IPC/NETIPCFW-1A: User Documentation
DOC/NETIPCFW-E; V3.0
6 Development Tools
6.1.
Serial Remote Console/Disk
The Embedded DOS-ROM is delivered with a useful development tool: the remote
console/remote disk program. This program consists of two parts:
-) the
target system part
(which must be loaded into the NETIPC board), named
„SERDRIVE.SYS“.
Note that also the CONFIG.SYS file of the target must be modified. The line:
DEVICE=SERDRIVE.SYS
must be added to the CONFIG.SYS file in the target. This enables the remote disk. The remote
disk is automatically assigend to the next free drive letter of the target system (usually C:, but
maybe D: or E: if more target disks are defined);
-) the
host-computer part
(which must be available on your host-PC), named
„INTERSVR.EXE“.
The program INTERSVR.EXE can be run with different options: the available options can be
displayed by starting „INTERSVR /H“ to be found in the directory
C:\FBCUBE\NETIPCFW\UTIL. A self-explaining help screen is then displayed.
WARNING
: the host-computer program „INTERSVR.EXE“ must be started
before
the target
is powered up ! Quitting INTERSVR requires depressing „CTRL“ and „ALT“ at the same time
for approx. 3 seconds.
The remote console/remote disk facility allows you to redirect the target console input/output to
your host-computer keyboard and screen and to map your host-computer hard disk (or floppy
drive) to a drive letter assigned to the target. The console and disk data exchange is then routed
through the serial line (COM-ports), i.e. whenever you e.g. type „dir C:“ the directory of your
hard disk C: on the host-PC is transferred to the target and returned via the same serial line as
console output to your host-PC screen.
NOTE
: the host-computer drive linked to the target must be a local drive with a FAT12 or
FAT16 file system installed. Otherwise the INTERSVR program will fail.
If you only want to use the remote disk, but not the remote console (i.e. your target console is
connected directly to an independent I/O-terminal), you must not write the option ‘/CON’ in
‘DEVICE=SERDRIVE.SYS’ in the target CONFIG.SYS file (see above). Please make sure
that the SERDRIVE.SYS file is located on the drive A: of the target, otherwise the command in
the CONFIG.SYS file will fail to find and start the remote console/remote disk driver !
When you disable the remote disk or remote console it may be useful to redirect the targets
console input/output to any other free COM-port available in the target (e.g. COM2). To do so,
you can use the Embedded BIOS console redirection (see chapter 4.1.3 of this manual).
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