BlueStorm Installation Guide, Connect Tech Inc.
Introduction
Connect Tech Inc. presents BlueStorm/LP/SP/SP Opto and SP RJ-11.These high-speed multi- port communication adapters are designed for Low Profile (LP) and Standard Profile (SP) PCI compatible computers. BlueStorm cards provide you with up to eight high performance serial ports and baud rates up to 1.8432 Mbps that are compatible with any standard serial communications application.
BlueStorm cards are fully PCI compliant. Simply install your card into an available PCI slot in your computer and with Plug and Play installation and the hardware setup is complete.
BlueStorm cards are an ideal solution for multi-port serial communications in applications such as Point of Sale; Industrial Process Control, Office Automation and Data/Telecommunications. They allow easy attachment of peripherals such as barcode scanners, receipt printers, card readers, testing and monitoring equipment, modems, printers and any other device requiring serial communications.
Features
∙Two, four or eight high performance asynchronous serial ports in various RS-232 and/or RS-422/485 electrical interface configurations.
∙Baud rates up to 921.6 Kbps (RS-232) and 1.8432 Mbps (RS-422/485) using PCI UARTs with 64 bytes of TxD/RxD FIFO buffers.
∙Support for three RS-422/485 modes: full duplex, half duplex and multi-drop slave.
∙Each port can be configured independently (baud rate, parity, data and stop bits).
∙DB-9 male fan-out cable (custom cable solutions also offered).
∙Six RJ-11 connectors provide +12 VDC or +5 VDC output on pin 6 with a current limit of 300 mA (BlueStorm/SP RJ-11 model only).
∙Optional multi-strike surge suppression on all signals, all ports (select models only).
∙PCI compliant - with Plug and Play installation.
∙QNX 4.X/6.X, Windows 2000/CE/NT/XP/XPe/XP 64-Bit/Server 2003/Server 2003 64- Bit,Vista, VxWorks, Ardence RTX and Linux compatible (contact Connect Tech for most current list)
Your BlueStorm product consists of the following components:
∙A BlueStorm adapter
∙An additional low/standard height chassis bracket ( available on LP models only)
∙One of the following; DB-9 fan-out cable, approximately 12 in./30.5 cm long, a DB-9 external I/O box , approximately 4ft./122 cm long, or a DB-25 fan-out cable, approximately 12in./30 cm long (optional)
∙BlueStorm device drivers and documentation CD
