BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc.
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Table of Contents
Limited Lifetime Warranty..............................................................................................................................2
Copyright Notice..............................................................................................................................................2
Trademark Acknowledgment...........................................................................................................................2
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................................3
List of Figures..........................................................................................................3
List of Tables ...........................................................................................................4
Customer Support Overview............................................................................................................................5
Contact Information.........................................................................................................................................5
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................6
Features............................................................................................................................................................6
BlueStorm Installation Overview.....................................................................................................................7
Hardware Configuration ..................................................................................................................................7
Interrupts and Memory Address Selection ...................................................................7
RS-422/485 Electrical Interface Configuration.............................................................7
Full Duplex Mode......................................................................................................7
Half Duplex Mode .....................................................................................................7
Multi-drop Slave Mode..............................................................................................8
Line Bias/Termination ...............................................................................................8
Jumper Block Diagrams for BlueStorm...........................................................................................................8
Jumper Configuration for BlueStorm.............................................................................................................11
TxD Control...........................................................................................................12
RxD Control...........................................................................................................12
RxD ± Termination/Bias..........................................................................................12
TxD ± Termination.................................................................................................12
Auto 485................................................................................................................12
Power-On Tri-state (BlueStorm/SP Models Only, Excludes BlueStorm/SP RJ-11) ........13
Connectors and Pinouts..................................................................................................................................13
Hardware Installation.....................................................................................................................................25
Software/Driver Installation...........................................................................................................................25
Specifications.................................................................................................................................................25
Operating Environment ...........................................................................................25
PCI Bus Interface....................................................................................................25
Communications.....................................................................................................25
Baud Rates...............................................................................................................25
UARTs.....................................................................................................................26
Surge Suppression ..................................................................................................26
Optical Isolation .....................................................................................................26
Dimensions............................................................................................................26
Certification...................................................................................................................................................27
List of Figures
Figure 1: BlueStorm/LP Jumper Block Locations (2 Port Models)................................................................ 9
Figure 2: BlueStorm/LP Jumper Block Locations (4 Port Models)................................................................ 9
Figure 3: BlueStorm/LP Jumper Block Locations (8 Port Models)................................................................ 9
Figure 4: BlueStorm/SP Jumper Block Locations (8 Port Models).............................................................. 10
Figure 5: BlueStorm/SP Opto Jumper Block Locations (4 Port Models)..................................................... 10
Figure 6: BlueStorm/SP RJ-11 (8 Port Model)............................................................................................. 11
Figure 7: Jumper Configuration Example for 4 Port RS-422/485 BlueStorm/LP Models .......................... 12
Figure 8: Jumper Configuration Example for BlueStorm/SP Opto Models................................................. 12
Figure 9: Jumper Configuration Examples for BlueStorm/SP RJ-11 Models.............................................. 12
Figure 10: BlueStorm External I/O Box Diagram........................................................................................ 23
Figure 11: RS-422/485 Wiring Diagrams (BlueStorm/LP and BlueStorm/SP Only)................................... 24
Figure 12: RS-422/485 Wiring Diagrams (BlueStorm/SP Opto Only) ........................................................ 24