SAFLINE USER MANUAL 8 PORT MULTIPLEXER SERIAL ADAPTER
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1. AD the port address HS handshaking protocol can be set to N None D DTR X XOFF P XPC R results in DTR XPC and RTS IN interrupt level b Prepare AUTOEXEC BAT file The contents of AUTOEXEC BAT file includes ADDTASK 32K 1 TTY1 52TERM 1 9600 ADDTASK 32K 2 TTY2 52TERM 2 9600 ADDTASK 32K 3 TTY3 52TERM 3 9600 ADDTASK 32K 4 TTY4 52TERM 4 9600 ADDTASK 32K 5 TTY5 52TERM 5 9600 ADDTASK 32K 6 TTY6 52TERM 6 9600 ADDTASK 32K 7 TTY7 52TERM 7 9600 ADDTASK 32K 8 TTY8 52TERM 8 9600 MOS SERINIT 1 9600 N 8 1 39 MOS SERINIT 2 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 3 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 4 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 5 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 6 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 7 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 8 9600 N 8 1 If you have multi user capability you must use the ADDTASK command to create user partitions The ADDTASK command may be included in the AUTOEXEC BAT file to add users when you boot the computer automatically The syntatic specification of ADDTASK is ADDTASK memsizeK task ID class startup term ID port baud rate memsize Enter the amount of memory you want to allocate to the user it must be at least 32K The memory size should be large enough to facilitate whatever applications are to be run in the partition task ID Enter up to two digits for the task number to assign to the partition Zero is reserved for the partition in base memory class Enter the security class 40 startup2. sh remove After installation please enable each port by entty command and disable port by distty command To change baud rate please update etc inittab and etc conf cf d init base files To use local printer connect auxiliary port from terminal please check your terminal manual to send leading code to control your terminal to bypass data to printer 58 APPENDIX J FIFO CHIPS FOR MULTI USER DOS To use the FIFO chips and FIFO driver under multi user DOS Dr DOS please note us for extra charge The DRMDOS driver provides up to 2 cards in the system It uses the external driver generic to drive 16550 chips with FIFO Before use the DRM16 SYS driver please insert protect key dongles into your printer adapter The communication protocol are 1 None 2 XON XOFF 3 DTR DSR 4 CTS RTS The installation procedures are shown in the following 1 Copy DRM16 SYS file from distribution disk into OSUTILS directory C gt copy A DRM16 SYS C OSUTILS 2 Add command into CConfig SYS file DEVICE C NOSUTILSNDRM16 SYS MXXX yyy SXxx yyy In m 59 for master board for second board for IRQ for I O port address Hex for interrupt vector Hex the driver add 2 automatically IRQ2 to IRQ15 for master board IRQ2 to IRQ15 for second board 3 3 x HW SETT P The default setting is M180 1C0 8280 2C0 15 5 Please note that the interrupt vector address that you specify in the CConfig sys will
3. 1 Primary adapter Using primary adapter as COM1 I O address is 100H Interrupt vector is 142H Interrupt is IRQ4 SW1 SW2 iS EA 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 dev ttyla dev ttylb dev ttylc dev ttyld dev ttyle dev ttylf dev ttylg dev ttylh 23 dev ttylA dev tty1B dev tty1c dev ttylD dev ttylE dev tty1lF dev tty1G dev ttylH 2 Secondary adapter Using secondary adapter as COM2 I O address is 180H Interrupt vector is 1C2H Interrupt is IRQ3 dev tty2a dev tty2b dev tty2c dev tty2d dev tty2e dev tty2f dev tty2g dev tty2h 24 dev tty2A dev tty2B dev tty2C dev tty2D dev tty2E dev tty2F dev tty2G dev tty2H Under the SCO operating system the primary adapter is configured so that all ports interrupt on IRQ4 If a secondary adapter is used it should be configured to interrupt IRQ3 In this chapter the XENIX and UNIX are exchangeable and please note the I O address setting is ARNET card compatible B 2 Installation for SCO XENIX After the hardware configuration is set please install the software drivers The installation procedure is described as follows 1 Select interrupt level The first SafLine 8 port serial adapter should be strapped at interrupt 4 COM1 The second SafLine 8 port serial adapter should be set to IRQ3 which corresponds to COM2 A Primary adapter SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 ON ON A 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 25 B Seco
