QUICK START WinNT4 DRIVER and HARDWARE REFERENCE CARD RocketPort 550 Range RocketPort 550 Universal Range This Guide. Comtrol Europe Ltd Document Number COM228NT4 Release Rev L 15th September 2003 WinNT4 Driver release V1.
1. Before you begin 2. Installing Your controller hardware 3. Extracting the driver files to the PC’s hard disk 4. Installing the WinNT4 Device Driver 5. Un-installing the WinNT4 Device river 6. Cable Types 7. Technical Support 8. Specifications 9. Copyright and Trademarks 1. Before you begin The Windows NT 4 device driver for the RocketPort 550 is supplied as a single self extracting file.
2. Installing Your controller hardware Take care when you handle the RocketPort 550 PCI cards, like any electronic device, they are sensitive to static electricity. Use normal static precautions such as wearing an earth ground strap. The original RocketPort 550 PCi controllers are installed in 32bit 5V PCI slots. The Universal 550 cards can be installed in 3.3V or 5V 32 Bit PCI slots. Hardware Installation Procedure Power down the host PC and disconnect its mains input.
. Installing the WinNT4 Device Driver This SETUP program allows you to INSTALL or DE-INSTALL a Windows NT4 device driver for the RocketPort 550 and/or RocketPort 550 Universal controllers. 1. From the start menu select Run 2.
Note: The ‘Wait On Tx’ option is unchecked by default. For each port, an application ‘write’ will complete when the last data fragment is written to the TX FIFO but before all the data has been physically transmitted. Each port has a 128 byte deep TX FIFO and leaving ‘Wait On Tx’ un-checked may improve throughput. However some applications implicitly assume that a ‘write’ will complete when all data is physically transmitted. If such an application is to be used then check the ‘Wait On Tx’ option.
Verifying operation A test application, called WCOM32 will have been extracted to the folder c:\Comtrol\Programs\Rp550nt4 Simply double click the WCOM32 icon to run the program. WCOM32 is a Windows 32 MDI application and may be used as a confidence test of the COM ports. WCOM32 allows you to open a com port, send and receive data, toggle O/P modem signals and view the status of I/P modem signals. On line help is available.
6. The Systems settings change dialog will appear. You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect Click Yes to invoke the restart. 7. As the SETUP.EXE program is running the de-installation function it cannot be automatically removed and must be manually deleted. Your WinNT4 Driver Uninstall is complete.
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RocketPort 550/RocketPort 550 Universal 8 OCTA Cable - 78 way D type fan out to 8 DB25 Male DB78 Pin DB25 Pin RS232 Signal/Port DB78 Pin DB25 Pin RS232 Signal/Port 30 2 TxD Port 0 40 2 TxD Port 4 55 3 RxD Port 0 28 3 RxD Port 4 51 4 RTS Port 0 21 4 RTS Port 4 16 5 CTS Port 0 25 5 CTS Port 4 54 6 DSR Port 0 5 6 DSR Port 4 71 7 Signal Gnd Port 0 75 7 Signal Gnd Port 4 35 8 DCD Port 0 43 8 DCD Port 4 49 20 DTR Port 0 22 20 DTR Port 4 36 22 RI Port 0 44 22 RI Port 4 50 2 TxD Port 1 2 2 TxD Port 5 17 3 RxD Port
RocketPort 550 Universal 4 MINI Cable - 44 way HD type fan out to 4 DB9 Male DB44 pin 2 17 32 18 1 19 31 33 3 36 5 21 6 35 7 20 22 37 DB9 pin 3 2 7 8 6 5 1 4 9 3 2 7 8 6 5 1 4 9 RS232 Signal/Port TxD Port 0 RxD Port 0 RTS Port 0 CTS Port 0 DSR Port 0 Signal Gnd Port 0 DCD Port 0 DTR Port 0 RI Port 0 TxD Port 1 RxD Port 1 RTS Port 1 CTS Port 1 DSR Port 1 Signal Gnd Port 1 DCD Port 1 DTR Port 1 RI Port 1 DB44 pin DB9 pin 25 3 39 2 9 7 40 8 24 6 41 5 8 1 10 4 26 9 13 3 28 2 43 7 29 8 12 6 30 5 42 1 44 4 14
RocketPort 550/RocketPort 550 Universal 4 RJ45 Cable Pin Out RJ45 pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pin 1 RS232 Signals RTS DTR Signal Ground TxD RxD DCD DSR CTS RJ45 Plug front and side view RocketPort 550/RocketPort 550 Universal 8 Port - with 8 DB25 Female RS232 dedicated interface box and RocketPort 550/RocketPort 550 Universal 16 Port - with 16 DB25 Female RS232 dedicated interface box 13 25 1 14 DB25 Female Interface Box Connector 1 14 13 25 DB25 Male Connector 11
Rocket Port Interface Box DB25 Signals DB25 Pin 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 15 17 19 25 RS232 Signal TxD RxD RTS CTS DSR Signal Gnd DCD DTR Not used Not used Not used Not used RS422 Signal (RocketPort RS232/422 version only) *See note *See note *See note *See note *See note *See note *See note *See note RxD+ RxD(B) RxD - RxD(A) TxD+ TxD(B) TxD - TxD(A) Universal Interface See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual See UI manual Se
7. Technical Support Comtrol has a staff of support technicians available. Telephone support is available daily, Monday through Friday (except holidays) on the US (Central Time) or UK number listed below.
8. Specifications RocketPort 550 & RocketPort 550 Universal Baud rate : RS 232 (4 RJ45 and Quad) RS 232 (8 RJ11 and Octa) RS 232/422 (8 and 16 Port with interface box) Specification RS232 (UNIVERSAL RJ45/RJ11/OCTA/MINI) RS232 /422 (UNIVERSAL 8 & 16 Port with I/F box) 50 to 115.2K baud 50 to 230.4K baud 50 to 460.8K baud 50 to 115.2K baud 50 to 230.
Product RocketPort 550 Universal 4 RJ45 RocketPort 550 Universal 4 Mini RocketPort 550 Universal 8 OCTA RocketPort 550 Universal 8 RJ11 RocketPort 550 Universal 8 Port See note* RocketPort 550 Universal 16 Port See note* 5V Current +12V Current -12V Current 260mA 200mA 200mA 280mA 200mA 200mA 400mA 400mA 400mA 315mA 260mA 260mA 400mA 0 mA 0 mA 600mA 0 mA 0 mA *Note the current figures are for the card only and do not include the attached interface box.
9. Copyright and Trademarks. Copyright Copyright 2001 – 2003 Comtrol Europe Ltd Trademarks The Comtrol Europe logo and the RocketPort logo are trademarks of Comtrol Corporation. Product names mentioned in this document may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Microsoft, MS-DOS, MS, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, MSN, MSDN and Visual C++ are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. “Acrobat ® Reader Copyright © 1987-2001 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
