- ME-9200
Please select here...Multi Communication Board
...in Low-Profile or StandardPCI size
Features:
- 2 serial standard interfaces (RS232).
- 1 parallel port.
- All slot brackets included for
- "Low-Profile" form factor (~120 mm x 57 mm without slot bracket) or
- in standard PCI form-factor.
- UART register compatible with 16550.
- Transfer rate up to 460,8 kbit/s.
- Seperate transmit and receive FIFOs each 16 Byte.
- Data-bits: 5…8; stop-bits: 1 oder 2; parity: none, odd, even.
- PCI Local Bus 2.1 compatible
Connectors:
- The serial ports are assigned to 9-pin D-sub male connectors (RS232 standard pinout).
- With low-profile slot brackets: First RS232 port on slot bracket of the board, second RS232 port on an additional slot bracket.
- With StandardPCI slot brackets: Both RS232 ports on mounting bracket of the board.
- Parallel-Port assigned to 25-pin D-sub female connector on additional mounting bracket.
Software:
Standard drivers (MCS9835/Nm9835 Chip) for Windows and Linux available:
Windows Drivers
…for Windows 95b/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP
- Load the driver from the internet first:
- Click to the address: http://www.moschip.com/mcs9835_downloads.php.
- Choose the proper operating system for the MCS9835 (Nm9835) in the table "PCI Connectivity".
- Save the packed file to a directory of your choice (e.g.: C:\temp).
- Unpack the driver software.
- Power down your computer.
- Insert the board into a free PCI slot.
After power up, the new board will be detected automatically by the Windows "Hardware Wizard" and the message "New Hardware Found" will be displayed. The dialogs may differ slightly depending on your Windows version. - Select the option "Search for the proper driver for the device (recommended)" and click "Next".
- Select the option "Specify a location:" and "Browse…" your computer for the directory you unpacked the driver to (e.g.: C:\temp).
- Highlight the file proper INF-file and run the installation by "Next".
- The new board will be added to the device manager and the port will be added to standard COM ports respectivly to LPT ports.
- Reboot your computer.
Linux
Drivers For Linux an "Installation Guide" is available on the homepage of the chip manufacturer.
- Load the ZIP file from the internet first:
- Click to the address: http://www.moschip.com/mcs9835_downloads.php.
- Choose "Linux" for the MCS9835 (Nm9835) in the table "PCI Connectivity".
- Save the packed file to a directory of your choice.
- Unpack the file.
- Follow the instructions as described in the readme files to install the ports. Both the serial ports and the parallel port must be installed.
Note for Linux Kernel 2.4:
The Linux kernel 2.4 includes a special device driver named "parport_serial.o" which can be installed alternativly. For access to the driver select the option "Multi I/O cards" within the section "Parallel port support" and recompile the kernel. This driver supports the ME-9200 (MCS9835/Nm9835 chip) by default. This device driver is not yet available with kernel 2.6. In order to load the driver manually, simply type in the command line:
# modprobe parport_serial
If you want the driver to be loaded automatically, you can add an appropriate entry to the file /etc/modules.conf. For example:
post-install serial insmod parport_serial
This will cause the "parport_serial.o" module to be loaded after the serial driver. Depending on your system configuration the entry may differ from this example above.
With Agilent VEE and LabVIEW, the serial ports are accessible as standard COM ports.
