CyberResearch COML 2232F manual

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    Serial Communications USER’S MANUAL VER. 1.1 • JUL 2006 No part of this manual may be reproduced without permission COML 2232F CompactFlash+ 2-Port RS-232 Serial Interface Card ® CyberResearch ® , Inc. www.cyberresearch.com 25 Business Park Dr., Branford, CT 06405 USA 203-483-8815 (9am to 5pm EST) FAX: 203-483-9024[...]

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    CyberResearch ® Serial Comm unicatio ns COML 2232F CyberResearch, Inc . iii 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.co m ©Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved. July 1, 2006 The information in this document is su bject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, desi gn, and [...]

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    Tab le o f Co nt ent s OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 1 ABOUT THE COML 2232F ....................................................................................................... 2 INSTALLING THE COML 2232F ................................[...]

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    The COML 2232F card is an isola ted dua l- port RS- 232 CompactFlash serial car d with the following featu res:  Type II CompactFlash form factor for CF+ equ ipped PDAs, Handhe ld PCs, laptops, etc.  SeaCOM software p rovided for Windows 95 , 98, 98SE, Me, 20 00, and XP  Drivers not requir ed for W indows CE and P ocketPC  16C550 compat[...]

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    The COML 2232F card is an isola ted dua l-port RS- 232 seria l card desig ned usi ng a 16C550 compatibl e UART. The ser ial dat a and con trol lin es ar e buffer ed using isolated R S-232 driv ers that allow the RS- 232 interf aces to b e isolate d up to + /-50 VDC relat ive to loca l host g round. Industry standard b aud rate s up to 115.2 K bps a[...]

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    3.1 Windows 95, 98, 98SE , Me, 2000, XP You will first n eed to i nstal l SeaCOM prior to u sing th e COML 2232F . I nstalling the supp lied SeaCOM software that com es with y our produc t will c opy the nec essary file s into the proper Windows fo lders. Window s will use th ese fi les to “rec ogniz e” the COML 2232F card. IMPORTANT: In Window[...]

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    4. 1 P I NO UT The COML 2232F is supp lied with a 12” Y- cable tha t term inates w ith two DB- 9M connec tors with fem ale jackscr ews (to match the p or t at th e back of a PC). The pinout be low appli es to the DB-9M connec tors on the supplied c able. “Po rt1” and “Port2” is m arked on th e cables. PORT 1 PIN NAME FUNCTION 1 - - 2 RX1 [...]

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    4. 2 EL EC TRI CA L All figures quoted are typic al parameters @ 25°C (77°F) RS-232 SIGNALS: Typical ou tput level ±5.5 V (open circu it vol tages) TX, RX, CTS and R TS are supported on each port UART CLOCK SP EED: 1.8432MHz, m ax baud rate 115.2 K bps ISO LATION: Isolation is defined between I SOGND and host 0V supply (metal case of card and ca[...]

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    1. I dentify all I /O adapters cur rently ins talled in y our system . T his inc ludes your on- board serial ports, contro ller cards, sound cards, etc. The I /O addresses used by these adapters, as well as th e IRQ (if any ) should be identified. 2. Config ure your CyberResearch adap ter so that th ere is no con flict with curr ently installed ada[...]

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    CyberResearch ® Serial Comm unicatio ns COML 2232F CyberResearch, Inc . 7 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.co m Product Service Diagnosis and Debug CyberResearch, Inc. maintains technica l support lines staffed by experienced Applications Engineers and Technicians. There is no charge to[...]

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    CyberResearch ® Serial Comm unicatio ns COML 2232F CyberResearch, Inc . 9 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.co m Warranty Notice CyberResearch, Inc. warrants t hat this equipment as furnished will be free f rom defects in material and workman ship for a period of one year from the conf i[...]

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    COML 2232F CyberResearch ® Serial Comm unicatio ns 10 ©Copyright 2006 Cy berResearch , Inc. Intentionally Blank[...]

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    CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive Branford, CT 06405 USA P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 www.cyberresearch.com[...]