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QSP-200/300 Four Channel Asynchronous RS-422/485 PCMCIA Adapter User's Manual Quatech, I nc. TEL: (330) 655-9000 5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway FAX: (330) 655-9010 Hudson, Ohio 44236 WWW:quatech.
Warranty Information Quatech Inc. warrants the QSP-200/300 to be free of defects for five (5) years from the date of purchase. Quatech Inc. will repair or replace any adapter that fails to perform under normal operating conditions and in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document during the warranty period.
The information contained in this document cannot be reproduced in any form without the written consent of Quatech, Inc. Likewise, any software programs that might accompany this document can be used only in accordance with any license agreement(s) between the purchaser and Quatech, Inc.
Compliances - Electromagnetic Emissions EC - Council Directive 89/336/EEC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the following standards for a digital device: EN5008.
Table of Contents 43 8 Specifications ........................................................... 41 7 External Connections ..................................................... 39 6.5 2-Wire Operation .................................................
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1 Introduction The Quatech QSP-200/300 provides four independent RS-422/485 asynchronous serial communications interfaces for systems equipped with PCMCIA Type II and/or Type III expansion sockets. The QSP-200/300 is a PCMCIA Type II (5 mm) card and is PCMCIA PC Card Standard Specification 2.
2 Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT Installation Windows 95/98 maintains a registry of all known hardware installed within the computer. Inside this hardware registry Windows 95/98 keeps track of all the computer's resources, such as base I/O addresses, IRQ levels, and DMA channels.
2.1 Installing a Quatech QSP-200/300 Under Windows 95/98 /ME/2000 2.1.1 Windows 95/98 1. Insert the QSP-200/300 into any available PC Card socket. 2. The first time a new PC Card is installed the Add New Hardware Wizard window opens. After the first installation, Windows 95/98 will automatically detect and configure the card.
2. Insert the QSP-200/300 into any available PC Card socket. Windows 2000 will automatically install the driver for this device. 2.1.1 Installing QSP-200/300 Under Windows NT To allow easy configuration of the QSP-200/300 the Quatech Device Manager for Windows NT has been written for the hardware.
2. Click the ‘Add’ button at the bottom of the Quatech Device Manager Window. 3. Follow the steps for the ‘Add Quatech Hardware Wizard ’. QSP-200/300 User's Manual 5.
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4. Complete the final steps of the installation, insert the PCMCIA Card and re-boot the computer. v Additional help is availabe online The QSP-200/300 PC Card should now be configured. In the future, Windows NT will automatically recognize and configure the QSP-200/300.
Viewing the QSP-200/300 Resource Settings The following steps detail how to view the resource settings that Windows 95/98 /ME/2000 has allocated for the QSP-200/300. 2.1.4 Window 95/98/ME 1. Double click on the My Computer icon located on the Windows 95/98 desktop.
information on how to change these settings, got to the section labeled "Changing Configuration of the QSP-200/300". 7. Use the Logical Com Port name to access any of the particular serial ports on the QSP-200/300. This name is required by a Windows 2000 application when accessing a particular port.
2.2 Changing Configuration of the QSP-200/300. To change the hardware configuration of the QSP-200/300, follow the instructions below. 2.2.1 Windows 95/98/ME 1. Double click the My Computer icon located on the Windows 95/98/ME desktop. 2. Double click on the Control Panel icon.
Adapters" group or the QSP-200/300 model number does not appear, contact Quatech Technical Support for further assistance. 6. Click on the ‘Quatech QSP-200/300 PCMCIA Four-Port RS-422/465 Serial Adapter ’ item and then click on the button labeled "Properties" .
DTR controlled loopback disabled any any 000B RTS controlled loopback disabled any any 000A always enabled loopback disabled any any 0009 DTR controlled loopback enabled any any 0008 RTS controlled lo.
3 Windows CE The Quatech PCMCIA Windows CD installation copies a multiple device-specific .cab files and the ini file to your desktop computer and launches the Application Manger (which resides on the user's desktop computer as a result of installing Active Syn c) with the Application Manager .
3. The setup program will copy the files to predetermined location, which can be changed by the user. Click next to proceed.. Installation is now complete.
4 DOS / Windows 3.x Installation Two configuration software programs are provided with the QSP-200/300: a Client Driver, QSP200CL.SYS, and a card Enabler, QSP 200EN.EXE. Both of these programs are executed from DOS (before entering Windows) and allow operation of the QSP-200/300 in both the DOS and Windows 3.
4.1 QSP-200/300 Client Driver for DOS In order to use the QSP-200/300 Client Driver, the system must be configured with Card and Socket Services software. Card and Socket Services software is not provided with the QSP-200/300. IMPORTANT: Some versions of Card and Socket Services dated before 1993 do not support general purpose I/O cards.
correct the entry in the CONFIG.SYS file and reboot the system again. If the Client Driver reports "Card and Socket Services not found", a version of Card and Socket Services must be installed on the system or the QSP-200/300 Enabler program must be used to configure the adapter.
RTS Controlled o2 DTR Controlled o1 Figure 3. DOS Client Output Driver Options. H instructs the client driver to enable the RTS-CTS modem control handshake. When modem control handshaking in enabled, the 16C550 UART’s RTS and CTS signals are connected to the RS-422/485 auxiliary channel (AuxOut and AuxIn).
