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1. RAd wr time 250ns x System 1 0 space 1f0 100 2f6 8 378 8 3c0 10 3d8 8 3f0 10 4d0 8 5f0 8 678 8 6f8 8 77878 718 108 a10 8 a20 8 a30 8 c00 80 cf0 10 c000 100 800 100 ec00 100 d000 100 d400 100 d800 100 deO0 100 ecOf ffe 28 System Memory space in 0004 0000 OO0F FFFF area Add resources only if not detected by the enumerator Examples 1 4dd 1 0 ports select type l 0 ports type First Last address push OK 2 Add Phys memory select type Memory type First Last address push OK 3 4dd IRQ channel select IRQ number from IRG push OK 4 Add DMA channel select DMA number from DMA push OK Cancel Add Resources dialog box Resources need to be added one at a time In order to add another resource please click the Add Resources button again 85 7 6 Delete Settings choosing another host Clicking the Delete Settings button will bring the following message box delete resources x Delete the resources for all devices Yes or No to delete resources for a particular device No ARSTech Enumerator delete settings message box Selecting Yes will delete the settings for all of the previously loaded devices the USB2 host settings the current manually added resources Running the Enumerator again will bring a dialog box to select the USB 2 0 host Selecting No will delete settings for the currently selected device I
2. arsgui graphical user interface program The installation software includes a folder with a description of our simple basic API set and samples for software developers dealing with peripheral cards 1 3 Customers We offer our products to two groups of customers e Manufacturers of ISA PCI or PCMCIA cards Manufactures have the source code of the software for their cards They can use our ArsGui utility to manually access the hardware on the peripheral card them our basic simple API set to develop programs Or they can use the API set and samples in our SDKBUS kit to convert their software to work our USB2 0 products or the SSI2 products For more information please visit www arstech com SDKBUS htm e End users who do not have the source code but just the binaries of an ISA PCI or PCMCIA card they use End users can use our universal software layer USL option with the original software of the card The USL is included in the installation software There is a detailed description on the purpose set up and use of the universal software layer in the following chapters 10 2 Considerations before and after purchase This chapter provides considerations on selecting of our products If you have selected purchased and use the ideal set of products congratulations In all the other cases you may need to revisit multiple times this chapter before and after purchasing of our products 2 1 Hardware considerations XPRS or
3. Step 1 Powering considerations There are 4 possible choices for powering a PCI card mounted on a SSI2 PCI using the power provided through the USB cable if the PCI card needs only 5V and the power consumption is within 500mA using an isa pwr in addition to the S V coming through the USB cable the power supply module provides 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA card are within 50mA using an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters to provide 5v 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA within the limits of the particular external power adapter using of an external power supply pwr 3v adapter to provide 3 3v when currents consumed by the PCI cared are within the limits of the external power adapter To find the voltages used and currents consumed please check the documentation of the particular PCI card in use 29 ARS Technologies offers the following powering options isa pwr Power supply module isa pwr xr External Power Supply 25W ROHS pwr 3v External Power Supply 3 V If you want to use the isa pwr power supply module it has to be mounted on the power supply socket If you want to use the isa pwr xr external power supply the SSI2 PCI card will not work until the external power is turned on To assist with choosing a powering option ARS Technologies offers a universal choice which can cover most available PCI cards using isa pwr xr external power suppl
4. When connected for the first time the ARS Technologies software will automatically e Look for the resources of the card e Look for an inf file for the PCI Express x1 x16 card and if the inf file is found e Start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card This installation process is called only the first time the PCI Express x1 x16 card and XPRS PX are connected Afterward the driver is loaded automatically When connecting for the first time it is possible that there will be no inf file found for the particular PCI Express x1 x16 card In this case the Enumerator will bring a message box that reads No driver files found Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PCI card In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and then load the driver for the card Devices One PCI Express x1 x16 card may have one device for example video device or a network device There are cases where a PCI Express x1 x16 card has multiple devices In this case each device has to have separate inf install files and driver files 125 ARS Technologies User s Guide V 2 130 Last Update June 2011 Examples PCI Expre
5. Please note that selected IRQ channels must be free and available for use While use of the IRQ 3 4 may be allowed if the serial ports on a system s motherboard are not present or used the use of IRQ 14 15 will interfere with the use of the system s motherboard IDE controller 137 138
6. it has to be mounted on the power supply socket If you want to use the isa pwr xr external power supply the USB 2 0 to ISA card will not work until the external power is turned on To assist with choosing a powering option ARS Technologies offers a universal choice which can cover most available ISA cards using isa pwr xr external power supply to power ISA cards The USB2ISA X3 board has a light emitting diode LED which indicates when there is power supplied or not When there is power the LED is on when there is no power the LED is off ARS Technologies recommends first connecting the USB 2 0 to ISA card without an ISA card mounted and then checking in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in order to make certain that the USB2ISA X3 card is powered properly 21 After mounting an ISA card in the USB 2 0 to ISA card check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events to make sure certain that the USB2ISA X3 card is powered properly The power selection jumper has two options Please reference the USB2ISA X3 image in section 3 2 to change jumper position Option 1 1 2 Position default 1 2 default power provided by the USB cable this choice has 2 options 3 ISA card using only 5V there is limit of 500 mA current consumption from 5V 4 isa pwr power supply module connected providing 5V 12V or 12V to the ISA card the card consumes currents within the powering limitations Option 2
7. Google Talk Conii u d TAR Systems D Intel Control Panel InterVideo WinDVD Maintenance Devices and Printers Microsoft Developer Network d Microsoft Office _ Microsoft Visual Studio 6 0 d Microsoft Web Publishing Location of the utilities Windows platform There are 2 utilities installed and available for the end user ArsEnum enumerator ArsGui read write test utility 67 7 1 Starting of ARS Technologies Enumerator The ARS Technologies Enumerator must run in order to use ISA PCI PCMCIA cards and cards with the USB2 and the SSI2 lines of products After setup and installation the Enumerator program is loaded one of three ways e automatically immediately after the boot of the operating system or e manually by clicking on Start gt Programs gt ARSEnum e manually by clicking Start gt Programs gt ARSTech gt ARSEnum f t amp d 2 Adobe Reader 9 is a BA ArsEnum j sDpvopi OPen Defauit Pri E Run as administrator wi Desktop G Troubleshoot compatibility amp InstallShie Open file location Internet Ex Pin to Taskbar E Internet Ex Sp Microsoft B Microsoft Restore previous versions 43 National It Serif Draw z Windows 4 Cut Pin to Start Menu Send to gt Ej Windows Copy I Windows Windows Delete D Windows P9 Rename Windows A XPS Viewe Accessories 4 Properties Manually starting
8. 2 3 Position 2 3 power provided by an external power source this choice has the option The power comes from an external power supply in the power socket isa pwr xr adapters there are 5V 12V 12V or 5V going to the ISA card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply External Jumper Powering Options The external power jumper is placed in permanent position 2 3 default power provided by the isa pwr xr Step 2 optional Place USB2ISA X3 card into an enclosure ARS Technologies offers single and double length plastic enclosures You will need to measure the ISA card you have and select the appropriate single or double length plastic enclosure for your card 22 If you have an ISA card and are using the USB2ISA X3 you can choose between two enclosure options Enclosure for 3 ISA PCI cards Enclosure Double length for 3 ISA PCI cards The above web pages offer e enclosure images e maximum dimensions of an ISA card which can fit into the enclosure e assembly instructions for the enclosure and the peripheral card 23 3 3 Other USB2 cards ARS Technologies did previously offer also the following products USB2ISA RA takes one ISA card mounted horizontally USB2ISA SL takes multiple ISA cards mounted in a passive ISA backplane USB2ISA X7 takes up to 7 ISA cards USB2PCMCIA R takes one 3 3V or 5V 16bit PCMCIA card You can initially evaluate with
9. 3 default power provided by the isa pwr xr 35 Step 2 optional Place SSI2 ISA X3 card into an enclosure ARS Technologies offers single and double length plastic enclosures You will need to measure the ISA card you have and select the appropriate single or double length plastic enclosure for your card If you have an ISA card and are using the SSI2 ISA X3 you can choose between two enclosure options Enclosure for 3 ISA PCl cards isax3b1 html Enclosure Dbl length for 3 ISA PCl cards isax3b2 html The above web pages offer e enclosure images e maximum dimensions of an ISA card which can fit into the enclosure e assembly instructions for the enclosure and the peripheral card 36 4 4 SSI2 PCI X3 card Image of SSI2 PCI X3 The SSI2 PCI X3 card works with up to 3 PCI cards Step 1 Powering considerations There are 4 possible choices for powering a PCI card mounted on a SSI2 PCI X3 using the power provided through the USB cable if the PCI card needs only 5V and the power consumption is within 500mA using an isa pwr in addition to the 5V coming through the USB cable the power supply module provides 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA card are within 50mA using an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters to provide 5v 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA within the limits of the particular external power adapter e using of an ext
10. Disk Management Re 3CCM556 56K Data Fax Cell PC Card 4 Other devices Hl Ports COM amp LPT Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices H Universal Serial Bus controllers A BB DE96F3C53F98 Computer Disk drives OF DYD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers J Floppy disk drives E IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt Keyboards 0 2 2 m a Services and Applications A A f When connecting for the first time it is possible that there will be no inf file found for the particular PCMCIA card In this case the Enumerator will bring a message box reading No driver files found Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PCMCIA card In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card 119 Examples FSSWXDE PPO 16bit PCMCIA modem card USB2PCMCIA iSsU0USaL EE TETEG _ ed 32bit PCMCIA network card SSI2 PCMCIA 32bit PCMCIA network card XPRS CB 120 ARS Technologies User s Guide V 2 130 Last Update June 2011_ 10 PCI cards use This chapter describes the way of use of PCI cards on our SSI2 line of products and on our XPRS line of products Informa
11. SSI2 USB2 XPRS line of products allows handling of peripheral cards in a way like they are attached directly to the computer system If you have a high data throughput peripheral card we strongly recommend using XPRS line of products The USB interface is present available on almost all systems and supported in our USB2 and SSI2 product lines however is not similar to the interfaces of the peripheral cards We recommend testing evaluating first with 1 set of product enclosure power supply cable Single card or multiple cards All of our product lines have products supporting a single peripheral card or up to 3 peripheral cards If having multiple cards not similar to each other we recommend mounting testing with one peripheral card at a time Choosing of powering of a peripheral card An ISA card may use either 5V only or 5V and any combination of 12V 5V and 12V 11 A PCI card may use either 5V only or 3 3V only or 5V and any combination of 12V and 12V or 3 3V and any combination of 12V and 12V A 16bit PCMCIA card may use either 5V only or 3 3V only A 32bit PCMCIA card uses 3 3V only A PCI Express card may use either 3 3V only or 3 3V and 12V A ExpressCard card may use 3 3V only or 3 3V and 1 5V Regarding the voltages used by peripheral cards please check our articles in the Knowledge Base section http www arstech com page ste_whitepapers h
12. Warranty Everyone using the software and hardware provided by ARS Technologies acknowledges that the hardware and software is provided AS IS WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WHETHER EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY NONINFRINGEMENT FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL SPECIFICATION OR SAMPLE Damages In no event will ARS Technologies be liable to anyone using the software and hardware provided by ARS Technologies for any loss of profits loss of use incidental consequential indirect or special damages arising out of this or any other damage whether or not such party had advance notice of the possibility of such damages 3 Table of Contents Ue Want MUCH Oni iea aE a TEE EEEa aE ERE AREER 6 1 1 ARS Technologies Products ccccsccecesssesseeseesseeseceseesecesesseceseceesesecseeesecscesseceeeseccesaeceseceenseceeeeeeessseeensas T 12 SOWAS nnn E ETATE E T ER E T oe see e EAE 9 CUSTOM Er S223 2520 55 ee a a E a R 10 2 Considerations before and after purchase ccceccescesseeseceseeseceeeesececeeseceeeeseceseeaeensecseceaeceenseeesneeensaeeeaees 11 2 1 Hardware considerations cccccccccesscceesscecesscecesseeccessecceseecesseeceesseececseecesseececseeecesseesesseecessueeesseseensaess 11 2 2 Sottware Considerati S arn AEE E EE EEA EEr NE EEN NY 14 J USB2 product e ennan annern E E EE Er
13. amp LPT Performance Logs and Alerts MR Processors A Device Manager H B Sound video and game controllers Sy Storage a System devices Removable Storage A Universal Serial Bus controllers Disk Defragmenter NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller B1 Disk Management NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller Update Driver T Services and Applications NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller Uninstall SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller USB Root Hub USB Root Hub USB Root Hub USB Root Hub USB Root Hub USB Root Hub Scan for hardware changes Properties Disables the selected device When disabled the particular USB2 host driver will be marked as shown amp amp Universal Serial Bus controllers NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller 61 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller NOTE 1 ARS Technologies requires having a USB 2 0 host in the system If the system has only USB 1 1 hosts please add a USB 2 0 host as a PCI card to a desktop computer or a PCMCIA card to a notebook computer NOTE 2 If the system has more than one USB2 0 host ARS Technologies recommends selecting the last one Leave the first one normally belonging to the motherboard to service other USB devices 75 7 3 Specifics for SSI2 products exclusive mode and host controller support The SSI2 products connect to and work with st
