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1. Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 3 Figure 10 Intellicon 6 2 I O port address SW1 2 1 5 E base cL 1 E Se zB I I I LI E EE EE Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Figure 12 ntellicon Flex8 I O port address SW1 2 CO Intellicon adapters ship with SW1 factory set for port addresses 300 303 hex However many other devices may require port addresses in your computer s I O address space In most cases the factory setting is sufficient but when there is a conflict SW1 may require a different setting Table 1 summarizes typical I O port address usage and Table 2 lists all the possible switch settings on SW1 for port addresses WARNING Do not use a pencil to set the DIP switches as the lead graphite may short circuit the switch Note Ifyou install more than one Intellicon adapter in a computer you must choose a different I O port address for each adapter Intellicon User s
2. 4 61 Current Loop Cable Wiring 4 65 List of Tables Table 1 Typical port address 2 5 Table 2 Port address switch settings SW1 sus 2 6 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 2 7 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 2 8 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 2 9 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 2 10 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 2 11 Table 3 Typical base address 2 17 Table 4 Memory address 2 2 17 Table 5 Typical IRQ assignments esee 2 19 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Contents ix List of Tables continued Table 6 QNX 4 XX transparent print terminal types 3 50 Table 7 UNIX IRQ amp port address defaults 3 57 Table 8 UNIX IRQ Vector 3 58 Table 9 Intellicon 2 DB 9 4 7 Table 10 Intellicon 4 DB 37 4 9 Table 11 Intellicon 4 DB 25 DTE 4 10 Table 12 Intellicon 4 DB 25 DCE 4
3. 3 42 PC Term in ecce aere Ger S 3 43 Auto RS eect nghe 3 45 Packet Trigger Mode sss 3 47 Super Raw Mode sss 3 47 Transparent Print 3 47 Configuration 2 3 48 Ctrl ise eee 3 50 Utilities este een iced en 3 51 CHMON UE es 3 51 eti tedraini iem eet 3 51 Ctifl sh Re n 3 52 Error Messages erecti eee eroe etna 3 54 UNIX Device Driver teet eee cs 3 56 Installation orti eee hes 3 56 Mectors IRQ 5 ivit EDS 3 58 Device File Names eee ope 3 58 Modems tee ie 3 60 Printers 3 62 Enhanced Features esce 3 62 Transparent Pritit z eet 3 62 teach ton Bien deck eee oe 3 64 Error 5 68 set eese eer eee eer eene venies 3 66 Fatal Error 2200 3 66 Warning Error Messages sese 3 66 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Contents Chapter 3 Software Installation continued OS Specific Information sese 3 67 8 gt aeneus onde 3 67 SCO UNIX OpenServer 3 69 SCO XENIX 386 3 71 INTERACTIVE UNIX 386 3 72 Unixwarev ieu 3 73 WA OWS 3 XX os oon Sac dea dee cba i anne e tenete ento
4. sess 4 33 SLIM insertion 220 0 4 33 2 4 34 Appendix E RS 232 0 4 00 4 35 Installation esi oec ertet eere detecte 4 37 Appendix F RS 485 422 4 39 5 485 422 2 4 4 39 5 485 422 8 2 4 42 5 485 422 6 2 4 46 TxD RTS enable with 2 1 4 48 TxD RTS enable with 4 48 RxD GTS disable 4 49 RxD CTS line load 4 49 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 RxD CTS line biasing 4 52 CTS selection E 4 53 RS 485 422 Cable eene 4 54 Appendix G RS 423 2 2 4 57 Installations ioo rd RO etes 4 58 RS 423 Cable Wiring eee eere 4 60 Appendix 20mA Current Loop 4 61 Current Loop Cable Wiring sese 4 65 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix A Specifications 4 1 Appendix A Specifications Intellicon 2 4 8 6 2 Flex8 Processor m Zilog Z80B processor 5 MHz Memory m 64K static RAM PC Bus Interface m Dual ported RAM interface m Memory appears as 64K
5. 5 er cress SSS e ELLE p SEG ON sw TH MA 12 3 4 Figure 17 ntellicon Flex8 Memory address SW2 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 16 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Intellicon adapters ship with SW2 set for a base memory address of D000 hex In most cases this setting 1s sufficient but where there are many different expansion devices installed in the host computer SW2 may require a different base address setting in order to avoid a conflict WARNING Do not use a pencil to set the DIP switches as the lead graphite may short circuit the switch Note If you install more than one Intellicon adapter in a computer you must choose the same base address for each adapter Example The following example illustrates SW2 set for the factory setting of base address D000 hex Example The following example illustrates SW2 SEG on an Intellicon 2 or Intellicon 4 with the RS 485 422 option set for the factory setting of base address D000 hex Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 17 Table 3 outlines some typical expansion devices and the base address ranges they may occupy Table 4 shows SW2 switch settings for all possible base memory addresses Table 3 Typical base address usage Table 4 Memory address settings SW2 Mem
6. j L L z ee m pie 3 Many other devices such as the keyboard and disk drives also require an IRQ Table 5 shows some typical IRQ assignments Table 5 Typical IRQ assignments 0 Timeroupu 6 Floppy disk controller 8 Real timeclock 9 Reserved 10 12 15 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 20 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation In most cases the default IRQ setting for your Intellicon adapter is satisfactory If an IRQ conflict exists between the Intellicon adapter and another expansion device you must choose another IRQ To select an IRQ simply install the jumper across the corresponding pins for that IRQ Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter is very sensitive to static electricity When setting the jumpers make sure that you wear an anti static wrist band Handle the adapter by its edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Note If you install more than one Intellicon adapter up to four per system in a computer you must select an unique IRQ for each adapter Example 1 The following example shows J1 J2 IRQ jumpers set for the factory setting of IRQ 3 Intellicon 2 4 6 2 Flex8 Intellicon 6 2 15 14 12 11 10 345672 41 818 7 2 5 iRQ i ajajajaja jo a a E a a ntellicon 2 4 Flex8 15 14 12 1
7. 4 62 Figure 57 Current Loop wiring 4 wire 4 65 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction InttOQUCtlOTo toti ite ite eink ee estt ds 1 1 Manual Oyeryle wa ae eie eere ehe e tendentem 1 2 Conventions amp Symbols sse 1 2 Product Overview a n EN entere nennen nnne 1 3 Intellicon Adapters sssseeeeennn 1 4 Intellicon Software 1 10 Customer Service 1 1 10 RMA OVVIE W iit dete 1 13 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction This section contains an overall description of the Intellicon manual the Intellicon product Connect Tech s technical services Return Merchandise Authorization and warranty repair policies The organization of the information is as follows m Manual Overview describes the structure of the manual and the conventions the manual uses m Product Overview describes the Intellicon its features and specifications m Customer Services Overview describes the various customer support services available to users of Connect Tech products m RMA Overview describes the RMA policy and procedures for all Connect Tech products Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 1 2 Chapter 1 Introductio
8. assumes that it was run with the proper i o port setting on the command line The receipt of an stty message to change the i o port will not however return an error to the sending task Messaging to DEV On some of versions of the QNX operating system some functions have been coded to message with DEV task 3 rather than the task which has adopted the device i e get_tty set_tty Warning to QNX Network users The Intellicon board defaults match those on the QNX Network board The memory segment on either board must be reconfigured Consult the configuration section of the manual Most of the time this can be fixed by readdressing the network card to address CC000 hex or CE000 hex Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 38 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX QNX Version 4 XX There are four administrators supplied on the Intellicon QNX 4 XX driver diskette The default drivers Dev cti for QNX 4 22 or earler Dev32 cti for QNX 4 23 or later provide the standard interface between QNX 4 XX and the serial ports The optional drivers Dev cti tp for QNX 4 22 or earler and Dev32 cti tp for QNX 4 23 or later provide the standard interface as well as an extra set of devices which allow access to printers attached to terminals Also on the diskette are files which contain software code for enhanced features such as transparent print control and software utilities such as chmon chmon32 Note 1 The I
9. Pull down resistors to GND Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 53 CTS selection On the Intellicon 6 2 you can program the CTS signal on ports 7 and 8 for three possible modes of operation One way has CTS connected directly to RTS Another method connects CTS to a line receiver circuit therefore allowing the external communication link to supply the CTS signal Finally you can set CTS permanently false OFF This is useful for half duplex communication links and for other special user needs You program all three modes by installing or not installing jumpers at J9 and J10 Refer to Figure 46 for their location and Table 30 for their function Table 30 Jntellicon 6 2 CTS selection Jumper Jumper 8 installed Function INT 7 Port 7 Internal CTS TEXT Port 7 External CTS INT 8 Port 8 Internal CTS EXT 8 Port 8 External CTS Example 1 The following example shows port 7 set for internal CTS and port 8 for external CTS J9 J10 2 The following example shows port 7 set for CTS permanent false OFF and port 8 set for internal CTS Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 54 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option RS 485 422 Cable Wiring You can wire Intellicon adapters with the RS 485 422 option in various ways to communicate with RS 485 422 peripherals This section will descibe a few examples of RS 485 422 cabling schemes Figures 49 and 51 desc
10. 3 51 a a 3 52 Error Messages e i 3 54 UNIX Device Driver eee eins 3 56 Installation 2 5 rete RS 3 56 Vector IRO rete tte tete RETE ERES 3 58 D vice Fil Names ere eR 3 58 Modems eee 3 60 Prifitets ete etti dee 3 62 Enhanced 3 62 Transparent Print 3 62 EENE de dA owe 3 64 Error 5 e eee teer eee nani 3 66 Fatal Error 3 66 Warning Error Messages esee 3 66 OS Specific 3 67 SCO UNIX AT386 esce tees cerebri 3 67 SCO UNIX OpenServer 3 69 SCO XENIX 386 3 71 INTERACTIVE UNIX 86 3 72 Unixware s tate ER RE Ses 3 73 Wirndows 3 X X feme iet De e DO Ee e ERE 3 74 Installation ett eerte eerte et teta 3 74 Uninstallatioh 3 76 MindoWs N 3 77 tete tite eet ete 3 77 Enhanced Features esee rennen 3 78 Multi drop RS 485 Full Duplex 3 78 Multi drop RS 485 Half Duplex 3 78 Timer Enable Disable 2 3 78 RS 422 eterne rrr ne 3 78 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation 3 1 Introduction This chapter describes the installation of Inte
11. Please refer to Figures 23 24 25 and 26 for the above factory settings Chapter 1 Introduction shows the location on the adapter for the switches and jumpers Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 26 Chapter 4 Appendix Factory Settings Figure 23 ntellicon 2 4 SW1 factory setting ON IHR RHBRHR 123465 6 78 SW1 Note DIP switch SW1 factory set for I O port address 300 303 hex for Intellicon 2 and Intellicon 4 RS 232 and or RS 485 422 Figure 24 ntellicon 2 4 RS 232 SW2 factory setting SEG Note DIP switch SW2 factory set for base memory address D0000 hex for Intellicon 2 RS 232 and Intellicon 4 RS 232 Figure 25 ntellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 SW2 setting 5 6 7 8 SEG RCTL Note DIP switch SW2 factory set for base memory address D0000 hex and RxD RTS enabled on ports 1 2 3 and 4 for Intellicon 2 RS 485 422 and Intellicon 4 4 ports RS 485 422 or 2 ports RS 232 and 2 ports RS 485 422 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Factory Settings 4 27 Figure 26 Intellicon 2 4 J1 J2 factory settings J2 J1 15 14 12 11 10 a 7 Note Jumpers J1 and J2 factory set for IRQ 3 for Intellicon 2 and Intellicon 4 RS 232 and or RS 485 422 Intellicon 6 2 The Intellicon 6 2 adapter ships with factory settings for the following DIP switch SW1 I O port address DIP switch SW2 Base memory address IRQ jumper In
