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1. Peripheral Cables user supplied pe yu ccc 00 i qe Il RE YUL S I i Bh E Controller Card es ER ee TT U Breakout Box FIGURE 2 Connecting Peripherals to four and eight port Controller Cards I 10 User s Manual cHapters Software Installation and Configuration TheM ultiport controller card device drivers allow your SPARCstation to communicate with various asynchronous and synchronous serial devices such as printers terminals or modems through the A urora ports A CD ROM containing device driver software and an installa tion script is shipped with your Aurora M ultiport card The Release N ote accompanying the device driver CD ROM pro vides detailed driver installation procedures This chapter presents the following Installing the Device Drivers Asynchronous Device File N ames Setting Up Asynchronous Port Services Synchronous Configurations Before performing the software installation procedures you should have installed the M ultiport controller card hardware Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 11 CHAPTER3 Software Installation and Configuration Installing the Device Drivers After you have installed your new Aurora hardware follow the device driver software installation procedures in the Driver Release N ote to install the driver You only need to install the driver once even if you areinstall i
2. 24 Administering Ports with mset eeeeee 26 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting iussit pov erede 27 Installation Problems io ether to e aee 28 Clearing Hung AsynoPOFts siceiierai d be ietebe sitat 29 Running H ardware Diagnostics drat 30 Serial Test Connectors i i enmt bereitet 30 drat Command Summary seen 32 Running the drat diagnostic sss 35 CE OMNES ac ne pfi iod etu f tat 37 vi User s Manual Contents Thexxtrace Driver Tracing Utility cesses 39 Running xXtracb oed atender cents 40 ThensetUtlity ne reiten tero ea 42 mset Command Options Summary 42 SINGH bet aco coder E 45 mset Error Message ss eot s eR REIR 46 Calling Tor SUpport a tat tate ce ett 47 APPENDIX A Cables and Connectors see 49 Cabling Overview unserer 49 Serial Connector Pinouts sese 50 Signal D Ser DELON S ee 52 Asynchronous Serial Cables esses 53 Asynchronous M odem Cables 53 Asynchronous Null M odem Cables 54 Synchronous Serial Cables sess 56 Cabling for the 8005 Cards iain tant 56 Cabling for the 401S Card sess 59 APPENDIX B VWarranty ecelesie 61 Warranty Informationen 61 HardWare s cde de sape ed ten eU 61
3. dev sync 4 dev hdlcdrv 4 dev bscdrv 4 dev acss4 dev sync 5 dev hdlcdrv 5 dev bscdrv 5 dev acss5 dev sync 6 dev hdlcdrv 6 dev bscdrv 6 dev acss6 dev sync 7 dev hdlcdrv 7 dev bscdrv 7 dev acss7 tiport Card 2 dev sync 8 dev hdlcdrv 8 dev bscdrv 8 dev acss8 dev sync 9 dev hdlcdrv 9 dev bscdrv 9 dev acss9 dev sync 10 dev hdlcdrv 10 dev bscdrv 10 dev acss10 wW N mr OISIN I OIA 4 0 hJ e dev sync 11 dev hdlcdrv 11 dev bscdrv 11 dev acss11 22 User s Manual cnartera Using the Multiport Software Aurora Technologies M ultiport device driver software delivers advanced features for unparalleled flexibility and convenience Viewing Port Parameters with acsinfo Administering Ports with mset Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 23 CHAPTER4 Using the Multiport Software Viewing Port Parameters with acsinfo The acsinfo command allows you to view the current status of your expansion ports TO use acsinfo you must first Login as root e Change to the opt auraacs directory The syntax for acsinfo is system acsinfo ports drivers 2 To view the port parameters 1 Type system acsinfo ports more 2 Scroll through the listing using the space bar 2 To view the active drivers 1 Type system acsinfo drivers more 2 S
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5. RxCi 17 17 RxC TxOgut 24 FIGURE 15 Null Modem Cable for the 401S cards N ote that this is a general purpose synchronous cable that can be used for other non Aurora ports I 60 User s Manual APPENDIX B Warranty Warranty Information Hardware All Aurora Technologies Inc hardware products are warranted against defects for two years from the date of delivery Buyer agrees that if this product proves defective Aurora Technologies Inc is obligated only to repair replace or refund the purchase of this product at Aurora Tech nologies Inc s discretion The warranty is void if he product has been subjected to alteration neglect misuse or abuse if any repairs have been attempted by anyone other than Aurora Technologies Inc or if failure is caused by accident acts of God or other causes beyond the control of Aurora Technologies Inc Aurora Technologies Inc reserves the right to make changes or im provements in any product without incurring any obligation to simi larly alter products previously purchased In no event shall Aurora technologies Inc be liable for any direct indirect incidental or conse quential damages arising out of or in connection with the performance or use of the product or information provided Aurora Technologies Inc s liability shall in no event exceed the purchase price of the product purchased hereunder Comet and Galaxy Series M
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7. the pins in the connectors are wired straight through 1 1 2 2 3 3 etc Since the controller cards are configured as DTE devices usea modem cable when connecting modems and other DCE devices to the card You must obtain a modem cable with a male con nector for the modem end and a female connector for the sys tem end You can obtain the correct cable from most computer stores Figure 6 shows the wiring of an asynchronous serial modem cable that enables the S Series card to communicate with the modem For a listing of the signal names of the pins see Table 12 on page 52 DTE DCE Controller Modem Connector Modem Connector TXD 2 xad 2 TXD RXD 3 3 RXD RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS DSR 6 6 DSR GND 7 7 GND DCD 8 8 DCD DTR 20 20 DTR FIGURE 6 Asynchronous Modem Cable DTE to DCE Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 53 APPENDIXA Cables and Connectors Asynchronous Null Modem Cables You should consult your device manual to determine what ty pe of null modem cable is required N ote that all three cables shown here can support XON XOFF software flow control since pins 2 3 and 7 are wired the same way N ull modem cables are designed to connect devices that send and receive data on the same pins which is the case when you connec a DTE device to another DTE device Because both devices aretrying to send and receive on the same pin the wir ing of th
8. you want to test This option sets resets the board prompt to the number specified C Aborts a test and deselects board and port port number selection command Selects a port number is the number of the port 0 3 you want to test This option sets resets the board port prompt to the number specified Requires board port selection prom Checks the prom on the system interface card test Shows available tests and subcommands Requires board port selection test name Runs the test specified lt name gt is the name of the test you want to run See the next section for a listing of all options and requirements modem Shows available modem subcommands Requires board port selection modem show Shows status of all modem lines dsr cd ctr dtr rts Requires board port selection repeat lt command gt lt arg gt Repeats a command until a key is typed send lt string gt Use to send strings to selected port Port parameters are fixed at 9600 baud 7 bits even parity one stop bit Requires board port selection receive Use to receive data from selected port Type any character to quit Port parameters are fixed at 9600 baud 7 bits even parity one stop bit Requires board port selection 34 User s Manual Running H ardware Diagnostics drat TABLE 8 drat Command Summary Continued Command Descriptio
9. 4 Start a port monitor servicefor a specific port in this case a bidirectional modem running at 38 4 Kbps system pmadm a p ttyaur0 s 0 i root fu v 1 m ttyadm b d dev term 0 1 38400 s usr bin login m ldterm S n 5 Now add the modem to the etc uucp Devices file using the following format ACU cua 0 38400 type where lt type gt is either a built in function 801 sytek TCP Unetserver DK Or one whose name appears in the etc uucp Dialers file hayes tbfast etc 6 Repeat steps 2 5 for other modem ports For More Information Refer to your modem manual for details on how to set its transmission characteristics baud rate bits char parity and flow control software hardware Refer to SunSoft s Adding and M aintaining Peripherals man ual for more information about using the Serial Port M anager and setting up modem services This manual is accessible on line through the System A dministrator Answerbook or can be ordered from SunSoft Setting Asynchronous D ata Rates Aurora recommends that you usethe SunSoft A dmintool or Solaris stt y command to set baud rates for asynchronous ports See the A dmintool documentation or the Solaris stty 1 man page for information on how to do this Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 19 CHAPTER3 Software Installation and Configuration Synchronous Configurations Your Aurora M ultiport controller card supports multi protocol conf
10. Application and Protocol Software 62 Return Polley usd cea aces tel Sed ei a 62 90 Day Technical Support eee 63 Software License Agreement seen 64 Aurora Technologies Software License 64 hg a iiao 67 PRODUCT INFORMATION WORKSHEET seem Hee 69 WANMultiServers vii Contents viii User s Manual prerace bout this Book The Comet and Galaxy Series M ultiport Controllers U ser s M anual describes how to install and use Aurora Technologies asynchronous synchronous communications controllers for SPARC systems and SPARC system dones We ve organized this manual as follows CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Hardware Installation CHAPTER 3 Software Installation and Configuration CHAPTER 4 Using the M ultiport Soft ware Provides a technical overview of each model available for SPARC Sy stems Describes procedures for install ing the card and connecting peripherals Describes the board driver instal lation asynchronous port ser vices setup and synchronous driver installation Describes administration of ports and configuration of synchro nous boards for multiple proto cols Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers ix PREFACE Aboutthis Book CHAPTER 5 Describes what to do if you experi Troubleshooting ence problems with the
