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S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Smartio 8 Ports Serial Board for PCI Bus Jul. 1999 (2nd Edition) The content of this manual is also available in CD-ROM and at Moxa Web Site. Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +866-2-8665-6373 Fax: +886-2-8665-6372 www.
S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreements. Copyright Notice Copyright 1999 Moxa Technologies Co.
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About This Manual This manual is composed of six Chapters and one A ppendix . This manual is written for installer, system administrator and software programmer. If you are a first-time installer and system administrator, we recommend you to go through the whole manual except Chapter 4 “ Serial Programming Tools ”.
Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................ ................ 1-1 Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Technical Reference ................................................................ .. A- 1 Specification ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 Introduction Overview S S m m a a r r t t i i o o - The Smart Multiport Async Solutions The term S S m m a a r r t t i i o o represents smart multiport serial I/O solution. S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C168H/PCI is designed for 32-bit PCI bus with Plug and Play feature.
1-2 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual l Point-of-Sale (POS) System PCI Solution The board complies with PCI Spec. 2.1 needing neither switch nor jumper. The hardware configuration for the IRQ and Memory addresses is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS.
Introduction Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 1-3 v Speed (bps): 50 ~ 921.6K v Connectors: 8 ¡Ñ DB25/DB9, male or female v Data signals: RS232 ¡Ð TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, GND RS422 ¡.
1-4 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Opt8C/Opt8D v RS-232 octopus cable with 8 port male connectors, DB25 for Opt8C or DB9 for Opt8D (1 meter long). Opt8F/Opt8Z v RS-422 connection box with 8 port female DB25 connectors (isolation protection for Opt8F).
Introduction Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 1-5 Installation Guide This section gives a brief summary of how to install the Smartio C168H/PCI under each supported operating system.
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Smartio C168H/PCI User's Manual 2-1 2 2 2 2 2 Hardware Installation The installation of the Smartio C168H/PCI consists of hardware and software installation. The respective sections of the operating systems in the next chapter will discuss more about the software installation.
2-2 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Step 7: Connect one of the connection box/cable (also adapter if required) detailed in the next section. Step 8: Power on PC and BIOS will automatically set the IRQ and memory address. Note ! Each board must occupy one unique IRQ and one unique memory address, which are assigned by PCI BIOS automatically.
Hardware Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 2-3 Opt8A/Opt8B/Opt8S Hold one end of the DB62 cable and plug it into the DB62 connector on the bracket of the Smartio C168H/PCI. Carefully screw it until it is tight. Then plug the other end of the cable to the RS-232 connection box's DB62 connector.
2-4 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Opt8J/Opt8F/Opt8Z Hold one end of the DB62 cable and plug it into the DB62 connector on the bracket of the Smartio C168H/PCI. Carefully screw it until it is tight. Then plug the other end of the cable to the RS-422/RS-485 connection box's DB62 connector.
Hardware Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 2-5 RS-422/485 P ort S witch of Opt8J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DIP ON DIP RS-422 Mode Set the respective switch to OFF position to use RS-422 interface. This means the port is always ready to transmit and receive data simultaneously ( full-duplex).
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Smartio C168H/PCI User's Manual 3-1 3 3 3 3 3 Software Installation In this chapter, the software driver installation, configuration and driver update/removal procedures are described for various operating systems, including Windows NT, and Windows 95/98.
3-2 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Installing Driver First Time Installing Driver Following is the procedures for installing the Smartio C168H/PCI driver for the first time under Windows NT 3.51/4.0. Make sure the board (s) has (have) already been plugged in the system PCI slot (s).
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-3 5. Select MOXA Smartio/Industio Family multiport board in Select OEM Option dialog box, and click [ OK ] to start driver installation. Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box appears.
3-4 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 10. Select a COM number for the specific port from Port Number pull-down list. Note! Step 11 is optional, if you want to assign COM numbers to ports manually. 11. Check Auto Enumerating COM Number check-box then the subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-5 13. Check Set the change to all ports check-box then if desire to apply Rx FIFO Trigger just defined to all ports. 14. Select a Tx FIFO Size from Tx FIFO Size pull-down list. Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available, and the default value is 16 bytes.
3-6 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 18. Click [ OK ] button in Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel to return to Network dialog box. 19. Click [ OK ] button in to exit Network dialog box. 20. Restart the PC. Note! The driver configuration will NOT take effect until you restart the PC.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-7 Note! If an error message similar to “ Cannot find any configured MOXA Smartio/Industio series board! ” pops u p, re fe r to the Troubleshooting chapter for solutions.
3-8 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Configuring B oard and Port Re-configure Port Setting If the driver is installed and only desire to re-configure the ports, please refer to the following procedures.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-9 4. Click [ Property ] button in Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box to open Property dialog box. 5. Then please refer to Step 6 to 21 in “ First Time Installing Driver ” of “ Windows NT ” section.
