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© National Instruments Corporation ix PCI Serial for Windows Me/9x
Figures
Figure 2-1. Add/Remove Programs Properties Dialog Box.....................................2-1
Figure 2-2. NI-Serial Setup Screen..........................................................................2-2
Figure 2-3. PCI Serial Board Installation.................................................................2-4
Figure 2-4. Device Manager Tab for PCI Serial Board Ports..................................2-6
Figure 2-5. DB-9 Connector Pin Locations.............................................................2-8
Figure 2-6. 10-Position Modular Jack Pin Locations...............................................2-9
Figure 2-7. DB-25 Connector Pin Locations...........................................................2-10
Figure 2-8. Connecting the Cables to Your Four-Port PCI Serial Board.................2-11
Figure 2-9. 68-Pin Connector Pin Locations............................................................2-12
Figure 2-10. 100-Pin Connector Pin Locations..........................................................2-14
Figure 3-1. Port Settings Tab...................................................................................3-2
Figure 3-2. Advanced Port Settings Dialog Box......................................................3-3
Figure A-1. Typical Full-Duplex System.................................................................A-4
Figure A-2. Typical Half-Duplex System.................................................................A-4
Figure A-3. Multidrop Network Using Terminating Resistors.................................A-5
Figure A-4. Transmission Line Using Bias Resistors...............................................A-6
Figure A-5. Straight-Through Cabling in a DTE-to-DCE Interface.........................A-7
Figure A-6. Null-Modem Cabling in a DTE-to-DTE Interface................................A-7
Figure B-1. Selecting an Interface to Uninstall........................................................B-2
Figure B-2. Add/Remove Programs Properties Dialog Box.....................................B-3
Figure B-3. Successful Uninstallation......................................................................B-4
Figure C-1. Ports List in Device Manager................................................................C-5
Tables
Table 2-1. DB-9 Pin Descriptions...........................................................................2-8
Table 2-2. 10-Position Modular Jack Pin Descriptions..........................................2-9
Table 2-3. DB-25 Pin Descriptions.........................................................................2-10
Table 2-4. 68-Pin Connector Pin Descriptions.......................................................2-13
Table 2-5. 100-Pin Connector Pin Descriptions.....................................................2-15
Table 4-1. Transceiver Control Modes...................................................................4-2
Table 4-2. Transceiver Mode Control Bytes..........................................................4-4
Table 4-3. DeviceIoControl Function Input Values .............................................. 4-5
Table A-1. RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 Features.................................................A-1
Table C-1. Standard DOS-Based Addresses ...........................................................C-7