CP-204J User`s Manual
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1. MOXA Configuration Panel dialog Please see steps 6 10 in the previous section Installing Driver for more details GL MOXA Configuration Panel CP 204J FFEECOOO 9 0 L COM3 COME 3 8 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation In this configuration panel you may Click Property to enter Property dialog box to configure the selected board with the correct COM Number Please see steps 6 to 8 in the previous section Installing Driver for more details except that the Board Type field is not supposed to be changed Click Add to add one more board that is not yet configured in the system Up to four of ntellio CP 204J boards can be installed together as long as the IRQ resources are sufficient and available in a system Please see steps 6 to 8 in the previous section Installing Driver for more details Click Remove to remove the board currently selected from the configured board list Click OK to confirm the configuration changes you made Click Cancel to leave the dialog box with the configuration unchanged Updating Driver To update driver you have to remove the installed driver first as described later and install the new one Removing Driver 1 From Control Panel open Network icon and then select Adapters tab 2 Select MOXA C218Turbo CP 204J Adapter in adapter list then click on Remove button and the OK button to remove th2. J Power requirement 190mA 5V 90mA 12V 110mA 12V Dimensions 160mm 95mm 6mm Operating Systems See the driver support list below CP 204J Windows NT 3 Windows 95 98 3 3 Driver supported by Moxa and shipped with product Note MOXA FTP service is available for newest driver download Intellio CP 204J Users Manual A 1 PCI The 32 bit Intellio CP 204J board complies with PCI Spec 2 1 Hardware configuration for IRQ and Memory addresses is automatically assigned by PCI BIOS Hence it is a must to have the board plugged first before installing software driver Unlike ISA slots different PCI slots in the same PC may have different bus numbers and device numbers with respect to PCI specifications The same PCI board will have different system configurations if switched to a different PCI slot which may be called slot sensitive or slot dependent This may also apply to PCI slots in PC of different mother board which may use different device number set For example some use 17 18 19 and 20 for identifying the respective PCI slot but some use 11 12 13 and 14 Due to the slot dependency it is necessary to re configure the software driver once the board is plugged in different PCI slots At most 4 boards of Intellio CP 204J are allowed in a system When installing multiple boards please do keep in mind the order you plug the boards for distinguishing the boards installed Dual Ported RAM A 2 There is 512 KB o
3. PC Lisas ai ins Sarde e i i i aaa i e oat A 2 Dual Ported RAM LA as ania saaa Kaas i ai k ana saaa ina A 2 UART 1T6C550C Zeta ta akiai ai i ai li i ia i Aa i a aa ais A 3 1 Introduction UEN Overview Intellio The Intelligent Multiport Serial I O Solutions The I ntellio CP 204J is a 4 port high performance intelligent serial interface board designed for 32 bit PCI bus with Plug and Play feature It is suitable for remote access industrial control and office automation where PC needs to communicate with multiple modems data acguisition eguipment serial printers and any other serial devices through RS 232 interface One I ntellio CP 204J board provides 4 serial ports Up to 4 boards of I ntellio CP 204J may be installed in the same system PCI Solution and Easy Installation The board complies with PCI Spec 2 1 and has neither switch nor jumper Hardware configuration for IRQ and Memory addresses is automatically assigned by PCI BIOS Hence it is a must to have the board plugged first before installing software driver For more PCI information see appendix Technical Reference High Data Throughput and Low Host Processor Overhead The ntellio CP 204J is equipped with a high performance processor TMS320 and 512KB on board memory to relieve the host s CPU workload of all data and I O handling tasks The memory buffer holds transmitted and received data to prevent data loss Intellio CP 204J Users Manua
4. ie Up to now the driver installation of I ntellio CP 204J is complete and successful including the board and port configuration However if changes of the board and port configuration are needed please refer to the next section Configuring Board and Port for more configuration details Once the board and driver are installed and the driver restarts successfully you can start to develop applications by using PComm library See Chapter Serial Programming Tools or using Microsoft Win32 API Also you can execute any ready made application such as PComm utility Terminal emulator See Chapter Serial Programming Tools or HyperTerminal to transmit receive data as well as Remote Access Service to provide dial up networking capability If multiple boards are installed at the same time from the second board same scenario occurs except that no driver diskette is asked any more Similarly if you want to add more board and the driver has been installed before simply plug the Intellio CP 204J board and Windows 95 98 will automatically detect and install the required driver Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 19 3 20 Configuring Board and Port If you already have installed the driver and want to re configure the ntellio CP 204J board under Windows 95 98 the following is the procedure for you 1 Click on the Taskbar Start button then select Programs menu then MOXA Utilities menu and then MOXA Configu
