Digi EPC/CON-16 Leaflet

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Step Five: Install peripheral cabling

You can connect printers, terminals, modems (or any other standard EIA-
232 device to be controlled by applications on the computer) to the
EPC/CON-16 concentrator by installing a cable between the peripheral
and the concentrator.

On the peripheral end of the cable, the cable connector depends on the
requirements of the peripheral. The EPC/CON-16 (or PORTS/Xem mod-
ule) end of the cable must fit either an RJ-45 or DB-25 connector,
depending on the model you have.

The pin assignments for each type of EPC/CON-16 connector are as fol-
lows:

DB-25 Pin assignments

RJ-45 pin assignments are shown on the back.

RJ-45 Pin Assignments

Refer to the CD-ROM for more detailed cabling information.

What Next?

At this point the hardware installation for your EPC/X system is com-
plete. However, since the EPC/X adapter and the EPC/CON-16 concen-
trators must have software downloaded to their internal RAM before they
become functional, you must next install the software drivers for your
operating system.
•

Read the instruction booklet for the CD-ROM that came with your
system for instructions on installing software.

•

View the on-line documentation on the CD-ROM for more informa-
tion about your EPC/X system.

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EPC/CON-16, PORTS/Xem PORTS/8em, PORTS/16em, Modem/Xem, Modem/4em, and
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AccelePort

EPC/X System

EPC/X PCI Host Adapter

EPC/CON-16 Concentrator

Hardware

Installation Guide

Introduction

An AccelePort

EPC/X

™

system consists of an EPC/X host adapter cou-

pled with EPC/CON-16

™

concentrators from which EIA-232 peripheral

devices such as printers, terminals or modems can be cabled and con-
trolled. The adapter has two lines that can each support one or more con-
centrators. Multiple concentrators can be linked in a chain, and Digi
PORTS/8em

™

, PORTS/16em

™

, Modem/4em

™

, and/or Modem/8em

™

modules can be added to a concentrator to expand the number of ports
available.

Figure 44.

Example EPC/X setup

This installation guide describes how to plan your setup and install the
EPC/X host adapter and concentrator hardware.

Signal

Description

Pin

GND

Chassis Ground

TxD

Transmitted Data

RxD

Received Data

RTS

Request To Send

CTS

Clear To Send

DSR

Data Set Ready

Signal Ground

DCD

Data Carrier Detect

DTR

Data Terminal Ready

Ring Indicator

* Chassis Ground is also available on the

connector shell