12. 0Ah dx communication port number Return Values ax number of characters waiting for input Description This function allows a program to determine the number of characters waiting in the input buffer Function 11 Disable a port Input ah OBh dx communication port number Return Values ah FFh if an invalid port number was specified Description This function allows the user to disable a given port freeing up its resources for use by other ports Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 16 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Function 12 Read current parameters Input 0Ch dx communication port number Return Values FFh ifan invalid port number was specified al parameters as described in Functions 0 4 cx bx baud rate cx high order Description This function allows the user to query a port for its parameters Function 13 Register a port Input ah 0Dh dx communication port number Return Values es bx will set a pointer to a byte flag to non zero if there is a character waiting in the input queue ah FFh if an invalid port number was specified Description This function provides a byte pointer to a flag indicating that a character is waiting for input When data is waiting the memory location pointed to is non zero By registering a port and testing the memory location pointed to implementation of polled operation is far faster than a nondestructive read The reas
13. Figure 48 Figure 49 Figure 50 Figure 51 Figure 52 Intellicon 8 I O port 5 1 2 3 Intellicon Flex8 I O port address SWI1 2 4 Intellicon 2 Memory address SW2 2 13 Intellicon 4 Memory address SW2 2 14 Intellicon 6 2 Memory address SW2 2 14 Intellicon 8 Memory address SW2 2 15 Intellicon Flex8 Memory address SW2 2 15 IRQ jumpers for Intellicon 2 4 6 2 Flex8 2 18 IRQ jumpers for Intellicon 8 2 19 Intellicon Flex8 SLIM socket locations 2 22 Intellicon 8 I O Box eene 4 21 Intellicon Flex8 I O Box eee 4 21 Intellicon 2 4 SW1 factory setting 4 26 Intellicon 2 4 RS 232 SW2 factory setting 4 26 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 SW2 setting 4 26 Intellicon 2 4 J1 J2 factory settings 4 27 Intellicon 6 2 SW1 factory setting 4 27 Intellicon 6 2 SW2 factory 4 28 Intellicon 6 2 IRQ factory settings 4 28 Intellicon 6 2 J7 J8 factory 4 28 Intellicon 6 2 J3 J4 J5 J6 factory settings 4 29 Intellicon 6 2 J9 J10 factory settings 4 29 Intell
14. RTSRef 2 RDO 113 18 2 2 TxDRef2 TxDH 2 4 Reserved CTSAQ2 CTSAC 2 RxDReturn2 pis DTR2 RxDAOQ2 RxDAO2 TxDRetum2 pio NCE CTSBGH 2_ CTSBC 2 RxD Source2 117 CD RxDBCO 2 RxDBC 2 RxDO2 p18 Gow p1m Se oc po o Ee 29 cp 3p qr 2 34 Eur 22 DCD2 ____ Tiedhigh Tiedhigh 23 gt ____ ee 24 RTs p 3 Ss y y 25 Jor p p 14 ro a 2 2 ipm _ E 1 o reoi 29 Joo 2 2 fori __ e qo y 12 Tiedhigh 23 DCDI Tiedhigh Tiedhigh Tiedhigh Le JRE T WNl inp DLpl j Note earlier versions of the current loop SLIM have pins 22 23 32 and 33 tied low Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix 20mA Current Loop Option 4 65 Current Loop Cable Wiring You can wire Intellicon Flex8 adapters with the 20mA Current Loop option in various ways to communicate with 20mA Current Loop peripherals This section will descibe a few examples of current loop cabling schemes Figure 57 describes a 4 wire cabling scheme between a port on the Intellicon Flex8 adapter to another port on the Intellicon Flex8 adapter Figure 57 Current Loop wiring diagram 4 wire Non isolated statio
15. RxD CTS disabled Examples 1 The following shows RxD and CTS enabled on port 7 and disabled on port 8 J7 J8 2 The following shows RxD and CTS enabled on port 7 and port 8 J7 J8 RxD CTS line load options RS 485 422 lines normally need some type of load to prevent impedance mis matches from causing signal interference The Intellicon 6 2 provides two types of load one is a purely resistive R load and the other is a resistive capacitive RC load The RS 485 422 schematic in Figure 45 shows these as Rt and Ct You can apply these loads on ports 7 and 8 by installing or not installing jumpers at J3 J4 JS and J6 Refer to Figure 46 for their location and Table 29 for their function Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 50 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option Table 29 ntellicon 64 2 RxD CTS line loads Jumper Port Jumper No No Signal Installed R C series load R C series load 15 8 RxD R C series load 36 8 CTS R C series load You should use the R load for two situations a point to point connection that is less than 50 meters 150 long and for a last station load on a multi drop line of less than 50 meters To enable this load install a jumper on J3 J4 J5 and or 16 You use the RC load for situations described above where the line length exceeds 50 meters To enable this load remove the appropriate jumper on J3 J4 J5 and or J6 The RS 485 422 schematic in Figure 4
16. 10 Enter Windows and run the Connect Tech Control Panel application If you see the driver s version number in the Driver Version Information box then you have installed the Intellicon adapter and software correctly The Intellicon s serial ports will now run like standard serial ports for Windows applications Uninstallation To uninstall the Intellicon Windows 3 XX device driver follow these procedures 1 From DOS CD to the main Windows directory and open the SYSTEM INI file with EDIT 2 Inthe boot section locate the comm drv statement You can change the driver to the standard Windows serial driver by changing the statement to comm drv comm drv If you installed a serial port driver previous to the Intellicon driver copy the driver listed in the OldCOMME statement in the ConnectTech section to the comm drv statement in the boot section 3 Inthe 386enh section find the devicezctivcd 386 statement Right above or below this statement you will see the old line that looks something like devicez vcd Remove the semi colon from this line and delete the device ctived 386 statement 4 The next time you start Windows the system will not recognize the Intellicon drivers Technical Tip After you have uninstalled the Intellicon driver you can remove the exclude option i e X D000 DFFF from the EMM386 statement in your config sys file This will free up this section of high memory for DOS to use Intel
17. I O Box DB 9 pinouts RS 232 RS 485 RS 423 Current Loop Pin No Signal Signal Signal Signal CTS A CTS RTSB RTSRef RxD 9 CIS B CTSC Male DB 9 Connector CTS CTSAC CTSC 7 CTS PN IOBO8DB9V1 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Factory Settings 4 25 Appendix C Factory Settings Appendix C summarizes the factory settings for the following Intellicon adapters Intellicon 2 and Intellicon 4 Intellicon 6 2 Intellicon 8 Intellicon Flex8 WARNING Do not use a pencil to set the DIP switches as the lead graphite may short circuit the switch Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter is very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove the card from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove the board from the anti static bag handle it only by the edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Intellicon 2 Intellicon 4 The Intellicon 2 adapter ships with factory settings for the following m DIP switch SWI I O port address m DIP switch SW2 base memory address for Intellicon 2 RS 232 and Intellicon 4 RS 232 m DIP switch SW2 base memory address and TxD RTS settings for Intellicon 2 RS 485 422 and Intellicon 4 4 ports RS 485 422 or 2 ports RS 232 and 2 ports RS 485 422 m Jumpers J2 interrupt request line IRQ
18. INSTALL ONE OR MORE PACKAGES The installation program displays a list of packages Select INTELLICON FOR SCO XENIX 386 The installation program prompts you to insert the driver diskette Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette that contains the SCO XENIX driver if you have not done so already and press RETURN At this point the installation program will ask you how many boards and how many ports you wish to install Enter the appropriate numbers The installation program displays a list of common parameters and asks you if these are suitable If they are not you can make the appropriate changes now When you finish making your choices select YES The installation process will proceed and build a new kernel When the installation process is complete there is a new kernel called xenix new containing the Intellicon driver To access this new kernel you must do shutdown first reboot your system and type xenix new at the boot prompt Once you test the new kernel you can then make a backup copy of your old kernel then move xenix new to xenix Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 72 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX INTERACTIVE UNIX AT386 You install the Intellicon INTERACTIVE UNIX driver by using sysadm To install the device driver follow these procedures 1 Login as root and change directories to the root directory ie 4 Insert the installation diskette and type sysadm Once you are at the sy
19. One could use this to efficiently read data using string input Int 14h calls In the Intellicon DOS driver about 90 of the buffers are allocated to output In some applications it is desirable to allocate more space to input This can be done by specifying the percentage to use for input with the in parameter Since character buffers are allocated in blocks the reported percentage may vary from the requested amount At least one buffer will be allocated for input and output Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 24 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Error Messages Unable to Open Code file Unknown symbol in load file Unknown record type in load file Missing or corrupt Z800S DOS Unable to verify code into coprocessor I O or Memory Address of board improperly specified or memory address conflict Interrupt not received from coprocessor IRQ conflict or mis specification or possible hardware failure Invalid option An unknown option was specified on the command line Edit the CONFIG SYS file Error device name too long Optional device name specified must be 6 characters at most Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX 3 25 QNX Device Driver The Intellicon QNX device driver provides an interface between the QNX operating system V 2 XX and V 4 XX and an Intellicon communications adapter The Intellicon QNX driver software is a device administrator that executes a
20. Tied high DCDI Tiedhigh Tiedhigh Tiedhigh Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 39 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option You may order various models of Intellicon adapters with RS 485 422 interfaces The RS 485 422 electrical interface is a reliable high speed serial link that offers superior noise immunity and multi drop network connectivity The RS 485 422 electrical interface 15 also a superset of the RS 422 electrical interface The Intellicon adapters that offer a RS 485 422 interface option are m Intellicon 2 m Intellicon 4 m Intellicon Flex8 m Intellicon 6 2 RS 485 422 Intellicon 2 4 If your Intellicon 2 or 4 port board has RS 485 422 drivers and receivers you will find SN75175N receivers installed at sites U27 and or U29 and SN75174N transmitters installed at sites U28 and or U30 on the board You must set switches 5 through 8 on DIP Switch 2 SEG RCTL to control the driver enables on ports 1 through 4 respectively See Figure 42 for the location of SW2 on the Intellicon 2 4 adapters WARNING Do not use a pencil to set the DIP switches as the lead graphite may short circuit the switch Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter is very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove the card from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove the