14. be closed 56 pwr 5v power supply power through the cables and isa pwr module when the PCI card s uses requires 3 3v 5v and 12v 12v 3 3v comes through the cables pwr 5v provides 5v isa pwr module provides 12v 12v the 3 3v jumper has to be closed isa pwr xr power supply power through the cables when the PCI card s uses requires 3 3v 5v and 12v 12v 3 3v comes through the cables isa pwr xr provides 5v 12v 12v the 3 3v jumper has to be closed The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS PCI X3 in multiple pictures 57 5 7 XPRS cPCle card XPRS cPCle allows mounting using of a Compact PCI Express or PXI Express type peripheral cards XPRS cPCle card connects with all of the XPRS Host cards After connecting the cables to already mounted powered on XPRS Host card the LED on XPRS cPCle has to be on If the LED is not on make sure XPRS Host card is mounted powered on and or switch the positions of the cables There are the following ways of powering power through the cables when the 3 3v for the Compact PCI Express or PXI Express card comes through the cables the 3 3v jumper has to be closed pwr 3v power supply when the 3 3v for the Compact PCI Express or PXI Express card card is provided by pwr 3v which is connected to the power jack the 3 3v jumper has to be open pwr 3v pwr 12v power supplies wh
15. cards Step 1 Powering considerations There are 3 possible choices for powering an ISA card mounted on a SSI2 ISA X3 using the power provided through the USB cable if the ISA card needs only 5V and the power consumption is within 500mA 33 using an isa pwr in addition to the 5V coming through the USB cable the power supply module provides 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA card are within 50mA using an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters to provide 5v 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA within the limits of the particular external power adapter To find out if a particular ISA card needs additional voltages please read the article located at http www arstech com page pwrsupplyneeds html To find the currents consumed please check the documentation of the particular ISA card in use ARS Technologies offers the following powering options isa pwr Power supply module isa pwr xr External Power Supply 25W ROHS If you want to use the isa pwr power supply module it has to be mounted on the power supply socket If you want to use the isa pwr xr external power supply the SSI2 ISA X3 card will not work until the external power is turned on To assist with choosing a powering option ARS Technologies offers a universal choice which can cover most available ISA cards using isa pwr xr external power supply to power ISA cards The SSI2 ISA X3 board ha
16. example the DOS software is placed in the dosprog folder please type on Windows enviroment mount c c dosprog Then type and run the DOS software 136 If the ISA DOS software includes a driver you need to load it in advance A utility DEVLOAD provides a method of loading device drivers from the command line under MS DOS rather than having to re boot in order to load extra drivers It is freeware available on ftp ftp infradead org pub devload devload exe Then you can run the main ISA DOS application Utilities There is currently one DOS utility included with the install software tst16 exe Resources access The utility allows read write capabilities to I O ports and memory areas Please note that the address range for I O ports is 0 to ffff having the most widely used area of 0 to 3ff in hex addresses The address range for memory area is 0 to ffffff with the most widely used area of b000 to fffff in hex addresses This is a memory hole where some hardware peripheral cards and the system s BIOS are located Tests The tst16 utility includes two tests e Serial port e Disk tests Both tests requite an ISA card which includes one of the following 1s232 rs422 rs485 serial ports e ata atapi ide disk controller Please follow the prompts to select I O ports and IRQ channel ARS Technologies recommends using dosbox in the debug mode and check the debug screen for the actual DOS accesses
17. is need to loading of one or more drivers for the devices on the ISA card you will need to bring up the main Enumerator window by double clicking on the Enumerator icon and click Load Drivers This will bring the following dialog box shown on the next page 87 Load driver for an ISA device 4 xj MISA card DETECTED and ADDED resources 1 0 ports Memory IRQ DMA IlI How to load a driver for a device on an ISA card Examples 1 Load a device which uses i o ports area and irg ex select 1 0 port 340 347 IRQ push Load button 2 Load a device which uses memory area ex select Memory d0000 d0fff push Load button End of loading push OK button go through install Cancel Load driver dialog box The dialog box has resources sections and a status area I O Memory IRQ DMA section in the top part of the dialog box Status an area on the lower part of the dialog box The process of selecting goes as follows 1 Select one of the I O ports Memory ranges listed in the drop down boxes 2 If necessary select one of the IRQ DMA channels listed in the drop down boxes 3 Click the Load button the status provides a feedback on the selection Repeat the above steps for different I O ports Memory IRQ DMA ranges if needed When finished adding please go to the next section The selections provided for I O port and Memory ranges are found automatical
18. message box appears with the current device instance To modify the inf file please pay careful attention to the message box which will give you the current device instance for example arsusb100 arsusb101 or PCI VEN_0010 amp DEV_0064 PCI VEN_0010 amp DEV_ 0065 etc and the location where the modification is made Please refer to next chapters for examples of modified inf files r Sisanuen This device is handled by a 32 bit driver which needs installing and loading Step 1 Please modify the INF file for this device like for example ORIGINAL inf file Manufacturer StdMfg ABC_Company ABC_Company ABC DeviceDesc ABC_ Port PNPOSOL ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCMCIA ABC COMPANY ABC PCMCIA PORT_ADAPTER_REV_A 0123 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCTI VEN_1234 amp DEV_1111 amp SUBSYS 00000000 REV_01 in the following way to add a line with the current device instance arsusb100 MODIFIED inf file Manufacturer StdMfg ABC_Company ABC_Company ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PNPO123 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCMCIA ABC COMPANY ABC PCMCIA PORT_ADAPTER_REV_A 0123 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCI VEN_1234 amp DEV_1111 amp SUBSYS 00000000 amp REV_01 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port ARSTech arsusb100 Step 2 Copy the modified inf file and the driver s to a new directory When you push OK button after loading all of the devices this will start New Hardware Found device
19. of the cables There are the following ways of powering power through the cables when the 3 3v for the CardBus card comes through the cables the 3 3v jumper has to be closed pwr 3v power supply when the 3 3v for the CardBus card is provided by pwr 3v which is connected to the power jack the 3 3v jumper has to be open The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS CB in multiple pictures 55 5 8 XPRS PCI X3 card PTTTNTTITTIT IEEE LLL LLCO C CREDO LOLLELCLOL ODT WUE RRR j MUANNANAN XPRS PCI X3 allows mounting using of up to 3 PCI cards XPRS PCI X3 card connects with all of the XPRS Host cards After connecting the cables to already mounted powered on XPRS Host card the LED on XPRS PCI X3 has to be on If the LED is not on make sure XPRS Host card is mounted powered on and or switch the positions of the cables A PCI card uses normally 3 3v and 5v and also may require 12v and or 12v to function In the order page for the product we include the choice to add pwr 5v power supply which connects to power jack After mounting the PCI card s we recommend connecting pwr 5v power supply and then connecting cables There are the following ways of powering pwr 5v power supply and power through the cables when the PCI card s uses requires only 3 3v and 5v 3 3v comes through the cables pwr 5v provides 5v the 3 3v jumper has to
20. packages required by the isa software There is additional information available listed when doing a Google search for windows 3 1 dosbox After installing all software needed and having USB2 SSI2 ISA while in Windows 3 1 the ISA board s is found and working 110 8 5 32bit Windows NT type driver no inf file software type With this selection for software type the driver has to be in stopped state after boot The procedure is connect usb2isa ssi2 isa isa do start on isa driver run the isa application You can do start stop by In computer management gt device manager gt view check show hidden devices enlarge non plug and play drivers select the particular isa driver for ex msisadrv normally the listed device for ex abc is based on the driver name abc sys double click on the msisadrv device select driver tab amp Computer Management File Action View Help e9 afl S G8 amp 2 Computer Management a System Tools Task Scheduler amp amp Event Viewer fa Shared Folders Performance W gy Device Manager 5 Storage t Disk Managemen Z Services and Applicat 4 Non Plug and Play Di msisadrv Properties General Driver Details lt 2 Keyboards F Mice and other pointi E Monitors Network adapters i it Ancillary Functio Beep Bitlocker Drive En CNG Common Log C Hardwa
21. 21 The results of the driver loading are shown in 2 places inthe Enumerator inthe Device manager ARS Technologies Enumerator www arstech com ioj x Devices Virtual Resources PCI card found number of devices 3 device 0 Vendor 1033 Product 0035 type SERIAL BUS device 1 Vendor 1033 Product 0035 type SERIAL BUS device 2 Vendor 1033 Product 00e0 type SERIAL BUS p16 1 0 ports none p16 Physical memory none pi6 IRQ channels 14 15 14 15 ONLY IF NEEDED push Load Drivers gt button to load SYS driver no drivers loaded disconnect and reconnect to start automatic loading Add Resources Load Drivers gt Delete Settings gt Status 1 manufacturer TI number of ports 8 selected gt gt gt gt gt gt gt SSI2 Host PCI PRESENT gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt 512 host port 0 device 512 ISA inserted S512 host port 0 device 512 ISA removed 5512 host port 0 device 512 ISA inserted 5512 host port 0 device 5512 ISA removed 5512 host port 0 device 5512 PCI inserted Unoad The Enumerator shows the e Vendor Product ID of the card e Number of devices and their type e Resources used 122 omputer Manageme o x J File Action View Window Help ll xl e em s amp 4 e2 3 zea Computer Management Local BB OE96F3CS3F98 8 o System Tools 9 Computer HE Event Viewer lt Disk drives Shared Folders LD DVD CD ROM
22. 6 allows mounting using of one PCI Express x1 x4 x8 card as well XPRS PX X16 card connects with all of the XPRS Host cards After connecting the cables to already mounted powered on XPRS Host card the LED on XPRS PX X16 has to be on If the LED is not on make sure XPRS Host card is mounted powered on and or switch the positions of the cables A PCI Express card uses 3 3v and also may require 12v to function There are the following ways of powering through the cables when the PCI Express x1 4 8 16 card uses requires only 3 3v and has current consumption of less than 0 5A the 3 3v jumpers has to be closed through the ATX power supply when the PCI Express x1 4 8 16 card has high current consumption on 3 3v and 12v the 3 3v jumpers has to be open to turn on the ATX power supply the on board button has to be pushed The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS PX X16 in multiple pictures 52 5 6 XPRS PCI X1 card XPRS PCI X1 allows mounting using of one PCI card XPRS PCI X1 card connects with all of the XPRS Host cards After connecting the cables to already mounted powered on XPRS Host card the LED on XPRS PCI X1 has to be on If the LED is not on make sure XPRS Host card is mounted powered on and or switch the positions of the cables A PCI card uses normally 3 3v and 5v and also may require 12v and or 12v
23. ARS Technologies USB2 SSI2 and XPRS families of products User s Guide V 2 130 Proprietary Information Information specific to the design contained in this document is proprietary to ARS Technologies http www arstech com It is against the law to copy software on any media except as specifically allowed in the license or nondisclosure agreement Copyright Copyright 2011 by ARS Technologies All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of ARS Technologies Disclaimers ARS TECHNOLOGIES MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION HEREIN DESCRIBED AND ESPECIALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE FURTHER ARS TECHNOLOGIES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE THIS DESIGN AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION AND TO MAKE CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE CONTENT WITHOUT OBLIGATION OF ARS TECHNOLOGIES TO NOTIFY ANY PERSON OF SUCH REVISIONS OR CHANGES Trademarks USB2ISA USB2PCMCIA SSI and are registered trademarks of ARS Technologies in the US and number of other countries in the world Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners 2 No
24. Binary 12 arswdml sys Strings ARS ARS Technologies ClassName ARS Technologies Sample Drivers ARSwdm1 SVCDESC ARS Technologies Sample wdm Service ARSwdm1l DRVDESC ARS Technologies Sample wdm Driver DISK_NAME ARS Technologies Sample Install Disk 93 7 9 ArsGUI The ArsGUI is a graphical user interface program that allows manual read write functions of I O ports and Physical memory The ArsGUI utility allows access to resources on ISA and PCMCIA cards mounted on our USB2 0 line of products and access to resources on ISA PCI and PCMCIA cards mounted on our SSI2 line of products de USB2 ISA PCMCIA SSI2 154 PCMCIA PCI ArsGUI Resource Size Read Sbit Address hex Address hex Data hex 1 0 port Physical Memory 2 amp 3 Pead White If an address is not handled by USB2 ISA PCMCIA it will be shown as gt system USB21SA 1 inb 05F7 gt 50 system inb O1F gt 50 system rdb OOOCOO00 gt 40 USB2ISA 1 inb 05F3 gt 01 ArsGUI main screen Step 1 When using the application the first thing to select is the Resource type Decide 1f ti will be I O port or Physical Memory Step 2 Select a Size 8bit 16bit or 32bit 94 Step 3 Read or Write To doa read type the hexadecimal address in the edit box and push the Read button To doa write type the hexadecimal address and the hexadecimal data in the two
25. GA BIOS on the card does a single read of a portion of the VGA BIOS exercises rd16 16bit phys mem read commands of the API set 100 ARS Technologies User s Guide V 2 130 Last Update June 2011_ 8 ISA cards use This chapter describes the way of use of ISA cards on our USB2 line of products and on our SSI2 line of products Information on the specific product the way of connecting powering enclosures etc is available in the chapters 1 3 8 1 Using of a PnP ISA card Plug and play ISA cards are a special type if ISA cards They contain information on the name and the resources of the ISA card When connected for the first time ARS Technologies software will automatically Look for the resources of the card Redirect them with the USL Look for an inf file for the ISA card and if the inf file is found start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card This installation process is called only the first time Afterward when an ISA card and USBZISA card are connected the driver is automatically loaded No inf file found When connecting for the first time it is possible that no inf file is found for the particular PnP ISA card In this case the Enumerator will bring a message box reading No driver files found Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PnP I