4. Signal Tx 1 6 Rx Tx 2 gt 5 Rx GND 3 3 GND GND 4 4 GND Rx 5 lt 2 Tx Rx 6 4 1 Tx A 2 RS232 Signal Assignment The communication interface follows the EIA RS232C standard The signal assignments for a standard DB25 connector are shown below DB25 RS 232C Signal Pin Signal Name Name Direction Chassis Ground GND Transmit Data TxD Receive Data RxD Request to Send RTS Clear to Send CTS Data Set Ready DSR Signal Ground SG Data Carrier Detect DCD Data Terminal Ready DTR Ring Indicator RT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 2 NN In SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter only Rx Tx RTS and CTS are available The signal assignment of SafLine multiplexer box is DCE which is treated as MODEM device and provides female DB25 connector In the following we show the DCE signal 21 Female DB25 RS 232C Signal Pin Signal Name Name Direction Chassis Ground GND Transmit Data TxD Receive Data RxD Request to Send RTS Clear to Send CTS Signal Ground SG To connect the SafLine 8 port multiplexer box to peripheral devices or the other DTE equipment the DTE to DCE connection is shown below DTE Connector SafLine Box Signal Pin Pin Signal DTE DCE GND l1 ee GND TxD 2 gt 2 TxD RxD 3 a 3 RXD RTS 4 b 4 RTS CTS 5 4 5 CTS SG 7 7 SG Please note that you must connect DB25 connectors to multiplexer box correctly APPENDIX B SCO XENIX UNIX CONFIGURATION B 1 Device Mapping
5. asynchronous serial communication ports RS232C which transmits communication signal by using single 6 wire telephone line to remote 8 port multiplexer box then the 8 port multiplexer box separate signals into 8 RS232 ports DB25 The hardware configuration of 8 port multiplexer serial adapter and 8 port multiplexer box are shown in the belows User may use this configuration to link the computer and serial peripheral devices such as modems serial printers plotters etc 6 Wire Telephone Line Safline 8 Port Multiplexer Adapter n For Long Distance Communication gt a 8 Port MUX RS232 CABLE pe See ae 1 4 a an N TERM TERM TERM TERM PRINTER MODEM PLOTTER TERM The advantages of using 8 port multiplexer serial adapter and 8 port multiplexer box is that when you construct the communication link from PC to peripheral devices you only need use one inexpensive 6 wire telephone line to replace the eight RS232 cables it extends communication distance and reduces cabling cost The SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter is particularly suited to facilitate the connection of terminals VDUs in multi user operating systems Each package is supplied complete with multiplexer box containing eight female D25 connectors The SafLine multiplexer board may be installed in any IBM PC AT PC 386 PC 486 or hardware compatible system To accommodate a variety of operating system
6. in the following 1 first adapter I O port address 280H Interrupt level IRQ10 Interrupt vector 2C2H JP1 JP2 SW1 SW2 AGE 51 dev ttyj11 dev ttyJ11 dev ttyj12 dev ttyJ12 dev ttyj13 dev ttyJ13 dev ttyj14 dev ttyJ14 dev ttyj15 dev ttyJ15 dev ttyj16 dev ttyJ16 dev ttyj17 dev ttyJ17 dev ttyj18 dev ttyJ18 52 I O port address 240H Interrupt level IRQ12 Interrupt vector 2D2H J SW1 SW2 a an dev ttyj21 dev ttyj22 dev ttyj23 dev ttyj24 dev ttyj25 dev ttyj26 dev tty 27 dev ttyj28 53 een enan ee un ee gt e e v ter e a MODEM name dev ttyJ21 dev ttyJ22 dev ttyJ23 dev ttyJ24 dev ttyJ25 dev ttyJ26 dev tty327 dev ttyJ28 3 third adapter I O port address 100H Interrupt level IRQ4 Interrupt vector 142H JP 1 JP2 SW1 SW2 kit A port device name dev ttyj31 dev ttyj32 dev ttyj33 dev ttyj34 dev ttyj35 dev ttyj36 dev ttyj37 dev ttyj38 54 MODEM name dev ttyJ31 dev ttyu32 dev ttyd33 dev ttyJ34 dev ttyJ35 dev ttyu36 dev ttyJ37 dev ttyJ38 4 fourth adapter I O port address 180H Interrupt level IRQ3 Interrupt vector 1C2H SW1 SW2 JP1 ERE ET DI dev ttyj41 dev ttyj42 dev ttyj43 dev ttyj44 dev ttyj45 dev ttyj46 dev ttyj47 dev ttyj48 55 MODEM name dev ttyJ41 dev ttyJ42 dev ttyJ43 dev ttyJ44 dev ttyJ45 dev ttyJ46 dev ttyJ47 de
7. installation guide for more information IRQ4 be sure to disable ports 1 First e SW1 ami Ke adepter i SW1 fre fraa 3 Third adapter SW1 SW2 4 Pourth rad SW1 T ent 33 If selecting IRQ3 or existing COM1 or COM2 JP1 JP2 SE 07 6S 4 SG 7 IRQ4 JP1 JP2 He a IRQ3 JP1 JP2 BN wT 65 432 H IRO7 JP1 JP2 15 12 11 107 6 5 4 3 2 H IRQ2 APPENDIX F CONCURRENT DOS CONFIGURATION MULTI USER DR DOS CONFIGURATION Set I O port address to 280H interrupt and interrupt vector to 272H to IRQ3 Swi SW2 JP1 vee moral For multi user DOS Dr DOS configuration please set I O port address to Any 280H and interrupt vector to 272H interrupt IRQ3 to IRQ15 is used 34 APPENDIX G PC MOS 386 CONFIGURATION G 1 Hardware Configuration You may set arbitrary I O addresses interrupt and interrupt vectors However we suggest you use as follows I O port address 280H Interrupt IRQ5 Interrupt vector ANY ADDRESS JP1 JP2 15 12 1 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 e e o o eee H ce e e e e o o swt Sw2 35 If an additional SafLine 8 port adapter is installed then set I O port address 100H Interrupt IRQ7 Interrupt vector ANY ADDRESS SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 ECN 56 7 8 9101112 36 G 2 Software Installation We assume the eight I O port addresses are 280H 288H 290H 298H 2A0H 2A8H 2BOH and 2B8H The interrupt is set to IRQ5 We also assume your PC MOS 386 can support more
