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1. Parameter Set to Port Type No change should already be set to software flow control Configure port incoming only Speed the speed value you require Page 76 Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards PS Sa ES 6 In the Modify Serial Port window click on the Port settings button The Port settings window is now displayed Port settings x Data bits 8 Parity None ek 1 Cancel Help 7 In the Port settings window select the Data bits and Parity values you require and click on OK 8 In the Modify Serial Port window click on OK to accept the changes you have made and close the window 9 Repeat steps 3 to 8 until you have configured the serial ports for all the host cards you require 10 In the Serial Manager menu click on Host gt Quit to quit Serial Manager and close the window 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 77 SEDREZSE Configuring serial ports under SCO UnixWare 2 spxadmport SCO UnixWare 2 does not include the graphical user interface based Serial Manager utility If you are running SCO UnixWare 2 on your computer you need to run the spxadmport script from the command line to configure I O8 serial ports You use this by typing a single line command which contains the information required for a given configuration task using the following syntax
2. Syntax etc spxadmport command svctag label owner where Item Description Example command add enable disable remove or list remove svctag device number from dev term i01 label etc ttydefs entry optional 9600 owner user ID assigned to the port optional root Procedure To use the spxadmport script to configure your I O8 serial ports proceed as follows 1 At the command prompt type one of the commands detailed in the next table using the following syntax etc spxadmport command svctag label owner Command Description Example command Add Adds a serial port to the etc spxadmport add i01 9600 root service monitor io8mon and enables the port for monitoring logins Enable Enables a previously disabled etc spxadmport enable port for monitoring Disable Disables a port Has the effect etc spxadmport disable i01 of disabling all further logins on this port Remove Removes the selected serial etc spxadmport remove i01 port from the service monitor io8mon List Lists the currently defined etc spxadmport list services and or port monitors List p Lists all logins configured etc spxadmport list p List s Lists all port services etc spxadmport list s configured l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 78 PS Sa ES 2 Press the Enter key The revised I O8 port configu
3. In the Terminal type list double click on the terminal type you want for the currently selected ports Alternatively single click on the item you want in the Terminal type list and type press the Set button The list of ports is now updated to show the new terminal type Terminal Type New terminal type Ton displayed here Enabling and 5 If required in the Port Configuration window click on the ixon button to enable flow disabling flow control for Transparent printing control Note For information about transparent printing see Appendix B Transparent printing 6 If required in the Port Configuration window click on the ixany button to enable sending of data on receipt of the next character when flow control is enabled on the transparent print port 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 53 EDEZE Setting up a port 7 In the Port Configuration window click on one of the menu options shown in the next login table to display the ports with the login status you want to change For example ports without logins enabled These options allow you to filter on the type of ports you are looking for This facility is helpful when you have a large number of ports installed To Display Click menu option All ports with logins enabled Ports gt Logins All ports without logins enabled Ports gt Unconfigured Display all po
4. Add Remove Hardware WAN 5 In the Choose a Hardware Device page scroll up the list of devices and click on Choose a Hardware Device Add a new device then click on the Next gt Which hardware device dg button The Find New Hardware page is now displayed 6 In the Find New Hardware page select No I want to select the hardware from a list Find New Hardware and click on the Next gt button Windows can also detect hardw i The Hardware Type page is now displayed 7 In the Hardware Type page select Mutli Add Remove Hardware Wizard Hardware Type What type of hardware do you want l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 90 port serial adaptors and click on the Next gt button Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards EORESY In this Wizard page Do the following The Select a Device Driver page is now displayed Add Remove Hardware Wizard Select a Device Driver Which driver do you want 8 If your host card type isn t shown in the Select a Device Driver page click on the Have Disk button A message window is now displayed which prompts you for the driver and location you want to use 9 In the message window enter or select the driver you want and click on the OK button to accept settings and close the window The Select a Device Driver page is now updated to show the new driver you have selected 10
5. 2 In the run window enter the path and program name update exe then click on the OK button The Device Driver Updater Wizard is now displayed as shown in the next picture Specialix Device Driver Updater Wizard eal This wizard will guide you through updating installed Specialix Chase Perle devices drivers Press NEXT to commence update of installed Specialix devices a Back Cancel 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 83 SORES 3 In the Perle Device Driver Updater Wizard click on the Next gt button A progress message is now displayed while the drivers are updated This is then followed by the closing message window 4 In the closing page click on the FINISH button to complete driver installation l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 84 PEDDESe Configuring PCI host card serial ports To configure I O8 serial ports under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 proceed as follows 1 In the Windows 2000 desktop click on the Start button and select Settings gt Control Panel The control panel window is now displayed E5 Control Panel File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back v v
6. method 1 At the command prompt type scoadmin The System Administration window is now displayed System Administration on hpnetserve40 OF x File View Options Help Virtual Domain User Manager Hardware Audio Configuration Manager Device Configuration L Hotplug Manager Modem Manager 2 Inthe System Administration tool window click on the Hardware folder and then select Device Configuration Utility DCU The Unixware Device Configuration Utility window is now displayed dcu ojx UnixWare Device Configuration Utility Device Configuration Utility Main Menu ardware Device Configuration software Device Drivers abply Changes 2 Exit DCU kit DCU and Cancel Changes Select this to view boards configured in system psdoun arrow keys and ENTER to select Fi Help You can now use the Device Configuration Utility to configure or display host card addresses and IRQ levels See Adding a new host card address on page 67 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 66 Adding a new host card address In order to function each ISA host card must be allocated an available I O address and IRQ level The Device Configuration Utility allows you to determine the available addresses and IRQ levels then allocate them to a particular host card To do this proceed as follows 1 Start the Unixware Device Configuration Utility See Starting the Unixware Device Configuration
7. SEDREZSE Hostcard Switchsetting Hostcard Switch setting Hostcard one on address on host card address on host card address host card 3d0 11110100 3e0 11111000 3f0 11111100 3d4 11110101 3e4 11111001 3f4 11111101 3d8 11110110 3e8 11111010 3f8 11111110 3dc 11110111 3ec 11111011 3fc 11111111 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Hexidecimal to binary conversion table Page 130 SEDREZE Appendix D Troubleshooting You need to read You need to read this appendix if you want information on troubleshooting error messages this appendix if you experienced with l O8 serial adaptor cards want to This appendix provides examples of normal boot up messages and a table of error messages their meaning and corrective action required for the all the currently supported operating systems This appendix includes the following sections Windows 95 and 98 on page 132 Windows NT on page 140 SCO OpenServer 5 on page 141 SCO UnixWare SCO OpenServer 6 on page 143 Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 on page 146 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 131 Windows 95 and 98 Resource conflicts If the system cannot use the factory default or allocate free resources when the system tries to add the ISA card at its default address and IRQ level the following message screen is displayed Add New Hardware Wizard You are using other hardware that conflicts with the hardw
8. Host card Switch setting Host card Switch setting Hostcard Switch setting address on host card address on host card address on host card 100 01000000 170 01011100 1e0 01111000 104 01000001 174 01011101 1e4 01111001 108 01000010 178 01011110 1e8 01111010 10c 01000011 17c 01011111 tec 01111011 110 01000100 180 01100000 1f0 01111100 114 01000101 184 01100001 114 01111101 118 01000110 188 01100010 18 01111110 lic 01000111 18c 01100011 lfc 01111111 120 01001000 190 01100100 200 10000000 124 01001001 194 01100101 204 10000001 128 01001010 198 01100110 208 10000010 12c 01001011 19c 01100111 20c 10000011 130 01001100 1a0 01101000 210 10000100 134 01001101 1a4 01101001 214 10000101 138 01001110 1a8 01101010 218 10000110 13c 01001111 tac 01101011 21c 10000111 140 01010000 1b0 01101100 220 10001000 144 01010001 1b4 01101101 224 10001001 148 01010010 1b8 01101110 228 10001010 14c 01010011 1bc 01101111 22c 10001011 150 01010100 1c0 01110000 230 10001100 154 01010101 1c4 01110001 234 10001101 158 01010110 1c8 01110010 238 10001110 15c 01010111 1cc 01110011 23c 10001111 160 01011000 1d0 01110100 240 10010000 164 01011001 1d4 01110101 244 10010001 168 01011010 1d8 01110110 248 10010010 16c 01011011 1dc 01110111 24c 10010011 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Hexidecimal to binary conversion table Page 128 Host card Switch s
9. h st card addrosS eee abi kon ste a ke an kn ank a l poke 49 Exiting the Host Card Configuration utility scsccicssasecsacasasccsassassaercctesesssatecensvoas 50 Configuring I O8 serial ports igen aleka koni kak errands ae n ik in bik ak 51 Removing O8 drivers and utilities from your SYS EM rreeeeerrrrrrrrnne 55 Installing VO8 under SCO UnixWare sccscccsscsessssssscssssecsessnssnsessnsenssnees 57 General installation procedure for SCO UnixWare eerrrrrrrrrrrrerrnooonnnnn 58 Upgrading from existing device ONVONS w s w ak akay kap aka abi ko kb kab kaba biya e 60 Upgrading from Specialix I OB SVr4 driver v1 0 2 uevvrrrrrrrrrireeeeooennnnnssonnnon 60 Installing drivers and utilities onto your SYS IEM eeerrrrrrrrrrrsonssenononnnann 61 Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ lEVEIS 0 eeeesesseeeenonnnnnnnnn 64 Starting the Unixware Device Configuration Utility rrrreeeeerrrrevoeorrnsnsonannnnan 65 Adding a new hast card address 1e kar knn bss poko dae cated in kl n ba ea de ai 67 Editing a hostcard addrosSS sinik s n pa kit boko po perik kosa io pe pk a pakse 69 De activatmg BIST Card apse aaa loa pt enki asst ay kr ak eee 70 Displaying software device driver details eeeeeerrerssnnnsoononnannnnesanassnnnn 71 Exiting the Device Configuration Utility eeererverooeoooorssenoonrssononnsssnoonnnnnn 72 Conigunng seral POMS creirie nar aranna bak as a kk it a e ka kaa
10. If the problem persists try another host card See page 17 ERROR an ISA host has bad resource s Duplication of addresses and or IRQ level for two or more host cards Check that DIL switch settings on host cards match those set in Host Card Configuration tool See page 47 Ensure that you have followed the installation procedure correctly See page 17 If the problem persists try another host card See page 17 WARNING a PCI host is not configured WARNING an ISA hostis not configured System error Remove the l O8 host card and uninstall the drivers from your system See page 17 and page 55 Re install the drivers and host cards onto your system taking care to follow the correct procedure See page 17 Serial port device node related messages l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO OpenServer 5 Serial port device nodes not present Page 142 1 Invoke the io8hcfg utility See page 43 2 Ensure all installed host cards are listed 3 Save and exit the utility to create the device nodes PS Sa ES SCO UnixWare SCO OpenServer 6 Example of normal boot up messages for host cards The normal messages for satisfactory host card detection and initialisation form part of the normal SCO UnixWare boot up messages and are shown in the next example This example shows one ISA host card and one PCI host card
11. Page 23 5 In the prompt page select the No l want the hardware from a list option and then click on the Next gt button to confirm your selection The hardware selection page is now displayed as shown in the next picture Add New Hardware Wizard Select the type of hardware you want to install Hardware types Memory Technology Drivers MTDs Multi function adapters if Network adapters Q Other devices PCMCIA socket AY Potts COM amp LPT a Printer vi Back Cancel 6 In the hardware selection page scroll down the Hardware types list and single click on the Multi function adapters option to select it Now click on the Next gt button The select manufacturer and model page is now displayed Add New Hardware Wizard Select the manufacturer and model of your hardware If your hardware is not listed or if you have an installation disk click Have Disk lf your hardware is still not listed click Back and then select a different hardware type Manufacturers Models Specialis 08 ISA Adapter Have Disk lt Back Cancel 7 Inthe select manufacturer and model page scroll down the Manufacturers list and select Specialix International Ltd Now scroll down the Models list and select the Specialix 1 O8 ISA Adapter option Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 24 8
12. RJ12 to DB9 male cable on page 108 e RJ12 to DB25 male cable on page 109 RJ12 to DB25 female cable on page 110 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 3 1 08 Cabling information 1 O8 cables available from Perle Page 107 JA A RJ12 to DB9 male cable Cable diagram Pin 1 looking into socket Pin 1 i Pin 5 Perle part number CIO8 DB9 Pin numbers looking into connector Connector pinout table RJ12 pin DB9 Pin Signal Description 1 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 2 RXD Receive Data 3 4 and 7 DTR RTS Data Terminal Ready Request To Send Function depends on the way you open the serial port see page 120 4 5 GND Ground 5 3 TXD Transmit Data 6 8 CTS Clear to send Shell Shield Chassis Chassis ground 1 O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 3 1 08 Cabling information Il O8 cables available from Perle Page 108 5 A SP RJ12 to DB25 male cable Cable diagram N apn Pin 1 looking into connector Pin 1 looking into socket z ponnonoo e0ocooooooooo 0ococococococoocoo
13. 2 If required install the O8 SCO OpenServer drivers and utilities onto your system using the procedures described in Installing device drivers and utilities on page 37 3 SCO OpenServer 5 only If required using the Host Card Configuration tool select and assign addresses for any additional ISA host cards you want to install from the free addresses available See Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels SCO OpenServer 5 Only on page 43 4 SCO OpenServer 5 only Repeat step 3 until you have assigned addresses to all the ISA host cards you want to install 5 SCO OpenServer 5 only If required install any ISA host cards you require into your system See Installing an ISA host card on page 101 6 If required remove any host cards you want from your system See Removing host cards on page 103 7 Using the Port Configuration tool configure the serial ports you have added to the system See Configuring I O8 serial ports on page 51 Your system can now use the serial adaptor cards you have installed If required you can reconfigure serial ports following initial installation See Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels SCO OpenServer 5 Only on page 43 and Configuring 1 08 serial ports on page 51 for details 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 35 Upgrading from existing device drivers If your system already has a
14. Full anti static precautions should be taken when handling host cards y y pan p 4 Repeat step 3 until you have installed all the PCI cards you want 5 Replace and secure the system cover Installation of PCI host cards is now complete For further details about installing host cards including other types see Before you start on page 18 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing a PCI host card Page 100 SEOVES2 Installing an ISA host card Setting the Before you install an ISA card in your system you need to physically set the address for the address on an ISA card using the DIL switch provided shown in the next picture host card ADDRESS 98765432 SWITCH SET TO 0 POSITION ON To set the address for an ISA host card proceed as follows Caution A Full anti static precautions should be taken when handling host cards 1 Convert the address you want to use into a binary value See Appendix C ISA host card address settings 2 On the host card set the DIL switch on the host card to the selected binary address you want The next picture shows an example DIL switch set to an address of 100 pex Which corresponds to 01000000 ADDRESS 98765432 IYE SWITCH SET TO 0 POSITION ON l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installin
15. Il O8 cables available from Perle Page 110 Chapter 3 1 O8 Cabling information SEDREZE Chapter 4 Quick reference You need to read You need to read this chapter if you want information in quick reference form about the this chapter if you utilities provided with the Il O8 Serial adaptor cards want to This chapter provides a quick reference guide to the software utilities provided with the 1 08 Serial adaptor cards The utilities are grouped under operating system and include main windows and menus In addition cross references are provided for further information about each area This chapter includes the following sections e SCO OpenServer utilities on page 112 e SCO UnixWare utilities on page 116 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 4 Quick reference Page 111 PEDDESe SCO OpenServer utilities A number of utilities are provided for use with the SCO OpenServer operating system See the following sections for information about main windows and menus e Host Card Configuration utility SCO OpenServer 5 Only on page 113 e Port Configuration utility on page 114 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 4 Quick reference SCO OpenServer utilities Page 112 SEDREZE Host Card Configuration utility SCO OpenServer 5 Only The main window for the Host Card Configuration tool is shown in the next picture See Menu map on page 113 for details of menus Specialix 1 08 v1 0 0 Host Card
16. Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 138 6 In the Resources page click on the Set Configuration Manually button The lower half of the Resources page is now updated to show the resources currently in use as shown in the next picture Properties 2 xi General Driver Resources eS Specialix 1708 ISA Adapter Jo Use automatic settings Setting based on Basic configuration 0 x Input Output Range 0100 0103 09 Interrupt Request Change Setting Conflicting device list Interrupt Request 09 used by Intel 823714B EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller 7 Inthe Resources page change the resource property of the device to free up the resource you want Refer to your Windows documentation for further details 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 139 SEDREZE Windows NT Windows NT general troubleshooting In the event of any problems open the Devices window to view the status of any installed hardware For further details of troubleshooting under Windows NT see your Windows NT user documentation or help system 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows NT Page 140 SEDREZE SCO OpenServer 5 Example of normal boot up messages for host cards The normal messages for satisfactory host card detection and initialisation form part of the normal SCO OpenServer 5 boot up messages and are shown in the next example This example shows on
17. Using the SCO To start the Host Card Configuration Utility from the SCO OpenServer 5 desktop proceed as OpenServer 5 follows desktop 1 In the SCO OpenServer 5 desktop open the System Administration folder The System Administration window is now displayed 2 In the System Administration window click on the Specialix I O8 folder to open it The Specialix 1 O8 window is now displayed 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 44 3 In the Specialix l O8 window click on the 1 08 Host Configuration Icon The Host Card Configuration window is now displayed Specialix 1708 v1 0 0 Host Card Configuration No host cards configured You can now use the utility to add remove or edit host card parameters Adding a new host card address In order to function each ISA host card must be allocated an available I O address and IRQ level The Host Card Configuration utility allows you to determine the available addresses and IRQ levels then allocate them to a particular host card To do this proceed as follows 1 In the Host Card Configuration menu click on Card gt Add The Set Address and IRQ window is now displayed which shows the next available host card address and IRQ level by default 108 Host Card Configuration 100 me ka e A ea Selecting non 2 If you want to allocate an address and IRQ level other than the default
18. 1 On your PC start the Internet browser you want to use for example Netscape 2 Within your Internet browser window select the software directory using the following URL http www perle com downloads Note In the event of any problems contact your System Administrator or Internet Service provider for assistance 3 Change to the software directory The software directory is now displayed 4 Download the zip files in this directory to a suitable location on your PC for example tmp 5 Uncompress the files using a suitable utility 6 You can now install the driver software using the correct procedure for your operating system See Before you start on page 18 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Before you start Page 18 Installing I 08 under Windows 95 and 98 This section tells you how to install 1 O8 host cards software drivers and utilities under the Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems and includes the following General installation procedure for Windows 95 and 98 on page 19 Installing device drivers and utilities on page 20 Adding ISA host cards to the system on page 22 Configuring l O8 serial ports on page 28 Removing 1l 08 hardware from your system on page 31 General installation procedure for Windows 95 and 98 The general procedure for installing and configuring host cards drivers software and associated utilities for the Wind
19. 2 Check the contents of the printcap io8 file to see if the terminal type you are using is supported See page 124 in Appendix B Transparent printing for the syntax of the entries in this file 3 If the terminal type you are using is not supported add an entry for the new terminal type including the type transparent print ON and transparent print OFF strings to the printcap io8 file page 124 See the user guide for your terminal for details of the entries required 4 If you have made any changes then either re boot using by typing Shutdown i6 y or type io8cfg in order to re configure the print port settings You can now configure the ports you want using the Serial Manager utility l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 73 SEDREZE 1 At the command prompt type scoadmin The System Administration window is now displayed as shown in the next picture System Administration on hpnetserye40 of x File View Options Fe Hardware Audio Configuration Manager Device Configuration Utility DCU Hotplug Manager Modem Manager serial Manager Video Configuration Manager fusrilibiscoadmin desktop Hardware serial obj 2 In the System Administration tool window click on the Hardware folder and then select Serial Manager The Serial Manager window is now displayed showing the host cards including I O8 currently present on the sy
20. 5 112 device drivers and utilities Unixware Device Configuration Utility 64 installing 37 UnixWare see SCO UnixWare removing 55 upgrading device drivers and utilities upgrading 36 SCO OpenServer 5 36 error messages 142 144 SCO UnixWare 60 general installation procedure 34 utilities menu maps 112 Host Card Configuration utility 43 installation under 34 W installing device drivers and utilities 37 Port Configuration utility 51 Windows 2000 troubleshooting 141 configuring serial ports 85 98 SCO UnixWare device drivers and utilities device drivers and utilities installing 81 installing 61 installing device drivers and utilities 81 removing 79 viewing and changing the resources for a upgrading 60 device 93 ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels 64 Windows 95 and 98 serial ports configuring 73 adding ISA host cards to the system 22 SCO UnixWare 2 configuring serial ports 28 serial ports configuring 78 general installation procedure 19 serial ports hardware removing from system 31 configuring installation under 19 SCO OpenServer 5 51 installing device drivers and utilities 20 SCO UnixWare 73 troubleshooting 132 SCO UnixWare 2 78 Windows NT under Windows 2000 85 98 device drivers and utilities starting Host Card Configuration utility 44 installing 33 installation under 33 T installing device drivers and utilities 33 troubleshooting 140 technical support 150 centres worldwide 154 queries information needed for 151 via the internet 152 who
21. 65 2 In the Device Configuration Utility Main Menu click on Hardware Device Configuration The Hardware Device Configuration window is now displayed UnixWare Device Configuration Utility Hardware Device Configuration IRQ IOStart IDEnd MemStart MemEnd FdO00000 a n House Host Card 1 00 103 a a E T O8 PCI Host Card fedffc 0 Fedt fes Activate Y or de Not used for 1 08 activates N a host card Enter IRQ Interrupt request level here Enter address of ISA host cards here Page Up Page Down for more TAB farrou Move Fi Help F2 Choices Fd Verify Fo Info F Adv F10 Return 3 In the Hardware Device Configuration window use the tab key move the cursor to the host card IRQ or address you wish to change 4 At the selected location type in the new IRQ or address value you want to assign for the selected host card Note The Host card address values you enter must be in hexidecimal To obtain the correct hexidecimal address from the binary value set on ISA host cards see Appendix C ISA host card address settings 5 Repeat steps 3 to 4 until you have set all the IRQ levels and addresses you require l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 69 iS SA 2 6 Press the F10 key to confirm your changes and close the window De activating a host card To
22. 78 to configure your serial ports Your system can now use the serial adaptor cards you have installed If required you can reconfigure serial ports following initial installation See Assigning ISA host card l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 58 SPS 12 addresses and IRQ levels on page 64 and Configuring serial ports on page 73 for details l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 59 SEDREZE Upgrading from existing device drivers If your system already has an existing Perle device driver installed you cannot install a new device driver unless you follow the correct upgrade procedure The procedure required depends on the device driver type currently installed as follows Upgrading from Specialix l O8 Svr4 driver v1 0 2 on page 60 Upgrading from Specialix 1 08 Svr4 driver v1 0 2 You cannot upgrade the Specialix 1 O8 Svr4 driver v1 0 2 You need to remove the old driver then install its replacement as follows 1 Remove the existing device driver using the procedure described in Removing 1 O8 drivers and utilities from your system on page 79 2 Install the new device driver using the procedures described in Installing drivers and utilities onto your system on page 61 3 Continue with your installation as required using the steps listed
23. Administration window is now displayed 2 In the System Administration window double click on the software manager icon The Software Manager window is now displayed Software Manager custom on sco5sery Netscape Communicator ver 4 0 5b SCO OpenServer Development System ver 5 1 1A SCO OpenServer Enterprise System ver 5 0 5m SCO Optimizing C Compiler ver 2 1 4d Specialix SX serial support ver 2 0 5 UDK Compatibility Module for OpenServer 5 0 5 ver 5 0 5A Note SCO OpenServer 5 device drivers are displayed as Specialix l O8 SCO OpenServer 6 device drivers are displayed as Perle I O8 3 In the Software Manager window select the driver you want to remove 4 In the Software Manager menu click on Software gt Remove software A confirmation window is now displayed prompting you to confirm removal 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 55 5 In the confirmation window click on the Remove button The software is now removed and the following Kernel re link message is now displayed as shown in the next picture Information The Kernel re link message window now closes and the removal continues A message is displayed upon completion 6 In the message window click on OK to close the window The software manager window is now updated to show the remaining software I O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Ins
24. Configuration For menu see page No host cards configured Menu map The Host Card Configuration tool menu is as follows Menu option Description Card gt Quit Quit the Host Card Configuration tool without saving See page 50 Add Add a new host card address See page 45 Remove Remove a host card address See page 49 Edit Edit an existing host card address See page 47 Save and exit Exit the Host Card Configuration tool and save any changes See page 50 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 4 Quick reference SCO OpenServer utilities Page 113 SEDREZSE Port Configuration utility The main window for the Port Configuration table is shown in the next picture See Menu map on page 115 for details of menus i Specialix 170 8 Port Configuration k of x Menus see Ports Help page 115 Port Login gettydef Terminal Type Forced flow control 2 m unknown Select one or 5 k more ports m UNKNOWN from this list 4 m unknown 5 m unknown 6 m unknown 7 m unknown 8 m unknown Available gettydefs Terminal type Select a getty k Select a definition terminal type here here See page 53 See page 53 Enables or Enables or See page 53 disables login Login Session Enable Disable See page 54 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 4 Quick re
25. Configuration on hpnetserve40 x Device File Mount Point Menm Description optional Fen Filesystem Type COF S Access Mode Read only M Now When to Mount At System Startup Advanced Options Set More Options 6 In the Add Local Mount Configuration window set only the options detailed in the next table Option Set to or enter Device File Select cdrom or string containing cdrom Mount Point cdrom Access Mode Select Read only When to Mount Enable Now Disable At System Startup l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 62 SEDREZE 7 In the Add Local Mount Configuration window click on OK to accept the settings and close the window The Filesystem Manager window is now updated to show the new mount as shown in the next picture Filesystem Manager on hpnetserve40 ak Help Host Mount Share View Options Mount Status of Filesystems on hpnetserve40 specialix co uk Filesystem Mount Point Access Mode processorfs system processor Read write tmp tmp Read write patch specialix co uk u fu Read write varftmp varftmp Read write dev cdrom c 1b0t0l0 cdrom Read only 8 Filesystem Manager menu click on Host gt Exit to close the window 9 At the command prompt type pkgadd d cdrom drivers io8plus unixware io8 pkg dd io8 10 Press the Enter k
26. Directory window enter the following in the Image directory field SCO OpenServer 5 cdrom drivers io8plus ose5 SCO OpenServer 6 cdrom drivers io8plus ose6 Note The example and picture above show a directory name including cdrom You can either include this name in the path or use another directory name to suit your requirements For example mnt 11 In the Enter Image Directory window click on OK The Install Selection window is now displayed Install Selection on sco5sery 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 39 SENES 12 In the Install Selection window click on the Install button If you are upgrading your current Perle O8 SCO OpenServer 5 device driver the following pop up window is now displayed i Upgrading Components Warning k Eg These components selected for installation will be upgraded Specialix I1 08 Driver ver 1 0 0 Upgrading the above components will cause them to be removed and replaced with upgraded components _ Leave replaced components on hard disk loaded only Continue Cancel Help Continue _Caneel Help 13 In the pop up window click on the Continue button to continue the installation process The following progress message is now displayed i Installation Progress on sco5sery k Ea Installing Specialix WO8 Driver ver 1 0 0 2 Installation Phas
27. IRQ levels SCO OpenServer 5 Only The Host Card Configuration Utility allows you to define and edit addresses and IRQ levels for I O8 host cards you add to the system In addition this utility automatically creates and removes serial port device nodes This section includes the following Starting the Host Card Configuration utility on page 44 Adding a new host card address on page 45 e Editing a host card address on page 47 e Removing a host card address on page 49 e Exiting the Host Card Configuration utility on page 50 Note If you make any changes to the host card addresses on the system you will need to restart the software kernel See Re building the kernel on page 50 for details 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 43 Starting the Host Card Configuration utility You can start the Host Card Configuration utility in one of two ways e Using the command line See page 44 e Using the SCO OpenServer 5 desktop See page 44 Using the To start the Host Card Configuration Utility from the command line proceed as follows command line 1 At the command prompt type io8hcfg and press the Enter key The Host Card Configuration window is now displayed Specialix 1 08 1 0 0 Host Card Configuration No host cards configured You can now use the utility to add remove or edit host card parameters
28. In the Select a Device Driver page select the Specialix or Perle 1 O8 ISA Adapter option then click on the Next gt button The Start Hardware Installation page is now displayed In the Start Hardware Installation page click on the Next gt button to accept your choice Add Remove Hardware Wizard 1 Start Hardware Installation Windows is ready to install driv A completion message page is now displayed as shown in the next picture Add Remove Hardware Wizard Note Windows 2000 will try to load the I O8 drivers using the default resources If the card you are loading is not configured to use the defaults or the resources are not freely available in the system the driver will fail to start If resources are not free you will have to change the resource configuration using the procedures described on page 97 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an 1 08 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 91 SPS a 12 12 In the completion message page click on the Finish button to complete the new configuration After the you have finished adding cards to the system all connected port devices will now be detected Windows 2000 will try to install the latest driver for the ports from its database or will prompt you for one if one cannot be found l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installi
29. In the select manufacturer and model page click on the Next gt button The system now tries to add the ISA card at its default address and IRQ level If the system can use the factory default address and IRQ settings the following screen is now displayed Add New Hardware Wizard L Windows can install your hardware using its factory default resource settings To continue installing the software needed by your hardware click Next To view the factory default resource settings click Details Click on the Details button to display the factory defaults in use Print Input Output Range 0100 0103 Interrupt Request 09 lt Back Next gt Cancel 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 25 If the system has resources free but cannot use the factory defaults the screen shown in the next picture is now displayed which shows values suggested by the system Note If the system cannot use the factory default or allocate free resources you now need to try and resolve the resource conflict using the procedures given in Resource conflicts on page 132 in Appendix D Troubleshooting Add New Hardware Wizard L Windows can install your hardware using the following settings Warning Your hardware may not be set to use the resources listed You can use Device Manager to adjust these settings befo
30. OFF Terminal type Transparent print ON string If you don t configure a specific terminal type printcap io8 will use the default type which is unknown l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Problems with printer output Page 124 PS Sa ES The print io8 configuration file For each port transparent printing is controlled by an entry in the print io8 file The print io8 file is found in the etc directory on your system The entry for each port includes definitions of the terminal type transparent print throughput rate device name The content of the print io8 file is normally controlled automatically by either the Port Configuration utility SCO OpenServer or the Serial Manager SCO UnixWare A sample entry from a typical print io8 file is shown in the next example Maximum number of characters per second throughput for transparent printing Terminal type of terminal to which your printer is attached defined in the printcap io8 file 100 nel ttyi1 ixany ixon Enables flow control for Transparent printing Device name Enables sending of data on receipt of the next character when flow control is enabled on the transparent print port 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide The print io8 configuration file Page 125 SEDREZE Appendix C ISA host card address settings You need to read You need to read this ap
