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    www .omega.com e-mail: info@omega.com U ser ’ s Guide OMG-COMM232-PC I Dual Por t PCI RS-232 Inter face Board Shop online at[...]

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    Servicing Nor th America: USA: One Omega Drive, P.O. Box 4047 ISO 9001 Certified Stamford CT 06907-0047 TEL: (203) 359-1660 FAX: (203) 359-7700 e-mail: info@omega.com Canada: 976 Bergar Laval (Quebec) H7L 5A1, Canada TEL: (514) 856-6928 FAX: (514) 856-6886 e-mail: info@omega.ca For immediate technical or application assistance: USA and Canada: Sale[...]

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    Contents I NTRODUCTION ..........................................................................1 O VERVIEW ................................................................................................ 1 W HAT ’ S I NCLUDED ................................................................................ 1 F ACTORY D EFAULT S ETTINGS .........[...]

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    A PPENDIX F - C OMPLIANCE N OTICES .....................................16 F EDERAL C OMMUNICATIONS C OMMISSION S TATEMENT ............ 16 EMC D IRECTIVE S TATEMENT ........................................................... 16 Figures Figure 1 - Clocking Mode 'Divide By 4’ ............................................................ 2 Figur[...]

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    Introduction Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 1 Introduction Overview The Omega Engineering OMG - COMM+232.PCI is a two channel PCI Bus serial I/O adapter for the PC and compatibles. It provi des two RS-232 serial ports supporting data rates up to 460.8K bps. The OMG - COMM+232.PCI works seamlessly with the standard operating system serial drive[...]

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    Card Setup Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 2 Card Setup Address and IRQ selection The OMG - COMM+232.PCI is automatically assigned I/O addresses and IRQs by your motherboard BIOS. Only the I/O address may be modified by the user. Adding o r removing other hardware may change the assignment of I/O addresses and IRQs. Clock Modes The OMG - COMM+2[...]

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    Card Setup Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 3 To double these rates up to a maximum rate of 230.4K bps place the jumper in the divide by 2 (silk - screen DIV2) position. DIV1 DIV2 DIV4 Figure 2 - Clocking Mod e 'Divide By 2’ Baud Rates and Divisors for the ‘DIV2’ mode The following table shows some common data rates and the rates you [...]

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    Notes Page Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 4[...]

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    Card Setup Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 5 To select the maximum data rate (460.8K bps) place the jumper in t he divide by 1 (silk - screen DIV1) position. DIV1 DIV2 DIV4 Figure 3 - Clocking Mode 'Divide By 1’ Baud Rates and Divisors for the ‘DIV1’ mode The following table shows some common data rates and the rates you should choos[...]

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    Notes Page Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 6[...]

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    Installation Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 7 Installation Operating System Installation Windows 95/98/NT Run Setup on Disk 2 of the Serial Utilities Software. Windows 3.1x Refer to the Win3x.hlp file in the Win31 directory on D isk 1 of the Serial Utilities Software. DOS Refer to the Readme.txt file found in the DOS directory on Disk 1 of[...]

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    Technical Description Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 8 Technical Description The Omega Engineering OMG - COMM+232.PCI provides a PCI interface adapter with 2 asynchronous serial ports providing a versatile interface for modems, printers and plotters. The OMG - COMM+232.PCI utilizes the 16550 UART. This chip features progr ammable baud rates, d[...]

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    Technical Description Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 9 polling’. This method required the interrupt service routine to ‘poll’ or interrogate each UART as to its interrupt pending status. This met hod of polling was sufficient for use with slower speed communications, but as modems increased their throughput abilities this method of servi[...]

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    Specifications Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 10 Specifications Environmental Specifications Specification Operating Storage Temperature Range 0º to 50º C (32º to 122º F) - 20º to 70º C (- 4º to 1 58º F) Humidity Range 10 to 90% R.H. Non - Condensing 10 to 90% R.H. Non - Condensing Manufacturing • All Omega Engineering Printed Circui[...]

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    Appendix A - Troubleshooting Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 11 Appendix A - Troubleshooting A Serial Utility Diskette is supplied with the Omega Engineering adapter and will be used in the t roubleshooting procedures. By using this diskette and following these simple steps, most common problems can be eliminated without the need to call Techni[...]

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    Appendix B - How To Get Assistance Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 12 Appendix B - How To Get Assistance Please refer to Appendix A - Troubleshooting prior to calling Technical Suppor t. 1. Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to install the adapter in your system. 2. When calling for technical assistance, please have your user manual [...]

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    Appendix C – Electrical Interface Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 13 Appen dix C - Electrical Interface RS - 232 Quite possibly the most widely used communication standard is RS - 232. This implementation has been defined and revised several times and is often referred to as RS - 232 or EIA/TIA - 232. The IBM PC computer defined the RS - 2 32[...]

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    Appendix D - Asynchronous Communications Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 14 Appendix D - Asynchronous Communications Serial data communications implies that indiv idual bits of a character are transmitted consecutively to a receiver that assembles the bits back into a character. Data rate, error checking, handshaking, and character framing (sta[...]

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    Appendix E - Silk - Screen Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 15 Appendix E - Silk - Screen 5.0" 4.2"[...]

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    Warranty Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 16 Appendix F - Compliance Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement FCC - This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference[...]

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    W ARRANTY / DISCLAIMER OME GA ENGINEERING, INC. war rants this unit to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 1 3 months from date of purc hase. O MEGA ’ s W ARRAN TY adds an additional one (1) month grace period to the normal one (1) year pr oduct warranty to cover handling and shipping time. This ensures that OME GA ’[...]

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    M 3107 /0303 Where Do I Find Ever ything I Need for Pr ocess Measurement and Control? OM EGA…Of Course! Shop online at www .omega.com TEMPERA TURE   Thermocouple, RTD & Thermistor Probes, Connectors, Panels & Assemblies   Wire: Thermocouple, RTD & Thermistor   Calibrators & Ice Point References   Recorders,[...]