B&B Electronics 232BSS4 - Manual - Manual (Page 3)

Manual Documentation Number: 232BSS4-0812 Table of Contents i
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ............................................................ 1
S PECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 2
D EFAULT P ARAMETERS ............................................................................ 2
C HECKLIST ................................................................................................ 3
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION .................................................................... 5
S YMBOLS AND C ONVENTIONS ................................................................... 5
LED I NDICATORS ...................................................................................... 5
P ORT C ONFIGURATIONS ............................................................................ 6
S MART S WITCH O NLY M ODE .................................................................... 7
A UTO S ELECT /S MART S WITCH M ODE ..................................................... 14
U
SING THE
232BSS4
AS A
B
UFFERED
S
PLITTER
/C
OMBINER
................... 16
B
ACK TO
B
ACK
O
PERATION
(
MUX
/
DEMUX
) ............................................ 17
C ASCADING M ULTIPLE S WITCHES .......................................................... 18
CHAPTER 3: PORT CONNECTIONS ................................................ 21
DTE/DCE E XPLANATION ....................................................................... 21
CHAPTER 4: SETUP SOFTWARE..................................................... 23
I NTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 23
C ONNECTION ........................................................................................... 23
S OFTWARE I NSTALLATION ...................................................................... 24
S OFTWARE U NINSTALL ........................................................................... 24
S ETUP T UTORIAL .................................................................................... 25
APPENDIX A: ASCII CHARACTER CODES ..................................... 1
APPENDIX B: CABLE CHARTS ........................................................... 1
C HART B.1. DTE (PC) DB25 C ONNECTOR TO M ASTER P ORT .................. 1
C HART B.2. DTE (PC) DB9 C ONNECTOR TO M ASTER P ORT .................... 1
C HART B.3. DCE (M ODEM ) DB25 C ONNECTOR TO M ASTER P ORT ......... 3
C
HART
B.4. DCE (M
ODEM
) DB9 C
ONNECTOR TO
M
ASTER
P
ORT
........... 3
C HART B.5. P ORTS A - D (DTE) TO DTE (PC) DB25 C ONNECTOR .......... 4
C HART B.6. P ORTS A - D (DTE) TO DTE (PC) DB9 C ONNECTOR ............ 4
C HART B.7. P ORTS A - D (DTE) TO DCE (M ODEM ) DB25 C ONNECTOR . 4
C HART B.8. P ORTS A - D (DTE) TO DCE (M ODEM ) DB9 C ONNECTOR ... 5
APPENDIX C: BLOCK DIAGRAM ....................................................... 1
APPENDIX D: DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ......................... 1