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Model Number ISI4608

User Guide

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Page 1: ...Model Number ISI4608 User Guide...

Page 2: ...A 3 9 98 B Manual revised Minor editorial changes All pages at Revision B 6 5 98 C Manual revised Updated I O Addresses All pages at Rev C 9 21 98 D Manual revised to reflect universal driver and use...

Page 3: ...r Windows NT 3 51 4 0 29 Removing ISI4608 Card and Driver in Windows NT 3 51 4 0 32 Installing ISI4608 Software for Windows 95 98 33 Removing the ISI4608 Driver Windows 95 98 39 NetWare Driver Install...

Page 4: ...User License Agreement 61 On Line Warranty Registration 63 About the Internet 63 Appendices 65 Appendix A Base I O Address Switch Settings 66 Appendix B ISI4608 Testing Utilities 69 Appendix C Crosso...

Page 5: ...Chapter 1 Introduction and Description...

Page 6: ...ronment a utility called Multi_View allows you to have multiple sessions Each ISI4608 port can support as many screens as there are physical pages of memory on the terminal If you have SCO Open Server...

Page 7: ...e card providing eight additional serial ports It is a 3 4 size add on card which supports a high speed interface up to 115 2K bps The ISI4608 features one bank of 8 DIP Switches for I O address selec...

Page 8: ...atible with ISA Bus Architecture Microsoft Windows 2000 Me NT 98 95 SCO Open Server version 5 0 Novell Netware Linux kernel 2 0 2 2 or 2 4 At least one CD ROM drive a floppy drive may be used if drive...

Page 9: ...te address space per card Address Valid options range from 100h to 3F0h DIP switch setting see Appendix A Interrupt Valid options include 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 Request IRQ 15 Jumper setting One IRQ per c...

Page 10: ...10 ISI4608 Owner s Manual...

Page 11: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Installation...

Page 12: ...To reduce the risk of fire use only No 26 AWG or larger Telecommunication line Cord ISI4608 Hardware Installation This chapter provides you with the procedures to install the Multi Tech ISI4608 card...

Page 13: ...port board 210h 10 First 8 port upgrade 220h 11 Second 8 port upgrade 230h 12 Third 8 port upgrade 240h 15 Note If you choose IRQ 3 or 4 you may have to disable a COM device from your BIOS setup Also...

Page 14: ...The default setting for the ISI4608 s base I O address is 210 hex The default value for the IRQ jumper is IRQ 10 Choose the IRQ value by covering the appropriate pins with the shorting plug supplied...

Page 15: ...us cable to the DB78S female connector on the ISI4608 card at the back of your computer The RS232 ports provided by the octopus cable are for connection to modems multiplexers or other devices If the...

Page 16: ...ures Note If the ISI4608 card is being used as an expansion card Remote Node model RNI08 for the MultiComRNGateway then you must reconfigure the gateway software using the RASCON EXE program You will...

Page 17: ...Chapter 3 Driver Installation...

Page 18: ...n go to the section of this chapter that deals with the operating system you are using Installing ISI4608 Software for Windows 2000 1 Turn off the PC 2 The ISI4608 card must already be installed in an...

Page 19: ...e component side 3 Turn on the PC and start Windows 2000 4 Insert the ISI driver CD ROM into the CD ROM drive in the computer in cases where the driver files have been downloaded from the MultiTech we...

Page 20: ...20 ISI4608 Owner s Manual 6 At the Choose a Hardware Task screen select Add Troubleshoot a device ClickNext 7 At the Choose a Hardware Device screen select Add a new device ClickNext...

Page 21: ...1 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 8 At the Find New Hardware screen select No I want to select the hardware from a list ClickNext 9 At the Hardware Type screen select Multi port serial adapters ClickNex...

Page 22: ...8 Owner s Manual 10 At the Select a Device Driver screen click on Have Disk 11 At the Install from Disk screen enter the pathof the driver files i e the file directory location in most cases on CD ROM...

Page 23: ...3 Driver Installation 12 In the Models list highlight Multi Tech ISI4608 ISA8 Port Serial Card A comment screen appears indicating that the Base I O Address and IRQ must be specified for the ISI4608 c...

Page 24: ...screen appears A In the Resource Settings field select Input Output Range and click on Change Setting The Edit Input Output Range screen appears Select the value that matches the Base I O Address valu...

Page 25: ...t Request and click on Change Setting The Edit Interrupt Request screen appears Select the value that matches the IRQ value that you have already set on the ISI4608 board in Step 2 Click OK At the Res...

Page 26: ...26 ISI4608 Owner s Manual 15 A completion screen appears Click Finish 16 You will be prompted to restart your computer Click Yes...

Page 27: ...Software has been downloaded from the MultiTech web site it will typically be on a diskette In that case insert diskette into floppy drive 3 Go to Start Run In the Run window enter the file path of t...

