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1. This option must be omitted if using the Baddress option If both the Dmode and Baddress options are omitted a block mode base address will be assigned by Card and Socket Services lirg specifies the interrupt level IRQ of the DSP 100 in decimal irq 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 DSP 100 User s Manual 2 3 Ssocket specifies which PCMCIA socket the DSP 100 must be inserted into for this configuration argument to be used socket must be in the range 0 15 If this option is omitted the configuration argument will apply to DSP 100s inserted into any socket U instructs the Client Driver to disable the DSP 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 DSP 100 s interrupt status register is enabled and the UARTs Scratchpad registers are disabled 2 1 2 1 Example 1 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100CL SYS In example 1 no command line arguments are specified The Client Driver will configure a DSP 100 inserted into any socket in block mode with a base address and IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services The DSP 100 s interrupt status register will be enabled 2 1
2. Scratchpad registers enabled 2 1 2 5 Example 5 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100CL SYS b300 i5 i10 In example 5 three command line arguments are provided The Client Driver will first attempt to configure a DSP 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 DSP 100 with a base address and an IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services If the DSP 100 is successfully configured its interrupt status register will be enabled DSP 100 User s Manual 2 5 2 1 2 6 Example 6 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100CL SYS b300 i5 i10 In example 6 the three command line arguments of example 5 have been rearranged The Client Driver will first attempt to configure a DSP 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 Dr
3. address space The block must begin on an even 16 byte division Both serial ports share one IRQ level 2 COM Mode The two serial ports are configured at the standard COM port I O address locations The ports may be configured as COM1 and COMS also the ports may be configured as COM2 and COM4 Both serial ports share one IRQ level A special interrupt status register is also available to simplify the software required to service multiple serial ports in an interrupt driven environments See the Hardware Information section for details DSP 100 User s Manual 1 1 This page intentionally left blank 2 DOS Windows 3 x Installation Two configuration software programs are provided with the DSP 100 a Client Driver DSP100CL SYS and a card Enabler DSP100EN EXE Both of these programs are executed from DOS before entering Windows and allow operation of the DSP 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 DSP100CL SYS File name DSP100EN EXE File type DOS device driver File type DOS executable Interfaces to PCMCIA Card and Socket Services software PCMCIA host adapter independent Interfaces directly to Intel 82365SL and other PCIC compatible PCMCIA
4. host adapters Allows automatic configuration of DSP 100 adapters upon insertion Hot Swapping Does not support automatic configuration of DSP 100 adapters upon insertion Hot Swapping Requires PCMCIA Card and Socket Services software Does not require PCMCIA Card and 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 is currently installed on your system install the DSP 100 Client Driver as discussed in following section When loaded the Client Driver will display an error message if Card and Socket Services software is not detected DSP 100 User s Manual 2 1 2 1 DSP 100 Client Driver for DOS In order to use the DSP 100 Client Driver the system must be configured with Card and Socket Services software Card and Socket Services software is not provided with the DSP 100 but is available from Omega IMPORTANT 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 DSP 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 Omega Inc 2 1 1 Client Driver Installation The follow
5. must be used to configure the adapter If the Client Driver reports the desired adapter configuration the installation process is complete and the DSP 100 may be removed and or inserted from the system as desired On each insertion into the PCMCIA socket the DSP 100 will be automatically reconfigured according to the command line options 2 1 2 Command Line Options The DSP 100 Client Driver accepts up to eight command line arguments from the user to determine the configuration of the DSP 100 If any arguments are provided the Client Driver will attempt to configure any DSP 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 using a comma no spaces to separate each parameter Baddress specifies a block mode base I O address of the DSP 100 in hexadecimal This address must reside on an even 16 byte 10H boundary This option must be omitted if using the Dmode option If both the Dmode and Baddress options are omitted a block mode base address will be assigned by Card and Socket Services Dmode specifies a COM mode base I O address configuration for the DSP 100 The D1 option configures the DSP 100 at COM1 COMS 3F8 3E8 and the D2 option configures the DSP 100 at COM2 COM4 2F8 2E8