8. just like a filename from program and from the command line However COM10 and above must be referenced with the following syntax com10 The command line mode command doesn t recognize ports above COM9 5 Don t overlap port address and interrupt vector address otherwise it may conflit with UART chips PC COM ISA BUS 8 PORT DOCUMENT Windows NT CONFIGURATION 1 You may set arbitrary I O address and interrupts However we suggest you use the following 1 0 port address 280H Interrupt IRQS Interrupt vector 2C0H SWI SW2 sw3 0101 00100000 01001110 Port Address Device 1 280 287 COM3 2 288 28F com4 3 290 297 COM5 4 298 29F COM6 5 2A0 2A7 COM7 6 2A8 2AF COMB 7 2B0 2B7 COM9 8 2B8 2BF COM1O 2 Modify Registry to support your card Please following these steps 1 Using Registry Editor open the key HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Serial Paramet For more information on using the Registry Editor see Editing Registry Values in README WRI in Windows NT 2 From the appropriate table below add the serial keys under Parameters HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Serial Parameters ho Seriall Serial2 Serial3 Serial4 t sas 5 7 Serial8 3 Add corresponding values for each Serial key you added Add key no class sen on on n nan nen ven om Seriall Value names Data type DosDevice
9. than 9 users a Prepare CONFIG SYS file The contents of CONFIG SYS includes DEVICE DEVICE 52TERM SYS SSERIAL SYS AD 280 HS X IN 5 AD 288 HS X IN 5 AD 290 HS X IN 5 AD 298 HS X IN 5 AD 2A0 HS X IN 5 AD 2A8 HS X IN 5 AD 2BO HS X IN 5 AD 2B8 HS X IN 5 There are several serial device drivers supported by PC MOS 386 You must select the device driver according to the terminal type connected In this example we use a VT52 as the terminal device The following device drivers are supported by PC MOS 386 PCTERM For PC type terminals Ampex 232 Emulink software Falco 5500 Kimtron KT 7 37 PC Link Technologies MC1 MC3 and PCterm Televideo PCS1 and Wyse Wy 60 TTTERM For Teletype type terminals AVTERM For ADDS Viewpoint type terminals 3ATERM ADM 3A TITERM Televideo 910 52TERM DEC VT 52 31TERM IBM 3101 19TERM Zenith Z 19 TVTERM Televideo 912C 920C 925 EXTERM Excel 42 44 ANTERM ANSI terminals After the device driver is declared you must enter your I O port addresses 38 handshaking protocol and interrupt In this example I O port addresses are 280H 288H 290H 298H 2A0H 2A8H 2BOH and 2B8H and handshaking protocol is set to X receiver controlled on and off Interrupt level is set to IRQ5 Where tells MOS that the next line is a continuation of the attributes We explain each parameter setting in the following
10. ION OF SWITCHES TO ENSURE YOU DO NOT DUPLICATE SETTINGS OF OTHER EQUIPMENT ALREADY INSTALLED IN YOUR _ COMPUTER DUPLICATION OF SETTINGS WILL RESULT IN A MALFUNCTION OF ONE OR BOTH DEVICES Please refer to the following settings for each switch block If you are installing more than one board do not duplicate switch settings for any parameter 11 1 Switch 1 I O port address SWITCH 1 2 ul a Cu Og Da a ES Ok ad o2 gt 0888 000 et mu 000 H 12 BASE BASE 08H BASE 10H BASE 18H BASE 20H BASE 28H BASE 30H BASE 38H to 13 The I O port address corresponding to each port are shown in the following BASE 07H BASE 0FH BASE 17H BASE 1FH BASE 27H BASE 2FH BASE 37H BASE 3FH 2 Switch 2 Interrupt vector address op kap Np w pi ap ap OY sp op op P gt E ON Mana 9 10 11 12 e aie The SW2 is used to select interrupt vector address the address is combined by A9 A8 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 When the switch is set to off it means 1 otherwise the switch is set to on it means 0 The figure shown in above is set to 2C2H 14 The interrupt vector address is used to detect which of the eight channels is creating the interrupt The relationship between each port corresponds to the interrupt indicator as shown in the following Suppose the activation status is low which is selected by JP2 then when the correspondi
11. PPENDIX C DIAGNOSTICS UNDER MS DOS C 1 Diagnostic Under MS DOS The SUPER program provides a diagnostic routine to test your SafLine 8 port serial adapter under MS DOS It provides internal and external tests A loopback plug must be connected to each port being tested Pins 2 TxD and 3 Rxd must be shorted together in the plug To test your SafLine 8 port serial adapter under MS DOS please type A gt SUPER A gt means system prompt the screen will display SUPER eight RS232C diagnostic Please make sure a loopback plug be connected Input delay cycle 386 4000 AT 1000 XT 600 For an XT you may type a number larger than 600 For an AT or 386 you may type a number larger than 1000 The number is dependent on your machine cycle If your machine cycle is very fast type a larger number to synchronize the I O speed of the 16450 chips 29 C 2 PC COM Software The PC COM software provides device drivers library routines and virtual terminal programs under MS DOS Please see PC COM software manual for more details 30 APPENDIX D MULTILINK CONFIGURATION Modify I O port addresses by typing mlcustom mlink com when the menu appears select option 1 to change port addresses Modify the I O port addresses of your SafLine 8 port adapter as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 31 If an additional SafLine 8 port serial adapter is installed then 32 APPENDIX E PICK CONFIGURATION Refer to PICK user
