Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto USA-49WG del fabbricante Keyspan
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1 Owner’ s Manual W arranty Registration: register online toda y for a chance to win a FREE T ripp Lite product—www .tripplite.com/warr anty 4-P or t USB Serial Adapter f or Windo ws ® Model: USA-49WG 1111 W . 35th Street, Chicago , IL 60609 USA www .
2 1.1 – Intr oducon Looking for a w ay to c onnect your serial devices to a USB port on your USB equipped Window s computer? The Ke yspan USB 4-Port Serial Adapt er is a simple, inexpensive, and reliable w ay to mak e this connecon. The Adapter plugs in to any USB port on your PC.
3 2.1 – Capabilies The Ke yspan USB 4-Port Serial Adapt er provides FOUR male DB9 serial ports which support RS -232 asynchronous communica ons at data r ates up to 230 Kbps. K eyspan USB 4-Port Serial Adap ter Ports The four DB9 ports on the K eyspan Adapt er are seen as COM ports by Windows.
4 3.1 – Inst allaon Instrucons Inst alling the USB 4-Port Serial Adapter Sow are for Window s Operang S yst ems Step 1 – Insert the K eyspan Serial Adapter CD-R OM. T urn your computer ON. When y our computer st arts up, place the Key span USB 4-Port Serial Adapter CD int o the CD- ROM drive.
5 4.1 – Conguring Y our Serial Device Prior to using your serial de vice (modem, UPS, etc.) with the Ke yspan USB 4-Port Serial Adapt er , you must: Connect your serial device (har dware) to the K eyspan port. 1. Congure y our serial device’ s soware to use the K eyspan port.
6 4.1 – Conguring Y our Serial Device The COM port number and its COM port s tatus message ar e very important to c onguring your serial device. The COM port st atus is the sta te of the Key span serial port. All serial ports have two s tates, BUS Y (In Use) or IDLE (Av ailable).
7 5.1 – K eyspan Serial Assis tant Besides the requir ed drivers, the K eyspan USB 4-Port Serial Adap ter soware ins taller installs an applic aon called Ke yspan Serial Assistan t .
8 Adapter St atus T ab 5.1 – K eyspan Serial Assis tant The Adapter St atus tab in the Ke yspan Serial Assistan t displays the st atus of your K eyspan adapter . Specically , it shows the COM port number (C OM1, COM2, etc.) and the COM port s tatus ( IDLE or BUSY ).
9 5.1 – K eyspan Serial Assis tant The Adapter pull down menu is used t o select which USB 4-Port Serial Adapter y ou would lik e to congure. If y ou only hav e one Keyspan USB 4-P ort Serial Adapter , you will not need to chang e the selecon.
10 5.1 – K eyspan Serial Assis tant There ar e 3 types of tests: TX Only: Use this tes t to test only the tr ansmit (T x) signals of the Keyspan adap ter . Ext. LoopBack: Use this tes t for sending and receiving dat a. This test sends dat a out the selected serial port and waits to r eceive it via a special Loopback connector .
11 5.1 – K eyspan Serial Assis tant Port Mapping T ab The Port Mapping t ab in the Keyspan Serial Assis tant allows y ou to change how COM port number s are assigned to your K eyspan adapter . The following is an e xplanaon of the item in this tab.
12 5.1 – K eyspan Serial Assis tant The Adapter P ort Mapping Mode box allows y ou to change the beha vior of how Keyspan C OM port numbers are assigned when you connect the K eyspan adapt er to a dier ent USB port than the one it was originally connected t o.
13 5.1 – K eyspan Serial Assis tant The Adapter St atus/Error E vents bo x displays the st atus of your K eyspan adapter har dware and sowar e. It detects if the Ke yspan driver is installed and whe ther or not a Keyspan adapt er is connected. The Clear Log Window buon will clear the Adapt er Status/Error E vents bo x.
14 6.1 – Problem Solving If you ar e having problems with y our Keyspan USB t o Serial Adapter , please read the follo wing instrucons to assist you in tr oubleshoong. Hardw are T roubleshoong Step 1 – Use the K eyspan Serial Assist ant. Launch the Ke yspan serial Adapter applicaon.
15 7.1 – Appendices 7.1.a – Frequen tly ask ed Quesons (F AQs) · Frequently Ask ed Quesons (F AQs) Frequently Ask ed Quesons · Congur aon Examples f or Windows Instrucons on co.
16 7.1.b – Congur aon Ex ample for Window s 7.1.c – P alm Desktop The follo wing is a conguraon e xample f or Windows. The ex ample provides st ep-by-s tep instrucons on conguring select serial devices.
17 7.1.c – P alm Desktop The easiest wa y to access the HotSync Manag er is via the Palm Desktop sow are. T o do this, launch the Palm Desktop sow are. When the Palm Deskt op soware is running, go to the “HotS ync” menu and select the “Setup” command.
18 The pin assignments f or the Keyspan USB 4 P ort serial Adapter ’ s male DB9 port are illustr ated below: 7.1.d – Serial P ort Pin Outs Pin Name Signal Designaon 1 DCD Data Carrier De tect (.
19 7.1.e – LED Behavior The Ke yspan USB 4-Port Serial Adapt er part number USA-49WG comes equipped with LED lights tha t report the st atus of the Key span adapter USB hardwar e and serial port.
20 Overview Many Key span USB serial adapter s support conrmable “ T ransmit Acknowledgement Advance” (aka TX -ACK threshold, aka TX -ACK (nowledgement) advance, etc.
21 7.1. f – TX ACK Adv ance Data ushing: Some mes, an applicaon will issue a “transmit ush” command to the adapter to g et rid of e xtra da ta. For ex ample, let ’ s say an applicaon sends “ AAAA” to the adapter , and then, once it ’ s received the “I’m done” indicaon sends “BBBB.
22 7.1. f – TX ACK Adv ance Calculat e: If you kno w that your applicaon will not run int o tr ouble with ow c ontrol or da ta ushing, you kno w what baud r ate it uses, and y ou’ d lik e.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Keyspan USA-49WG è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Keyspan USA-49WG - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Keyspan USA-49WG imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Keyspan USA-49WG ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Keyspan USA-49WG, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Keyspan USA-49WG.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Keyspan USA-49WG. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Keyspan USA-49WG insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