6. will identify the Omega Inc PCMCIA Dual RS 232 Serial Port Card as the parent device The Input Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations for these two COM ports will also match the resource allocations of the DSP 100 parent device System Properties 2 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection Sy Floppy disk controllers 3 Hard disk controllers E Keyboard Modem ma Monitor A Mouse es Multi function adapters gt DSP 100 2 AS 232 Serial Ports BY Network adapters PCMCIA socket a7 Ports COM amp LPT 2 Communications Port COM1 F Communications Por EBhM 2 4 F Communications Port COM4 SCSI controllers ml System devices DDR AR Rp AE AE m e hd Properties Refresh Remove Print cea Figure 2 Windows 95 Device Manager 7 Use the COM Port device names COM2 COM4 etc to access any of the particular serial ports on the DSP 100 This name is required by a Windows 95 application when accessing a particular port DSP 100 User s Manual 3 3 3 2 2 Changing Resource Settings with Device Manager The DSP 100 s serial ports are addressable in two modes block mode and COM mode see Chapter 5 Hardware Information The DSP 100 is addressable in either mode from Windows 95 Start the Windows 95 Device Manager Do
7. 00 will not be configured Furthermore only one DSP 100 can be installed in this system DSP 100 User s Manual 4 3 4 1 2 2 Example 2 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100 SYS 7 120 15 3 300 4 In example 2 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the DSP 100 as COMS and COM4 using I O address 300 30F hex and IRQ 4 If COM3 or COM4 already exists or if the I O address or IRQ resources are already in use the Client Driver will attempt to configure the DSP 100 as COM7 and COM8 using I O address 120 12F hex and IRQ 15 If COM7 or COMBS already exists or if the I O address or IRQ resources are already in use the DSP 100 will not be configured Up to two DSP 100s can be installed in this system 4 1 3 Advanced Configuration Topics For some applications it may be desirable to specify the resources for one DSP 100 while allowing the OS 2 Plug and Play system to assign the hardware resources for any additional cards This can be accomplished by mixing the configuration methods on the DSP 100 Client Driver command line DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100 SYS 3 100 5 COM7 It is important to remember that when a DSP 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 Another common application requirement is to have a DSP 100 inserted into socket 1 be configured as COM3 and COM4 while a DSP 100 inserted into socket 2 be configured as COM7 a
8. 2 2 Example 2 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100CL SYS d1 In example 2 a single command line argument is provided The Client Driver will attempt to configure a DSP 100 inserted into any socket in COM mode at COM1 COMS and an IRQ assigned by Card and Socket Services If address COM1 3F8 or COM3 3E8 are unavailable the DSP 100 will not be configured If the Client Driver can successfully configure the DSP 100 its interrupt status register will be enabled 2 4 2 1 2 3 Example 3 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100CL SYS s0 b300 i5 In example 3 a single command line argument is provided The Client Driver will attempt to configure a DSP 100 inserted into socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable the DSP 100 will not be configured In addition if a DSP 100 is inserted into any other socket it will not be configured If the Client Driver can successfully configure the DSP 100 its interrupt status register will be enabled 2 1 2 4 Example 4 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100CL SYS i5 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 DSP 100 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable the DSP 100 will not be configured If the Client Driver can successfully configure the DSP 100 its interrupt status register will be disabled