12. SAFLINE USER MANUAL 8 PORT MULTIPLEXER SERIAL ADAPTER PC COM ISA BUS 8 PORT DOCUMENT Windows 95 CONFIGURATION 1 You may set arbitrary I O address and interrupts However we suggest you use the following I O port address 280H Interrupt IRQ5 Interrupt vector 2C0H swi1 SW2 5W3 0101 00100000 01001110 Port Address Device 1 280 287 COM3 2 288 28F COM4 3 290 297 COMS 4 298 29F COM6 5 2A0 2A7 COM7 6 2AB 2AF COMB 7 2B0 2B7 COM9 8 2B8 2BF COM10 2 Setting 2 1 Enter Windows 95 2 2 Open the Control Panel window 2 3 Mouse click on Add New Hardware a Create a new window named Add New Hardware Wizard 2 4 Choose Next 2 5 Choose No then choose Next 2 6 Select the hardware types Ports COM amp LPT then choose Next 2 7 In Manufacturers choose Standard port types In Models choose Communications port then choose Next 2 8 After changing the content of the window choose Next directly 2 9 Choose Finish 2 10 Don t shut down the system Repeat 2 3 for 8 times to add 8 ports 2 11 After adding 8 new ports click on System in Control Panel window Create a new window named System properties 2 12 Choose Device Manager You may see device list in a window 2 13 Choose Ports COM amp LPT and explore it 2 14 Choose first added Communications Port COMn 2 15 Choose Properties 2 16 Choose Resources 1 Modify Setting based on to Basic configuration 8 2 Choose Chan
13. TTINGS 5 1 Introduction The two switch blocks and three jumpers on the SafLine 8 port adapter must be configured correctly in accordance with the operating system you are using SW1 Switch 1 Determines the address of the UARTs I O address SW2 Switch 2 Selects the interrupt vector address and determines which port is active when an interrupt occurs JP1 Jumper 1 Selects which interrupt will be used in the range IRQ2 through IRQ15 JP2 Jumper 2 Determines interrupt activation status JP3 Jumper 3 Determines maximum baud rate MY Ida 2HNZE L BANI g ET ZHN Z ISO YVILSIL 350 Je u 7 ee vidt g OS79 0S 91 z 2 2 ii SVLYL i 2 E 8191 4 8491 E azn g as I na TA an a U si C un en a BA o MR DE gt E 0649 A 06491 av LYON T T u ni an gual i BAIR i PU YN a mo 05991 2 2 SA a ozn el Bore de i 4 9 i 8ADBI QI as In Wo oral ta sn o SA a an 98t l 8AJBIL i 8102 i Y43X31d1110M_2 Z SY 180d 8 ALT 09 JYNOLLVNHALNI YALNdWOD NOISILIG 10 5 2 Selection of Switch Settings It is important to refer to the user manual supplied with your operating system to determine the correct configuration Although we provide installation advice for various operating systems it is not possible to cover all systems in this user guide Please contact your supplier if you have any difficulties with configuration IMPORTANT CARE MUST BE TAKEN IN SELECTING THE CONFIGURAT
14. amp T and INTERACTIVE UNIX Also use disable command to disable the I O port under SCO operating system 66 APPENDIX L WARRANTY INFORMATION L 1 Copyright Copyright 1992 DECISION COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL CO LTD all rights reserved No part of SafLine software and manual may be reproduced transmitted transcribed 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 DECISION COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL CO LTD 4F No 31 Alley 4 Lane 36 Sec 5 Min Shen East Road Taipei Taiwan R O C FAX 886 2 7665702 TELEX 16059 DECISION TEL 02 766 5753 7659782 769 5786 Each piece of SafLine package permits user to use SafLine only on a single computer a registered user may use the program on a different computer but may not use the program on more than one computer at the same time Corporate licensing agreements allow duplication and distribution of specific number of copies within the licensed institution Duplication of multiple copies is not allowed except through execution of a licensing agreement Welcome call for details 67 L 2 Warranty Information SafLine warrants that for a period of one year from the date of purchase unless otherwise specified in the warranty card that the goods supplied will perform according to the specifications defined in the user ma