21. ah bit 0 data ready 1 data overrun 2 parity error 3 framing error 4 break interrupt 5 transmitter holding register empty 6 transmitter shift register empty 7 timeout al bit 0 change in CTS 1 change in DSR always 0 2 change in RI always 0 3 change in CD 4 CTS 5 DSR always 0 6 always 1 7 CD Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 12 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Function 4 Extended port initialization Input ah 04h al parity stop bits length described in Function 0 cx bx baud rate cx contains highword dx communication port number Return Values ah 0 on success Description This function allows the setting of all Intellicon supported baud rates including the ones not supported by Function 0 Example 19200 bps cx 0 bx 4B00 19200 decimal 0004B00 hex 9600 bps 0 bx 2580 9600 decimal 0002580 hex Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 13 Function 5 Set protocol ah 05h al protocols 0 for none bl XON character bh XOFF character dx communication port number Bit designations for al are 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Rx Xon Xoff Tx Xon Xoff CTS RTS Return Values ah FFh on invalid protocol specification Description This function allows the user to set protocols for each port If you specify the Xon Xoff protocol and bx is non zero then bx becomes the
22. on 17C 17F on off on off off off off off Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 7 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 SWI1 switch settings Port Address Hex 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 on off off on on on on off 188 18B on off off on on on off 18C 18F on off off on on on off off 190 193 on off off on on off on on 194 197 on off off on on off on off 198 19B on off off on on off off 19C 19F on off off on on off off off 1 4 1 7 on off off on off on off 1A8 1AB on off off on off on off on on off off on off on off off 1B0 1B3 on off off on off off on on 1B4 1B7 on off off on off off on off 1B8 1BB on off off on off off off off off off off off off 1CC 1CF off off on off off 1D0 1D3 off off off on on 104 107 off off off on off 1D8 IDB off off off off on 1DC IDF off off off off off 1 4 1E7 off off off on off 1E8 1EB off off off off off off off off off 1 0 1F3 off off off off on on 1 4 1F7 on off off off off off on off 1F8 1FB on off off off off off off 1FC IFF on off off off off off off Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 8 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 SWI1 switch settings Port Address Hex 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 off on off off on off on off off off off off o
23. on on 3E4 3E7 Off off off off off on off 3E8 3EB off off off off off off 3EC 3EF off off off off off off off 3F0 3F3 off off off off off off on on 3F4 3F7 off off off off off off on off 3F8 3FB off off off off off off off on 3FC 3FF off off off off off off off off Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 12 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Memory Address Selection The Intellicon adapters communicate with the host computer through 64K blocks of shared memory This block of shared memory lies within the first megabyte of the computer s memory address space Technical Tips 1 Most system BIOS s can shadow the upper memory region 640KB 1MB in 8K 32K or 64K blocks This can cause some adapters that use shared memory in this area to malfunction Please ensure that you disable Shadow RAM for the upper memory region used by your Intellicon adapter Most system BIOS s cache the upper memory region 640KB IMB This can cause some adapters that use shared memory in this area to malfunction Please ensure that you disable Cache for the upper memory region used by your Intellicon adapter Your Intellicon adapter is not a plug and play PnP adapter It requires an IRQ I O port addresses and a 64KB segment of shared memory in the region between 640 KB and 1 MB It is often necessary to go into the CMOS setup BIOS and ensure that the resources used by the Intellicon are available to Non PnP
24. 30 Chapter 4 Appendices Appendix A Specifications sse 4 1 Intellicon 2 4 8 6 2 Flex8 eee 4 1 PrOCESSOT sti esatta cette beenden 4 aset otra ee E 4 1 PC Bus Interface elett 4 1 4 1 Control Signals ettet ente 4 1 Operating Environment sss 4 1 Power Requirements 4 2 DIMENSIONS 22 re tee 4 3 2 22 4 3 4 4 qe c loth sed 4 4 DOG IQ dedero por Teen 4 4 4 4 General Ese oie ic e D 4 5 Appendix B Connectors Pinouts sese 4 7 Cable 88 04 0 4 7 Intelliconz2 ot eee 4 7 Intellicon 4 s eee 4 8 Intelliconz6 5 2 1 tute deett 4 12 Mitel Cone eres 4 15 IntelliconzFlex8 5 0 eects teet 4 18 Connector Box Pinouts esee 4 21 Intelliconz8 2 nette sett 4 22 IntelliconzFlex8 ndn eoe teet 4 24 Appendix C Factory Settings 4 25 Intellicon 2 Intellicon 4 eeeeeen 4 25 Intellicori 62 aeree etes 4 27 Intellicoriz8 4 29 Intellicon FlexS 4 31 Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal
25. 4 Connect Tech Inc Meeting your objectives by design Intellicon Intelligent Serial Communications Adapters User Manual Connect Tech Inc 42 Arrow Road Guelph Ontario NIK 1S6 Tel 519 836 1291 1 800 426 8979 Fax 519 836 4878 Email sales connecttech com FTP ftp connecttech com URL http www connecttech com CTIM 00019 Revision 2 30 June 9 2000 Part Number 001 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Warranty i LIMITED WARRANTY Connect Tech Inc warrants to the original purchaser of this Connect Tech hardware product that it is to be in good working order for a period of one year from the date of purchase from Connect Tech Inc or an authorized Connect Tech dealer Should this product in Connect Tech Inc s opinion fail to be in good working order during the warranty period Connect Tech Inc will at its option repair or replace this product at no charge provided that the product has not been subjected to abuse misuse accident disaster or non Connect Tech Inc authorized modification or repair You may obtain Limited Warranty service by delivering this product to an authorized Connect Tech dealer or to Connect Tech Inc along with proof of purchase If this product is shipped you agree to insure the product or assume risk of loss or damage in transit and to prepay shipping charges to the warranty repair location The above warranty is the only w
26. 422 Option Figure 46 ntellicon 6 2 Jumper block locations INT 7 J9 r resisitor package RN5 TN r DIP resistor package RN6 x m x ia J10 TxD RTS enable with DTR When the DTR signal is turned ON the TxD and the RTS driver circuits are permanently enabled You use this in simple point to point systems where you do not require these drivers to be off the line TxD RTS enable with RTS This configuration is activated by turning the DTR signal OFF and then enabling the RTS signal to go active during data transmission This feature is often referred to as auto rts Both the TxD and RTS drivers are active during data transmission and when transmission finishes the drivers disable tri state You use this configuration most often for half duplex and multi drop communications links Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 49 RxD CTS disable When using either a half duplex or multi drop configuration the RxD of a given port is connected to its own TxD This creates a situation where a port will send data to itself You can disable this by installing a jumper on J7 and J8 Refer to Figure 46 for their location and Table 28 for their function Table 28 6 2 RxD CTS disable Jumper Port Jumper Installed RxD CTS disabled 38 8 Normal operation
27. 423 peripheral Figure 54 RS 423 wiring diagram 4 wire Intellicon Flex8 RS 423 peripheral e e O 9 30 05 wm Figure 55 describes an all wire cabling scheme between a port on the Intellicon Flex8 to a port on the RS 423 peripheral Figure 55 RS 423 wiring diagram all wire Intellicon Flex8 RS 423 peripheral Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix 20mA Current Loop Option 4 61 Appendix H 20mA Current Loop Option You may order Intellicon Flex8 adapters with 20mA current loop Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM The 20mA current loop electrical interface provides a reliable high speed serial link over long distances that offers superior noise immunity and multi drop network connectivity WARNING You must insert Serial Line Interface Modules into all of the SLIM sockets before operating your Intellicon adapter Failure to observe this precaution will result in damage to the Intellicon adapter Note The current source uses a compliance voltage of 24 volts and the transmitter will withstand a 27 volt drop Please refer to the Hewlett Packard Optoelectronics Manual Catalogue for a complete description of HPCL 4100 and HPCL 4200 specifications The 20mA current loop module provides optically isolated 20mA active or passive current loop interfaces for two ports For each port there is an is
28. Change the parameter so the specified segment does fall on a 64K boundary Unknown option You have specified an unknown option on the command line of CTI Cannot create selector for segment at xxxx This means one of two things the system 1s out of selectors or the ownership of the CTI file is not the super user On some versions of QNX if the file is not owned by the super user selector creation will fail You may chattr the file so that it is owned by the super user Insufficient memory CTI cannot allocate enough memory for its device tables Add more memory to your system or remove some tasks Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 36 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX Unknown symbol cc Unknown record type xx The 780 OS file default config z800s qnx has become corrupted Cannot verify code into coprocessor The verify after write of the OS on the Intellicon has failed Check to make sure that the memory segment and IO port address settings match those on the command line of CTI Cannot open OS file file name When attempted to load the OS onto the Intellicon board it could not open the OS file Check that the file exists If using the default the file config z80os qnx is used for the OS file Use i 9 instead of i22 When using an AT or AT compatible and IRQ 2 it is necessary to specify the interrupt as i 9 on the command line of CTI for proper operation Note this error cannot be de
29. I 5 5o 01 TxD BG TxDRefl TxD po Reserved CTSACQ I CTSAG 1 RxD J DTRI RxDAC I RXDAG I TxDRetuml cp Reserved_ CTS BH _ CTS BC RxDSowcel RxD BC 1 hg es RISA nno Tx D2 TxDAQ2 TxDC 2 TxDSouce2 12 CTS2 RTSBC 2 RTSRef2 RxDH 2 113 02 TxD BC TxDRef2 2 4 Reserved CTSAQ2 CTSAC 2 RxDRetm2 pis DTR2 RxDAOQ2 RxDAO2 TxDRetum2 pio CTSBO 2 CTSBC 2 RxDSouce2 17 D2 RxDBO 2 RxDBC 2 RDO p18 Ground jJ As ou S oo 0 2j __ dq o o 4 y 5 22 DCD2 Tiedhigh Tiedhigh Tiedhigh 12 cT92 Tied high 24 RTS2 25 Jor efh 2___ 2 if T 2s reoi p ee Joo 2 Jori Hp ws __ e y 2 Tied igh DCDI Tiedhigh Tiedhigh Tiedhigh prom qp e Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 60 Chapter 4 Appendix G RS 423 Option RS 423 Cable Wiring You can wire Intellicon Flex8 adapters with the RS 423 option in various ways to communicate with RS 423 peripherals This section will descibe a few examples of RS 423 cabling schemes Figure 54 describes a 4 wire cabling scheme between a port on the Intellicon Flex8 to a port on the RS
