232xs53800 manual cover page b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 five port expandable smart switch model 232xs5 document no. 232xs53800 this product designed and manufactured in ottawa, illinoisusa of domestic and imported parts by international...
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232xs53800 manual table of contents i b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 table of contents chapter 1: introduction ................................................... 1 checklist ....................................................................
232xs2497 manual 1 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chapter 1: introduction the rs-232 five port expandable smart switch, model 232xs5, allows one rs-232 host device to connect to as many as five rs-232 devices. The switch can be controlled i...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 2 there are five led's on the 232xs5 to indicate which port is connected to the master port. The master port has a db-9s female connector and the slave ports have db-9p male connectors. The 2...
232xs2497 manual 3 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chapter 2: setup the 232xs5 is set up using an eight-position dipswitch and a three-position set of jumpers. This dipswitch is used to set the communication format, port configuration and ex...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 4 table 2. Mode setup on = jumper installed off = jumper removed x = don't care * = factory default port configuration in order to determine the proper port configuration of the 232xs5, it is...
232xs2497 manual 5 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 table 4. Dte master port chart the 232xs5 supports the following rs-232 signals: td, rd, sg, rts, cts, dcd, dsr and dtr. Note: all other lines are not connected. The smart switch selects por...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 6 serial data configuration in order for the host device that is connected to the master port to select any of the five ports, the smart switch must be set to match the host's communication f...
232xs2497 manual 7 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chapter 3: smart switch operation smart switch mode is selected when jumper “jp6-b” is on (installed). In smart switch mode, the 232xs5 is constantly looking for the three character preamble...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 8 programming the second character the second character comes programmed as the ascii stx character (decimal 2). You can change this to any 8-bit character you wish by reprogramming dipswitch...
232xs2497 manual 9 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 smart switch/port combiner mode with the 232xs5 set up with a dte master port, this mode allows slave ports a-e to select the master port using the rts input line. It also still allows selec...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 10 note: when a port is selected via the master port, the rts lines will be ignored until the master port sends the turn off code. When the master port is selected by rts, all preamble codes ...
232xs2497 manual 11 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 settv$ = chr$(27) + chr$(2) +”t” + “6” the “t” tells the 232xs5 it is the set timer value command and the “6” indicates which timer value to use. Table 7 - timer values the set timer mode c...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 12 if the data byte of the set timer mode command is an ascii “1”, the timer will be setup to ignore switching commands. Sending the following string to the 232xs5 will set up the timer to ig...
232xs2497 manual 13 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 expansion mode the number of serial ports on the 232xs5 can easily be expanded to a maximum of seventeen ports. Up to four 232xs5 units may be cascaded in expander mode. Each unit address a...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 14 you could then send swb$ to select port b of expansion switch unit address “c”. Similar strings could be used for turning on the other ports. To turn off the ports the string might look li...
232xs2497 manual 15 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chapter 4: software introduction the smart switch software allows the user to change smart switch ports on three different modules (232xss, 232xs5, portmux). The smart switch software is de...
232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 16 should the user wish to change the module choice to another there is a module menu choice with the three support module types (portmux, 232xss, and 232xs5). After changing the module the u...
232xs2497 manual 17 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 the baud rate is the speed at which communication takes place between the pc and the smart switch. It must be specified so that it is equal to sw1 – positions 1 – 3 on the smart switch. The...
232xs2497 manual a-1 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 appendix a: ascii character codes decimal to hex to ascii conversion table dec hex ascii key dec hex ascii dec hex ascii dec hex ascii 0 0 nul ctrl @ 32 20 sp 64 40 @ 96 60 ` 1 1 soh ctrl ...
232xs53800 manual appendix b b-1 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 appendix b: cable charts all charts will indicate if the master port of the 232xs5 should be configured as a dce port or a dte port. Refer to the port configuration section of ...
B-2 appendix b 232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chart 3. Modem db25 connector to master port * pins are tied together inside the 232xs5, they are not connected to ports a, b, c, d, or e. Note: when connecting a dte device to...
232xs53800 manual appendix b b-3 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chart 6. Ibm pc db9 connector to ports a - e (dte) master port configured as a dce port. * pins are tied together inside the 232xs5, they are not connected to the master port. ...
B-4 appendix b 232xs53800 manual b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chart 7. Ibm pc db9 connector to ports a - e (dce) master port configured as a dte port. * pins are tied together inside the 232xs5, they are not connected to the master port. ...
232xs53800 manual appendix b b-5 b&b electronics -- po box 1040 -- ottawa, il 61350 ph (815) 433-5100 -- fax (815) 433-5109 chart 9. Ibm pc db9 connector to ports a - e (dce) master port configured as a dte port with a modem connected (see chart 3). Ibm pc serial port db9 connector signal direction ...