9. 5 desktop with the right mouse button and select Properties from the pull down menu Consult Windows 95 on line help for details on the use of the Device Manager Windows 95 handles the DSP 100 as a parent child device V The DSP 100 is the parent device and is listed under the hardware class Multi function Adapters in the device manager V Each serial port is a child device of the parent device DSP 100 There are 2 child COM ports for the DSP 100 which are listed under the hardware class Ports Com amp LPT 3 2 1 Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager 1 Start the Windows 95 Device Manager 2 Double click on the hardware class Multi function Adapters to list hardware devices in the class 3 The DSP 100 parent device belongs to this hardware class The device name for the DSP 100 is Omega Inc PCMCIA Dual RS 232 Serial Port Card 4 Open the Properties dialog for the DSP 100 device then click the Resources tab to view the Input Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations Examine and remember the Input Output Range then close the properties window 5 Double click the hardware class Ports Com and LPT Two of the Logical COM Ports COM2 COM4 etc listed in this class are the child devices of the DSP 100 parent device 3 2 6 View the Properties dialog for each COM port and examine the Resources allocated to each port Inside the Resource allocation window two of the COM ports
10. 550 UARTs Each of these UARTs requires 8 bytes of I O space The DSP 100 s serial ports are addressable in two modes 1 Block Mode The two serial ports are configured in one 16 byte continuous block of I O address space The block must begin on an even 16 byte 10H boundary e g 300H 310H 320H etc DSP 100 RS 232 channel Address assignment Channel A Base Address 0 Channel B Base Address 8 Figure 5 Block Mode Addressing 2 COM Mode The two serial ports are configured at the standard COM port I O address locations The ports may be configured as COM1 and COM3 or as COM2 and COM4 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 DSP 100 implements an interrupt status register which can be accessed at Base address 7 of any UART D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Intr B Intr A Figure 6 Interrupt Status Register When one or more UARTs have interrupts pending the associated bit s in 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 w
11. O space and 1 available IRQ After the system has been configured to the above specifications the DSP 100 Client Driver may be installed with the following procedure 1 Copy the DSP100 SYS client driver file from the distribution disk to any convenient directory on the hard disk 2 Open the CONFIG SYS file using any ASCII text editor 3 Add the following line to the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE drive path DSP100 SYS_ options where options are the DSP 100 OS 2 Client Driver command line options discussed in the following sections 4 Save the CONFIG SYS file exit the text editor shutdown the system and reboot to activate the changes DSP 100 User s Manual 4 1 4 1 Command Line Options The DSP 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 as discussed in the following sections 4 1 1 Configuring With System Assigned Resources Allowing the OS 2 Plug and Play system to assign the hardware resources to the DSP 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 DSP 100 is inserted into a PCMCIA socket the client driver will configure the card as a series of COM ports starting with the l
12. SP 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 2 2 1 Command Line Options To configure a DSP 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 parenthesis 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 Dmode lirg Waddress specifies which PCMCIA socket the DSP 100 must be inserted into for this configuration argument to be used socket must be in the range 0 15 This option is always required specifies a block mode base I O address of the DSP 100 in hexadecimal This address must reside on an even 16 byte 10H boundary Specify only one of the following three options Baddress Dmode or R Use of one of these options is always required specifies a COM mode base I O address configuration for the DSP 100 The D1 option configures the DSP 100 at COM1 COMS 3F8 3E8 and the D option conf
13. Table of Contents 1 Introduction ss BEER ends wees nade ooh eda ER BEERS ne 1 1 2 DOS Windows 3 x Installation 2 1 2 1 DSP 100 Client Driver for DOS 0 0 0 See se 2 2 2 1 1 Client Driver Installation 0 00 00 00 eee 2 2 2 1 2 Command Line Options EERS ER KEER ig EER DE elas 2 3 2 1 3 Common Problems iris hs ke SE eek au Se ea a te 2 7 2 2 DSP 100 Enabler for DOS occa ca Beri ba bee eR ER dak es 2 8 2 2 1 Command Line Options iss Hae dae a EE HE geese He 2 9 222 Common Problems ise 8a eG Re eek ee PRB EN 2 12 3 Windows 95 Installation 0 0 0 00000 3 2 3 1 Installing a DSP 100 Under Windows 95 0 0 3 2 3 2 DSP 100 Resource Settings in Windows 95 005 3 3 3 2 1 Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager 3 3 3 2 2 Changing Resource Settings with Device Manager 3 5 4 OS 2 Installation 0 ccc ccc ec eee EE N ee ee 4 1 4 1 Command Line Options jes NEE SESDE SR RE 4 2 4 1 1 Configuring With System Assigned Resources 4 2 4 1 2 Configuring With User Assigned Resources 4 3 4 1 3 Advanced Configuration Topics 0 005 4 4 4 2 Monitoring The Status Of PCMCIA Cards 4 5 45 Common Problems rs EE oars CRs MAPS Ch ER Cee ag ale 4 5 5 Unix SUpport siseses ror ek wee tick wen eck Medea 5 1 5 1 Unix Enhanced Serial Device Driver 000 5 1 6 Hardw