30. Internet email address OR You can refer to our knowledge database found in the Customer Support section of our World Wide Web site OR You can fill out the problem summary form found in the Customer Support section of our World Wide Web site and submit it to our customer support engineers via the Web OR You can obtain the latest versions of software drivers and manuals from the Customer Support section of our World Wide Web site or from the pub section on our FTP site Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 13 RMA Overview Connect Tech products requiring warranty or non warranty repairs need an RMA number To obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA Number please contact Connect Tech Inc Technical Support 42 Arrow Road Guelph Ontario Canada NIK 1S6 Phone 519 836 1291 1 800 426 8979 Facsimile 519 836 4878 Email support connecttech com FTP ftp connecttech com HTTP www connecttech com Include with the product proof of purchase including date of purchase a description of the problem and the RMA number Clearly display the RMA number on the external packaging Please refer to the Limited Warranty for further restrictions or requirements Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter is very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove the card from your computer you wear an anti static wrist band W
31. a lt devitp1 command will display a lot of the usual stty parameters the user should note that since Idevitp1 shares the serial connection with the Idevicti1 port the settings for baud rate bits etc do not have any effect 2 All examples listed for Dev cti tp apply to Dev32 cti tp but you must substitute Dev32 cti tp for Dev cti tp in the example Since Dev cti tp and Dev32 cti tp manage the data sent to the transparent print device it must know the approximate character per second CPS rate of the printer and the terminal type i e Wyse50 etc The character per second cps rate defaults to 100 This is a reasonable setting but some printers may be faster or slower than that By setting the cps rate correctly the user can use the terminal while printing with very little degradation in response Different terminal types use different control sequences to turn on or off re direction of data to an attached printer If you do not use a terminal supported within the Dev cti tp or Dev32 cti tp driver create a new entry in the etc tp defs file this file contains comments on the command syntax necessary Please refer to Table 6 for the supported terminal types and their transparent print control sequences Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 50 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX Table 6 QNX 4 XX transparent print terminal types wysel50 033d 024 Note you do not need the letcltp defs file if the termin
32. adapter This operation is not lengthy but usually takes a second Technical Tip For QNX Version 4 XX it is advisable that you place sleep 5 command in your sysinit file following the Dev cti Dev32 cti Dev cti tp or Dev32 cti tp command This will allow the administrator time to initialize If you do not place a sleep command after these commands stty commands executed from the sysinit file with the adopted serial ports will probably generate Invalid Device messages because the administrator has not completed its initialization Enhanced Features When the firmware 15 executing on the Intellicon board you may invoke additional data processing and line control features for each individual serial line These features are usually queried and set by the ctty program Syntax for the ctty statement is options device device Where options are eof value end of file character eol value end of line character eol2 value alternate end of line character erase value delete previous character intr value generate SIGINT character killz value delete entire line character number minimum characters required to satisfy raw Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 43 input quit value generate SIGQUIT character susp value generate SIGSTP character time number timeout value for raw input start value resume output stop value stop output login valu
33. addresses default 300 303 irq is the Interrupt Request Line default 3 options are anumber Base address in hex of Shared Memory default D0000 bnumber Define initial baud rate default 9600 C number Size of canonical input buffer default 256 d Set DTR on initially D Set DTR off initially e Set options to edit mode E Set options to raw mode f Enable hardware flow control F Disable hardware flow control hnumber Define high water mark for input flow control default 3 4 point of input buffer I number Size of raw input buffer default 2048 number Define low water mark for input flow control default 1 4 point of input buffer m Disable modem carrier processing HUP M Enable modem processing HUP n Similiar to the N device prefix parameter but allows a unique prefix specification for each Intellicon adapter in a system N name Prefix to register default cti O number Size of output buffer default 2048 pnumber Set port number for subsequent options Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 40 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX q Run board in polled mode no hardware IRQ T Set RTS on initially R Set RTS off initially t number Number of kilobytes of Intellicon memory to test default 64 Note 1 QNXDevand Dev32 only support 32 devices by default When using multiple Intellicon boards increase the number of devices using the n
34. allows for more than one character to be read during a single INT call and therefore decrease the INT overhead significantly This function tells the driver the maximum number of characters to transfer The driver will always return in ax the number of characters transferred If si is zero the function uses an internal timeout If si is non zero it is the number of timer ticks allowed to receive each character If more than si timer ticks go by before receiving a character the function returns with the zero flag set Function 16 Reserved Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 19 Function 17 Lower raise DTR amp RTS ah 11h al when bit 0 is set raise when bit 0 is reset lower DTR when bit 1 is set raise RTS when bit 1 is reset lower RTS dx communication port number Return Values None Description This function allows the user to change the states of the RTS and DTR handshake lines Function 18 Special feature control Input ah 12h bx options to be changed bit 1 for change set reset values for options defined by bx Bit designations for bx and cx are 15 14 13 12 11 109 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Auto RTS Line feed translation Use supplied channel entry pointed to by es si dx communication port number es si pointer to 780 channel entry structure if high bit of bx is set Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 20 Chapter 3 Software In
35. board from the anti static bag handle it only by the edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 40 Chapter 4 Appendix RS 485 422 Option Figure 42 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 switch SW2 If the DIP switches 5 through 8 are ON the TxD and RTS drivers will always be enabled If the switch is off the drivers will only be enabled when the RTS is true on the port The RTS can be controlled by the PC to control the state of the line Examples The following example shows SW2 RCTL set for TxD and RTS drivers always enabled on ports 1 2 3 and 4 2 3 4 SEG RCTL The following example shows SW2 RCTL set for TxD and RTS drivers enabled only when RTS is true on ports I and 2 and always enabled on ports 3 and 4 E SEG The RS 485 422 option is factory set to terminate each receiver with a 120 Ohm load However differential inputs not driven are susceptible to receiver noise On the RxD lines this can generate unwanted input characters and breaks On the CTS line this noise can significantly degrade performance as the co processor becomes busy processing the transitions Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 41 You should follow one of two approaches to alleviate the problem of receiver noise 1 If
36. et dtes 3 23 BrtotMeSSages icone nente nerd e en 3 24 QNX Device Driver eeseesseseeeeee eene 3 25 QNX Version 2 2 2 2 404 122 0000000000000000000000000000 3 25 Installation t etae tette 3 26 Initialization eese eere nennen 3 28 QNX Line Editing esses 3 29 Enhanced Features sse 3 29 tee thoes eene E 3 30 eee e e ie cdots e rcs 3 30 Noedit 51 3 31 Transparent Print 3 31 Utilities eee t e e ens 3 32 CTIVIEW secet tie EGRE aR 3 32 DLA Data Line Analyzer sees 3 32 CTL BUFF 3st Biden teenie ne e 3 33 CTT tree nets A Lice SEE 3 34 Error etre e Fede tents 3 35 Warning Error Messages see 3 36 Other Errors ehe et eet es 3 37 ONX Version 4 XX i e e ree ers 3 38 Installation eie tete tee a Te ES 3 39 TratializZatiotiz eerte ie 3 42 Enhanced Features a Ata eet 3 42 POT ORM iet eee ei rte So eoe teins 3 43 Auto RES ua cete ete Re REL e REUS 3 45 Packet Trigger 3 47 Super Raw 3 47 Transparent Print 22 05 inp ere HE 3 47 Configuration x nens 3 48 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 eere 3 51 ree teda tee Res 3 51 eti todrah nee i gil tee
37. installpkg 3 The installation program will ask you to insert the distribution diskette Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette that contains the Unixware V 1 1 X driver if you have not done so and hit the enter key 4 Atthis point the installation program will ask you how many boards and how many ports you wish to install Enter the appropriate numbers 5 The installation program displays a list of common parameters and asks you 1f these are suitable If they are not you can make the appropriate changes now 6 When you finish making your choices select YES The installation process will proceed and build a new kernel 7 Once the kernel rebuilds you must reboot the your system in order to access the Intellicon ports Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 74 Chapter 3 Software Installation Windows 3 XX Windows 3 XX The Intellicon Windows 3 XX device driver provides an interface between the Windows 3 XX operating environment and an Intellicon adapter Under Windows 3 XX you can install a maximum of 9 ports using one Intellicon adapter Installation To install the Intellicon Windows 3 XX device driver follow these procedures Technical Tip Although the installation process provides a large amount of flexibility it is usually best to select the default options by hitting Enter in response to the install questions Technical Tip Memory management software such as EMM386 386MAX or mus
38. off on off on off on off on off off off off off on off off on off off off off off off on off on off 2C0 2C3 off on off off on on on 2C4 2C7 off on off off on on on off 2C8 2CB off on off off on on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off off off off off off on on off on off on on off on off on off off off on off off off off off off off off off off off off off off off off off on off off off on off on off off off off off off on off off on off off off off off off off on off on off on off on off 2FC 2FF off on Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 10 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 SWI1 switch settings Port Address Hex 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 off a on on off off on off off off aim on on off on off off on on off on off off off on off off off off off on off on on on off off on off on on off 328 32B off off on on off off off on off off off 330 333 off off on on off on 334 337 off off on off off on off 338 33B off off on off off off 33C 33F off off on off off off off 340 343 off off off on on 344 347 off off off on off 34C 34F off off