31. Page 11 CHAPTER 3 I O8 CABLING INFORMATION RJ12 socket pinouts on VWO8 host CALS aarvrserserrsorsosnosnonanssasanannannannannnn 106 VO8 Cables available from Perle arrvrrerserorrassonsosassannasaanassannanaasannannannesannannan 107 FETE t0 DBO MA Cale accion N 108 Cable diag RAY WA e W ete W EE ERE A AE coher e Ye rae Spr PA 108 Connector pinout table at kk ke ke cin a ek a e is e e e ds bk e l kaa en 108 RJ12 TO DB25 mal Cae ei ik swit eka ke kab kek e a TETEE e EER E 109 Cable AAA oo aie aa eke aaa rite e ee it ai pa Ri 109 CONNOCHOF DINO tapie e kin ski nyo aa ok kaka ki kek paka ke DAY AA KAS FD kek KAY 109 RJ12 f DB25 female Gable kiss outa sak kran niae k km 110 ON AY ai e a a ka ae e a E a a a n ea a a ie as 110 110 Connector pinout table Page 12 CHAPTER 4 QUICK REFERENCE SCO OpenServer utilities siscssstsssscnssencssvcsereearsstaluacisandaasosonstononseuseens Host Card Configuration utility SCO OpenServer 5 Only Por Configuration UUM oes ka pete Ste pe ou kap a a ob no ae ob iii SCO UnixWare utilities si sicscsscstisscsssstsscscsstteesewstasssestastecessossiaeceenseee Device configuration utility si divide kado saaa oka ksk a p pin kak aka aka kk Seral Manage oc al pa bo ek e ot ep kan bal pa a kk e bk ainra APPENDIX A SERIAL PORT DEVICE NAMES Under SCO OpenServe r uavreersrretsonsosasnannanaannanannannasannannannanananenannannn Device node OCIA Svs cn acsacccsetecnchanrecpsbededes
32. SCO UnixWare 108 UnixWare Driver v1 0 0 1 O8 Host Card Type ISA Interrupt 11 host card message O8 Host Card Type PCI an 9 one per card installed Host card type IRQ level SCO OpenServer 6 Perle IO8 OpenServer 6 Driver v1 0 0 Copyright c Perle Systems Limited Jan 25 2006 17 57 59 host card message WO8 PCI Card at Interrupt 9 one per card installed Host card type IRQ level l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixWare SCO OpenServer 6 Page 143 SEDREZSE Error messages I O8 host card error messages Error message Reason Action required No I O 8 hosts located within system O8 driver was unable to find any O8 Host Cards Ensure that you have inserted each O8 host card into its slot properly See page 100 and page 100 io8 No Card slot found O8 driver was unable to determine in which slot the host card is located Try installing the host card ina different position See page 100 and page 100 io8 Address not found io8 Wrong IDENT io8 Card not ready GSVR x wait y 108 driver failed to Read the address The I O8 host card is not responding to commands and may be faulty O8 driver does not recognise a card as an as an l O8 host card Host card may be faulty For ISA host cards ensure you have assigned the addresses correctly See page 64 For PCI host cards ensure that th
33. UnixWare utilities Page 117 Menu map The Serial Manager menu is as follows l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixWare utilities Menu option Description Host gt Open Host Selects a host machine See your SCO UnixWare documentation for further details Exit Exit Serial Manager Port gt Modify Modifies serial port settings See page 73 View gt Ports Show serial ports available for the currently selected host card See page 73 Boards Show host cards present on the system See page 73 Page 118 Chapter 4 Quick reference SEDREZE Appendix A Serial port device names You need to read You need to read this appendix if you want information about device names for the this appendix if you Perle I O8 serial adaptor cards want to This appendix provides information about the device nodes associated with each serial port for the Perle Il O8 serial adaptor cards Included are naming conventions functions file locations and some additional information about the Data terminal ready and Ready to send signals This chapter includes the following sections e Under SCO OpenServer on page 120 e Under SCO UnixWare on page 121 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 119 SEDREZE Under SCO OpenServer Device node details Each serial port has three device nodes associated with it Each node takes the form of a file which you can access from operating system uti
34. a search Liy Folders History rE Address Control Panel T Accessibility Options Control Panel Add Remove Hardware lt p Installs removes and troubleshoots hardware 2 In the Control Panel window click on the System icon The System Properties tabbed window is now displayed 3 In the System Properties window click on the Hardware tab The hardware page is now displayed l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 85 In the Hardware page click on the Device Manager Button The Device Manager window is now displayed 8 Device Manager I Action view e B asig ana m Display adapters 23 DVD CD ROM drives Sy Floppy disk controllers Floppy disk drives IDE ATA ATAPI controllers B Keyboards TA Mice and other pointing devices 3 Monitors SM multi port serial adapters 08 PCI Adapter A ee Specialix In the Device Manager window click on the Multiport serial adapters icon to display the currently installed devices In the Device Manager window double click on the device whose properties you want to view or change The device Properties tabbed window is now displayed 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and h
35. address settings 126 address conversion to binary 126 addresses assigning 43 installation 101 removing 103 menu map Host Card Configuration utility 113 Port Configuration utility 114 menu maps of utilities 112 O on line manual guide to using 5 hypertext jumps 5 navigation 5 OpenServer 5 see SCO OpenServer 5 Q R Page 156 PCI host cards installation 100 removing 103 pinouts RJ12 to DB25 female cable 110 RJ12 to DB25 male cable 109 RJ12 to DB9 male cable 108 Port Configuration utility exiting 54 menu map 114 port login setting up 54 starting 51 port login setting up under SCO OpenServer 5 54 print io8 configuration file 125 printcap io8 configuration file 124 printing transparent 122 problems 124 quick reference 111 Ready to Send 120 removing device drivers and utilities SCO OpenServer 5 55 SCO UnixWare 79 hardware Windows 95 and 98 31 host card address 49 host cards 103 repair procedure 153 resources viewing and changing under windows 2000 93 RJ12 socket card edge views 106 pinouts 106 RJ12 to DB25 female cable diagram 110 pinouts 110 SEDREZSE ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ RJ12 to DB25 male cable transparent printing 122 124 diagram 109 definition of 123 pinouts 109 print io8 configuration file 125 RJ12 to DB9 male cable printcap io8 configuration file 124 diagram 108 troubleshooting pinouts 108 SCO OpenServer 5 141 RTS 120 Windows 95 and 98 132 Windows NT 140 S U SCO OpenServer
36. deactivate an installed host card proceed as follows 1 Start the Unixware Device Configuration Utility See Starting the Unixware Device Configuration Utility on page 65 2 In the Device Configuration Utility Main Menu click on Hardware Device Configuration The Hardware Device Configuration window is now displayed Lion Utility Lon l2uratlo TOEnd MemStart FdO00000 m 103 m fedffcOb fedffc f Activate Y or de Not used for I O8 activates N a host card Enter IRQ Interrupt request level here Enter address of ISA host cards here Page Up Page Down for more TAB farrou Move Fi Help F2 Choices Fd Verify Fo Info F7 Adwv F10 Return 3 In the Hardware Device Configuration window use the tab key to move the cursor to the activate deactivate field for the host card you want as shown in the next picture Device Name Type N here to de activate a host card 4 At the selected field type N to de activate the host card to re activate type Y 5 Repeat steps 3 to 4 until you have set all the IRQ levels and addresses you require 6 Press the F10 key to accept the new values and close the window l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 70 Displaying software device driver details To display details of the software device drivers present on your syst
37. device Properties window click on the Port Settings tab to display the Port Settings page 21x Specialix I 08 Serial Port COM12 Properties General Port Settings Driver Port Number Baud Rate Data Bits YO8 pe Local HO Connectivity ay Stop Bits Flow Control Port Type Specialix 1708 Port F 8 In the Port Settings page set the Port Number Baud Rate and other configuration parameters you require and then click on the OK button to save changes and close the window The configuration process is now complete 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an 1 08 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 99 SEDREZE Installing a PCI host card To install a PCI host card proceed as follows Note The exact location of host card slots varies for different systems for exact mechanical details of your system refer to your system documentation Warning AN Dangerous voltages exist inside computer systems Before installing host cards in your system turn off the power supply and disconnect the mains lead 1 Turn off the power to your system and disconnect the mains supply 2 Remove the system cover to expose the inside of the connector panel for host cards 3 Insert the PCI card you want to install into a vacant host card slot and secure in place as shown in the next picture diss L Caution
38. ke kk 73 Configuring serial ports under SCO UnixWare 2 vrrrrrrrseeeoornnnrrannnan 78 Removing O8 drivers and utilities from your SYStOM 1 cccceeeeeeees 79 Page 10 SPS a 12 Installing an VO8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 RN ne re SE a a pk ak ak ka 80 General PCI host card installation procedure for Windows 2000 XP Server PWE ATES fel ke 5 gic gra 8 0 One ete ee eee Cee nner eee te MN are REET ere Cee ey TE Tew 80 Installing PCI host card device drivers and utilities onto your system 81 Updating I 08 PCI host card device drivers with Updat6 EXE 83 Configuring PC host Card serial PONS 22 cccss20ssovsccccesteceeciseeesecsscesentaeensens 85 Installing an O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 1 1sssseees 88 General ISA host card installation procedure for Windows 2000 88 Adding ISA host cards to the system w50 ioei vs apio aa ataoa size bisasso pans pnsdsas ies 89 Viewing and changing the ISA host card resources for a device 93 Updating I O8 ISA host card device drivers with Update EXE 97 Configuring ISA host card serial PONS onn de ke base ia ki aki r mess ka kask 98 Installing a PCI host card e e enki ki kk ai a a n e n e e oo ae ann 100 Installing an ISA host card eee voi skt rosi skoba kis dans seks si ksbpasbsabissisaik 101 Removing NOST COIGS eee kk ki kk kn e lp kk kk e pa kk kk 103
39. lt gt Multi function adapters lt D Specialix 1 08 ISA Adapter DL Specialis 1 08 PCI Adapter ER Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT Communications Port COM1 F Communications Port COM2 M a Printer Port LPT1 F Specialis 1 08 Port COM10 F Specialis 1 08 Port COM11 K j Specialis 1 08 Port COM1 2 M a Specialis 1 08 Port COM5 a Specialix 08 Port COME Specialis 1 08 Port COM J Specialix 08 Port COM8 T reece mea OO D F Properties Refresh Remove 4 In the Device Manager page click on the View devices by type button The display is now updated to show installed devices by type 5 In the Device Manager page click on the device you wish to remove highlighting it then press the Remove button The selected device is now removed from the system Warning A If you remove the devices but do not remove the hardware the devices will be re installed when you next re boot the machine or run the Hardware Wizard l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 32 Sa 412 Installing under Windows NT The procedure for installing and configuring host cards drivers software and associated utilities for the Windows NT operating system is as follows Note The Perle PortDirector software contains drivers for the l O8 host cards You will need to ins
40. manual 4 address E adding using Host Card Configuration utility 45 editing editing 47 host card address 47 removing 49 email 149 error messages C SCO OpenServer 5 142 144 exiting cable Host Card Configuration utility 50 RJ12 to DB25 female 110 RJ12 to DB25 male 109 H RJ12 to DB9 male 108 cabling information 105 hardware removing contacting Perle Systems 149 Windows 95 and 98 31 email 149 host card address for technical support 150 assigning 43 internet 149 editing 47 removing 49 D Host Card Configuration utility 43 l adding a new host card address 45 Data Terminal Ready 120 exiting 50 device drivers and utilities menu map 113 installing starting 44 SCO OpenServer 5 37 host cards SCO UnixWare 61 Windows 2000 81 Windows 95 and 98 20 Windows NT 33 removing SCO OpenServer 5 55 SCO UnixWare 79 device names 119 device node 120 121 device nodes 119 downloading drivers from web site 18 removing 103 Page 155 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ l O8 drivers downloading from web site 18 I O8 serial adaptors introduction to 16 installation 17 18 device drivers and utilities SCO OpenServer 5 37 SCO UnixWare 61 Windows 2000 81 Windows 95 and 98 20 Windows NT 33 general procedure SCO OpenServer 5 34 SCO UnixWare 58 Windows 95 and 98 19 ISA host cards 101 PCI host cards 100 under SCO OpenServer 5 34 under Windows 95 and 98 19 under Windows NT 33 ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels SCO UnixWare 64 ISA host cards
41. on page 18 Downloading l O8 drivers from the Perle web site on page 18 e Installing l O8 under Windows 95 and 98 on page 19 e Installing under Windows NT on page 33 e Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer on page 34 Installing l O8 under SCO UnixWare on page 57 e Installing an I O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 on page 80 e Installing an l O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 on page 88 Installing a PCI host card on page 100 e Installing an ISA host card on page 101 e Removing host cards on page 103 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Page 17 ss A ELI Before you start Before you install your l O8 host cards and software note that the procedure for installing and configuring I O8 serial adaptor cards varies for different operating systems To install under a particular operating system please refer to one of the operating system specific installation procedures listed below e Installing l O8 under Windows 95 and 98 on page 19 Installing under Windows NT on page 33 e Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer on page 34 e Installing l O8 under SCO UnixWare on page 57 e Installing an I O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 on page 80 Downloading I 08 drivers from the Perle web site You can install the I O8 driver and utility software from the Perle web site To do this proceed as follows
42. proceed as follows AL aa a In the Set Address and IRQ window click in the Address hex field and enter the an eve address you want in hexidecimal b In the Set Address and IRQ window click on the IRQ Interrupt level ReQuest level selector and select a free IRQ level 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 45 SEDREZA Testing your 3 In the Set Address and IRQ window click on the Check button to verify the values you selection have entered The Resource Check Result pop up is now displayed telling you whether or not the selected address and IRQ level are valid An example is shown in the next picture Resource Check Result 4 In the pop up click on OK to close the window 5 In the Host Card Configuration window click on OK to confirm your selection and close the window If your selection is invalid the Resource Check Result pop up message is now displayed Otherwise the address is now set and the host card configuration window updated to show the new card and address I O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 46 Editing a host card address To edit an existing host card address on the system proceed as follows 1 In the host card Configuration window select the host card whose address you want to edit Specialix 1708 v1 0 0 Host Card Co
43. tenth of a second For each port the transparent printing parameters are controlled by an entry in the print io8 file found in the etc directory on your system The entry for each port includes definitions of the terminal type transparent print throughput rate and device name See The print io8 configuration file on page 125 for further details l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide What is transparent printing Page 123 PS SA ES Problems with printer output When you use transparent printing you may obtain incorrect printer output due to the following reasons Graphics printers may misinterpret some characters output through transparent print This problem is more likely if the terminal is in 7 bit mode because 8 bit characters will not be printed Some terminals suppress the output of certain characters to their printer or AUX ports Such terminals can prevent essential control characters from reaching the printer thus generating incorrect printer output This occurrence is extremely unpredictable because of the large number of potential hardware configurations The printcap io8 configuration file The printcap io8 file defines the transparent print ON and OFF strings for each terminal type available When a host card receives data addressed to the transparent print device it prefixes it with the transparent print mode ON string and appends it with the transparent mode OFF string ansi 4X AT Transparent print
44. the Port Configuration utility Starting the Port 1 In the command prompt type io8pcfg and press the Enter key CH ton Unt Or use the SCO OpenServer 5 desktop as follows a In the SCO OpenServer 5 desktop open the System Administration folder The System Administration window is now displayed b In the System Administration window click on the Specialix 1 08 folder to open it The Specialix O8 window is now displayed c In the Specialix l O8 window click on the l O8 Port Configuration Icon Or use the SCO OpenServer 6 desktop as follows a In the SCO OpenServer 6 desktop open the System Administration folder The System Administration window is now displayed b In the System Administration window click on the Perle Serial folder to open it The Perle Serial window is now displayed c In the Perle Serial window click on the I O8 Port Configuration Icon The Port Configuration window for SCO OpenServer 5 is shown in the next picture SCO OpenServer 6 would have the Perle l O8 Port Configuration window title l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 51 Specialix 1708 Port Configuration k Menus see l ports Help page 115 Port Login gettydef Terminal Type Forced flow control 2 m unknown Select one or a k more ports m RARA AT from this list 4 m unknown 5 m unknown 6 m