11. CTS 5 5 CTS GND 7 7 GND DSR 6 6 DSR DCD 8 8 DCD DTR 20 20 DTR FIGURE8 Asynchronous Null M odem Cable RTS Handshaking Controller Peripheral Connector Connector TXD 2 2 TXD RXD 3 3 RXD RTS 4 4 RTS DCD 8 8 DCD GND 7 7 GND CTS 5 5 CTS DSR 6 6 DSR DTR 20 20 DTR FIGURE 9 Asynchronous Null M odem Cable DTR Handshaking Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 55 APPENDIXA Cables and Connectors Figure 10 is provided to assist you making a RJ 45 to DB 25 null modem connection Controller Card Peripheral RJ45 Connector RTS 1 5 CTS DTR 2 6 DSR 8 DCD l 8 TXD 3 3 RXD TTT CD l4 20 DTR male DSR 7 RXD 15 2 TXD GND 6 7 GND CTS 8 4 RTS FIGURE 10 Asynchronous RJ45 to DB25 Null M odem Adapter Out of Band Flow Control Synchronous Serial Cables For successful synchronous communications you must care fully consider what pins your dock signals are on N ote that the clock pins of the 800S cards differ from those of the 401S 4 The 800S cards have bi modal shared signal clock pins in nonstandard locations where the 4015 has dedicated dock pins in the locations defined by the RS 232 specification Asaresult different cabling is required Note Regardless of which
12. RTS Request to Send Signal asking if peripheral device is ready to receive data CTS Clear to Send Signal from the peripheral device indi cating readiness to accept data DSR Data Set Ready Indicates the remote device is ready to communicate Signal Signal Ground Provides reference level for other GND signals DCD Data Carrier Detect Signal indicating that the peripheral device has detected a signal from the remote peripheral device over the telecommunica tions channel Receive Data Clock Input for receiver signal element timing from a synchronous DCE device Transmit Data Clock Input for transmitter signal ele ment timing from a synchronous DCE device Data Terminal Ready Indicates the local device is ready to communicate Transmit Data Clock Output for transmitter signal ele ment timing generated on synchronous multiport con troller cards 52 User s Manual Asynchronous Serial Cables Asynchronous Serial Cables This section first describes modem cables which as the name suggests are typically used for connecting modems to the con troller card N ext it describes null modem cables which are typically used for other peripherals such asterminals and print ers Asynchronous Modem Cables M odem cables are designed to connect devices that send and receive data on different pins which is the case when you con nect a DCE deviceto a DTE device In a serial modem cable
13. chip will automatically drop the DTR pin when this option is enabled The RTS pin is normally controlled by the device driver and thus requires host machine intervention to change state The Communications Controller M odel 401 Series cards routethe DTR pin on the CD2401 to the RTS pin on the DB 25 connector Therefore input hardware flow control through RTS is always going to be con trolled by the chip Don t usethe dtrflow switch for 401 Series dtrflow Configures the driver to use DTR pin 20 as the input hardware flow control pin The DTR pin will function like RTS pin 4 The RTS pin switches its function to act like DTR For Nova 1600SE this governs ports 0 through 11 only Not available in ASE driver Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 43 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting TABLE 10 mset Options mset Option Description icto Sets the time in milliseconds that the device driver will wait for incoming data before push ing it upstream If this time is not set the device driver will wait until the incoming data fills the driver buffers before pushing the data upstream See stdicto rtsflow Configures the driver to use RTS pin 4 as the input hardware flow control pin see dtrflow above rtsflow Configures driver to use RTS pin 4 as the input hardware flow control pin see dtrflow above For Nova 1600SE this governs ports 0 through 11 only Not available in ASE
14. hereunder is void This Agreement will be governed by thelaws of the Commonwealth of M assachusetts in the United States of America I 66 User s Manual Index A About this M anual ix xii acsinfo 24 Async device names Solaris 13 Asynchronous data rates setting 19 Serial Cables 53 56 Asynchronous N ull M odem Cables 54 C Cables asynchronous 53 56 Carrier Detect line bypassing on Solaris systems 17 CD line See Carrier Detect line D Data rates asynchronous setting 19 Device names async Solaris 13 Diagnostics 30 drat 30 Driver tracing 39 G Getting Help xii Hardware diagnostics 30 Help getting xii Hung ports 29 Installation software for Solaris systems 11 22 Installation problems 28 M M odem services for Solaris systems 18 mset 26 mset Utility 42 46 M ultiport Software Software M ultiport 23 26 Null M odem Asynchronous 54 Synchronous 59 60 Meteor Comet Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 67 P Pinouts asynchronous 51 synchronous 51 Port administration 26 Port parameters 24 Ports hung 29 Printer services for Solaris systems 15 R Registration xii S Serial cables 53 56 Services Solaris 15 Services modem for Solaris systems 18 Services printer for Solaris systems 15 Services terminal for Solaris systems 16 Setting asynchronous data rates 19 Software license agreement 64 66 warranty 62 Software installation for Solaris sy
15. leave boards exposed after you unpack them f you must put a board or card down placeit on anti static packaging or on a rubber mat For SPARCstation models 5 10 20 1000 and 2000 you must remove the adapter bracket from the top of the card s faceplate See Figure 1 6 User s Manual Unpacking the Controller Card Adaptor Bracket I A e OOOOOOOOOOOOO oOo0000000000 Faceplate FIGURE 1 Removing the Adaptor Bracket Unpacking the Controller Card Remove the card from the packing box Leave the card in its anti static bag Check the shipping carton contents to ensure that you have all of the required parts as listed in Table 4 Note Save the shipping carton and the internal packaging If you need to ship the product back to your dealer you must use the original carton and packaging TABLE 4 Communications Controller Parts List Qty 400S 401S 800SX 800S 1 Controller Card Controller Card 1 4 port DB 25 8 port DB 25 distribution cableor break distribution cable or brea out box kout box 1 Serial test plug Serial test plug 1 User s M anual with Driver User s M anual with Distribution CD ROM Driver Distribution CD ROM 1 Driver Release N ote Driver Release N ote Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 7 CHAPTER2 Hardware Installation Other Things You ll N eed To ensure a smooth installation you should have the proper cabli
16. number at the board 0 port 0 prompt For example to test port 1 enter board 0 port 0 port 1 7 Theprompt changesto board 0 port 1 You can now run various commands and test options on port 1 Example 2 U sing the modem command This example shows how to use the modem diagnostic command to check change the status of modem lines for board 0 port 1 After making sure the prompt is set to board0 port1 you can check the current status of the port s modem lines by entering board 0 port 1 modem show 38 User s Manual The xxtrace D river Tracing U tility The diagnostic displays a status of the modem similar to the following DSR off CD off CIS off DTR off RTS off To change the status of the DTR line by raising it enter board 0 port 1 modem dtr on You can verify the changed status by entering board 0 port 1 modem show DSR off GD oft CTS Off DT RT on off Qu The xxtrace D river Tracing U tility If you encounter a problem with your Aurora serial port prod uct a service representative may ask you to take a trace of your problem to help troubleshoot it This section describes the steps of getting a driver trace using the driver tracing utility xxtrace xxtrace Command Summary Table 9 contains a summary of the xxtrace commands TABLE 9 xxtrace Command Summary xxtrace Command Description Loads the Comet or Galaxy Multiport Control ler driver asyn
17. number increments sequentially in decimal from the first port on the first card through the rest of the ports on the rest of the cards installed in the system Indicates device type hdlcdrv for HDLC devices bscdrv for BISYNC devices In this example an HDLC device connected to the port labelled 3 on the card in the second slot is accessed by the hdicdrv 11 device file SunLink Support Some applications require SunLink device names of the form dev zshX If you plan to run such an application over your expansion ports first run opt AURAacs zshreplace Note that after running this script you will not be ableto use the SPARCstation serial ports A and B as zsn devices dueto inevitable device name conflicts however those ports can be used for async connections using device names such as dev term X Of dev cua X Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 21 Port Label CHAPTER3 Software Installation and Configuration TABLE 6 Synchronous device file names for two daisy chained M ultiport controller card expansion units Aurora Interface Bit Synchronous HDLC SDLC Byte Synchronous BISYNC Sun Synchronous SSIF M ultiport Card 1 0 dev sync 0 dev hdlcdrv 0 dev bscdrv 0 dev acss0 dev sync 1 dev hdlcdrv 1 dev bscdrv 1 dev acssl dev sync 2 dev hdlcdrv 2 dev bscdrv 2 dev acss2 dev sync 3 dev hdlcdrv 3 dev bscdrv 3 dev acss3