14. al 2 7 2 2 DSP 100 Enabler for DOS For systems that are not operating PCMCIA Card and Socket Services software the DSP 100 DOS Enabler may be used to enable and configure the adapter This Enabler DSP100EN 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 IMPORTANT In order to use the DSP 100 Enabler for DOS the system MUST NOT be configured with Card and Socket Services software If a Card and Socket Services software is installed the DSP 100 Enabler may interfere with its operation and with the device s it controls The DSP 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 PCMCIA sockets before executing DSP100EN EXE If more than one adapter is installed in a system the Enabler must be executed separately for each adapter Furthermore DSP100EN 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 is removed from the system must be reconfigured with the Enabler after re inserting it into a PCMCIA socket IMPORTANT The Enabler requires a region of high DOS memory when configuring a D
15. are Information 00 00000 6 1 7 External Connections 0 c cece eee eee 7 1 8 Specifications si DR EE wie Goa Gaede ane wate EE 7 1 DSP 100 User s Manual iii Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 List of Figures Client Driver vs Enabler for DOS Windows 3 x 2 1 Windows 95 Device Manager so i es deh au hee ara 3 4 DSP 100 Basic Configuration Table 4 3 5 Windows 95 Resource Allocation 0000005 3 6 Block Mode Addressing uat sap Me eed Keene Raa we 5 1 Interrupt Status Register ary craw DE EE RED eee coe ae 5 1 DSP 100 Adapter Cable iss EES ete BE eee 6 1 Standard RS 232 Signal Assignment 04 6 1 iv 1 Introduction The DSP 100 provides two independent RS 232 asynchronous serial communications interfaces for systems equipped with PCMCIA Type II and or Type II expansion sockets The DSP 100 is a PCMCIA Type II 5 mm card and is PCMCIA PC Card Standard Specification 2 1 compliant The DSP 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 DSP 100 s two serial ports are addressable in two modes 1 Block Mode The two serial ports are configured in one 16 byte continuous block of I O
16. esources for your hardware Pay attention to the conflict information at the bottom of the window Do not select a value that causes a conflict with any other installed hardware If any changes have been made to the DSP 100 s configuration the card will automatically be reconfigured to the new resources specified Any time a PCMCIA card of this type is inserted Windows 95 will attempt to configure the card at these resource settings Click the Use Automatic Settings box to reset this card type for automatic configuration 3 6 4 OS 2 Installation In order to use the DSP 100 Client Driver for OS 2 the system must be configured as follows 1 The system must be running OS 2 version 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 necessary files can be found on Compuserve in the OS2SUPPORT forum and may be available elsewhere These files are not available from Omega 3 Omega s OS 2 serial port device driver QCOM version 2 01 or later must be installed The DSP 100 will not operate with the standard OS 2 serial port device drivers Omega can not guarantee the operation of the DSP 100 with any other third party device drivers for OS 2 4 There must be at least 16 bytes of available I
17. igures the DSP 100 at COM2 COM4 2F8 2E8 Specify only one of the following three options Baddress Dmode or R Use of one of these options is always required specifies the interrupt level IRQ of the DSP 100 in decimal irq 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 if the N option is not used specifies the base address of the memory window required to configure the DSP 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 DSP 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 DSP 100 s interrupt status register is enabled and the UARTs Scratchpad registers are disabled DSP 100 User s Manual 2 9 Before removing a DSP 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 Enabler to release the resources previously allocated to the DSP 100 When the R opti
18. ill return logic 0 The application program should not exit its interrupt service routine until all pending interrupts from all channels have been serviced interrupt status register 0 or no additional interrupts will be received If an application requires the UARTs Scratchpad Registers the interrupt status register can be disabled Disabling the interrupt status register is supported by the DSP 200 configuration software which is operating DSP 100 User s Manual 6 1 system dependent Refer to the relevant operating system installation section for specific usage of this feature 6 2 7 External Connections An adapter cable is included with the DSP 100 to convert the 25 pin output connector into 2 standard D 9 male RS 232 connectors as shown in the figure below Port A Port B Figure 7 DSP 100 Adapter Cable Gnd RI DTR CTS TxD RTS RxD DSR OLEOS DCD ESELS D 9 Male Connector Figure 8 Standard RS 232 Signal Assignment DSP 100 User s Manual 7 1 This page intentionally left blank 8 Specifications Bus Interface Physical Dimensions Maximum Baud Rate Power Requirements Connector 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 2 standard male D 9 DSP 100 User s Manual 7 1
