Vision Systems VScom 100E PCIex Manuel utilisateur

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User Manual VScom PCI Cards

VScom PCIex Card

Edition: February 2010

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Contents

1 Overview 5

2 Introduction 5

2.1 Features ........................................... 5

2.2 Product Speciﬁcations ................................... 6

2.2.1 VScom 100E PCIex ................................ 6

2.2.2 VScom 200E PCIex ................................ 7

2.2.3 VScom 400E PCIex ................................ 8

2.2.4 VScom 800E PCIex ................................ 9

2.3 Packing List ......................................... 9

2.4 About this Manual ..................................... 10

3 Windows Driver 11

3.1 Installing the Drivers .................................... 11

3.1.1 Install in Windows 9x, 2000, XP and Vista ................... 11

3.1.2 Install in Windows 7 ................................ 12

3.1.3 Verify the Installation ............................... 14

About assigned port numbers ........................... 14

3.1.4 Removing the Software in Windows 9x, 2000, XP and Vista .......... 15

3.1.5 Removing the Software in Windows 7 ...................... 15

3.2 Card and Port Conﬁguration ............................... 17

3.2.1 Card and Ports in Device Manager ........................ 17

3.2.2 Card Advanced Settings .............................. 19

3.2.3 Ports Conﬁguration ................................ 20

VScom Standard Port Settings .......................... 21

VScom Advanced Port Settings .......................... 22

Enhanced Software Settings ............................ 26

Automatic Software Flow Control ........................ 27

Automatic Hardware Flow Control by RTS/CTS ................ 29

Automatic Hardware Flow Control by DTR/DSR ................ 30

3.3 Windows NT 4.0 ...................................... 31

3.3.1 Installing in Windows NT 4.0 ........................... 32

Automatic Detection of PCI Cards ........................ 32

Conﬁguration via Control Panel ......................... 33

System Conﬁguration ............................... 33

Card and Port Conﬁguration ........................... 33

Uninstall Drivers from Windows NT ....................... 34

Checking Installation in Windows NT ...................... 34

4 Connector Deﬁnitions 35

4.1 DB9 male .......................................... 35

4.2 DB25 male ......................................... 36

4.3 DB44 female ........................................ 37

4.4 DB62 female ........................................ 38

4.5 DB25 male RS 232 ..................................... 39

4.6 DB25 female RS 232 .................................... 39

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List of Tables

5 History 40

List of Figures

1 VScom 100E PCIex .................................... 6

2 VScom 200E PCIex .................................... 7

3 VScom 400E PCIex .................................... 8

4 VScom 800E PCIex .................................... 9

5 Windows 7 Installation ................................... 13

6 Driver Installation Target ................................. 13

7 Windows 7 Installing Drivers ............................... 14

8 Windows 7 Driver Removal ................................ 16

9 Windows 7 Drivers removed ................................ 17

10 Cards and Ports in Device Manager ........................... 18

11 Card Advanced Properties ................................. 19

12 Port Renaming ....................................... 20

13 Standard Settings ...................................... 21

14 Advanced Settings 16C950 ................................. 22

15 Advanced Settings 16C550A ................................ 24

16 UART Types ........................................ 24

17 Software Settings ...................................... 26

18 Auto XON/XOFF ..................................... 27

19 Auto RTS/CTS ....................................... 29

20 Auto DTR/DSR ...................................... 30

21 Auto-DTR Modes ..................................... 31

22 NT Plug & Play ....................................... 32

23 NT Device list ....................................... 33

24 DB9 male Connector .................................... 35

25 DB25 male Connector ................................... 36

26 DB44 female Connector .................................. 37

27 DB62 female Connector .................................. 38

28 DB25 male RS 232 ..................................... 39

29 DB25 female RS 232 .................................... 39

List of Tables

1 Features of VScom PCIex models ............................. 6

2 Features of VScom 100E PCIex .............................. 6

3 Features of VScom 200E PCIex .............................. 7

4 Features of VScom 400E PCIex .............................. 8

5 Features of VScom 800E PCIex .............................. 9

6 DB9 male Connector .................................... 35

7 DB25 male Connector ................................... 36

8 DB44 female Connector .................................. 37

9 DB62 female Connector .................................. 38

10 DB25 male RS 232 ..................................... 39

11 DB25 female RS 232 .................................... 39

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2 Introduction

1 Overview

VScom provides several models of serial port cards for PCI Express bus, also named PCIe. This

modern serial bus is the successor of several parallel PCI variants. It is a fast bus, and the size

of bus connectors can be very small. Since mainboard design with PCI Express is more easy than

with fast parallel PCI, the classic PCI slots will vanish from modern systems in the future.

Serial ports are required much longer than that. So there is a demand to to implement serial port

boards for PCI Express. VScom has done so with the modern E-series cards, ranging from one to

eight ports. The cards are designed to control industrial hardware via asynchronous serial ports,

as many software requires today.

