Black Box IC026A-R2 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• 1. Specifications

  10
• 2. Introduction

  12
• 2.1 Description

  12
• 2.2 Abbreviations

  13
• 3. Getting Started

  14
• 3.1 Inspection

  14
• 3.2 Configuration

  14
• 3.3 Serial Port Settings

  16
• 3.3.1 Serial Baud Rate

  16
• 3.3.2 Serial Word Length (Data Bits)

  18
• 3.3.3 Serial Stop Bits

  18
• 3.3.4 Serial Parity

  19
• 3.3.5 Serial Echo

  19
• 3.3.6 Serial Handshake

  20
• 3.4 Selecting Terminator Substitution

  21
• 3.4.1 Serial Terminator

  21
• 3.4.2 IEEE Bus Terminator

  22
• 3.5 Selecting the Mode

  22
• 3.6 Selecting the IEEE Address

  23
• 3.7 Feature Selections

  24
• 3.7.1 Controller Features

  24
• 3.7.2 Peripheral Features

  25
• 3.8 Serial Interface

  25
• 3.8.1 RS-232/RS-422 Signal Level Selection

  26
• 3.8.2 Serial Signal Descriptions

  26
• 3.8.3 Serial-Cable Wiring Diagrams

  29
• 3.9 General Operation

  30
• 4. Controller Operation

  32
• 4.1 Controller-Mode (Serial to IEEE) Operation

  32
• 4.2 Serial and IEEE Terminator Substitution

  33
• 4.3 IEEE Address Selection

  34
• 4.4 Talk-Back Features

  34
• 4.4.1 Talk-Back on Terminator

  34
• 4.4.2 Talk-Back on Timeout

  36
• 4.5 Plotter Applications

  38
• 4.6 Printer Applications

  44
• 5. Peripheral Operation

  45
• 5.1 Peripheral-Mode Operation

  45
• 5.2 Serial and IEEE Input Buffers

  45
• 5.3 IEEE Data Transfers

  46
• 5.3.1 Blind Bus Data Transfers

  46
• 5.3.2 Controlled Bus Data Transfers

  47
• 5.4 Serial-Poll Status-Byte Register

  48
• 5.5 Use of Serial and Bus Terminators

  50
• 5.6 IEEE 488 Bus Implementation

  50
• 5.6.1 My Talk Address (MTA)

  51
• 5.6.2 My Listen Address (MLA)

  51
• 5.6.3 Device Clear (DCL and SDC)

  51
• 5.6.4 Interface Clear (IFC)

  51
• 5.6.5 Serial Poll Enable (SPE)

  51
• 5.6.6 Serial Poll Disable (SPD)

  51
• 5.6.7 Unlisten (UNL)

  51
• 5.6.8 Untalk (UNT)

  51
• 5.7 IEEE Address Selection

  52
• 6. IEEE 488 Primer

  53
• 6.1 History

  53
• 6.2 General Structure

  53
• 6.3 Send It To My Address

  55
• 6.4 Bus Management Lines

  56
• 6.4.1 Attention (ATN)

  56
• 6.4.2 Interface Clear (IFC)

  56
• 6.4.3 Remote Enable (REN)

  56
• 6.4.4 End Or Identify (EOI)

  56
• 6.4.5 Service Request (SRQ)

  56
• 6.5 Handshake Lines

  57
• 6.5.1 Data Valid (DAV)

  57
• 6.5.2 Not Ready For Data (NRFD)

  57
• 6.5.3 Not Data Accepted (NDAC)

  57
• 6.6 Data Lines

  58
• 6.7 Multiline Commands

  58
• 6.7.1 Go To Local (GTL)

  58
• 6.7.2 Listen Address Group (LAG)

  58
• 6.7.3 Unlisten (UNL)

  59
• 6.7.4 Talk Address Group (TAG)

  59
• 6.7.5 Untalk (UNT)

  59
• 6.7.6 Local Lockout (LLO)

  59
• 6.7.7 Device Clear (DCL)

  59
• 6.7.8 Selected Device Clear (SDC)

  59
• 6.7.9 Serial Poll Disable (SPD)

  59
• 6.7.10 Serial Poll Enable (SPE)

  59
• 6.7.11 Group Execute Trigger (GET)

  59
• 6.7.12 Take Control (TCT)

  60
• 6.7.13 Secondary Command Group (SCG)

  60
• 6.7.14 Parallel Poll Configure (PPC)

  60
• 6.7.15 Parallel Poll Unconfigure (PPU)

