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ANTAIRA MSC-204B1 Installation Manual

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Thank you for purchasing this 4-Port RS422/485 Serial PCI Express

(PCIe) Card. It is a universal add in card that connects to a PC

or server via the PCIe Bus, providing high-speed serial

connectivity. The serial ports are fully compatible with

RS422/485 standard by the bundled Serial COM port drivers.

Each port can be set in any mode (RS485 2-wire, RS485 4-wire

and RS422) and operate simultaneously.

There is an optional model supports Isolation and ESD

protection feature. It provides an ideal solution for most critical

applications.

4-Port R422/485 Serial PCIe Card

w/ Octopus Cable

Installation Guide

1. Introduction

2. Connector Layout

JP1: S1~S4

Mode Selector

JP2: S1~S4

RS485 TXD

Control

J2: Factory

Use Only

JP15:

S3 Terminator

Enable/Disable

JP16:

S4 Terminator

Enable/Disable

J3: DB44F Connector, to DB44M-to-DB9MX4 Octopus Cable

Low Profile Bracket

(optional)

Normal Bracket

JP3: S1~S4

RS485 Echo

Control

JP14:

S2 Terminator

Enable/Disable

JP13:

S1 Terminator

Enable/Disable

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Summary of MSC-204B1

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1 thank you for purchasing this 4-port rs422/485 serial pci express (pcie) card. It is a universal add in card that connects to a pc or server via the pcie bus, providing high-speed serial connectivity. The serial ports are fully compatible with rs422/485 standard by the bundled serial com port driv...
Page 2: Features:
4-port 422/485 serial pcie card 2 db44f-to-db9mx4 octopus cable: features: provides 4 rs422/485 serial ports over pci express slot provides 4 dsub-9 connectors with the octopus cable fully compliant with pci express base specifications, revision 1.1 supports serial baud rate up to 921.6kbps support ...
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4-port rs422/485 serial pcie card 3 mode selection jumpers: jp1 (for s1~s4) termination resistor enable/disable jumpers: jp13~jp16 (for s1~s4) echo or no echo selection jumpers: jp3 (for s1~s4) txd control selection jumpers: jp2 (for s1~s4) 1. Mode settings: jp1 (for s1~s4) description rs485 2-wire ...
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4-port 422/485 serial pcie card 4 termination resistor disabled (default) termination resistor enabled 3. Echo or no echo settings: jp3 (for s1~s4) this jumper is to set the transmission data will be echoed back or not. The echo mode is useful for the application program to detect if the rs485 bus h...
Page 5: 5. Software Installation
4-port rs422/485 serial pcie card 5 one is “man” (manually) the other one is “aut” (automatically, factory default), please keep it at “aut” in all cases. Jp2 (for s1~s4) description txd control is automatic (default) txd control is manual (needs to be configured manually in the device manager) 5. F...
Page 6: Note:
4-port 422/485 serial pcie card 6 note: please do not let windows auto search the drivers on the cd, it will cause problems because the inf files will be conflict in this case. Instead, please browse to the correct location (folder) manually to make sure the correct drivers are chosen and installed ...
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4-port rs422/485 serial pcie card 7 note: for windows 2000 installation, we recommend you to choose “install from a list or specific location (advanced)” from the following menu, then browse to the correct driver location (\io\oxford2\2000\...) for windows 2000. It will prevent from the windows 2000...
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4-port 422/485 serial pcie card 8 db9-male pin assignment: rs422 cable wiring: 6. Rs422/485 pin assignments and cable wiring db9 (rs422, pcie card) 1 txd- 2 txd+ 3 rxd+ 4 rxd- 5 gnd (rs422 device) 1 txd- 2 txd+ 3 rxd+ 4 rxd- 5 gnd nc = no connection 1 5 6 9 9 pins signal 1 txd- (data-) 2 txd+ (data+...
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4-port rs422/485 serial pcie card 9 rs485 (2-wire) cable wiring: power requirements: 5v dc, 800ma (max) operating temp.: 0 to 55 ° c (32 to 131 ° f ) operating humidity: 5 to 95% rh 7. Environmental specifications db9 (485, pcie card) 1 data- 2 data+ 3 nc 4 nc 5 gnd (rs485 device) 1 data- 2 data+ 3 ...