3-10 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Add Another C168H/PCI Board Configuration If another MOXA C168H/PCI board is plugged and needed to be configured, please see this section for details. Up to four C168H/PCI board can be installed in ONE system under Windows NT as long as the system sources is sufficient.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-11 4. Then please refer to Step 6 to 21 in “ First Time Installing Driver ” of “ Windows NT ” section. Remove Existing C168H/PCI Board Configuration By unplugging C168H/PCI board, the system will automatically remove the configuration.
3-12 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 6. Please refer to Step 1 to 21 in “ First Time Installing Driver ” of “ Windows NT ” section to install the new driver. Removing Driver To remove the driver for the Smartio C168H/PCI board, 1. Open [ Control Panel ], click [ Network ] icon, and select [ Adapters ] tab.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-13 Windows 95/98 Windows 95/98 driver supports up to 128 serial ports, from COM1 to COM128 .
3-14 Smartio C 168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Install the Smartio PCI board in the system Start Windows 95/98 to detect the board Driver installed before? Yes No Install the driver with the diskette See S.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-15 First Time Driver Installation Stage This stage presents the steps for installing the driver for the first time of the first Smartio C168H/PCI board.
3-16 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3. Type A:Windows.95 in the Location field, and click [ OK ] button in Select Other Location dialog box . The system will start reading the files from the diskette. 4. Click [ Finish ] button. 3. Select Other Devices and click [ Next ] button.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-17 6. Click [ Next ] button. 7. Click [ Next ] button. Port Configuration Stage After the driver is installed, C168 PCI Series Installation dialog box will be displayed automatically and the port mapping is automatically done by the system.
3-18 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3. Select a COM number for the specific port from Port Number pull-down list. Note! Step 4 is optional, if you want to assign COM numbers to Ports manually. 4. Check Auto Enumerating COM Number check-box then the subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-19 6. Check Set the change to all ports check-box then if desire to apply Rx FIFO Trigger just defined to all ports. 7. Select a Tx FIFO Size from Tx FIFO Size pull-down list. Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available, and the default value is 16 bytes.
3-20 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Board and Port Ready Stage Board and Port Ready Stage for Windows 95 and Windows 98 is a slight different. In this last stage, you will complete the driver installation.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-21 Service to provide dial-up networking capabilities. Configuring Board and Port If desire to re-configure the COM number for the ports of installed boards and drivers under Windows 95/98, please follow procedures listed below.
3-22 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 4. Click on the specific port and click [ Port Setting ] button to re-assign the desired COM number for the Smartio C168H/PCI port mapping. Note! Step 5 is optional, if you want to assign COM numbers to Port manually.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-23 all ports. Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available, and the default value is 16 bytes. 8. Click [ OK ] button in Port X dialog box. 9. Click [ OK ] button in C168 PCI Series Properties dialog box.
3-24 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3. Select [ Driver ] tab. 4. Click [ Update Driver... ] button. 5. Click [ Have Disk... ] button and type the path of the new driver.
Software Installation Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 3-25 7. Click [ OK ] button in Install from Disk dialog box. 8. The system will automatically prompt you to restart the system, click [ Yes ] button to restart the system. Or [ No ] button if you want to reboot the system later.
3-26 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 4. Click [ OK ] button in Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box..
Smartio C168H/PCI User's Manual 4-1 4 4 4 4 4 Serial Programming Tools Moxa supports some easy but powerful serial programming libraries and communication troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT and Windows 95/98. It will save your developing time with the MOXA Serial Programming Tools.
4-2 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual P P C C o o m m m m Programming Library The serial communication library helps you to develop programs for serial communications for any COM port complying with Microsoft Win32 API.
Serial Programming Tools Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 4-3 Diagnostic (for MOXA boards only) A convenient diagnostic program ONLY for MOXA boards and ports provides internal and external testing including IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, DTR/DCD testing, etc.
4-4 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Monitor (for MOXA boards under Windows NT Only) A useful port status monitoring program allows you to watch over the selected MOXA COM ports. It monitors data transmitting/receiving throughput and communication line status that are updated and displayed on the screen at time intervals.
Serial Programming Tools Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 4-5 Terminal Emulator The Terminal Emulator obviously serves as an emulator to “ connect ” various ports to see if the transmission functions correctly. It features multi-windows and supports terminal types of VT100 and ANSI.
4-6 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual RS-485 Programming for Opt8J If you intend to do RS-485 communication with Opt8J, please follow the RS-485 programming guide below and also refer to Chapter “ Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring ” for more Opt8J RS-485 operation details.