18. occurring when you encountered the problem 7 Assoon asthefailure condition occurs to avoid overwriting any buffers dump the contents of the trace buffer out of memory and print it by typing system xp This command prints data to standard output You can redi rect the contents to a file using this format system xp gt tmplfilename where filename is the name of the redirected output file in the tmp directory 8 Find out how many lines the trace output is by doing a we on thefile To clear the trace buffer and restart tracing keeping the same port s and events active enter system xc If the output is not very long you can FAX it to us Otherwise tar it to a diskette or CD and send it to Customer Service and Support Alternatively you may compress uuencode and e mail it to support auroratech com 2 To make the system operational again 1 Clear the trace buffer and shut off tracing system xr 2 Now reboot the system system reboot Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 41 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting The mset U tility Themset utility can be used to check the error statistics for the asynchronous lines in use it is also used to set higher data rates You can run mset when you are receiving data corrup tion errors on incoming data such as e Receiver Overruns This occurs when the chip s FIFO is full more data has arrived and the system could not respond to the interrupt fast e
19. problems you could possibly experience with your Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controller and the actions you should take to diagnose and solve those problems Topics covered in this chapter include Installation Problems Clearing Hung Async Ports Running H ardware Diagnostics drat The xxtrace Driver Tracing Utility The mset Utility Calling for Support Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 27 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting Installation Problems If you experience problems immediately after the installation of your Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controller check the fol lowing list of potential problem sources Is the equipment powered on Is the power cord loose in the wall socket or at the connec tion to the system unit Arethe external equipment connections made properly Areany connections to other boards loose Is the device cable the correct type If it is a null modem cable is it the right kind of null modem cable The vast majority of problems are due to incorrect cable selection For information on ty pes of cable see Appendix A Cables and Connectors If you re experiencing interference are you using properly shielded cables M ake sure that the cabling is not running near a power source if itistry moving the cabling to a new location Is the cable length correct The RS 232 cable specification is 100 feet 30 5 m at 9600 bps The expansion unit uses powerful drivers that can support 38 4 kbps with
20. s Setting U p U ser Accounts Printers and M ail manual for more information about using the Printer M anager and setting up printer services This manual is accessi bleon linethrough the System A dministrator Answerbook or can be ordered from SunSoft Setting U p Terminal Services Setting up terminal service in Solaris requires the sacadm and the pmadm commands The following example sets up a typical terminal 2 To set up services for a typical terminal 1 Create a new port monitor using ttyauro as the pmras name system sacadm a p ttyaur0 t ttymon c usr lib saf ttymon v 1 If you get the message ttyaur0 already exists it simply means that someone has already created ttyauro We recommend a unique exrac name for every 16 Aurora ports in other words a unique name for each expansion unit you have ttaur0 ttaurl IS our suggestion for PM TAG names you could use something else if you prefer However it isimportant not to use a name of the form tty monxx as the PM TAG name 2 Check the status of the port monitor systems pmadm 1 3 Remove the existing service tt ymono from the port to be administered in this case port 0 system pmadm r p ttymonO s 0 16 User s Manual Setting U p Asynchronous Port Services If the Aurora board is the only serial device using tt ymono as a PM TAG name you can remove the services from all ports by ty ping System sacadm r p ttymonO 4 Start a port mon
21. the text for emphasis titles and variables g This symbol indicates the end of a chapter e This symbol marks procedures This symbol marks cautionary notes N about possible damage to your equip ment or data Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers xi PREFACE About this Book Getting Help If you need to reach us you can contact us by The Web www auroratech com for product literature phone numbers and address e Phone service 781 290 4800 M on Fri 8 30AM 6 00PM Eastern Time Press 4 for Customer Service and Support For faster service have your product serial number and your system information available e FAX Attn Customer Service and Support Email support auroratech com Mail Attn Customer Service and Support Registration To receive warranty coverage on your Aurora product you must fill out and mail back the Aurora Warranty Registration Card that is located in the back of this manual Phone support can only be provided after product registration is complete H ardware and Software M aintenance A greements can be pro vided for extended customer support Sending in this card also lets us keep you up to date on the complete line of Aurora Technologies products If you have any questions or comments on your Aurora Tech nologies product contact our Customer Support Department at support auroratech com Or your sales representative We re always listening to you I xii User s
22. 15 00002 00 Rev A User s M anual Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers Asynchronous and Synchronous Communications for SBus equipped SPARC systems Comet Models 401SX 800SX Galaxy Models 4015 800S Copyright 2000 Aurora Technologies Inc a Carlo Gavazzi Group company All Rights Reserved Printed in the U nited States of America This publication is protected by Federal Copyright Law with all rights reserved N o part of this pub lication may be copied photocopied reproduced stored in a retrieval system translated transmitted or transcribed in any form or by any means manual electric electronic electromagnetic mechanical optical or otherwise in wholeor in part without prior written consent from A urora Technologies Inc Limitation of Liability Aurora Technologies Inc makes NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED or IM PLIED with respect to this manual and any related items its quality performance merchantability or fitness for any particular use It is solely the purchaser s responsibility to determine its suitability for any particular use Information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Trademark Credits Aurora Technologies the Aurora logotype A pollo M ultiport Nova M ultiport Aries M ultiport ControlTower Explorer M ultiport LanM ultiServer Saturn M ultiport SBox and WanM ultiServer are trademarks of Aurora Technologies Inc a Carlo Gavazzi Group company
23. Manual cnarter Introduction Congratulations on purchasing your Aurora Technologies Communications Controller Combining on board RISC pro cessing dedicated data buffers and flow control processing Aurora communications controllers off load communications overhead from your host CPU and your network for optimum system performance Aurora offers three performance levels of SBus expansion solu tions for asynchronous synchronous serial communications the powerful SX Series is equipped with extended buffers for asynchronous data integrity and high throughput theversatile S Series provides high speed WAN communi cations operates with several standard synchronous communication protocols and allows immediate detection of hardware link failures for fault tolerant and other critical applications The SX and S Series include 4 and 8 port models For even higher capacities Aurora offers the LANM ultiServer and WAN M ultiServer series Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction On board RISC intelligence flexibility and configurability make Aurora the most reliable cost effective source of system connectivity In addition Aurora Technologies device driver software provides the following unique features theability to set asynchronous data rates up to 115 2 kbps e theability to configure a mix of asynchronous and synchro nous protocols on synchronous asy nchronous boards Sys
24. Modem Cable for 800S cards N ote that the cable in Figure 13 must have the clock source side connected to the controller card Cabling for the 401S Card The M odel 4015 Communications Controller features a new processor that allows all dock signals to be brought out on their standard pins This simplifies cabling Note A single clock source must supply both ports Connecting Synchronous Modems to 401S Cards Since all clock signals are brought out on their standard pins you can use the straight through modem cables shown in Figure 14 to connect synchronous modems to the 401S card No adaptors are necessary DTE Controller DCE Modem Connector Cones Connector TXD 2 2 TXD RXD 3 3 RXD RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS DSR 6 6 DSR GND 7 7 GND DCD 8 8 DCD TxC n 15 15 TxCj RxCj 17 17 RXCin DTR 20 20 DTR TxC out 24 24 TxCout FIGURE 14 Straight through synchronous modem cable Connecting O ther Synchronous D evices to 401S Cards Figure 15 showsthenull modem cable design for connecting 401S 4 cards to synchronous DTE devices Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 59 APPENDIXA Cables and Connectors DB25 DB25 female male TXD 2 2 TXD RXD 3 3 RXD RTS 4 rL 4 RTS cock CTS 5 5 CTS source DCD 8 8 DCD side DSR 6 6 DSR DTR 20 1 L 20 DTR GND 7 7 GND TxCin 15 15 TxCj