45. the driver on the CDROM To run update exe proceed as follows 1 In the Windows desktop click on the Start button and select the Run option The Run window is now displayed LE 21x Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Open vi Cancel Browse 2 In the run window enter the path and program name update exe then click on the OK button The Device Driver Updater Wizard is now displayed as shown in the next picture Specialix Device Driver Updater Wizard x Slj This wizard will guide you through updating installed Specialix Chase Perle devices drivers Press NEXT to commence update of installed Specialix devices lt Back Cancel 3 In the Perle Device Driver Updater Wizard click on the Next gt button A progress message is now displayed while the drivers are updated This is then followed by the closing message window 4 In the closing page click on the FINISH button to complete driver installation 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 97 Saal 12 Configuring ISA host card serial ports To configure I O8 serial ports under Windows 2000 proceed as follows 1 In the Windows 2000 desktop click on the Start button and select Settings gt Control Panel The control panel window is now displayed E5
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47. wh this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the software vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Note If you are installing an unsigned driver you may have to click through the Found New Hardware wizard for every I08 card on your system 7 Your I O8 driver installation is now finished Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 82 Updating l 08 PCI host card device drivers with update exe Whenever you add any SX I O8 or SI XIO hardware to your system by default Windows will use its latest digitally signed driver in its driver database To ensure you install the latest driver you must now run the update exe program This ensures that every device currently installed in the system is updated to use the driver on the CDROM To run update exe proceed as follows 1 In the Windows desktop click on the Start button and select the Run option The Run window is now displayed LE 21x Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Open vi Cancel Browse
48. 5 0 5 ver 5 0 5A 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 37 SEDREZSE 7 In the Software Manager menu click on Software Install New The Begin Installation window is now displayed as shown in the next picture i Begin Installation on sco5sery k x F 9 Click here to What host machine do you want to install from select the local host as the host machine _ From another host Continue Cancel Help 8 In the Begin Installation window select the local host as the machine to install from by clicking on the From localhostname button and then click on Continue From sco5serv The Select Media window is now displayed Select Media k x Insert media and select media device Media Device Media Images Continue Cancel Help 9 In the Select Media window using the Media Device selector choose the Media Images option then click on Continue The Enter Image Directory window is now displayed i Enter Image Directory X x Enter the full path to the directory containing media images Image Directory cdrom drivers io8plus osef Note media images must follow the naming convention YOL 000 000 etc OK Cancel Help 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO OpenServer Page 38 10 In the Enter Image
49. 8 operating systems is as follows 1 Install or remove any PCI host cards you require on your system See Installing a PCI host card on page 100 and Removing host cards on page 103 2 Using the I O8 installation wizard install the l O8 device driver software See Installing PCI host card device drivers and utilities onto your system on page 81 3 Using the Windows Device Manager configure the serial ports you have added to the system See Configuring PCI host card serial ports on page 85 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 80 SEDREZE Installing PCI host card device drivers and utilities onto your system To install or enable the I O8 device drivers on your system proceed as follows 1 Turn on your PC and if required log in If you have installed any new host cards a Found New Hardware message is briefly shown followed by the Found New Hardware wizard as shown in the pictures Found New Hardware PCI Simple Communications Controller Found New Hardware Wizard Installing Welcome to the Found New D Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Next lt Back Cancel 2 In the Found New Hardware wizard click on the Cancel button 3 Download the lastest I O8 driver zip file from the Perl
50. Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 135 PS Sa EA 12 Re allocating system resources Having found another IRQ level you can allocate typically from another ISA card you can re allocate resources in one of the following ways e Re allocating resources from the BIOS on page 136 e Re allocating resources using Device Manager on page 137 Re allocating resources from the BIOS To re allocate resources from with the BIOS proceed as follows Go into the system BIOS and reserve the Interrupt Request Level you want to use Any PCI devices present on the system should now use a different IRQ level automatically The resource you have reserved should now be free on re starting your system Note If you want to use the IRQ level from another ISA device you can t do this from within the BIOS In this case you will need to use the Device Manager Facility See Re allocating resources using Device Manager on page 137 for details 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 136 Re allocating resources using Device Manager If you are unable to re allocate resources from with the system BIOS you can try using the Device Manager instead using the following procedure 1 In the Windows desktop click on the Start button and select Settings gt Control Panel to display the Control panel window 2 In the Control panel window double click on the System icon shown in the next picture Syste
51. Control Panel File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back v v a search Gyrolders CJHistory nE Address Control Panel m F nan a Accessibility Control Panel Options Add Remove Hardware Installs removes and troubleshoots hardware 2 Inthe Control Panel window click on the System icon The System Properties tabbed window is now displayed 3 In the System Properties window click on the Hardware tab The hardware page is now displayed 4 In the Hardware page click on the Device Manager Button The Device Manager window is now displayed L Device Manager I Action view m JA Display adapters 23 DVD CD ROM drives 5 Floppy disk controllers Floppy disk drives SS IDE ATA ATAPI controllers B Keyboards TA Mice and other pointing devices 3 Monitors SA Multi port serial adapters Specialix 1 O8 PCI Adapter me ela a A 4 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 98 PS SA ES 5 In the Device Manager window click on the Multiport serial adapters icon to display the currently installed devices 6 In the Device Manager window double click on the device whose properties you want to view or change The device Properties tabbed window is now displayed 7 In the
52. Control panel window double click on the Add New Hardware icon The Add New Hardware Wizard is now displayed Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard installs the software for a new hardware device Before continuing close any open programs L begin installing the software for your new device click ext l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 22 BED PSE 3 In the Add New Hardware Wizard click on the Next gt button The page shown in the next picture is now displayed Add New Hardware Wizard Windows will now search for any new Plug and Play devices on your system Your screen may go blank during this process This is normal To continue click Next 4 In the Add New Hardware Wizard click on the Next gt button The prompt page shown in the next picture is now displayed Add New Hardware Wizard Windows can now search for hardware that is not Plug and Play compatible or you can select your hardware from a list When Windows detects new hardware it automatically determines the current settings for the device and installs the correct driver For this reason it is strongly recommended that you have Windows search for your new hardware Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98
53. FEDDESA O8 Serial Adaptors Wii ko Ti User Guide Part number 5500031 17 Date 10 September 2008 Navigating around this manual Using this on line manual See page 5 Fast contents See page 7 Contents See page 8 Quick reference See page 111 Index See page 155 Page 1 SPS a 12 Copyright statement This document must not be reproduced in any way whatsoever either printed or electronically without the consent of Perle Systems Limited 60 Renfrew Drive Markham ON Canada L3R 0E1 Perle reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products to improve reliability function or design Specialix the Specialix logo JETSTREAM JETSTREAM4000 JETSTREAM8500 and LANSTREAM2000 are trademarks of Perle Systems Limited Microsoft Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Window XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Internet Explorer are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc in the USA and other countries Perle Systems Limited 10 September 2008 Page 2 SEDREZA CE FCC Note The products described in this manual have been found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
54. Installing 1 O8 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 27 SEDREZE Configuring I 08 serial ports Note 1 O8 ports are normally configured as part of the installation process described in Installing device drivers and utilities on page 20 The procedures described in this section are provided for information only To configure I O8 serial ports proceed as follows 1 In the Windows desktop click on the Start button and select Settings gt Control panel The control panel window is now displayed J Control Panel lof x File Edit View Go Favorites Help ee oe Se ee Back Fonverd Up Copy Paste Address E Control Panel Multimedia Network ODBC Data Passwords Power Sources 32bit Management Control a f a AB D Printers Regional Sounds System Telephony Use the settings in Control Panel to iF personalize your aa Aare mba Settings l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 28 2 In the control panel window double click on the System icon The System Properties tabbed window is now displayed as shown in the next picture Hint You can also display the System Properties tabbed window by right clicking on the My Computer icon on your desktop and selecting the Properties menu option System Properties 2 xi General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices
55. Utility on page 65 2 In the Device Configuration Utility Main Menu click on Software Device Drivers The Software Device Driver Selections window is now displayed Biel Es dcu UnixWare Device Configuration Utility Software Device Driver Selections jJetwork Interface Cards ost Bus Adapters Communications Cards Mideo Cards sound Boards gli scel laneous all Software Device Drivers turn to DCU Main Menu Select this to view or configure Communication driveris Use up down arrow keys and ENTER to select Fi Help 3 In the Software Device Driver Selections window select Communications cards using the up and down arrow keys and press the Enter key to confirm your selection The Software Device Drivers window is now displayed as shown in the next picture dcu olx UnixWare Device Configuration Utility Software Device Drivers DRIVER NAMES OF SUPPORTED DEVICES COM Port I 08 PCI Host Card I 08 ISA Host Card Spacebar Togele Fi Help FS5 New F6zInfo ENTER Return l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 67 SEDREZSE 4 In the Software Device Drivers window select the host card you want using the up and down arrow keys and then press the space bar to activate the card denoted by a star symbol 5 Press the F5 key The New Hardware Configuration window is now displayed dcu UnixhHare Dev tion Utility Drive
56. a a kak kk k kb 131 APPENDIX E CONTACTING PERLE av oavesk ki aa nan kk o k po An ko ka ik e AU aka k Da A AAA AS AD kab k adan A 149 TEE AOON AAA AAE E E OA AA AAE E ES EEA EI A A okpe 155 Page 7 SEDREZSE Contents ABOUT THIS MANUAL oo rnrarnasasasasanassassssssaoanssasananasnansananananananann 4 Purpose of this Manual vein oniks iv kk kk pie kk ia kiba a bik ak 4 Who this manual is TOU doit oi ia tini tn kb a kk ak s kn kaa kk ak a kk kb DA 4 Using this on line manual enman ak ko pk kako aaa opine soon kanari kok aa na 5 D men navigallom L a dl a a fa ka a a a a a a ki asa ko pi e AE jo kado kana ki 5 FUNNY JUMPS ip kr ti kk on a a ki a kk ba kak ka e ia n bk di apenn 5 REVISION HISTORY wscucoscecccucucucncncncnsenauaeausususnsnsnsencuauaususuensusas 6 FAST CONTENTS wewccececcecccucncusncncncnconceaeaueuenensnsesseceaeausususususas 7 CONTENTS wee ccnceccnccucencncecnccncnecnscusnscasnncnscnsnnsnscnsnecaenecanensneses 8 Page 8 SEDREZSE CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 15 About the VO8 Serial adaptor card rrvrrerrorserarsansosasnannannanaanannanannnanannannannann 16 Page 9 SEDREZA CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING DRIVERS AND HOST CARDS 17 Before VOU SINE reine oi kaisiep oben ariaa kodak sos doua ik ira Rara 18 Downloading O8 drivers from the Perle web Site vrrserserssrsorsoraosnnonne 18 Installing VO8 under Windows 95 and 98 rvrsersserssrserasnansonaanannannannennannn 19 General installation procedure for Window
57. are you are trying to install You can either continue or exit The hardware will not work properly until you resolve the conflict To continue installing the software click Next To exit without installing the software click Cancel If this occurs proceed as follows 1 In the Add New Hardware Wizard click on the Next gt button to display the following screen Add New Hardware Wizard The software for this device is now installed but this device conflicts with one or more other devices To view properties for the device and to see the problem and proposed solution click Finish Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 132 SEDREZE 2 In the Add New Hardware Wizard click on the Finish button The Properties tabbed window is now displayed 3 In the properties tabbed window click on the Resources tab The Resources page is now displayed Properties 2x General Driver Resources S Specialis 1708 ISA Adapter This device isn t using any resources because it is not currently enabled or has a problem If you want to assign resources manually for this device click Set Configuration Manually Conflicting device list 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 133 EORES2 4 In the Resources page click on the Set Configuration Manually button The lower half of the Resources page is now updated to show the resources currently in use as shown
58. atesncdabineeecadecuancbintosncanases DTR and RTS Signal information 2 cccceccccceceneeseeeeeeeteenseeeeeeeees Under SCO UnixWare 1s1cssscsssssscssncsesssncsenssnssnncsensnncsenssensnnssnnssonseass Device node GOS io kes ki ak z ka pe kk isk kk kane ba pk kk kd e koi APPENDIX B TRANSPARENT PRINTING What is transparent printing eerssesssasersarsonaosnonnonnannnanaanaanannnannannannnn Problems with printer output ccccecseccsesnssnesnesneseesesensensensseeees The printcap 108 configuration file avreersersorsssassansnnnasanasnannannannaannann The print i08 configuration file vrreesesersossasnasnasnasnannaonnannannannannaannnn APPENDIX C ISA HOST CARD ADDRESS SETTINGS EN SWEN SCAN ii ko aka ann koi kk e ak ka kk ak kk a kk e a ka ka aaa Hexidecimal to binary conversion table resrsserssrssrsorsosaosannnnennonn APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING WIRKOWS 93 aNd SO aie kk na e pk ka nn ko kk e ka kai PU OE GON Es csc kanal ti ki a pa bk pa aj pl ik a n ka pa k Re allocating system f SOUNCOS rire reseskseskrasesasaavssasasisask oka nye mins Re allocating resources from the BIOS 2rrrrrrrsssseeerrrrrrrrassannannnnnnn Re allocating resources using Device Manager eeeeeeeereree Windows NT site k aoanoo pik kr kl oo a kk n anan kaa k Windows NT general troubleshooting r00rrvereeeessssnsssssnnnnannnannnnn Page 13 SPS al 12 SCO Open Serv r J sicssicscacestescscucsccecncrstsceserctce
59. by type C View devices by connection Mouse Q Multi function adapters lt Y Specialix 1 08 ISA Adapter Specialix 1 08 PCI Adapter ER Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT Communications Port COM1 M a Communications Port COM2 FY Printer Port LPT1 M a Specialix 08 Port COM10 F Specialis 1 08 Port COM11 J Specialis 1 08 Port COM12 m a Specialis 1 08 Port COM5 F Specialis 1 08 Port COME F Specialix 1 08 Port COM7 J Specialix 1 08 Port COM8 TR ree ete AA Aa rem Y A Properties Refresh Remove 3 In the System Properties tabbed window click on the Device Manager tab The Device Manager page is now displayed 4 In the Device Manager page double click on the device whose properties you wish to view The properties tabbed window for the selected device is now displayed l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 29 5 In the properties window click on the Port Settings tab The Settings page is now displayed Specialix 1 08 Port COM10 Properties 2x General Port Settings Driver Resources Bits per second Data bits fa a Parity None a Stop bits fi x Flow control xon 4 Xoff Advanced Restore Defaults 6 In the Settings page select the configuration values you want and either click on the OK button Re configuration of por
60. cation of host card slots varies for different systems for exact mechanical details of your system refer to your system documentation Warning AN Dangerous voltages exist inside computer systems Before removing host cards from your system turn off the power supply and disconnect the mains lead Turn off the power to your system and disconnect the mains supply Remove the system cover to expose the inside of the connector panel for host cards Remove all cables plugged into the host card A OO N Undo the securing screw for the host card you want to remove then lift the card out of its slot as shown in the next picture ISA card shown Caution A Full anti static precautions should be taken when handling host cards a enn Ce 5 Repeat step 4 until you have removed all the host cards you want 6 Replace and secure the system cover 7 Plug in the mains lead and turn on the power Removal of host cards is now complete For further details about installation of host cards including other types see Before you start on page 18 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Removing host cards Page 103 SEDREZA l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Removing host cards Page 104 SEDREZE Chapter 3 VO8 Cabling information You need to read You need to read this
61. chapter if you want cabling information for the Perle 1 O8 serial this chapter if you adaptor cards want to This chapter provides cabling and connector pinout information for the Perle 1 O8 serial adaptor cards Included are details of standard cables for use with I O8 products available from Perle This chapter includes the following sections e RJ12 socket pinouts on l O8 host cards on page 106 e 08 cables available from Perle on page 107 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 3 1 O8 Cabling information Page 105 EOWES RJ12 socket pinouts on l 08 host cards The connector pinout for each RS232 RJ12 socket fitted to either I O8 ISA or PCI host cards is as follows l l PCI host card gt Vi ISA host card N Pin 1 Pin 1 f RJ12 pin Direction Signal Description 1 Input DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 Input RXD Receive Data 3 Output DTR RTS Data Terminal Ready Request To Send Function depends on the way you open the serial port see page 120 4 GND Ground 5 Output TXD Transmit Data 6 Input CTS Clear to send Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 3 1 08 Cabling information RJ12 socket pinouts on 1 O8 host cards Page 106 PEDDESe I 08x cables available from Perle This section provides connector pinout information for the following standard cables available from Perle