39. off on on off off 350 353 off off on off off on on 354 357 off off off off on off 358 35B off off on off on off off 35C 35F off off off off off 360 363 off off off off on on on 364 367 off off off on on off 368 36B off off off off off 36C 36F off off off off off off 370 373 off off off off on 374 377 off off on off off off on off 378 37B off off off off off 37C 37F off off off off off off Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 11 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 TU D uk Port Address Hex i i i on off off off on off off off off on on off off Off off off on off on on off off off on on off off off off on on off off off off off on on off off off off off off on on off 3A8 3AB off off off on off on off on off off off on off on off off 3B0 3B3 Off off off on off off on on 3B4 3B7 off off off on off off on off 3B8 3BB off off off on off off off 3BC 3BF off off off on off off off off 3C4 3C7 off off off off on off 3C8 3CB off off off off on off 3CC 3CF off off off off off 3D0 3D3 off off off off off on on 3D4 3D7 off off off off off on off 3D8 3DB off off off off off off 3DC 3DF off off off off off off off 3E0 3E3 Off off off off off
40. ports per system Figure 6 below represents a sample configuration for a system requiring 20 ports Figure 6 ntellicon 20 port configuration Terminals Intellicon 4 3E 3E Terminals rA i EE Ze 8 88 Modem pr Terminals Intellicon Flex8 LT a Host Computer Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction Intellicon Software The Intellicon comes with its own real time executive and software device drivers The device drivers provide support for multi port serial communications with different operating systems without the need for programming See Chapter 3 Software Installation for driver installation instructions for the different operating systems Customer Service Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and using the product contact the Connect Tech reseller from
41. reboot Windows NT v 4 00 5 You now view the read me file included with driver Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 78 Chapter 3 Software Installation Windows NT 6 Installation is complete Now you can access the additional Intellicon serial ports Note The driver installs with the AUTOMATIC setting This means it will start each time the system reboots Enhanced Features You can order various models of Intellicon adapters that support the different electrical interfaces The Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 Intellicon 2 2 and the Intellicon Flex8 offer features such as multi drop and half duplex RS 485 You can configure these features and more via the Control Panel applet ctisetup cpl The currently supported features are Multi drop RS 485 Full Duplex This feature enables or tri states the transmitter when your application uses the RTS signal from the UART The transmitter tri states when transmission is complete allowing multiple transmitters to use the RS 485 bus at the same time Multi drop RS 485 Half Duplex This feature disables the receiver whenever the transmitter is active This prevents character echo when using half duplex RS 485 Timer Enable Disable This feature enables and disables the receiver timer This can minimize receiver latency You must use this feature with discretion RS 422 Support The Intellicon driver supports the RS 422 electrical interface without the above features Note
42. required when using protected operating systems Default g 10 4 number of boards Note 1 When using multiple boards comma is used to separate the parameters for each board 2 Due to certain restrictions with QNX Version 2 XX you can install a maximum of 40 devices which can include up to 32 Intellicon ports using any combination of Intellicon adapters Example cti a E000 i 7 amp The above is an example of a SYSJNIT statement for one Intellicon adapter in your system Where memory segment E000 hex interrupt line 7 The non specified parameters will use the following defaults device name cti signal port 5 8 port_address p 300 hex os_file_name config z60os qnx pre grow g 14 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 28 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX Example cti a E000 i 3 p 300 i 7 p 310 f config z800s qnx plus amp The above is an example of a SYS INIT statement for two Intellicon adapters in your system Where the enhanced version of the firmware code will execute os file name config z80os qnx plus Where the CTI administrator will run in memory_segment is E000 hex One Intellicon adapter will use interrupt_line i 3 port_address p 300 hex The other Intellicon adapter will use interrupt_line i 7 port_address p 310 hex The non specified parameters will use the following defaults signal port s 4 device_name n cti pre grow g 18 Initializati
43. should be very smooth and easy If you encounter resistance then re check the orientation and insertion depth Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 34 Chapter 4 Appendix SLIM Insertion Removal SLIM removal Figure 40 outlines the correct procedure for removing a RS 232 RS 423 RS 485 422 and 20mA current loop Serial Line Interface Module SLIM Figure 40 SLIM removal 1 Using both hands place your thumbs on the clips that hold the SLIM into the socket and place your index fingers on the edge of the SLIM 2 Push outwards with your thumbs on the clips until the SLIM is released from the clips Your index fingers can then raise the SLIM past the clips The SLIM is then free to be removed from the Intellicon Flex8 board The force required to open the clips is small and the SLIM naturally springs upwards as soon as the clips are open wide enough If removal is difficult then you are probably trying to raise the SLIM before the clips are open Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix E 232 Option 4 35 Appendix E RS 232 Option You may order various models of Intellicon Flex8 adapters with RS 232 Serial Line Interfaces Modules The RS 232 SLIM offers the following features The RS 232 electrical interface an industry standard that offers connection to a wide range of peripheral devices Each SLIM controls two ports SLIMS are field upgradeable providing you with more flexibility f
44. shows the pinouts for the SLIM sockets found on the Intellicon Flex8 adapter Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter is very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove the card from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove the board from the anti static bag handle it only by the edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 A 44 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option Figure 44 RS 485 422 SLIM partial schematic Port 1 Port 2 TxD A stim 5 TxDA suM 2 i Pin 11 SUM TxD 15 uns TX 7 02 Pin 29 4 TxDB SUM Pino 6 TxDB 50 Pine 13 RTS A sLiM Pin 10 RTS 50 12 RxD 28 Network detail RN 1 RN 2 RN3 150 ohm 1 2k ohm Net Pin Pin Net 1 7 8 5 Net 2 5 6 4 Net 3 3 4 3 Net 4 1 2 2 Note As RS 485 422 Serial Line Interface Module controls two ports the schematic shows the circuit for two ports Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix RS 485 422 Option 4 45 Table 27 SLIM socket pinouts Pin No Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal Reseved ee Fe y 2 RTS RTsAOI RTSOQ TxDO 3 _ 71 Tx D TxDAOI TxDO TxDSouce 14 CTS RTSBO I RTSR f1 pS 01 TxDBO I TxDRef Tx
45. specified XON XOFF characters Function 6 Identification Input ah 06h dx communication port number Return Values ah high bit set al highest function number supported Description This function allows you to identify the Intellicon driver as an intelligent communication board interface Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 14 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Function 7 Break modem connection Input ah 07h al when bit 0 is set bx contains break duration in ticks when bit 0 is clear break length will be 9 timer ticks bx number of timer ticks to hold break on line if al bit 0 is set dx communication port number Return Values None Description This function allows a program to send a BREAK on the communication line Function 8 Nondestructive read Input 08h dx communication port number Return Values al next character in queue if zero flag is clear else no characters are waiting Description This function allows the user to check the queue for the next character to read This sets a zero flag if no characters are waiting Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 15 Function 9 Flush buffers Input ah 09h dx communication port number Return Values None Description This function will flush throw away the data all the Intellicon input and output buffers for the port Function 10 Input queue check Input
46. standard device name with the letter p appended to the name The names for transparent print devices have the form IdevittyXzp Where X isthe offset number z isthe port on the ACM z ranges from a p p designates the terminal as a transparent print device Note The transparent print designation p in special device file names is always lower case Example The device file name of a transparent print device on port 1 of an Intellicon adapter in a system with two standard serial ports is tty3ap The device file name of a transparent print device on port 11 of an Intellicon adapter in a system with two standard serial ports is tty3kp The device file name of a transparent print device on port 32 of an Intellicon adapter in a system with two standard serial ports is tty3afp Note The transparent print designation p in special device file names is always lower case Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 64 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX tp ctrl The Intellicon tp ctrl utility allows you to declare the transparent print on and off character sequences for each port You should add these declarations to the rc file in order to initialize the Intellicon board at start up The syntax of this function is tp ctrl device name option Where option is either term terminal type term option allows the user to select one of the terminal types listed in the etc tp terms library file You c
47. the CONFIG SYS for the Intellicon adapter even when using multiple Intellicon boards When using multiple Intellicon adapters in one system each adapter requires a unique IRQ setting You use a space as a delimiter between each parameter and a I as a delimiter between each board In some applications the name COMn invokes special device handling i e BASIC The software will assume a standard serial port rather than a character device To avoid this you can use the D option to change the device name prefix Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 6 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Example Installing a single Intellicon adapter with the following parameters memory segment D000 hex port address 300 hex port offset COMI interrupt IRQ 10 device name prefix COM firmware file on hard disk C CTI The DEVICE statement for the CONFIG SYS file should read DEVICE C CTACTI DOS a D000 f c CTIz800s dos p 300 n 1 i 10 dZCOM Example Installing two Intellicon adapters in a system that has two serial ports installed as COMI and COM2 The DEVICE statement for the CONFIG SYS file should read DEVICE C CTICTI DOS a D000 f c CTI z800s dos p 300 n 3 i 10 d COM I p 304 i211 d COM Where firmware file on hard disk C CTI Where the parameters for board 1 are memory segment is D000 hex port address is 300 hex port offset is 3 interrupt is 10 device name prefix is COM And the parameters for boar
