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C104H/PCI Series User’s Manual

Smartio 4 Ports Serial Board for PCI Bus

Jun. 1999 (2nd Edition)

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Page 1: ...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 8665 6373 Fax 886...

Page 2: ...ithout notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Moxa Moxa provides this document as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the partic...

Page 3: ...ilt for technical support product inquiry new driver update user s manual update etc The followings are the services we provide E mail for technical support address support moxa com tw FTP site for fr...

Page 4: ...r C104H PCI Series Check list and overall installation guide are also included Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter gives details of how to do hardware installation for C104H PCI Series and co...

Page 5: ...nfiguring Board and Port 3 8 Updating Driver 3 12 Removing Driver 3 12 Windows 95 98 3 13 Installing Driver 3 14 Configuring Board and Port 3 23 Updating Driver 3 25 Removing driver 3 27 Serial Progra...

Page 6: ...UART 16C550C A 2 DB37 Connector Pinouts A 3...

Page 7: ...ders keypads numeric displays electrical weighing machines data acquisition equipment and many other serial devices to the PC and its compatible systems With a well designed and fine tuned device driv...

Page 8: ...me connection options to protect the multiport controller This is remarkably required for harsh environment such as factory severe weather such as lightning or other high interference situations Opera...

Page 9: ...6C550C Communication Controllers with on chip hardware flow control guarantees no data loss v Compact size design half size v Surge protection C104HS PCI v Easy installation 32 bit PCI bus with Plug a...

Page 10: ...e following items in the package v Smartio C104H PCI Series 4 port serial board v Device driver diskettes l Windows NT and Windows 95 98 1 l P PC Co om mm m Lite 1 v Smartio C104H PCI Series User s Ma...

Page 11: ...ardware and the connection cable Installation Install the software from the diskette See respective O S Section Configure the driver for the board and ports in Chapter 3 Software Installation Connect...

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Page 13: ...tion for IRQ number and I O addresses is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS Hence the board MUST be plugged first before installing the software driver Installing the S Sm ma ar rt ti io o C104H P...

Page 14: ...y one unique IRQ and four 8 byte I O addresses which are assigned automatically by the PCI BIOS However you can select a free IRQ number manually via the PC s BIOS setup for the PCI slot but normally...

Page 15: ...for serial programming issues Windows NT Windows NT supports up to 256 serial ports from COM1 to COM256 To fully utilize the advanced features of Windows NT multi process multi thread and pure 32 bit...

Page 16: ...e 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 1 Please log in NT as Administrator 2 Open Control Panel click Network icon and sele...

Page 17: ...ver installation Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box appears 6 Click Add button to open Property dialog box to change port setting and advanced FIFO configuration done automatically b...

Page 18: ...M Number check box then the subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers For example if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1 then COM 4 will be automatically assigned to Port 2 Note You may skip Step...

Page 19: ...lable and the default value is 16 bytes 15 Check Set the change to all ports check box then the if desire to apply Tx FIFO Size just defined to all ports 16 Click OK button in Port X dialog box to con...

Page 20: ...C104H PCI Series components the control board and the external 1X4 cable are connected and fastened tightly to make sure that the system and the driver start successfully Once the system restarts you...

Page 21: ...nd the driver are installed and the driver restarts successfully you can start to develop applications with the P PC Co om mm m library See Serial Programming Tools or the Microsoft Win32 API You can...

Page 22: ...o by clicking Start Program Files MOXA Utility MOXA Smartio Industio Configuration Panel Property and then also refer to step 6 21 in the previous section First Time Installing Driver 1 Open Control P...

Page 23: ...104H 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 Installi...

Page 24: ...as long as the system sources is sufficient Except procedures listed below it is also allowed to do so by clicking Start Program Files MOXA Utility MOXA Smartio Industio Configuration Panel Add and th...

Page 25: ...ease 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...

Page 26: ...apter in the Network Adapter list 3 Click Remove button in Network dialog box 4 Click Close button in Network dialog box 5 Restart the system 6 Please refer to Step 1 to 21 in First Time Installing Dr...

Page 27: ...d features of Windows 95 98 multi process multi thread and pure 32 bit Windows 95 98 virtual device port drivers VxD compliant with communication drivers VCOMM are developed for the Smartio C104H PCI...

Page 28: ...orting Plug and Play capability Windows 95 98 will automatically detect the presence of the newly plugged board and prompt you to install the software driver for the first time In this case you need t...

Page 29: ...allation Stage Configure the port See Section Port Configuration Stage The ports of the Smartio C104H PCI Series Board are ready to work See Section Board and Port Ready Stage First Time Driver Instal...

Page 30: ...104H PCI Series board was plugged the system will prompt you to do Port Configuration Stage discussed in the next section and skips this stage 1 Upon detecting the first new S Sm ma ar rt ti io o C104...

Page 31: ...Software Installation Smartio C104H PCI Series User s Manual 3 17...

Page 32: ...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 4 Click Have Disk button 5 T...