5. COM number Sequential Port Mapping Enable Auto Enumerating COM numbe Specify the COM number of the first port and subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers For instance if first port is mapped to COM10 then second port is mapped to COM11 sequentially Non sequential Port Mapping Disable Auto Enumerating COM numbei Specify the COM number for individual port For instance the second port can be out of sequence say COM18 while the first port is mapped to COM10 In Individual Port Setting dialog box you may click on Advanced Setting button to tune the advanced features UART FIFO and Transmission Mode for each port for particular performance requirements Note You may skip the following settings and go directly to the next step 2 if you do not require any particular performance tuning for the driver Advanced Settings x Board Type CP 204J UART FIFO Transmission Mode 1 Enable Hi Performance 2 Enable Hi Performance 3 Enable Hi Performance 4 Enable Hi Performance Port1 UART FIFO 4 Transmission Mode gt Enable Hi Performance Disable Classical see E zen 3 22 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation In the Advanced Settings dialog box you may customize the driver with the following two features UART FIFO Enable You can set this feature to Enable default and gain best perform
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7. port and subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers For instance if first port is mapped to COM10 then second port is mapped to COM11 sequentially Non sequential Port Mapping Disable Auto Enumerating COM numbe Specify the COM number for individual port For instance the second port can be out of sequence say COM18 while the first port is mapped to COM10 In the Individual Port Setting dialog box you may click on Advanced Settings button to tune the advanced features UART FIFO and Transmission Mode for each port for particular performance requirements 3 4 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation Note You may skip the following settings and go directly to the next step 8 if you do not require any particular performance tuning for the driver Advanced Settings EN Board Type CP 204J UART FIFO Transmission Mode 1 Enable Hi Performance 2 Enable Hi Performance 3 Enable Hi Performance 4 Enable Hi Performance Port1 UART FIFO Transmission Mode Enable Hi Performance Disable Classical Help Cancel In the Advanced Settings dialog box you may customize the driver with the following two features UART FIFO Enable You can set this feature to Enable default and gain best performance for the board Disable You can set this feature to Disable to avoid from data loss when commu
8. various operating systems Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools Description of the programming tools for various O S platforms including P Comm under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Chapter 5 Connection Cable and Cable Wiring Description of the RS 232 cable wiring Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Common problems and possible answers for ntellio CP 204J Appendix Technical Reference Specification details PCI dual ported memory UART are described Table of Contents MEFORUGHON EE 1 1 COV IVIOW EE 1 1 E GALA S asis Kenis a ie a i K egenen 1 3 O T a a E 1 3 del Eer EI k ss isalas i lia ile 1 4 Hardware Installaatio A La able ball in inda aa 2 1 Software Installation lella iii 3 1 Windows WEE 3 1 Installing Mal E 3 2 Configuring Board and Port EEEERRREEEEERNEEEEEERRREEEEEEE caeeeeeeneeeees 3 7 UpdatingiDriveri ariani 3 9 Removing Driver ia laici eli lia 3 9 Windows 95 98 allora 3 10 JE lte Al EE 3 10 Configuring Board and Port rire cin 3 20 Updating Driver lie 3 24 Removing Driver ia 3 24 Serial Programming ToolS EE 4 1 Installing KR NEE 4 1 P Comm Programming Library EE 4 2 BEE 4 2 Connection Cable and Cable Wumg aaa 5 1 RS 232 Cable Windsor a iero 5 1 ee ie tie eg Lal BEER 6 1 General Troubleshooting EE 6 1 Wind wsS WEE 6 2 WY ICOW EE 6 2 Technical Reference EE A 1 Specifications iui ik ee a a A 1
9. 0 Sufficient data buffer en board buffer 512KB High performance and high data throughput Reliability on chip flow control guarantees no data loss High circuit integration with MOXA state of the art ASIC design Compact size design Convenient Connection with build in RJ45 connectors and saves cabling space Ease of use window style setup and diagnostics Powerful Serial Comm Tool PComm Popular OS Support Windows NT Windows 95 98 lt lt e e e e e lt e lt lt lt CP 204J Windows NT 3 Windows 95 98 3 3 Driver supported by Moxa and shipped with product Note MOXA FTP service is available for newest driver download Check List Upon unpacking your ntellio CP 204J 4 port high performance intelligent async board you should find the following common items included in the package v Intellio CP 204J 4 port high performance intelligent async board v Device driver diskettes Windows NT and Windows 95 98 i PComm Lite v Intellio CP 204J User s Manual This Manual Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 1 3 Optional connection cable you may purchase these additionally v CN20030 150cm RJ45 to female DB25 RS 232 DCE Cable v CN20040 150cm RJ45 to male DB25 RS 232 DTE Cable Installation Guide 1 4 This section gives a brief summary of how to install the ntellio CP 204J under each supported operating system Installation is simple and involves the following stages Check PCI BIOS settings Instal
