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MODEL PCI-422/485-2
USER MANUAL
FILE: MPCI-422-485-2.A1b

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Warranty
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However, should equipment failure occur, ACCES assures its customers that prompt service and
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defective will be repaired or replaced subject to the following considerations.
Terms and Conditions
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unit model number, serial number, and a description of the failure symptom(s). We may suggest some
simple tests to confirm the failure. We will assign a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number which
must appear on the outer label of the return package. All units/components should be properly packed
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for labor or parts not excluded by warranty. Warranty commences with equipment shipment.
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exposed other than that use specified or intended as evidenced by purchase or sales representation.
Other than the above, no other warranty, expressed or implied, shall apply to any and all such
equipment furnished or sold by ACCES.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 5
Multi-Protocol Operation.................................................................................................................................. 5
RS485 and RS422 Balanced Mode Operation................................................................................................ 5
COM Port Compatibility.................................................................................................................................... 5
Communication Modes .................................................................................................................................... 5
RTS and Auto Transceiver Control................................................................................................................. 6
CE Mark.............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Specification...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Figure 1-1: Block Diagram.............................................................................................................................. 8
Chapter 2: Installation.......................................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Option Selection .............................................................................................................................. 11
422/485............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Terminations and Bias ................................................................................................................................... 11
CLK X1 and CLK X4........................................................................................................................................ 11
Data Cable Wiring ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Interrupts ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
In Windows NT 4 and Lower Without PCIFind.EXE..................................................................................... 12
Figure 3-1: Option Selection Map................................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 4: Address Selection ........................................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 5: Programming ................................................................................................................................... 15
Sample Programs............................................................................................................................................ 15
Windows Programming.................................................................................................................................. 15
Initialization ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
Table 5-1: Baud Rate Divisors...................................................................................................................... 16
Reception......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Transmission................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 6: Connector Pin Assignments .......................................................................................................... 19
Table 6-1: Connector Pin Assignments ........................................................................................................ 19
Appendix A: Application Considerations......................................................................................................... 20
Balanced Differential Signals ........................................................................................................................ 20
Table A-1: RS422 Specification Summary ................................................................................................... 20
RS485 Data Transmission.............................................................................................................................. 21
RS485 Two-Wire Multidrop Network............................................................................................................. 21
Figure A-1: Typical RS485 Two-Wire Multidrop Network ............................................................................ 21
RS485 Four-Wire Multidrop Network ............................................................................................................ 22

Chapter 1: Introduction
This Serial Communications Card was designed for use in PCI-Bus computers and provides
two serial ports for effective communication in the most common protocols. The card is 6.15
inches long (156 mm) and may be installed in any 5-volt PCI slot in IBM or compatible
computers.
Multi-Protocol Operation
These are dual-protocol serial cards that support RS422 and RS485 communications. RS422
uses differential (or balanced) line drivers to improve noise immunity and increase the
maximum distance to 4000 feet. RS485 improves on RS422 with switchable transceivers and
the ability to support multiple devices on a single "party line". The RS485 specification defines a
maximum of 32 devices on a single line. The number of devices served on a single line can be
expanded by use of "repeaters".
RS485 and RS422 Balanced Mode Operation
The cards support RS422 and RS485 modes which use differential balanced drivers for
increased range and noise immunity. The card also has capability to add bias voltages and to
add load resistors to terminate the communications lines. RS485 communications requires that
one transmitter supply a bias voltage to ensure a known "zero" state when all transmitters are
off. Also, receiver inputs at each end of the network should be terminated to eliminate "ringing".
These cards support these options by means of jumpers on the card. See the "Option
Selection" section of this manual for more details.
COM Port Compatibility
Type 16550 UARTs are used as the Asynchronous Communication Element (ACE). These
include a 16-byte transmit/receive FIFO buffer to protect against lost data in multitasking
operating systems, while maintaining 100% compatibility with the original IBM serial port. PCI
bus architecture allows addresses between 0000 and FFF8 hex to be assigned to the cards.
PCIFind.EXE is a utility provided to determine the base addresses assigned by the system.
A crystal oscillator is located on the card. This oscillator permits selection of baud rates up to
115,200. Rates up to 460,800 baud (4X UART clock) are available by jumper selection.
The driver/receiver used, the 75176, is capable of driving extremely long communication lines
at high baud rates. It can drive up to +60 mA on balanced lines and receive inputs as low as
200 mV differential signal superimposed on common mode noise of +12 V or -7 V. In case of
communication conflict, the driver/receivers feature thermal shutdown.
Communication Modes
The cards support Half-Duplex, and Full-Duplex communications in 2- and 4-wire cable
connections. Half-Duplex allows traffic to travel in both directions, but only one way at a time. In
Full-Duplex operation, data travels in both directions at the same time. RS485 communications
use the half-duplex mode because only a single pair of wires need to be used and installation
costs are dramatically reduced.