48. you do not require the CTS input you may tie the CTS input to the RTS output 2 If however you use CTS or RxD but the driver on the remote device is not always enabled you should bias the inputs with resistors Technical Tip Many RS485 422 devices are designed to work in a multi drop environment These devices will enable their transmitters only when they send data When no device transmits the receivers on the other end are susceptible to noise unless you install biasing resistors to maintain the differential voltage You usually bias signals to the high state so that the line is inactive when not driven Figure 43 shows the location of the resistor sites on the Intellicon 2 4 Table 26 lists the resistor locations of default high and default low states for the signals on each port To default a signal solder a pair of 1K Ohm resistors into the appropriate locations Figure 43 ntellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 resistor sites Resistor sites for R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 R22 R23 r Resistor sites for R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 E mmm i umm I EE E 3 2 um H Resistor sites for R41 R42 R43 R44 R45 R46 R47 R48 Resistor sites for R28 R29 R30 R31 R32 R33 R34 R35 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4
49. 0 bps 100 1200 bps 101 2400 bps 110 4800 bps 111 9600 bps Return Value port status see Function 3 al modem status Description This function allows for the selection of traditional port parameters For more information on port initialization see Function 4 i e baud rates above 9600 bps Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 10 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Function 1 Output character Input ah Olh al character to send dx communication port number Return Values ah port status bit 7 set if unable to send al character to send Description This function attempts to send a character The Intellicon adapter buffers the data when it is busy When it is free the Intellicon transfers the data from the buffer to its queue Function 2 Receive character Input ah 02h dx communication port number Return Values ah port status bit 7 set if timeout has occurred al character received Description This function tries to get a character from a port If an empty input buffer receives no character then bit 7 of ah is set to indicate a timeout has occurred 182 ticks Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 11 Function 3 Return port status Input ah 03h dx communication port number Return Values ah port status al modem status Description This function returns the port status Bit designations are as follows
50. 1 10 934567 The following example shows IRQ jumpers set for the factory setting of IRO 3 Intellicon 8 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 21 Electrical Interface Options You can order the Intellicon 2 and the Intellicon 4 adapters with RS 485 422 interfaces If your Intellicon 2 and Intellicon 4 adapter has the RS 485 422 interface installed please refer to Appendix F RS 485 422 Option The Intellicon 6 2 comes with six ports of RS 232 and two ports of RS 485 422 Please refer to Appendix F RS 485 422 Option The Intellicon Flex8 has four SLIM sockets to accept Connect Tech s RS 232 and or RS 485 422 and or RS 423 and or 20mA current loop Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM If you order RS 232 modules please refer to Appendix E RS 232 Option for more technical information If you order RS 485 422 modules please refer to Appendix F RS 485 422 Option for more technical information If you order RS 423 modules please refer to Appendix G RS 423 Option for more technical information If you order 20mA current loop modules please refer to Appendix H 20mA Current Loop Option for more technical information SLIM Installation Intellicon Flex8 The Intellicon Flex 8 communication controller has four 35 pin SLIM sockets which accept line transceiver modules Each transceiver module provides the RS 232 or RS 485 422 or RS 423 or 20mA current loop receivers and transmitters
51. 10 Table 13 Intellicon 4 DB 9 4 11 Table 14 Intellicon 2 2 pinouts eee 4 11 Table 15 Intellicon 6 2 DB 62 4 12 Table 15 continued Intellicon 6 2 DB 62 pinouts 4 13 Table 16 Intellicon 6 2 pinouts sese 4 14 Table 17 Intellicon 8 DB 62 4 15 Table 17 continued Intellicon 8 DB 62 pinouts 4 16 Table 18 Intellicon 8 DB 25 DTE 4 17 Table 19 Intellicon 8 DB 25 DCE 4 17 Table 20 Intellicon Flex8 DB 78 4 18 Table 20 continued Intellicon Flex8 DB 78 pinouts 4 19 Table 21 Intellicon Flex8 DB 9 4 20 Table 22 Intellicon 8 I O Box DB 25 DCE pinouts 4 22 Table 23 Intellicon 8 I O Box RJ 45 4 23 Table 24 Intellicon Flex8 I O Box DB 9 pinouts 4 24 Table 25 SLIM socket 4 38 Table 26 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 resistor defaults 4 42 Table 27 SLIM socket 4 45 Table 28 Intellicon 6 2 RxD CTS 4 49 Table 29 Intellicon 6 2 RxD CTS l
52. 14 2011 TxD AG 2 202 p 45407 d2 1 37 2 CTSAQ 4 9 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 10 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Table 11 Intellicon 4 DB 25 DTE pinouts Pin RS 232 Signal Signal Direction output s np input Female DB 25 Connector 1300000000 17 Jo 250 0000000000 014 j 22 2 PN 4 PN CABO4FT Table 12 Intellicon 4 DB 25 DCE pinouts Pin RS 232 Signal Signal Direction s om op Female DB 25 Connector 430 o uu 200606600 00 014 1666060600 14 PN 4 PN CABO4FC Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts 4 11 Table 13 ntellicon 4 DB 9 pinouts RS 232 RS 485 Pin No Signal Direction Signal Direction TxD BC RxD BC po TD AG output 8 CTS inu RTSAG ouput 9 PN CABO4DX PN CAB04485 Table 14 Intellicon 2 2 pinouts RS 232 RS 485 2 TxD output 1 SR signal ref 4 RTS 3 RxD BC input 7 SG flsignlgnd 5 input 8 DCD input 6 TXD AG oupu Po RTS AG ou pe TSA Jiwe Female DB 9 Connector RS 485 O25 P N CAB042 2 Int
53. 2 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX When there is no data to be sent to the terminal screen and yet there is data to be sent to the printer the Intellicon board will transmit a start print command followed by the data If a transmission is generated for the terminal screen the Intellicon board will send a stop print command before the data Before accessing the printer the start and stop print commands must be set for the device This may be done with a stty command or witha set attr function call A start print command of up to 4 characters is programmed into break esc rub and can A stop print command is programmed into eot up right and down Any trailing unused characters should be 0 Example For example if your terminal starts printing with lt esc gt d and stops with lt cntrl gt T then use stty break 1b esc 64 rub 23 can 0 eot 14 up 0 right 0 down 0 gt cti1 p Utilities CTIVIEW CTIVIEW is a monitor which displays status for a single Intellicon board It executes at priority 14 and constantly polls the shared memory on the board to update the screen For more information on the use of CTIVIEW please refer to the readme file CTIVIEW DOC on the Intellicon QNX 2 XX driver diskette DLA Data Line Analyzer DLA is a software utility that allows you to monitor and analyze data transmitted through the Intellicon adapter DLA features include you monitor data as it is captured and r
54. 3 74 Install tiQnz 2 mene tee reete 3 74 Uninstall ati ir et testen be aes 3 76 Wmdows N 3 77 Installation str er rre eem ie ets 3 77 Enhanced Features sse 3 78 Multi drop RS 485 Full Duplex 3 78 Multi drop RS 485 Half Duplex 3 78 Timer Enable Disable 2 3 78 52422 51 tede ee temen 3 78 Chapter 4 Appendices Appendix A Specifications sse 4 1 Intellicon 2 4 8 64 2 Flex8 sese 4 1 PIOCOSSOD 4 1 4 1 Bus Intertace 4 1 eene 4 1 Control Signals sse 4 1 Operating Environment sese 4 1 Power Requirements 4 2 Dimensions Eten ERE 4 3 2 4 3 Certification eie RR ES 4 4 FQ SuSE 4 4 ees ek 4 4 4 4 General retten peret cete teet pA 4 5 Appendix B 4 7 Cable Harness Pinouts eese 4 7 Intel COMED 5 ette inten tun dns eres 4 7 Intelliconsa 2 eb 4 8 6 2 east tu 4 12 Intelhicone 8 4 15 8 2 4 18 Intellicon User s Manual v
55. 32 5 485 422 RS 423 and 20mA current loop electrical line interfaces are on Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM This allows you to run different line interfaces on the adapter at the same time m The Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM are field upgradeable Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Figures 1 2 3 4 and 5 show the locations of hardware components on the various Intellicon adapters Figure 1 ntellicon 2 adapter SW1 BASE I O address Z80 DART SRAM SW2 SEG Memory address TTY E 1 E UN i DB9 connector port 1 ums 5 EE E m RI DB9 connector port 2 t ya 2780 CPU J1 amp J2 IRQ jumpers Figure 2 ntellicon 4 adapter SW1 BASE I O address SRAM Z80 DARTs SW2 SEG Memory address ME E 1 gmmm J 1 37 pin connector EL E EL EE F Edge J Z80 CPU J1 amp J2 IRQ jumpers Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 7 Figure 3
56. 42 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option Table 26 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 resistor defaults The Intellicon 2 and Intellicon 4 also provides a signal reference SR pin with a 100 Ohm current limiting resistor to signal ground This may be connected to the far end to provide common mode reference RS 485 422 Intellicon Flex8 You may order Intellicon Flex8 adapters with RS 485 422 Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM The RS 485 422 electrical interface provides a reliable high speed serial link over long distances that offers superior noise immunity and multi drop network connectivity WARNING You must insert Serial Line Interface Modules into all of the SLIM sockets before operating your Intellicon adapter Failure to observe this precaution will result in damage to the Intellicon adapter The Intellicon Flex8 does not provide DIP switches to control the driver enables for the RS 485 422 Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM Instead the DTR signal is used to gate the control If DTR 15 asserted the drivers are always enabled If DTR is not asserted then the driver will be enabled only when RTS is asserted Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 43 Also the RS 485 422 SLIM does not provide locations for biasing resistors Each receiver is biased high through fixed resistors Please refer to Figure 44 for a partial schematic of the RS 485 422 SLIM circuit while Table 27
57. 5 shows these jumpers as Jc Examples 1 The following example shows port 7 set for a point to point connection less than 50 metres R load and port 8 set for a point to point connection over 50 metres RC load The following example shows port 7 set for a point to point connection less than 50 metres R load and port 8 set for a last station load R load on a multi drop line of less than 50 metres Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 51 For situations where you do not need the line load ie short lines or intermediate stations on a multi drop line you can remove the load from the board by removing the DIP resistor package at RN6 from its socket Please refer to Figure 46 for the location of RN6 If you require a custom load you can remove the DIP resistor package at RN6 and replace it with either a DIP resistor package of a different value or fabricate a custom resistor load on a component header and insert it into the DIP resistor socket at RN6 Please refer to Figure 47 for the pinout information of the DIP resistor socket at RN6 Figure 47 DIP resistor RN6 pinout DIP resistor package RN6 Pin 1 A A A 3 Pin 16 _ RxD load Port 7 Pin 2 AAN Pin 15 CTS load Port 7 Pin 3 Pin 14 Pin 4 Pin 13 Pin 5 3 A A A 3 Pin 12________ RxD load Port