10. 8 CTS 9 DTR 10 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 5 1 Type 1 Connecting I ntellio CP 204J to a DTE device CN20030 A Ee i PC COM2 port Serial Printer CP 204J i a i Terminal or any DTE Device i K RJ45 Plug Pin 1 NI CP 204J i DTE Device RJ45 Jack Cable Wiring i DB25 Male Connector i Connector DCD i 1 8 i DCD DSR 2 20 DTR RTS 3 5 CTS GND 4 7 7 GND TxD 5 3 RxD RxD 6 2 TxD CTS 8 4 RTS DTR 9 6 DSR This RJ45 to female DB25 RS 232 cable CN20030 is available from Moxa 4 7 means either line 4 or line 7 can be used for GND CP 204J SI i PC COM2 port serial printer i Hi terminal or any DTE device i K RJ45 Plug Pin 1 i CP 204J i DTE Device RJ45 Jack Cable Wiring i DB9 Male Connector i Connector DCD 1 1 i DCD DSR 2 4 DTR RTS 3 8 CTS GND 4 7 5 GND TxD 5 2 RxD RxD 6 3 TxD CTS 8 H RTS DTR 9 6 DSR lt 4 7 means either line 4 or line 7 can be used for GND 5 2 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Connection Cable and Cable Wiring Type 2 Connecting I ntellio CP 204J to a DCE device i Cable CN20040 A i j i Modem 2 1 q i gt oan EI b 2 E RJ45 Plug Pin 1 CP 204J DCE Device RJ45 Jack Cable Wiring i DB25 Female Connector i Connector DCD 1 8 i DCD DSR 2 6 DTR RTS 3 CTS GND 4 7 7 GND TxD 5 2 RxD RxD 6 3 TxD CTS 8 3 i RTS DTR 9 20 i DSR IA This RJ45 to male DB25 RS 232 cable CN20040 is availa
11. CP 204J User s Manual High Performance 4 Port Intelligent RS 232 Board for PCI Bus Second Edition June 2008 www moxa com product MOXA 2008 Moxa Inc all rights reserved Reproduction without permission is prohibited CP 204J User s Manual Technical Reference CP 204J 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 that agreement Copyright Notice Copyright 2008 Moxa Inc All rights reserved Reproduction without permission is prohibited Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of Moxa Inc All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Moxa Moxa provides this document as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to its particular purpose Moxa reserves the right to make improvements and or changes to this manual or to the products and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However Moxa assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements on the rights of third parties that may result from its use This product might include unintentional technical or typographical errors C
12. Wizard 3 12 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation 3 Input location A Windows 95 and click on OK button System will start reading the files from the diskette Select Other Location K Sal 4 Clink on Finish Update Device Driver Wizard 3 Select Other devices and click on Next gt button Add New Hardware Wizard 4 Click on Next gt Add New Hardware Wizard 5 Input location A Windows 95 and click on OK button System will start reading the files from the diskette Install From Disk Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 13 6 Click on Next gt button 3 14 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation Port Configuration Stage Next Windows 95 98 will show CP 204J Installation dialog box to enter port configuration stage The most important thing to do in this stage is to map MOXA ports to system COM numbers CP 204J Installation E PCI bus number is 0 and device number is 17 Total Ports E ports Port Number COM Number COM Number coms 7 IV Auto Enumerating COM Number Advanced Settings In the MOXA Ports Installation dialog you may have two ways to map the physical ports to COM numbers depending on the check box Auto Enumerating COM number Sequential Port Mapping Enable Auto Enumerating COM Number Specify the COM numb
13. ance for the board Disable You can set this feature to Disable to avoid from data loss when communicating with serial devices using S W flow control Transmission Mode Hi PerformanceMode This feature is set to Hi Performance by default which accelerates the reaction of data writing behavior by utilizing buffering technology It lets your communication software reach maximum data throughput in large data transmission Classical Mode It lets MOXA ports behave like generic COM ports Transmission for small data packets would be more precisely and reliable 2 Click on OK buttons for all the dialog boxes to finish the configuration and exit the MOXA Configuration Panel 3 Restart Windows 95 98 system if you have changed any settings Note The latest configuration will not take effect unless the system restarts Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 23 3 24 Properties Refresh Remove Print Updating Driver Click on Control Panel and then System and then select Device Manager tab Then select and open the option Moxa Intellio Multiport Board and then select the CP 204J Click on Properties button and then select Driver tab and then click on Update Driver button System Properties 71 x CP 204J Properties 2 xi General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance General Ports Configuration Driver Resources View devices by type View devices b
14. ating systems specific ones If you still have problems contact your dealer or Moxa for help Or report it using Problem Report Form at the end of this manual to your dealer at once for faster technical support General Troubleshooting 1 MOXA PCI board can not be detected by system while installing driver or system rebooting Hardware causes and solutions a The board is not installed or missing absent Please install it b The board is not properly plugged in the system If that is the case then re install the board and make sure that it fits well in a 32 bit PCI slot this time Sometimes the slot for plugging board is bad In this case please try other slots until a good one is found 2 MOXA board and driver activated but can not transfer transmitting receiving data Hardware Causes and Solutions a Check if wrong cable wiring Refer to Chapter Connection Cable and Cable Wiring for precise pin outs of the connector type you are using b Cable is defective You may use other port cable or board to verify In addition PComm Utility Diagnostic for Windows NT and Windows 95 98 is good for testing MOXA board and port condition If the report of diagnostic shows error replace the error component Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 6 1 Software Causes and Solutions a Intellio CP 204J will check line status CTS before it sends data out if RTS CTS flow control feature is set to Enable in configur