15. ation will not be attended to 69 APPENDIX M OS 2 DEVICE DRIVER Under 0S 2 operating system only one card can be used and the device driver works for 8250 16450 16550 FIFO etc The installation procedures are shown in the following 1 Copy ATCOM8 SYS file from distribution disk into 0S2 directory C gt copy A ATCOM8 SYS C NOS2 2 Add command into CONFIG SYS file DEVICE C OS2 ATCOM8 SYS Mxxx yyy 1zz XXX The first I O port address VYY The interrupt vector address ZZ IRQ2 to IRQ15 The default setting is M280 2C0 15 3 After the system is boot the device driver name are defined as 70 Driver name 2 ONDU PW YP If your machine has 2 ports COM1 COM2 you must disable COM2 hardware 4 To set up communication parameters please use the Mode COM command from OS 2 example c Mode 19200 N 8 2 TO OFF XON XOFF IDSR OFF ODSR OFF OCTS OFF RTS OFF DTR OFF 71
16. be added 2 automatically so that you must set the hardware carefully Suppose the default setting is 280 then you must set 282 in the board Do not set the same IRQ to different adapters the default setting is used to daisy chain connector In this board we do not provide daisy chain function 3 To use setup program to setup serial ports The setup program is provides from multi user DOS please note that you must select 1 Generic own driver 2 16 ports 3 PC terminal when you setup system 60 APPENDIX K FIFO CHIPS FOR UNIX To use the FIFO chips and FIFO driver under UNIX XENIX operating systen please note us for extra charge The UNIX XENIX drivers are used to drive 16550 chips with FIFO Before use the device driver please insert protect key dongles into your printer adapter We provides SCO AT amp T and INTERACTIVE UNIX XENIX drivers in the distribution disk For UNIX system the hardware configuration and software installation procedures are the same aS APPENDIX I please refer it For SCO XENIX system the hardware configuration is shown in the below and the software installation procedure is the same as APPENDIX I 61 L first adapter I O port address Interrupt level Interrupt vector T SITE dev ttyj11 dev ttyj12 dev ttyj13 dev ttyj14 dev ttyj15 dev ttyj16 dev ttyj17 dev ttyj18 62 280H IRQ10 2C2H 15 12 11 10 sen o un o een dev t
17. e 0 e e e oe eee o e e e 9 e e e e e e o IRQ6 IRQ15 15 12 1110 7 6 5 4 2 15 12 11 10 7 6 e es e e e e e e e e se ses e oe e e o ee e o le e e e o o 17 e o Je an e ov ew 4 Jumper 2 Interrupt activation status JP2 E The JP2 is used to determine interrupt activation status when the jumper is short means low active when the jumper is open means high active Please refer the interrupt vector address section more details JP2 activation status on low active off high active 5 Jumper 3 Maximum baud rate JP3 JP3 is used to select maximum baud rate If you select 9600 as the maximum baud rate it means the baud rate of each 8 communication ports can not more than 9600 and you can set any baud rate below 9600 individually Baud Rate 18 APPENDIX A CABLING INFORMATION In this section we will describe how to connect cables between multiplexer adapter and multiplexer box You must sure the configurations are correct before you use the system First we will show the configuration between multiplexer adapter and multiplexer box Secondly we will show the connection between multiplexer box and peripheral devices 19 A 1 Telephone Line The signal assignment of 6 wire telephone line is shown in the following To connect telephone line between multiplexer adapter and multiplexer box please refer the following configuration Signal Pin Pin
18. enter up to eight characters for the name of a startup batch file for the task term ID Enter device driver name which is specified in the step a port Enter the number of the serial port to which a terminal for this partition is connected baud rate Enter the baud rate for the serial port In this example we add eight serial ports in the system and each memory partition occupies 32K bytes of memory When we turn on the first terminal 1 0 port address 280H it will run the auto execution file which is TTY1 BAT The task ID of the first terminal is 1 After we create a user partition with the ADDTASK command we must set the communication parameters for the serial ports The MOS SERINIT command is used to specify communication parameters which are described as follows 4 MOS SERINIT n r p b s the I O port number the baud rate the parity may be N None E Even or o odd the number of data bits the number of stop bits No SRI In this example we set no parity baud rate 9600 8 data bits and 1 stop bit G 3 Terminal Setup Suppose you use PC and VTERM software to emulate VT52 you must press CTRL Y which represents ESC then press B which will refresh the bottom 24 lines lines 2 through 25 of the display on the video screen of a terminal Otherwise your cursor may disappear 42 APPENDIX H IBM XENIX CONFIGURATION H 1 Hardware Configuration Under the IBM XENIX ope