Serial Programming Tools Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 4-7 Solution 2 There's a dedicated RS-485 function in PComm library. It integrates the above functions of solution 1 regarding sending data as one. sio_putb_x(port, buff, tick ); /* 1. Turn on RTS and ready for transmitting data.
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Smartio C168H/PCI User's Manual 5-1 5 5 5 5 5 Connection Option (Opt8x) & Cable Wiring In serial data communications, the term DTE is for Data Terminal Equipment like terminal or PC COM1/2. The term DCE is for Data Communication Equipment like modem.
5-2 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual The followings are pin assignments for various connection options: Opt8A/S (DCE, DB25 Female) 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 CTS 5 RTS 6 DTR 7 GND 8 DCD 20 DSR Opt8B/C (DTE, DB2.
Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 5-3 Type 1: To connect S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C168H/PCI to a DTE device.
5-4 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual PC C OM 2 po rt , S e ri a l P rin te r, Te rm in al, o r an y DT E D evic e Op t8D Opt8D DTE Device DB9 Male DB25 Male RxD 2 2 TxD TxD 3 3 RxD CTS 8 4 RTS RTS 7 5 CTS DTR 4 6 DSR DSR 6 20 DTR GND 5 7 GND DCD 1 8 DCD Type 2: To connect S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C168H/PCI to a DCE device.
Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 5-5 Modem, or any DC E Devic e O pt 8B/ C St rai ght-through Cab le Opt8B/C DCE Device DB25 Male DB25 Female TxD 2 2 RxD .
5-6 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual Type 3: To connect S S m m a a r r t t i i o o C168H/PCI to a DTE with 3-pin wiring. If the “ Hardware flow control ” feature is set to “ ON ” , you must loop back (or short) the RTS with CTS and DSR with DTR, DCD on MOXA site, indicated in dash-lines of the following diagrams.
Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 5-7 P C COM2 port, Se ria l Pr in te r, Term in al, or any DTE Dev ic e Opt8 D Opt8D DTE Device DB9 Male DB25 Male RxD 2 .
5-8 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual RS-422 Cable Wiring for Opt8J/F/Z RS-422 connection boxes designed for Smartio C168H/PCI boards are: Opt8J: Connection box with 8 female RS-422/485 DB25 ports. Set the port switch to OFF position (RS-422) for the desired port(s).
Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 5-9 The followings are operation modes for RS-422: RS-422 Point-to-point RS-422 Broadcasti ng Opt8F/Z RS-422 Device Opt8F.
5-10 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual RS-485 Cable Wiring for Opt8J One RS-485 connection box designed for Smartio C168H/PCI is: Opt8J: Connection box with 8 female RS-422/485 DB25 ports. Set the port switch to ON position. The Opt8J supports only 2-wire half-duplex RS-485 communication .
Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 5-11 See Section “ RS-485 Programming ” of Chapter “ Serial Programming Tools ” for more Opt8J RS-485 programming details.
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Smartio C168H/PCI User's Manual 6-1 6 6 6 6 6 Troubleshooting Common Smartio C168H/PCI errors and possible corresponding solutions are listed below.
6-2 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual B. The cable or the board are probably defective. Please try other ports, cables or boards to verify it. Or use P P C C o o m m m m Diagnostic utility testing MOXA boards and port conditions. If Diagnostic reports error, replace the malfunctioned faulty components.
Troubleshooting Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual 6-3 The COM numbers for different boards are conflicting. Change the COM number mappings for MOXA boards. 4. Windows NT system panic (blue screen). The possible reason is an IRQ or I/O address conflict with other ISA Bus adapters, like LAN and SCSI boards, or the system BIOS.
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Smartio C168H/PCI User's Manual A- 1 A A A A 7 Technical Reference Specification v Bus interface: 32-bit PCI (PCI Spec. 2.1 compliance) v Number of ports: 8 v Max. boards: 4 v IRQ: Assigned by PCI BIOS v I/O address: Assigned by PCI BIOS v Speed (bps): 50 ~ 921.
A- 2 Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual which may be called slot-sensitive or slot-dependent . This may also apply to PCI slots in PC with different motherboard, which may use different device number sets . For example, some use 17, 18, 19, and 20 for identifying the respective PCI slots but some use 11, 12, 13 and 14.
Technical Reference Smartio C168H/PCI User ’ s Manual A- 3 DB62 Connector Pinouts The following lists the pin assignments of the DB62 connector on the bracket.
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Problem Report Form Smartio C168H/PCI Customer name: Company: Tel: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product : o C168H/PCI Serial Number:____ _______ 2. Moxa Driver version : ________________ 3. Moxa hardware settings : PCI Slot number ________________________ 4.
Return Procedure For product repair, exchange or refund, the customer must: v Provide evidence of original purchase v Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer v Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF) as detailed as possible for shorter product repair time.
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