26. Host CB card mounted in a notebook computer The SSI2 Host CB card is added on a Card Bus slot in a notebook computer which has a PCMCIA slot supporting Card Bus PCMCIA cards The SSI2 Host EC card is added on a ExpressCard slot in a notebook computer which has an ExpressCard slot The way of mounting is the same as shown on the above image One important detail is that the card SSI2 Host CB or SSI2 Host EC has to be powered by the pwr 5v adapter before being plugged into the notebook The SSI2 host controller support will work with our products in the same way under all of the Microsoft s operating systems we support Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 133 C Uniform DOS support Introduction DOS is an operating system used primarily 15 25 years ago There is still hardware in the industrial embedded scientific medical fields that use DOS ARS Technologies provides uniform support for software written for DOS operating system servicing ISA and PCMCIA cards used with our USB2ISA and USB2PCMCIA products under today s popular operating systems DOS software can be used under variety of modern operating system using DOS emulators ARS Technologies chose to use the DOSBOX emulator because it is open source and supports a wide number of operating systems Builds ARS Technologies currently provides builds for Windows and Linux operating systems An end user can copy
27. SA card is dialog box you can Select driv e Double click to select directory Select file type type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card 101 Normally one PnP ISA card has multiple devices such as sound midi joystick etc devices Voltages and current A particular PnP card may need a variety of voltages and particular amounts of currents to work Example PnP ISA sound card USB2ISA R In the above example there is a PnP ISA sound card The power comes from the USB cable and the additional voltages are provided by the mounted isa pwr power supply module 102 4LS0120 ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA ARS Technologies Enumerator www arstech com Ioj xj Devices Virtual Resources ISA card s resources ISA Plug And Play card found on Slot 2 number of devices 4 p1 1 0 ports 3887 8 330 2 p1 Physical memory none p1 IRQ channels 9 pl DMA channels none ISA bus Read Write cycle time ivers ONLY IF NEEDED push Load Drivers gt button to load SYS driver Add Resources Load Drivers gt Delete Settings gt Status gt gt gt gt gt gt gt SSI2 Host PCI PRESENT gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt inserted removed inserted ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA eh
28. SI2 PCMCIA We are establishing a standard in dealing with peripherals for all of the operating systems programming levels and programming languages we support The general API set is available on user application level for the following languages c c Windows Linux Mac OS X platforms Visual Basic Windows platform The API set is available through a static library archive Use of the API set is demonstrated in the isarw sample Hardware not working yet We offer a test utility ArsGui which can generate access commands to read write to i o ports and physical memory to a peripheral connected on our USB2 and SSI2 products A developer of the hardware can analyze how is the generated access handled by the peripheral card hardware modify it and bring it to working condition 96 Connecting existing and new peripheral card hardware One hardware peripheral device is a collection of one or more of the following resources physical memory registers i o ports registers IRQ channels DMA channels ISA bus only A developer has to know the exact resources by the peripheral card When the peripheral card is mounted on one of our products the ARSTech Enumerator auto detects resources The developer has to compare the detected resources with what the peripheral card actually has The card may contain hidden resources made available after software initialization If needed the develop
29. TIALIZATION steps display all steps N skip INITIALIZATION steps go to CONNECT steps then Tee lx Do you want to display the CONNECT steps display all steps N skip go on De then 79 EA i J Do you want to display the UNLOADJEXIT REBOOT steps display all steps N skip go on w Depending on the Yes No selection all of some of the steps will be displayed in a way as Cn xi Step1 Push OK and remember the last successfully completed step before freezing blue screen crashing You can contact us with the following details last successfully completed step computer system model type desktop notebook processor maker clock Intel AMD single multi core 80 7 6 Main Enumerator window The main ARS Technologies Enumerator window is brought up by double clicking on the Enumerator icon in the system tray Clicking the OK button will close the window however the Enumerator still runs Clicking the Unload button will remove the Enumerator application and the Enumerator icon from the system tray There are three areas in the Enumerator window Devices area shows currently connected devices The groups currently available USB2 line of devices showing as for example USB2ISA p1 USB2PCMCIA p4 SSI2 line of devices showing as for example SSI2 ISA 0 SSI2 PCMCIA O0 SSI2 PCI 0 Virtual Resources area shows information abo
30. You can learn more about the pwr 5v at e External Power Supply 5 V pwrS5v html Step 2 Mounting The pwr 5v adapter has to be connected to SSI2 Host CB card before mounting it in a Notebook computer The SSI2 Host CB card is mounted on a Card Bus slot inside of a Notebook computer There is no need of additional enclosure 45 Step 3 Connecting ARS Technologies recommends after first installing the SSI2 Host CB card to check in our Enumerator for the presence of the SSI2 Host CB to make ensure proper mounting In addition you can plug and eject the SSI2 Host CB card and check in our Enumerator for these events Please check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events of the SSI2 ISA SSI2 PCI and SSI2 PCMCIA cards as well 46 4 8 Evolution of SSI2 cards The ssi2 line have multi protocol products which works currently through usb on systems with usb2 0 hosts or with our our ssi2 host cards We plan including additional interfaces adding support for devices iphone ipad android 47 5 XPRS Product Line XPRS line of products allow using of peripheral cards PCI ExpressCard PCI Express CardBus outside of computer systems through cable This chapter describes the XPRS product line each individual card the ways of powering the cards and how to place the card in an enclosure and connect it to a power source 5 1 XPRS Host DT card XPRS Host DT produ
31. andard USB2 host controllers on almost any computer system The ssi2 isa pci pcemcia product works in a very specific way through usb We have our own support and the card does not show in the device manager as usb device however shows in the enumerator The enumerator has to have ss12 host usb 0 for ex listed in the status area There is normally only one usb port in the system which can work with ssi2 cards The enumerator shows in the status area if the supported usb port is empty or taken If taken you can remove usb devices selectively one at a time and when you find the port you can connect to ssi2 isa pci pcmcia You need to connect ssi2 isa pci pemcia to all of the different usb ports of the computers you have and wait 5 30s Only one of the usb ports will support ssi2 isa pci pemcia and will show up in the enumerator Another way to find the specific supported usb port is to plug a standard usb device to all available usb ports and check for a message in the enumerator usb port not available taken Then you can plug the ssi2 isa pci pcemcia only to this port If disabled the usb2 host driver can be re enabled Disabled driver is needed only for our older usb2isa pemcia If you have 2 usb2 hosts listed you can have also 2 supported ports to connect ssi2 isa pci pcmcia In summary step1 the enumerator has to have ssi2 host usb listed in the status area step2 finding the supported usb
32. anually in the Enumerator The resources of the particular used ISA cards may appear as ISA i o card i o ports 278 8 5f0 8 7f0 10 irq 4 7 14 device interpretation i o port x278 8 irq 7 are the resources for LPT2 as selected by the jumpers on the particular isa card i o port x5f0 8 irq 14 are the resources for the IDE controller initially located at i o address x1f0 the enumerator re located it with x400 to avoid a collision with the controller on the motherboard of the system i o port x7f0 10 irq 4 are several devices the address is i o x3f0 re located with x400 to avoid a collision x7f0 7f3 are floppy controller ports the irq6 is not connected by jumpers i o x7f6 7f7 are IDE ports i o x7f8 7ff irq 4 are the COM1 ports COM2 ports and irq are not connected enabled by jumpers ISA VGA card i o ports i o ports x3c0 10 irq 9 physical memory xc0000 8000 device interpretation the card is has a video BIOS area x0c0000 8000 which has to be executed in order to initialize and see the video ram area x0a0000 the video card is controlled through the i o ports and irq channel 98 Building of the isarw sample Almost identical C Cpp source code is placed in a number of folders for the different environments Windows Linux Mac OS X The source code of the sample includes switches for defining of the environment define WINDOWS define LINUX define MACOSX In this
33. c N arstech dosbox windows Drive C is mounted as local directory c Narstech dosbox windows e Debug mode started from terminal command line with dosbox b This mode provide two screens The second screen brings up status debug messages when connecting disconnecting accessing ARS Technologies products This mode is recommended for testing purposes only Displaying reduces performance 135 fox DOSBox Status Window DOSBox version 72 Copyright 2002 2007 DOSBox Team published under GNU GPL SDL_Init Starting up with SDL windib video driver Try to update your video card and directx drivers CONFIG Using default settings Create a configfile to change them MIXER Can t open audio DirectSoundCreate No audio device found running in no sound mode MIDI Opened device none Connecting disconnecting When using the dosbox in debug mode connecting disconnecting events of the ISA PCI and PCMCIA cards on USB2ISA USB2PCMCIA or SSI2 ISA SSI2 PCI and SSI2 PCMCIA cards are registered on the debug window In addition the connecting event shows the detected resources The process of auto detection is not always precise There may be a need to add resources To do this please check our user s guide on the particular environment for adding resources in the ARSTech Enumerator Running DOS software After opening the main dosbox window you will need to select the location of the DOS software If for
34. ci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA removed inserted removed ehci port 1 device USB2I5A inserted Unload _ The Enumerator shows the name of the PnP ISA card number of devices and resources detected 103 8 2 Using of a standard non PnP ISA card Standard non Plug and play ISA cards do not contain information on the name and the resources of the ISA card These type of cards are the wide majority of ISA cards When connected for the first time our software will look for the resources of the ISA card and redirect them with the USL One ISA card may contain several devices and each of these devices may or may not need loading of a driver Resources What are the resources Every ISA card has a certain range with one or more of I O port addresses Memory area addresses IRQ channels DMA channels The process of looking for the resources of the ISA card may take up to 10 30 seconds as the Enumerator goes through devices on the Plug and Play ISA cards and standard ISA cards as well Normally one ISA card has multiple devices such as for example sound midi or joystick devices Voltages and current A particular ISA card may need a variety of voltages and particular amounts of currents to work 104 Example standard ISA input output card USB2ISA R In the above example there is a standard ISA input output card with two serial ports one parallel p
35. ct is a kit containing the card 2 cables of 0 5m 1 6 length and a metal bracket The card is mounted in a computer system normally a desktop with PCI Express x1 connectors Optionally XPRS Host DT card may be mounted and used in a PCI Express x16 connectors XPRS Host DT card connects with all of the XPRS peripheral cards The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS Host DT in multiple pictures 48 5 2 XPRS Host EC card XPRS Host EC product is a kit containing type54 card as on the picture above type34 card and 2 cables of 0 5m 1 6 Some computer systems can not take type54 card please use type 34 card in this case The card is mounted in a computer system normally a notebook with an ExpressCard slot XPRS Host EC card connects with all of the XPRS peripheral cards The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS Host EC in multiple pictures 49 5 3 XPRS EC card XPRS EC allows mounting using of ExpressCard type34 and type54 peripheral cards XPRS EC card connects with all of the XPRS Host cards After connecting the cables to already mounted powered on XPRS Host card the LED on XPRS EC has to be on If the LED is not on make sure XPRS Host card is mounted powered on and or switch the positions of the cables The web page of the product includes a link showing the wa
36. d s resources p5 Detected I O ports 278 8 68 8 7f0 8 p5 Detected memory none 82 There are three buttons in the middle of the Enumerator window e Add Resources clicking it will bring a dialog box for manually adding resources which have not been detected e Load Drivers applies only to an ISA device with a driver which needs loading clicking it will bring load driver dialog box e Delete Settings clicking this button will remove previously entered settings 83 7 7 Adding resources The Enumerator auto detects resources however the auto detect process is not perfect Some peripheral cards hide their resources and need a sequence of commands to enable these resources When not detected resources can be added manually for an ISA PCMCIA PCI PCI Express card by clicking the Add Resources button A dialog box comes up where the status area contains the system I O ports used the system physical memory In addition there are instructions on way of adding resources The dialog box allows adding I O ports Physical memory IRQ channels DMA channels ISA card only Extend shorten the read write timing The Enumerator allows setting the read write cycle time of the ISA or 16bit PCMCIA bus By standard the time is 250ns and it may be extended to 2 3ys 84 Add resources I O ports Memory IRQ DMA 1 0 ports or Memory Resorce type FirstAddr Hex LastAddrHex i20 Parts
37. d through the USB cable open provides 3 3V as Vpp to the PCMCIA card using the pwr 3v adapter To find out the voltage and current consumed check the documentation specifications sheet of the particular PCMCIA card ARS Technologies offers the pwr 3v to power the SSI2 PCMCIA card You can find more info about the pwr 3v at e External Power Supply 3 V pwr3v html Step 2 Mounting The SSI2 PCMCIA card comes with an enclosure In general one PCMCIA card has a top side and a bottom side Ideally when connected to SSI2 PCMCIA card the top side will be up and the bottom side will face down Mount the PCMCIA card to the SSI2 PCMCIA card as indicated in the figure located in section 4 5 Step 3 Connecting The PCMCIA card has to be mounted in SSI2 PCMCIA before connecting to SSI2 host Change the jumper settings according to the current amperage needs of the PCMCIA card 42 If you want to use the SSI2 PCMCIA card with an external power source 1 Connect the power source 2 Turn the power on 3 Connect the SSI2 PCMCIA card to the SSI2 host The SSI2 PCMCIA card will not work until the external power is turned on We recommend connecting initially the SSI2 PCMCIA card without a PCMCIA card mounted and checking in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in order to ensure the proper powering After mounting a PCMCIA card in the SSI2 PCMCIA card check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in
