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1. OSP 100 Four Channel Asynchronous RS 232 PCMCIA Adapter for PCMCIA Card Standard compatible machines INTERFACE CARDS FOR IBM PC AT AND PS 2 User s Manual QUATECH INC TEL 330 655 9000 5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway FAX 330 655 9010 Hudson Ohio 44236 www quatech com Warranty Information Quatech Inc warrants the _ QSP 100 to be free of defects for five 5 years from the date of purchase Quatech Inc will repair or replace any adapter that fails to perform under normal operating conditions and in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document during the warranty period Any damage that results from improper installation operation or general misuse voids all warranty rights The authors have taken due care in the preparation of this document and any associated software program s In no event will Quatech Inc be liable for damages of any kind incidental or consequential in regard to or arising out of the performance or form of the materials presented herein and in the program s accompanying this document No representation is made regarding the suitability of this product for any particular purpose Quatech Inc reserves the right to edit or append to this document or the product s to which it refers at any time and without notice Please complete the following information and retain for your records Have this infor mation available when requesting warranty service Date of purchase Mode
2. Connector QSP 100 Users Manual PCMCIA PC Card Standard 2 1 compliant Type II PCMCIA card 5mm 120K 5 volts 35 85 mA typical 45 87 mA maximum Adapter to 4 standard male D 9 36 QSP 100 User s Manual Version 1 42 March 2004 Part No 940 0102 142 QSP 100 Users Manual 37
3. i10 In example 6 the three command line arguments of example 5 have been re arranged The Client Driver will first attempt to configure a QSP 100 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable the Client Driver will proceed to the second command line argument and attempt to configure the card with a base address and IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services Since the second command line argument includes all available address and IRQ resources the third command line argument will never be reached by the Client Driver It is the user s responsibility to place the command line arguments in a logical order 1 1 1 7Example 7 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100CL SYS s0 b300 i5 s1 b340 i10 The type of configuration shown in example 7 may be desirable in systems where more than one QSP 100 1s to be installed In this example the Client Driver will attempt to configure a QSP 100 inserted into socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If the QSP 100 is inserted into socket 1 the Client Driver will attempt to configure it with base address 340H and IRQ 10 This allows the user to force the QSP 100 s address and IRQ settings to be socket specific which may simplify cable connections and software development As in the previous examples however if the requested address or interrupt resources are not available the QSP 100 will not be configured QSP 100 Users Manual 10 2 5 Common Problem
4. will not be updated 1 1 1 4Example 4 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100CL SYS i5 e u b300 In example 4 a single command line argument is provided Because the parameter order is not significant the Client Driver will attempt to configure a QSP 100 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable the QSP 100 will not be configured If the Client Driver can successfully configure the QSP 100 its interrupt status register will be disabled Scratchpad registers enabled and the BIOS equipment list will be updated 1 1 1 5Example 5 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100CL SYS b300 15 110 In example 5 three command line arguments are provided The Client Driver will first attempt to configure a QSP 100 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable the Client Driver will proceed to the second command line argument and attempt to configure the card with a base address assigned by Card and Socket Services and IRQ 10 If IRQ 10 is also unavailable the Client Driver will proceed to the third command line argument and attempt to configure the QSP 100 with a base address and an IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services If the QSP 100 is successfully configured its interrupt status register will be enabled and the BIOS equipment list will not be updated QSP 100 Users Manual 9 1 1 1 6Example 6 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100CL SYS 6300 i5
5. EEC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the following standards for a digital device EN50081 1 EN55022 EN60555 2 EN60555 3 EN50082 1 IEC 801 2 IEC 801 3 IEC 801 4 Type of Equipment Information Technology Equipment Equipment Class Commercial Residential amp Light Industrial FCC Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an or an experienced radio TV technician for help This equipment has been certified to comply with the limi
6. PCMCIA sockets before executing QSPIOOEN EXE If more than one adapter is installed 1n a system the Enabler must be executed separately for each adapter Furthermore QSPIOO0EN EXE should be executed to release the resources used by the adapter before it is removed from the PCMCIA socket Since PCMCIA adapters do not retain their configuration after removal any adapter that 1s removed from the system must bere configured with the Enabler after re inserting it into a PCMCIA socket IMPORTANT The Enabler requires a region of high DOS memory when configuring a QSP 100 This region is 1000H bytes 4KB long and by default begins at address DOOOOH the default address may be changed using the W option If a memory manager such as EMM386 QEMM or 386Max is installed on the system this region of DOS memory must be excluded from the memory manager s control Consult the documentation provided with the memory manager software for instructions on how to exclude this memory region QSP 100 Users Manual 12 2 7 Command Line Options To configure a QSP 100 in the system the Enabler requires one command line argument from the user to determine the configuration of the card This argument must be enclosed in parenthe sis and within the argument any or all of the following parameters may be specified using a comma no spaces to separate each parameter Ssocket Baddress lirq Waddress specifies which PCMCIA socket the QSP 100 must be