  60
• 6.8 More on Service Requests

  60
• 6.8.1 Serial Poll

  61
• 6.8.2 Parallel Poll

  61
• 7. Theory of Operation and Board Layout

  62
• 7.1 Theory of Operation

  62
• 7.2 Board Layout

  63
• Appendix A: Sample Dumb-Terminal Program

  65
• Appendix B: Character Codes and IEEE Multiline Messages

  66
• Index

  68
• DIO4

  49
• IEEE 488

  13
• DIO5

  49
• Active Controller

  53
• DIO6

  49
• DIO7

  49
• IEEE

  34
• DIO8

  48
• Echo

  19
• Plotter

  38
• End Or Identify

  56
• Printer

  44
• ATN

  56
• Attention

  56
• Feature Selections

  24
• Baud Rate

  16
• Controller

  24
• Blind Bus Data Transfers

  46
• Peripheral

  25
• Talk Back

  34
• Attention

  56
• End Or Identify

  56
• Interface Bus

  53
• Interface Clear

  56
• GET

  59
• Remote Enable

  56
• Go To Local

  58
• Service Request

  57
• GPIB

  53
• Ground

  28
• Operating Conditions

  2
• Group Execute Trigger

  59
• Character Codes

  66
• GTL

  58
• Clear To Send

  27
• Handshake Lines

  57
• Configuration

  14
• Data Valid

  57
• Not Data Accepted

  57
• Controlled Bus Data Transfers

  47
• Not Ready For Data

  57
• Controller Features

  24
• IEEE 488 Abbreviations

  13
• Controller Mode Operation

  32
• Controller Operation

  32
• Implementation

  50
• Data Lines

  58
• IEEE 488 Primer

  53
• Blind Bus

  46
• IEEE Bus Terminator

  22
• Controlled Bus

  47
• Data Valid

  57
• DAV

  57
• IEEE Multiline Messages

  66
• IEEE Peripheral

  16
• DIO1

  49
• DIO2

  49
• Input Buffers

  45
• DIO3

  49
• Inspecting the Unit

  14
• Package Contents

  14
• Parallel Poll

  61
• Connectors

  26
• Parallel Poll Configure

  60
• Introduction

  12
• Parallel Poll Unconfigure

  60
• LAG

  58
• Listen Address Group

  58
• Peripheral Operation

  45
• Plotter Applications

  38
• LLO

  59
• Local Lockout

  59
• Parallel

  61
• MLA

  51
• Serial

  61
• POWER Indicator

  31
• Selection

  22
• Modifying Factory Defaults

  16
• PPU

  60
• MTA

  51
• Printer Applications

  44
• Receive Data

  27
• Device Clear

  59
• Receive Data Plus

  28
• Go To Local

  58
• Remote Enable

  56
• Group Execute Trigger

  59
• REN

  56
• Listen Address Group

  58
• Request To Send

  28
• Local Lockout

  59
• Parallel Poll Configure

  60
• RS-422 Signals

  26
• Parallel Poll Unconfigure

  60
• Sample Program

  65
• Group

  60
• SCG

  60
• Selected Device Clear

  59
• Serial Poll Disable

  59
• Secondary Command Group

  60
• Serial Poll Enable

  59
• Selectable Functions

  14
• Take Control

  60
• Selected Device Clear

  59
• Talk Address Group

  59
• Selecting an IEEE Address

  52
• Unlisten

  59
• Untalk

  59
• Substitution

  21
• My Listen Address

  51
• Selecting the IEEE Address

  23
• My Talk Address

  51
• Selecting the Mode

  22
• NDAC

  57
• Self-Check

  31
• Not Data Accepted

  57
• Send It to My Address

  55
• Not Ready For Data

  57
• Serial and IEEE Input Buffers

  45
• NRFD

  57
• Substitution

  33
• Controller

  32
• Serial Baud Rate

  16
• Serial Echo

  19
• Peripheral

  45
• Serial Handshake

  19
• Theory

  62
• Serial Interface

  25
• Serial Parity

  18
• Serial Poll

  61
• Wiring Diagrams

  29
• Serial Port Settings

  16
• Serial Signal Descriptions

  26
• Converter

  30
• Serial Terminator

  21
• Converter

  29
• Register

  48
• Converter

  29
• Signal Level Selection

  26
• General

  11
• IEEE-488 Interface

  10
• Serial Interface

  10
• SRQ

  57
• System Controller

  53
• TAG

  59
• Take Control

  60
• Talk Address Group

  59
• Talk-Back Features

  34
• Talk-Back on Terminator

  35
• Talk-Back on Timeout

  36
• TCT

  60
• Terminator Substitution

  21
• Serial and IEEE

  33
• Terminators

  50
• Test Voltage

  28
• Theory of Operation

  62
• Transmit Data

  27
• Transmit Data Plus

  28
• Uniline Commands

  50
• Unpacking

  14