Moxa Technologies NPort 1220 manual

NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User ’ s Manual Second Edition, January 2004 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 Fax: +886-2-8919-1231 www.moxa.com support@ moxa.com .tw (Worldwide) support@moxa.com (T he Americas)[...]

NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User’s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be use d only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright  2004 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproducti on without permission is prohibit ed. Trademarks MOXA is [...]

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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................................1-1 Overview ....................................................... ......................................... 1-2 Package Checklist .............................................. .................................... 1-2 Pr[...]

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to MOXA NP ort 1220/12 40 USB-to- Serial Hub. NPort 1220 provides 2 RS -422/48 5 serial ports and NPort 1240 prov ides 4 RS-232 serial ports. The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview  Package Checklist  Product Features  Product Specifications[...]

Overview Connect a compact NPor t 1200 Series product to your co mputer—you don’t even have to power-down—install th e supplied software, and then conn ect your serial devices directly to the NPort. In minutes, and with state-of-the -art accuracy , you’re capturin g data—temperature, press ure, sound level, whatever you n eed. And you’v[...]

Introduction Product Specifications NPort 1240 USB Compliant with USB 1.1, 1.0 USB 2.0 backwar ds compatible Connector USB type B Speed Full speed 12 Mbps Serial No. of Ports 4 Interface RS-232: TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, GND Connector DB9 Male FIFO 128 bytes Serial line prot ection 16 KV ESD fo r all signals Serial Communication Parameters[...]

NPort 1220 USB Compliant with USB 1.1, 1.0 USB 2.0 backwar ds compatible Connector USB type B Speed Full speed 12 Mbps Serial No. of Ports 2 Interface 4-wire RS-422: TxD+/-, RxD+/-, GND 4-wire RS-485 : TxD+/-, RxD +/-, GND 2-wire RS-485: Data+, Data-, GND Connector Terminal Block FIFO 128 bytes Serial line prot ection 16 KV ESD fo r all signals Ser[...]

Introduction Panel Layout  NPort 1240 Top Panel  NPort 1220 Top Panel  NPort 1240 serial interfaces  NPort 1220 serial interfaces NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User’s Manual 1-5[...]

Dimensions  NPort 1240  NPort 1220 DIP Switch Settings This example sho ws DIP Switch setting s for port 1, which uses DIP Switches 1 and 2. The settings for port 2, which uses DIP Switches 3 and 4, are similar . Y ou can refer to the DIP Switch diag rams at the right, or to the table on the next p age for the correct settings. NPort 1220/124[...]

Introduction DIP S witch No. DIP S witch Setting Interface & T ermination Resistor Setting On 4-wire RS-422/485 1 Off 2-wire RS-485 On T ermination Re sistor on 2 Off T ermination Resisto r off NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User’s Manual 1-7[...]

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2 2 Chapter 2 Driver Installation This chapter includ es information about installin g the driver for NPort 1220/1240. We present th e installation pr ocedure for both W indows 98 and W indows 2000 (th e procedure f or Windows XP is essentially the same as for Windows 2000):  Installing the Driver  Checking the Installation  Configuring th[...]

Installing the Driver 1. Connect NPort 12 20/1240’s USB Port to your computer’s U SB port. Make sur e NPort 1220/1240 and your computer is properly connecte d. 2. After you connect NPor t 1220/1240 to your computer , a Found New Hardware window will automatically open. 3. When the Found New Hardware Wizard starts up, click Next to continue inst[...]

Driver Installation 5. A window will open asking you where you want to locate the driver files. Check Specify a location box, .and then click Next . 6. A window will open asking you to insert the installation disk. Insert the installation disk into your CD drive,and t hen click Browse to locate the installation file. NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial H[...]

7. Select klsibus.inf , and then click OPEN . 8. Click OK to continue. NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User’s Manual 2-4[...]

Driver Installation 9. A window will open showing the Driver Files Search Results . Click Nex t to install the driver. 10. When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard wi ndow opens, click Finish to close the wizard. NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User’s Manual 2-5[...]

11. A welcome message will appear. Click Next to continue installing Moxa [Port 1]. 12. A window will open asking you to insert the installation disk. Insert the installation disk into your CD drive, an d then click Browse to locate the installation file. Select klsiw2k.inf and then click OPEN . Click OK to continue. NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial H[...]

Driver Installation 13. A window will open showing the Driver Files Search Results . Click Next to install the driver. 14. When Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard wind ow opens, cli ck Finish to close t his wizard. NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User’s Manual 2-7[...]

NOTE If you wish to install the driver using “Insta ll Driver” pro gram, you will need to follow the instructions below. 1. Insert the soft ware CD (incl uded i n the NPort 1220/12 40 package ) into you r computer’s C D drive, and t hen click o n Instal l Software . 2. When the Install Driver window opens, click on Install to install the driv[...]

Driver Installation Checking the Installation You can check th e installation of NPort 1220/1240 under your computer’ s Device M anager window. You should ch eck under bot h Ports (COM & LPT) and Universal Serial Bus controllers . Windows 98 Windows 2000/XP NOTE To double c heck that t he driver a nd port inst allati on is correct, unpl ug th[...]