15. ation or application program Please see Chapter Connection Cable and Cable Wiring for proper wiring Check the line status of the suspected port using the diagnostic LED indicators on the mini tester b Perhaps the application controlling the board is not correctly written according to the corresponding API of the operating system To verify please run existing and known good application or Moxa provided utility For example under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 P Comm Utility Terminal emulator or Hyperterminal is good for testing COM ports Windows NT This section is specific for troubleshooting under Windows NT For general problems and solutions please see previous section General Troubleshooting 1 After system reboot error message MOXA CP 204J Multiport Board 1 addr xxxxxxxx IRQ test failure appears in Event Log This indicates MOXA board is found but the IRQ is conflicting with other adapter Please make sure there is no conflict with other adapter s IRQ Check the PCI BIOS IRQ setting first Make sure the IRQ is available 2 Windows NT system panic blue screen The possible reason is that IRQ conflict with other ISA Bus adapters like LAN and SCSI board or system BIOS Refer to problem 1 for solution Windows 95 98 This section is specific for troubleshooting under Windows 95 98 For general problems and solutions please see previous section General Troubleshooting 1 Error M
16. ble from Moxa IA 4 7 means either line 4 or line 7 can be used for GND Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 5 3 Type 3 Connecting I ntellio CP 204J to a DTE device 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 If the Hardware flow control feature is set to OFF you could just leave RTS CTS DSR DTR DCD open ignoring the connection indicated in dash lines i S I A i PC COM2 port Serial Printer CP 204J i T i Terminal or any DTE Device i W RJ45 Plug Pin 1 N l CP 204J DTE Device RJ45 Jack Cable Wiring DB25 Male Connector i i Connector TxD i i RxD RxD TxD GND GND RTS CTS CTS RTS DTR DSR DSR DTR DCD DCD lt 4 7 means either line 4 or line 7 can be used for GND CP 204J i SI i PC COM2 port Serial Printer i i Terminal or any DTE Device K RJ45 Plug Pin 1 i CP 204J i DTE Device RJ45 Jack Cable Wiring i DB9 Male Connector i Connector TxD 5 2 i RxD RxD 6 3 TxD GND 4 7 5 GND RTS SE 8 CTS CTS 8 7 RTS DTR 9 6 DSR DSR 2 4 DTR DCD 1 1 DCD lt 4 7 means either line 4 or line 7 can be used for GND 5 4 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 6 Troubleshooting UEN Common Intellio CP 204J problems and possible solutions are listed below in addition to those oper
17. e or refer to the sample programs in the PComm directory Following are short descriptions of each utility For details please see the on line help on the diskette 4 2 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Serial Programming Tools Diagnostic for MOXA boards only A convenient diagnostic program that provides internal and external testing such as IRQ TxD RxD UART CTS RTS DTR DSR DTR DCD testing etc for the MOXA boards and ports to verify correct operations of both the software and hardware Click Start and select Programs and PComm Lite and Diagnostic ES PComm Diagnostic File Diagnose Help El as To be tested oy x Test Report CP 204J COM11 CO KDevit 7 Bust 1 ARQ CP 204J Dev 7 Bus 1 IRQ 7 Mem F7DFC000 Communication Parameter 921600 None 8 1 Driver Version 5 OS Version Windows NT 4 0 Build 1381 Service Pack 4 Internal Loopback Test OK COM13 COM14 OK Port PortB Tx Rx RTS CTS DTR DSR DTR COM11 COM13 OK OK OK o COM12 COM14 OK OK Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 4 3 Monitor for MOXA boards under Windows NT Only A useful port status monitoring program that allows you to watch the selected MOXA COM ports data transmitting receiving throughput and communication line status which are updated and displayed on the screen at time intervals You can also click on one of the specific displayed port in order to visualize the current communica
18. e driver 3 Restart the system to activate the new configuration Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 9 Windows 95 98 3 10 Windows 95 98 supports up to 128 serial ports from COMI1 to COM128 To fully integrate the advanced features of Windows 95 98 multi process and multi thread pure 32 bit Windows 95 98 virtual device port drivers VxD compliant with communication driver VCOMM are developed for ntellio CP 204J and other MOXA multiport boards The drivers conform to Win32 COMM API standard If you are the first time installer or you want to install more boards please go directly to the section Installing Driver If you already have installed the driver and want to re configure the board please refer to the section Configuring Board and Port If you want to update or even remove driver please go to the section Updating Driver or Removing Driver If you want to remove boards please simply unplug the undesired boards from the system Installing Driver If you are the first time installer or if you want to install more board this section is for you You can easily have the I ntellio CP 204J board plugged and working right away with least installation effort under Windows 95 98 which supports Plug and Play capability The Windows 95 98 will automatically detect the presence of the newly plugged board and may prompt to install the software driver at the first time installation All you have to d