38. drives Local Users and Groups 4 Floppy disk controllers Performance Logs and Alerts 8 Floppy disk drives Device Manager S IDE ATAJATAPI controllers 5 Storage 5 gt Keyboards Removable Storage BD Mice and other pointing devices Disk Defragmenter 438 Network adapters Ak Other devices _ Ports COM amp LPT SB Processors Sound video and game controllers 2 System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller B1 Disk Management Be Services and Applications H Ej E E Ea amp a Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller USB Root Hub USB Root Hub USB Root Hub The Device Manager will show drivers loaded for the USB host devices Example PCI USB2 0 host card SSI2 PCI 123 ARS Technologies User s Guide V 2 130 Last Update June 2011 PCI network card XPRS PCI X1 MUUTT T 2 PCI cards XPRS PCI X3 124 __ARS Technologies User s Guide V2 130___Last Update June 2011 11 PCI Express x1 and x16 cards use This chapter describes the way of use of PCI Express x1 x16 cards on our XPRS line of products Information on the specific product the way of connecting powering enclosures etc is available in the chapters 1 3
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40. e current operating system what software type is the ISA software When an ISA card is mounted in USB2ISA or SSI2 ISA type of card for the first time the software types dialog box comes ARS Technologies Enumerator www arstech com Devices Jirtual Resource ARSEnum software types What type of software handles the peripheral card 16bit driver and or application C 32bit application with direct i o port access 32bit driver no INF file C 32bit driver with INF file C ARSTech application or unknown OK take action based on the selection save the choice Cancel take no action bring up the same dialog box again Unload The isa software can include 107 16bit DOS type of a driver or and or application 32bit Windows 98 type of an application 32bit Windows NT type driver no inf file 32bit Windows driver with inf file Based on the above you can deal with the isa cards that you have If not knowing the software type for the ISA card s software you can push Cancel The software types dialog box will come again when USB2ISA SSI2 ISA with ISA card s are connected If knowing the software type please select it and push OK button The software types dialog box will not come again but will perform an action cased on the selection If the ISA software is 16bit DOS type you need to run it under our customized dosbox environment A Windows 98 a
41. e documentation of the particular ISA card in use ARS Technologies offers the following powering options isa pwr Power supply module isa pwr xr External Power Supply 25W ROHS If you want to use the isa pwr power supply module it has to be mounted on the power supply socket If you want to use the isa pwr xr external power supply the SSI2 ISA card will not work until the external power is turned on To assist with choosing a powering option ARS Technologies offers a universal choice which can cover most available ISA cards using isa pwr xr external power supply to power ISA cards The SSI2 ISA board has a light emitting diode LED which indicates when there is power supplied or not When there is power the LED is on when there is no power the LED is off ARS Technologies recommends first connecting the SSI2 ISA card without an ISA card mounted and then checking in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in order to make certain that the SSI2 ISA card is powered properly After mounting an ISA card in the SSI2 ISA card check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events to make sure certain that the SSI2 ISA card is powered properly 26 The power selection jumper has two options Please reference the SSI2 ISA image in section 4 1 to change jumper position Option 1 1 2 Position default 1 2 default power provided by the USB cable this choice has 2 options ISA card using only 5V
42. edit boxes Then push the Write button The results are displayed in the main status area With cards mounted to a USB2ISA USB2PCMCIA type card When reading or writing resources on ISA PCMCIA cards mounted on connected USB2ISA or USB2PCMCIA cards the status shows the device as connected For example USB2ISA 1 and the results from the operation With cards mounted to an SSI2 ISA SSI2 PCI or SSI2 PCMCIA type card When reading or writing resources on ISA PCI PCMCIA cards mounted on connected SSI2 ISA SSI2 PCI or SSI2 PCMCIA cards the resources are part of the computer system s resources The status shows System and the results from the operation The ArsGui utility is a powerful utility and extreme care must be taken when deciding what resources are accessed Be careful when writing to memory or i o areas of the system Exiting To exit the application click the Exit button 95 7 10 Developers support basic simple API set for access of ISA PCI PCMCIA hardware Introduction This chapter will help a developer of hardware and software to bring up the hardware and develop build debug test the software to working condition We offer a subset of our API set from our commercial product SDKBUS to ISA PCI PCMCIA software developers The current version is based specifically on our USB2 line of products USB2ISA family products and USB2PCMCIA and the SSI2 line of products SSI2 ISA SSI2 PCI S
43. en the 3 3v for the Compact PCI Express or PXI Express card card is provided by pwr 3v the 12v for the Compact PCI Express or PXI Express card card is provided by pwr 12v which are connected to the power jacks the 3 3v jumper has to be open The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS cPCle in multiple pictures 58 ARS Technologies User s Guide V 2 130 Last Update June 2011_ 6 Installation 6 1 Software Setup Step 1 Download zip file The ARS Technologies installation software is packed in a single ZIP file and is available for download at www arstech com install2rel zip The install file install2rel zip after unzipping has a number of folders including windows a folder for the Windows platform single setup file covers installing for 32bit and 64bit Windows releases linux a folder for the Linux platform there are 2 separate packages one for 32bit and for 64bit Linux releases mac os x a folder for the Mac OS X platform single package file covers installing for all Mac OS X releases 4developers a folder with information for developers it includes our simple basic API set and a sample which covers all operating systems that we support Step 2 Run the setup file The Windows platform folder contains a single executable file setup X Y exe where X Y represents the current software version for example setup 2 130 exe Please run th
44. er may add manually resources in the enumerator for the particular peripheral card Developing software for a new peripheral card Our API set as described in the ars api txt is available as part of our installation software A developer may build a variety of applications including stand alone command line or graphical GUI X application An additional API set and samples are available in our SDKBUS product 97 Working sample of use Pre requisites To illustrate the use of the API set we offer one sample which can be built and used in real world conditions The sample uses one of our USB2ISA family cards you will need to order one download the installation software setup the software and get familiar with our user s guide Different environments may has some specific requirements for installing and setup In addition the sample uses 2 ISA cards standard ISA i o card which includes 1 floppy and 1 ide controllers 1 parallel 2 serial ports this type of card was popular in the past with dozens of different manufacturers and millions of cards produced standard ISA VGA card popular in the past as well with lots of different manufacturers and cards produced You can mount USB2ISA ISA cards and connect disconnect to USB The ARSTech Enumerator will show auto detected resources for the connected ISA card i o ports memory area IRQ channels If some resources are not detected they can be added m
45. erent operating systems Software written for one operating system may or may not work on other operating systems ARS Technologies recommends finding software packages for the same hardware i e ISA PCI PCMCIA cards for different operating system and testing on the particular operating system where you want to use the peripheral card Virtualization Current solutions for virtualized operating systems are good for application user level software however may be having problems with drivers kernel level software and special hardware If a test with our products on virtualized operating system an option may be to test on current os which is not virtualized Resources detection Some peripheral cards like PCI PCMCIA and Plug and Play PNP ISA cards can be detected by our software and can provide their resources Other cards like non PNP ISA cards can be scanned by our software and the detected resources reported There may be a need to manually add resources which were not automatically detected by ARS Technologies installation software ISA card handling Peripheral cards like PCI PCI Express PCMCIA and Plug and Play PNP ISA cards can be detected by our software and the associated drivers automatically loaded 14 The ISA software can include 16bit DOS type 32bit windows 98 direct i o type 32bit driver no inf file 32bit driver with inf file Adjustments You can view ARS Technologies
46. ernal power supply pwr 3v adapter to provide 3 3v when currents consumed by the PCI cared are within the limits of the external power adapter 37 To find the voltages used and currents consumed please check the documentation of the particular PCI card in use ARS Technologies offers the following powering options isa pwr Power supply module isa pwr xr External Power Supply 25W ROHS pwr 3v External Power Supply 3V If you want to use the isa pwr power supply module it has to be mounted on the power supply socket If you want to use the isa pwr xr external power supply the SSI2 PCI X3 card will not work until the external power is turned on To assist with choosing a powering option ARS Technologies offers a universal choice which can cover most available PCI cards using isa pwr xr external power supply to power PCI cards The SSI2 PCI X3 board has a light emitting diode LED which indicates when there is power supplied or not When there is power the LED is on when there is no power the LED is off ARS Technologies recommends first connecting the SSI2 PCI X3 card without a PCI card mounted and then checking in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in order to make certain that the SSI2 PCI X3 card is powered properly After mounting a PCI card in the SSI2 PCI X3 card check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events to make sure certain that the SSI2 PCI X3 card is powered properly The powe
47. es and needs confirmation on every step When starting ARS Technologies setup exe Enumerator arsenum3 or the utilities arsemd and arsgui the screen below appears User Account Control x An unidentified program wants access to your computer Don t run the program unless you know where it s from or you ve used it before setup exe Unidentified publisher gt Cancel I don t know where this program is from or what it s for gt Allow I trust this program I know where it s from or I ve used it before Details Please select and click Allow to continue and finish the setup run the Enumerator arsenum3 or the utilities arsemd or arsgui 61 Installing drivers on Windows operating systems After running the ARS Technologies Enumerator for the first time or connecting the USB2 SSI2 XPRS cards when the Enumerator does not run the following message box appears Found New Hardware x Windows needs to install driver software for your Unknown Device Locate and install driver software recommended Windows will guide you through the process of installing driver software for your device gt Ask me again later Windows will ask again the next time you plug in your device or log on Don t show this message again for this device Your device will not function until you install driver software Cancel Select and click Locate and install driver software There
48. es aden esd Blade Aires Geneon 84 7 6 Delete Settings choosing another hOSt ccceccceseessseseeseeeseeseeesecseceseesecececscenaecseceseceeeaeseeesaeseeeseaeeseaeees 86 Tach MAO AIG AEIV OTS ci 2 seca sesei 3 ches viwadedscaszicshsutes A E eledaeesuntasiatenesvuacedletees 87 7 8 Example of a modified INF file for installing oc esesseesceeceeeeeceeceeceeeeesseesessesaesaeeaeeaeeaeeaeeeeeaterses 92 TED ABGUL cini red vasakcceevaasdete ates peas aaa yincad eee E ews Rants eed R apa Roe eee aoe 94 7 10 Developers support basic simple API set for access of ISA PCI PCMCIA hardwate 0 96 S ISA Cards USE heey seee ech a cote cadg cole esac sates ase a causa eedes eset i a a E eects ness 101 8 1 Usme of a PnP ISA sCatd wc sc e sscetesscsazevaessscaseeas destesiinzeeseveedoveeaiy saatenndian sn EEEE seis SERENE 101 8 2 Using of a standard non PnP ISA card ce eeececcescceseescesseeseceseeseceseeseeeseceeeneeceesseseesseseeesaeesseeaeeeaeenses 104 B S SOMW ALE LY 9 EE E casts dace sve pi T es edens Tha saesec a A satan lass AE E 107 8 4 T6bit DOS software typeren enra E R E E EEEE E EE cetera E RT 109 8 5 32bit Windows NT type driver no inf file software type ccccccecesceeseeseceseceeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeseeeesensetensaes 111 8 6 32bit Windows type driver with inf file software type eccesssessesseeseeseeseeeceeceeeeeeeeeesseesaeeeaeeeaeenes 113 8 7 Example of a modified INF file for installing eeeceesee
49. example provided is for reference purposes only You will need to Identify the Manufacturer section Add a line with the particular device instance Save the file preferably under a new name Point to this file when needed oS The example below adds a line with the device instance PCI VEN_0010 amp DEV_0064 Copyright c ARS Technologies All rights Reserved 7Module Name arswdm2kxp INF Abstract INF file for installing of a sample wdm driver operating systems Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 7 Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne eS Version Signature SWINDOWS NTS Class Sample ClassGuid 78A1C341 4539 11d3 B88D 00CO4FAD5171 Provider ARS DestinationDirs DefaultDestDir 12 ClassInstal132 Addreg SampleClassReg SampleClassReg HKR 0 sClassName HKR Icon 5 Manufacturer SARS S ARS SourceDisksFiles arswdml sys 1 SourceDisksNames 1 SDISK_ NAME ARS DisplayName Section DevicelId sARSwdml DRVDESC ARSwdml_Inst root ARSwdm1 modified here ARSwdm1 DRVDESC ARSwdml_ Inst PCI VEN_0010 amp DEV_0064 92 ARSwdml Inst NT CopyFiles ARSwdml1 CopyFiles ARSwdm1 CopyFiles arswdml sys ARSwdml_Inst NT Services d AddService ARSwdm1 0x00000002 ARSwdm1l_ Service ARSwdml_Service DisplayName ARSwdml SVCDESC ServiceType 1 SERVICE KERNEL DRIVER StartType 3 SERVICE DEMAND START ErrorControl 1 SERVICE ERROR NORMAL Service
50. f a device is still connected the message box below appears arsenum I please disconnect the USB cable from the selected device and then press Ok You may need to reboot The connected device has to be disconnected before completing Delete Settings 86 7 7 Loading drivers Some peripherals like PCMCIA cards and Plug and Play PNP ISA cards allow for obtaining information about the card and loading one or more drivers for the card The appropriate drivers are loaded automatically by the ARS Technologies Enumerator There is no need of manual loading Other peripheral cards have drivers which do not need loading or do not use a driver In such cases there is no need of driver loading as well Some peripherals like standard non Plug and Play ISA cards are serviced by drivers and these drivers need to be loaded One ISA card may contain several devices and each of these devices may or may not need loading of a driver Every ISA card has a certain range of the of some or all of the resources listed below I O port addresses Memory area addresses IRQ channels DMA channels Examples of resources One device is defined as a combination of one or more of the above resource types For example a serial port is a combination of 8 I O ports and 1 IRQ channel A floppy disk controller is a combination of 6 I O ports 1 IRQ channel and 1 DMA channel Loading one or more drivers In the case there