19. ge Setting Modify Input Output Range to 0280 0287 Modify Interrupt Request to 05 2 17 Repeat 2 12 for another 3 added ports Setting like follow Assume COM amp COM2 is in another card Device Resource type Setting COM3 Input Output Range 0280 0287 Interrupt Request 05 COM4 Input Output Range 0288 028F Interrupt Request 05 COM5 Input Output Range 0290 0297 Interrupt Request 05 COM6 Input Output Range 0298 029F Interrupt Request 05 COM7 Input Output Range 02A0 02A7 Interrupt Request 05 COM8 Input Output Range 02A8 02AF Interrupt Request 05 COM9 Input Output Range 02B0 02B7 Interrupt Request COM10 Input Output Range 02B8 02BF Interrupt Request 05 2 18 Shut down Windows 95 and then restart it PortIndex REG DWORD 0x1 Serial2 DosDevices REG SZ COM4 Interrupt REG DWORD Ox5 InterruptStatus REG DWORD Ox2c2 MaskInverted REG DWORD 0x1 PortAddress REG DWORD 0x288 PortIndex REG DWORD 0x2 Serial3 Serial4 Serial7 etc SerialB DosDevices REG SZ COM10 Interrupt REG DWORD 0x5 InterruptStatus REG_DWORD 0x2c2 MaskInverted REG_DWORD 0x1 PortAddress REG_DWORD 0x2b8 PortIndex REG DWORD 0x8 3 Quit REGEDT32 EXE and enter the following two commands at the the command prompt to activate the changes 1 Execute CMD EXE in File menu 2 Type net stop serial net start serial The serial ports should now work Restarting Windows NT will also activate the changes 4 From COM1 to COM9 can be directly referenced
20. irectory and change default to this directory Please type mkdir usr temp cd usr temp where is the system prompt 3 Insert distribution diskette which contains device drivers into floppy disk drive A then copy the files from the distribution diskette to a temporary directory Step 1 Copy batch file to usr temp please type doscp r A copy chmod 0755 copy 48 Step 2 Copy device drivers to the temporary directory please type ff COPY 4 To install device drivers please type setup The setup program will ask you How many adapters are installed 1 2 3 4 After you answer the system will take about four minutes to install the device drivers After installation the old kernel is renamed as XENIX SAVE and the new system kernel is installed as XENIX 5 Reboot the system Now your new XENIX system which includes device drivers is activated 49 6 Enable each terminal by using the enable command Please type enable dev tty02 enable dev tty03 enable dev tty39 7 Connect each terminal to DB25 connector NOTE If the new system fails to reboot boot the original system using the command hd XENIX SAVE 50 APPENDIX AT amp T UNIX CONFIGURATION INTERACTIVE UNIX CONFIGURATION 1 1 Hardware Configuration For AT amp T UNIX and INTERACTIVE UNIX the special device drivers are provided on the distribution diskette The hardware configurations are shown
21. ndary adapter SWI SW2 JP1 JP2 ON ON i An 1234 123456 7 8 9101112 2 Enter system maintenance mode Boot the XENIX operating system then enter system maintenance mode 3 Install serial port Type mkdev serial 4 The screen will display You would like to install a 1 1 port card 2 2 port card 3 4 port card 4 5 port card 5 8 port card Select an option or enter q to quit Enter number 5 then press return 5 The screen will display The card is configured as 1 COM1 2 COM2 3 COM3 3 COM4 Select an option or enter h for help or tq to quit Enter number 1 and press return the system will configure eight serial ports for the primary adapter These eight ports are ttyla ttylb ttylc ttyld ttyle ttylf ttylg ttylh If you install a secondary adapter repeat step 3 to 5 and enter number 2 to select the COM2 configuration The system will then configure another eight serial ports tty2a tty2b tty2c tty2d tty2e tty2f tty2g tty2h 6 Enable sixteen serial ports Enable each serial port by using the 27 enable command Please type enable ttyla enable ttylb enable ttylc enable ttyld enable ttyle enable ttylf enable ttylg enable ttyin enable tty2a enable tty2b enable tty2c enable tty2d enable tty2e enable tty2f enable tty2g enable tty2h He SHE He SHe SH He SHE He HE He SHE HR SHE SHE SH HE 7 Connect each terminal to DB25 connector 28 A
22. ng bit is 0 an interrupt occurred otherwise if the bit is 1 then no interrupt occurred 1716151413121110 _ Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port ANA OBWN EH User may read interrupt status from interrupt vector address The SW2 12 is used to enable disable interrupt mask function If it is set to off means disable interrupt mask function otherwise if it is set to on means enable interrupt mask function The interrupt mask register is used to mask interrupt occurs 15 when the interrupt mask function is enable The interrupt vector address is also used to represent as interrupt mask register The relationship between each port corresponds to the interrupt mask indicator as shown in the following If user need mask off interrupt of some channel only clear write 0 the corresponding bit EEES TETS Ta 2 0 Port _ Port Port Port Port Port Port Port 0 JO UA nr The default setting of the SW2 12 is set to off to disable interrupt mask function 16 3 Jumper 1 Interrupt INTERRUPT IRQ JUMPER 1 IRQ2 RQ7 15 12 11 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 15 12 11 10 7 6 e e e es e 6 ee gt e e e 9 o e e e e e e 0 H e e o e e IRQ3 IRQ10 15 12 11 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 15 12 11 10 7 6 o o e e 6 e o e e gt e o e o o e e e o e e e e e IRQ4 IRQ11 15 12 11 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 15 12 11 10 7 6 e e e e e e ee o e e e e e e e o e o IRQ5 IRQ12 15 12 11 10 7 6 5 3 2 15 12 11 10 7 6 eo e e e