58. 8 Pin 6 Pin 11 CTS load Port 8 Pin 7 Pin 10 Pin 8 Pin 9 Note Each load consists of 2 resistors wired in parallel This allows you to adjust the load resistance to just about any value Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 52 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option RxD CTS line biasing In half duplex or some types of multi drop situations there is the condition where there may be no active driver on the line This creates a line that is electrically floating and the possibility of other electrical signals interfering with the operation of the RS485 communication link To help prevent interference CTI has added line biasing resistors shown as Rb1 Rb2 on the schematic in Figure 45 in a DIP resistor package RN5 You can remove or replace this resistor package to implement special circumstances Please refer to Figure 46 for the location and Figure 48 for the pinout information of RNS Figure 48 DIP resistor RNS pinout DIP resistor package RN5 U Pull up resistors to 5V Pin 1 Pin 16 RxD Port 7 Pin 2 Pin 15 CTS Port 7 Pin 3 Pin 14 RxD Port 8 Pin 4 Pin 13 CTS Port 8 RxD Port 7 Pin 5 Pin 12 CTS Port 7 Pin 6 Pin 11 RxD Port 8 Pin 7 Pin 10 CTS Port 8 Pin 8 Pin 9
59. 9 Connector RS 232 Female DB 9 Connector RS 485 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 8 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Intellicon 4 The Intellicon 4 with an RS 232 interface has a cable harness made up of four cables attached to a single DB 37 connector and terminated with DB 25 connectors The DB 25 connectors on the standard Intellicon 4 cable harness are male configured as DTE Data Terminal Equipment You may order other 25 pin configurations such as male DCE Data Communications Equipment female DTE or female DCE See Table 10 for the DB 37 connector pinout and Tables 11 and 12 for the different DB 25 connector pinouts You can order an Intellicon 4 with all ports RS 485 422 or with two ports RS 232 and two ports RS 485 422 The cable harness for the Intellicon 4 four ports RS 485 422 has male DB 9 connectors The cable harness for the Intellicon 4 two ports RS 232 two ports RS 485 422 has male DB 25 DTE connectors RS 232 and female DB 9 connectors RS 485 422 Refer to Tables 11 and 12 for the DB 25 connector pinouts and Tables 13 and 14 for the DB 9 connector pinouts Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Table 10 ntellicon 4 DB 37 pinouts Pin No Port No Signal Signal 2 h TD 5 1 bo 18 6 unused unused r o d s Tao s 13 crs RxDAC 9 RTs RIS AQ pio 13 X JCTSAQ uo Jae
60. C 10 0 000 A typ RS 232 SLIM no load 5 VDC 5 30 mA typ H2 VDC 5 1 mA typ RS 485 SLIM no load 5 VDC 5 120 mA typ RS 423 SLIM no load 5 VDC 5 70 mA typ H2 VDC 10 26 mA typ 12 VDC 10 26 mA typ Current loop SLIM no load 5 VDC 5 30 mA typ H2 VDC 5 4 mA typ Chapter 4 Appendix A Specifications 1 200 A 0 050 A 0 046 A 1 200 A 1 500 A 0 100 A 0 092 A 2 000 A 0 150 A 0 140 A 1 600 A 0 100 A 0 030 A 1 600 A 0 000 A 0 000 A max max max max max max max max max max max max max max max max Chapter 4 Appendix A Specifications 4 3 Dimensions m ZJntellicon 2 4 Length 27 78 cm Height 10 60 cm m Intellicon 8 6 2 Flex8 Length 33 60 cm Height 10 60 cm Connectors Interface Intellicon 2 m RS 232 9 male m RS 485 9 female Intellicon 4 m RS 232 25 pin male configured as DTE you may optionally order a cable harness as male or female configured as DTE or DCE m RS 485 9 male m RS 485 9 female Intellicon 2 2 Intellicon 64 2 m RS 32 25 male m RS 485 9 male Intellicon 8 m RS 232 25 pin male configured as DTE you may optionally order a cable harness as male or female configured as DTE or DCE Intellicon Flex8 m RS 232 9 pin male RS 485 9 pin male RS 423 9 pin male m 20mA current
61. D inu 20 8 Joupu 21 unsed 24 fused Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 16 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Table 17 continued ntellicon 8 DB 62 pinouts ace SS Sa Port Signal Direction 29 mused 34 mused 35 6 RxD 36 6 RTS ouput unused 40 18 RD __ __ RTS psd __ 7 F5 3 so 4 sG 5516 SG s6 6 TxD 57 6 CTS inw 6 8 1 8 TxD output 62 8 CTS Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts 4 17 Table 18 Intellicon 8 DB 25 DTE pinouts Pin __ RS 232Signal Signal Direction 2 D output 3 RTS 190000000900 9 4 e e o o e o o o o 025 iN PN CABOSMT PN CABO8FT Table 19 ntellicon 8 DB 25 DCE pinouts Pin RS 232 Signal Signal Direction 3 output 8 9 9 0000000 O14 Pe PN 8 PN CABOSFC Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 18 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Intellicon Flex8 The Intellicon Flex8 has a cable harness made up of eight cables attached to a single DB 78 connector and terminated with eight male DB 9 connectors See Table 20 for the DB 78 connector pinout and T
62. DC I po CTSAC I CTSAC I 7 DTR RxDAC RxDAO TxDRetun Resrved CTSBC RxD Source 9 RxDBG I pio RTS2 RTSAQ2 81502 TDO u TxD2 TxDAG 2 TxD 2 TxDSouce2 2 152 RTSBC 2 RTSRef 2 RDO 113 18 2 2 TxDRef2 TxDH 2 4 Reserved CTSAQ2 CTSAC 2 RxDReturn2 pis DTR2 RxDAOQ2 RxDAO2 TxDRetum2 pio NCE CTSBGH 2_ CTSBC 2 RxD Source2 117 CD RxDBCO 2 RxDBC 2 RxDO2 p18 Gow p1m Se oc po o Ee 29 cp 3p qr 2 34 Eur 22 DCD2 ____ Tiedhigh Tiedhigh 23 gt ____ ee 24 RTs p 3 Ss y y 25 Jor p p 14 ro a 2 2 ipm _ E 1 o reoi 29 Joo 2 2 fori __ e qo y 12 Tiedhigh 23 DCDI Tiedhigh Tiedhigh Tiedhigh 4__ T Bs me lI wNml inp 2 DL pl j Note earlier versions of the current loop SLIM have pins 22 23 32 and 33 tied low Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 46 Chapter 4 Appendix RS 485 422 Option RS 485 422 Intellicon 6 2 The Intellicon 6 2 adapter provides 6 ports of RS 232 ports 1 through 6 and 2 ports of RS 485 422 ports 7 and 8 Th
63. G 4 gt gt n Q CTS A CTS B o CTS A CTS B s s s 4 66 6 6 6 8 s 62 4 13 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 14 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Table 16 Intellicon 6 2 pinouts RS 232 Signal Pin RS 485 Signal DCD 6 input 20 118 output Oo Male DB 9 Connector RS 485 11 e a5 O 6 e a9 J Mie sy Male DB 25 Connector RS 232 Cee 14 e e e o e e e e e 25 8 20 i PN CABO8MA Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts 4 15 Intellicon 8 The Intellicon 8 has a harness made up of eight cables attached to a single DB 62 connector and terminated with eight DB 25 connectors The DB 25 connectors on the standard Intellicon 8 harness are male configured as DTE Data Terminal Equipment You may order other 25 pin configurations such as male DCE Data Communications Equipment female DTE or female DCE See Table 17 for the DB 62 connector pinout and Tables 18 and 19 for the different DB 25 connector pinouts Table 17 Intellicon 8 DB 62 pinouts PARIE Se Port Signal Direction 3 i 6 3 DoD inu 13 fse 9 14 DCD Jinut 13 5 SG 14 6 DoD inut is 6 DTR s fse 119 8 Do
64. ISA devices Look in the CMOS setup for PnP or ISA setup options Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 13 DIP switches 1 through 4 on switch block SW2 select the memory address for this 64K block of shared memory Please refer to Figures 13 14 15 16 and 17 for the location and orientation of SW2 on the Intellicon 2 4 6 2 8 Flex8 respectively Figure 13 ntellicon 2 Memory address SW2 5 CO i oe L Lipi E E F4 um E E ETI Cl F Intellicon 2 RS 232 models SEG Intellicon 2 c w_RS 485 422 option Sw2 SEG Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 14 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Figure 14 ntellicon 4 Memory address SW2 mmm E E E 1 E t JE 0000 Intellicon 4 RS 232 models ELE SEG Intellicon 4 c w RS 485 422 option ON 12 3 4 SEG Figure 15 ntellicon 6 2 Memory address SW2 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 15 Figure 16 Intellicon 8 Memory address SW2
65. Manual ver 2 30 3 44 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 1 Append the file pctrmcap to the QNX file etc termcap with the following command cat pctrmcap gt gt etc termcap 2 Append the file pcterm to the QNX file lusr lib terminfo terminfo src with the following command cat pcterm gt gt usr lib terminfo terminfo src In order to update the terminfo database you must then recompile terminfo src by running tic terminfo src Note termdef will not function properly until terminfo src is recompiled using tic Technical Tip Sometimes it is not possible to recompile the terminfo src file An alternative is to create the directory lusrllib terminfolp and then run tic pcterm The program tic will compile the file pcterm and place it in the lusrllib terminfolp directory You use the Connect Tech program ctty to tell the Intellicon adapter to set the pcterm option on the appropriate ports You then use the QNX program tinit to tell QNX which ports are running in PCTerm mode Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 45 Example To turn on PCTerm processing for a port use the following Statement ctty tpcterm lt dev cti1 To turn off PCTerm processing for a port use the following Statement ctty pcterm dev cti1 To inform QNX which ports are running in PCTerm mode use the following statement tinit c termdef T dev cti1 amp When the progra
66. Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 Examples The following example illustrates SW1 set for the factory default VO port address setting of 300 303 hex 28 The following example illustrates SW1 set for the I O port address setting of 308 30B hex Table 1 Typical port address usage Game port Asynchronous serial port COM2 Video adapters Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Table 2 Port address switch settings SW1 SWI1 switch settings Port Address Hex 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 tog 108 on on on on on o on off on on off on off 11C off on off off m on off 128 12B on off on on off off on off on on off 130 133 on off on on off off on on 134 137 on off on on off off on off 138 13B on off on on off off off 13C 13F on off on on off off off off 144 147 on off on off on on off 148 14B on off off on off 14C 14F on off on off on on off off 150 153 on off on off off on on 154 157 on off on off on off on off 158 15B on off on off off off 15C 15F on off on off off off off 160 163 on off on off off on 164 167 on off on off off off 168 16B on off on off off off 16C 16F on off on off off off off 170 173 on off on off off off on on 174 177 on off on off off off on off 178 17B on off on off off off off
67. Please see examples in the file winnt tidbits c if you want to use these settings in an application You will find this file on the Intellicon Windows NT driver diskette Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation Windows NT 3 79 Technical Tips 1 The Intellicon is not a plug play PnP adapter The Intellicon requires an IRQ I O port addresses and a 64 KB segment of shared memory in the region between 640 KB and 1 MB It is often necessary to go into the CMOS setup BIOS and ensure that the resources used by the Intellicon are available to Non PnP ISA devices Look in the CMOS setup for PnP or ISA setup options You may have a hardware conflict if you experience erratic operation of the Intellicon adapter or some other I O card in the system SCSI adapter network adapter etc You may need to alter the settings of the adapters to resolve the conflict Ensure that you disable Shadow RAM in the memory region where the Intellicon resides You can do this in your CMOS setup The compressed Intellicon driver file includes the memory test utility ctimtestexe This is a DOS program that you can use to verify that the Intellicon memory is available for use Please see the file ctimtest zip for more information You should run this program with DOS 5 0 or better This program will give erroneous results under Windows NT Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2
