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232XS53800 Manual Cover Page B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Five Port Expandable Sm art Switch Model 232XS5 Docum ent No.
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232XS53800 Manual Table of Contents i B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 TA BLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: INTRODUCT ION ................................................... 1 Check list ......
232XS2497 Manual 1 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION The RS-232 Five Por t Expandable Smart Switch, Model 232XS5, allows one RS-232 host dev ice to connect to as many as five RS-232 devic es.
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 2 There are fiv e LED's on the 232XS5 to indicate which port is connected to the master port. The master por t has a DB-9S female connector and the s lave ports have DB- 9P male connectors.
232XS2497 Manual 3 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chapter 2: SETUP The 232X S5 is set up using an eight-pos ition dipswitch and a three-position s et of jum pers. T his dipswitch is us ed to set the com munic ation form at, port conf iguration and expansion s witch address.
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 4 Table 2. Mode Setup On = Jum per Installed O ff = J umper Removed X = DON'T C.
232XS2497 Manual 5 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Table 4. DT E 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.
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 6 Serial Data Configuration In order for the hos t device that is connec ted to the master port to select any of the fiv e ports, the Smart Switch mus t be set to match the host's c ommunication format.
232XS2497 Manual 7 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chapter 3: Smart Switch Operation Smart Switch mode is s elected when jumper “J P6-B” is ON (installed).
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 8 Programming the Second Character The s econd character comes program med as the ASCII STX character (decim al 2). You can change this to any 8-bit character y ou wish by reprogram m ing dipswitch “SW 2”.
232XS2497 Manual 9 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Smart Switch/Port Combiner Mode W ith the 232X S5 set up with a DTE m aster port, this m ode allows Slave Ports A-E to s elect the m aster port us ing the RTS input line.
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 10 NOTE: W hen a port is selec ted via the Master Port, the RT S lines will be ignored until the Master Por t sends the turn of f code.
232XS2497 Manual 11 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 SetTV$ = CHR$(27) + CHR$(2) +”T” + “6” The “T ” tells the 232X S5 it is the set tim er value com m and and the “6” indicates which timer value to use.
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 12 If the data byte of the Set Tim er Mode com m and is an ASCII “1”, the timer will be setup to ignore switching com m ands. Sending the following string to the 232X S5 will set up the timer to ignor e switching com m ands.
232XS2497 Manual 13 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Expansion Mode The num ber of serial ports on the 232X S5 can easily be expanded to a m axim um of seventeen ports. Up to f our 232XS5 units m ay be casc aded in expander m ode.
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 14 You could then send SWB$ to se lect port B of Expansion s witch unit address “ C”. Similar str ings could be used for tur ning on the other ports.
232XS2497 Manual 15 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chapter 4: SOFTWA RE Introduct ion The Smart Switch software allow s the user to change Smart Switch ports on three different modules (232XSS, 232X S5, PortMUX ).
232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 16 Should the user wish to change the M odule choice to another there is a Module menu choice w ith the three support M odule types (PortMU X, 232XSS, and 232X S5).
232XS2497 Manual 17 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 The Baud Rate is the speed at w hich communication takes place between the PC and the Smart Sw itch. It must be specified so that it is equal to SW 1 – positions 1 – 3 on the Smart Switch.
232XS2497 Manual A-1 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 A ppendix A : A SCII Ch aracter Codes DECIMAL to HEX to ASCII CONVERSION TABLE DE.
232XS53800 Manual Appendix B B-1 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 A ppendix B: Cable Charts All charts will indicate if the Master Por t of the 232XS5 s hould be configur ed as a DCE port or a DT E port.
B-2 Appendix B 232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chart 3. M odem DB25 Connect or to M aster Port * Pins are tied together inside the 232XS5, they are not connected to ports A, B, C, D, or E.
232XS53800 Manual Appendix B B-3 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chart 6. IBM PC DB9 Connector to P orts A - E (DTE) Master port c onfigured as a DCE por t. * Pins are tied together ins ide the 232XS5, they are not connected to the m aster por t.
B-4 Appendix B 232XS53800 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chart 7. IBM PC DB9 Connecto r to Ports A - E (DCE) Master port c onfigured as a DT E port. * Pins are tied together ins ide the 232XS5, they are not connec ted to the mas ter port.
232XS53800 Manual Appendix B B-5 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5109 Chart 9. IBM PC DB9 Connecto r to Ports A - E (DCE) Master port c onfigured as a DT E port with a modem connected (s ee Chart 3).
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