Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product OMG-COMM232-PCI Omega Engineering
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Contents I NTRODUCTION ..........................................................................1 O VERVIEW ................................................................................................ 1 W HAT ’ S I NCLUDED .....................
A PPENDIX F - C OMPLIANCE N OTICES .....................................16 F EDERAL C OMMUNICATIONS C OMMISSION S TATEMENT ............ 16 EMC D IRECTIVE S TATEMENT ........................................................... 16 Figures Figure 1 - Clocking Mode 'Divide By 4’ .
Introduction Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 1 Introduction Overview The Omega Engineering OMG - COMM+232.PCI is a two channel PCI Bus serial I/O adapter for the PC and compatibles. It provi des two RS-232 serial ports supporting data rates up to 460.
Card Setup Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 2 Card Setup Address and IRQ selection The OMG - COMM+232.PCI is automatically assigned I/O addresses and IRQs by your motherboard BIOS. Only the I/O address may be modified by the user. Adding o r removing other hardware may change the assignment of I/O addresses and IRQs.
Card Setup Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 3 To double these rates up to a maximum rate of 230.4K bps place the jumper in the divide by 2 (silk - screen DIV2) position.
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Card Setup Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 5 To select the maximum data rate (460.8K bps) place the jumper in t he divide by 1 (silk - screen DIV1) position.
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Installation Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 7 Installation Operating System Installation Windows 95/98/NT Run Setup on Disk 2 of the Serial Utilities Software. Windows 3.1x Refer to the Win3x.hlp file in the Win31 directory on D isk 1 of the Serial Utilities Software.
Technical Description Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 8 Technical Description The Omega Engineering OMG - COMM+232.PCI provides a PCI interface adapter with 2 asynchronous serial ports providing a versatile interface for modems, printers and plotters.
Technical Description Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 9 polling’. This method required the interrupt service routine to ‘poll’ or interrogate each UART as to its interrupt pending status.
Specifications Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 10 Specifications Environmental Specifications Specification Operating Storage Temperature Range 0º to 50º C (32º to 122º F) - 20º to 70º C (- 4º to 1 58º F) Humidity Range 10 to 90% R.H. Non - Condensing 10 to 90% R.
Appendix A - Troubleshooting Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 11 Appendix A - Troubleshooting A Serial Utility Diskette is supplied with the Omega Engineering adapter and will be used in the t roubleshooting procedures.
Appendix B - How To Get Assistance Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 12 Appendix B - How To Get Assistance Please refer to Appendix A - Troubleshooting prior to calling Technical Suppor t. 1. Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to install the adapter in your system.
Appendix C – Electrical Interface Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 13 Appen dix C - Electrical Interface RS - 232 Quite possibly the most widely used communication standard is RS - 232. This implementation has been defined and revised several times and is often referred to as RS - 232 or EIA/TIA - 232.
Appendix D - Asynchronous Communications Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 14 Appendix D - Asynchronous Communications Serial data communications implies that indiv idual bits of a character are transmitted consecutively to a receiver that assembles the bits back into a character.
Appendix E - Silk - Screen Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 15 Appendix E - Silk - Screen 5.0" 4.2".
Warranty Omega Engineering COMM+232.PCI Page 16 Appendix F - Compliance Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement FCC - This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
W ARRANTY / DISCLAIMER OME GA ENGINEERING, INC. war rants this unit to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 1 3 months from date of purc hase. O MEGA ’ s W ARRAN TY adds an additional one (1) month grace period to the normal one (1) year pr oduct warranty to cover handling and shipping time.
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