51. installation process OK 113 The Enumerator will bring next a message box as shown below Ee l x No driver Files Found For the connected device Please select Yes to point to the directory of the driver files No skip driver install C e ARSTech Enumerator no driver files found message Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PCMCIA card In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card 114 8 7 Example of a modified INF file for installing An example of a modified inf file for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 and 7 operating systems is shown bellow The example provided is for reference purposes only You will need to Identify the Manufacturer section Add a line with the particular device instance Save the file preferably under a new name Point to this file when needed OANA The example below adds a line with the device instance for example ARSTech arsusb102 Copyright c ARS Technologies All rights Reserved 7Module Name arswdm2kxp INF Neve we Abstract INF file for installing of a sample wdm driver operating systems Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vis
52. ion jumper has two options Please reference the USB2ISA R image in section 3 1 to change jumper position Option 1 1 2 Position default 1 2 default power provided by the USB cable this choice has 2 options l ISA card using only 5V there is limit of 500 mA current consumption from 5V 2 isa pwr power supply module connected providing 5V 12V or 12V to the ISA card the card consumes currents within the powering limitations Option 2 2 3 Position 2 3 power provided by an external power source this choice has the option The power comes from an external power supply in the power socket isa pwr xr adapters there are 5V 12V 12V or 5V going to the ISA card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply External Jumper Powering Options The external power jumper is placed in permanent position 2 3 default power provided by the isa pwr xr Step 2 optional Place USB2ISA R card into an enclosure ARS Technologies offers single and double length plastic enclosures You will need to measure the ISA card you have and select the appropriate single or double length plastic enclosure for your card 18 If you have an ISA card and are using the USB2ISA R you can choose between two enclosure options Enclosure for 1 ISA PClI card e Enclosure Double length for 1 ISA PCI card The above web pages offer e enclosure images e maximum dimensions of an ISA card which ca
53. is file and follow the install process In the same way Linux and Mac OS X have setup package files run the particular file and follow the install process Step 3 Run test view the installed files The setup process installs multiple files however the following are accessible for the user arsenum Enumerator showing connect disconnect events and resources arsgui utility for manual read write with peripheral cards users guide this file 59 6 2 Specifics for Windows platform Choose the way of starting of the Enumerator during setup A message box with a question appears asking Run the ARSTech Enumerator automatically at start up manually from the menu If you choose Yes our Enumerator program arsenum3 is placed in the Start Programs StartUp and will be started immediately after boot of the operating system If you choose No our Enumerator program arsenum3 is placed in the Start Programs ARSTech and after boot of the operating system have to be started manually NOTE It is recommended for first time users to select No and start the program manually 60 Running programs on Windows Vista Server 2008 and Windows 7 operating systems Modern Windows releases are designed with multiple security layers When running ARS Technologies programs or installing our drivers within our installation software the process goes through multiple dialog box
54. ly after scanning or added manually and depend on the ISA PCMCIA card mounted Each is responding to different addresses 88 When finished adding Click the OK button A message box appears with the current device instance The original installation software disk for an ISA card on a floppy or a CD contains the inf installation files and hold the drivers for the devices on a particular ISA card Modifying inf files The inf installation files for the different devices need to be modified manually in order to install and load drivers for a device on an ISA card mounted to a USB2ISA and SSI2 ISA To modify the inf file please pay careful attention to the message box which will give you the current device instance for example arsusb100 arsusb101 or PCI VEN_0010 amp DEV_ 0064 PCI VEN_0010 amp DEV_0065 etc and the location where the modification is made Please refer to next chapters for examples of modified inf files 89 This device is handled by a 32 bit driver which needs installing and loading Step 1 Please modify the INF file for this device like for example ORIGINAL inf file Manufacturer StdMfg ABC_Company ABC_Company ABC DeviceDesc ABC_Port PNPOS01 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCMCIA ABC_COMPANY ABC_PCMCIA PORT_ADAPTER_REV_A 0123 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCI VEN_1234 amp DEV_1111 amp SUBSYS_ 00000000 amp REV_01 in the following way to add a line with
55. message box coming ARS Technologies Enumerator f x Il Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows vista specific handling The selected USB2 0 EHCI host controller NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller B1 has to be disabled manually in the Computer management panel please go to Start gt Contol Panel gt Administrative tools gt Computer Management Select Device Manager and enlarge Universal Serial Bus controllers select NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller B1 make mouse right click and do Disable a It provides the particular name of the USB2 0 host driver which needs to be disabled Open the Device Manager select the specified USB2 host driver and disable it If having 2 identical USB2 hosts as part of the chip set on the motherboard some of the USB ports located on the computer enclosure are service by one of the USB2 hosts and some ports by the other In this case when connecting USB2ISA USB2PCMCIA products you may need to connect to different ports in order to find a USB port which belongs to the USB2 host selected and handled by the enumerator 74 Bix S Fie Action View Window Help 215 x HH 4 ea a Computer Management Local Other devices iG System Tools Ethernet Controller E go Event viewer PCI Device E Shared Folders Video Controller GA Compatible X Local Users and Groups E Ports COM
56. n fit into the enclosure e assembly instructions for the enclosure and the peripheral card 19 3 2 USB2ISA X3 card ISA comnector ISA connector ISA connector Power 3 Selection 2 Jumper 1 External power jumper 123 power socket HHH r Beemen Power supply module Image of USB2ISA X3 The USB 2 0 to ISA Three Connector USB2ISA X3 card works with up to three ISA cards Step 1 Powering considerations There are 3 possible choices for powering an ISA card mounted on an USB2ISA X3 using the power provided through the USB cable if the ISA card needs only 5V and the power consumption is within 500mA 20 using an isa pwr in addition to the 5V coming through the USB cable the power supply module provides 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA card are within 50mA using an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters to provide 5v 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA within the limits of the particular external power adapter To find out if a particular ISA card needs additional voltages please read the article located at http www arstech com page pwrsupplyneeds html To find the currents consumed please check the documentation of the particular ISA card in use ARS Technologies offers the following powering options isa pwr Power supply module isa pwr xr External Power Supply 25W ROHS If you want to use the isa pwr power supply module
57. ng the main dosbox window you will need to select the location of the DOS software If for example the DOS software is placed in the dosprog folder please type mount c c dosprog Then type c DOS drivers If the ISA DOS software includes a driver you need to load it in advance A utility DEVLOAD provides a method of loading device drivers from the command line under MS DOS rather than having to re boot in order to load extra drivers It is freeware available on ftp ftp infradead org pub devload devload exe Then you can run the main ISA DOS application 109 Windows 3 1 3 11 ISA software The ISA software may have been running on Windows 3 1 or 3 11 operating systems Such software may be handled under our dosbox environment The initial step is to install Windows 3 1 or 3 11 as follows make folders in the dosbox directory for each install disk then in the dosbox window after mounting dosbox direcotry as C go to the first folder and start setup select to do custom setup so you could tell where each disk folder location is 7 total After installation if mouse doesn t work shut down dosbox and as a precaution unload and restart the enumerator The location of the dosbox is in the following folder windows inf When you start dosbox mount the drive go to windows folder and type win the windows 3 1 3 11 starts and mouse is working You may need to install additional
58. ngle and double length plastic enclosures You will need to measure the PCI card you have and select the appropriate single or double length plastic enclosure for your card If you have an PCI card and are using the SSI2 PCI X3 you can choose between two enclosure options Enclosure for 3 ISA PCl cards isax3b1 html Enclosure Dbl length for 3 ISA PCl cards isax3b2 html The above web pages offer e enclosure images e maximum dimensions of an ISA card which can fit into the enclosure e assembly instructions for the enclosure and the peripheral card 40 4 5 SSI2 PCMCIA card USB connector E PCMCIA Power selection jumper PCMCIA card top label up Image of SSI2 PCMCIA The SSI2 PCMCIA card works with one 16bit PC Card type of PCMCIA card or one 32bit Card Bus type of a PCMCIA card Only 3 3V PCMCIA cards are supported Step 1 Powering considerations There is a PCMCIA power selection jumper and a 3 3V power jack on the SSI2 PCMCIA card which permits selection of different sources of 3 3V as a Vpp voltage to the PCMCIA card There are two possible choices of powering on an SSI2 PCMCIA card using the power provided through the USB cable if the PCMCIA card consumes up to 500mA of current using the pwr 3v adapter which will provide up to 2A of current for the PCMCIA card 41 The power selection jumper has two choices closed default provides 3 3V as Vpp power to the PCMCIA car
59. numerator www arstech com x Devices Virtual Resources ISA card s resources p3 1 0 ports 27878 5f0 8 6f8 8 7f0 10 p3 Physical memory aQ000 50000 p3 IRO channels none p3 DMA channels none ONLY IF NEEDED push Load Drivers gt button to load SYS driver no drivers loaded disconnect and reconnect to start automatic loading Add Resources Load Drivers gt Delete Settings gt Number of USB2 0 hosts present in the system 2 1 manufacturer ATI number of ports 8 selected 2 manufacturer NEC number of ports 5 gt gt gt gt gt gt gt 5512 Host PCI PRESENT gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt ehci port 3 device UISB2ISA inserted Main window of the Enumerator When the Enumerator is run for the first time the message below may appear ar sentt Il first time run please reboot for the initial settings to take effect ARSTech Enumerator first time message Please follow the instructions and the specifics for the different operating systems presented in previous chapters when the installing and running the Enumerator for the first time Our installation software including the Enumerator offers the following features 71 USB 2 0 host controller support and the Universal Software Layer SSI2 host peripheral support Automatic detection of the resources of ISA PCI and PCMCIA cards and loading drivers if necessary The following chapters pro
60. of a notebook computer 8 XPRS Cards The XPRS line of products allows use of PCI PCI Express ExpressCard and 32bit PCMCIA cards outside of computers systems through cable There are 2 type of XPRS products host cards mounted on a desktop system or on a notebook system with and peripheral cards handling PCI PCI Express ExpressCard and 32bit PCMCIA cards Based on the computer system there are the following host cards xprs host dt for a PCI Express desktop system or xprs host ec for a notebook system with an ExpressCard slot There are the following XPRS peripheral cards xprs px x1 with a PCI Express X1 card xprs px x16 with a PCI Express X16 card xprs pci x1 with a PCI card xprs cb with a PCMCIA CardBus card xprs ec with an ExpressCard card 1 2 Software Supported Platforms The platforms that ARS Technologies cards work on are Windows Linux MacOSX The Windows platform includes support on Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 The Linux platform includes support on 2 6 xx kernels 32bit and 64bit releases The Mac OS platform includes support for Mac OS X 10 5 and 10 6 releases 9 Software Utility and basic API set There is one utility included within the installation software that give the user manual access to the physical memory and I O space of the ISA PCI and PCMCIA cards
61. on the USB2 products or the SSI2 products More information is available at www arstech com SDKBUS htm End Users End users can use the ISA PCI or PCMCIA card they have with the original software of the card using the ARS Technologies Universal Software Layer USL feature More information on the purpose setting up and use of the USL is provided in the next chapters Upgrading of the software ARS Technologies offers free upgrades on the installation software for our products These upgrades are available for download on our web site packed as a single zip file at www arstech com install2rel zip Step 1 The first step in upgrading is to unload the currently running ARS Technologies software Please bring up the ARS Technologies Enumerator arsenum3 dialog box and click the Unload button Step 2 The next step is to remove the previously installed ARS Technologies software After this please run the Setup file and go through the installation process described in the previous chapters Please read the important message below Note Please preserve all older setup X Y exe files to restore previous software versions if necessary 64 6 3 64bit Windows operating systems The older Windows operating systems releases are 32bit However separate 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 are available as well Under 64bit releases of Windows Vista Windows Ser
62. order to ensure proper powering once again 43 4 6 SSI2 Host PCI card Image of SSI2 Host PCI The SSI2 Host PCI card is mounted on a PCI slot in a Desktop computer and allows the work with ISA cards mounted on an SSI2 ISA PCI cards mounted on an SSI2 PCI PCMCIA cards mounted on an SSI2 PCMCIA Step 1 Powering considerations The SSI2 Host PCI card is powered through the PCI slot in a Desktop computer There is no need of additional powering Step 2 Mounting The SSI2 Host PCI card is mounted on a PCI slot inside of a Desktop computer There is no need of additional enclosure Step 3 Connecting ARS Technologies recommends after first installing the SSI2 Host PCI card check in our Enumerator for the presence of the SSI2 Host PCI in order to ensure proper mounting Check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events of SSI2 ISA SSI2 PCI and SSI2 PCMCIA cards as well 44 4 7 SSI2 Host CB card Image of SSI2 Host CB The SSI2 Host CB card is mounted on a Card Bus slot in a Notebook computer and permits work with ISA cards mounted on SSI2 ISA PCI cards mounted on SSI2 PCI PCMCIA cards mounted on SSI2 PCMCIA Step 1 Powering considerations There is a 5V power jack on the SSI2 Host CB card which allows using the pwr 5v adapter to supply 5V to the SSI2 Host CB card SSI2 ISA SSI2 PCI and SSI2 PCMCIA cards as well ARS Technologies offers the pwr 5v to power the SSI2 Host CB