19. ing procedure is used to install the DSP 100 Client Driver 1 Copy the file DSP100CL SYS from the DSP 100 distribution diskette 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 is installed AFTER the line s installing the Card and Socket Services software add the following line to the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE drive path DSP100CL SYS _ options where options are the DSP 100 Client Driver command line options discussed on the following pages Save the CONFIG SYS file and exit the text editor Insert the DSP 100 into one of the system s PCMCIA slots NOTE Since the DSP 100 Client Driver supports Hot Swapping it is not necessary to have the DSP 100 installed 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 DSP 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 DSP 100 Enabler program
20. is because most DOS applications 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 DSP 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 DSP 100 in hexadecimal and must reside on an even 16 byte 10H boundary irq specifies the interrupt level IRQ of the DSP 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 DSP 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 IMPORTANT If the user specified resources are in use by other devices in the system the DSP 100 will not be configured 4 1 2 1 Example 1 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100 SYS 3 100 5 In example 1 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the DSP 100 as COMS and COM4 using I O addresses 100 10F hex and IRQ 5 If COM3 or COM4 already exists or if the I O address or IRQ resources are already in use the DSP 1
21. ith the Windows 95 CD or installation diskettes The DSP 100 s serial devices will require 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 these files exist in the windows system directory those files will be used The DSP 100 PC Card should now be configured In the future Windows 95 will automatically recognize and configure the DSP 100 DSP 100 User s Manual 3 1 3 2 DSP 100 Resource Settings in Windows 95 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 a PC Card PCMCIA type board Windows 95 configures the new hardware using free resources it finds within the hardware registry and updates the registry automatically To view and or edit hardware devices in Windows 95 use the system Device Manager To access Device Manager double click the System icon in the Windows 95 control panel or click the My Computer icon on the Win9
22. iver It is the user s responsibility to place the command line arguments in a logical order 2 1 2 7 Example 7 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100CL SYS s0 b300 i5 1 b340 i10 The type of configuration shown in example 7 may be desirable in systems where more than one DSP 100 is to be installed In this example the Client Driver will attempt to configure a DSP 100 inserted into socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If the DSP 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 DSP 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 DSP 100 will not be configured 2 6 2 1 3 Common Problems 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 configure the DSP 100 causing the DSP 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 DSP 100 client dr
23. iver 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 is used when it is 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 availability 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 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 DSP 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 Omega DSP 100 User s Manu
24. nd COMBS This type of configuration is supported by appending a Sx parameter after any command line argument DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100 SYS COM3 S1 COM7 S2 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100 SYS 3 100 4 1 7 300 3 S2 4 4 4 2 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 DSP 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 4 3 Common Problems Invalid I O Address When Using OS 2 Version 2 1 PCMCIA Card Services for OS 2 version 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 DSP 100 If this range does not begin on an even 16 byte 10H boundary the DSP 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 is the user s responsibility to ensure the I O addre