7. Users Manual 14 1 1 1 4Example 4 QSP100EN EXE s0 b300 i3 wd8 In example 4 the Enabler will configure the QSP 100 in socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 3 using a configuration memory window at segment D800 The QSP 100 s interrupt status register will be enabled and the BIOS equipment list will not be updated 1 1 5Example 5 QSP100EN EXE s0 b300 15 r In example 5 the Enabler will release the configuration used by the QSP 100 in socket 0 using a configuration memory window at segment D000 The base address and IRQ parameters are ignored and may be omitted 1 1 1 6Example 6 QSP100EN EXE sl r wec In example 5 the Enabler will release the configuration used by the QSP 100 in socket 1 using a configuration memory window at segment CCO00 QSP 100 Users Manual 15 2 8 Common Problems Memory Range Exclusion The Enabler requires a region of high DOS memory when configuring aQSP 100 This region 1s 1000H bytes 4KB long and by default begins at address DOOOOH the default address may be changed using the W option If a memory manager such as EMM386 QEMM or 386Max is installed on the system this region of DOS memory must be excluded from the memory manager s control Consult the documentation provided with the memory manager software for instructions on how to exclude this memory region Furthermore some systems use the high memory area for BIOS shadowing to improve overall system performance In order for
8. as discussed in the following sections 3 2 Configuring With System Assigned Resources Allowing the OS 2 Plug and Play system to assign the hardware resources to the QSP 100 is the ideal choice when only OS 2 programs will access the serial ports When configuring the hardware the user simply specifies a list of COM port numbers When a QSP 100 is inserted into a PCMCIA socket the client driver will configure the card as a series of COM ports starting with the lowest available port number in the list Configuring a QSP 100 with system assigned resources can be a problem however if DOS and or Windows applications will be accessing the serial ports This is because most DOS appli cations write directly to the communications hardware and the Windows Control Panel also wants to know the hardware configuration of the serial ports In these cases the user may want to configure the QSP 100 with user assigned resources 1 1 1 1Example 1 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100 SYS COM3 In example 1 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP 100 as COMG through COM6 If COMS3 4 5 or 6 already exists in the system the QSP 100 will not be configured Further more only one QSP 100 can be installed in this system 1 1 1 2Example 2 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100 SYS COM7 COM3 In example 2 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP 100 as COMG through COM6 If COMG 4 5 or 6 already exists in the system the Client Driver will attempt to
9. configure the QSP 100 as COM7 through COMIO IfCOMZ7 8 9 or 10 already exist in the system the QSP 100 will not be configured Up to two QSP 100s can be installed in this system QSP 100 Users Manual 18 3 3 Configuring With User Assigned Resources As mentioned in the previous section allowing the OS 2 Plug and Play system to assign the hardware resources to the QSP 100 is ideal for OS 2 programs but can be a problem if DOS and or Windows applications will be accessing the serial ports This 1s because most DOS appli cations write directly to the communications hardware and the Windows Control Panel also wants to know the hardware configuration of the serial ports For this reason the QSP 100 Client Driver allows the user to request specific hardware settings using a series of command line arguments of the form port address irq port specifies the beginning COM port number address specifies the base I O address of the QSP 100 in hexadecimal and must reside on an even 32 byte 20H boundary irq specifies the interrupt level IRQ of the QSP 100 in decimal irq must be one of the following values 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 Each argument must be enclosed in parentheses and must be separated from other arguments by a space on the command line Within each argument the parameters must be separated using a comma no spaces When a QSP 100 is inserted into a PCMCIA socket the client driver will configure the card as a
10. for OS 2 2 1 sometimes fails to supply a valid I O address when using system assigned resources Use the Configuration Manager program to examine the I O address range assigned to the QSP 100 If this range does not begin on an even 32 byte 20H boundary the QSP 100 will have to be installed using user assigned resources to force a valid configuration There have not been any reports of this problem with OS 2 Warp Resources Not Available When using user assigned resources it 1s the user s responsibility to ensure the I O address and IRQ resources are available For OS 2 Warp users the RMVIEW utility may be useful in finding resource conflicts Type rmview at an OS 2 command prompt for details When using system assigned resources if the user knows the port number is available then the system may not have sufficient resources available to configure the QSP 100 Again the RMVIEW utility provided with OS 2 Warp may be useful in determining the problem Regardless of the configuration method each command line argument specifies the first of four COM ports for the QSP 100 If any of these COM ports are already installed the Client Driver will not load Parameter Overlapping When installing the QSP 100 each command line argument specifies the first of four COM ports If these arguments overlap the Client Driver will not load For example it 1s illegal to specify QSP100 SYS COM3 COM4 because the first argument requests
