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CP-132U Series User’s Manual
Industrial 2-Port RS-422/485 Serial Board for Universal PCI Bus
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Seventh Edition, June 2005
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CP-132U Series User’s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2005 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of The Moxa Group. All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers. Disclaimer
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................1-1 Overview ...................................................................................................................1-2 Features .....................................................................................................................1-4 Package Checklist..................................................................
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General Troubleshooting ...........................................................................................6-1 Windows NT..............................................................................................................6-3 Windows 95/98..........................................................................................................6-4 Appendix A Technical Reference................................................................................... A-1 Specificat
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1 1 Chapter 1Introduction Welcome to the MOXA CP-132UL Series of industrial 2-port RS-422/485 serial boards for the PCI bus. Moxa’s Universal PCI CP-132UL series meets the new slot standard for expansion boards, and works with both 3.3V and 5V PCI slots. The CP-132UL series offers 2 independent RS-422/485 serial ports for connecting data acquisition equipment and many other serial devices to a PC and compatible systems. It provides a reliable communication link (RS-422/485) over a long
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Overview Industio—The Industrial Multiport Async Solution Moxa Industio products are smart, multiport serial I/O solutions for industrial applications. The CP-132U Series boards, including CP-132UL V2, and CP-132UL-I V2 (the previous version is CP-132U-I V1), are designed for a 32-bit PCI bus with the Plug and Play and Universal PCI feature. They offer 2 independent RS-422/RS-485 serial ports for connecting data acquisition equipment and many other serial devices to the PC and its compa
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Introduction PCI Solution The board complies with PCI Spec. 2.1 and does not require either switches or jumpers. The hardware configuration for the IRQ and I/O address is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS. This means that the board MUST be plugged into the computer first before installing the driver software. For more PCI information, refer to the Technical Reference Appendix. Universal PCI The 32/64-bit PCI local bus specification specifies both 3.3V and 5V connector types for
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Features The CP-132UL Series includes the following products: CP-132UL V2 2 RS-422/485 ports, Universal PCI interface with embedded Surge Protection (16 KV ESD) CP-132UL-I V2 2 RS-422/485 ports, Universal PCI interface with embedded Surge Protection and Isolation Protection (16 KV ESD, 2 KV Isolation) CP-132UL Series boards have the following outstanding features: Supports 2 independent RS-422 or RS-485 serial ports Compact board size (half-size) DIP Switch for RS-422
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2 2 Chapter 2Hardware Installation You will need to install both hardware and software for CP-132UL Series boards. The hardware installation procedure is given in this chapter, and the next chapter deals with software installation for various operating systems. The following topics are covered in this chapter: CP-132UL Series Block Diagram Installing the CP-132UL Series Board
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CP-132UL Series Block Diagram CP-132UL Series boards’ hardware configuration for IRQ number and I/O address is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS. This means that the board MUST be plugged in first before installing the driver software. CP-132UL-I V2 (120 x 64.5 mm) 120 mm [4.72 in] RX1 RX2 S1 S2 TX1 TX2 2 WIRE RS485 ON ON 4 WIRE RS422 64.4 mm [2.53 in] Port1 JP1 80.35 mm [3.16 in] Port2 MU860 JP2 121 mm [4.76 in] 16 mm [0.63 in] 41.7 mm [1.64 in] NOTE: Use JP1/2 to activate the Ter
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Hardware Installation CP-132U-I V1 (120 x 100 mm) 120 mm S2 TTL to Serial S1 Signal Zone JP1 Isolation Modules 100 mm 121 mm JP2 DC to DC Power Converter PCI - ISA Bridge CP-132UL V2 (120 x 64.5 mm) 120 mm [4.72 in] RX1 RX2 S1 S2 TX1 TX2 RS485 ON ON Port1 4 WIRE RS422 64.4 mm JP1 [2.53 in] Port2 80.35 mm MU860 [3.16 in] JP2 121 mm [4.76 in] 16 mm [0.63 in] 41.7 mm [1.64 in] NOTE: Use JP1/2 to activate the Termination Resistors for ports 1/2. Open Termination Resistor is NOT active Sho
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CP-132UL V1 (120 x 64.5 mm) CP-132UL Series boards have four onboard DIP Switches, referred to below as S1-1, S1-2, S2-1, and S2-2, that allow the user to choose one of three serial interfaces—RS-422, RS-485 (2-wire), RS-485 (4-wire)—for each of the two ports. Note that S2-1 and S2-2 select between RS-422 and RS-485, and S1-1 and S1-2 select between 2-wire and 4-wire RS-485 (S1 is only active when S2 is set to ON). The figures on the following page show you how to use the switches to s
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Hardware Installation DIP Switch Port 1 Port 2 Settings S1-1 S2-1 S1-2S2-2 RS-422 — OFF — OFF RS-485 ON ON ON ON (2-wire) RS-485 OFF ON OFF ON (4-wire) CP-132U Series User’s Manual 2-5
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Installing the CP-132UL Series Board Step 1: Power off the PC. WARNING To avoid damaging your system and board, make sure your computer is turned off before installing any serial board. Step 2: Remove the PC’s cover. Step 3: Remove the slot cover bracket if there is one. Step 4: Plug the CP-132U Series control board firmly into a free 32-bit PCI slot or 64-bit PCI slot. Step 5: Fasten the holding screw to fix the control board in place. Step 6: Replace the system cover.
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3 3 Chapter 3Software Installation In this chapter, the software driver installation, configuration, and driver update/removal procedures are described for various operating systems, including Windows NT, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000/XP/2003, DOS, FreeBSD, and Linux. Before proceeding with the software installation, complete the hardware installation, discussed in the previous chapter, “Hardware Installation.” Refer to the next chapter, “Serial Programming Tools,” for information on dev
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Installing the Driver 1. After installing the UPCI/PCI board and powering on your PC, Windows 2003 will auto detect and find the UPCI/PCI board you just added. The Found New Hardware window will open in the bottom right corner of the Windows desktop. 2. The Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard window will open automatically. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Click on Next to continue. 3. Select Search for the best driver in these locations, check Inc
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Software Installation 4. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested and been shown that it can support Windows OS. Click on Continue Anyway to proceed. 5. Wait while the driver software is installed. The next window shows the model number of the board, and indicates that Windows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to cont
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6. The Found New Hardware Wizard window will open to help you install the driver for MOXA Port 0. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Click on Next to continue. 7. Select Search for the best driver in these locations, check Include this location in the search, and then click on Browse. You should be able to locate the \Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder on the software CD. Click on Next to continue. 3-4 CP-132U Series User’s Manual