25. not included with the DSP 100 but may be purchased separately 5 1 Unix Enhanced Serial Device Driver The Enhanced Serial Device Driver provides a fully interrupt driven buffered input output system for multiple RS 232 serial ports in an IBM or compatible microcomputer using the SCO UNIX System V Operating System The Enhanced Serial Device Driver is a replacement for the serial driver that is provided with the SCO UNIX operating system and is one hundred percent SCO UNIX compatible It provides the same functions as the SCO UNIX Release 3 2 serial device driver plus the following features V Support for Omega RS 232 Asynchronous Communication Adapters as well as the system board serial port v A flexible configuration scheme which allows any I O address or interrupt request number that is supported by Omega s Asynchronous Communication Adapters vV Support for the National Semiconductor NS16550A device an enhanced version of the industry standard NS16450 device The NS16550A offers 16 character transmit and receive buffers that greatly reduce interrupt overhead on the CPU V Support for up to 40 COM ports on multiple boards IRQs v The Enhanced Serial Device Driver will support a total of 5 serial adapters v Written in C for maximum efficiency DSP 100 User s Manual 5 1 This page intentionally left blank 6 Hardware Information The DSP 100 s two asynchronous serial ports are implemented using 2 standard 16C
26. on is used any settings specified by the B T and U options are ignored 2 2 1 1 Example 1 DSP100EN EXE In example 1 no command line argument is specified The Enabler will report an error and display the proper usage of the command 2 2 1 2 Example 2 DSP100EN EXE s0 b300 i5 In example 2 the Enabler will configure the DSP 100 in socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 using a configuration memory window at segment D000 The DSP 100 s interrupt status register will be enabled 2 2 1 3 Example 3 DSP100EN EXE i10 u b340 s1 In example 3 the Enabler will configure the DSP 100 in socket 1 with a base address of 340H and IRQ 10 using a configuration memory window at segment D000 The DSP 100 s interrupt status register will be disabled Scratchpad registers enabled Note that the parameter order is not significant 2 10 2 2 1 4 Example 4 DSP100EN EXE s0 b300 i3 wd8 In example 4 the Enabler will configure the DSP 100 in socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 3 using a configuration memory window at segment D800 The DSP 100 s interrupt status register will be enabled 2 2 1 5 Example 5 DSP100EN EXE s0 b300 i5 r In example 5 the Enabler will release the configuration used by the DSP 100 in socket 0 using a configuration memory window at segment D000 The base address and IRQ parameters are ignored and may be omitted 2 2 1 6 Example 6 DSP100EN EXE s1 r wcc In example 5 the Enabler
27. or DOS the system MUST NOT be configured with Card and Socket Services software If a Card and Socket Services software is installed the DSP 100 Enabler may interfere with its operation and with the device s it controls For systems configured with Card and Socket Services the DSP 100 Client Driver is the recommended method of configuration 2 12 3 Windows 95 Installation To allow easy configuration of the DSP 100 an Windows 95 INF configuration file has been written for the hardware This configuration file supports the DSP 100 in both addressing modes block mode and com mode 3 1 Installing a DSP 100 Under Windows 95 1 2 Insert the DSP 100 into any available PC Card socket The first time a new PC Card type is 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 DSP 100 Resource Settings The New Hardware Found window provides several options to configure the DSP 100 card Click the Driver from Disk option button Click OK to continue An Install from Disk dialog box should appear Insert the diskette with the DSP 100 INF file select the correct drive letter and path and click OK Windows 95 will browse the path for the aforementioned files During the installation process it may be required to supply the computer w
28. owest available port number in the list Configuring a DSP 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 applications 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 DSP 100 with user assigned resources 4 1 1 1 Example 1 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100 SYS COM3 In example 1 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the DSP 100 as COMS and COM4 If COM3 or COM4 already exists in the system the DSP 100 will not be configured Furthermore only one DSP 100 can be installed in this system 4 1 1 2 Example 2 DEVICE C DSP 100 DSP100 SYS COM7 COM3 In example 2 the Client Driver will attempt to configure the DSP 100 as COMS3 and COM4 If COM3 or COM4 already exists in the system the Client Driver will attempt to configure the DSP 100 as COM7 and COMBS If COM7 or COM8 already exist in the system the DSP 100 will not be configured Up to two DSP 100s can be installed in this system 4 2 4 1 2 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 DSP 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