11. hatin to ag ox beoe OWES CAE Pages qug OE Pein Ra ao d 28 6 1 Installing Quatech PCMCIA Cards under Windows CE 28 7 Hardware Information o Hie exa Er E ENS Raus ie eh SS qas 30 8 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS leer 3l 9 SDECIBCAHODS uurssinoduboste ad Bob aM eek iesus Sela d etia lalis dee Ne ek 33 QSP 100 Users Manual 2 QSP 100 Users Manual 1 Introduction The Quatech QSP 100 provides four independent RS 232 asynchronous serial communications interfaces for systems equipped with PCMCIA Type II and or Type III expansion sockets The QSP 100 is a PCMCIA Type II 5 mm card and is PCMCIA PC Card Standard Specification 2 1 compliant The QSP 100 s serial ports are implemented using 16C550 Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitters UARTs which are the recommended communications interface for multitasking environments and with applications involving high data transfer rates The QSP 100 s four serial ports are addressed in a single 32 byte I O block for simplified programming and all four channels share a common interrupt IRQ A special interrupt status register 1s also available to simplify the software required to service multiple serial ports 1n an interrupt driven environments QSP 100 Users Manual 4 2 DOS Windows 3 x Installation Two configuration software programs are provided with the QSP 100 a Client Driver QSPIOOCL SYS and a card Enabler QSPIOOEN EXE Both of these programs are execute
12. necessary files can be found on Compuserve in the OS2SUPPORT forum and may be available elsewhere These files are not available from Quatech Inc Quatech s OS 2 serial port device driver QCOM version 2 01 or later must be installed The QSP 100 will not operate with the standard OS 2 serial port device drivers Quatech Inc can not guarantee the operation of the QSP 100 with any other third party device drivers for OS 2 4 There must be at least 32 bytes of available I O space and 1 available IRQ After the system has been configured to the above specifications the QSP 100 Client Driver may be installed with the following procedure Copy the QSP100 SYS client driver file from the distribution Quatech COM CD to any convenient directory on the hard disk Open the CONFIG SYS file using any ASCII text editor Add the following line to the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE drive path QSP100 SYS_ options where options are the QSP 100 OS 2 Client Driver command line options discussed in the following sections Save the CONFIG SYS file exit the text editor shutdown the system and reboot to activate the changes QSP 100 Users Manual 17 3 1 Command Line Options The QSP 100 Client Driver for OS 2 supports two methods of configuration using system assigned resources and using user assigned resources Both options provide full PCMCIA compliance and functionality including Hot swapping but each has some advantages and disadvantages
13. series of COM ports starting with the lowest available port number in the list IMPORTANT If the user specified resources are in use by other devices in the system the QSP 100 will not be configured 1 1 1 1Example 1 DEVICE C AQSP 100 QSP100 SYS 3 100 5 In example 1 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP 100 as COMG through COM6 using I O addresses 100 11F hex and IRQ 5 If COMG 4 5 or 6 already exists or if the I O address or IRQ resources are already in use the QSP 100 will not be configured Furthermore only one QSP 100 can be installed in this system 1 1 1 2Example 2 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100 SYS 7 120 15 3 300 4 QSP 100 Users Manual 19 In example 2 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP 100 as COMG through COM6 using I O address 300 31F hex and IRQ 4 If COMG 4 5 or 6 already exists or if the I O address or IRQ resources are already in use the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP 100 as COM7 through COM 10 using I O address 120 13F hex and IRQ 15 If COM 8 9 or 10 already exists or if the I O address or IRQ resources are already in use the QSP 100 will not be configured Up to two QSP 100s can be installed in this system 3 4 Advanced Configuration Topics For some applications it may be desirable to specify the resources for one QSP 100 while allow ing the OS 2 Plug and Play system to assign the hardware resources for any additional cards This can be accompli
14. the Enabler to operate any BIOS shadowing must be disabled in the address range specified for the configuration window BIOS shadowing can usually be disabled through the system s CMOS setup utility Socket Numbers The Enabler requires the QSP 100 s socket number to be specified on the command line and the QSP 100 must be inserted into the socket before the Enabler is invoked Some vendors number their sockets from 1 to N while other vendors number their sockets from 0 to N 1 For the QSP 100 Enabler the lowest socket number in the system is designated socket 0 Card and Socket Services Software In order to use the QSP 100 Enabler for DOS the system MUST NOT be configured with Card and Socket Services software If a Card and Socket Services software 1s installed the QSP 100 Enabler may interfere with its operation and with the device s it controls For systems config ured with Card and Socket Services the QSP 100 Client Driver 1s the recommended method of configuration QSP 100 Users Manual 16 3 OS 2 Installation In order to use the QSP 100 Client Driver for OS 2 the system must be configured as follows l The system must be running OS 2 2 1 or later 2 OS 2 PCMCIA Card and Socket Services support must be installed If PCMCIA support was not selected when OS 2 was installed it can be added using the Selective Install facility in the System Setup folder On OS 2 2 1 and 2 11 Socket Services must be added separately The