25. TER 1 Introd oO us ce ele od bi 1 System Requirements sese 2 Technical Specification Overview wcrc 3 Installation Overview eeee ens 4 CHAPTER 2 Hardware Installation ses 5 Installation Precautions seee ee 6 Unpacking the Controller Card eee 7 Other Things You ll Need een 8 Cab ados asco elit tel ocio sanata outta els 8 WANMultiServers Contents Tools 2 ee un tae AE E Lr 8 Installing and Removing Cards eee 8 Connecting Peripherals to the Controller Card 9 CHAPTER 3 Software Installation and Configuration 11 Installing the Device Drivers eene 12 Free Driver and Release N ote Downloads 12 Asynchronous Device File N ames eee 13 Setting Up Asynchronous Port Services 15 Setting Up Printer Services eee 15 Setting Up Terminal Services eese 16 Bypassing the Carrier Detect CD Line 17 Setting Up M odem Services 18 Setting Asynchronous Data Rates 19 Synchronous COnTIQUrattonts s ce ise doe tat 20 Synchronous Drivers 20 Synchronous Device File Names 20 SunLink Support xcci tedio 21 CHAPTER 4 Using the Multiport Software 23 Viewing Port Parameters with acsinfo
26. able 7 lists the drat diagnostic test com mand options that are currently available M ost of the test options require e the selection of a board or board port You must specify the board or board port before you can run the test theuse of the serial test plug on the selected port To execute a test option enter test test name For example to test on board memory type board 1 test memory TABLE 7 Test Option Summary Test O ption Description Checks the board s control status register Requires board selection dma Checks direct memory access on a per port basis handshake Checks the board s handshake signals CD DTR DSR RTS CTS Requires board port selection Serial test plug required on selected port loop back Checks data transmission and loopback on desig nated port Requires board port selection Serial test plug required on selected port memory Tests on board memory Requires board selection port Runs the loop back and handshake signals on the designated port and performs csr testing Requires board port selection Serial test plug required on selected port Checks hardware registers on a per port basis Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 33 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting TABLE 8 drat Command Summary Command Description board number selection command Selects an SBus interface card number is the number of the card 0
27. are also two window based A dministration Tools the Serial Port M anager and the Printer M anager that can simplify many tasks H owever in some cases they may not provide suf ficient control over communications parameters to allow you to optimize the performance of your peripheral For example if you decideto usethe Printer M anager to set up printer ser vices you will find that you can t vary the baud rate In this section we do not address the Serial Port M anager or the Printer M anager we simply provide examples of how these commands might be used If you want more information see SunSoft s A dding and M aintaining Peripherals for the Serial Port M anager and Setting U p U ser A ccounts Printers and M ail for the Printer M anager Setting U p Printer Services Setting up printer service in Solaris requires the 1padmin accept aNd enable commands The following example sets up a printer named testip on port 0 running at 38 400 baud system lpadmin p testlp v dev term 0 T hplaserjet D testlabel o nobanner o stty 38400 cs8 parenb cstopb crtscts ixon tabs system accept testlp system enable testlp Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 15 CHAPTER3 Software Installation and Configuration For More Information Refer to your printer manual for details on how to set its transmission characteristics baud rate bits char parity and flow control software hardware Refer to SunSoft
28. c Unloads the Comet or Galaxy Multiport Con troller driver async Enables tracing on all ports Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 39 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting TABLE 9 xxtrace Command Summary xxtrace Command Description Enables tracing on a specific board port Clears the trace buffer and restarts tracing keeping the same ports and events active Dumps the contents of the trace buffer out of memory and prints it to stdout Clears the trace buffer and shuts off tracing Shows the current port s and events being traced Running xxtrace 2 To run xxtrace 1 Log in as root Note You must be logged in as root in a csh envi ronment to run this test 2 Change to the opt AuRAacs directory system cd opt AURAacs 3 Enter the following to set up aliases system source sourceme 4 Enable tracing by entering one of the following To enable tracing on all ports type system xa To enable tracing on a Specific port type system xb n p n and parein hexadecimal where n is the board number in the system starting with 0 and pis the port number starting with 0 For example xb 0 3 turns on tracing for the first Aurora card in the system for port 3 40 User s Manual The xxtrace D river Tracing U tility 5 To show that tracing is turned on ty pe system xs The system displays a list of all the trace points 6 Reproduce the situation that was
29. cable lengths up to 200 feet 61 m Isthe SBus interface card properly seated in the system If the problem remains try running the drat diagnostic This diagnostic performs a complete check of all functional areas on the unit For information on using drat see Running Hard ware Diagnostics drat on page 30 If the diagnostic fails notethe error and call Customer Service and Support See Getting Help on page xii 28 User s Manual Clearing Hung Async Ports If the diagnostic provides no useful information remove all Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controller software see installation chapter for your operating system e the SBus interface card see your SPARCstation hardware documentation for instructions Then try your system to determine whether it operates cor rectly If your system operates correctly the problem may be with the Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controller Clearing Hung Async Ports Asynchronous ports may occasionally hang due to a number of factors If this occurs try some of the suggestions here If all else fails reboot your workstation 2 To clear a hung async port 1 Switch user to root system su Password lt root_password gt system 2 Run ps to get the process number for the program that has the port open system ps ef 3 Usexi11to remove the offending process system kill 9 process number This should free up the port If it doesn t the process may be de
30. communi cations controller It lists error messages and explains how to run diagnostics APPENDIX A Provides wiring diagrams and Cables and Connectors general cabling information APPENDIX B Describes Aurora s warranty and Warranty support policies Who Should Use This Book This book is a reference manual for anyone who wants to install configure and use Aurora Communications Controllers in SPARC system compatibles Related Manuals For more information refer to the following manuals Your SPARC system s Installation Guide Your SPARC system s Owner s Guide Your Solaris documentation Your peripheral s documentation User s Manual Documentation Conventions Documentation Conventions Unless otherwise noted in the text this document uses the fol lowing symbolic conventions Screen text ASCII text that the system displays appears in plain typewriter font screen display Graphictext that appears on menus and dialog boxes appears in sans serif font literal input Bold words or characters in formats and command descriptions represent com mands that you must type literally Lit eral valuesarein thebold typewriter font lt non literal input gt lt Bold italic bracketed gt words or char acters in formats and command descrip tions represent values that you must supply Do not type the brackets command Pathnames and commands in the text appears in plain typewriter font emphasis Italics are used in
31. croll through the listing using the space bar See Figure 3 on page 25 for sample output from acsinto In that example an 800S card and a 401S card are installed in slots 3 and 4 respectively 24 User s Manual Viewing Port Parameters with acsinfo Board 0 Multiport Model 800S slot 3 0 0 0 term 0 sync 0 CLOSED 0 1 1 term 1 sync 1 CLOSED 0 2 2 term 2 sync 2 CLOSED 0 3 3 term 3 sync 3 CLOSED 0 4 4 term 4 sync 4 CLOSED 0 5 5 term 5 sync 5 OPEN acsa 0 6 6 term 6 sync 6 CLOSED 0 7 7 term 7 sync 7 CLOSED Board 1 Multiport Model 401S slot 4 0 8 8 term 8 sync 8 CLOSED 0 9 9 term 9 sync 9 CLOSED 0 10 10 term 10 sync 10 CLOSED Qu T3 LI term 11 sync 11 CLOSED L L L Port Label D iis Assigned Driver IC port pair Async Device Port Status File Name FIGURE 3 Output from the acsinfo command Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 25 CHAPTER4 Using the Multiport Software Administering Ports with mset Use the mset utility to reset hung ports to set a port to use external clock and to check the error statistics for the asyn chronous lines in use mset Command O ptions Summary The command format for mset IS mset device name option where device name is the device name option is one of the command options listed in Table 10 on page 43 I 26 User s Manual cHapters Troubleshooting This chapter describes
