LP jumper block loc ations, 8 port models[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. Revis ion 0.05 9 Jumper Configur ati on In th e following exampl e, the four RS- 422/485 ports are s et as foll ows: port 1 is s et for half duplex , port 2 is set f or half dupl ex ; port 3 is set for full dup lex, and port 4 is set for multi-drop slave. Figur e 4: Jumper configurat ion exa mpl[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. 10 Re vision 0.05 Connectors/Pinou t s Table 1: DB -25 Female Pino uts (2 port connector) Pin No. Port No. RS-232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/48 5 Signal Signal Direction 1 2 SG signal gnd. S R signal ref. 2 1 TXD outpu t TXD- outpu t 3 1 RXD inpu t TXD+ outpu t 4 1 RTS outpu t RTS- outpu t 5[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. Revis ion 0.05 11 Table 2: HDB -44 Pinouts (4 port connect or) Pin No. Port No. RS-232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/48 5 Signal Signal Direction 1 1 TXD outpu t TXD- outpu t 2 1 RTS outpu t R TS- outpu t 3 1 DC D in put RXD+ inpu t 4 1 RX D in put TXD+ ou tput 5 2 TXD outpu t TXD- outpu t 6 2 [...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. 12 Re vision 0.05 Table 3: V HDCI-68 Female ( 8 port connector ) Pin No. Port No. RS-232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/485 Signal Signal Direction 1 1 TXD outpu t TXD- outpu t 2 1 R I inpu t CTS+ in put 3 1 D CD in put RXD + inpu t 4 1 D TR outpu t RXD- inpu t 5 1 R TS outpu t RTS- out put 6 1 [...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. Revis ion 0.05 13 Table 3: V HDCI-68 Female ( continu ed) Pin No. Port No. RS-232 Signal Signal Direction RS-422/485 Signal S ignal Direction 47 6 R TS outpu t RTS- output 48 6 D SR inpu t CTS- input 49 6 R XD inpu t TXD+ out put 50 6 C TS inpu t RTS+ ou tput 51 5, 6 SG si gnal gnd. SR signal re[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. 14 Re vision 0.05 Figur e 5: RS-422/485 Wir ing Diagra ms Software Installat ion The BlueStorm /LP provides support f or QNX, Linux, Windows 2000/XP/XPe and Win dows NT. Please refer to the readme.txt f iles found in the appro priate directories on the BlueStor m/LP CD. These files contain techn[...]

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    BlueStorm/ LP Installati on Guide, Connect T ech Inc. Revis ion 0.05 15 You c an no w veri fy the p rese nce o f Blue Sto rm/LP seri al po rts in your s yste m by go ing to Start - Control Panel – System Properties – Hardware - Device Manag er – Multi-po rt serial adapter s . Specifications Operating Environment  Storage tem perature: -55 [...]