The supplied drivers for Windows operating system install the serial ports into the Windows API,

so they appear as the usual Com ports software requires. A rich set of driver options is conﬁgured

via the Device Manager in Windows. The driver allows to conﬁgure the serial ports for a bitrate

of up to 15.6 Mbps. Of course RS 232 can not reliably transport very high bitrates, even under

best conditions 1 Mbit/s is the limit. As the result of the extreme high maximum bitrate, there is

no bitrate below 1 Mbit/s which the cards can not generate. No matter which conﬁguration the

hardware requires, the VScom PCIex cards deliver it.

2 Introduction

This manual describes the hardware of VScom PCIex cards. PCIex is the name used in VScom

products for PCI Express products. Also the Windows driver for these cards is described in detail.

2.1 Features

•PCI Express 1 Lane

•Serial port interface RS 232

•Max 15.625 Mbps

•Huge FIFO buﬀers 128 Byte

•Drivers for Windows™operating system

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2 Introduction

2.2 Product Speciﬁcations

The VScom PCIex cards share some common properties, the most important diﬀerence is the

number of serial ports. The maximum speed is 15.625 Mbit/s, but this is theoretical because the

electrical interface RS 232 is not capable of such transmission rates.

Bus interface PCIe x1 PCI Express, max. 500 MByte/s

Serial Ports 1 to 8 RS 232

Signals RS 232 RxD, TxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, RI, GND

Max. Bitrates Theoretical 15.625 Mbit/s

Eﬀective 1 Mbit/s

Serial conﬁgurations Data bits 5, 6, 7, 8

Parity None, Odd, Even, Mark, Space

Stop bits 1, 1.5, 2

FIFO size 128 Bytes For transmit and receive each

Table 1: Features of VScom PCIex models

2.2.1 VScom 100E PCIex

The VScom 100E PCIex card features one serial port, available via a PCI Express slot.

Figure 1: VScom 100E PCIex

Serial Ports 1 RS 232

Connectors 1×DB9 male Standard for RS 232

Signals RS 232 RxD, TxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, RI, GND

Table 2: Features of VScom 100E PCIex

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2 Introduction

2.2.2 VScom 200E PCIex

The VScom 200E PCIex card features two serial ports, available via a PCI Express slot. Both serial

ports share one common connector DB25-male, an adapter cable is included. For signal assignment

see 4.2.

Figure 2: VScom 200E PCIex

A model for Low Proﬁle cases is available.

Serial Ports 2 RS 232

Connectors 1×DB25 male Adapter to 2×DB9 male included

Signals RS 232 RxD, TxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, RI, GND

Table 3: Features of VScom 200E PCIex

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2 Introduction

2.2.3 VScom 400E PCIex

The VScom 400E PCIex card features four serial ports, available via a PCI Express slot. All four

serial ports share one common connector DB44-female, an adapter cable is included. For signal

assignment see 4.3.

Figure 3: VScom 400E PCIex

A model for Low Proﬁle cases is available.

Serial Ports 4 RS 232

Connectors 1×DB44 female Adapter to 4×DB9 male included

Signals RS 232 RxD, TxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, RI, GND

Table 4: Features of VScom 400E PCIex

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2 Introduction

2.2.4 VScom 800E PCIex

The VScom 800E PCIex card features eight serial ports, available via a PCI Express slot. All eight

serial ports share one common connector DB62-female. For signal assignment see 4.4.

An adapter cable to eight times DB9-male is not provided, customers can choose from several

connection options. There are Octopus-type cables to DB9 and DB25, male and female. There are

also connection boxes for DB9 male, or DB25 male and female. Also converter boxes to RS 422

and RS 485 are possible.

Figure 4: VScom 800E PCIex

Serial Ports 8 RS 232

Connectors 1×DB62 female Adapter not included

Signals RS 232 RxD, TxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, GND

Table 5: Features of VScom 800E PCIex

Note: There is no RI signal, because no pins are available for this on the DB62 connector.

2.3 Packing List

All models are shipped with a driver CD-ROM, which includes the documentation and the driver

software.

VScom 200E PCIex An adapter cable DB25 male to 2×DB9 male is included

VScom 400E PCIex An adapter cable DB44 female to 4×DB9 male is included

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2 Introduction

2.4 About this Manual

This manual describes the hardware of VScom PCIex Cards, as well as signal assignments. There

is no conﬁguration option for customers.

The part describing the driver is generic for all VScom PCI cards, the same in all manuals. It will

describe options not available on the VScom PCIex Cards, mainly parallel ports. Just ignore such

sections. Also Windows NT and even older versions of Windows operating system are mentioned.

There are drivers for these old systems, however they are without warranty. Since modern main-

boards with PCI Express slots are not supported in these OS versions, customers use these drivers

at their own risc.

The screen shots in this manual are made on an English language version of Windows XP. It is not

diﬃcult to ﬁnd the appropriate part in any other language version of Windows.

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