19. e most popular languages useful utilities such as diagnostic monitor and terminal emulator illustrative sample programs and comprehensive on line documents The serial communication library is useful for developing a system for data communication remote access data acquisition or industrial control in the Windows NT and Windows 95 98 environment for an easier solution compared to the more complex Windows Win32 COMM API Installing PComm To install PComm run Setup exe from the diskette Note that the PComm diagnostic and monitor utilities are for MOXA boards only MOXA Windows NT or Windows 95 98 device drivers as well as MOXA boards are required The drivers are installed separately and detailed in the Software Installation chapter Click Start and select Programs and the PComm Lite group to see a list of utilities and documents Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 4 1 PComm Programming Library Utilities The serial communication library helps you to develop programs for serial communications for any COM port complying with Microsoft Win32 API It facilitates the implementation of multi process and multi thread serial communication programs and hence greatly reduces developing time For a complete library function description and sample programs for Visual C Visual Basic and Delphi please click Start and select Programs and PComm Lite and PComm Library Help PComm Porting Notes or PComm Programming Guid
20. er icon and then select Application Event Log item to check for successful message like MOXA CP 204J Multiport Board 1 addr xxxxxxxx O K for each configured board If error message is like MOXA CP 204J Multiport Board 1 addr xxxxxxxx IRQ x test failure refer to the chapter Troubleshooting for solutions Note Once the board and driver are installed and the system restarts successfully you can start to develop applications by using PComm library See Chapter Serial Programming Tools or using Microsoft Win32 API Also you can execute any ready made application such as PComm utility Terminal emulator See Chapter Serial Programming Tools or HyperTerminal to transmit receive data as well as Remote Access Service to provide dial up networking capability Configuring Board and Port If you already have installed the driver and want to re configure the ntellio CP 204J board and ports add more boards or delete boards under Windows NT 4 0 the following is the procedure for you Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 7 1 Open Control Panel click Network icon and select Adapters tab 2 Select MOXA C218Turbo CP 204J Adapter item for Installed Adapter Cards 1 MOXA C218Turbo CP 204J Adapter BO Novell NE2000 Adapter Ad Remove Properties __updete MOXA C218Turbo CP 204J Adapter L 0 cance 3 Click on Properties button to start the
21. er of the first port and subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers For instance if first port is mapped to COM10 then second port is mapped to COM11 sequentially Non sequential Port Mapping Disable Auto Enumerating COM Number Specify the COM number for individual port For instance the second port can be out of sequence say COM18 while the first port is mapped to COM10 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 15 3 16 In the CP 204J Installation dialog box you may click on Advanced Settings button to tune the advanced features UART FIFO and Transmission Mode for each port for particular performance requirements You may skip the following settings and go directly to the next stage Board and Port Ready Stage if you do not require any particular performance tuning for the driver Advanced Settings Fam I Enable Hi Performance Enable Hi Performance Enable Hi Performance Enable Hi Performance I ntellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation In the Advanced Settings dialog you may customize the driver with the following two features UART FIFO Enable You can set this feature to Enable default and gain best performance for the board Disable You can set this feature to Disable to avoid from data loss when communicating with serial devices using S W flow control Transmission Mode Hi PerformanceMode This feature is set
22. essage CP 204J BusNo xx DevNo xx at base memory xxxxxxxx interrupt failure appears 6 2 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Troubleshooting This indicates that MOXA board is found but the IRQ is conflicting with other adapter Make sure there is no conflict with other adapter s IRQ Check the PCI BIOS IRQ setting and make sure the IRQ is available Error Message Cp204jnt cod file not found Error Message Cp204jnt cod file length is wrong Error Message Cp204jnt cod file data content error It means something is wrong with driver installation or the file has been deleted accidentally or corrupted somehow To recover the file simply install the driver again Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 6 3 6 4 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Specifications lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Bus interface Number of ports Max boards Base memory addr UEN A Technical Reference UEN 32 bit PCI PCI Spec 2 1 compliance 4 4 Assigned by PCI BIOS Maps to 16K Bytes system RAM IRO Assigned by PCI BIOS 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 15 RISC processor TI TMS320BC203 On board buffer 512 KB dual ported RAM Comm controller 16C550C or compatible 4 Speed bps 50 921 6K Data bits 5 6 7 8 Stop bits 1 1 5 2 Parity none even odd space mark Data signals RS 232 xD RxD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD GND Connectors 4 RJ45 Operating temp 0 55
