Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 232SS21600 B&B Electronics
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232SS21600 Manual Cover Page B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Smart Switch Model 232SS2 Docum ent N o. 232SS21600 This product Designed and Manuf ac tured of domestic and imported parts by International Headqua rters B&B Electron ics Mfg.
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232SS21600 Manual Table of Contents i B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 TA BLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: INTRODUCT ION ..............................................
232SS21600Manual 1 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION The RS-232 Four Por t Smart Switch/Port Combiner , Model 232SS2, allows one RS-232 host dev ice to connect to as many as four RS-232 devic es.
232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 2 Checklist Examine the shipping ca rton and contents for phy sical damage. If damage is found, file a claim with the shipper immediately.
232SS21600Manual 3 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chapter 2: SETUP The 232SS2 is set up using an eight-pos ition dipswitch.
232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 4 Port Configuration In order to determ ine the proper port c onfiguration of the 232SS2, it is necess ary to have a basic understanding of the ter ms DCE and DTE.
232SS21600Manual 5 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 The 232SS2 supports the following RS-232 signals: TD, RD, SG , RTS, CTS, DSR, DCD, and DTR. The Smart Switch s elects port A as the default port at power up.
232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 6 Switch position 8 se lects the port c onfiguration, see sec tion titled "Port Configuration". Refer to Table 1.
232SS21600Manual 7 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Programming the Second Character The s econd character com es program m ed as the ASCII ST X character (decim al 2).
232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 8 Smart Sw itch/Port Combiner Mode This mode allow Ports A-D to select the m aster port using a handshak e line.
232SS21600Manual 9 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 A ty pical applic ation would be to have RTS and CT S tied together on the mas ter port.
232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 10 Table 3 - Timer Values The Set T imer Mode com mand r equires the third byte to be an ASCII “ M ” .
232SS21600Manual 11 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 The “ M ” tells the 232SS2 it is the set tim er m ode com m and and the “ 1 ” indicates to set up the tim er to ignor e switching com m ands.
12 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chapter 3: SOFTWA RE Introduction The 232M`SS2 c om es with two application program s that can be used to switch between ports.
232SS21600 Manual 13 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 To Uninstall SSwi tch.
14 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Enter Port Addres s [02F8]: Enter Baud Rate ( 1 = 150 2 .
232SS21600 Manual 15 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 If the sof tware was installed in the default dir ectory: • At the DOS prom pt Type C: and press the ENT ER key .
16 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 The Hot Key is a sequence of thr ee keys that mus t be pressed sim ultaneously to switch from one Smar t Switch Port to another.
232SS21600 Manual 17 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Hot Key Method This method enables the user to selec t any Sm art Switch port by pressing a predef ined sequence of keys at the sam e tim e after the SSTSR is installed (ref er to Progr am Ins tallation).
232SS21600 Manual Appendix A A-1 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 A PPENDIX A : ASCII C haracter Codes DECIMAL.
232SS21600 Manual Appendix C C-1 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 A PPENDIX B: Cable Cha rts All charts will indicate if the Master Por t of the 232SS2 should be configur ed as a DCE port or a DT E port.
C-2 Appendix C 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chart 3.
232SS21600 Manual Appendix C C-3 B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chart 5.
C-4 Appendix C 232SS21600 Manual B&B Electro nics Mfg Co In c – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Otta wa I L 61350 - P h 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 Chart 7.
FCC Class A Equipm ent Stat em ent FEDERA L COMM UNICA TIONS CO MMI SSION RA DIO FREQ UENCY INTERFA CE STA TEMENT Class A Equipm ent This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for Clas s A digital device, purs uant to Part 15 of the F CC Rules.
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