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33. driven state ty pe systems opt AURAacs ttysoftcar n device You can query the state of the software carrier by typing system opt AURAacs ttysoftcar device If you need to bypass the CD line from a C program open the port using the o_nperav flag and issue the following ioct1 call int val 1 ioctl fd TIOCSSOFTCAR amp val Note Do not use bypass the CD line on serial ports connected to modems Setting U p Modem Services Setting up modem service in Solaris requires the sacadm and the pmadm commands The following example sets up a typical bidirectional modem 2 To set up services for a typical bidirectional modem 1 Create a new port monitor using ttyauro as the prac name system sacadm a p ttyaur0 t ttymon c usr lib saf ttymon v 1 If you get the message ttyaur0 already exists it simply means that someone has already created ttyauro We recommend a unique emtac name for every 16 Aurora ports in other words a unique name for each expansion unit you have ttauro ttaurl IS our suggestion for PM TAG names you could use something else if you prefer H owever it is important not to use a name of the form tty monxx as the PM TAG name 2 Check the status of the port monitor system pmadm 1 18 User s Manual Setting U p Asynchronous Port Services 3 Remove the existing service tt ymono from the port to be administered in this case port 0 System pmadm r p ttymonO s 0
34. driver Reports the current settings for the specified port Reports error statistics for the specified asyn chronous port available for Board Driver Version 4 50 5 50 Reports the same information as stats but also resets each statistics field to zero statschk Reports a list of all board port numbers that have detected receiver overruns frame errors parity errors or dropped characters You must enter a device name with this option any device name will work statsreset Resets all errors and statistics for all ports You must enter a device name with this option any device name will work std Resets the data rate to the original value of 38 4 kbps stdicto Resets the time delay set with icto to none In other words incoming data will be pushed upstream only when the driver buffers get full stdstop Resets the stop bit setting 44 User s Manual The mset Utility TABLE 10 mset Options mset Option Description stopl 5 Sets the stop bit setting to 1 5 Solaris only timeout Sets the time that the driver will wait during a close before forcing the close to complete if the close is waiting on transmit data The default time is 15 seconds Using mset 2 To run mset 1 Log on as root 2 Changeto the AURAacs directory system cd opt AURAacs 3 Type the following system mset device name statschk This prints a list of b
35. e cable must swap those signals Since the Aurora controller cards are configured as DTE devices you must use a null modem cable to connect them to other DTE devices such as terminals printers and plotters Other signals in the RS 232 specification have the same requirements and depending on your peripheral may have to be swapped also Therefore there are several different ty pes of null modem cables available Three of the most common null modem cables used for asyn chronous communication are e XON XOFF e Request To Send RTS Data Terminal Ready DTR The differences among the three cables are the type of flow control that they support XON XOFF supports software flow control only with its three wire configuration for XON XOFF handshaking see Figure 7 RTS supports hardware handshaking when the peripheral uses the Request To Send pin 4 signal see Figure 8 DTR supports hardware handshaking when the peripheral uses the Data Terminal Ready pin 20 signal see Figure 9 User s Manual Asynchronous Serial Cables Controller Peripheral Connector Connector TXD 2 2 TXD RXD 3 3 RXD RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS DSR 6 6 DSR GND 7 7 GND DCD 8 8 DCD DTR 20 20 DTR FIGURE 7 Asynchronous Null Modem Cable XON XOFF H andshaking Controller Peripheral Connector Connector TXD 2 2 TXD RXD 3 aS 3 RXD RTS 4 4 RTS
36. evice name is not specified prop erly 46 User s Manual Calling for Support Calling for Support If you need to call Aurora Technologies technical support for help make surethat you have completed the following check list 2 Support Call Checklist l 6 7 Serial N umber found in the back of this manual on the hardware and on the shipping container SPARCstation model number Solaris version List all peripherals connected to the Comet or Galaxy M ul tiport Controller card Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controller software driver version Theversion number isprinted on thedriver software media and is displayed when installation is completed List the cable pinout description Verify the ty pe of cables used modem null modem etc Telephone support is available M onday through Friday 8 30AM to 6 00PM Eastern Time Refer to Getting Help on page xii for Cus tomer Service and Support I Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 47 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting 48 User s Manual APPENDIX A Cabling O verview Cabling O verview Cables and Connectors This appendix provides information about how to make physi cal connections to serial ports It discusses modem and null modem connectors the standard RS 232 pinouts and describes some typical cables Two terms used frequently in this appendix are Data Communications Equipment DCE Data Term
37. funct Use the appropriate procedure below to remove a defunct process from a port Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 29 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting 2 To clear a defunct process on port cua 8 1 Switch to the auRAacs directory systems cd opt AURAacs 2 Use the mset command to clear the port system mset cua 8 flush CAUTION Never use the mset flush command on a functioning port Loss of data will result Running Hardware Diagnostics drat The Direct Register Access Test drat diagnostictests the basic functionality of Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controllers by directly accessing the board registers from user mode The drat diagnostic has its own set of commands M ost commands have required arguments or need the serial test connector Serial Test Connectors Aurora Technologies supplies a serial test plug that you need to use when running several of the drat tests This serial test plug when installed on the port connector feeds signals from an output pin to the corresponding input pin Figure 4 shows the test plug wiring 30 User s Manual Running H ardware Diagnostics drat T DA F R DA 3 RTSA 4 CTSA 5 DSRA 6 CDA 8 DTRA 20 9 RxCoutB 11 T4uB 12 CDB 10 PSRB 22 DTRB 23 CTSB 13 RTSB 19 T DB 14 R DB 16 T4CinA 15 RxCinA 17 RxCoutA 24 FIGURE 4 Serial Test Plug Signals DB 25 Comet and Galaxy Series Multipo
38. ight to use and display this copy of an Aurora Software program the Software on asingle computer at a single location If the single computer on which you usetheSoftwareis a multi user system this License covers all us ers of that system Aurora reserves all rights not expressly granted to the LICENSEE 2 DELIVERY INSTALLATION ACCEPTANCE AND RISK OF LOSS Aurora shall deliver the Software to a common carrier FOB Aurora s Facilities LICEN SEE shall be solely responsible for installa tion of the Software on the computer LI CEN SEE agrees the acceptance shall occur upon delivery of the Licensed Software to a common carri er LICEN SEE assumes all risk of loss or damage upon delivery of the Software by Aurora to LICENSEE or common carrier 3 PAY M ENTS In consideration of the License and rights in the Soft ware granted by A urora and in consideration of A urora s performance of its obligations hereunder LICEN SEE agrees to pay Aurora Technol ogies Inc the Licensefee according to theterms as invoiced Failureto remit complete pay ment according to the specified terms will result in revocation of the License upon thirty 30 days written notice 64 User s Manual Software License Agreement 4 OWNERSHIP OF SOFTWARE As the LICENSEE you own the magnetic or other physical media on which the Software is originally or subsequently recorded or fixed but A urorain no way transfers title or ownership of the Software recorde
39. igurations In other words you can configurethe ports on the M ultiport controller card expansion unit to support any combination of asynchronous and synchronous data link pro tocols Synchronous Drivers TheAurora synchronous driver acss supports frame level interfacing for byte oriented frames BISY N C bit oriented frames H DLC and SDLC and the Sun synchronous interface Other synchronous drivers may be used simultaneously or exdusively so that you can use other synchronous data link protocols such as Frame Relay and PPP with your M ultiport controller card Installing the Aurora Synchronous Device Driver is necessary if you plan to run one of Aurora s data link protocol software packages such as A urora H DLC Aurora X 25 etc Synchronous D evice File N ames Each synchronous port needs to be identified by an appropriate device file name depending on thetype of data link protocol bit synchronous byte synchronous Sun synchronous to be used on the port The system automatically creates Solaris device files for each new port on the M ultiport controller card expansion unit Table 6 shows the device files created for an eight port card installed in the first available slot and a four port card installed in the next available slot The format for synchronous device file names is defined as 20 User s Manual Synchronous Configurations hdlcdrv 11 __ Indicates the port number being accessed on the card The
