Impulse 3189 - Manual (Page 2)

Contents
I
NTRODUCTION
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O VERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 1
W HAT ’ S I NCLUDED ................................................................................................................................. 1
F ACTORY D EFAULT S ETTINGS ................................................................................................................. 1
C ARD S ETUP ............................................................................................................................ 2
A DDRESS S ELECTION .............................................................................................................................. 2
P ORT E NABLE / D ISABLE ......................................................................................................................... 2
IRQ S ELECTION ...................................................................................................................................... 3
I NTERRUPT M ODES ................................................................................................................................. 3
RS-485 E NABLE M ODES ......................................................................................................................... 4
I NTERFACE M ODE E XAMPLES ................................................................................................................. 5
L INE T ERMINATION ................................................................................................................................. 6
I NSTALLATION ......................................................................................................................... 7
O PERATING S YSTEM I NSTALLATION ........................................................................................................ 7
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP....................................................................................................... 7
Linux ................................................................................................................................................... 8
QNX .................................................................................................................................................... 8
T
ECHNICAL
D
ESCRIPTION
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F EATURES ............................................................................................................................................... 9
C ONNECTOR P IN A SSIGNMENTS (DB 9 MALE) ..................................................................................... 9
S
PECIFICATIONS
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E NVIRONMENTAL S PECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................ 10
M ANUFACTURING ................................................................................................................................. 10
P OWER C ONSUMPTION .......................................................................................................................... 10
P HYSICAL D IMENSIONS ......................................................................................................................... 10
A PPENDIX A - T ROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................... 11
A PPENDIX B - H OW T O G ET A SSISTANCE ............................................................................ 12
A PPENDIX C - E LECTRICAL I NTERFACE .............................................................................. 13
RS-422.................................................................................................................................................. 13
RS-485.................................................................................................................................................. 13
A PPENDIX D - G ROUND L OOP P HENOMENON ...................................................................... 14
W HAT IS G ROUND L OOP ?...................................................................................................................... 14
C ABLING R ECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................................. 14
A
PPENDIX
E - A
SYNCHRONOUS
C
OMMUNICATIONS
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A
PPENDIX
F - S
ILK
-S
CREEN
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A PPENDIX G - C OMPLIANCE N OTICES ................................................................................. 17
F EDERAL C OMMUNICATIONS C OMMISSION S TATEMENT ....................................................................... 17
EMC D IRECTIVE S TATEMENT ............................................................................................................... 17
W
ARRANTY
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