63. ort one IDE and one floppy device The power comes from the USB cable and the additional voltages are provided by the mounted isa pwr power supply module Manually adding resources The process of automatically detecting resources of the Enumerator cannot handle specific ISA cards which have hidden resources that need to be enabled by a sequence of commands The Enumerator allows manually adding resources by clicking the Add Resources button in the main Enumerator window ARS Technologies Enumerator www arstech com E 5 x Devices Virtual Resources ISA card s resources p3 1 0 ports 278 8 5f0 8 6f8 8 7f0 10 p3 Physical memory a0000 50000 p3 IRO channels none p3 DMA channels none ONLY IF NEEDED push Load Drivers gt button to load SYS driver no drivers loaded disconnect and reconnect to start automatic loading Add Resources Load Drivers gt Delete Settings gt Status Number of USB2 0 hosts present in the system 2 1 manufacturer ATI number of ports 8 selected 2 manufacturer NEC number of ports 5 gt gt gt gt gt gt gt 5512 Host PCI PRESENT gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt ehci port 3 device USB2ISA inserted 105 Manually loading drivers for a device on an ISA card When an ISA card is mounted in USB2ISA or SSI2 ISA type of card for the first time the software types dialog box comes as described in the next chapter The Enumerato
64. our regular similar comparable products and contact us if you want to get a specific one of the above products 24 ARS Technologies User s Guide V 2 130 Last Update June 2011_ 4 SSI2 Product Line This chapter describes the SSI2 product line each individual card the ways of powering the cards and how to place the card in an enclosure and connect it to a power source 4 1 SSI2 ISA card ISA connector O Power 3 Selection 2 Jumper 1 power socket USE connector Power supply mo External power jumper g P ower O cornector Image of SSI2 ISA The SSI2 ISA card allows the work with one ISA card Step 1 Powering considerations There are 3 possible choices for powering an ISA card mounted on a SSI2 ISA using the power provided through the USB cable if the ISA card needs only 5V and the power consumption is within 500mA using an isa pwr in addition to the 5V coming through the USB cable the power supply module provides 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed 25 by an ISA card are within 50mA using an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters to provide 5v 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA within the limits of the particular external power adapter To find out if a particular ISA card needs additional voltages please read the article located at http www arstech com page pwrsupplyneeds html To find the currents consumed please check th
65. port plug use ssi2 isa pci pcmcia on this port 76 7 4 Universal Software Layer The Universal Software Layer USL is part of the installation software for ARS Technologies products that allow redirection of resources through USB for our USB2 products and for our SSI2 products This redirection allows the use of an ISA PCI and PCMCIA card through USB with the original software of the particular card Every ISA PCI and PCMCIA cards has associated resources for itself which may be a combination of I O ports Physical memory area IRQ channels DMA channels ISA only Resources For example a multifunction ISA card with one disk controller one floppy controller one parallel port and two serial ports has disk 10 I O ports base port 1f0 or 170 8 ports 3f6 7 or 376 7 2 ports and 1 IRQ channel IRQ14 or 15 serial ports base port 3f8 or 3e8 or 2f8 or 2e8 8 ports and IRQ channels IRQ3 or 4 parallel port floppy An example of a PCMCIA card is a PCMCIA modem having e 8O ports located anywhere in the I O space without conflicts and 1 IRQ channel An example of a PCI card is a PCI network card having e 4096 bytes of physical memory located anywhere in the memory space without conflicts and 1 IRQ channel 77 After connecting an ISA PCI or a PCMCIA card to our USB2 or SSI2 products the Enumerator automatically checks for the resources on the ISA PCI ca
66. pplication with direct i o ports access will crash is run on windows 2000 and later operating system We provide support for this type of application so that it run normal on modern operating systems When having 32bit Windows NT type driver the driver has to be in stopped state after boot Then after connecting USB2ISA SSI2 ISA with ISA card s the driver has to be started If having 32bit Windows driver with inf file you need to modify the inf file and go through the Install new hardware process to install the driver and then load it When having an application built using the ARSTech API set or the type is not known there are no additional actions taken the device s on ISA card s are handled by USL or API set Details on the specific steps are in the following chapters 108 8 4 1l6bit DOS software type With this selection for software type the following screen comes OSBox 0 72 Cpu Cycles 3000 Frameskip 0 Program DOSBOX Welcome to DOSBox v0 72 For a short introduction for new users type INTRO For supported shell commands type HELP If you want more speed try and To activate the keymapper For more information read the README file in the DOSBox directory gt SET BLASTER AZZO I7 D1 HS T6 IZ gt SET ULTRASND 240 3 3 5 5 gt SET ULTRADIR C ULTRASND Z gt mount c c N arstech dosbox windows Drive C is mounted as local directory c Narstech dosbox windows After openi
67. product the way of connecting powering enclosures etc is available in the chapters 1 3 The PCMCIA interface supports 2 types of cards 16bit PC Card type 32bit CardBus type If you have 16bit card you can use our USB2PCMCIA product or our SSI2 PCMCIA product 16bit PCMCIA cards can be powered by either 3 3V or 5V power to work Some cards can use either one or the other voltage If a PCMCIA card requires 5V for powering it can be handled only by USB2PCMCIA product because our SSI2 PCMCIA product uses only 3 3V If you have 32bit card you can use our SSI2 PCMCIA product or our XPRS CB product When connected for the first time ARS Technologies software will automatically e Look for the resources of the card Redirect them with the USL do not apply to XPRS CB e Look for an inf file for the PCMCIA card and if the inf file is found start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card This installation process is called only the first time the PCMCIA card and our USB2PCMCIA SSI2 PCMCIA or XPRS CB device are connected In proceeding the drivers load automatically Devices Normally a PCMCIA card has one device such as a modem a network device There are cases where a PCMCIA card has two devices such as a modem and network device In this case each device has to have separate inf install files and driver files 117 The res
68. r allows manual loading of a driver by clicking the Load Driver button in the main Enumerator window The inf file of the driver needs to be modified When connecting for the first time it is possible that no inf file will be found for the particular ISA card In this case the Enumerator will bring a message box that reads No driver files found Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the ISA card In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card This installation process is called only the first time the ISA card and USB2ISA or SSI2 ISA card are connected Each proceeding time the driver loads automatically 106 8 3 Software types 16bit DOS type We deal with PCMCIA PCI PCI Express cards in standard well defined ways There is no single standard way of dealing with non plug and play standard ISA cards The ISA card manufacturer probably spent months or years to make ISA card working on one operating system and then weeks or months to make ISA card working on additional operating systems For non standard ISA software you need to find what operating system was the original ISA software working on was the ISA software working on th
69. r external power adapter To find out if a particular ISA card needs additional voltages please read the article located at http www arstech com page pwrsupplyneeds html To find the currents consumed please check the documentation of the particular ISA card in use ARS Technologies offers the following powering options isa pwr Power supply module isa pwr xr External Power Supply 25W ROHS If you want to use the isa pwr power supply module it has to be mounted on the power supply socket If you want to use the isa pwr xr external power supply the USB 2 0 to ISA card will not work until the external power is turned on To assist with choosing a powering option ARS Technologies offers a universal choice which can cover most available ISA cards using isa pwr xr external power supply to power ISA cards The USB2ISA R board has a light emitting diode LED which indicates when there is power supplied or not When there is power the LED is on when there is no power the LED is off ARS Technologies recommends first connecting the USB 2 0 to ISA card without an ISA card mounted and then checking in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in order to make certain that the USB2ISA R card is powered properly After mounting an ISA card in the USB 2 0 to ISA card check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events to make sure certain that the USB2ISA R card is powered 17 properly The power select
70. r selection jumper has two options Please reference the SSI2 PCI X3 image in section 4 4 to change jumper position 38 Option 1 1 2 Position default 1 2 default power provided by the USB cable this choice has 2 options PCI card using only 5V there is limit of 500 mA current consumption from 5V isa pwr power supply module connected providing 5V 12V or 12V to the PCI card the card consumes currents within the powering limitations Option 2 2 3 Position 2 3 power provided by an external power source this choice has the options The power comes from an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters externally there are 5V 12V and 12V going to the PCI card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply The power comes from an external power supply i e pwr 3v adapters externally there is 3 3V going to the PCI card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply External Jumper Powering Options The external power jumper is placed in permanent position 2 3 default power provided by the isa pwr xr The 3 3V jumper has two powering options 2 default 3 3V power provided for the PCI card by other sources including the USB cable floppy connector or external power supplies 2 3 3 3V power provided for the PCI card by the pwr 3v 39 Step 2 optional Place SSI2 PCI X3 card into an enclosure ARS Technologies offers si
71. rd s or the PCMCIA card and automatically redirects these resources through USB NOTE 1 All of the device handled by the Universal Software Layer share the same I O space Memory area and IRQ channels with all the other devices on the computer system When there are hardware conflicts it maybe necessary to manually change and adjust the resources settings NOTE 2 ARS Technologies cannot guarantee that the software for an ISA PCI or PCMCIA card under the USL will work with all combinations of computer hardware operating systems and ISA PCI or PCMCIA card software 78 7 5 Diagnostics mode of the ARS Technologies Enumerator The Enumerator has to run on a wide variety of computer systems If problems are encountered freezing blue screen crashing there is a special diagnostics mode which allow execution step by step and pinpointing the issue The diagnostics mode is entered from command line Command Prompt 2 Mic t m Mirelooh Utilities The default installation folder is C Program Files ARS Technologies ArsTech Utilities Change the folder to the current default folder and run gt arsenum3 d You as a user may need to enter this mode only for diagnostics purposes normally this mode is not entered or used There will be 3 separate message boxes with Yes No buttons for initialization connect exit phases of the work of the Enumerator se Do you want to display the INI
72. re Policy D HTTP IDE Channel Kernel Mode Drive KSecDD KSecPkg LDDM Graphics Si Link Layer Topold Link Layer Topola Current status Dynamic Volume Status Startup msisadrv msisadrv Mount Point Ma msahci OK Cancel 1 msisadrv NativeWiFi Filter NDIS System Driver NDIS Usermode I O Protocol NDProxy NETBT NI 488 2 Locking Service nidimk nimdbgk m ENEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME NetlO Legacy TDI Support Driver 111 The above screen shows the way of stop start An alternative way of start stop is to type from command line net start msisadrv net stop msisadrv The Enumerator attempts to do automatically the stop start process however you may need to make additional checks to find what the current state of the Windows NT type driver is and do start stop in device manager or from command line 112 8 6 32bit Windows type driver with inf file software type The original installation software disk for an ISA card on a floppy or a CD contains the inf installation files and hold the drivers for the devices on a particular ISA card The inf installation files for the different devices need to be modified manually in order to install and load drivers for a device on an ISA card mounted to a USB2ISA and SSI2 ISA Modifying inf files With selection of 32bit Windows type driver with inf file a
73. rnally there is 3 3V going to the PCI card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply External Jumper Powering Options The external power jumper is placed in permanent position 2 3 default power provided by the isa pwr xr The 3 3V jumper has two powering options l 2 default 3 3V power provided for the PCI card by other sources including the USB cable floppy connector or external power supplies 2 3 3 3V power provided for the PCI card by the pwr 3v Step 2 optional Place SSI2 PCI card into an enclosure ARS Technologies offers single and double length plastic enclosures You will need to measure the PCI card you have and select the appropriate single or double length plastic enclosure for your card 31 If you have an PCI card and are using the SSI2 PCI you can choose between two enclosure options Enclosure for 1 ISA PCl card e Enclosure Double length for 1 ISA PCI card The above web pages offer e enclosure images e maximum dimensions of an ISA card which can fit into the enclosure e assembly instructions for the enclosure and the peripheral card 32 4 3 SSI2 ISA X3 card ISA connector O ISA connector ISA connector Power 1 selection 2 Jumper 3 power socket Eessesseed USB t Power supply m odule External ai power jumper External 1 Power comnector Image of SSI2 ISA X3 The SSI2 ISA X3 card allows the work with up to 3 ISA
74. rties PO ped AA Permissions for ArsEnum Object name CAProgramData Microsoft Windows Stat Menu Security i Group oruser names 88 Everyone R SYSTEM 2 poPC o S Administrators p PC Administrators S2 Everyone SB Users p PC Users L Object name C ProgramData Microsoft Windows Stat Menu Group or user names 82 SYSTEM Z perce To change penmissions click Edit R Administrators p PC Administrators S2 Users p PC Users Permissions for Everyone Full controt Modify Read amp execute Pennissions for p Read Full control Write Modify Special permissions Read amp execute Read For special permissions or advanced settings Advanced Write click Advanced Leam about access control and nennissions ok Canca After starting the Enumerator a screen appears for several seconds and then the Enumerator is minimized Then the Enumerator appears as an icon in the system tray of the computer next to the clock in the down right corner of the computer screen See images below A u PO Custornize 8 54 PM 5 Salm _ Ee aT 2 PS an E The Enumerator icon may be not visible click on up arrow Show hidden icons to see the Enumerator icon When you double click on the Enumerator icon the main Enumerator windows comes up 70 ARS Technologies E
