Adapter Tau-PCI/32, User Manual
Copyright © 2004-2007 Cronyx
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Adapter Check
The adapter delivery set includes two 3.5” floppies or a CD-ROM. If floppy disks are
included, boot up the computer using the “Diagnostic Boot” floppy, otherwise boot up
from the CD-ROM.
After the boot, a diagnostic application that will start automatically will search and
perform basic testing of the internal circuits (bus test) of the installed adapters. Then, you
choose the adapter that needs testing.
The diagnostic application allows you to run various tests, which involve the use of
appropriate external equipment and/or E1 interface loopbacks.
For most cases, the following steps will be sufficient to check the availability of the
adapter:
Access the Test menu and run the General Test command;
For complete check of the protection circuits and E1 interface health:
Access the Cross Connector menu and run the Enable E1/
0
command;
Connect the external loopback (supplied) to the E1/
0
interface;
Access the Test menu and run the Receive/Transmit command;
For dual-interface models, the same sequence can be performed to test the second
E1/
1
interface.
If the equipment has been connected correctly and is functional, each test must yield
no errors (with allowance for several start errors due to synchronization adjustment).
For instructions that are more detailed please refer to the support service.
Software Installation
The adapter delivery set includes two 3.5” floppy disks or CD-ROM. If floppy disks
are included, one contains a testing application and is a boot floppy (labeled "Diagnostic
Boot"), and the other contains drivers for the supported operating systems.
If floppy disks are included, the drivers for FreeBSD and Linux can be found on the
second floppy. Drivers for any version Windows are not available. The readme.txt file
contains a full list of the drivers. You can read the floppy files using the "mread" utility
("mtools" package). To unpack, use "tar" utility. For example:
mread a:
clinux445.tgz
tar xvzf clinux445.tgz
After unpacking, install the driver according to the instructions contained in the
readme.txt file. For the latest drivers and other accompanying software, you should visit
the Cronyx website. Before you install the software, please read all of the attached
documentation carefully.