23. f dual ported DRAM on the I ntellio CP 204J which is used as a data buffer and memory map device for the mother board It is called dual ported because it is accessed by both mother board CPU and the ntellio CP 204J on board CPU Generally speaking the memory access time is much faster than normal I O access All messages and data are transferred through this 512 KB dual ported memory The buffer area appears as normal 16 bit memory to the PC AT I O channel Every ntellio CP 204J only occupies 16 KB of memory space window from the system point of view Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Technical Reference UART 16C550C The UART chip 16C550C is an intelligent asynchronous controller capable of supporting one full duplex channel that transfers data at 921 6 Kbps simultaneously To increase the overall data throughput special features such as on chip FIFO and on chip hardware flow control are used to reduce the number of interrupts to the on board CPU and to prevent any loss of valuable data Intellio CP 204J Users Manual A 3
24. for you to develop your own applications please refer to the next chapter Serial Programming Tools for serial programming issues Windows NT Windows NT supports up to 256 serial ports from COM1 to COM256 To fully integrate the advanced features of Windows NT multi process and multi thread pure 32 bit Windows NT device drivers are developed for ntellio CP 204J and other MOXA multiport boards The driver conforms to Win32 COMM API standard If you are the first time driver installer please go directly to the section Installing Driver If you already have installed the driver and want to re configure the board and port add more boards or delete boards please refer to the section Configuring Board and Port If you want to update or even remove driver please go to the section Updating Driver or Removing Driver Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 1 Installing Driver The following is the procedure for installing the ntellio CP 204J driver for the first time under Windows NT 4 0 1 Please Login NT as Administrator 2 From Control Panel open Network icon and then select Adapters tab 3 Click on Add button then Have Disk button for Select Network Adapter Specify the exact path for the driver diskette A WINDOWS NT Then click on OK button BY 3Com Etherlink Il Adapter also 11 16 and II 16 TP E 3Com Etherlink III ISA PCMCIA Adapter EF 3Com EtherLi
25. hanges are periodically made to the information herein to correct such errors and these changes are incorporated into new editions of the publication Technical Support Contact Information www moxa com support Moxa Americas Moxa China Shanghai office Toll free 1 888 669 2872 Toll free 800 820 5036 Tel 1 714 528 6777 Tel 86 21 5258 9955 Fax 1 714 528 6778 Fax 86 10 6872 3958 Moxa Europe Moxa Asia Pacific Tel 49 89 3 70 03 99 0 Tel 886 2 8919 1230 Fax 49 89 3 70 03 99 99 Fax 886 2 8919 1231 About This Manual This manual is composed of six chapters and one appendix 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 If you are a software programmer you may refer to the Serial Programming Tools chapter If you need cable wiring information please see the Connection Cable and Cable Wiring chapter If you encounter any problem during installation please refer to the Troubleshooting chapter Chapter 1 Introduction Overview and features for I ntellio CP 204J are described Also check list and overall installation guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Hardware installation for ntellio CP 204J is detailed Chapter 3 Software Installation Software installation configuration driver loading unloading driver update and removal for
26. he board Step 2 Remove the PC s cover Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 2 1 2 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Remove the slot cover bracket if present Plug the I ntellio CP 204J firmly into any free 32 bit PCI slot Fasten the holding screw to make the Control Board fixed Replace the system cover Connect the ntellio CP 204J and the devices with properly wired cables e g CN20030 or CN20040 The cable wiring is detailed in the chapter Connection Cable and Cable Wiring 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 However you may select the free IRQ number manually via PC s BIOS setup for PCI slot but normally this method is not available for memory The possible IRQ numbers are 2 9 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 and 15 Proceed with software installation detailed in the next chapter Software Installation Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 Software Installation UV In this chapter software driver installation configuration and driver update removal procedures are described for various operating systems including Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Before proceeding with software installation hardware installation detailed in previous chapter should be completed in advance However if it is necessary
27. l ntellio CP 204J board And connection option cable box Install software from diskette And configure driver for board and ports Connect devices with cable Restart system Check the driver initialization status If system restart successfully you may Develop your applications or Execute desired applications I ntellio CP 204J Users Manual See Chapter Hardware Installation See Chapter Software Installation for respective O S See Chapter Connection Cable and Cable Wiring See Chapter Software Installation See Chapter Serial Programming Tools 2 Hardware Installation UEN The installation of ntellio CP 204J consists of hardware installation and software installation For software installation please refer to the respective section of operating systems in the next chapter Hardware installation is stated in this chapter The no switch no jumper ntellio CP 204J board s hardware configuration for IRQ and memory addresses is automatically assigned by PCI BIOS Hence it is a must to have the board plugged first before installing software driver After this simply install the control board into the PC and connect the connection cable to the device sel LIT Intellio CP 204J Step 1 Power off the PC Warning Make sure your system is switched off before you start installing any board If you don t you may risk damaging your system and t