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16. 3KB EX File B L Serial Port Adapters fa layout bin 1 KB BIN File o Drivers Setup exe 45 KB Application f DOS Client Drivers For PCMCIA Application amp Setup ini 1KB Configuration Settings HL 052 Client Drivers For PCMCIA Modified 1 8 2000 3 40 4M Ee setup inx 113KB INK File C OS2 for PCI PCMCIA 154 L5 windows 2000 for PCI PCMCIA 154 of Windows 98 Me For PCI Attributes Read only FI Windows 98 Me For PCMCTA x LJ Windows 98 Me 2000 Far USB Size 45 0 KB 3 Windows CE For PCMCIA 0 LI Windows NT 4 0 For PCI PCMCIA ISA H Manuals E C3 Synchronous Adapters H Utilities QSP 100 Users Manual 31 3 The setup program will copy the files to predetermined location which can InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install Files Setup will install Quatech Seral Port Drivers For CE in the following folder T o install to this folder click Hest To install ta a different Folder click Browse and select anather Falder Destination Folder C Program Filessiuatech CE Serial Driver Browse Cancel InstallShield be changed by the user Click next to proceed Installation is now complete In the event that installation process took place with out having the Windows CE device connected to the computer and the install program will prompt the user that on the next on the next connection the device will complete the installati
17. CI PCMCIA ISA Once the installation is complete an icon will be placed on the desktop Windows NT Exporer 1 Locate and double click the Quatech Device Manager icon on the desktop QSP 100 Users Manual 28 Device Manager Icon on Desktop 2 Click the Add button at the bottom of the Quatech Device Manager Window ks Quatech Device Manager Ver 1 1 ki x EMG Quatech Hardware Devices He USB pa Remove mE genes a Refresh 3 Follow the steps for the Add Quatech Hardware Wizard QSP 100 Users Manual 29 Quatech Hardware Wizard Select the model of your new hardware SoP 100 RS 232 Serial Part PC Card DSP 100 PCMCIA Dual RS 232 Serial Port Card GsP 1 00 POMCIA Quad RS 232 Serial Port Card SoP 200 S00 Ro 422 465 Serial Part PC Card DSP 200 300 PCMCIA Dual RS 422 Serial Part Card QSP 200300 PCMCIA Quad RS 422 485 Serial Part Card sta Back Next gae X Cancel 4 Complete the final steps of the installation insert the PCMCIA Card and re boot the computer e Additional help is availabe online The DSP 100 PC Card should now be configured In the future Windows NT will automatically recognize and configure the QSP 100 Note Windows NT does not support Plug and Play for PCMCIA cards The PCMCIA Card must be inserted prior to starting Windows NT and can not be removed and reinserted while Windows NT is running QSP 100 Users Manual 30 Quatech Hardware Wizar
18. COM3 COMO and the second argument specifies COMA COM7 Insufficient Number Of Command Line Arguments The QSP 100 command line must contain at least one command line argument for each QSP 100 to be installed QSP 100 Users Manual 22 4 Windows 95 Installation Windows 95 maintains a registry of all known hardware installed within the computer Inside this hardware registry Windows 95 keeps track of all the computer s resources such as base I O addresses IRQ levels and DMA channels In the case of aPC Card PCMCIA type board Windows 95 configures the new hardware using free resources it finds within the hardware regis try and updates the registry automatically Windows 95 handles the QSP 100 as a parent child device The QSP 100 is the parent device Each serial port is a child device of the parent device QSP 100 To allow easy configuration of Quatech s QSP 100 two configuration files have been written for the QSP 100 These files are called INF files The QSP 100 INF file describes the resources of the QSP 100 parent device It also indicates the number of child devices There are 4 child COM ports for the QSP 100 The MLTPT SP INF file describes the settings for each serial port including all the necessary device drivers Windows 95 allows changes in the system resources 1f the default choices are unacceptable But first allow Windows 95 to configure all of the devices Since the child COM ports are depend ent on
19. Double click on the My Computer icon located on the Windows 95 desktop This opens a folder showing various drives Control Panel etc 2 Double click on the Control Panel icon This opens another folder with many different system utilities 3 Double click on the System icon This opens the System Properties window 4 Click on the Device Manager tab Double click on the item Ports Com amp LPT located within the list of hardware 5 Double click on any of the items labeled Quatech Multi port COM x where x represents the logical COM port number The items labeled Quatech Multi port are the child devices of the QSP 100 parent device Click the Resources tab at the top of the System Properties box 6 The base I O address and IRQ level displayed here is the base I O address and IRQ level of the entire parent device The resources cannot be modified here For information on how to change these settings got to the section labeled Changing Configuration of the QSP 100 7 Usethe Logical Com Port name to access any of the particular serial ports on the QSP 100 This name is required by a Windows 95 application when accessing a particular port 4 3 Changing Configuration of the QSP 100 To change the hardware configuration of the QSP 100 follow the instructions below 1 Double click the My Computer icon located on the Windows 95 desktop 2 Double click on the Control Panel icon 3 Double click the System icon ins
20. InrB intr A When one or more UARTS have interrupts pending the associated bit s 1n the interrupt status register are set to logic 1 When all the pending interrupts have been serviced for a specific UART its interrupt status bit will be cleared to logic 0 automatically When all the pending interrupts from all UARTS have been serviced the entire interrupt status register will return logic 0 The application program should not exit its interrupt service routine until all pending inter rupts from all channels have been serviced interrupt status register 0 or no additional inter rupts will be received If an application requires the UARTS Scratchpad Registers the interrupt status register can be disabled using the p option on the QSP 100 Client Driver for DOS or the DOS Enabler command lines QSP 100 Users Manual 33 8 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS An adapter cable 1s included with the QSP 100 to convert the PCMCIA output connector into 4 standard D 9 male RS 232 connectors as shown in the figure below Port A Port B Port C Port D Figure 3 QSP 100 adapter cable to standard RS 232 connectors Gnd 5 RI DTR CTS TxD 7 RTS RxD 2 DSR DCD O Figure 4 Standard D 9 male RS 232 connector signal assignment QSP 100 Users Manual 34 QSP 100 Users Manual This Page Left Blank Intentionally 35 9 Specifications Bus Interface Physical Dimensions Maximum Baud Rate Power Requirements