75. s a light emitting diode LED which indicates when there is power supplied or not When there is power the LED is on when there is no power the LED is off ARS Technologies recommends first connecting the SSI2 ISA X3 card without an ISA card mounted and then checking in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in order to make certain that the SSI2 ISA X3 card is powered properly 34 After mounting an ISA card in the SSI2 ISA X3 card check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events to make sure certain that the SSI2 ISA X3 card is powered properly The power selection jumper has two options Please reference the SSI2 ISA X3 image in section 4 3 to change jumper position Option 1 1 2 Position default 1 2 default power provided by the USB cable this choice has 2 options ISA card using only 5V there is limit of 500 mA current consumption from 5V isa pwr power supply module connected providing 5V 12V or 12V to the ISA card the card consumes currents within the powering limitations Option 2 2 3 Position 2 3 power provided by an external power source this choice has the option The power comes from an external power supply in the power socket isa pwr xr adapters there are 5V 12V 12V or 5V going to the ISA card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply External Jumper Powering Options The external power jumper is placed in permanent position 2
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77. ss x1 card mounted in XPRS PX X16 126 PCI Express x16 card mounted in XPRS PX X16 127 __ARS Technologies User s Guide V2 130__Last Update June 2011 12 ExpressCard type34 and type54 cards use This chapter describes the way of use of ExpressCard type34 type54 cards on our XPRS line of products Information on the specific product the way of connecting powering enclosures etc is available in the chapters 1 3 When connected for the first time the ARS Technologies software will automatically e Look for the resources of the card e Look for an inf file for the ExpressCard type34 type54 card and if the inf file is found e Start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card This installation process is called only the first time the ExpressCard type34 type54 card and XPRS EC are connected Afterward the driver is loaded automatically When connecting for the first time it is possible that there will be no inf file found for the particular ExpressCard type34 type54 card In this case the Enumerator will bring a message box that reads No driver files found Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PCI card In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found Ne
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79. ta Server 2008 Nee Ne te Version Signature SWINDOWS NTS Class Sample ClassGuid 78A1C341 4539 11d3 B88D 00CO4FAD5171 Provider ARS DestinationDirs DefaultDestDir 12 ClassInstal132 Addreg SampleClassReg SampleClassReg HKR 0 sClassName HKR Icon 5 Manufacturer SARS S ARS SourceDisksFiles arswdml sys 1 SourceDisksNames 1 SDISK_NAME ARS DisplayName Section DevicelId SARSwdml1 DRVDESC ARSwdml1_Inst root ARSwdm1 modified here ARSwdm1 DRVDESC ARSwdml_Inst ARSTech arsusb102 115 ARSwdml_ Inst NT CopyFiles ARSwdml1 CopyFiles ARSwdm1 CopyFiles arswdml sys ARSwdml_Inst NT Services AddService ARSwdm1 0x00000002 ARSwdml_ Service ARSwdml_Service DisplayName SARSwdml SVCDESC ServiceType 1 SERVICE KERNEL DRIVER StartType 3 SERVICE DEMAND START ErrorControl 1 SERVICE ERROR NORMAL ServiceBinary 12 arswdml sys Strings ARS ARS Technologies ClassName ARS Technologies Sample Drivers ARSwdm1 SVCDESC ARS Technologies Sample wdm Service ARSwdml DRVDESC ARS Technologies Sample wdm Driver DISK NAME ARS Technologies Sample Install Disk 116 ARS Technologies User s Guide V 2 130 Last Update June 2011_ 9 PCMCIA cards use This chapter describes the way of use of PCMCIA cards on our USB2 line of products on our SSI2 line of products and on our XPRS line of products Information on the specific
80. the Enumerator in a way of Run as administrator Modern operating system releases like Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 have strict security requirements in place The program have to be started as Run as administrator 68 To adjust the program settings place mouse cursor over ArsEnum do right mouse click select Properties 9 ArsEnum Properties Secunty _ Previous Versions _ General Compatibility F you have problems with this program and t worked correctly on an earlier version of Windows select the compatibility mode that matches that earlier version Heip me choose the settings Compatibility mode __ Run this program in compatibility mode for Settings 5 Run in 256 colors E Run in 640x 480 screen resolution F Disable visual themes Disable desktop composition F Disable display scaling on high DP settings Privilege Level Run this program as an administrator amp Change settings for all users ok _cancet Run as administrator may be selected in the Properties as a default way to run ArsEnum Under Compatibility check Privilege level to Run as administrator The Enumerator may need to save settings and privileges may need to be adjusted Under Security click Edit button A new screen appears select Everyone check Full Control gt Allow 69 Si ArsEnum Prope
81. the current device instance arsusb100 MODIFIED inf file Manufacturer StdMfg ABC_Company ABC_Company ABC DeviceDesc ABC_Port PNPO123 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCMCIA ABC_ COMPANY ABC_PCMCIA_ PORT_ADAPTER_REV_A 0123 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port PCI VEN_1234 amp DEV_1111 amp SUBSYS 00000000 amp REV_01 ABC DeviceDesc ABC Port ARSTech arsusb100 Step 2 Copy the modified inf file and the driver s to a new directory When you push OK button after loading all of the devices this will start New Hardware Found device installation process The Enumerator will bring next a message box as shown below larsenum ed No driver Files found For the connected device Please select Yes to point to the directory of the driver files No skip driver install Ce ARSTech Enumerator no driver files found message Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PCMCIA card 90 In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card 91 7 8 Example of a modified INF file for installing An example of a modified inf file for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 and 7 operating systems is shown bellow The
82. the dizlog Sox again CN ARSTech Enumerator choosing USB 2 0 host This handling of USB2 hosts is specific only for our USB2 line of products Our SSI2 and XPRS lines of products do not need selecting and disabling a USB2 host The drop down box lists all of the available USB 2 0 host controllers for example 0 mfg lntel ports 3 mfg Intel ports 3 which means that there are total of two USB 2 0 hosts The number of ports shows the total physical ports on chip The actual number of ports going to a USB connector may be lower If there is only one choice it is selected as a default Please select one of the choices and click OK 73 In case there is more than one USB 2 0 host please use the drop down and select a host One USB 2 0 chip either as part of the chip set on the computer motherboard or on a PCI peripheral card consists of one USB 2 0 EHCI controller and several USB 1 1 companion UHCI or OHCI controllers Though the computer system may have one USB 2 0 chip and the USB2ISA and USB2PCMCIA devices are serviced by our USB 2 0 host software other USB devices like a USB keyboard USB mouse USB hub etc can be serviced by the companion USB 1 1 host controllers within the USB 2 0 chip Windows XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 and Windows 7 operating systems need manually disabling of the USB2 0 host driver if the driver for the particular host is running There is the following
83. the files from the builds windows folder and start using their DOS software with our products like the USB2ISA and ISA cards for example Prerequisites In order to use the binaries of the dosbox builds the ARS Technologies software must be installed and our Enumerator must be running Developer support and sources ARS Technologies provides the sources of the dosbox files we modify as well as our object files for different environments Details on the sources are included in the readme txt file in the sre folder The included files are released under the condition of use exclusively with the hardware and software products of ARS Technologies A developer may use the included files modify them if needed and make their own dosbox build 134 Use There are two main modes in the ARS Technologies dosbox builds e Standard mode started from terminal command line with dosbox doubleclick on the dosbox exe file This mode brings one screen only and has the maximum possible performance OSBox 0 72 Cpu Cycles 3000 Frameskip 0 Program DOSBOX Welcome to DOSBox v0 72 For a short introduction for new users type INTRO For supported shell commands type HELP If you want more speed try and To activate the keymapper For more information read the RE DME file in the DOSBox directory IZ gt SET BLASTER AZZO I Di HS T6 IZ gt SET ULTRASND 240 3 3 5 5 gt SET ULTRADIR C ULTRASND Z ymount c
84. there is limit of 500 mA current consumption from 5V isa pwr power supply module connected providing 5V 12V or 12V to the ISA card the card consumes currents within the powering limitations Option 2 2 3 Position 2 3 power provided by an external power source this choice has the option The power comes from an external power supply in the power socket isa pwr xr adapters there are 5V 12V 12V or 5V going to the ISA card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply External Jumper Powering Options The external power jumper is placed in permanent position 2 3 default power provided by the isa pwr xr Step 2 optional Place SSI2 ISA card into an enclosure ARS Technologies offers single and double length plastic enclosures You will need to measure the ISA card you have and select the appropriate single or double length plastic enclosure for your card 27 If you have an ISA card and are using the SSI2 ISA you can choose between two enclosure options Enclosure for 1 ISA PCl card e Enclosure Double length for 1 ISA PCI card The above web pages offer e enclosure images e maximum dimensions of an ISA card which can fit into the enclosure e assembly instructions for the enclosure and the peripheral card 28 4 2 SSI2 PCI card O PCI commector 339 jack 3 3V jamper 3 2 l Image of SSI2 PCI The SSI2 PCI card works with one PCI card
85. tion of the software and utilities with details and specifics for the ARSTech Enumerator use chapters 8 shows the use of ISA PCMCIA PCI PCI Express peripheral cards with our products We recommend our customers to read introduction all of chapters 1 2 hardware the specific chapter s for our product s planned to be purchased or already purchased this will allow to do physical installation jumper settings powering putting into enclosure software all of chapters 6 7 which helps in understanding the specifics of running on different operating systems using through USB settings for peripheral cards use the specific chapter based on the peripheral card used 6 1 1 ARS Technologies Products ARS Technologies has 4 lines of products USBI line discontinued USB2 line active mature SSI2 line active mainstream XPRS line active growing Information on products based on USB1 1 interface is available in earlier versions of this document This User s Guide deals only with the current active products USB2 Cards The USB2 line of products allows using ISA and 16bit PCMCIA cards outside of computers systems through USB It includes two families of products e USB2 0 to ISA cards family of products e USB2 0 to PCMCIA card The family of USB 2 0 to ISA cards enable connection of one or more ISA cards and use through USB The products of the family USB 2 0 to ISA include 2 acti
86. tion on the specific product the way of connecting powering enclosures etc is available in the chapters 1 3 When connected for the first time the ARS Technologies software will automatically Look for the resources of the card Redirect them with the USL do not apply to XPRS PCI Look for an inf file for the PCI card and if the inf file is found Start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card This installation process is called only the first time the PCI card and SSI2 PCI XPRS PCI are connected Afterward the driver is loaded automatically When connecting for the first time it is possible that there will be no inf file found for the particular PCI card In this case the Enumerator will bring a message box that reads No driver files found Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PCI card In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and then load the driver for the card Devices One PCI card may have one device for example modem device or a network device There are cases where a PCI card has multiple devices In this case each device has to have separate inf install files and driver files 1
87. tml All of product our lines provide power through the cable some peripheral cards may be powered handled in this way ARS Technologies offers the following power supply options for ISA and PCI peripheral cards isa pwr Power supply module isapwr html isa pwr xr External Power Supply 25W ROHS ARS Technologies offers the following power supply options for PCI PCMCIA and PCI Express peripheral cards pwr 3v 3 3V Power supply pwr 5v eu uk 5V Power Supply The currents consumed by the different voltages may vary from several mA to several A The voltages used by a particular card are available in the documentation specifications sheet for that particular card When using multiple cards please add the currents for a particular voltage to get the total current consumed 12 Choosing an enclosure for ISA PCI and PCI Express cards If you have a single ISA PCI or PCI Express card you can choose between Enclosure for 1 ISA PCI card e Enclosure Double length for 1 ISA PCI card If you have multiple ISA PCI or PCI Express cards you can choose between Enclosure for 3 ISA PCI cards isax3b1 html Enclosure Double length for 3 ISA PCI cards The above web pages offer the enclosure images the maximum dimensions of an ISA PCI or PCI Express card which can fit into the enclosure assembly instructions for the enclosure and the peripheral card 13 2 2 Software Considerations Diff
88. to function In the order page for the product we include the choice to add pwr 5v power supply which connects to power jack After mounting the PCI card we recommend connecting pwr 5v power supply and then connecting cables There are the following ways of powering pwr 5v power supply and power through the cables when the PCI card uses requires only 3 3v and 5v 3 3v comes through the cables pwr 5v provides 5v the 3 3v jumper has to be closed pwr 5v power supply power through the cables and isa pwr module when the PCI card uses requires 3 3v 5v and 12v 12v 3 3v comes through the cables pwr 5v provides 5v isa pwr module provides 12v 12v the 3 3v jumper has to be closed isa pwr xr power supply power through the cables when the PCI card uses requires 3 3v 5v and 12v 12v 3 3v comes through the cables isa pwr 53 xr provides 5v 12v 12v the 3 3v jumper has to be closed The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS PCI X1 in multiple pictures 54 5 7 XPRS CB card XPRS CB allows mounting using of 32bit PCMCIA card CardBus type peripheral cards XPRS CB card connects with all of the XPRS Host cards After connecting the cables to already mounted powered on XPRS Host card the LED on XPRS CB has to be on If the LED is not on make sure XPRS Host card is mounted powered on and or switch the positions
