Description:
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The Blue Heat/PCI Opto are RS-485 and
RS-232 compatible, Two and Four port Optically Isolated multi-port
serial adapters for PCI Bus compatible computers. Blue Heat/PCI
Opto boards provide robust and reliable industrial strength communications in
demanding environments.
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Applications:
The Blue Heat/PCI Opto adapter offers two or four asynchronous RS-232/RS-485
serial ports with optical isolation for data collection devices,
barcode readers, time clocks, scales and other industrial equipment. The
Blue Heat/PCI Opto adapter provides an industrial strength solution for
control and automation applications requiring single node or multi-drop
communications over short or long distances, and electrical isolation
using PCI bus compatible computers.
Features:
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Each port is individually Optically Isolated at 1kV.
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Comes in four and two port densities with switchable
RS485 and RS232 line interfaces.
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Supports baud rates up to 921.6 kbps under RS485 and
230.4kbps under RS-232!
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High performance UART's control each port providing
128 bytes of transmit and receive FIFO buffers, automatic flow and
RS485 control.
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Independent port configuration with baud rates from
50 bps to 921.6 Kbps; data bits of 5, 6, 7, or 8; stop bits of 1, 1.5,
or 2, and odd, even, or stick parity.
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The following signals are offered RX, TX, CTS, RTS on
both RS485 and RS232.
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Supports all three RS485 modes
- Full Duplex with RTS/CTS flow control
- Half Duplex with Auto TxD echo cancellation
- Multi-drop Slave offers 4 wire full duplex communication of multi-drop devices.
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10 Contact RJ45 connectors are used, RJ45 to DB-9
adaptor cables are offered for your convenience.
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Easy installation - fully PCI 2.1 compliant
plug and play (PnP).
Benefits
Robust Communications
Each serial port on the Blue Heat/PCI Opto is Optically Isolated to 1kV p-p, from port
to port and all ports to the PC Chassis. This provides robust and reliable
communications for the most demanding environments such are marine,
industrial, aviation and rail yards. The unique Blue Heat/PCI Opto design
features individual port-port isolation, this guarantees that your system
is isolated from the remote devices connected to your system, and in turn
your remote devices are isolated from each other.
High Speed, High Performance Communications
Rapid data transfer rates up to 921.6 Kbps on all ports and a fully featured RS485 interface make Blue
Heat/PCI Opto boards ideal connections to bar code readers, weigh
scales POS equipment, high speed modems, ISDN terminal adapters and
more. State of the art quad UART's with 128 bytes of transmit and receive
FIFO buffers offload interrupt handling and buffering from the main CPU,
thus improving overall system performance. The PCI bus interface offers
high bus bandwidth for your data communications.
Hardware Flexibility
Blue Heat/PCI Opto offers hardware flexibility and adaptability for your application.
You can configure each port's line standard, baud rate, parity, data and
stop bits independently. Each port can be configured for RS-232 or
RS-485, it's your choice!!. Blue Heat/PCI Opto adapters offer various
connector options to suit your needs. The Blue Heat/PCI Opto supports three RS-485 modes:
Full Duplex;Half Duplex with auto TxD echo cancellation, and Multi-drop Slave. Custom baud rates,
cabling and other options are also available.
Superior RS-485 Interface
The Blue Heat/PCI Opto has a full featured
RS-485 interface. The interface features termination and bias resistors on
the RX+/- and CTS+/- lines. It also features full support in hardware for
all three RS-485 modes Full Duplex ( 4-wire ), Multi-Drop Slave (
4-wire multi-dropped ) and 1/2 Duplex (2-wire multi-dropped). The RS-485
modes are controlled using the provided utility programs. Selection
from RS-232 to RS-485 is port by port jumper selectable.
Software Compatibility
Blue Heat/PCI Opto boards currently have support for these operating systems:
- Solaris (Coming soon)
- Linux
- QNX 4.2X
- QNX Neutrino
- SCO UnixWare
- Windows 95/98/ME/XP
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows CE
- Contact
 for the most recent list.