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41. inal Equipment DTE The term DCE device usually refers to a modem DTE devices indudeterminals printers and computers To connect a peripheral device to an Aurora Communications Controller you need a break out box or octopus cable and an interface cable The break out box or octopus cable connect directly to the multiport controller card The interface cable runs the electrical signals from one of the DB 25 or RJ 45 con Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 49 APPENDIXA Cables and Connectors nectors of the break out box or octopus cable DB 25 only to the device Since we cannot determine in advance which of the many types of cable you may need Aurora does not supply this cable You can purchase ready made cables from Aurora Tech nologies or at your local computer store DCE and DTE devices send and receive signals through differ ent pins Aurora s controller cards are configured as DTE devices In general when connecting a DCE deviceto a control ler card use modem or straight through cables For DTE devices such as terminals and printers use null modem cables Since difficulties with cabling account for most installation problems this appendix describes the different ty pes of cables to use You should check the design of the cables you buy against the cables defined in this chapter to verify that you have the correct cables Serial Connector Pinouts Terminals modems and printers ty pically com
42. ith the serial test plug connected to the port The system prompts you when you need to add the serial test plug 2 To use the test command 1 To select port 0 on board 0 enter board 0 port 0 The system displays the following chip 0 CD2401 M with 32 767MHz clock board address 0x100800 board 0 port 0 Notice that the prompt now identifies the board and port selections 2 To test the port enter board 0 port 0 test port When the test port diagnostic runs you ll see messages sim ilar to the following remove all connectors from port being tested type RETURN when ready gt 3 Press Return to begin thetest Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 37 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting Asthetest progresses the system displays the following messages Testing port O0 Testing handshake lines passed Loop back test passed install special STEST connector to port being tested press RETURN when ready gt 4 Install the serial test plug to the connector labeled 0 on the Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controller 5 Press Return to continue the test The system displays the following messages Testing port O0 Testing cirrus registers passed Testing handshake lines passed Loop back test passed Async DMA test passed HDLC DMA test passed board 0 port0 If the test should fail the display indicates the failure 6 To test additional ports enter the new port
43. itor servicefor a specific port in this case a Wyse 50 terminal running at 38 4 Kbps system pmadm a p ttyaurO s 0 i root fu v1 m ttyadm c d dev term 0 1 38400 s usr bin login m ldterm T wyse50 S n 5 Repeat steps 2 4 to set up other terminal ports For More Information Refer to your terminal manual for details on how to set its transmission characteristics baud rate bits char parity and flow control software hardware Refer to SunSoft s Adding and M aintaining Peripherals man ual for more information about using the Serial Port M anager and setting up terminal services This manual is accessible on line through the System A dministrator Answerbook or can be ordered from SunSoft Bypassing the Carrier Detect CD Line If you are using 3 wire cabling or for some other reason the CD line will not be pulled high you must bypass the CD line for terminal and printer ports This is done by instructing the driver to assumethe CD lineis high regardless of its actual state The easiest way to do this is using the Serial Port M anager Just edit the port service by checking off the Software Carrier option in the Modify Service dialog box Alternatively you can makethe driver assume the CD lineis high by typing systems opt AURAacs ttysoftcar y device Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 17 CHAPTER3 Software Installation and Configuration To restore the CD lineto its normal
44. municate through an RS 232 serial interface All of Aurora s DB 25 connectors are DTE type RS 232 compatible serial connectors Figure 5 shows the location of the RS 232 pins supported by the controller cards FIGURE 5 Serial Connector Pin Diagram male DTE 50 User s Manual Cabling O verview Table 11 shows the connector pinouts for both synchronous and asynchronous devices Shaded pins 15 17 and 24 are used exdusively for synchronous transmission TABLE 11 Serial Connector Pinout RS 232 RS 232 Signal Signal Direction 401S 800S 1 Chassis Chassis None GND GND TXD TXD Output RXD RXD Input RTS RTS Output CTS CTS Input DSR DSR Input Pin Number RxC Signal Signal None GND GND DCD DCD Input TXC TxC Input RXCi Input DTR DTR Output BC an Output Bi modal pins carry clock signals in sync mode on 800S only Synchronous Clock Signals available on 401S only Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 51 APPENDIXA Cables and Connectors Signal D escriptions Table 12 provides a description of each signal on the serial con nector Shaded rows indicate synchronous signals TABLE 12 Pin Signal Descriptions Signal Description Chassis Chassis Earth Ground Prevents static discharge GND TXD Transmit Data Sends data to peripheral device RXD Receive Data Receives data from the peripheral
45. n on line Use for bi directional character mode data exchange Press Esc to quit Port parameters are fixed at 9600 baud 7 bits even parity one stop bit Requires board port selection modem signal action Use to test modem lines where signal is one of the following dtr rts action is one of the following 0 o drop line 1 on raise line toggle toggle signal and sleep for 0 5 sec ond Use toggle with repeat command for exam ple repeat modem dtr toggle Requires board port selection Leaves test program Running the drat diagnostic 2 To run drat 1 Log in as root 2 Change to the opt AuRAacs directory system cd opt AURAacs 3 Makesurethat there are no processes running on any of the serial ports 4 Type the following command to invoke drat systems drat Thescreen displaysinformation about thediagnosticandthe Sy stem s configuration similar to the following Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 35 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting CD240x direct register access tests for Solaris 2 x Version 2 06 Wed Sep 16 16 22 00 EDT 1998 0 csfour 4 ports at devices iommu f e0000000 sbus f e0001000 sbusmem 1 0 slotl Type a board number 0 or q to quit Note The board number is the number that the drat diagnostic assigns to the card The card in the lowest numbered slot becomes board 0 the card in the next lowest slot number becomes boa
46. ned to A u rora Technologies Inc via a Customs cleared carrier for example Fed eral Express UPS DHL unless prior arrangements are made by the customer for an alternative shipping method Each product that is re turned for repair must includeafailurereport and must havetheRM A number dearly marked on the outside packaging Return A ddress Attn RMA Department Aurora Technologies Inc 646 Summer Street Brockton M A 02302 USA 62 User s Manual Warranty Information 90 Day Technical Support Products must be registered with Aurora Technologies Inc s Custom er Service and Support CSS organization to receive the 90 Day Tech nical Support You must fill out and mail or FAX the warranty card that is included with the product before receiving technical assistance W hat you get during the 90 Day Technical Support 90 Day Technical Support is provided by e mail FA X or by telephone Customers calling in for technical support on current Aurora technol ogies Inc products will receive a response within four 4 business hours Customer s e mails or faxed requests will receive a response within twenty four 24 business hours The Technical Support hours in M assachusetts are 8 30 a m 6 00 p m Eastern Time M onday through Friday excluding holidays Services provided under the 90 Day Technical Support Plan are e Help on installation and configuration Help diagnosing problems with Aurora hardware and s
47. ng and tools on hand Cabling There are a number of cabling approaches you can useto con nect devices to the new A urora ports If you are not sure what you need refer to Appendix A Tools You ll need the following tools to install your controller card Any tools listed in your SPARCstation s documentation Asmall flat head screwdriver to make cable connections and secure mounting screws Installing and Removing Cards Detailed installation and removal procedures for SBus cards can be found in your SPARCstation s installation or hardware doc umentation Be sureto takethe precautions listed earlier in this chapter and any additional ones that are recommended in your SPARCstation documentation Your SPARCstation documentation also explains how the SBus slots are numbered and any special considerations you should note W hen all the controller cards are installed in their slots record their slot numbers you will need to know them when you set up your port services 8 User s Manual Connecting Peripherals to the Controller Card Connecting Peripherals to the Controller Card Each controller card is shipped with either a distribution cable or distribution box that attaches to the controller card and breaks out the A urora ports The boxes contain jumpers that are used for certain wiring configurations Refer to A ppendix A for more information TheAurora ports are broken out to male DB 25 connectors You must suppl
48. ng morethan one Aurora M ultiport controller card One device driver can support up to sixteen controller cards After you have installed the driver software proceed with the setup and configuration procedures that follow in this chapter Free Driver and Release N ote Downloads You can download the latest versions of all Aurora drivers and release notes from the A urora Technologies web site Usethe following procedure 2 To download from the Aurora web site 1 Using your favorite browser go to www auroratech com 2 Click on Support 3 Click on Drivers 4 Follow the instructions provided on the display ed web page 12 User s Manual Asynchronous Device File N ames Asynchronous Device File Names Each serial port connected to terminals modems etc needs to be identified by one or more device files depending on the intended use of the port Device file naming conventions vary depending on the device s use The format for device file names is defined as term 25 Dee Indicates the port number being accessed on the card The number increments sequentially in decimal from the first port on the first card through the rest ofthe ports on the rest ofthe cards installed in the system Indicates device type term for terminals dial in modems cua for dial out modems The install script automatically creates Solaris device files for each new port on the controller card Table 5 shows the device files created on a