Configuring the Ports Port configuration for NPort 1220/1240 differs sligh tly between Windows 98 and Windows 2000 /XP. To modify the configu ration for a particu lar port, double click on the listing for that po rt under Port s (COM & LPT) in the Device Ma nager wind ow. Windows 98 Click on the Por t Settings tab to change the Bits per second [...]

Driver Installation Windows 2000/XP The figures shown here wer e created under W indows 2000. Th e procedure for Windows XP is essentially the same. Click on the Por t Settings tab to change the Bits per second (data transmission speed), Da ta bits , Parity , Stop bits , a nd Flow control . Click on Advanced… to open t he Advanced Port Settings t[...]

Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the driver, op en the Device Manger win dow, and simply del ete the NPort 1 220/124 0 ports under Ports (COM&LPT ). NOTE If you used the Install Driver program discussed at the beginning o f this chapte r, you can m ake use of the Uninstall Driver progr am to remove t he driver files from the directory i n w[...]

3 3 Chapter 3 Serial Programming Tools Moxa support s a class of easy t o use, yet p owerful serial p rogrammi ng libraries an d comm unication troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98. Use these MOXA Serial Programmi ng Tools to decrease yo ur software developm ent time . In the following sections, we describe the insta[...]

Overview PComm, a pro fessional serial comm tool for PCs, is a software package that ru ns under Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98 . PComm provides:  A powerful serial com munication l ibrary fo r easy program ming in t he most pop ular prog ramming languages. T he serial comm unication l ibrary is useful f or developi ng appli cations for da[...]

Serial Programming Tools Diagnostic (for MOXA boards only) A convenien t diagnostic program, ONLY for MOXA boards and por ts, provides internal and extern al testing of IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, DTR/DCD, etc. It allows t he user to check the function of both s oftware and hardware. To run the Diagnostic program , click on Start  Prog[...]

Terminal Emulator Terminal Em ulator can be used to con nect to vario us ports to see if data tra nsmission i s functioni ng correctly. Terminal Emulator feat ures multi-wi ndows, and supports VT100 and ANSI terminal types. You can transfer data interactively, send pattern s periodically, and transfer files using ASCII, XMODEM, YM ODEM, ZMOD EM, an[...]

A A Appendix A Technical Reference In this appendix, we cover the fo llowing topics.  Win32 API Function Compatible List  Windows 98  Windows 2000/XP  General Technical Reference[...]

Win32 API Function Compatible List Windows 98 T est function Te s t F l a g 1. PurgeComm PURGE_TXABORT PURGE_RXABORT 2. ClearCommBreak() 3. SetCommBreak() 4. ClearCommError cbInQue cbOutQue 5. EscapeCommFunction SETDTR SETRTS SETXON SETXOFF SETBREAK,CLRBREAK 6. GetCommMask EV_BREAK EV_CTS EV_DSR EV_ERR EV_RING EV_RLSD EV_RXCHAR EV_RXFLAG EV_TXEMPTY[...]

Technical Reference Windows 2000/XP T est function Te s t F l a g 1. PurgeComm PURGE_TXABORT PURGE_RXABORT PURGE_TXCLEAR 2. ClearCommBreak() 3. SetCommBreak() 4. ClearCommError CE_BREAK CE_RXP ARITY CE_FRAME CE_RXOVER fCtsHold fDsrHold fXoffHold cbInQue cbOutQue 5. EscapeCommFunction SETDTR SETRTS SETXON SETXOFF SETBREAK,CLRBREAK 6. GetCommMask EV_[...]

1 1.SetCommT imeouts ReadIntervalT imeout ReadT otalT im eoutMultiplier ReadT otalT im eoutConstant WriteT otalT imeoutMultiplier WriteT otalT imeoutConstant 12. HWFlowContrl() dcb.fRt s Control=R TS_CONTROL_HANDSHAKE 13. ReadFile() General Technical Reference Question 1 Why does the p ort stop respon ding when I use a pr ogram to fast open/close t[...]

B B Appendix B Service Information This appen dix shows y ou how to contact Moxa for info rmation a bout this an d other products, a nd how to report pro blems. In this appendix, we cover the fo llowing topics.  MOXA Internet Services  Problem Report Form  Product Return Procedure[...]

MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our num ber one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our prod ucts, Moxa Int ernet Ser vices has been set up to provi de technical su pport, dri ver updates, product inf ormation, a nd user’s m anual upda tes. The following services are provided E-mail for tech nical sup[...]

Service Information Problem Report Form MOXA NPort 1220/1240 Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Pr oduct:  NPort 1220  N Port 1240 2. Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Desc ription: Please describe the sym ptoms of the problem as clearly as possible, including any error messages you see. A clearly written descrip[...]

Product Return Procedure For product repair, exc hange, or refund, the custom er must:  Provi de evidence o f original purc hase.  Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.  Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF). Include as much detail as possible for a shorter product repair time.  Carefully pack[...]

Service Information NPort 1220/1240 USB-to-Serial Hub User’s Manual B-5 Revision History Document Edition Revision Date Revision Details 2 nd January 27, 2004 1. Update the edition of th is manual on the title page. 2. Change the contact phone number on the title p age. 3. p. 1-3 Add DCD to S erial signal. Change FIFO from 64 bytes to 128 bytes. [...]