21. M port If this option is omitted the BIOS equipment list is not updated QSP 100 Users Manual 13 Before removing a QSP 100 from its PCMCIA socket the Enabler should be executed to free the system resources allocated when the card was installed For this operation the Enabler provides on additional command line option R instructs the Client Driver to release the resources previously allocated to the QSP 100 When the R option is used any settings specified by the B T U and E options are ignored This option must be omitted when installing a QSP 100 into the system 1 I Example 1 QSP100EN EXE In example 1 no command line argument is specified The Enabler will report an error and display the proper usage of the command 1 1 2Example 2 QSP100EN EXE s0 b300 i5 In example 2 the Enabler will configure the QSP 100 in socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 using a configuration memory window at segment D000 The QSP 100 s interrupt status register will be enabled and the BIOS equipment list will not be updated 1 1 1 3Example 3 QSP100EN EXE i10 e u b340 s1 In example 3 the Enabler will configure the QSP 100 in socket 1 with a base address of 340H and IRQ 10 using a configuration memory window at segment D000 The QSP 100 s interrupt status register will be disabled Scratchpad registers enabled and the BIOS equipment list will be updated Note that the parameter order is not significant QSP 100
22. d Select the type of hard e ISA Serial Port Devices m P Serial Part Devices PCMCIA Serial Paralle ea LSB Serial Part Device 6 Windows CE The Quatech PCMCIA Windows CD installation copies a multiple device specific cab files and the ini file to your desktop computer and launches the Application Manger which resides on the user s desktop computer as a result of installing Active Sync with the Application Manager ini file as a parameter This in turn will install the driver onto the Windows CE connected device or if not connected will install it on the next device connection to the desktop 6 1 Installing Quatech PCMCIA Cards under Windows CE 1 Connect and establish communication to the device to the desk to using Active Sync refer to Active Sync factory documentation 2 Locate and run the setup exe file located in the Windows CE for PCMCIA folder on the Quatech COM CD EN D Serial Port Adapters Drivers Windows CE for PCMCIA File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt j GQsearch Gh Folders C Dy OS X wa EH Address i De Serial Port Adapters Drivers windows CE For PCIHCIA Google ge Search Web qu Site PageRank di Page Info rjup af Highlight Folders X Eg Quatech COM D Cll datat cab 549KE Winzip File MU Acrobat a data1 hdr 14KB HDR File BIB Firewire Adapters Windows CE for Fllidata cab 28KB Winzip File H E Parallel Port Adapters PCMCIA a ikernel ex_ 25
23. d from DOS before entering Windows and allow operation of the QSP 100 in both the DOS and Windows 3 x environments For optimal operation however the Client Driver is the preferred method of installation and configuration The table below highlights the differences between these programs Client Driver recommended Enabler not recommended File name QSPIOOCL SYS File name QSPIOOEN EXE File type DOS device driver File type DOS executable Interfaces to PCMCIA Card and Socket Interfaces directly to Intel 82365SL and Services software PCMCIA host adapter other PCIC compatible PCMCIA host independent adapters Allows automatic configuration of Does not support automatic configura QSP 100 adapters upon insertion Hot tion of QSP 100 adapters upon insertion Swapping Hot Swapping Requires PCMCIA Card and Socket Does not require PCMCIA Card and Services software Socket Services software Figure 1 Client Driver versus Enabler for DOS Windows 3 x Card and Socket Services software is commercially available from several vendors for most desktop and laptop PCs If you are unsure whether Card and Socket Services software 1s currently installed on your system install the QSP 100 Client Driver as discussed in following section When loaded the Client Driver will display an error message 1f Card and Socket Services software is not detected QSP 100 Users Manual 2 1 QSP 100 Client Driver for DOS In order to use the QSP 100 Clien
24. ide the Control Panel folder This will open the System Properties box 4 Click the Device Manager tab located along the top of the System Properties box 5 Double click on the device group Quatech Comm Adapters The QSP 100 model name should appear in this list If either the Quatech Comm Adapters group or the QSP 100 model number does not appear contact Quatech Technical Support for further assistance QSP 100 Users Manual 26 6 Click on the QSP 100 item and then click on the button labeled Properties 7 Select the resource which requires a change I O range or IRQ and select Change Settings Make the desired changes and then click on OK A shutdown of the system may be required to allow the settings to change If prompted for a shutdown select the option which restarts Windows 95 8 The QSP 100 will be automatically re configured to the desired settings 9 The card is now ready for use QSP 100 Users Manual 27 5 Installing QSP 100 under Windows NT 5 1 Installing QSP 100 Under Windows NT To allow easy configuration of the QSP 100 the Quatech Device Manager for Windows NT has been written for the hardware This configuration utility supports the QSP 100 only in block addressing mode To begin the installation open Windows Explorer and search for the Setup exe command to install the Quatech Device Manager See following Windows Explorer figure gt D Serial Port Adapters Drivers Windows NT 4 0 for P