28. l 1 1 oi U Intellio CP 204J E S ASIC Design Compact Size The I ntellio CP 204J is equipped with MOXA customer designed ASIC chip which replaces lots of conventional IC and hence reduces the board to half size increase the operation performance and lowers the failure rate of the board Build in RJ 45 Connector Saves Cabling Space The ntellio CP 204J provides 4 RJ 45 sockets for connection which save a lot of cabling space Operating System Support It supports device drivers for Windows NT and Windows 95 98 with easy installation configuration and good performance Powerful Serial Comm Tools For application development MOXA provides an easy to use serial communication library PComm under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Users can use this library to develop your own applications using Visual Basic Visual C Borland Delphi etc Utilities such as diagnostics monitor terminal emulator etc are included for testing monitoring or debugging the communication status or terminal emulation or even file transferring 1 2 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Introduction Features The following is a summary of all the outstanding features of ntellio CP 204J Easy Installation 32 bit PCI bus with Plug and Play capability High speed serial communication channel max 921 6 Kbps per port Low host processor overhead en board RISC processor TMS32
29. nicating with serial devices using S W flow control Transmission Mode Hi Performance Mode This feature is set to Hi Performance by default Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 5 which accelerates the reaction of data writing behavior by utilizing buffering technology It lets your communication software reach maximum data throughput in large data transmission Classical Mode It lets MOXA ports behave like generic COM ports Transmission for small data packets would be more precisely and reliable 8 Click OK in the Individual Port Setting and the Property dialog boxes to go back to the MOXA Configuration Panel dialog box Click OK to finish the configuration However if you installed more than one board click Add and repeat steps 6 and 7 to configure another board Up to four ntellio CP 204J boards can be installed in a system GL MOXA Configuration Panel CP 204J FFEECOOO 9 0 1 COM3 COME 9 When configuration is done click on Close button in the Network Settings dialog box 10 Restart Windows NT system The latest configuration will not take effect unless the system restarts Network Settings Change ee nl 3 6 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation 11 After system restarted you may check the event log issued by MOXA driver to see if the ports of the board are initialized successfully Enter Administrative group then open Event View
30. nk III PCI Bus Master Adapter 30590 EF 3Com Etherlink16 EtherLink16 TP Adapter se Novell NE2000 Ad Son Insert Disk 3 2 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation 5 Select MOXA Intellio C218Turbo CP 204J Series Multiport Board in Select OEM Option dialog and then click OK to enter the MOXA Configuration Panel dialog box to start the installation 4 MOXA Configuration Panel 6 In the MOXA Configuration Panel dialog box click Add to enter Property dialog box to add the ntellio CP 204J board Select the CP 204J in the Board Type field CP 204J Bus Dev 0 1 7 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 3 7 In the Property dialog box click Port Setting to enter the Individual Port Setting dialog box to change the port COM number mappings Individual Port Setting ES Board Type CP 204J Port no COM Number COM Number cons Lk Auto Enumerating COM number Advanced Settings You have to set up all the ports of the board with the desired COM number which should not conflict with other COM number in use In this Individual Port Setting dialog box you may have two ways to map the physical ports to COM numbers depending on the check box Auto Enumerating COM number Sequential Port Mapping Enable Auto Enumerating COM numbei Specify the COM number of the first
31. o is to have the driver diskette handy At most 4 Intellio CP 204J boards can be installed together as long as the IRQ resources are sufficient and available in a system Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation The following flow chart illustrates the I ntellio CP 204J board driver installation stages Install the ntellio PCI board in the system See Chapter Hardware Installation d Start Windows 95 98 and the board found y Driver installed before 4 No Install driver with driver diskette See First Time Driver Installation Stage Process port configuration See Port Configuration Stage Ports of Intellio ntellio CP 204J board are ready to work See Board and Port Ready Stage Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 11 The following are steps for driver installation of the very first time with the very first Intellio CP 204J board The installation of I ntellio CP 204J board for Windows 95 and Windows 98 differ slightly and will be described in left and right column fashion Follow steps in left or right column for Windows 95 or 98 respectively 1 Upon detecting the first new Intellio CP 204J board Windows 95 98 will automatically show a dialog with the message New hardware found and then the following dialog will be popped up Please click on Next gt button Windows 95 Windows 98 Update Device Driver Wizard Add New Hardware