29. s that displays No conflicts in the bottom display region titled Conflicting Device List from the drop down list Some applications may not be able to access ports higher than COM4 To use the DSP 100 PCMCIA serial ports with these applications you might be forced to remove other serial communications devices from your system DSP 100 2 RS 232 Serial Ports Properties 21x General Resources DSP 100 2RS 232 Serial Ports Resource settings Resource type Setting BAM eds RE O2F8 O2FF Input Output Range O2E8 02EF Interrupt Request 07 Setting based on Basic configuration 0001 7 Change Setting Use automatic settings Conflicting device list Figure 4 Windows 95 Resource Allocation 7 Windows 95 should have chosen an available Interrupt Request setting automatically when the I O address range was configured by a Basic Configuration selection This default Interrupt Request setting should not need changed as long as No conflicts is displayed in the bottom display region titled Conflicting Device List If you are satisfied with Windows 95 selection then skip the next step DSP 100 User s Manual 3 5 8 To modify the Interrupt Request setting click the resource name and click the Change Setting button An Edit Resource window will open up Inside this window click on the up down arrows to the right of the Interrupt Request value This scrolls you through all of the allowable r
30. ss 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 OS 2 version 4 00 comes with HARDWARE MANAGER which is easier to use than RMVIEW 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 DSP 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 two COM ports for the DSP 100 If any of these COM ports are already installed the Client Driver will not load DSP 100 User s Manual 4 5 Parameter Overlapping When installing the DSP 100 each command line argument specifies the first of two COM ports If these arguments overlap the Client Driver will not load For example it is illegal to specify DSP100 SYS COM3 COM4 because the first argument requests COM3 COM4 and the second argument specifies COM4 COM5 Insufficient Number Of Command Line Arguments The DSP 100 command line must contain at least one command line argument for each DSP 100 to be installed 4 6 5 Unix Support The DSP 100 and other Omega asynchronous serial communications interface products are supported in the Unix operating system by Omega s Unix Enhanced Serial Device Driver This driver is
31. uble click on the hardware class Multi function Adapters to list hardware devices in the class The DSP 100 parent device belongs to this hardware class The device name for the DSP 100 is Omega Inc PCMCIA Dual RS 232 Serial Port Card Open the Properties dialog for the DSP 100 device then click the Resources tab to view the Input Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations Several predefined Basic Configurations have been included for the DSP 100 The table below defines the various configurations When the Use Automatic Settings check box is enabled Windows 95 will attempt to configure the DSP 100 in the order listed Basic Port Basic Port Configuration Addresses Configuration Addresses 0000 3F8 3E8 0009 220 228 0001 2F8 2E8 000A 260 268 0002 390 398 000B 280 288 0003 100 108 000C 290 298 0004 110 118 000D 330 338 0005 120 128 OOOE 340 348 0006 130 138 OOOF 350 358 0007 140 148 0010 300 308 0008 1E0 1E8 0011 310 318 Figure 3 DSP 100 Basic Configuration Table Indicates COM mode addressing Addresses 3F8 3E8 are the standard addresses for COM1 COMS Addresses 2F8 2E8 are the standard addresses for COM2 COM4 All other basic configurations use block mode addressing at non standard base addresses Windows 95 enumerates any COM port at a non standard address starting with COM5 3 4 6 Select a Basic Configuration
32. will release the configuration used by the DSP 100 in socket 1 using a configuration memory window at segment CCO00 DSP 100 User s Manual 2 11 2 2 2 Common Problems Memory Range Exclusion The Enabler requires a region of high DOS memory when configuring a DSP 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 Furthermore some systems use the high memory area for BIOS shadowing to improve overall system performance In order for 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 DSP 100 s socket number to be specified on the command line and the DSP 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 DSP 100 Enabler the lowest socket number in the system is designated socket 0 Card and Socket Services Software In order to use the DSP 100 Enabler f

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