User Guide

Hardware Installation of the PinPoint X
Rev 3.0B Feb.08 24
connectingthemodemtoahuborswitchyoushouldusea
straightthroughcableorusetheuplinkportonthehubor
switchwithacross‐overcable.
Figure 4-5: Serial
Theserialportcanbeconnecteddirectlytomostcomputersor
otherdevicesusingastandardstraightthroughcable.Ifyou
haveaDCEdevice,youwillneedanullmodemornull
modemcable.
Figure 4-6: USB
YourPinPointX’sfull‐speed(12Mbit)USB2.0portcanbe
connecteddirectlytomostcomputersorotherdevicesusinga
standardfull‐speedUSB2.0cable.Ifthecomputerordevice
youareconnectingorthecableisnotratedforfull‐speed,the
modemwillcommunicateata
reducedspeedtomatch.The
PinPointXfunctionsasadevice,notahost.
Whenitisconnectedtoacomputer,theUSBportshouldbe 
seenasaCOMportorEthernetportaftertheapplicabledriver
isinstalled.
ThePinPointXhasa standardBconnector.
Figure 4-7: I/O
YourPinPointX alsohasanI/Oportwithdigitalinputs,analog
inputs,andrelayoutputswhichcanbeconnectedtoexternal
devices.