Page 33: ...llation dialog box will be displayed automatically and the port mapping is automatically done by the system If one MOXA C104H PCI Series board had installed previously and another MOXA C104H PCI Serie...

Page 34: ...to continuous COM numbers For example if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1 then COM 4 will be automatically assigned to Port 2 Note You may skip Step 5 to 8 if the system doesn t require a special performa...

Page 35: ...IFO 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 9 Click OK...

Page 36: ...while the driver has been installed simply plug the Smartio C104H PCI Series board and Windows 95 98 will automatically detect the newly plugged board and skip to Port Configuration stage to do port s...

Page 37: ...so allowed to do so by clicking Start Program Files MOXA Utility MOXA Smartio Industio Configuration Panel Property Port Setting For this is a PCI board once the board is added or unplugged the config...

Page 38: ...or subsequent ports For example if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1 then COM 4 will be automatically assigned to Port 2 Note Step 6 and 7 are optional if the system doesn t require a special performance tu...

Page 39: ...default value is 16 bytes 8 Click OK button in Port X dialog box 9 Click OK button in C104 PCI Series Properties dialog box 10 Click OK button in Device Manager tab 11 Restart the system to activate t...

Page 40: ...artio 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 button 5 Click Have Disk button and type the path of the new...

Page 41: ...you to restart the system click Yes button to restart the system Or No button if you want to reboot the system later Removing driver This section explains how to remove the Smartio C104H PCI Series bo...

Page 42: ...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...

Page 43: ...ial communication library is useful for developing an application for data communication remote access data acquisition or industrial control in Windows NT or Windows 95 98 environment Also it is an e...

Page 44: ...ng time This serial communication library provides a complete library function and sample programs for Visual C Visual Basic and Delphi To view the detailed function description and sample programs pl...

Page 45: ...gnostic 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 It will verify if both the software and hardware fu...

Page 46: ...COM ports It monitors data transmitting receiving throughput and communication line status that are updated and displayed on the screen at time intervals By clicking on the specific displayed port yo...

Page 47: ...e if the transmission functions correctly It features multi windows and supports terminal types of VT100 and ANSI It allows you to transfer data interactively send pattern periodically or transfer fil...

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Page 49: ...cable wiring for C104H PCI Series board In serial data communications the term DTE is Data Terminal Equipment such as PC COM1 2 serial printers and terminals The term DCE is Data Communication Equipm...

Page 50: ...devices connected several possible connection types are illustrated as below Type 1 To connect C104H PCI Series to a DTE device PC COM2 port Serial Printer Terminal or any DTE Device Opt4C Null Modem...

Page 51: ...B9 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 Modem or any DCE Device Opt4C Stra...

Page 52: ...rol feature is set to ON you must loop back or short the RTS with CTS and DSR with DTR DCD on MOXA site indicated in dash lines of the following diagrams If the Hardware flow control feature is set to...

Page 53: ...rtio C104H PCI Series User s Manual 5 5 PC COM2 port Serial Printer Terminal or any DTE Device Opt4D C104H PCI DTE Device DB9 Male DB25 Male RxD 2 2 TxD TxD 3 3 RxD GND 5 7 GND RTS 7 4 RTS CTS 8 5 CTS...

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Page 55: ...install it B The board is not properly plugged in the system If that is the case re plug the board in a 32 bit PCI slot this time Sometimes the slot for plugging the board is malfunctioned In this ca...

Page 56: ...ator or HyperTerminal under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Windows NT This section is specific for troubleshooting under Windows NT For general problems and solutions please see the previous section Gen...

Page 57: ...see the previous section General Troubleshooting 1 The system fails to find the S Sm ma ar rt ti io o C104H PCI Series board The board s is are not plugged properly The slot with boards plugging in i...

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Page 59: ...TS CTS DTR DSR DCD GND v Surge protection Max 2000V C104HS PCI v Operating temp 0 55 J v Power requirement C104H PCI 86mA max 5V 210mA max 12V 266mA max 12V C104HS PCI 110mA max 5V 230mA max 12V 320mA...

Page 60: ...re configure the software driver once the board is plugged in different PCI slots Up to 4 Smartio C104H PCI Series boards are allowed in one system When installing more than one board please remember...

Page 61: ...you may fabricate any type of fan out cables such as DB37 to 4 x RJ45 Pin no Signal Pin no Signal 1 20 RI3 2 DCD3 21 DTR3 3 GND 22 DSR3 4 CTS3 23 RTS3 5 RxD3 24 TxD3 6 RI4 25 DCD4 7 DTR4 26 GND 8 DSR4...

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Page 63: ...ers 5 PC Host Make _________ Model _________ 6 CPU Speed _____MHz Make ______ Model ______ 7 BIOS Make __________________ Version _______ 8 PCI IRQ Configuration in BIOS Slot no 1 2 3 4 IRQ no 9 Probl...

Page 64: ...oduct repair time v Obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number from the sales representative or dealer v Carefully pack the product in an anti static package and send it pre paid to the deal...

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