25. inserted into for this configu ration argument to be used socket must be in the range 0 15 This option is always required specifies the base I O address of the QSP 100 in hexadecimal and must reside on an even 32 byte 20H boundary This option is required if the R option is not used specifies the interrupt level IRQ of the QSP 100 in decimal irg must be one of the following values 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 or 0 if no IRQ is desired This option is required 1f the R option is not used specifies the base address of the memory window required to configure the QSP 100 Set address DO for a memory window at segment D000 address D8 for a memory window at segment D800 etc Valid settings for address are C8 CC DO D4 D8 and DC If this option is omitted a memory window at segment D000 will be used instructs the Enabler to disable the QSP 100 s interrupt status register and enable the Scratchpad registers of the individual UARTs This option is only required in very rare cases where an application program requires access to the UART s Scratchpad register If this option 1s omitted the QSP 100 s interrupt status register 1s enabled and the UARTS Scratchpad registers are disabled instructs the Enabler to update the BIOS equipment list with the addresses assigned to the QSP 100 This option is only required in very rare cases where an application program checks the BIOS equipment list to determine the address of a CO
26. l Number OSP 100 Product Description 4 Channel Asynchronous RS 232 Communications Adapter Serial Number NOTICE The information contained in this document cannot be reproduced in any form without the written consent of Quatech Inc Likewise any software programs that might accompany this document can be used only in accordance with any license agreement s between the purchaser and Quatech Inc Quatech Inc reserves the right to change this documentation or the product to which it refers at any time and without notice The authors have taken due care in the preparation of this document and every attempt has been made to ensure its accuracy and completeness In no event will Quatech Inc be liable for damages of any kind incidental or consequential in regard to or arising out of the performance or form of the materials presented in this document or any software programs that might accom pany this document Quatech Inc encourages feedback about this document Please send any written comments to the Technical Support department at the address listed on the cover page of this document Copyright 2004 Quatech Inc 5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway Hudson Ohio 44236 All rights reserved Printed in the U S A Trademarks Quatech is a trademark of Quatech Inc Other product and company names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Compliances Electromagnetic Emissions EC Council Directive 89 336
27. lled when booting the system By inserting the card before booting however the Client Driver will report the adapter configuration during the boot process thereby verifying the changes made to the CONFIG SYS 7 Reboot the system and note the message displayed when the QSP 100 Client Driver is loaded If the Client Driver reports an invalid command line option correct the entry in the CONFIG SYS file and reboot the system again If the Client Driver reports Card and Socket Services not found a version of Card and Socket Services must be installed on the system or the QSP 100 Enabler program must be used to configure the adapter If the Client Driver reports the desired adapter configuration the installation process is complete and the QSP 100 may be removed and or inserted from the system as desired On each insertion into the PCMCIA socket the QSP 100 will be automatically re configured according to the command line options 2 4 Command Line Options The QSP 100 Client Driver accepts up to eight command line arguments from the user to deter mine the configuration of the QSP 100 If any arguments are provided the Client Driver will attempt to configure any QSP 100s with the options specified in the order they are entered on the command line Each argument must be enclosed in parenthesis and must be separated from other arguments by a space on the command line Within each argument any or all of the following parameters may be specified u
28. on Choose Yes on the following window and you installation is now complete Pending Application Install x On Ehe next mobile device connection the installed applications will be downloaded to the device Installing Applications x Install Quatech Serial Port Driver using the default application install directory Mo Cancel QSP 100 Users Manual 32 7 Hardware Information The QSP 100 s four asynchronous serial ports are implemented using 4 standard 16C550 UARTs Each of these UARTS requires 8 bytes of I O space and when enabled QSP 100 RS 232 channel Address assignment Channel A Base Address 0 Channel B Base Address 8 Channel C Base Address 16 Channel D Base Address 24 which requires the QSP 100 to be located on an even 32 byte 20H boundary e g 300H 320H 340H etc Each 16C550 UART contains 8 I O registers The last of these registers located at Base address 7 is referred to as the Scratchpad Register and provides no functionality to the UART In place of this Scratchpad Register the QSP 100 implements an interrupt status register which can be accessed at Base address 7 of any UART The purpose of the interrupt status register is to give the software programmer an easy way to inspect the interrupt state of the entire QSP 100 with a single input operation The format of the interrupt status register 1s shown below Cw ps os m m o 0 o 0 JID InrC