49. nough e Frame Errors The data received was missing a stop bit Parity Errors The parity check was wrong Dropped Characters The OS did not have enough memory to handlethe incoming data An on line version of the mset command description is avail ablein opt AURACS doc mset Command O ptions Summary The command format for mset is mset device name option where device name is the device name option is one of the command options listed in Table 10 42 User s Manual The mset Utility TABLE 10 mset Options mset Option Description lt baud_rate gt Replaces the standard 38 4 kbps data rate setting B38400 with the specified data rate baud lt baud_rate gt lt baud_rate gt is any whole integer from 38400 to 115200 Any time the port service is set to B38400 38 4 kbps the port actually operates at the specified data rate This option should be used only with Customer Service authorization dtrflow Configures the driver to use DTR pin 20 as the input hardware flow control pin The DTR pin will function like RTS pin 4 The RTS pin switches its function to act like DTR Aurora supplies an Async M odem Adapter that will swap pin 4 with pin 20 This setting provides a 100 reliable form of hardware flow control for incoming data This is because the state of the DTR pin is controlled by the CD2400 chip instead of the device driver When data fills the chip s fifo beyond the hi water mark the
50. oard port numbers that have detected receiver overruns frame errors parity errors or dropped characters The output looks similar to this The following channels have detected errors Board 1 port 3 4 Board 2 port 2 This indicates that the port labeled 3 and the port labeled 4 of thefirst board has detected errors and the port labeled 2 on the second board has detected errors 4 To report the error statistics for the specified asynchronous port enter system mset device name stats Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 45 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting This example shows 5 characters received with parity errors It also shows that the port received 3021 characters and transmitted 21 characters receiver overruns 0 receiver fram rrors 0 receiver parity errors 5 receiver chars dropped 0 received chars 3021 transmitted chars 21 5 To reset all errors and statistics for all ports enter system mset device name statsreset Note To report error statistics and reset all errors and statistics for a single port you could have entered the fol lowing in Step 3 system mset device name statsr mset Error M essage cannot open device The device specified in the message line cannot be opened by mset This could be due to permissions on the device or the driver is not loaded or that device actually doesn t even exist This could also mean that the d
51. products you use you must ensure that a single clock source is supplying both ports Cabling for the 800S Cards The on board processor on the 800S 4 cards does not bring out the synchronous dock signals on the standard pins 15 17 and 24 Instead it brings out TxCj on pin 8 RxC on pin 6 and TxCoyt on pin 20 Refer to Table 11 on page 51 56 User s Manual Synchronous Serial Cables Connecting Modems to 800S Cards Since synchronous modems provide clock your cabling must connect pin 6 to pin 17 and pin 8to pin 15 The dock signal from the controller card TXCoyt isn t needed so pin 20 is wired straight through and used as DTR Refer to Figure 11 DB25 DB25 female male TXD 2 2 TXD RXD 3 3 RXD RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS DSR 6 17 RXCin GND 7 7 GND DCD 8 15 TxCin DTR 20 20 DTR FIGURE 11 Synchronous Modem Wiring for 800S cards There are three options available for achieving the proper wir ing Build your own cable e Usean Aurora Sync Clock Adaptor Usean Aurora DB25 Connector Box setting the jumpers appropriately When building your own cables refer to the wiring diagram in Figure 11 If you need the controller card to supply dock wire pin 20 to pin 24 If you plan to use the sync clock adaptor you would use it with astraight through modem cable since the adaptor is wired as shown in Figure 11 Notethat if you are using the sync dock adapte
52. r with a straight through modem cable the controller card cannot supply clock If you areusing one of the DB25 Connector Boxes the jumpers inside the box allow you to configure each DB25 connector independently The jumper settings required for synchronous Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 57 APPENDIXA Cables and Connectors modems are shown in Figure 12 Setting the jumpers this way configures the connector to conform with Figure 11 Er TXCIN t RXCIN CD B R B B DTR RTS Den CTS FIGURE 12 Synchronous port jumper settings for connector boxes To allow the controller card to supply the clock signal switch the left most jumper to the TxC ut position For more informa tion on the connector boxes refer to the DB25 Connector Box User s M anual that was shipped with your box Connecting O ther Synchronous D evices to 800S Cards Since most synchronous DTE devices cannot provide dock cabling for them must connect pin 20 to pins 15 and 17 to provide access to TXC ut W hen building your cables refer to Figure 13 for the wiring diagram 80054 DB 25 DTE device female DB 25 male TXD 2 2 TXD RXD 3 3 RXD clock HIS 4 EX Ru source CTS 5 5 CTS side DCD 8 8 DCD DSR 6 4 6 DSR DTR 20 20 DTR N 15 TxCi 17 RxCin GND 7 7 GND 58 User s Manual Synchronous Serial Cables FIGURE 13 Synchronous Null
53. rd 1 and so forth 5 Enter thenumber assigned to the board you want to test and press lt Return gt In the above example the diagnostic recognizes that the system contains 2 cards To test the first card a Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Controller you would enter 0 and press lt Return gt After you enter a board number drat tests the memory on the board and reports back as shown AURA acs at dev sbusl multi memory test passed CSR test passed Expansion Unit 0 16 lines with multiprotocol line drivers chip 0 CD2401 M with 32 768MHz clock board address 0x100800 chip 1 CD2401 M with 32 768MHz clock board address 0x100900 chip 2 CD2401 M with 32 768MHz clock board address 0x100a00 chip 3 CD2401 M with 32 768MHz clock board address 0x100b00 type for help board 0 6 When theboard 0 prompt appears you can run a variety of tests See the two sections following for a complete listing of all command options and test options 7 To exit drat type quit Note After exiting drat you need to reinitialize the board that you tested by rebooting the system 36 User s Manual Running H ardware Diagnostics drat drat Examples This section shows two examples of commands you can run with the diagnostic Example 1 Using the test command Thetest port diag nostic is a two pass process Thefirst pass runs without the serial test plug connected to the port The second pass runs w
54. rt Controllers CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting drat tests one port on one board at a time Port parameters are fixed at 9600 baud e 7 Bits Even Parity OneStop Bit drat does not loop data between ports or between boards Before running drat the Comet or Galaxy M ultiport Control ler device driver must be unloaded drat takes over the whole board and changes the settings of every port After exiting drat you need to reinitialize the board that you tested by rebooting the system and reinstalling the Aurora device driv ers Refer to the Device Driver Release N ote that came with this product for assistance with installing and removing the device driver CAUTION If the Aurora device drivers are not unin stalled before running drat the SPARCstation may crash drat Command Summary Table 8 on page 34 provides descriptions of the basic drat com mands When using drat keep the following points in mind The prompt always shows the current board selection and on entering a port number the prompt changes to the cur rent board current port selection Most commands require a board and port selection e Typing aquestion mark shows a listing of all commands You can abbreviate all commands Board and port arguments are required with some com mands and test options Serial test plugs arerequired with most commands and tests options User s Manual Running H ardware Diagnostics drat Test O ptions T
55. sident Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interfer ence in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures FCC Notices This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules O peration is subjectto the following two con ditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable pro tection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environ ment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications O peration of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful in terference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Contents PREFACE About this Book stets ix W ho Should Use This Book een X Related M anuals eene X Documentation Conventions een Xi Getting Helps accidere nasa tees NG AL dps ea orbes xii Registrati Oissar peo C Ebro or te au ed xii CHAP