Page 28: ...Settings Control Panel 2 ClickonAdd RemoveHardware ClickNext 3 Click on Uninstall Unplug a device and click Next 4 In the subsequent screen click on Uninstall a device and click Next 5 At the Add Remo...

Page 29: ...d IRQ Values ISI4608 Base I OAddress IRQ Initial 8 port board 210h 10 First 8 port upgrade 220h 11 Second 8 port upgrade 230h 12 Third 8 port upgrade 240h 15 The I O Address DIP Switch and the IRQ Jum...

Page 30: ...0 ISI4608 Owner s Manual 8 The Select OEM Option dialog box appears Click OK A transient dialog box will appear indicating the progress of the setup program 9 The ISI Cards dialog box appears Click Ad...

Page 31: ...card Select the first port number for ISI modems which is usually COM3 Click ISA in the Bus Type field Enter the Base I O Address and IRQ as in Step 2 above 11 The ISI Cards dialog box appears again a...

Page 32: ...about restarting your computer click Yes The ISI4608 card software is now installed in Windows NT Removing ISI4608 Card and Driver in Win dows NT 3 51 4 0 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel Network...

Page 33: ...ion handle the ISI4608 circuit card by its edges and keep one hand in contact with the PC chassis Set the Base I O Address and the Interrupt Request IRQ values per the table below Recommended Base I O...

Page 34: ...contains the ISI driver file for example E SERVCARD DRIVERS 95 98 ME Highlightthefile setup exe B From the Start menu go to Run Browse to the path of the 95 98 ME directory 6 Launch the setup program...

Page 35: ...35 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 8 Under SelectType of Card check the Install ISACard box Click Next 9 Specify the number of ports on the card as 8...

Page 36: ...36 ISI4608 Owner s Manual 10 A message screen appears ClickOK 11 A completion screen appears ClickOK 12 The System Properties Device Manager screen appears Highlight MultiTech ISI Card ClickProperties...

Page 37: ...37 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 13 The MultiTech ISI Card Properties screen appears Click on the Resources tab 14 Click onSetConfigurationManually...

Page 38: ...ecified on the hardware jumper block in Step 2 above To alter these param eters click on the Change Setting button 16 When editing of IRQs and Base I O Address settings is complete click OK Then click...

Page 39: ...ole prompt or incorporated for autoloading in the AUTOEXEC NCF file The file AIOMTS MDC contains Novell version 3 12 and higher initialization strings for ISI products not previously listed for use wi...

Page 40: ...e existing aiomdms mdc file Configuring Ports for NetWare Connect When the driver is installed it will allocate 8 consecutive COM ports for the ISI4608 card To set up NetWare Connect ports enter LOAD...

Page 41: ...chnical Support team SCO Open Server 5 Driver Installation The ISI driver for SCO Open Server 5 is shipped on CD ROM FAT file system and can also be downloaded from the Multi Tech web site In both cas...

Page 42: ...y for the ISI driver files mkdir isi 2 Copy the tarred isi driver file into the temporary directory cp sco50x tar isi 3 Untar this file and put its contents into the temporary directory cd isi tar xvf...

Page 43: ...rom local host and select Continue 5 Select as the Media Device Floppy Disk Drive 6 Select Continue 7 Highlight Multi Tech ISA PCI and select Install 8 Enter Y yes to continue installing the ISI drive...

Page 44: ...mputer For further details see MultiTech Installation Script step 7 MultiTech Installation Script The Multi Tech Installation Script for SCO Open Server 5 systems requests information about how many b...

Page 45: ...es available to the Multi_View utility Specify 8 pseudo devices for each ISI4608 card installed For example if the computer contains three ISI4608 cards you would enter 24 You must initialize each of...

Page 46: ...use lower case letters as port identifiers Device basename selected _________________ b After you select a device basename you are prompted for a printer base name This prefix identifies each port tha...

Page 47: ...through which users can log onto the host If your ISI ports are used by terminals e g to allow users to log onto your host you must create an entry in the system s device database that furnishes speci...

Page 48: ...letter for local terminal use or upper case for modem control Note Only one of the options e g modem control or local terminal access should be enabled for any port at one time For example you cannot...

Page 49: ...any of these are missing the compilation will fail Most later Linux OSs install these elements automatically LINUX Copying the driver from the media The Linux drivers for 2 0 and 2 2 2 4 kernels are s...

Page 50: ...ead from a DOS formatted floppy a kernel with support for the FAT file system either statically linked in the kernel or as modules is required Steps for copying the driver from a floppy 1 Linux floppy...

Page 51: ...ot apply to ISI cards with the PCI bus The I O Address DIP Switch and the IRQ Jumper Block are at the top middle of the ISI4608 circuit board and on the component side insmod isicom io card1 card4 irq...