89. ults of the driver loading are shown in 2 places inthe Enumerator inthe Device manager Enumerator shows the e Name of the card e Number of devices and their type e Resources used ARS Technologies Enumerator www arstech com i E iol xi Devices Virtual Resources PCMCIA card 16bit Z PcCard card found number of devices 1 3Com 3C M 3CCM556 device 0 type MODEM p1 1 0 ports 83f8 8 p1 Physical memory none p1 IRQ channels 5 PCMCIA bus Read Write cycle time ivers drivers loaded if needed to modify push Delete Settings gt Add Resources Load Drivers gt Delete Settings gt Status 2 manufacturer NEC number of ports 5 lI selected gt gt gt gt gt gt gt SSI2 Host PCI PRESENT gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA inserted ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA removed ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA inserted ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA removed ehci port 1 device USB2PCMCIA inserted Unload 118 The Device Manager will show a driver loaded based on the type of a device oix Action View Window Help PAE e amaa Computer Management Local i System Tools E n Event Viewer H Shared Folders E 2 Local Users and Groups H gi Performance Logs and Alerts A Device Manager Storage Removable Storage 9 Mice and other pointing devices Disk Defragmenter be Modems
90. ut the card and resources Status area shows available hosts the short status messages for example insertion removal error messages A screen shot of the ARSTech Enumerator main Enumerator window is on the next page 81 ARS Technologies Enumerator www arstech com o x Devices Virtual Resources ISA card s resources p3 1 0 ports 27878 5f0 8 6f8 8 7f0 10 p3 Physical memory aQ000 50000 p3 IRO channels none p3 DMA channels none ONLY IF NEEDED push Load Drivers gt button to load SY S driver no drivers loaded disconnect and reconnect to start automatic loading Add Resources Load Drivers gt Delete Settings gt Status Number of USB2 0 hosts present in the system 2 1 manufacturer ATI number of ports 8 selected 2 manufacturer NEC number of ports 5 gt gt gt gt gt gt gt 5512 Host PCI PRESENT gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt ehci port 3 device USB2ISA inserted Unload Examples When a USB2ISA card is connected the Devices area shows usb2isa p1 and the Status shows ehci port 1 device USB2ISA inserted The Status area provides information on the number of present USB2 0 host s the manufacturer s name number of USB ports and the selected USB2 0 host for use by the ARSTech Enumerator Selecting the usb2isa p1 in the Devices area for example creates the following text in the Virtual Resources area ISA car
91. ve products USB2ISA R USB2 0 to ISA card allows the use of one ISA card USB2ISA X3 USB2 0 to ISA 3 connector card allows use of up to 3 ISA cards Other cards are available only on special volume orders USB2ISA RA USB2 0 to ISA right angle card allows the use of one ISA card USB2ISA SL USB2 0 to ISA slot version card requires a separate passive ISA back plane where it is installed and allows the use of number of ISA cards depending on the number of ISA connectors on the back plane USB2ISA X7 USB2 0 to ISA 7 connector card allows the use of up to 7 ISA cards 7 The USB 2 0 to PCMCIA card enables connection of a PCMCIA card and use through USB It is available only on special volume orders The products of the USB2 0 to PCMCIA family includes USB2PCMCIA R USB2 0 to PCMCIA card allows the use of one 16bit PCMCIA card SSI2 Cards The SSI2 line of products allows use of PCI ISA and 16 32bit PCMCIA cards outside of computers systems through cable The SSI2 products are multi interface products which connect with SSI2 host cards standard USB2 hosts The SSI2 products include SSI2 ISA family allow the use of one or 3 ISA cards SSI2 PCI family allows the use of one or 3 PCI cards SSI2 PCMCIA allows the use of one 16 32bit PCMCIA card The SSI2 Host side products include e SSI2 HostPCI mounted in a PCI slot of a desktop computer e SSI2 HostCB mounted in a CardBus slot
92. ver 2008 and Windows 7 64bit normally installing of drivers which are not certified by Microsoft is not allowed Our software and hardware changes rapidly it is not practical to re certify it with Microsoft again and again every time it changes The 64bit operating system has to be booted in a special mode which allows installing of drivers After power on of the computer before the operating system starts booting press F8 key This will bring the following screen de with Networking de with command prompt w r o boot logging solution video 640 iguration advance o y service restore mode O gy o5 m D 9 Mh Description Allows drivers containing improper signature to be loaded Select Disable driver signature enforcement and boot the operating system Installing and using our software is done in the same way as described in the previous chapters 65 In order to use our hardware and software under Windows Vista 64bit Windows Server 2008 64bit and Windows Vista 64bit the operating system must be booted every time in this way 66 __ ARS Technologies User s Guide V2 130___ Last Update June 2011 7 ARSTech Enumerator and ARSGui utility RA ArsEnum ArsGui UsersGuide Documents d Atmel AVR Tools Dolby L Pictures 2 DVD MovieFactory for TOSHIBA FileZilla FTP Client Accessories a J ArsTech Music d Games F GMP e d
93. vide detailed information on the each of the above features T a w e M a EE eS 9 w Minimize Restore A right mouse click over the icon brings a menu to minimize restore quit 7 2 Specifics for USB2 products exclusive mode and host controller support ARS Technologies USB2 line of products require that at least one USB 2 0 host chip be present on the motherboard One modern computer system may contain as a minimum one USB 2 0 host chip on the computer motherboard Additional USB 2 0 hosts can be added as PCI cards to a desktop computer or as PCMCIA cards inserted into a notebook computer We have designed our own USB 2 0 host controller support allowing the use of our products under the different operating system releases Currently our software will work with our products in the same way under all of the Microsoft s operating 72 systems we support Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Server 2008 and Windows 7 When the Enumerator is run for the first time there is a dialog box for selecting the host controller as shown in the screen shot below RSEnum set USB2 host am Only if using USB2ISA or USBZPCMCIA Er pesse select an SEZ 0 host controller for use exclusively with ARS Tech devices For more information on Exclusive Mode please refer to our User s Gude USB 2 0 EHC host controllers 0 o Intel 3 t mig intel ports 3 Cancel bring up
94. w Hardware installation process of the operating system and then load the driver for the card Devices One ExpressCard type34 type54 card may have one device for example 1394 device or a network device There are cases where a ExpressCard type34 type54 card has multiple devices In this case each device has to have separate inf install files and driver files 128 Examples ExpressCard type34 1394 card XPRS CB 129 13 Compact PCI Express and PXI Express cards use This chapter describes the way of use of Compact PCI Express and PXI Express cards on our XPRS line of products Information on the specific product the way of connecting powering enclosures etc is available in the chapters 1 3 When connected for the first time the ARS Technologies software will automatically e Look for the resources of the card e Look for an inf file for the Compact PCI Express and PXI Express card and if the inf file is found e Start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and load the driver for the card This installation process is called only the first time the Compact PCI Express and PXI Express card and XPRS cPCle are connected Afterward the driver is loaded automatically When connecting for the first time it is possible that there will be no inf file found for the particular Compact PCI Express and PXI Express card In this case the Enumerator will bring a message bo
95. warranty refund store policies at http www arstech com page ste_storepolicies html You can consider a number of solutions until you find the most suitable option peripheral solution card power supply enclosure and or cable If our product from one line does not work with a peripheral card you can consider testing with a product from another line which handles the same type of a peripheral card 15 ARS Technologies User s Guide V2 130___Last Update June 2011 3 USB2 product line The chapter describes each individual card and the ways of powering placing it in an enclosure and connecting the card 3 1 USB2ISA R card ISA connector O Power 3 Selection 2 Jumper 1 power socket eee External USB connector External P ower comnector Image of USB2ISA R The USB 2 0 to ISA USB2ISA R card works with one ISA card Step 1 Powering considerations There are 3 possible choices for powering an ISA card mounted on an USB2ISA R using the power provided through the USB cable if the ISA card needs only 5V and the power consumption is within 500mA 16 using an isa pwr in addition to the 5 V coming through the USB cable the power supply module provides 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA card are within 50mA using an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters to provide 5v 12V 12V and 5V when currents consumed by an ISA within the limits of the particula
96. way identical source code can be used for cross platform development Windows folder includes 2 samples built with Visual C 6 0 and Visual Basic 6 0 Linux and Mac OS X come with the GCC compiler environment already pre installed To build go to the particular folder and run from terminal command line mk bat Under 64bit Windows environment the sample built as 32bit application can still execute and work We provide a number of Linux shared libraries containing our API set built on different kernels including 2 6 11 2 6 18 2 6 23 32bit and 2 6 23 64bit Under 64bit Linux environments the application has to be built as 64bit app and needs to use the 64bit shared library Running of the isarw sample The isarw sample contains 3 sub tests a i o read write test uses USB2ISA with an ISA i o card uses the parallel port portion of the card does write to the par port digital outputs which may be observed with a voltmeter on the 25pin connector exercises in8 out8 single 8bit i o port read write commands of the API set b irq test uses USB2ISA with an ISA i o card uses the parallel port portion of the card 99 requires an additional wire connecting 2 pins on the 25 pin con exercises GetIrqDmaSts in8 out8 checking irq and dma status and single 8bit i o port read write commands of the API set c physical memory buffer read test uses USB2ISA with an ISA VGA card uses the V
97. will be a message Windows needs a permission to continue Click Continue 62 A new dialog box appears Windows Security x gt Don t install this driver software You should check your manufacturer s web site for updated driver software for your device gt Install this driver software anyway Only install driver software obtained from your manufacturer s web site or disk Unsigned software from other sources may harm your computer or steal information See details ARS Technologies drivers are not Microsoft certified However our drivers have been tested in our company and are successfully used by our customers Please select and click Install this driver software anyway Next steps In Chapter 1 Introduction we have mentioned the two groups of customers ARS Technologies serves Developers and or manufacturers End users For Developers and Manufacturers After successfully installing the USB2 SSI2 XPRS products the developers and manufacturers can evaluate the work of their ISA PCI PCMCIA PCI Express card using the utility provided in the installation disk ARSGUI EXE as described in the next chapters 63 The next steps for developers and manufacturers may be to use the basic simple API set included in the install software to develop peripheral card software use the additional commands available in our SDKBUS kit product and convert their software to work
98. x that reads No driver files found Clicking the Yes button will bring a file open dialog box for finding and opening the inf file for the PCI card In this dialog box you can Select drive Double click to select directory Select file type Type file name Push open button This will start the Found New Hardware installation process of the operating system and then load the driver for the card 130 Devices One Compact PCI Express and PXI Express card may have one device for example a DAQ device There are cases where a Compact PCI Express and PXI Express card has multiple devices In this case each device has to have separate inf install files and driver files Examples PXI Express DAQ card XPRS cPCle 131 __ARS Technologies User s Guide 2 130 Last Update June 2011 Appendix A SSI2 host support for desktop computers ARS Technologies SSI2 line of products allow work with a SSI2 host controller SSI2 Host PCI card mounted in a desktop computer The SSI2 Host PCI card is added on a PCI slot in a desktop computer The SSI2 host controller support will work with ARS Technologies products in the same way under all of the Microsoft s operating systems we support Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista and Server 2008 7 132 B SSI2 host support for notebook computers ARS Technologies SSI2 line of products allow work with a SSI2 host SSI2 HostCB pe SSI2
99. y of mounting and use of XPRS EC in multiple pictures 50 5 4 XPRS PX X1 card XPRS PX X1 allows mounting using of one PCI Express x1 card XPRS PX X1 card connects with all of the XPRS Host cards After connecting the cables to already mounted powered on XPRS Host card the LED on XPRS PX X1 has to be on If the LED is not on make sure XPRS Host card is mounted powered on and or switch the positions of the cables A PCI Express card uses 3 3v and also may require 12v to function There are the following ways of powering through the cables when the PCI Express x1 card uses requires only 3 3v and has current consumption of less than 0 5A the 3 3v jumpers has to be closed through the cables with 3 3v power module mounted in the 6pin socket when the PCI Express x1 card has current consumption of less than 0 5A and consumes of up to 50mA on 12v the jumper for 12v has to in closed position the 3 3v jumpers has to be closed through the cables with 12V external supply connected to the power jack when the PCI Express x1 card has current consumption of less than 0 5A and consumes high current of up to 5A on 12v The web page of the product includes a link showing the way of mounting and use of XPRS PX X1 in multiple pictures 51 5 5 XPRS PX X16 card iGES9009 ee eee ce J 4 XPRS PX X16 allows mounting using of one PCI Express x16 card In addition XPRS PX X1
100. y to power PCI cards The SSI2 PCI board has a light emitting diode LED which indicates when there is power supplied or not When there is power the LED is on when there is no power the LED is off ARS Technologies recommends first connecting the SSI2 PCI card without a PCI card mounted and then checking in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events in order to make certain that the SSI2 PCI card is powered properly After mounting a PCI card in the SSI2 PCI card check in our Enumerator for connect disconnect events to make sure certain that the SSI2 PCI card is powered properly The power selection jumper has two options Please reference the SSI2 PCI image in section 4 2 to change jumper position Option 1 1 2 Position default 1 2 default power provided by the USB cable this choice has 2 options PCI card using only 5V there is limit of 500 mA current consumption from 5V isa pwr power supply module connected providing 5V 12V or 12V to the PCI card the card consumes currents within the powering limitations 30 Option 2 2 3 Position 2 3 power provided by an external power source this choice has the options The power comes from an external power supply isa pwr xr adapters externally there are 5V 12V and 12V going to the PCI card the limit of current consumption depends on the external power supply The power comes from an external power supply i e pwr 3v adapters exte

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