29. pters a i Parallel Port Adapters Eg Serial Port Adapters EH Drivers pz DOS Client Drivers for PCMCIA Eg O52 Client Drivers For PCMCIA rz 052 for PCI PCMCIA ISA E Windows 2000 for PCL PCMCIA ISA tg Windows 98 Me for PCI H E Windows 38 Me for PCMCIA t Windows 98 Me 2000 for USB H E Manuals A J Gunechrnnniis amp danters E objects selected 45 KB QSP 100 Users Manual 24 Windows 95 CD or installation diskettes The QSP 100 s child devices will require Metwork Neighborhood Internet Explorer ES M d vc Recycle Bin TRITE e E Device the file SERIALUI DLL Insert the CD or diskette and click OK IMPORTANT NOTE If the user already has these files installed on the computer or if the installation disks are unavailable it may not be necessary to supply the computer with the Windows 95 CD or installation diskettes If prompted for the disks click OK A dialog box with an option to skip will appear Click the Skip button and the files will not be installed If the latest version of these files exist in the system directory those files will be used 6 The QSP 100 PC Card should now be configured In the future Windows 95 will automatically recognize and configure the QSP 100 QSP 100 Users Manual 25 4 2 Viewing the QSP 100 Resource Settings The following steps detail how to view the resource settings that Windows 95 has allocated for the QSP 100 1
30. resource The user should change this setting to allow for multiple configuration attempts Consult the Card and Socket Services documentation for availability and details of this feature Older Versions of Card and Socket Services Some versions of Card and Socket Services dated before 1993 do not support general purpose I O cards If after careful installation of the Client Driver the QSP 100 does not configure or operate properly an updated version of Card and Socket Services may be required Card and Socket Services software is available from Quatech Inc 2 6 QSP 100 Enabler for DOS For systems that are not operating PCMCIA Card and Socket Services software the QSP 100 DOS Enabler may be used to enable and configure the adapter This Enabler QSPIOO0EN EXE will operate on any DOS system using an Intel 82365SL or PCIC compatible PCMCIA host adapter including the Cirrus Logic CL PD6710 6720 the VLSI VL82C146 and the Vadem VG 365 among others QSP 100 Users Manual 11 IMPORTANT In order to use the QSP 100 Enabler for DOS the system MUST NOT be configured with Card and Socket Services software Ifa Card and Socket Services software is installed the QSP 100 Enabler may interfere with its operation and with the device s it controls The QSP 100 Enabler does not support automatic configuration of adapters upon insertion more commonly referred to as Hot Swapping This means the adapter must be installed in one of the system s
31. s Generic Client Drivers Many Card and Socket Services packages include a generic client driver or SuperClient which configures standard I O devices If one of these generic client drivers is installed it may config ure the QSP 100 causing the QSP 100 client driver to fail installation In these cases the user should do one of the following 1 modify the operation of the generic client driver to disable the configuration of modem serial port cards Consult the Card and Socket Services documentation for availability and details of this feature 2 place the QSP 100 client driver before the generic client driver in the CONFIG SYS Available Resources One function of the Card and Socket Services software is to track which system resources memory addresses I O addresses IRQs etc are available for assignment to inserted PCMCIA cards Sometimes however the Card Services software assumes or incorrectly determines that a particular resource 1s used when it 1s actually available Most Card and Socket Services generate a resource table in a file typically in the form of an INI file which the user can modify to adjust the available system resources Consult the Card and Socket Services documentation for avail ability and details of this feature Multiple Configuration Attempts Some Card and Socket Services have a setting which aborts the configuration process after a single configuration failure such as a request for an unavailable
32. s option is omitted the BIOS equipment list 1s not updated 1 1 1 1Example 1 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100CL SYS In example 1 no command line arguments are specified The Client Driver will configure a QSP 100 inserted into any socket with a base address and IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services The QSP 100 s interrupt status register will be enabled and the BIOS equipment list will not be updated 1 1 1 2Example 2 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100CL SYS b300 In example 2 a single command line argument is provided The Client Driver will attempt to configure a QSP 100 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and an IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services If address 300H is unavailable the QSP 100 will not be config ured If the Client Driver can successfully configure the QSP 100 its interrupt status register will be enabled and the BIOS equipment list will not be updated QSP 100 Users Manual 1 1 1 3Example 3 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100CL SYS s0 b300 15 In example 3 a single command line argument is provided The Client Driver will attempt to configure a QSP 100 inserted into socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable the QSP 100 will not be configured In addition if a QSP 100 is inserted into any other socket it will not be configured If the Client Driver can successfully configure the QSP 100 its interrupt status register will be enabled and the BIOS equipment list
33. shed by mixing the configuration methods on the QSP 100 Client Driver command line DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100 SYS 3 100 5 COM7 It is important to remember that when a QSP 100 1s inserted into a PCMCIA socket the client driver will configure the card as a series of COM ports starting with the lowest available port number in the list Another common application requirement is to have a QSP 100 inserted into socket 1 be config ured as COM3 through COM6 while a QSP 100 inserted into socket 2 be configured as COM7 through COMIO This type of configuration is supported by appending a Sx parameter after any command line argument DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100 SYS COM3 SI COMT7 S2 DEVICE C QSP 100 QSP100 SYS 3 100 4 S1 7 300 3 S2 QSP 100 Users Manual 20 3 5 Monitoring The Status Of PCMCIA Cards OS 2 Warp provides a utility called Plug and Play for PCMCIA that can be used to monitor the status of each PCMCIA socket In OS 2 2 1 this utility is called Configuration Manager When a QSP 100 is inserted the Card Type for the appropriate socket will display Multi Function If the card is successfully configured the Card Status will display Ready If the card cannot be configured the Card Status will be Not Ready You can view the resources claimed by a configured card by double clicking on that card s line in the window QSP 100 Users Manual 21 3 6 Common Problems Invalid I O Address When Using OS 2 2 1 PCMCIA Card Services