4.1.3 QSP-200/300 Client Driver Examples Example 1 DEVICE = C:QSP-200QSP200CL.SYS In example 1, no command line arguments are specified. The Client Driver will configure a QSP-200/300 inserted into any socket with a base address and IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services.
Example 4 DEVICE = C:QSP-200QSP200CL.SYS (i5, h,u,b300,o2 ) In example 4, a single command line argument is provided. Because the parameter order is not significant, the Client Driver will attempt to configure a QSP-200/300 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5.
Example 6 DEVICE = C:QSP-200QSP200CL.SYS (b300,i5) ( ) (i10) In example 6, the three command line arguments of example 5 have been rearranged. The Client Driver will first attempt to configure a QSP-200/300 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5.
4.1.4 Common Problems Generic Client Drivers: Many Card and Socket Services packages include a generic client driver (or " Super Client") which configures standard I/O devices. If one of these generic client drivers is installed, it may configure the QSP-200/300 causing the QSP-200/300 client driver to fail installation.
IMPORTANT: In order to use the QSP-200/300 Enabler for DOS, the system MUST NOT be configured with Card and Socket Services software. If a Card and Socket Services software is installed, the QSP-200/300 Enabler may interfere with its operation and with the device(s) it controls.
4.2.1 Command Line Options To configure a QSP-200/300 in the system, the Enabler requires one command line argument from the user to determine the configuration of the card.
other. If this option is omitted, the default setting is RTS-CTS modem control handshake disabled. See the Hardware Information section for more information. U instructs the Enabler to disable the QSP-200/300's interrupt status register and enable the Scratchpad registers of the individual UARTs.
4.2.2 QSP-200/300 Enabler Examples Example 1 QSP200EN.EXE In example 1, no command line argument is specified. The Enabler will report an error and display the proper usage of the command.
Example 5 QSP200EN.EXE (s0,b300,i5,r) In example 5, the Enabler will release the configuration used by the QSP-200/300 in socket 0 using a configuration memory window at segment D000. The base address and IRQ parameters are ignored and may be omitted.
4.2.3 Common Problems Memory Range Exclusion: The Enabler requires a region of high DOS memory when configuring a QSP-200/300. This region is 1000H bytes (4KB) long and by default begins at address D0000H (the default address may be changed using the "W" option).
5 OS/2 Installation In order to use the QSP-200/300 Client Driver for OS/2, the system must be configured as follows: 1. The system must be running OS/2 2.
5.1 Command Line Options The QSP-200/300 Client Driver for OS/2 supports two methods of configuration: using "system assigned" resources and using "user assigned" resources.
5.1.2 Configuring With "User Assigned" Resources As mentioned in the previous section, allowing the OS/2 Plug-and-Play system to assign the hardware resources to the QSP-200/300 is ideal for OS/2 programs but can be a problem if DOS and/or Windows applications will be accessing the serial ports.
Example 2 DEVICE=C:QSP-200QSP200.SYS (7,120,15) (3,300,4) In example 2, the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP-200/300 as COM3 through COM6 using I/O address 300-31F hex and IRQ 4.
5.2 Monitoring The Status Of PCMCIA Cards OS/2 Warp provides a utility called "Plug and Play for PCMCIA" that can be used to monitor the status of each PCMCIA socket.
5.3 Common Problems Invalid I/O Address When Using OS/2 2.1: PCMCIA Card Services for OS/2 2.1 sometimes fails to supply a valid I/O address when using "system assigned" resources. Use the "Configuration Manager" program to examine the I/O address range assigned to the QSP-200/300.
6 Hardware Information 6.1 Port Addressing The QSP-200/300's four asynchronous serial ports are implemented using 4 standard 16C550 UARTs. Each of these UARTs requires 8 bytes of I/O space and when enabled which requires the QSP-200/300 to be located on an even 32-byte (20H) boundary (e.
6.3 Auxiliary Channel Configuration An auxiliary channel is provided which allows for handshaking between a QSP-200/300 RS-422/485 port and a peripheral device. This auxiliary channel may be configured in one of two ways: RTS-CTS handshake enabled.
6.3.2 Auxiliary Channel: Handshaking Disabled The QSP-200/300 ports may be configured so that the RTS-CTS handshake is disabled. This is the default configuration. In this configuration, RTS and CTS from the 16C550 UART will be looped back to each other.
6.4 Termination Resistors No termination resistors are provided on the QSP-200/300 ports. Both output and input signals are connected only to the external connector.
RS-422/485 Driver RS-422/485 Driver + - + - Data Out Aux Out Active Lo w Output Enable 3 Options: Half Duplex 16C550 -RTS -DTR NOTE: One of these three option s must be selected via software configuration. Full du plex operation is the default mode. Full Duplex MUX Figure 8.
7 External Connections An adapter cable is included with the QSP-200/300 to convert the PCMCIA output connector into 4 standard D-9 female RS-232 connectors as shown in the figure below. Port A Port B Port C Port D Figure 10. QSP-200/300 adapter cable to standard female D -9 connectors.
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8 Specifications Bus Interface PCMCIA PC Card Standard 2.1 compliant Physical Dimensions Type II PCMCIA card (5mm) Maximum Baud Rate 120K Power Requirements +5 volts 35.
QSP-200/300 User's Manual Version 1.32 March 2004 Part No. 940-0151-132 QSP-200/300 User's Manual.
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