Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto C104H/PCI Series del fabbricante Moxa Technologies
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S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C104H/PCI Series User’ s Manual Smartio 4 Ports Serial Board for PCI Bus Jun. 1999 (2nd Edition) The content of this manual is also available in CD-ROM and at Moxa Web Site. Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +866-2-8 665-6373 Fax: +886-2-8665-6372 www.
S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual The product described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreements. Copyright Notice Copyright 1999 Moxa Technologies Co.
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About This Manual This manual is composed of six Chapters and one A ppendix . This manual is written for installer, system administrator and software programmer. If you are a first-time installer and system administrator, we recommend you to go through the whole manual except Chapter 4 “ Serial Programming Tools ”.
Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................ ................ 1-1 Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------------.
UART 16C550C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A- 2 DB37 Connector Pinouts --------------------------------------------------------------.
Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 1-1 1 1 1 I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Overview S S m m a a r r t t i i o o - The Smart Multiport Async Solution The term S S m m a a r r t t i i o o represents smart multiport serial I/O solution.
1-2 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual l PC-based (vending) Machine or Kiosk System l Point-of-Sale (POS) System PCI Solution The board complies with PCI Spec. 2.1 needing neither switch nor jumper. The hardware configuration for the IRQ and Memory addresses is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS.
Introduction Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 1-3 Features The Smartio C104H/PCI Series consists of members as follows: C104H/PCI: 4 RS-232 ports, high speed 16C550C or compatible UART C104H.
1-4 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Check List Upon unpacking the Smartio C104H/PCI Series, you should find the following items in the package: v Smartio C104H/PCI Series 4 port serial boar.
Introduction Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 1-5 Installation Guide This section gives a brief summary of how to install the Smartio C104H/PCI Series under each supported operating system.
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Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 2-1 2 2 2 H H a a r r d d w w a a r r e e I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n The installation of the Smartio C104H/PCI Series consists of hardware and software installation. The respective sections of the operating systems in the next chapter will discuss more about the software installation.
2-2 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Connecting the Fan-out Cable Step 7 : Connect the connection cable. P1 P2 P3 P4 Smar tio C 104H/PCI S eries Step 8: Power on the PC and the BIOS will automatically set the IRQ and I/O address.
Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-1 3 3 3 S S o o f f t t w w a a r r e e I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n In this chapter, the software driver installation, configuration and driver update/removal procedures are described for various operating systems, including Windows NT, and Windows 95/98.
3-2 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Installing Driver First Time Installing Driver Following is the procedures for installing the Smartio C104H/PCI Series driver for the first time under Windows NT 3.51/4.0. Make sure the board (s) has (have) already been plugged in the system PCI slot (s).
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-3 5. Select MOXA Smartio/Industio Family multiport board in Select OEM Option dialog box, and click [ OK ] to start driver installation. Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box appears.
3-4 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 10. Select a COM number for the specific port from Port Number pull-down list. Note! Step 11 is optional, if you want to assign COM numbers to por ts manually. 11. Check Auto Enumerating COM Number check-box then the subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-5 13. Check Set the change to all ports check-box then if desire to apply Rx FIFO Trigger just defined to all ports. 14. Select a Tx FIFO Size from Tx FIFO Size pull-down list. Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available, and the default value is 16 bytes.
3-6 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 18. Click [ OK ] button in MOXA Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel to return to Network dialog box. 19. Click [ OK ] button in to exit Network dialog box. 20. Restart the PC. Note! The driver configuration will NOT take effect until you restart the PC.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-7 Note! If an error message similar to “ Cannot find any configured MOXA Smartio/Industio series board! ” pops u p, ref er t o the Troubleshooting chapter for solutions.
3-8 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Configuring B oard and Port Re-configure Port Setting If the driver is installed and only desire to re-configure the ports, please refer to the following procedures.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-9 4. Click [ Property ] button in MOXA Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box to open Property dialog box. 5. Then please refer to Step 6 to 21 in “ First Time Installing Driver ” of “ Windows NT ” section.