23. nual Furthermore that the SafLine product will be supplied free from defects in materials and workmanship and be fully functional under normal usage In the event of the failure of a SafLine product within the specified warranty period SafLine will at its option replace or repair the item at no additional charge This limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from incorrect use electrical interference accident or modification of the product All goods returned for warranty repair must have the serial number intact Goods without serial numbers attached will not be covered by the warranty Transportation costs for goods returned must be paid by the purchaser Repaired goods will be dispatched at the expense of SafLine 68 To ensure that your SafLine product is covered by the warranty provisions it is necessary that you return the Warranty card Under this Limited Warranty SafLine s obligations will be limited to repair or replacement only of goods found to be defective as specified above during the warranty period SafLine is not liable to the purchaser for any damages or losses of any kind through the use of or inability to use the SafLine product SafLine reserves the right to determine what constitutes warranty repair or replacement Return Authorization It is necessary that any returned goods are clearly marked with an RA number that has been issued by SafLine Goods returned without this authoriz
24. rating system a maximum of four adapters can be added to the PC AT PC 386 or compatible to provide thirty two ports The hardware configuration is shown in the following 1 first adapter I O port address 280H Interrupt level TRQ4 Interrupt vector 2C2H SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 fanan ARMAR e A 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 eon sen oes sez y 9 eon 3 gt la a 43 port device name 1 dev ttyo2 dev ttyo3 dev ttyo4 dev ttyo5 dev tty06 dev ttyo07 dev ttyos dev ttyo9 44 2 second adapter I O port address 180H Interrupt level IRQ3 Interrupt vector 1C2H SW1 SW2 A A dev tty12 dev tty13 dev tty14 dev tty15 dev tty16 dev tty17 dev ttyl8 dev tty19 45 3 third adapter I O port address 100H Interrupt level IRQ5 Interrupt vector 142H JP1 JP2 15 12 11 1 SW1 SW2 ae es dev tty22 dev tty23 dev tty24 dev tty25 dev tty26 dev tty27 dev tty28 dev tty29 46 4 fourth adapter I O port address 300H Interrupt level IRQ7 Interrupt vector 342H JP2 EN etann f device name dev tty32 dev tty33 dev tty34 dev tty35 dev tty36 dev tty37 dev tty38 dev tty39 47 H 2 Installation For The IBM XENIX Operating System The installation procedure for the device drivers is described as follows 1 Login as a root user 2 Create a temporary d
25. rranty form CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before installing your SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter and 8 port multiplexer box make sure that The host computer is an IBM PC AT PC 386 PC 486 or compatible The switch banks of multiplexer adapter are correctly configured to coincide with the operating system you are using The operating system you intend to use is capable of driving multiple serial ports The switch of multiplexer box is set corrected Please refer the multiplexer box manual for detail installation CHAPTER 4 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Your SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter is designed to be inserted in any available slot in your PC AT PC 386 PC 486 or compatible In order to gain access to the expansion slots follow the steps listed below 1 Turn off all power to your computer and all peripheral devices before installing your SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter 2 Remove the cover of the computer 3 Insert the preconfigured SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter into any available slot Make sure the adapter is firmly seated in the chosen slot 4 Replace the cover of the computer 5 Route the 6 wire telephone line as desired then plug RJ11 connector into both multiplexer box and multiplexer adapter The signal configuration is shown in the APPENDIX A 6 Connect 8 peripheral devices connector to multiplexer box 7 Plug the power cable into wall outlet CHAPTER 5 SWITCH SE
