Sealevel provides WinSSD, a helpful software utility that allows easy verification your synchronous card is working properly. After you install the SeaMAC V5 synchro
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Sealevel synchronous serial products fall into three categories: ZiLOG Z16C32 based devices, ZiLOG Z85230 based devices and older ISA DMA channel cards.The fastest
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Sealevel provides a synchronous serial driver, SeaMAC V5, to interface our synchronous serial adapters to your computer. No additional DLL or library files are nec
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What clock pins do I need to connect when testing my synchronous serial card with a loop back?
Dec 10th 2009
For Sealevel synchronous serial products, after connecting the Transmit (TX) and Receive (RX) pins, you will need to connect the Clock Output pin (TSET) to the Clock
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Where can I get the user manual for the ZiLOG synchronous serial controller chip (Z85230 or Z16C32)?
Dec 10th 2009
The Z85230 PDF user manual and the Z16C32 PDF user manual are both available on the ZiLOG web site and are used on a variety of Sealevel synchronous serial products.
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What Is 9-Bit Data Framing?
Dec 10th 2009
Definition of 9-bit framing9-bit data framing is a simple, yet effective, method of allowing many embedded devices on a multidrop network to maximize processing time.
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Yes. An RS-530 to RS-422/485 interface cable will be required to match up the signal pin outs of the interfaces. Use the CA176 cable to connect the DB25 connec
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What pins should I connect when performing a loop back test? Do all pins need to be connected?
Dec 9th 2009
Only the data pins (TX and RX) are necessary for a loop back test. Unless you need to test the modem control signals (RTS, CTS, DCD, DTR, DSR, and RI) there is
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Sealevel products are tested with many popular software programs. The 3rd Party Software Support page has a list of these programs with links to application notes th
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The GPS modified boards are designed to work primarily with the Rockwell Collins GPS receiver with a data rate of 76.8 Kbps. The modification is necessary
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Yes. The Sealevel SeaCOM serial driver fully supports interrupt sharing. There are however a couple of points to mention.All Sealevel PCI serial cards fully support i
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The simplest method is to use a null modem cable (Item# CA213), which reverses the transmit and receive signals between the serial devices. This method only works for
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Sealevel offers several accessories for interfacing many serial connections. The universal D-Shell Converter Kit (Item# DB101) includes DB9 and DB25 Male and Female c
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Where can I find software for my Sealevel product?
Dec 9th 2009
Following is a list of the software to use based on product type.Base Part Number RangeProduct TypesWindows DriverLinux Driver100-199, 400-699, 8100-8199, 8220-8239Se
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No. Standard DB25 to DB9 adapters and cables are made to convert an RS-232 DB25 pin out to an RS-232 DB9 pin out. As such, they do not pass the correct signals throug
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We offer serial programming samples with source code in the archive link below.Examples of programming samples include: a simple terminal program; a program to toggle
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Why do I need optical isolation?
Dec 9th 2009
Optical isolation improves the reliability of I/O applications in industrial, marine, mobile or similar environments, thus alleviating the problems caused by gro
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Practically, it depends on your application and environment.The RS-232 standard specifies transmitting data up to 50 feet at 9600 bits per second (bps).
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