Easy to Use
To get you up and running in no time, the Blue Heat/PCI 485
adapters come ready for simple installation with no DIP switches or
jumpers to set. Included are board, cable assembly, driver software,
software utilities and a comprehensive manual.
Quality
Connect Tech strives to manufacture quality products, quality improves reliability and
reliability is key to functioning in today's demanding environments.
All Connect Tech PCI bus serial cards are built using 4 and 6 layer
Printed Circuit Boards ( PCB's ) with power and ground planes. The use of
power and ground planes on PCB's helps to lower Radiated Emissions from
the circuitry and give better signal integrity which allows for better
performance. The Blue Heat/PCI products meet or exceed all PCI
specifications. We ensure that the ALL PCI gold fingers providing
power are adequately decoupled to the power and ground planes using
decoupling capacitors. Proper decoupling ensures that PCI bus signal
integrity is maintained and that current fluctuations on the Blue Heat/PCI
don't adversely affect other cards on the PCI bus, and vice versa. We also
ensure that the JTAG boundary scan fingers on the PCI bus are connected,
this ensures that JTAG boundary scan systems will work when needed. We
also ensure that ALL PCI bus signals do not exceed the
specified length, or meet exact length requirements where mandated.
Connect Tech manufactures all products to strict
ISO9001 standards and ensures that the products are assembled and
tested in an Electrostatic safe environment. Furthermore we package all
circuit boards in a sealed Electrostatic safe bag, to ensure no
Electrostatic damage will occur during shipping and handling. Connect Tech
fully tests each product before shipping to ensure that the product
performs to specification.
Some other competing products don't meet all the above
strict requirements, this allows them to cut costs by cutting corners,
cutting corners means you may have an unreliable product that may not
perform as expected, or may adversely effect other components in your
computer system. Connect Tech's commitment to quality ensures that your
products will be reliable and perform trouble free for many, many
years.
Diagnostic Tools
Blue Heat/PCI adapters include the software data line analyser for Windows95, SeePORT. SeePORT helps you to diagnose
communication problems and therefore minimize downtime. Future SeePORT support will include Windows NT and QNX4.2X.
Warranty and Service
Connect Tech has provided high performance communication solutions since 1985 by building
and testing products to meet high standards of quality and reliability.
Blue Heat/PCI adapters are covered with a one year warranty.
Specifications
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Blue Heat /PCI Opto
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Number of Ports
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Four or Two.
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Available Line Standard Mix
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Port selectable RS-232 and RS-485
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Connectors
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10 Contact RJ45 (RJ45 to DB9 adaptor cables available).
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Control Signals
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RS485: TxD +/-, RxD +/-, RTS +/-, CTS +/-.
RS232: TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS.
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Baud Rates
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50 - 921.6k baud ( RS485 ),
50 - 230.4k baud (RS232)
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Resources
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All resources are assigned by
the Plug and Play bios or a Plug and Play Operating
system.
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Isolation
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Optical Isolation up to 3kV peak to peak.
- Port to Port
- Port to PC Chassis
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Dimensions
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2/4 port:
Height: 10.5 cm
Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 1.5cm
Weight: 0.12kg
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Power Requirements
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- 4 port, +5V @ 375mA typical
- 2 port, +5V @ 300mA typical
All boards require +5 Volts only.
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Environmental Requirements
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Temperature:
(operating): 0 - 70 degrees C
(storage): -65 - 150 degrees
Humidity:
95% non-condensing
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Bus
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33 MHz, 32 bit PCI with read
and write FIFO buffers.
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Regulatory Approvals
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FCC Class A
ICES-003
EN61000-4 (EMC)
EN55022-1998 Class A
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Software Compatibility
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QNX 4.2X, Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2000, Windows 95/98/ME/CE/XP,
Linux, SCO UnixWare, coming soon
(Solaris).
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System Requirements
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one 32 bit PCI slot and standard bracket assembly
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* Note: PnP (Plug and Play) resources are automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS or Plug
and Play Operating
Systems like Windows95/98/2000.
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