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www .omega.com e-mail: info@omega.com U ser ’ s Guide OMG-USB-232- 1 Single Por t RS-232 to USB Adaptor 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 I NSTALLATION .......................[...]
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Introducti on OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 1 Introduction Overview The OMG - USB - 232 - 1 equips the PC with 1 USB to RS - 232 Asynchronous serial port providing a versatile interface for common RS - 232 needs (i.e. modem, mouse and plotter). The advantage of this product over more traditional approaches is that it doesn’t require opening the comput[...]
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Installation OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 2 Installation Operating System Installation Choose Install Software at the beginning of the CD and select the Serial I/O software drivers and inst all SeaCOM . System Installation The screen captures below are taken from a Windows ME installation. Your particular operating system may differ slightly from what [...]
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Installation OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 3 Since you have already installed the software by running “Setup”, simp ly click “Next” to proceed. The drivers that were installed during setup will automatically be used to configure the adapter.[...]
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Installation OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 4 Windows has now located a driver and installed the software. Click “Finish” to proceed. You should see one more “New Har dware Found”, indicating the actual port being created. If you view your systems’ Device Manager at this point, you should have a new “COM” port in the Ports (COM & LPT) D[...]
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Installation OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 5 You can access your new COM: port by using the assigned COM: identifier shown above. In this case, it is COM4: but this assignment will vary from system to system. At this point, the hardware is recognized. To verify operation use the suppli ed WinSSD diagnostic utility. WinSSD can be found in the Start, Prog[...]
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Technical Description OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 6 Technical Description The OMG - USB - 232 - 1 utilizes a USB UART. This chip features programmable baud rate, data format, 128 byte Dual Port TX Buffer, and 384 byte Dual Port RX Buffer. The RS - 232 transceiver supports data rates up to 460.8K baud. Refer to Appendix C for cable length limitations. [...]
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Specifications OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 7 Specifications Environmental Specifications Specification Operating Storage Temperature Range 0º to 50º C (32º to 122º F) - 20º to 70º C (- 4º to 158º F) Humidity Range 10 to 90% R.H. Non - Condensing 10 to 90% R.H. Non - Condensing Manufacturing • All Printed Circuit boards are built to UL 94V0 r[...]
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Appendix A – Troubleshooting OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 8 Appendix A - Troubleshooting Serial Utility test software is supplied with the adapter and will be used in the troubleshooting procedures. Using this software and following these simple steps, most common problems can be eliminated without the need to call Technical Support. 1. If your adapt[...]
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Appendix B – How To Get Assistance OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 9 Appendix B - How To Get Assistance Please refer to Appendix A - Troubleshooting prior to calling Technical Support. 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 and current[...]
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Appendix C - Electrical Interface OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 10 Appendi x 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 - 232 port on a 9 p[...]
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Appendix D - Asynchronous Co mmunications OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 11 Appendix D - Asynchronous Communications Serial data communications implies that individua l 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 (start/stop bi[...]
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Appendix E - Compliance Notices OMG - USB - 232 - 1 Page 12 Appendix E - 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 [...]
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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. OM E G A ’ 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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