34. sing a comma no spaces to separate each parameter Baddress specifies the base I O address of the QSP 100 in hexadecimal and must reside on an even 32 byte 20H boundary If this option 1s omitted a base address will be assigned by Card and Socket Services lirg specifies the interrupt level IRQ of the QSP 100 in decimal irg must be one of the following values 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 or 0 if no IRQ is desired If this option is omitted an interrupt level will be assigned by Card and Socket Services Ssocket specifies which PCMCIA socket the QSP 100 must be inserted into for this configu ration argument to be used socket must be in the range 0 15 If this option is omitted the configuration argument will apply to QSP 100s inserted into any socket U instructs the Client Driver to disable the QSP 100 s interrupt status register and enable the Scratchpad registers of the individual UARTs This option is only required in very rare cases where an application program requires access to the UART s Scratchpad register If this option is omitted the QSP 100 s interrupt status register is enabled and the UARTs Scratchpad registers are disabled E instructs the Client Driver to update the BIOS equipment list with the addresses assigned to the QSP 100 This option is only required in very rare cases where an QSP 100 Users Manual 7 application program checks the BIOS equipment list to determine the address of a COM port If thi
35. t Driver the system must be configured with Card and Socket Services software Card and Socket Services software is not provided with the QSP 100 but is available from Quatech IMPORTANT Some versions of Card and Socket Services dated before 1993 do not support general purpose I O cards If after careful instal lation of the Client Driver the QSP 100 does not configure or operate properly an updated version of Card and Socket Services may be required Card and Socket Services software 1s available from Quatech Inc 2 2 Client Driver Installation The following procedure is used to install the QSP 100 Client Driver 4 Copy the file QSPIO0CL SYS from the QSP 100 distribution Quatech COM CD onto the system s hard drive Using an ASCII text editor open the system s CONFIG SYS file located in the root directory of the boot drive Locate the line s in the CONFIG SYS file where the Card and Socket Services software 1s installed AFTER the line s installing the Card and Socket Services software add the following line to the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE drive path QSPI00CL SYS options where options are the QSP 100 Client Driver command line options discussed on the following pages Save the CONFIG SYS file and exit the text editor QSP 100 Users Manual 6 Insert the QSP 100 into one of the system s PCMCIA slots NOTE Since the QSP 100 Client Driver supports Hot Swapping it is not necessary to have the QSP 100 insta
36. the parent devices resource allocations the resources can only be modified at the parent device Changing these resources 1s an easy task described in a later section 4 1 Installing a Quatech QSP 100 Under Windows 95 1 Insert the QSP 100 into any available PC Card socket 2 The first time a new PC Card type 1s installed the New Hardware Found window opens After this first installation Windows 95 will automatically detect and configure the card If the New Hardware Found window does not open then skip to the next section Viewing the QSP 100 Settings 3 The New Hardware Found window provides several options to configure the QSP 100 card Click the Driver from Disk option button Click OK to continue 4 An Install from Disk dialog box shoud appear Insert the Quatech COM CD with the OSP 100 INF file the MLTPT SP INF and the SERIALQT VXD file into the disk drive select the correct drive letter and path and click OK Windows 95 will browse the path for the aforementioned files QSP 100 Users Manual 23 5 During the installation process it may be required to supply the computer with the 3 Exploring Windows NT 4 0 for PCI PCHCIA ISA File Edit View Toole Help All Folders Contents of windows NT 4 0 for PCI PCMCIA 15 4 Desktop aa datal cab E My Computer data hdr ES 3H Floppy A data cab ecg C ikermel ex Ff Quatech COM D mg Acmbatd e Uc a Firewire Ada
37. ts for a Class B computing device pursuant to FCC Rules In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations shielded cables must be used with this equipment Operation with non approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate this equipment QSP 100 Users Manual l Table Of Contents 1 Introduction 24 inso dae ordo oe ciet path aah oe dot deed Fac ipod 2 2 DOS Windows 3 x Installation 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 000 eee eas 3 2 1 QSP 100 Client Driver for DOS 0 0 00000 cee 4 2 2 Client Driver Installation 5 v a ska vache EX URS CER DES RE Y RP EA 4 2 4 Command Line Options leeeeeee en 5 LI IBdmple kh deed pue we eas cits cok Oy EG aS CDM CT 6 Bee 229 2109 0 o ae ey ee E ee eee 6 e Bee SS gt 100 0 ote ee eee eee dre Ree ee ee ee 7 iM Peleo IDEE cp 7 PLESE xample aiteaghe dave ds b b E bum EVE P Saba dun dece eae ba it 7 Isl Po MANIC eect ain t ehe 24 deis 2 ied s S adiac Man 1S ame erue 8 lop CBXADIDIO S acate eauch dont Arata oti dried oo ech fate ake aser eund Gand dos iie d ad ses 8 2 5 Common Problems 45 0 vox ga hs Bees EXTR EXER IE RES eA 9 2 6 QSP 100 Enabler for DOS eee RR RR 9 2 7 Command Line Options 4i esee x dx v RT PEE Rd eu eS KE EX 1

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