56. stems 11 22 Solaris services general 15 Support xii 47 Sync configurations Index for Solaris systems 20 Sync device names for Solaris systems 20 Synchronous Null M odem Cables 59 60 T Terminal services for Solaris systems 16 Tracing driver 39 Troubleshooting 27 47 W Warranty 61 66 X xxtrace 39 68 User s Manual Product Information Worksheet Product Information Worksheet Please record the following information about your Aurora M ultiport controller card and workstation M ultiport controller card serial number Workstation model S 4 Peripheral WO o NI Ol A A WN rH O I e js I I N I UJ m gt I ul Meteor Comet Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 69
57. system with a eight port card installed in the first available slot and a four port card installed in the next available slot On that system theterminal device for the port labelled 3 on card 2 would be accessed by the term 11 device file Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 13 CHAPTER3 Software Installation and Configuration TABLE 5 Solaris Device N ames for eight port and four port Controller Cards Async Terminal Port Label Async Modem D ial Dial in Modem out Controller card 1 dev term 0 dev cua 0 dev term 1 dev cua 1 dev term 2 dev cua 2 dev term 3 dev cua 3 dev term 4 dev cua 4 dev term 5 dev cua 5 dev term 6 dev cua 6 dev term 7 dev cua 7 2 dev term 8 dev cua 8 dev term 9 dev cua 9 dev term 10 dev cua 10 dev term 11 dev cua 11 14 User s Manual Setting U p Asynchronous Port Services Setting U p Asynchronous Port Services Once your peripherals are connected and the A urora software packages are installed the next step is to set up the appropriate port services for each peripheral Solaris has a number of tools available for administering port services You should familiarize yourself with the man pages on sacadm pmadm ttyadm and lpadmin before attempting to con nect peripherals to the M ultiport controller card serial ports There
58. tandard released Aurora device drivers Help navigating and locating existing Aurora documentation Acceptance of bug reports and providing status updates on any applicable bug fixes Policies and pricing are subject to change without notice For extended support please refer to the A urora Technologies Inc web site at www auroratech com or call your Sales representative for details CJ Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 63 APPENDIXB Warranty Software License Agreement THIS LEGAL DOCUM ENT IS AN AGREEM ENT BETWEEN YOU THE END USER OR LICENSEE AND AURORA TECHNOLO GIES INC AURORA OR LICENSOR BY OPENING THIS DISTRIBUTION MEDIA PACKAGE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE COME BOUND BY THE TERM S OF THIS AGREEM ENT WHICH INCLUDES THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND SOFTWARE WAR RANTIES COLLECTIVELY THE AGREEM ENT THIS AGREEM ENT CONSTITUTES THE COM PLETE AGREE M ENT BETWEEN YOU THELICENSEE AND AURORA IF YOU DO NOT AGREETO THE TERM S OF THIS AGREEM ENT DO NOT OPEN THE DISTRIBUTION M EDIA PACKAGE PROM PTLY RETURN THEUNOPENED PACKAGE HARDWARE IF ANY AND THE OTHER ITEM S INCLUDING WRITTEN MATERIALS BINDERS AND OTHER CONTAINERS THAT AREPART OF THIS PRODUCT TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE Aurora Technologies Software License 1 GRANT OF LICENSE In consideration of payment of the License fee which is part of the price paid for this product Aurora as LICEN SOR grants to you the LICENSEE a non exclusive r
59. tem Requirements Aurora s communications controllers are designed to work with a wide range of SPARCstations and SPARCstation compatibles As long as your SPARCstation meets the following minimum Sy stem requirements your communications controllers should work superbly Workstation SPA RCstation Operating System Solaris See Driver Release N ote for supported releases CPU SPARC Bus SBus M emory 16 MB minimum Disk Space 1MB freein opt Solaris M edium CD ROM optional 2 User s Manual Technical Specification O verview Technical Specification O verview Table 1 provides a technical specification overview of Aurora asynchronous serial expansion cards for SPARC systems TABLE 1 Technical Specifications O verview of Asynchronous Sbus Cards Ports Signal RS 232 RS 422 Connector DB25 DTE RJ 45 Speed 50 bps 115 2 kbps Start Stop bits land2 1 5 for Solaris Data bits 5 6 7 or 8 bits Interrupt Level SBus 3 4 5 7 Flow Control Hardware CTS RTS Software XON XOFF M odem support All lines RTS CTS DSR CD DTR I O Buffer per port 2048 bytes 1024 bytes Table 2 provides a brief overview of the synchronous capabili ties of Aurora s synchronous asynchronous S expansion cards These cards also support the asynchronous capabilities shown in Table 1 TABLE 2 Technical Specifications for Synchronous Asynchrono
60. u ll N eed Installing and Removing Cards Connecting Peripherals to the Controller Card Before beginning the installation record the following infor mation in the Product Information Worksheet at the back of this book Controller card serial number Themodel number and name of the system in which you have installed our product e g SPARCstation 5 Theversion of the operating system that your system is currently running eg Solaris 8 Then fill out and mail the product registration card inside the back cover in order to be eligible for technical support Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers CHAPTER2 Hardware Installation Installation Precautions Taking the precautions described in this section should help you avoid injuring yourself or damaging your equipment CAUTION Electrostatic discharge and static elec tricity can damage integrated circuits on your controller cards To prevent such damage from occurring observe the following precautions during board unpacking and installation Handlecircuit boards and cards only by their non conduct ing edges once you have removed them from their protective antistatic bags e Stand on a static dissipative mat e Wear a grounding strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic charge is discharged from your body to the ground Install circuit boards and cards as soon as you remove them from their protective anti static packaging Donot
61. ultiport Controllers 61 APPENDIXB Warranty The foregoing limitation of liability shall be equally applicable to any service provided by Aurora Technologies Inc Application and Protocol Software Limited Software Warranty Aurora Technologies Inc does not war rant that the functions contained in its Software products will meet your requirements or that the operation of the Software will be unin terrupted or error free However Aurora warrants the physical media on which the Software is furnished will be free from defects in mate rials and workmanship under normal usefor a period of ninety 90 days from the date of shipment Except as provided above the software and its written materials are provided As Is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of mer chantability and fitness for a particular purpose The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the software is with the licensee Should the software prove to be defective licensee assumes the entire cost of necessary servicing repair or correction Return Policy Products returned for repair must be accompanied by a Return M ate rial Authorization RM A number obtained from Aurora Technolo gies Inc prior to return Freight on all returned items must be prepaid by the customer and the customer is responsible for any loss or dam age caused by common carrier in transit Items will be retur
62. us Sbus Cards 800S 401S Ports 8 4 Signal RS 232 RS 422 Connector DB25 DTE RJ 45 Speed 50 115 2 kbps baud Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers CHAPTER 1 Introduction TABLE 2 Technical Specifications for Synchronous Asynchronous Sbus Cards Data Encoding NRZ NRZL Manchester Bit Synchronous Byte Synchronous SBus 3 4 5 7 Full amp Half external T Cin RxCin internal T C out Data Format Interrupt Level Duplex Support Clocking All lines M odem Support RTS CTS DTR without internal clock RTS CTS DSR CD DTR I O Buffer per port 1024 bytes 2048 bytes Installation O verview Table 3 provides an overview of how to install your communi cations controller and the Aurora Asynchronous Synchronous drivers TABLE 3 Installation Overview STEP Unpack the Aurora card Go to Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Protocol Package Documentation Install the card in an empty slot Connect devices to the Aurora ports Install the device driver Setup port services for the asynchronous ports Install sync protocol optional 4 User s Manual charter Hardware Installation This chapter describes how to install the controller card and consists of the following Installation Precautions Unpacking the Controller Card e Other Things Yo
63. y cabling that connects your peripheral devices to the DB 25 connectors on your breakout device 2 To connect a peripheral device to the controller card 1 Attach the distribution cable or box to the controller card Tighten the thumbscrews securely M ake sure the cable or box is supported so that there is no unnecessary stress on the controller card connector tion cables and boxes may cause intermittent connections and damage to the controller card Always provide stress relief for the cabling CAU TIO N Lack of mechanical support for distribu 2 Choose the correct peripheral cable 3 Attach one end of the cable to the peripheral and the other to one of the distribution connectors 4 Record the slot number of the controller card and the port number of the Aurora port The breakout connectors are numbered to match the device names that will be created when the driver software is installed You will need to know which port the peripheral was connected to when you set up port services for it 1 This cable is not provided If you are not sure what cable type to use refer to Appendix A Comet and Galaxy Series Multiport Controllers 9 CHAPTER2 Hardware Installation Controller Card HET N N

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