62. d removing device hardware with the Device Configuration Utility You will need to use this utility in order to add any ISA cards to your configuration Note W O8 PCI cards are automatically detected by the operating system You do not need to add them manually You can start the Device Configuration Utility using either the command prompt or the SCO UnixWare System Administration tool See the following Command prompt method on page 65 e System Administration tool method on page 66 Command prompt To start the Device Configuration Utility from the command prompt proceed as follows method e Atthe command prompt type dcu and press the Enter key The Unixware Device Configuration Utility window is now displayed dcu olx UnixWare Device Configuration Utility Device Configuration Utility Main Menu ardware Device Configuration software Device Drivers akply Changes amp Exit DCU kit DCU and Cancel Changes Select this to view boards configured in system o down arrow keys and ENTER to select Fi Help You can now use the Device Configuration Utility to configure or display host card addresses and IRQ levels See Adding a new host card address on page 67 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 65 System To start the Device Configuration Utility from the SCO UnixWare System Administration tool Administration tool proceed as follows
63. e Making component files publicly available Installation Status Executing ccs script opt K SpecialixlO8_Drivers 1 0 0 2 cntl ccs The Specialix 1 08 Installation Options window is now displayed i Specialix 1 08 Installation Options k OF x Options Help W Re Link kernel Retain Configuration Data Only available if you are performing an upgrade l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO OpenServer Page 40 14 If required in the Specialix 1 08 Installation Options window select the Re Link kernel option SCO OpenServer 6 users skip to step 18 Hint If you are installing more then one driver you can de select this option until you have installed all the drivers and utilities you require to save time 15 If you wish to retain the existing configuration from a previous device driver installation in the Specialix l O8 Installation Options window select Retain Configuration Data 16 In the Specialix O8 Window Installation menu click on Options gt Exit to close the window and continue the installation process The host card configuration window is now displayed Specialix 1708 1 0 0 Host Card Configuration No host cards configured 17 Using the Host Card Configuration utility add any cards you want to the system then exit the utility using the Card gt Save and exit menu option See Assignin
64. e Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 147 SEDREZE Problem Action required Windows driver fails during normal operation 1 Note the five hexadecimal numbers displayed at symptom blue screen the top line of the screen 2 Reboot your machine and then switch to the last known good configuration 3 Check for resource conflicts or faulty hardware 4 Turn off machine remove any 1 O8 cards fitted page 103 and then reboot your system 5 Once the machine boots properly change the configuration settings of the l O8 card to match those in the BIOS setup See page 101 Windows driver fails during normal operation 1 Contact Technical Support See Appendix E symptoms either Contacting Perle black screen machine reboots or system hangs Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 error messages In the event of any error messages check the Windows Event Log Also open the Windows Device Manager and check for warming icons on the installed hardware See your Windows user documentation or help system for details For general problems see General troubleshooting under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 on page 147 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 148 SEDREZE Appendix D Contacting Perle You need to read You need to read this appendix if you want to contact Perle for technical support or any other this ap
65. e Device Configuration Utility displays a valid address for the card See page 71 Try installing another host card See page 57 Try installing another host card See page 57 io8 Fail attach Interrupt io8 No Interrupt number found The I O8 driver was unable to read the interrupt number from the operating system The 1 O8 driver failed to attach an interrupt For ISA cards ensure the correct interrupt has been set on the card and that the correct value has been set with the Device Configuration Utility See page 64 and page 71 For PCI host cards ensure that the Device Configuration Utility has selected a valid interrupt See page 71 Check that the interrupt set by the Device Configuration Utility is valid for the I O8 card and not used by another application See See page 71 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixWare SCO OpenServer 6 Page 144 SEDREZSE I O8 software error messages The following messages are caused by applications which use the I O8 serial ports such as terminals Error message Reason Action required io8_ real port not open Anapplication has attempted to open a Transparent port without the real port being open Ensure your application opens a real port before opening the transparent port same time io8_ open fails modem local at An application cannot open a particular port as Local and Modem simultaneousl
66. e ISA host card and one PCI host card ISA host card message one per card installed Address range used by host card in hexidecimal Host card ID number IRQ level Host card type 11 host 0 Type lSA Driver v1 0 6 Driver software version IO8 Ox100 0x103 108 OxFC80 OxFC83 9 host 1 Type PCI Driver v1 0 0 Total number of ports 108 Total Ports 16 PCI host card message one per card installed l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO OpenServer 5 Page 141 SEDREZSE Error messages Error message Reason Action required ERROR a PCI hostis not initialised PCI host card faulty 1 Ensure that you have followed the installation procedure correctly See page 17 If the problem persists try another host card See page 17 ERROR an ISA host is not initialised Driver software has been unable to detect an ISA host card at the specified address Check that DIL switch settings on host cards match those set in Host Card Configuration tool See page 47 Ensure that you have followed the installation procedure correctly See page 17 If the problem persists try another host card See page 17 ERROR a PCI host has bad resource s PCI host card faulty Ensure that you have followed the installation procedure correctly See page 17
67. e website for your operating system io8 x86 zip for 32 bit Windows operating systems io8 amd64 zip for 64 bit Windows operating systems io8 ia64 zip for 64 bit Windows Itanium operating systems 4 Unzip the driver zip file to a local directory We recommend that you use the io8 setup lt arch gt exe file when installing the drivers for a l O8 PCI card which will launch the installation wizard to install the l O8 driver l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 81 5 Double click the io8 setup lt arch gt exe installation executable and follow the installation wizard steps Welcome to the 108 2 0 0 8 Setup Wizard This wizard will guide you through the installation of 108 driver software The Perle 108 Driver allows the 108 family of intelligent serial multiport adapters to appear as standard COM devices on the supported systems It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system files without having to reboot your computer Click Next to continue 6 During the installation you may get a Windows Logo message Click Continue Anyway when these appear z Software Installation The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me
68. em proceed as follows 1 Start the Unixware Device Configuration Utility See Starting the Unixware Device Configuration Utility on page 65 2 In the Device Configuration Utility Main Menu click on Hardware Device Configuration The Hardware Device Configuration window is now displayed showing details of the software device drivers present on your system LO x 1 Utility tion MemStart MemEnd FAOOOO0O Fd FFF FFF i SA Host Card OC 1 08 PCI Host Card FFF Fedf Fc00 fedffc7f Page Up Page Down for more TAB farrou Move Fi Help F2 Choices Fd Verify F6zInfo F7 Adv F10 Return 3 Press the F10 key to confirm your changes and close the window l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 71 SEDREZA Exiting the Device Configuration Utility Quitting and saving To exit the Device Configuration Utility and save any changes you have made proceed as follows 1 In the Device Configuration Utility Main Menu click on Apply Changes amp Exit DCU The Device Configuration Utility now closes and saves any changes you have made Note To quit the Host Card Configuration utility without saving any changes e Inthe In the Host Card Configuration menu click on Exit DCU and Cancel Changes Note In most cases the kernel will need to be rebuilt in order for the changes to take effect to do this proceed as follows 1 Login to
69. etting Host card Switch setting Host card Switch setting address on host card address on host card address on host card 250 10010100 2d0 10110100 350 11010100 254 10010101 2d4 10110101 354 11010101 258 10010110 2d8 10110110 358 11010110 25c 10010111 2dc 10110111 35c 11010111 260 10011000 2e0 10111000 360 11011000 264 10011001 204 10111001 364 11011001 268 10011010 2e8 10111010 368 11011010 26c 10011011 2ec 10111011 36c 11011011 270 10011100 2f0 10111100 370 11011100 274 10011101 2f4 10111101 374 11011101 278 10011110 2f8 10111110 378 11011110 27c 10011111 2fc 10111111 37c 11011111 280 10100000 300 11000000 380 11100000 284 10100001 304 11000001 384 11100001 288 10100010 308 11000010 388 11100010 28c 10100011 30c 11000011 38c 11100011 290 10100100 310 11000100 390 11100100 294 10100101 314 11000101 394 11100101 298 10100110 318 11000110 398 11100110 29c 10100111 31c 11000111 39c 11100111 2a0 10101000 320 11001000 3a0 11101000 2a4 10101001 324 11001001 3a4 11101001 2a8 10101010 328 11001010 3a8 11101010 2ac 10101011 32c 11001011 3ac 11101011 2b0 10101100 330 11001100 3b0 11101100 2b4 10101101 334 11001101 3b4 11101101 2b8 10101110 338 11001110 3b8 11101110 2bc 10101111 33c 11001111 3bc 11101111 2c0 10110000 340 11010000 3c0 11110000 2c4 10110001 344 11010001 3c4 11110001 2c8 10110010 348 11010010 3c8 11110010 2cc 10110011 34c 11010011 3cc 11110011 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Hexidecimal to binary conversion table Page 129
70. ext table Device name Function Description Location ix Normal communications port Indicates normal deviterm communications port behaviour Ix Modem port Indicates a port open will not deviterm complete unless the DCD signal is present ixp Transparent print ports Indicates that device should deviterm only be used for transparent print Note x denotes a physical port on a host card When x is between 1 and 9 it is written as Ox You can only open the transparent print port can when the corresponding normal port is open 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Under SCO UnixWare Page 121 SEDREZE Appendix B Transparent printing You need to read You need to read this appendix if you want background information on transparent printing this appendix if you want to This appendix gives an overview of the transparent printing feature offered for the SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare operating systems and includes details of configuration files associated with transparent printing This appendix includes the following sections What is transparent printing on page 123 e Problems with printer output on page 124 e The printcap io8 configuration file on page 124 The print io8 configuration file on page 125 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 122 What is transparent printing Most terminals have an auxiliary AUX port which can be connected to a
71. ey The system now installs the driver and displays a series of messages ending with the prompt shown in the next picture Installation of I 08 Driver io8 was successful 11 At the prompt type q and press the Enter key 12 At the command prompt type shutdown y i6 and press the Enter key to shutdown and re boot your system Upon completion of the system re boot the I O8 drivers you have installed are ready to use 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 63 SEDREZE Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels The Unixware Device Configuration Utility allows you to define and edit addresses and IRQ levels for 1 O8 host cards you add to the system This section includes the following e Starting the Unixware Device Configuration Utility on page 65 e Adding a new host card address on page 67 e Editing a host card address on page 47 e De activating a host card on page 70 Exiting the Device Configuration Utility on page 72 Note If you make any changes to the host card addresses on the system you will need to rebuild the UNIX kernel See Re building the kernel on page 50 for details l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 64 Sa 512 Starting the Unixware Device Configuration Utility UnixWare provides a mechanism for adding an
72. ference SCO OpenServer utilities Page 114 Menu map The Port Configuration tool menu is as follows Menu option Description Ports gt Quit Quit Port Configuration tool without saving changes See page 54 Logins Display all ports with logins enabled See page 54 Unconfigured Display all ports without logins enabled See page 54 All Display all ports See page 54 Save amp Exit Exit the Port Configuration tool and save changes See page 54 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO OpenServer utilities Page 115 Chapter 4 Quick reference PS SA ES SCO UnixWare utilities Device configuration utility The main window for the Device Configuration Utility is shown in the next picture UnixWare Device Configuration Utility Device Configuration Utility Main Menu ardware Device Configuration software Device Drivers akply Changes amp Exit DCU kit DCU and Cancel Changes Select this to view boards configured in system up down arrow keys and ENTER to select Fi Help Menu map The menu is as follows Menu option Description Hardware Device Configuration gt Displays the Hardware Device Configuration window which allows you to set host card addresses and IRQ levels See page 64 Software Device Drivers gt Displays the Software Driver Device selections window which allows you to select a software device driver type to display See page 71 Appl
73. g ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels SCO OpenServer 5 Only on page 43 If you have re linked the kernel earlier in this procedure a message window is now displayed prompting you to re boot the system Information 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 41 18 In the message window click on OK to continue the installation process The following message is now displayed upon completion of the installation process Message 19 In the message window click on OK to close the window The software manager window is now updated to show the driver you have installed as shown in the next picture Software Manager custom on sco5sery Netscape Communicator ver 4 0 5b SCO OpenServer Development System ver 5 1 1A SCO OpenServer Enterprise System ver 5 0 5m SCO Optimizing C Compiler ver 2 1 4d Specialix SX serial support ver 2 0 5 UDK Compatibility Module for OpenServer 5 0 5 ver 5 0 54 20 In the Software Manager window click on the Host gt Exit menu option to close the window 21 Shut down your system and turn the power off You can now continue with the rest of the installation process see General installation procedure for SCO OpenServer on page 34 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 42 SEDREZE Assigning ISA host card addresses and
74. g an ISA host card Page 101 SEDREZE Mechanical You can now install the ISA host card in your system To do this proceed as follows installation Note The exact location of host card slots varies for different systems for exact mechanical details of your system refer to your system documentation Warning Dangerous voltages exist inside computer systems Before installing host cards in your system turn off the power supply and disconnect the mains lead 3 Turn off the power to your system and disconnect the mains supply 4 Remove the system cover to expose the inside of the connector panel for host cards 5 Insert the ISA card you want to install into a vacant host card slot and secure in place as shown in the next picture Caution Full anti static precautions should be taken when handling host cards y pe nn a ae 6 Repeat step 3 until you have installed all the ISA cards you want 7 Replace and secure the system cover 8 Plug in the mains lead and turn on the power Installation of ISA host cards is now complete For further details about installing host cards including other types see Before you start on page 18 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an ISA host card Page 102 SEDREZE Removing host cards To remove a host card from your system proceed as follows Note The exact lo
75. in the next picture Properties 2 xi General Driver Resources eS Specialix 08 ISA Adapter Jo Use automatic settings Setting based on Basic configuration 0 al Input Output Range 0100 0103 09 Interrupt Request Change Setting Conflicting device list Interrupt Request 09 used by Intel 823714B EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 134 SEDREZE 5 6 Note the details of the resource conflict down then in the Resources page click on Change Setting button The Edit Interrupt Request window is now displayed Edit Interrupt Request 2 xi Enter the interrupt request you would like to set for this device You may either enter a specific value and the nearest valid value will be selected automatically or you may select a value using the arrows Value f 5 zi Conflict information The setting you have chosen conflicts with the following devices Intel 823714B EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Secondary IDE controller dual fifo In the Edit Interrupt Request window Scroll through the different Interrupt Request levels using the Value field selector to establish if there are any Request Levels you can reallocate Once you have established a device whose resources can be reallocated try re allocating system resources using the methods suggested in Re allocating system resources on page 136 1 08 Serial
76. lick on OK to close the window The Host Card Configuration utility now closes and saves any changes you have made Note To quit the Host Card Configuration utility without saving any changes e Inthe In the Host Card Configuration menu click on Card gt Quit 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 50 SEDREZSE Configuring I 08 serial ports The Port Configuration utility allows you to configure the extra l O8 serial ports you have added to your system To do this proceed as follows Note If you want to perform transparent printing from any of the terminals attached to your system you need to check the contents of the printcap io8 file to see if the terminal type you are using is supported To do this proceed as follows 1 Using a text editor go to the ete directory and open the file called printcap io8 2 Check the contents of the printcap io8 file to see if the terminal type you are using is supported See page 124 in Appendix B Transparent printing for the syntax of the entries in this file 3 If the terminal type you are using is not supported add an entry for the new terminal type including the type transparent print ON and transparent print OFF strings to the printcap io8 file page 124 See the user guide for your terminal for details of the entries required You can now configure the ports you want using