Page 52: ...orts on the ISI card are created in the dev folder Use ttyMxy for normal ports and cumxy for corresponding callout ports Normal ports ttyM are configured for dial in connections Callout ports cum are...

Page 53: ...achine To disable dial in access on a particular port change the entry in the etc inittab file to M2c 12345 off sbin mgetty ttyM2c or just comment out that entry by prefixing a to the entry on the lin...

Page 54: ...d 0x200 and IRQs 5 and 10 enter the following in the destination folder insmod isicom ISIBase1 0x210 Irq1 5 ISIBase2 0x200 Irq2 10 To remove the driver manually enter rmmod isicom This removes the dri...

Page 55: ...Chap 4 Warranty Service Tech Support...

Page 56: ...s option to repair or replacement of any products which prove to be defective within the warranty period or at MTS s option issuance of a refund of the purchase price Defective products must be retur...

Page 57: ...for your Multi Tech product Amex Inc 2724 Summer Street NE Minneapolis MN 55413 U S A Tel 612 331 3251 Fax 612 331 3180 Please direct your questions regarding technical matters product configuration v...

Page 58: ...t side of the ISI4608 To display the firmware version type ATI1 in terminal mode Software versions are listed in the readme files on the ISI Family CD Before calling Technical Support note the status...

Page 59: ...se on a single computer system only and may be copied with the inclusion of the Multi Tech Systems Inc copyright notice only for use on that computer system The Licensee hereby agrees not to provide o...

Page 60: ...ranslated without the written permission of Multi Tech Systems Inc This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota The terms and conditions of this agreement shall prevail regar...

Page 61: ...Appendices...

Page 62: ...f the switch and so on through S8 For example compare the default switch settings with the address 210h thru 240h listings Table A 1 Address Switch Settings I O Address DIP Switch Settings hex S1 S2 S...

Page 63: ...C O O C O C O C 2C0 C C C O O C O C 2D0 C O C O O C O C 2E0 C C O O O C O C 2F0 C O O O O C O C 300 C C C C C O O C 310 C O C C C O O C 320 C C O C C O O C 330 C O O C C O O C 340 C C C O C O O C 350...

Page 64: ...he ISI board when the ISI board s factory settings are unchanged The following screen is displayed ISI4608 Terminal Utility Version 1 00 Copyright C 1990 94 Multi Tech Systems Inc Loading Firmware to...

Page 65: ...ted by pressing the F10 key 2 OPERATION WITH SETTINGS OTHER THAN FACTORY DEFAULTS The 4608TERM EXE program is a utility program that emulates a terminal to test the connection from PC keyboard to ISI...

Page 66: ...n the new command line would be A 4608TERM A2C0 The following screen is displayed A 4608TERM A2C0 Loading Firmware to ISI4608 located at address 2C0h Loading default file ISI4608 BIN ISI4608 loading f...

Page 67: ...e a baud rate has been selected the following is displayed ISI Terminal Utility is ready Press F10 to E x i t This message indicates that keyboard entry can now be performed any characters typed on th...

Page 68: ...ou will require a patch cable to make the connections between card and devices A patch cable is a special type of extension cable that may or may not change the wiring between two connectors For examp...

Page 69: ...9 Appendix B ISI4608 Testing Utilities 25 pin ISI connector 25 pin DCE device Figure C 4 DB25 to DB25 straight patch cable 25 pin ISI connector 25 pin DTE device Figure C 5 DB25 to DB25 crossover cabl...

Page 70: ...70 ISI4608 Owner s Manual 25 pin ISI connector 9 pin DCE device Figure C 6 DB25 to DB9 straight patch cable 25 pin ISI connector 9 pin DTE device Figure C 7 DB25 to DB9 crossover cable...

Page 71: ...71 Appendix C Crossover Cable Wiring Diagrams 9 pin ISI connector 9 pin DCE device Figure C 8 DB9 to DB9 straight patch cable 9 pin ISI connector 9 pin DTE device Figure C 9 DB9 to DB9 crossover cable...

Page 72: ...no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the eq...

Page 73: ...of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and Council Directive 73 23 EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonization of the laws of Membe...

Page 74: ...addresses 12 Installation 12 installation activating ports in SCO Open Server 5 47 software drivers inLinux 50 in SCO Open Server 5 41 inWindows 2000 18 in Windows 95 98 Me 33 in Windows NT 29 install...

Page 75: ...ndows 95 98 Me 39 Windows NT 32 W warranty on line registration 60 Windows 2000 ISI4608install 18 uninstall driver 28 K kernel versions Linux 49 L Linux install in 49 M modems activating ports SCO 47...

Page 76: ...76 ISI4608 Owner s Manual Windows 95 98 Me ISI4608install 33 uninstall driver 39 Windows NT ISI4608install 29 uninstall driver 32...

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