RTS and Auto Transceiver Control
In RS485 communications the driver must be enabled and disabled as needed, allowing all
cards to share a two wire cable. This card provides automatic control, where the driver is
enabled when data is ready to be transmitted. The driver remains enabled for the transmission
time of one additional character after data transfer is complete and then is disabled. The cards
automatically adjust their timing to the baud rate of the data.
The receiver is also normally disabled during RS485 transmissions.
CE Mark
If your card is CE-marked, it meets the requirements of EN50081-1:1992 (Emissions),
EN50082-1:1992 (Immunity), and EN60950:1992 (Safety).

Specification
Communications Interface
• Serial Ports: Shielded male D-sub 9-pin IBM AT style connectors
compatible with RS422 and RS485 specifications.
• Character length: 5, 6, 7, or 8 bits.
• Parity: Even, odd or none.
• Stop Interval: 1, 1.5, or 2 bits.
• Serial Data Rates: Up to 115,200 baud, asynchronous. A faster range of rates, up
to 460,800 baud, is achieved by jumper selection on the card.
Type 16550 buffered UART.
Caution
The OUT2 bit of the UART must be set low for proper interrupt driven communication. This bit enables
or disables the interrupts and the card will not communicate if the bit is pulled high.
Differential Communication Mode
• Multipoint: Compatible with RS422 and RS485 specifications. Up to 32
drivers and receivers allowed on line. Serial communications
ACE used is type 16550. Driver/Receivers used are type
75176.
• Receiver Input Sensitivity: +200 mV, differential input.
• Common Mode Rejection: +12V to -7V
• Transmitter Output Drive Capability: 60 mA.
Environmental
• Operating Temperature Range: 0 °C. to +60 °C.
• Storage Temperature Range: -50 °C. to +120 °C.
• Humidity: 5% to 95%, non-condensing.
• Power Required: +5VDC at 125 mA typical, +12VDC at 5 mA typical, 685 mW
total power consumption.
• Size: 6 1/2" long (165 mm) by 3 7/8" (98 mm).

TRANSCEIVER
AUTO RTS
CIRCUITRY
OSCILLATOR
PCI
INTERFACE
CHIP
UART
16550
OR
SIMILAR
COMPUTER PCI BUS
DB9M
Tx/Rx+
Tx
Rx
RS485 MODE
ONLY
Tx/Rx-
IRQ
TYPICAL OF 2
Figure 1-1: Block Diagram

Chapter 2: Installation
A printed Quick-Start Guide (QSG) is packed with the card for your convenience. If you’ve already
performed the steps from the QSG, you may find this chapter to be redundant and may skip forward to
begin developing your application.
The software provided with this card is on CD and must be installed onto your hard disk prior to use. To
do this, perform the following steps as appropriate for your operating system.
CD Software Installation
The following instructions assume the CD-ROM drive is drive “D”. Please substitute the appropriate
drive letter for your system as necessary.
DOS
1. Place the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Type B- to change the active drive to the CD-ROM drive.
3. Type GLQR?JJ- to run the install program.
4. Follow the on-screen prompts to install the software for this board.
WINDOWS
1. Place the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. The system should automatically run the install program. If the install program does not run
promptly, click START | RUN and type BGLQR?JJ, click OK or press -.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to install the software for this board.
LINUX
1. Please refer to linux.htm on the CD-ROM for information on installing under linux.
Caution! * ESDA single static discharge can damage your card and cause premature
failure! Please follow all reasonable precautions to prevent a
static discharge such as grounding yourself by touching any
grounded surface prior to touching the card.