77. lick on the Change Setting button The Edit Input Output Range window is now displayed Edit Input Output Range 4 2 x Enter the input output range you would like to set for this device You may either enter a specific range and the nearest valid range will be automatically selected or you may select a range using the up and down arrows This resource is assigned to the following child device s Value pi 00 0103 A Conflict information The setting you have chosen does not conflict with any other devices No devices are conflicting 4 In the Edit Input Output Range window enter the memory range you want and click on the OK button If values you have selected are not acceptable to the system then the Device Manager will display a problem icon as shown in the next picture 5p Specialix 1408 ISA Adapter ters 5 lf the I O address you have selected are not acceptable to the system check your configuration settings and adjust memory address as required Otherwise ring Technical support 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 95 6 In the Add New Hardware Wizard properties window select Interrupt Request you require and click on the Change Setting button The Edit Interrupt Request window is now displayed Edit Interrupt Request 2 x Enter the interrupt request you would like to set for thi
78. lities and user applications Details of these nodes are shown in the next table Device name Function Description Location ttyi1 Normal communications port Indicates normal dev communications port behaviour ttyl1 Normal communications port Indicates a port open will not dev wait for DCD on open complete unless the DCD signal is present ttyi1p Print device Indicates that device should dev only be used for transparent print DTR and RTS signal information The serial ports on I O8 serial adaptor cards use the same pin pin3 on the RJ12 connector see Chapter 3 l O8 Cabling information for the Data Terminal Ready and Ready To Send signals The function of the pin depends on the way you open the port as shown in the next table Device name Function Signal Description ttyi1 Normal communications port RTS Ready To Send Used for hardware flow control ttyl Normal communications port DTR Data Terminal Ready wait for DCD on open opened This pin cannot be used for hardware flow control when this type of device is 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Under SCO OpenServer Page 120 PSSA SA Under SCO UnixWare Device node details Each serial port has three device nodes associated with it Each node takes the form of a file which you can access from operating system utilities and user applications Details of these nodes are shown in the n
79. m 3 In the System Properties tabbed window now displayed click on the Device Manager tab to display the Device manager page System Properties 2x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection Mouse OQ Multi function adapters lt D Specialix 1 08 ISA Adapter Specialis 1 08 PCI Adapter ER Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT a Communications Port COM1 M a Communications Port COM2 m a Printer Port LPT1 F Specialis 1 08 Port COM10 F Specialis 1 08 Port COM11 Aj Specialis 1 08 Port COM1 2 F Specialis 1 08 Port COM5 Y Specialix 08 Port COME M a Specialis 1 08 Port COM M a Specialis 1 08 Port COM8 T eee INN Mat ONAN 0 D E Properties Refresh Remove 4 In the device manager page double click on the device which is currently using the IRQ level you want Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 95 and 98 Page 137 5 In the properties tabbed window now displayed click on the Resources tab The Resources page is now displayed as shown in the next picture Properties 2x General Driver Resources S Specialix 1708 ISA Adapter This device isn t using any resources because it is not currently enabled or has a problem If you want to assign resources manually for this device click Set Configuration Manually Conflicting device list l O8
80. n Problem description Operating system version Driver version Details of any other cards installed in your system Your name Company Name Country Phone number Fax number Email address if available Making a technical Support Query Page 110 SEDREZE Making a support query via the Perle web page If you have an internet connection please send details of your problem to Technical Support using the email links provided on the Perle web site in the Support area See also Contacting Perle technical support on page 113 for email links and other contact details for the Perle technical support centres Click here to access our website at the following URL http www perle com Making a technical Support Query Page 111 PS Sa ES Repair procedure Before sending a unit for repair you must contact your Perle supplier If however you bought your product directly from Perle you can contact directly See Contacting Perle technical support on page 113 for contact information Customers who are in Europe Africa or Middle East can submit repair details via a website form shown in the next picture This form is on the Perle website www perle com in the Support area Click here to access our web site at the following URL http www perle com support services rma form asp In the USA and Asia contact the office shown in the Technical Suppor
81. n existing Perle device driver installed you cannot install a new device driver unless you follow the correct upgrade procedure The procedure required depends on the device driver type currently installed as follows e Upgrading from Specialix combined driver 2 0 2 for SCO Unix 3 2 4 SCO OpenServer 5 Only on page 36 Note SCO OpenServer 6 does not support the upgrade feature If you are using SCO OpenServer 6 remove the existing driver using the procedure described in Removing l 08 drivers and utilities from your system on page 55 After the old device driver is removed install the new device driver using the procedures described in Installing device drivers and utilities on page 37 Upgrading from Specialix combined driver 2 0 2 for SCO Unix 3 2 4 SCO OpenServer 5 Only You cannot upgrade the Specialix combined driver 2 0 2 for SCO Unix 3 2 4 You need to remove the old driver then install its replacement as follows 1 Remove the existing device driver using the procedure described in Removing l O8 drivers and utilities from your system on page 55 2 Install the new device driver using the procedures described in Installing device drivers and utilities on page 37 3 Continue with your installation as required using the steps listed under General installation procedure for SCO OpenServer on page 34 Upgrading your current I O8 device driver SCO OpenServer 5 Only To upgrade your current l O8 device driver
82. n procedure for Windows 2000 The general procedure for installing O8 under the Windows 2000 operating system is as follows 1 If required install any ISA host cards you require into your system See Installing an ISA host card on page 101 2 If required using the Windows 2000 Add Remove Hardware wizard add any additional ISA host cards to the list of installed devices on the system using the free addresses available See Adding ISA host cards to the system on page 89 3 Repeat step 2 until you have added all the ISA host cards you want to install Note The drivers for l O8 are included on your Windows 2000 CDROM Whenever you add any SX l O8 or SI XIO hardware to your system by default Windows 2000 will use its latest digitally signed driver in its driver database To ensure you install the latest driver you must now run the update exe program This ensures that every device currently installed in the system is updated to use the driver on the CDROM version 8 or later See Updating I O8 ISA host card device drivers with update exe on page 97 4 Using the Windows 2000 Device Manager configure the serial ports you have added to the system See Configuring PCI host card serial ports on page 85 5 lf required remove any host cards you want from your system See Removing host cards on page 103 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an I O8 ISA host card u
83. nServer Page 48 Removing a host card address To remove a host card address from the system proceed as follows 1 In the host card configuration window click on one or more of the host cards listed in the Current Host Card Configuration field highlighting them Specialix 1708 v1 0 0 Host Card Configuration ISA Host address Ox3D4 irq 11 ISA Host address 0x100 irq 9 2 Inthe Host Card Configuration menu click on Card gt Remove The Host Card Configuration window is now updated to show the remaining host cards only Specialix 1 08 1 0 0 Host Card Configuration ISA Host address Ox3D4 irq 11 ISA Host address 0x100 irq 9 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 49 Exiting the Host Card Configuration utility Quitting and saving To exit the Host Card Configuration utility and save any changes you have made proceed as follows 1 In the Host Card Configuration menu click on Card gt Save and exit Re building the If you have made any changes a pop up now appears prompting you to re build the kernel operating system kernel otherwise the utility closes Question mife 2 In the pop up click on the Yes button to re link the operating system kernel The Kernel now re links and a busy message is displayed during this process followed by a confirmation pop up Buss MESE iniomaion oi 3 In the confirmation pop up c
84. nd utilities To install the I O8 device drivers and utilities for the Windows 95 or 98 operating systems proceed as follows 1 Load the CDROM into your PC The web browser window is now displayed automatically showing a virtual website the browser application depends on your system 2 From the drivers io8plus win9x directory run the setup exe file A welcome window is now displayed Welcome Welcome to the Specialix 1 08 Windows 95 98 Drivers Setup program This program will install Specialis 08 Windows 95 98 Drivers on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law 3 In the Welcome window click on the Next gt button A progress message is displayed while installed devices are upgraded to use the new drivers followed by the Setup Complete window as shown in the next pictures Si Please wait while installed devices are updated to use the new drivers Updating devices 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host card
85. nder Windows 2000 Page 88 SEDREZA Adding ISA host cards to the system When you physically install an ISA host card in your system you also need to add the card to the list of installed devices in the system To add ISA host cards to your system proceed as follows 1 In the Windows desktop click on the Start button and select Settings gt Control Panel The control panel window is now displayed J Control Panel File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back v m a search Gyrolders CJHistory nE Address Control Panel T a S Accessibilty Gemara ita Options Hardware Control Panel Add Remove Hardware Installs removes and troubleshoots hardware 2 In the control panel window double click on the System icon The Add Remove Hardware Wizard is now displayed 3 Using the instructions given in the next table use the Add Remove Hardware Wizard to assign the host card addresses and IRQ levels you require l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 89 In this Wizard page Do the following Add Remove Hardware Wizard Choose a Hardware Task Which hardware task do you wa 4 In the Add Remove Hardware Wizard select Add Troubleshoot a device and press the Next gt button The Choose a Hardware Device page is now displayed
86. nfiguration ISA Host address Ox3D4 irq 11 ISA Host address 0x100 irq 9 2 In the Host Card Configuration menu click on Card gt Edit The Set Address and IRQ window is now displayed showing the current address and IRQ level for the selected host card 1408 Host Card Configuration 100 F la e ei Aaa 3 In the Set Address and IRQ window click in the Address hex field and enter the address you want in hexidecimal 4 Inthe Set Address and IRQ window click on the IRQ Interrupt level ReQuest level selector and choose the IRQ level you want 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 47 SPS 12 Testing your 5 lf required in the Set Address and IRQ window click on the Check button selection The Resource Check result pop up is now displayed telling you if the selected address and IRQ level are valid An example is shown in the next picture Resource Check Result OF x 6 In the pop up click on OK to close the window 7 Inthe Host Card Configuration window click on OK to confirm any changes and close the window If your selection is invalid the Resource Check Result pop up message is now displayed Otherwise the new address is now set and the host card configuration window updated to show the changes I O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO Ope
87. ng an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 92 Viewing and changing the ISA host card resources for a device To view or change the resources for a device proceed as follows 1 In the Add Remove Hardware Wizard go to the last page and click on the Resources button Add Remove Hardware Wizard Add New Hardware Wizard Properties i 2 x Resources aj Specialix 08 ISA Adapter Resource settings This device isn t using any resources because it has a problem Set Configuration Manually l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 93 2 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing an I O8 ISA host card under Windows 2000 In the Add New Hardware Wizard properties window select the Resources page and click on the Set Configuration Manually button The resources page is now updated to show the settings for the current installed 1 O8 Specialix 1 08 ISA Adapter Properties E 2 x General Driver Resources ali Specialis 08 ISA Adapter Resource settings Setting ode 0100 0103 Hii Interrupt Request 11 Setting based on Current configuration vi J Use automatic settings Change Setting Conflicting device list Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Page 94 3 In the Add New Hardware Wizard properties window select the Input Output Range you require and c
88. nnann 153 Contacting Perle technical support rreessrsersesorsossannasassannananananannannenannannannenn 154 INDEX aime a kl kr tn ai al n e l l l a lk a a an la f a 155 Page 14 SEDREZSE Chapter 1 Introduction You need to read You need to read this chapter if you want an introduction to the Perle l O8 serial adaptor this chapter if you cards driver software and utilities want to This chapter provides introductory information about the Perle I O8 ISA and PCI serial adaptor cards driver software and configuration utilities This chapter includes the following sections e About the l O8 serial adaptor card on page 16 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Page 15 About the I O8 serial adaptor card The I O8 is a serial adaptor card which allows you to connect up to eight serial devices This type of adaptor card is available in both ISA and PCI formats Each serial port has three device nodes associated with it Each node takes the form of a special file which you can access in the normal manner from operating system utilities and user applications See also Appendix A Serial port device names and your operating system manual for details of special files You use the l O8 when you want a robust entry level solution for the small office or point of sale applications Typically you use l O8 because you want to add extra serial ports to an existing computer system rather than replacing it wi
89. ost cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 86 7 In the device Properties window click on the Port Settings tab to display the Port Settings page Specialix I 08 Serial Port COM12 Properties 21x General Port Settings Driver Port Number Baud Rate Data Bits VO8 ie Local FO Connectivity oe Stop Bits Flow Control Port Type Specialix 1 08 Port F 8 In the Port Settings page set the Port Number Baud Rate and other configuration parameters you require and then click on the OK button to save changes and close the window The configuration process is now complete 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an l O8 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 87 SEDREZE Installing an I 08 ISA host card under Windows 2000 This section describes how to install the l O8 device driver software for the ISA host card under Microsoft Windows 2000 This section includes the following e General ISA host card installation procedure for Windows 2000 on page 88 Adding ISA host cards to the system on page 22 e Viewing and changing the ISA host card resources for a device on page 93 e Updating l O8 ISA host card device drivers with update exe on page 97 Configuring ISA host card serial ports on page 98 General ISA host card installatio
90. ows 95 and 98 operating systems is as follows 1 7 Download the 1 O8 driver files into your PC from the CDROM or the Perle website See Downloading 1l 08 drivers from the Perle web site on page 18 Install the l O8 Windows 95 and 98 drivers and utilities onto your system using the procedures described in Installing device drivers and utilities on page 20 Select and assign addresses for any additional ISA host cards you want to install from the free addresses available See Adding ISA host cards to the system on page 22 Repeat step 3 until you have assigned addresses to all the ISA host cards you want to install Install any PCI host cards you require into your system See Installing a PCI host card on page 100 lf required remove any host cards you want from your system See Removing host cards on page 103 Re start your system Your system now detects any ports automatically no configuration is required by the user Your system can now use the serial adaptor cards you have installed If required you can reconfigure serial ports following initial installation See Configuring l O8 serial ports on page 28 Note To remove the I O8 hardware from your system configuration see Removing l O8 hardware from your system on page 31 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 19 Installing device drivers a
91. pendix if you queries about this product want to This appendix includes the following sections Internet access Email Making a technical Support Query on page 109 Repair procedure on page 112 Feedback about this manual on page 112 Contacting Perle technical support on page 113 Click here to access the our website at the following URL http www perle com Click here to email Perle at the following address Email ptacQperle com Page 108 SEDREZE Making a technical Support Query This section contains the following information about making a query Who to contact on page 109 e Information needed when making a query on page 110 Making a support query via the Perle web page on page 111 Who to contact If you bought your product from a registered Perle supplier you must contact their Technical Support department they are qualified to deal with your problem If you are a registered Perle supplier and bought your product from Perle contact Perle Technical Support using the details given in Contacting Perle technical support on page 113 Making a technical Support Query Page 109 SEDREZE Information needed when making a query When you make a technical support enquiry please have the following information ready Hint Print out this page and fill in the table provided with the basic information you need Item Write details here Product name and versio