26. s REG SZ Interrupt REG DWORD InterruptStatus REG DWORD MaskInverted REG DWORD PortAddress REG DWORD 8 SAFLINE USER MANUAL PORT MULTIPLEXER SERIAL ADAPTER CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Introduction oocococoncnononcncnnorononnaro 1 CHAPTER 2 Unpacking Information 6 CHAPTER 3 System Requirements 7 CHAPTER 4 Hardware Installation o o o om o 8 CHAPTER 5 Switch SEttinQS eeeeeeeeooouen 9 APPENDICES a Cabling Information cc cece eee eneeeeeneeee 19 b SCO XENIX UNIX Configuration 23 c Diagnostics Under MS DOS ereeooooooroene 29 d Multilink Configuration oomococonccccconccanonanon 31 e Pick ConfiguratiON o oocooocooccooroccrnorocannanonono 33 f Concurrent DOS Configuration Multi user Dr DOS Contfiguration 34 g PC MOS 386 ConfiguratiON eeeeeeeoere 35 h IBM XENIX ConfigurationN o onoooconcccnccnononconas 43 i AT amp T UNIX Configuration Interactive UNIX Configuration 51 j FIFO Chips for Multi user DOS 59 k FIFO Chips tor UNIX cionado 61 l Warranty Information ororononnnonennvnnnnenenever 67 m OS 2 Device Driver ooooocmoccncconcnconcnnccrananaras 70 Rev Date 1992 SEP 6 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The SafLine 8 port multiplexer serial adapter provides eight
27. s the switch banks permit maximum flexibility of configuration You may select which interrupt IRQ2 IRQ15 I O address and interrupt vector you desire The features of the SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter are Eight RS232C ports for asynchronous communications Suitable for XENIX UNIX PICK MS DOS PC MOS 386 CONCURRENT DOS Dr DOS etc IBM PC AT PC 386 PC 486 hardware compatible ISA bus IRQ selectable IRQ2 IRQ15 I O address selectable Interrupt vector address selectable Only one 6 wire telephone line to replace eight RS232C asynchronous communication cables Maximum transmission distance over 500M Baud rate selectable for each individual port and maximum baud rate up to 38400 Software handshaking XON XOFF and hardware handshaking RTS CTS selectable Maximum data transfer rate on the communication line up to 200K Time Division Multiplexing TDM method is used on the transmission protocol Build in RJ 11 connector for communication line Support DCE Data Circuit terminating Equipment and Tx Rx RTS CTS signal 120 VAC 60 HZ or 230 VAC 50HZ power which is auto switch The I O port address setting is ARNET compatible CHAPTER 2 UNPACKING INFORMATION Check that your SafLine package includes the following items SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter SafLine 8 port multiplexer box Power adapter User manual PC COM software Wa
28. tydll dev ttyJ12 dev ttyJl13 dev ttyJ14 dev ttyJ15 dev ttyJ16 dev ttyJ17 dev ttyJ18 JP2 2 second adapter I O port address 240H Interrupt level IRQ12 Interrupt vector 2D2H swi sw2 am men dev ttyj21 dev ttyj22 dev ttyj23 dev ttyj24 dev ttyj25 dev ttyj26 dev ttyj27 dev ttyj28 63 JP 12 11 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 e e o o o o H e e s o e MODEM name dev ttyJ21 dev ttyJ22 dev ttyJ23 dev ttyJ24 dev ttyJ25 dev ttyJ26 dev ttyJ27 dev ttyJ28 3 third adapter I O port address 100H Interrupt level IRQ3 Interrupt vector 142H JP1 JP2 5 een eer sez een een een e e a o ee SW1 sw2 dev ttyj31 dev ttyJ31 dev ttyj32 dev ttyJ32 dev ttyj33 dev ttyJ33 dev ttyj34 dev ttyJ34 dev ttyj35 dev ttyJ35 dev ttyj36 dev ttyJ36 dev ttyj 37 dev ttyJ37 dev ttyj38 dev ttyJ38 64 4 fourth adapter I O port address 180H Interrupt level IRQ4 Interrupt vector 1C2H SW1 SW2 fao roen e port device name dev ttyj4l dev ttyj42 dev ttyj43 dev ttyj44 dev ttyj45 dev ttyj46 dev ttyj47 dev ttyj48 65 JP1 JP2 MODEM name dev ttyJ41 dev ttyJ42 dev ttyJ43 dev ttyJ44 dev ttyJ45 dev ttyJ46 dev ttyJ47 dev ttyJ48 To enable the I O port under sco operating system please use enable command which is provided by SCO system DO NOT USE entty COMMAND which is used under AT
29. v ttyJ48 1 2 Software Installation The installation procedure for the device drivers is described as follows Login as a root user Backup original UNIX kernel please type cd cp unix unix bck Insert distribution diskette which contains device drivers into floppy disk drive A then copy the files from the distribution diskette to a temporary directory tar xvf dev dsk f05d9t PC COM To install device drivers please type cd PC COM sh setup The setup program will ask you 1 How many adapters are installed 2 Which IRQ are selected 3 Communication parameters 56 After answer the above questions then the script will prompt you with The UNIX Operating System will now be rebuilt Please wait 5 Reboot the system Now your new UNIX system which includes device drivers is activated Enable each terminal by using the entty command Please type entty ttyj11 entty ttyj12 Connect each terminal to DB25 connector NOTE If the new system fails to reboot please boot the original system For interactive UNIX when system is boot please press return key to halt autoboot then type unix bck 57 For AT amp T UNIX please modify AUTOBOOT NO parameter from etc default boot file then type unix bck Please note that before you install your distribution disk you need modify AUTOBOOT parameter To remove device driver from UNIX please type cd PC COM
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