Hardware Installation
1. Do not install card into the computer until the software has been fully installed.
2. Turn OFF computer power AND unplug AC power from the system.
3. Remove the computer cover.
4. Carefully install the card in an available 5V or 3.3V PCI expansion slot (you may need to
remove a backplate first).
5. Inspect for proper fit of the card and tighten screws. Make sure that the card mounting bracket
is properly screwed into place and that there is a positive chassis ground.
6. Install an I/O cable onto the card’s bracket mounted connector.
7. Replace the computer cover and turn ON the computer which should auto-detect the card
(depending on the operating system) and automatically finish installing the drivers.
8. Run PCIfind.exe to complete installing the card into the registry (for Windows only) and to
determine the assigned resources.
9. Run one of the provided sample programs that was copied to the newly created card directory
(from the CD) to test and validate your installation.
The base address assigned by BIOS or the operating system can change each time new hardware is
installed into or removed from the computer. Please recheck PCIFind or Device Manager if the
hardware configuration is changed. Software you write can automatically determine the base address
of the card using a variety of methods depending on the operating system. In DOS, the PCI\SOURCE
directory shows the BIOS calls used to determine the address and IRQ assigned to installed PCI
devices. In Windows, the Windows sample programs demonstrate querying the registry entries
(created by PCIFind and NTIOPCI.SYS during boot-up) to determine this same information.
Windows COM Numbers
Under Windows 9x, the card will typically install as COM5 and COM6. Using Device Manager,
these assignments can be changed to any available COM number greater than COM4;
limitations in the Microsoft COM drivers prevent PCI COM ports from appearing as COM1,
COM2, COM3, or COM4.
Under Windows NT 2000 and NT XP, the card will typically install as COM3 and COM4. Using
Device Manager, these assignments can be changed to any available COM number.
Under Windows NT4 and lower, PCIFind.EXE will typically install the card as COM5 and
COM6. Because this is not a PNP-compliant OS, PCIFind.EXE will place itself in the system
registry to update the installation should the card move(for example, if another PCI card is
installed) or be removed. In order to change the COM number assignment, PCIFind.EXE must
be removed from the registry(which will also sacrifice its pseudo-PNP behavior); please contact
the factory for further assistance if this is desired.
Input/Output Connections
Two DB9 connectors are provided on the card mounting bracket for input/output connections.
To ensure that there is minimum susceptibility to EMI and minimum radiation, it is important that
the card mounting bracket be properly screwed into place and that there be a positive chassis
ground. Also, proper EMI cabling techniques (cable connect to chassis ground at the aperture,
shielded twisted-pair wiring, etc) be used for the input/output wiring.

Chapter 3: Option Selection
Operation of the serial communications section is determined by jumper installation as
described in the following paragraphs. Locations of the jumpers are shown in Figure 3-1,
Option Selection at the end of this section of the manual.
422/485
Jumpers must be installed in these blocks for each COM port. The function of the 422 and 485
jumpers is to configure the port for RS-422 or RS-485 mode communications. Either an RS-422
or RS-485 jumper must be used for each channel.
Terminations and Bias
A transmission line should be terminated at the receiving end in its characteristic impedance.
Installing a jumper at the location labeled LDO applies a 120Ωload across the output for RS-
422 mode and across the transmit/receive input/output for RS-485 operation.
Installing a jumper at the location labeled LDI applies a 120Ωload across the input for RS-422
operation.
The card provides biasing for the RS-485 mode.
CLK X1 and CLK X4
Placement of this jumper controls baud rate. CLK X1 permits baud rates up to 115.2K Baud
and CLK X4 permits baud rates up to 460.8K Baud.
Data Cable Wiring
When two numbers are joined together with a "&" the two pins are jumpered together.
CABLE
MODE JUMPERS CARD1 CARD2
Simplex 2-wire Receive Only 422 Rx+ 9 2
Rx- 1 3
Simplex 2-wire Transmit Only 422 Tx+ 2 9
Tx- 3 1
Half Duplex 2-wire 485 TRx+ 2 2
TRx- 3 3
Full Duplex 4-wire 422 Tx+ 2 9
Tx- 3 1
Rx+ 9 2
Rx- 1 3