3-10 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Add Another C104H/PCI Series Board Configuration If another MOXA C104H/PCI Series board is plugged and needed to be re- configured, please see this section for details. Up to four C104H/PCI Series board can be installed in ONE system under Windows NT as long as the system sources is sufficient.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-11 4. Then please refer to Step 6 to 21 in “ First Time Installing Driver ” of “ Windows NT ” section. Remove Existing C104H/PCI Series Board Configuration By unplugging C104H/PCI board, the system will automatically remove the configuration.
3-12 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box. Updating Driver To update the driver for the Smartio C104H/PCI Series board, simply follow the following procedures. 1. Open [ Control Panel ], click [ Network ] icon, and select [ Adapters ] tab.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-13 4. Click [ Close ] button to exit Network dialog box. 5. Restart the system to activate the new configuration. Windows 95/98 Windows 95/98 driver supports up to 128 serial ports, from COM1 to COM128 .
3-14 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Board and Port ”. To update the driver, please go to Section “ Updating Driver ”. To remove the driver, please go to Section “ Removing Driver ”.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-15 Install the Smartio PCI board in the system Start Windows 95/98 to detect the board Driver installed before? Yes No Install the dr.
3-16 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual described in two columns. Follow the steps in the left column for Windows 95 or the right column for Windows 98 respectively.
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3-18 Smartio CC104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3. Type A:Windows.95 in the Location field, and click [ OK ] button in Select Other Location dialog box . The system will start reading the files from the diskette. 4. Click [ Finish ] button. 3. Select Other Devices and click [ Next ] button.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-19 6. Click [ Next ] button. 7. Click [ Next ] button. Port Configuration Stage After the driver is installed, MOXA C104 PCI Series Installation dialog box will be displayed automatically and the port mapping is automatically done by the system.
3-20 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3. Select a COM number for the specific port from Port Number pull-down list. Note! Step 4 is optional, if you want to assign COM numbers to Ports manually. 4. Check Auto Enumerating COM Number check-box then the subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-21 7. Select a Tx FIFO Size from Tx FIFO Size pull-down list. Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available, and the default value is 16 bytes. 8. Check Set the change to all ports check-box then the if desire to apply Tx FIFO Size just defined to all ports.
3-22 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Board and Port Ready Stage Board and Port Ready Stage for Windows 95 and Windows 98 is a slight different.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-23 Service to provide dial-up networking capabilities. Configuring Board and Port If desire to re-configure the COM number for the ports of installed boards and drivers under Windows 95/98, please follow procedures listed below.
3-24 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 4. Click on the specific port and click [ Port Setting ] button to re-assign the desired COM number for the Smartio C104H/PCI Series port mapping. Note! Step 5 is optional, if you want to assign COM numbers to Port manually.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-25 Check Set the change to all ports check-box if desire to apply this setting to all ports. Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available, and the default value is 16 bytes. 8. Click [ OK ] button in Port X dialog box.
3-26 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 2. Click on MOXA C104 PCI Series and click [ Properties ] button 3. Select [ Driver ] tab. 4. Click [ Update Driver.
Software Installation Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3-27 6. Insert the source diskette in the floppy drive if there is any. 7. Click [ OK ] button in Install from Disk dialog box. 8. The system will automatically prompt you to restart the system, click [ Yes ] button to restart the system.
3-28 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 3. Click [ Yes ] button in the following shown message box to confirm the driver removal. 4. Click [ OK ] button in Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box.
Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 4-1 4 4 4 S S e e r r i i a a l l P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T o o o o l l s s Moxa supports some easy but powerful serial programming libraries and communication troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT and Windows 95/98.
4-2 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual P P C C o o m m m m Programming Library The serial communication library helps you to develop programs for serial communications for any COM port complying with Microsoft Win32 API.
Serial Programming Tools Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 4-3 Diagnostic (for MOXA boards only) A convenient diagnostic program ONLY for MOXA boards and ports provides internal and external testing including IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, DTR/DCD testing, etc.