92. pendix if you want information on converting hexidecimal addresses this appendix ifyou into binary for l O8 ISA serial adaptor cards want to This appendix provides a table for converting hexidecimal addresses into binary for I O8 ISA serial adaptor cards See also Installing an ISA host card on page 101 in Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards This appendix includes the following sections e DIL switch location on page 127 e Hexidecimal to binary conversion table on page 128 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 126 SEOREsu DIL switch location You assign host card addresses for an ISA host card using the on board configuration DIL switch on an I O8 ISA host card shown in the next picture To convert I O8 hexidecimal address into binary see Hexidecimal to binary conversion table on page 128 ADDRESS 98765432 Maa SWITCH SET TO 0 POSITION ON See also Installing an ISA host card on page 101 in Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide DIL switch location Page 127 SEDREZSE Hexidecimal to binary conversion table This table tells you how to convert hexidecimal addresses into binary for l O8 ISA host cards You use the resulting values to assign host card addresses using the on board configuration DIL switch on an I O8 ISA host card see DIL switch location on page 127
93. pose of this manual Page 4 SPS a 12 Using this on line manual The following is a brief guide to using this manual on line Document navigation This manual features document navigation hypertext buttons in the header area as shown in the next picture ESANS Jump to Using this on line manual Jump to Index Jump to Quick Reference Jump to previous location Jump to front of current chapter Jump to Contents Jump to Fast contents Hypertext jumps You can also navigate around this manual by clicking on any cross reference or text in blue for example Hypertext jumps Note The Fast Contents Contents and Index entries are all hypertext jumps into this manual 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Using this on line manual Page 5 ES SA ES Revision history Date Part number Description June 1999 5500031 10 First issue of new I O8 user manual replacing Installation guide 42 700001 Includes details of drivers utilities and installation under the SCO OpenServer 5 operating system August 1999 5500031 11 Update of manual to include drivers utilities and installation under the SCO UnixWare operating system March 2000 5500031 12 Update of manual to include drivers utilities and installation under the Windows 95 and 98 operating systems September 2000 5500031 13 Update of manual to include drivers utili
94. proceed as follows Follow the procedure for installing device drivers detailed in Installing device drivers and utilities on page 37 using the upgrade options when prompted by the software 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 36 SEDREZE Installing device drivers and utilities To install the l O8 device drivers and utilities for the SCO OpenServer operating system proceed as follows 1 Login to your system as super user 2 Load the CDROM into your system CD drive 3 At the command prompt make a directory for your installation by typing mkdir cdrom 4 Mount the CDROM file system using the following commands mount f ISO9660 r dev cd0 cdrom Note The example above shows the directory name as cdrom You can either use this name or use another directory name to suit your requirements For example mnt 5 In the SCO OpenServer desktop double click on the System Administration folder The System Administration window is now displayed 6 In the System Administration window double click on the software manager icon The Software Manager window is now displayed Software Manager custom on sco5serv SCO OpenServer Development System ver 5 1 1A SCO OpenServer Enterprise System ver 5 0 5m SCO Optimizing C Compiler ver 2 1 4d Specialix SX serial support ver 2 0 5 UDK Compatibility Module for OpenServer
95. r Device Name Unit MenStart MemEnd DMA BindCPU o F2 Choices Fd Verify F6zInfo FB8 CanceleReturn F10 ApplysReturn 6 In the New Hardware Configuration window select IRQ using the up and down arrow keys and type in the new IRQ value you want to assign for the selected host card 7 Repeat step 6 to set the upper and lower address values lOStart and lOEnd Use the same procedure to set MemStart and MemEnd to 0 so they are not used Note The Host card address values you enter must be in hexidecimal and match the corresponding settings on the host cards To obtain the correct hexidecimal address from the binary value set on ISA host cards see Appendix C ISA host card address settings 8 Repeat steps 4 to 7 until you have set all the IRQ levels and addresses for all the host cards you require 9 Press the F10 key to accept the new values and close the window l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 68 SEDREZSE Editing a host card adaress Note You can only edit ISA card properties PCI card properties are set by the operating system and cannot be changed by the user The Device Configuration Utility allows you to edit existing host card addresses and IRQ levels To do this proceed as follows 1 Start the Unixware Device Configuration Utility See Starting the Unixware Device Configuration Utility on page
96. ration is now adopted by the system Removing I 08 drivers and utilities from your system To remove the software drivers from your system under the SCO UnixWare operating system proceed as follows Note Before removing a software driver you should first de activate all 1 O8 host cards present on the system See De activating a host card on page 70 1 At the command prompt type pkgrm io8 and press Enter The I O8 driver and associated utilities are now removed from your system l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 79 SA ELI Installing an I 08 PCI host card under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 This section describes how to install the PCI host card I O8 device driver software under Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 This section includes the following e General PCI host card installation procedure for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 on page 80 e Installing PCI host card device drivers and utilities onto your system on page 81 e Updating l O8 PCI host card device drivers with update exe on page 83 Configuring PCI host card serial ports on page 85 General PCI host card installation procedure for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 The general procedure for installing an l O8 PCI host card under the Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 200
97. re restarting your computer Click start point to Settings click Control Panel click System and then click the Device Manager tab To change your hardware settings see the documentation that came with your hardware To continue installing the software needed by your hardware click Next Setting Print idees 0104 0107 Interrupt Request 09 EE 9 In the Add New Hardware Wizard click on the Next gt button The final page of the wizard is now displayed as shown in the next picture Add New Hardware Wizard Windows has finished installing the software necessary to support your new hardware Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 26 SEDREZSE 10 In the Add New Hardware Wizard click on the Finish button to complete the setup The System Settings Change window is now displayed asking you if you are ready to shut down your computer and install the hardware System Settings Change EZ Q To finish installing your hardware you must shut down your computer turn it off and install the card for your hardware Do you want to shut down your computer now 11 In the System Settings Change window click on the Yes button to complete the installation You can now install your ISA host card See Installing an ISA host card on page 101 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards
98. rts Ports gt All 8 If required in the Port Configuration window select the ports whose logins status you want to change then click on one of the following to change the login status Tc Click on Enable logins for a port Enable button Disable logins for a port Disable button The selected ports in the list now are updated show their new login status For example if you enable the login for a port a tick is displayed along side the port as shown in the next picture Specialix 1 08 Port Configuration Ports Help Port Login gettydef Terminal Type Forced flow control unknown 3 m unknown 9 Repeat steps 2 to 8 until you have configured all the ports you want Exiting the Port 10 In the Port Configuration menu click on Ports gt Save amp Exit Configuration tool Note To quit the Port Configuration tool without saving changes e Inthe Port Configuration menu click on Ports gt Quit The Port Configuration tool now closes and saves any changes you have made 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 54 SEDREZA Removing I 08 drivers and utilities from your system To remove the I O8 device drivers and utilities for the SCO OpenServer operating system proceed as follows 1 In the SCO OpenServer desktop double click on the System Administration folder The System
99. s Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 20 Setup Complete Setup has finished installing Specialis 1 08 Windows 95 98 Drivers on your computer Before you can use the devices you must restart your computer paenesasonoonosaseoonnonsousoonosoosooneounosoonusenoenoonoonsononnoanoononsasooononsoanonenan o Yes want to restart my computer now C No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup ER 4 In the Setup Complete window click select the Yes want to restart my computer now option then click on Finish button to confirm your selection Hint After the machine restarts if windows cannot find a file whilst trying to install a Perle device a pop up window is displayed asking you for the location of missing file To remedy this e Inthe popup window select the windows system directory for example c windows system Device installation should then be able to continue Installation of device drivers and utilities is now complete l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 21 Adding ISA host cards to the system To add an l O8 ISA host card to the system configuration proceed as follows 1 In the Windows desktop click on the Start button and select Settings gt Control Panel to display the Control panel window 2 In the
100. s 95 and 98 rererrrreerssses 19 Installing device drivers and UIilifiOS eerererererennonononannnnnannnnesanananananann 20 Adding ISA host cards to the SYSICIN ssssccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennsaaaeeeeeeeneeaas 22 CON ONA CORP SAN W POTS ciccticancunaseeemiaeecioooi mnie 28 Removing I O8 hardware from your system cccccceeeteeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeete 37 Installing under Windows NT arrsersessstsstsstsssasasaonaonaosannsaanaannannannannannannonnannnn 33 Installing VO8 under SCO OpenSe ve r areersersesesorsannonasnannannanannannannannannn 34 General installation procedure for SCO OpenSErVET ee esssseseseonnns 34 Upgrading from existing device CNVENS is sicssssteninceinioxasanassnts sein ros abassbas koni 36 Upgrading from Specialix combined driver 2 0 2 for SCO Unix 3 2 4 SCO OpenServer CY seca ares sas screed a ka racine n a a a ek kk ka 36 Upgrading your current I O8 device driver SCO OpenServer 5 Only 36 Installing device drivers and WUMES bi oke kak kk kk kak ka ba ka pk eka kb a epik ANN 37 Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels SCO OpenServer 5 ONIY ia a ski a kk e kn a e nt l e n a e a a ki ob n a 43 Starting the Host Gard Configuration utility ss tistesotssstivoneskosd taksi gone kok 44 Addinga new host card OO A S nna kb li kak as otan ak alo e papa pote it sab k d sant 45 EE OS card ho 19 2 2c kote sike akte ky ot koken ake eta kk a ne kk kab ik aaa bab 47 Removing
101. s and utilities from your system on page 55 General installation procedure for SCO OpenServer The general procedure for installing and configuring host cards drivers software and associated utilities for the SCO OpenServer operating system is as follows 1 If required install any PCI host cards you require into your system See Installing a PCI host card on page 100 Note SCO OpenServer 5 device drivers are displayed as Specialix I O8 SCO OpenServer 6 device drivers are displayed as Perle l O8 Note SCO OpenServer 6 supports only the PCI version of the I 08 card Note SCO OpenServer 5 only If you are installing a PCI card after having installed your driver you will need to run the io8hcfg utility to create the relevant device nodes See Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels SCO OpenServer 5 Only on page 43 and Appendix A Serial port device names Note If your system has an EISA bus you need to run the EISA configuration utility now See your System Administrator or product user documentation for further details l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 34 Note If your system already has Specialix combined driver version 2 02 for SCO Unix 3 2 4 installed you need to remove them before you can install new device drivers See Upgrading from existing device drivers on page 36
102. s device You may either enter a specific value and the nearest valid value will be automatically selected or you may select a value using the up and down arrows This resource is assigned to the following child device s Value fin A Conflict information The setting you have chosen does not conflict with any other devices No devices are conflicting 7 In the Edit Interrupt Request window select the IRQ level you want using the Value field and click on the OK button If value you have selected is not acceptable to the system then the Device Manager will display a problem icon as shown in the next picture 5p Specialix 1 08 ISA Adapter ters 8 If the IRQ level you have selected are not acceptable to the system check your configuration settings and adjust the IRQ value as required Otherwise ring Technical support See Contacting Perle on page 108 in Appendix D Contacting Perle l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing an 1 08 ISA host card under Windows 2000 Page 96 an saj Updating I 0O8 ISA host card device drivers with update exe Whenever you add any SX I O8 or SI XIO hardware to your system by default Windows 2000 will use its latest digitally signed driver in its driver database To ensure you install the latest driver you must now run the update exe program This ensures that every device currently installed in the system is updated to use
103. serial printer Data can then be output to the terminal or the printer via the same serial line This is called transparent print or xprint and is designed for printing simple ascii text A separate xprint device node ttyinp where n is device number is created for each port This device is enabled automatically if either the local or modem device is enabled for the port SCO OpenServer operating system p gt 108 Port lt P printios file Configuration utility 1 08 host card ge O8 Devicedrive i gt Computer system Terminal Auxiliary port di Serial communications on terminal Printer port on terminal When a host card receives data addressed to the transparent print device it prefixes it with the transparent print mode ON string and appenas it with the transparent mode OFF string The ON and OFF strings for each terminal type available are defined by the printcap io8 file See The printcap io8 configuration file on page 124 for more details When the host card receives data addressed to the transparent print device it prefixes it with the Transparent Print Mode ON string and appenas it with the Transparent Print Mode OFF string Terminal I O has absolute priority over printer output Transparent print data will only be sent when there is a break in output to the terminal for more than a
104. so Perle part number CIO8 M Connector pinout table RJ12 DB25 Signal Description 1 8 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 3 RXD Receive Data 3 4 and 20 DTR RTS Data Terminal Ready Request To Send Function depends on the way you open the serial port see page 120 4 7 GND Ground 5 2 TXD Transmit Data 6 5 CTS Clear to send Shield 1 and Shell Chassis Chassis ground 1 O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 3 1 08 Cabling information Il O8 cables available from Perle Page 109 5 AY SP RJ12 to DB25 female cable Cable diagram Pin 1 looking into socket lee Perle part number CIO8 F O O e Q O 2 Oo O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Seg Pin 1 looking into connector A p Connector pinout table RJ12 DB25 Signal Description 1 8 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 2 RXD Receive Data 3 5 and 6 DTR RTS Data Terminal Ready Request To Send Function depends on the way you open the serial port see page 120 4 7 GND Ground 5 3 TXD Transmit Data 6 4 CTS Clear to send Shield 1 and shell Chassis Chassis ground Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide
105. stem Serial Manager on hpnetserve40 Iof x Host Port View Help Configured serial boards on hpnetserve40 Port Description l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 74 Sa A 3 In the Serial Manager window select the host card you want Then in the Serial Manager menu click on View gt Ports The Serial Manager window now displays the ports available for the selected host card as shown in the next picture Serial Manager on hpnetserve40 Iof x Host Port View Help Configured serial ports for io8 on hpnetserve40 Logins Speed Description term i02 disabled Port 1 Software Flow Control term i03 disabled Port 2 Software Flow Control term i04 disabled Port 3 Software Flow Control term i05 disabled Port 4 Software Flow Control term i06 disabled Port 5 Software Flow Control term i07 disabled Port 6 Software Flow Control term i08 disabled Port 7 Software Flow Control l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 75 4 In the Serial Manager menu click on Port gt Modify The Modify Serial Port window is now displayed Modify Serial Port term i03 Port 2 Software Flow Control 5 In the Modify Serial Port window set the parameters shown in the next table 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare
106. stensbasasseneecuettaesisedasiencianlentiins 141 Example of normal boot up messages for host CArOS vr eeeeeesenoss 141 Emot MESSAGES e ki kk ks a a a a t a a l kk NN 142 SCO UnixWare SCO OpenServer 6 arrerrorserarsannannanaasannannannanannannannannanannannan 143 Example of normal boot up messages for host CArOS vrr eeeeesseooss 143 Eitor FI si a ank n nal e an ak ana a cle fi bab ak po pan aaa atak ake 144 VIG host card error messages uit etna ctiaseeuetasanasiebecivbnahebucsebncautalacieteaniees 144 WOO software error Messages siren batia ss d kaa po ap aks kabab koka ktas p p isi nenene 145 Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 0rrvrrereravsonsosasnannannannon 146 General troubleshooting under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2010S pe EPEE kb in n bis kd FEE EN af is r d disk kdk EE n 147 Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 error messages 148 APPENDIX E CONTACTING PERLE 149 Making a technical Support Query avrsessserserssrassansonannaasannasaanannonnannenannannan 150 Who To BONN ONE fi ak el bat a ab kk at a sa ek kl kf e a kn ko kk ek ek ta ak e ek a kap 150 Information needed when MAKING a QUONY 00000rewirrrsrrerrrrrrtssesersesesooonannannn 151 Making a support query via the Perle WED PaQE rrrrvrrrreeeessrrrrannnnn 152 Repair procedure NY acs ease aca e 153 Feedback about this manual vresresrasssssssssansansansnannannannannannaanansannnnnannannan
107. system was powered up If anything has changed the spxnodescpt script recreates the files which identify the ports terminals and transparent printing and applies the changes Note If your system already has Specialix IO8 Svr4 driver v1 0 2 for SVR4 operating systems you need to remove them before you can install new device drivers See Upgrading from existing device drivers on page 60 2 If required install the O8 SCO UnixWare drivers and utilities onto your system using the procedures described in Installing drivers and utilities onto your system on page 61 3 if required using the UnixWare Device Configuration Utility select and assign addresses for any additional ISA host cards you want to install from the free addresses available See Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels on page 64 4 Repeat step 3 until you have assigned addresses to all the ISA host cards you want to install 5 If required install any ISA host cards you require into your system See Installing an ISA host card on page 101 6 If required remove any host cards you want from your system See Removing host cards on page 103 7 Using the Serial Manager utility configure the serial ports you have added to the system See Configuring serial ports on page 73 Note If you are running version 2 of the SCO UnixWare operating system you need to use the procedures described in Configuring serial ports under SCO UnixWare 2 on page
108. t section Feedback about this manual Repair procedure Ifyou have any comments or suggestions for improving this manual please email Perle using the following address Email ptacQperle com Please include the title part number and date of the manual you can find these on the title page at the front of this manual Page 112 Contacting Perle technical support Note Resellers Perle offers free technical support to Perle Authorised Distributors and Registered Perle To access technical support please visit the Perle website at www perle com support_services index shtml If you are unable to find the information you require please feel free to contact our technical support teams by email using the addresses shown in the next table Region Address Email North America Perle Systems Ltd 60 Renfrew Drive Markham Ontario Canada L3R OE1 Email ptac perle com Europe Perle Systems Europe Ltd 3 Wintersells Road Byfleet Surrey KT14 7LF UK Email ptac Qperle com Asia Worldwide Perle Asia Pacific Pte Lta 190 Middle Road 19 05 Fortune Centre Singapore 188979 Perle Systems Ltd 60 Renfrew Drive Markham Ontario Canada L3R OE1 Email ptac perle com Email ptac Qperle com Contacting Perle technical support Page 113 SEDREZE ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Index A drivers and host cards 17 DTR 120 About this
109. tall the PortDirector for WIndows NT on your system in order to use the O8 host cards See Chapter 5 Adding and deleting host cards in the PortDirector User guide part number 5500028 for further details 1 Install any PCI host cards you require into your system See Installing a PCI host card on page 100 2 Install any ISA host cards you require into your system See Installing an ISA host card on page 101 3 If required remove any host cards you want from your system See Removing host cards on page 103 4 Use the PortDirector software to update your system with the revised number and type of host cards See The PortDirector user guide part number 5500028 for further details Your system can now use the serial adaptor cards you have installed l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing under Windows NT Page 33 SEDREZSE Installing I 08 under SCO OpenServer This section tells you how to install host cards software drivers and utilities under the SCO OpenServer operating system SCO OpenServer 5 and SCO OpenServer 6 and includes the following e General installation procedure for SCO OpenServer on page 34 e Upgrading from existing device drivers on page 36 Installing device drivers and utilities on page 37 e Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels SCO OpenServer 5 Only on page 43 e Configuring l O8 serial ports on page 51 e Removing I O8 driver
110. talling drivers and host cards Installing O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 56 PEDDESe Installing I O8 under SCO UnixWare This section tells you how to install host cards software drivers and utilities under the SCO UnixWare operating system and includes the following e General installation procedure for SCO UnixWare on page 58 e Upgrading from existing device drivers on page 60 e Installing drivers and utilities onto your system on page 61 e Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels on page 64 e Configuring serial ports on page 73 Configuring serial ports under SCO UnixWare 2 on page 78 e Removing I O8 drivers and utilities from your system on page 79 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 57 SEDREZE General installation procedure for SCO UnixWare The general procedure for installing and configuring host cards drivers software and associated utilities for the SCO UnixWare operating system is as follows 1 Install any PCI host cards you require into your system See Installing a PCI host card on page 100 Note Once you have installed the l O8 drivers if you add or remove any host cards the operating system will update the kernel accordingly using the spxnodescpt script The spxnodescpt script is run automatically during boot up and checks to see if any host cards have been added or removed since the last time the
111. th the considerable cost that entails To use the I O8 serial adaptor cards you must first install the drivers supplied with the card for your operating system You then configure each card as required prior to mechanical installation Note The procedure for installing and configuring l O8 serial adaptor cards varies for different operating systems Please read Before you start on page 18 in Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards before commencing installation Thin Clients Up to 4 1 O8 cards per host Electronic 8 serial ports per card point of sale Up to 32 ports per host f_ Printers SS i ppu II Data Capture Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction About the I O8 serial adaptor card Page 16 PS SA ES Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards You need to read You need to read this chapter if you want to install I O8 serial adaptor cards and associated this chapter if you software want to This chapter provides information about installing and configuring I O8 serial adaptor cards in both ISA and PCI formats Note The procedure for installing and configuring l O8 serial adaptor cards varies for different operating systems Please read Before you start on page 18 before commencing installation This chapter includes the following sections e Before you start
112. the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this Guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his her own expense EN 55022 1998 Class A Note Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Caution The products described in this manual are approved for commercial use only Page 3 5 AN EI About this manual Purpose of this manual This manual tells you how to install configure and use the Perle I O8 ISA and PCI serial adaptor cards associated drivers and utilities Who this manual is for This manual is aimed at users who want to add extra serial ports to their system using I O8 ISA and PCI serial adaptor cards This manual requires a working knowledge of using personal computers and associated operating systems as well as experience in installing host cards Warning AN Dangerous voltages exist inside computer systems Before installing host cards in your system turn off the power supply and disconnect the mains lead l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Pur
113. ties and installation under the Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems November 2001 5500031 14 Update of manual to include new contact details and some re branding October 2002 5500031 15 Removal of part numbers from Cabling chapter January 2006 5500031 16 Added information for OpenServer 6 support September 2008 5500031 17 Added information for Windows XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 6 SPS al 12 Fast contents ABOUT THIS MANUAL anni anni ee ee 4 REVISION HISTORY ian eta kk aa tk a n a a ak e a kane e A ak a ak a ke e n k pa SEET 6 FAST CONTENTS ai aie 7 CONTENTS cise a gi een E 8 GHAPTER T INTRODUCTION rai os ka kt a taksi pi a a k ka ae pk l ka a anne ka pt ae e l 15 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING DRIVERS AND HOST CARDS rrrrrresnnnoononaannnanaanannnannnnanannnannnannaannnnnnnn 7 CHAPTER 3 I O8 CABLING INFORMATION uaeoooonnnnnnnnannasnonaanananononnnnnnannnannnnnnnnnnanananannnnnnnnnnn 105 CHAPTER 4 QUICK REFERENCE ici ki aki e ai ik ka kk l n satu kk a ak kk kk e kk a kk kk kk 111 APPENDIX A SERIAL PORT DEVICE NAMES rrrrrranannnnonnanaannnanasannanannnnanaanannannnnaannnananannanannnannnnn 119 APPENDIX B TRANSPARENT PRINTING sssseeesseccccnsnersecensnsnnnnunensesnnsunsnnnnsnsnsnannnnenssesnnsananenansaes 122 APPENDIX C ISA HOST CARD ADDRESS SETTINGS aaeeeooronanannnanonanonanananananaaaannanannnnnnnnnnnnannnnnn 126 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING isit ek ikiss wt sous vos to kk po kok ko kk kk ka kk
114. ts is now complete 1 08 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 30 SEDREZE Removing l 08 hardware from your system To remove 1 O8 hardware from your system configuration proceed as follows Note This process does not remove the l O8 device drivers and utilities from your system 1 In the windows desktop click on the Start button and select Settings Control panel The control panel window is now displayed J Control Panel O x Ele Edit View Go Favorites Help 7 lr Back Forward Up Multimedia Network ODBC Data Passwords Power Sources 32bit Management Control J QES A amp Pane l Printers Regional Sounds System Telephony Settings Use the settings in amp Control Panel to i personalize your Ne TD ERA e ee ee Z 2 In the control panel window double click on the System icon The System Properties tabbed window is now displayed as shown in the next picture l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under Windows 95 and 98 Page 31 3 In the System Properties tabbed window click on the Device Manager tab The Device Manager page is now displayed as shown in the next picture System Properties 2 xi General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection Mouse
115. under General installation procedure for SCO UnixWare on page 58 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 08 under SCO UnixWare Page 60 SEDREZSE Installing drivers and utilities onto your system To install the l O8 device drivers and utilities for the SCO UnixWare operating system proceed as follows 1 Login to your system as super user 2 Load the CDROM into your system CD drive 3 At the command prompt type scoadmin The System Administration window is now displayed System Administration on hpnetserye40 OF Xx File View Options Help Account Manager License Manager Login Session Viewer Mail Manager 4 Inthe System Administration window double click on the Filesystem Manager folder The Filesystem Manager window is now displayed Filesystem Manager on hpnetserve40 OF Xx Host Mount Share View Options Help Mount Status of Filesystems on hpnetserve40 specialix co uk Filesystem Mount Point Access Mode dev _tcp dev _tcp dewfd dewfd dewdsk fot finstall Read write Read write Read write Read write proc proc l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 61 SEDREZE 5 In the Filesystem Manager menu click on Mount gt Add Mount Configuration gt Local The Add Local Mount Configuration window is now displayed Add Local Mount
116. unknown 7 m unknown 8 m unknown Available gettydefs Terminal type Select a getty k tyi925 Selecta definition j RENGA terminal type e 3 onn ion age 53 ee page 53 m a wspc65 zi pag Set 75 RB _ C TT Enables or Transparent print flow control ixon _ ixary L flow Enables or A Seepage 53 disables login ogin Session Enable Disable See page 54 Aen os VEY Do ee eee Selecting ports 2 Inthe Port Configuration window select the ports you want you want to configure by clicking on one or more items in the list of ports example in next picture Hint To select multiple items which follow each other in the list hold down the Shift key and Click on all the items you want To select multiple items from anywhere in the list hold down the Ctrl key and click on all the items you want Port Login gettydef Terminal Type Forced flow control unknown unknown l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing l O8 under SCO OpenServer Page 52 SEDREZSE Selecting a getty 3 definition Selecting terminal 4 In the Port Configuration window select the getty definition you want by double clicking on an item in the Available gettydefs list Alternatively click on the Set button Available gettydefs The list of currently selected ports is now updated to show the new getty definition Ports Help Port Login gettydef New definition displayed here
117. ved for any ISA cards fitted 3 Check the memory address switch settings on any ISA cards fitted See page 101 4 Try installing a different host card in case the one currently installed is faulty See page 101 Windows operating system fails while loading 1 Reboot machine and then switch to the last and the system hangs known good configuration 2 Check for resource conflicts or faulty hardware 3 Turn off machine remove any l O8 cards fitted page 103 and then reboot your system 4 Once the machine boots properly change the configuration settings of the l O8 card to match those in the BIOS setup See page 101 Windows operating system fails while loading 1 Note the five hexadecimal numbers at the top line and displays a blue screen of the screen 2 Reboot your machine and then switch to the last known good configuration 3 Check for resource conflicts or faulty hardware 4 Turn off machine remove any l O8 cards fitted page 103 and then reboot your system 5 Once the machine boots properly change the configuration settings of the l O8 card to match those in the BIOS setup See page 101 Operating system loads OK but I O8 driver or 1 Run Windows Device Manager to find available another driver fails to boot IRQ and memory addresses O8 ports do not work after installation 1 Check the Windows Event Log and follow the suggested actions l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guid
118. y Ensure your application only uses each port as either a local or a modem but not both io8_ open fails exclusive use set An application cannot open a particular port while it is already open Ensure your application closes any ports already in use before starting io8_ Cannot close X Print still open An application cannot close the local port while the transparent print port remains open Ensure your application closes the transparent port when appropriate l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixWare SCO OpenServer 6 Page 145 SEDREZE Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 This section describes troubleshooting I O8 products under the Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 operating systems and includes the following sections Note To contact Perle for technical support see Appendix E Contacting Perle e General troubleshooting under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 on page 147 e Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 error messages on page 148 l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Page 146 SEDREZE General troubleshooting under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 Problem Action required Machine fails to boot 1 Turn off your machine remove O8 card s and reboot See page 103 2 In the BIOS setup make sure memory and interrupts levels are reser
119. y Changes amp Exit DCU gt Apply configuration changes and exit the Hardware Device Configuration Utility See page 72 Exit DCU and Cancel Changes gt Exit the Hardware Device Configuration Utility and cancel any changes See page 72 Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 4 Quick reference SCO UnixWare utilities Page 116 SEDREZSE Serial Manager Main window The main window for the Serial Manager is shown in the next picture You can display this window in one of two views Board view and Ports view See page 118 for menu maps Serial Manager on hpnetserve40 OF Xx Host Port View Help Configured serial boards on hpnetserve40 Boards view Port Description Displays the host cards present on the system To obtain this view click m k on the View Boards menu 08 0 specialix 1 O8 Host Card option a SCOadmin Serial Manager on hpnetserve40 ioj x Host Port View Help Configured serial ports for io8 on hpnetserve40 Port Logins Speed Description term i01 disabled Port 0 Software Flow Control term i02 disabled Port 1 Software Flow Control term i03 disabled Port 2 Software Flow Control Ports view disabled Port 7 Software Flow Control Displays the serial ports present on ri the system To obtain this view click on the View Ports menu option SCOadmin Il O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 4 Quick reference SCO
120. your system as super user 2 At the command prompt type etc conf bin idbuild and press the Enter key You are now prompted to re boot the system 3 At the command prompt type Shutdown i6 y to re boot the system The system now re boots displaying messages as it does so l O8 Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Installing 1 O8 under SCO UnixWare Page 72 SEDREZSE Configuring serial ports The software provided with the I O8 for the SCO UnixWare operating system includes a utility called Serial Manager which allows you to configure the extra l O8 serial ports you have added to your system Note If you are running version 2 of the SCO UnixWare operating system you need to use the procedures described in Configuring serial ports under SCO UnixWare 2 on page 78 to configure your serial ports Note On UnixWare 7 0 you must apply a patch file called ptf7053 before using the Serial Manager You can find the patch on the SCO web site at http www sco com To configure serial ports with Serial Manager proceed as follows Note If you want to perform transparent printing from any of the terminals attached to your system you need to check the contents of the printcap io8 file to see if the terminal type you are using is supported To do this proceed as follows 1 Using a text editor go to the ete directory and open the file called printcap io8

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