Interrupts
Use PCIFind.EXE to determine the IRQ that was assigned to the card by the BIOS or Operating
System. Alternatively, in Windows 9x or NT2000, the Device Manager can be used. The PCI-
422/485-2’s ports are listed under the Ports class. Selecting the port, clicking Properties, then
selecting the Resources tab will show the base addresses and IRQ assigned to the port.
In Windows NT 4 and Lower Without PCIFind.EXE
In Windows NT, changes must be made to the system registry to support IRQ sharing.
PCIFind.EXE normally detects the COM boards in the system and makes these changes, but if
PCIFind.EXE will not be run or is working improperly for some reason, these changes must be
made manually. The following is excerpted from "Controlling Multiport Serial I/O Cards"
provided by Microsoft in the MSDN library, documentid:mk:@ivt:nt40res/D15/S55FC.HTM, also
available in the WindowsNT Resource Kit. The text enclosed in brackets ("[ ]") denotes a
comment by the editors.
The Microsoft serial driver can be used to control many dumb multiport serial cards. Dumb
indicates that the control includes no on-board processor. Each port of a multiport card has a
separate subkey under the CurrentControlSet\Services\Serial subkey in the registry. In each of
these subkeys, you must add values for DosDevices, Interrupt, InterruptStatus,
PortAddress, and PortIndex because these are not detected by the Hardware Recognizer.
(For descriptions and ranges for these values, see Regentry.hlp, the Registry help file on the
WindowsNT Workstation Resource Kit CD.)
For example, if you have a four-port COM card configured to use address 0xFFF0 with an
interrupt of 0xFFF8, the values in the Registry are: [assuming that every port is configured to
use the same IRQ and that the addresses are configured to be consecutive and contiguous]
Serial2 Subkey: Serial4 Subkey:
PortAddress = REG_DWORD 0xFFF0 PortAddress = REG_DWORD 0xFF90
Interrupt = REG_WORD 5 Interrupt = REG_DWORD 5
DosDevices = REG_SZ COM3 DosDevices = REG_SZ COM5
InterruptStatus = REG_DWORD 0xFFF8 InterruptStatus = REG_DWORD 0xFFF8
PortIndex = REG_DWORD 1 PortIndex - REG_DWORD 3
Serial3 Subkey: Serial5 Subkey:
PortAddress = REG_DWORD 0xFFE0 PortAddress = REG_DWORD 0xFF80
Interrupt = REG_DWORD 5 Interrupt = REG_DWORD 5
DosDevices = REG_SZ COM4 Dos Devices = REG_SZ COM6
InterruptStatus = REG_DWORD 0xFFF8 InterruptStatus = REG_DWORD 0xFFF8
PortIndex = REG_DWORD 2 PortIndex = REG_DWORD 4

X1
X4
RS485-B
R
S
4
8
5
-
A
LDO
LDO
LDI
LDI
RS422
RS422
A
B
Figure 3-1: Option Selection Map
Jumpers
RS422: Select differential(RS-422, four-wire) communications mode
RS485-A, RS485-B: Select differential(RS-485, two-wire) communications mode
LDO: Apply load to RS-422 output or RS-485
LDI: Apply load to RS-422 input
X1/X4: Select either 115.2 Kbaud or 460.8 Kbaud maximum