32. ration Panel icon The configuration panel will be popped up as below D MOXA Configuration Panel x Board Type Memory IRQ Bus Dev COM Number CP 204J FFEECOOO 9 O 17 Click OK button to confirm the configuration changes you made Click Cancel button to leave the dialog with the configuration unchanged The Add button is not applicable in PCI case A new ntellio CP 204J board will be automatically found as new hardware and added during the Windows 95 98 startup Click Remove button is not applicable in PCI case Simply unplugging the undesired ntellio CP 204J board physically from the system is the best way to do Click Property button to bring up the following Property dialog box to setup the selected board with correct COM Number Note that Board Type Memory Bank Interrupt No and Total Ports of the I ntellio CP 204J can not be changed Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation CP 204J Bus Dev 0 4 7 In the Property dialog box you may click on Port Setting button to pop up the following Individual Port Setting dialog box to change the port COM number mappings or do the advanced settings Individual Port Setting Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 21 In the Individual Port Setting dialog box you may have two ways to map the physical ports to COM numbers depending on the check box Auto Enumerating
33. tion parameters and status of that port Click Start and select Programs and PComm Lite and Monitor 2 PComm Monitor 8 x Port Count Tx CPS Tx Count Rx CPS Rx RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD 126976 125264 6 4 o O o 126976 126976 6 466 o 125952 126760 eo o o o 125952 126300 e e o o o 125952 126032 e eo o o o 128000 125828 A o o 126976 125648 126976 125440 e e o o o 0 oO o o o COM9 Port Status x 4 H H m Tx bytes 1s 4 r Tx History O Ei o e e o o e e Rx bytes 1s 1 Rx History a Port Name COMS Port Status Open m Communication Parameter gt HAW Flow Control d time 00 02 04 Baud Rate bps 38400 Re Flow Control DUHR Posse tame ene Data Bits 8 CTS Flow Control ON 4 4 ntellio CP 204J Users Manual Serial Programming Tools Terminal Emulator The Terminal Emulator features multi windows and supports terminal types of VT100 and ANSI You can transfer data interactively send pattern periodically or transfer file using ASCII XMODEM YMODEM ZMODEM and KERMIT protocols Click Start and select Programs and PComm Lite and Terminal Emulator ES PComm Terminal Emulator COM6 9600 None 8 1 YT100 Profile Edit Port Manager Window Help 2 GIA bs Sla 20M3 9600 None 8 1 VT100 ars ISCO OpenServer TM Release 5 scosysv moxa com tw tty2a Notice Unregistered SCO software is installed on your computer Refer to SC0 s on
34. to Hi Performance by default which accelerates the reaction of data writing behavior by utilizing buffering technology It lets your communication software reach maximum data throughput in large data transmission Classical Mode It lets MOXA ports behave like generic COM ports Transmission for small data packets would be more precisely and reliable Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 3 17 Board and Port Ready Stage Click on OK buttons for all the dialogs boxes to finish the configuration and exit the CP 204J Installation dialog box In this last stage you will complete the driver installation Windows 95 Windows 98 After port installation you can use immediately After port installation please click on Finish those COM ports of the CP 204J board without button Now you can use immediately those restarting the Windows 95 system COM ports of the CP 204J board without restarting the Windows 98 system Add New Hardware Wizard Windows has finished installing the software you selected that your new hardware device requires 3 18 Intellio CP 204J Users Manual Software Installation Once the installation is finished error conditions of the board if any will then be popped up onto the screen Otherwise everything should be fine If error message like MOXA CP 204J BusNo x DevNo x at base memory xxxxxxxx interrupt failure shows refer to Chapter Troubleshooting for solutions
35. y connection CP 204 m H Disk drives Provider Moxa Technologies Inc El S Display adapters Date 4 13 1999 H Floppy disk controllers 6 Hard disk controllers BB Keyboard To view details about the driver files loaded for this device click Monitors Driver File Details To update the driver files for this device click HS Mouse Update Driver E Moxa Intellio Multiport Board lt CP 204 E F Network adapters e 2 Ports COM amp LPT e BR System devices Sg Removing Driver If you unplug all the configured Intellio CP 204J boards from the system the I ntellio CP 204J driver is actually still in the system i e not removed To remove the ntellio CP 204J driver 1 Open the Control Panel and click on the Add Remove Program icon 2 Select the MOXA Intellio Driver 3 Click OK when asked to confirm the removal of the driver Intellio CP 204J Users Manual 4 Serial Programming Tools UV Moxa supports some easy but powerful serial programming libraries and communication troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 You will save a lot of developing time with the MOXA Serial Programming Tools The following sections will detail the installation the library and the utilities for various platforms PComm the professional serial comm tool for PC is a software package for Windows NT and Windows 95 98 It consists of a powerful serial communication library for easy programming in th
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