4-4 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Monitor (for MOXA boards under Windows NT Only) A useful port status monitoring program allows you to watch over the selected MOXA COM ports. It monitors data transmitting/receiving throughput and communication line status that are updated and displayed on the screen at time intervals.
Serial Programming Tools Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 4-5 Terminal Emulator The Terminal Emulator obviously serves as an emulator to connect various ports to see if the transmission functions correctly. It features multi-windows and supports terminal types of VT100 and ANSI.
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Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 5-1 5 5 5 C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n C C a a b b l l e e a a n n d d C C a a b b l l e e W W i i r r i i n n g g This chapter will illustrate the possible connections and cable wiring for C104H/PCI Series board.
5-2 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual C104H/PCI DB9 Male (Opt4D) 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 T xD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS According to cable options and devices connected, several possible connection types are illustrated as below. Type 1: To connect C104H/PCI Series to a DTE device.
Connection Cable and Cable Wiring Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 5-3 P C CO M2 port, Se ri al P ri nter, Terminal, or any DT E D ev ic e Opt4D C104H/PCI DTE Device DB9 Male DB25 Male RxD 2 2 TxD TxD 3 3 RxD CTS 8 4 RTS RTS 7 5 CTS DTR 4 6 DSR DSR 6 20 DTR GND 5 7 GND DCD 1 8 DCD Type 2: To connect C104H/PCI Series to a DCE device.
5-4 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual Modem or any DCE D evic e Opt4D C104H/PCI DCE Device DB9 Male DB25 Female RxD 2 2 RxD TxD 3 3 TxD CTS 8 4 CTS RTS 7 5 RTS DTR 4 6 DTR DSR 6 20 DSR GND 5 7 GND DCD 1 8 DCD Type 3: To connect C104H/PCI Series to a DTE with 3-pin wiring.
Connection Cable and Cable Wiring Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 5-5 P C CO M2 port, Se ri al P ri nter, Terminal, or any DT E D ev ic e Opt4D C104H/PCI DTE Device DB9 Male DB25 Male RxD 2.
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Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 6-1 6 6 6 T T r r o o u u b b l l e e s s h h o o o o t t i i n n g g Common Smartio C104H/PCI Series errors and possible corresponding solutions are listed below.
6-2 Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual MOXA boards and port conditions. If Diagnostic reports error, replace the malfunctioned faulty components.
Troubleshooting Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual 6-3 4. Windows NT system panic (blue screen). The possible reason is an IRQ or I/O address conflict with other ISA Bus adapters, like LAN and SCSI boards, or the system BIOS. Please refer to the corresponding problem in the previous section “ General Troubleshooting ” for solutions.
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Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual A- 1 A A A A 7 T T e e c c h h n n i i c c a a l l R R e e f f e e r r e e n n c c e e Specification v Bus interface: 32-bit PCI v Number of ports: 4 v I/O address: Assigned by PCI BIOS v IRQ: Assigned by PCI BIOS v Data bits: 5, 6, 7, 8 v Stop bits: 1, 1.
A- 2 Smartio C104H/PCI Serieses User ’ s Manual board will have different system configurations if switching to a different PCI slot, which may be called slot-sensitive or slot-dependent . This may also apply to PCI slots in PC with different motherboard, which may use different device number sets .
Technical Reference Smartio C104H/PCI Series User ’ s Manual A- 3 DB37 Connector Pinouts The following lists the pin assignments of the Smartio C104H/PCI Series DB37 connector on the bracket. With this information, you may fabricate any type of fan- out cables, such as DB37 to 4 x RJ45.
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Problem Report Form Smartio C104H/PCI Series Customer name: Company: Tel: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product: C104H/PCI Series: o C104H/PCI o C104HS/PCI Serial Number:__________ 2. Moxa Driver Version: ________________ 3. Moxa Hardware Settings: PCI slot number ________________________ 4.
Return Procedure For product repair, exchange or refund, you must: v Provide evidence of original purchase. v Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF) as detailed as possible for shorter product repair time. v Obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number from the sales representative or dealer.
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