Chapter 4: Address Selection
The card uses two separate address spaces, each occupying eight consecutive register
locations, for COM A and COM B, respectively. PCI architecture is Plug-and-Play. This means
the BIOS or Operating System determines the resources assigned to PCI cards, rather than
you selecting these resources with switches or jumpers. As a result, the card's base address
cannot be changed, it can only be determined.
To determine the base address that has been assigned to the card, run the provided
PCIFind.EXE utility program (PCINT.EXE for Windows95 systems.). This utility will display a list
of all of the ACCES cards detected on the PCI bus, the addresses assigned to each function on
each of the cards, and the respective IRQs and DMAs (if any) allotted.
Alternatively, some operating systems (Windows 95/98/2000) can be queried to determine
which resources were assigned. In these operating systems, you can use either PCIFind or the
Device Manager utility from the System Properties Applet of the control panel. These cards are
installed in the Data Acquisition class of the Device Manager list. Selecting the card then
clicking Properties, then selecting the Resources Tab will display a list of the resources
allocated to the card.
PCIFind uses the Vendor ID and the device ID to search for your card, then reads the base
address and IRQ assigned. If you want to determine the base address and IRQ assigned, use
the following information:
The Vendor ID code for this card is 494F (ASCII for "I/O").
The Device ID code for the card is 1150
PCI supports 64 K of address space, so your card's addresses may be located anywhere in the
0000 to FFF8 hex range.

Chapter 5: Programming
Sample Programs
There are sample programs provided with the card in C, Pascal, QuickBASIC, and several
Windows languages. DOS samples are located in the DOS directory and Windows samples are
located in the WIN32 directory.
Windows Programming
The card installs into Windows as COM ports. Thus the Windows standard API functions can
be used. In particular:
►CreateFile() and CloseHandle() for opening and closing a port.
►SetupComm(), SetCommTimeouts(), GetCommState(), and SetCommState() to set
and change a port’s settings.
►ReadFile() and WriteFile() for accessing a port.
See the documentation for your chosen language for details.
Under DOS, the process is very different. The remainder of this chapter describes DOS
programming.
Initialization
Initializing the chip requires knowledge of the UART's register set. The first step is to set the
baud rate divisor. You do this by first setting the DLAB (Divisor Latch Access Bit) high. This bit
is Bit 7 at Base Address +3. In C code, the call would be:
outportb(BASEADDR +3,0x80);
You then load the divisor into Base Address +0 (low byte) and Base Address +1 (high byte).
The following equation defines the relaionship between baud rate and divisor:
Desired Baud Rate = (UART clock frequency) ÷ (32 divisor)
When the BAUD jumper is in the X1 position, the UART clock frequency is 1.8432MHz. When
the jumper is in the X4 position, the clock frequency is 7.3728 MHz. The following table lists
popular divisor frequencies. Note that there are two columns to consider depending on the
position of the BAUD jumper.

Baud Rate Divisor x1 Divisor x4 Max Diff. Cable Length*
460800 - 1 550 ft
230400 - 2 1400 ft
153600 - 3 2500 ft
115200 1 4 3000 ft
57600 2 8 4000 ft
38400 3 12 4000 ft
28800 4 16 4000 ft
19200 6 24 4000 ft
14400 8 32 4000 ft
9600 12 48 – Most Common 4000 ft
4800 24 96 4000 ft
2400 48 192 4000 ft
1200 96 384 4000 ft
* Recommended maximum distances for differentially driven data cables (RS422 or RS485) are for typical conditions.
Table 5-1: Baud Rate Divisors
In C, the code to set the chip to 9600 baud is:
outportb(BASEADDR, 0x0C);
outportb(BASEADDR +1,0);
The second initializing step is to set the Line Control Register at Base Address +3. This register
defines word length, stop bits, parity, and the DLAB.
Bits 0 and 1 control word length and allow word lengths from 5 to 8 bits. Bit settings are
extracted by subtracting 5 from the desired word length.
Bit 2 determines the number of stop bits. There can be either one or two stop bits. If Bit 2 is
set to 0, there will be one stop bit. If Bit 2 is set to 1, there will be two stop bits.
Bits 3 through 6 control parity and break enable. They are not commonly used for
communications and should be set to zeroes.
Bit 7 is the DLAB discussed earlier. It must be set to zero after the divisor is loaded or else
there will be no communications.
The C command to set the UART for an 8-bit word, no parity, and one stop bit is:
outportb(BASEADDR +3, 0x03)
The third step of the initialization sequence is to set the Modem Control Register at Base
Address +4. Bit 1 is the Request to Send (RTS) control bit. This bit should be left low until
transmission time. (Note: When operating in the automatic RS485 mode, the state of this bit is
not significant.) Bits 2 and 3 are user-designated outputs. Bit 2 may be ignored on this card. Bit
3 is used to enable interrupts and should be set high if an interrupt-driven receiver is to be
used.

The final initialization step is to flush the receiver buffers. You do this with two reads from the
receiver buffer at Base Address +0. When done, the UART is ready to use.
Reception
Reception can be handled in two ways: polling and interrupt-driven. When polling, reception is
accomplished by constantly reading the Line Status Register at Base Address +5. Bit 0 of this
register is set high whenever data are ready to be read from the chip. A simple polling loop
must continuously check this bit and read in data as it becomes available. The following code
fragment implements a polling loop and uses a value of 13, (ASCII Carriage Return) as an end-
of-transmission marker:
do{
while (!(inportb(BASEADDR +5) & 1)); /*Wait until data ready*/
data[i++]= inportb(BASEADDR);
}while (data[i]!=13); /*Reads the line until null character rec'd*/
Interrupt-driven communications should be used whenever possible and is required for high
data rates. Writing an interrupt-driven receiver is not much more complex than writing a polled
receiver but care should be taken when installing or removing your interrupt handler to avoid
writing the wrong interrupt, disabling the wrong interrupt, or turning interrupts off for too long a
period.
The handler would first read the Interrupt Identification Register at Base Address +2. If the
interrupt is for Received Data Available, the handler then reads the data. If no interrupt is
pending, control exits the routine. A sample handler, written in C, is as follows:
readback = inportb(BASEADDR +2);
if(readback & 4) /*Readback will be set to 4 if data are
available*/
data[i++] = inportb(BASEADDR);
outportb(0x20,0x20); /*Write EOI to 8259 Interrupt Controller*/
return;
Transmission
The Auto feature of the PCI-422/485-2 card automatically enables the transmitter when data
are ready to send so no software enabling is required. The following software example is for
non-Auto operation.
First the RTS line should be set high by writing a 1 to Bit 1 of the Modem Control Register at
Base Address +4. The RTS line is used to toggle the transceiver from receive mode to transmit
mode and vice versa. It is not carried out on the line in RS485 and is not used for handshaking.
Similarly, the CTS line is not used in RS485 and should always be enabled by installing a
jumper as described earlier.
After the above is done, the card is ready to send data. To transmit a string of data, the
transmitter must first check Bit 5 of the Line Status Register at Base Address +5. That bit is the
transmitter-holding-register-empty flag. If it is high, the transmitter has sent the data. The
process of checking the bit until it goes high followed by a write is repeated until no data
remains. After all data has been transmitted, the RTS bit should be reset by writing a 0 to Bit 1
of the Modem Control Register.

The following C code fragment demonstrates this process:
outportb(BASEADDR +4, inportb(BASEADDR +4)|0x02);
/*Set RTS bit without altering states of other bits*/
while(data[i]); /*While there is data to send*/
{
while(!(inportb(BASEADDR +5)&0x20)); /*Wait until transmitter is empty*/
outportb(BASEADDR,data[i]);
i++;
}
outportb(BASEADDR +4, inportb(BASEADDR +4)&0xFD);
/*Reset RTS bit without altering states of other bits*/
Caution
The OUT2 bit of the UART must be set low for proper interrupt driven communication. This bit
enables or disables the interrupts and the card will not communicate if the bit is pulled high.

Chapter 6: Connector Pin Assignments
The popular 9-pin D subminiature connector is used for interfacing to communication lines. The
connector is equipped with 4-40 threaded standoffs (female screw lock) to provide strain relief.
Pin No. RS422 Functions RS485 Functions
1 Rx- Receive Data
2 Tx+ Transmit Data TRx+ Transmit/Receive Data
3 Tx- Transmit Data TRx- Transmit/Receive Data
4
5 GND Ground GND Ground
6
7
8
9 Rx+ Receive Data
Table 6-1: Connector Pin Assignments
Note
If connections are to be made to a CE-marked version, then CE-certifiable cabling and
breakout methodology (Cable shields connected to ground at the mounting bracket shielded
twisted-pair wiring, etc) must be used.