68. Raw Mode This mode allows your application to minimize the overhead of QNX 4 XX tti function calls Since Dev cti and Dev32 cti call these functions for every character received this overhead 15 significant in high performance applications Super Raw Mode removes this overhead for applications that do not need input processing or raw data streams It does this by placing incoming characters directly into the user s allocated buffer Example Here is an example of the superraw program where any characters received on Idevicti lt port gt will print to the screen in hexadecimal form Superraw lt devicti port gt Note You must compile this program with the T1 parameter Transparent Print The Intellicon QNX 4 XX device driver supports a special feature called transparent print This feature sends printer data to a terminal via the serial link and then re directs the data to the printer attached to the auxiliary port on the same terminal This process occurs transparently to the user Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 48 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX Configuration The Intellicon QNX 4 XX transparent print feature uses two drivers that work together The first driver Dev cti tp or Dev32 cti tp runs like the standard Dev cti or Dev32 cti driver but with some changes to allow the driver to communicate with a buffer space reserved for transparent print operations on the Intellicon adapter The dri
69. SAC CTSC RxD Return 7 Male DB 9 Connector ee 5 6 e 99 PN CABO8FXDX WARNING If an Intellicon Flex8 adapter has RS232 SLIMs pins 6 and 9 the corresponding ports are reserved and you should not make a connection to these pins Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts 4 21 Connector Box Pinouts You may order the Intellicon 8 and the Intellicon Flex8 adapters with an external I O Box option The I O Box option comes with a metal bracket that can be mounted on a wall or other surface When you receive the I O Box this bracket is clipped on to the back of the connector box If you wish to attach the I O Box to a wall or other surface just remove the bracket fasten it in place and then re attach the connector box If you wish to set the I O Box on its rubber feet only just remove the bracket from the back See Figures 21 and 22 for the orientation of the I O Box Figure 21 ntellicon 8 I O Box Female DB 25 connectors Mounting bracket RJ 45 connectors Figure 22 Intellicon Flex8 I O Box Male DB 9 connectors SRL bs bd 5 I Mounting bracket Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 22 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Intellicon 8 You can order the Intellicon 8 with the I O Box option The eight port connector box connects to Intellicon 8 adapter via a 62 pin connector For DB 62 pinout
70. TIMODBE 3 esse efie ci ete 3 7 INE 14h Functions nen RE eme 3 9 Enhanced 3 21 Special Protocols e a HR 3 21 apr 3 21 CREE nescire tente 3 21 NOBEDTL tn 3 22 QTISBT BN ioe ee hoes teases 3 23 Error 3 24 ONX Device entiende reves 3 25 ONX Version 2 XX tee aet e ORARE 3 25 tectorio tete te e etie ees 3 26 Tr tializatiOn uites ette ted ertet tee eed 3 28 QNX Line Editing essere 3 29 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 vi Contents Chapter 3 Software Installation continued Enhanced 3 29 PC Pettitte See fois Mn 3 30 ANUtOo RES 3 30 Noedit 51 3 31 Transparent Print 3 31 YuE cire it ett Ro testis 3 32 CTT VIE Wisi Saee locit 3 32 DLA Data Line Analyzer 3 32 OTT BUBB sis ba 3 33 eec cen bari cde 3 34 Error oie orden DEus 3 35 Warning Error Messages seee 3 36 Other Eiro Seeerei aaan a 3 37 QNX Version 4 XX ccccccccccccssscesscseecessecesseceecesseceseecseeseseceeeeenes 3 38 Installation eise E 3 39 Initialization essere 3 42 Enhanced
71. able 21 for the DB 9 connector pinouts Table 20 ntellicon Flex8 DB 78 pinouts No n No No Signal Signal Signal Signal s fs fse s SG 6 50 6 RTs RTSAG RTSO TDO 7 52 6 CTS RTSBO RTSRef RxD 86 534 6 Reserved CTSAC CTSAG RxDRetum 9 36 6 CTS BG CTSBC RxDSouce 7 fse 8 SR 8 7 4 10 CT CTS BG CTSBC RxD Source pre ns T T R T T R R T T R R T T TxD AG RxD RxD AC SG SR 56 SG Ooo ee ae ae RxD DIR R 8 827 8 R Fax T T E R 6 SG 6 T 6 RxD TxD BG TxDRef_ TxD 6 T 6 R T TxD T R es 8 T 8 s Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts 4 19 Table 20 continued ntellicon Flex8 DB 78 pinouts Pin SLIM Pi Port RS 232 RS 485 RS 423 Current Loop No n No Signal Signal Signal Signal No e fso ESR ISR Su 4 16 2 CTSBO CTSBC RxD Source al fso s SG 2 16 4 CTS BCH CTSBGH RxD Source a ee Een eee TxD RxD SR SG Ja fse SR SRSA BGs 35 NO p 4 60 66 68 69 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 20 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Table 21 Intellicon Flex8 DB 9 pinouts Pin No Signal Signal Signal Signal 6 Resrvd CI
72. afe limits When you use a current loop SLIM as a current source in the loop and the 20mA is flowing the corresponding LED on the Serial Line Interface Module will light If the loop is open or the current loop SLIM is not used as a current source the LED will be off WARNING When using the current source in a loop with low resistance the transistor will run hot This can be avoided by increasing the loop resistance The calculation for Maximum Loop Resistance R y is 22 S x Vo 0 020 Max Ru Note 1 S the number of stations in the loop TX s and RX s 2 Vp the voltage drop for the HP opto couplers on the SLIM Vp 2 3 V for the HPCL 4100 and HPCL 4200 When use other manufacturers equipment in the loop the value of Vp may differ Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 64 Chapter 4 Appendix 20mA Current Loop Option Table 32 SLIM socket pinouts Pin No Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal Reseved a ee 2 24 2 RTS RTSAQI RTSOQ TxDO 3 _ y TDI TxDAOI TxDO TxDSouce 14 CTS RTSBO I RTSR f1 pS 01 TxDBO I TxDRef TxDC I po CTSAC I CTSAC I 7 DTR RxDAC RxDAO TxDRetun Resrved CTSBC RxD Source 9 RxDBG I pio RTS2 RTSAQ2 81502 TDO u TxD2 TxDAG 2 TxD 2 TxDSouce2 2 152 RTSBC 2
73. al type is one supported by Dev cti tp or Dev32 cti tp tp_ctrl You can set or query the transparent print settings of ports after a driver is started by using the tp_ctrl command stands for Transparent Print ConTRoL The command syntax for this statement is tp_ctrl options amp Where options are f filename Set the file name to use to lookup external terminal definitions default etc config tp defs bcps rate Effective cps rate to send data to transparent print printer at used to pace data so that terminal 1s not bogged down default of 100 cps 4 Query the port settings terminal Type of terminal used defines the ton toff sequence vt100 dev cti3 Set Intellicon port 3 to vt100 terminal type q devicti1 Query the settings for Intellicon port 1 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 51 Utilities CHMON CHMON CHannel MONitor is a software utility that monitors all Intellicon serial ports It obtains information about ports from the driver every second and only updates this information when the state of a port changes since the last scan You can also run CHMON from a remote computer For more information on the use of CHMON please refer to the readme file CHMON DOC on the Intellicon QNX 4 XX driver diskette cti tcdrain We provide the function cti tcdrain because the tcdrain function supplied by QSSL does not
74. an edit this file to provide definitions for other terminal personalities Currently there are definitions for wyse60 wyse50 ampex230 ton on sequence The ton and toff options allow the setting of the toff off sequence on and off character strings respectively You separate these strings by commas and can be in the following formats m hexadecimal i e 0x31 0x42 m character i e 1 m octal i e 061 102 m decimal i e 49 66 When editing the tp_terms file you should enter the on and off sequences as shown above However when entering these from the command line often an extra must precede certain special characters i e V This is because the UNIX shell consumes and interprets them Example For example the following statement is incorrect tp_ctrl dev tty3a ton d 066 toff 0x45 The following is the correct way of representing the above tp_ctrl dev tty3a ton d 066 toff 0x45 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 65 Example You can add the same on and off sequence to the tp_terms file as a definition called myterm by appending the following to it myterm ton 4 1066 toff 0x45 Note You do not require preceding backslashes since shell will not interpret them Note It is necessary to remove the ixany option from the terminal device You can do this with the following command stty ixany lt devitty Techni
75. arranty authorized by Connect Tech Inc UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CONNECT TECH INC BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 li Copyright Trademarks Copyright Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Connect Tech shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Connect Tech Inc Copyright 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 by Connect Tech Inc Trademark Acknowledgment Connect Tech Inc acknowledges all trademarks registered trademarks and or copyrights referred to in this document as the property of their respective owners Not listing all possible trademarks or copyright acknowledgments does not constitute a lack of acknowledgment to the rightful owners of the trademarks and copyrights mentioned in this document Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Certification iii CLASS A COMPUTING DEVICE Intellicon 2 4 6 2 8 Flex8 FCC This e
76. ase address F The file name that contains the firmware for the Intellicon board This will default to V800S DOS if not specified port address used by the Intellicon adapter This defaults to 300 303 hex N The offset for COM ports When using CTI DOS along with standard serial ports you must enter an offset where the Intellicon ports begin For example the setting N 3 will start the Intellicon ports at COM3 D The prefix to use in the device names maximum of 6 characters The default is COM l interrupt request line IRQ used by the Intellicon adapter and specified in decimal The default is 3 for the first board Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 5 H The initial handshake mode to use This will default to N none if not entered Valid handshake modes are N none Xnnmm XON XOFF protocol where nn XON in hex default is 11 hex mm XOFF in hex default is 13 hex C CTS RTS P PCTerm XPC protocol Example When entering the handshaking modes you specify for all ports on a board in one string For example the Statement H C C X X P yields the following port 1 CTS RTS port 2 CTS RTS port 3 none port 4 none not specified port 5 XON XOFF using 11 and 13 hex port 6 XON XOFF port 7 port Indicates the next board Parameters for multiple boards are separated with a Notes 1 You require only one DEVICE statement in
77. at contains the SCO UNIX driver if you have not done so and select CONTINUE The installation program gives you a choice of packages to install Select INTELLICON FOR SCO UNIX Select CONTINUE once more At this point the installation program will ask you how many boards and how many ports you wish to install Enter the appropriate numbers The installation program displays a list of common parameters and asks you 1f these are suitable If they are not you can make the appropriate changes now When you finish making your choices select YES The installation process will proceed and build a new kernel Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 68 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 9 Once the kernel rebuilds UNIX will prompt you Do you wish the new kernel to boot by default and Do you wish the kernel environment to be rebuilt Answer YES to both Your current kernel will backed to unix old In the event that your system does not reboot perhaps due to a hardware conflict you can bring up your system by booting unix old 10 You can now select QUIT to leave custom Do shutdown first before you reboot the new kernel 11 Once your system reboots you must run the system administrative shell to create entries in the tty database You do this by executing sysadmsh and selecting the following menus ACCOUNTS TERMINAL 12 You must then enter all your ttys Intellicon User s Manual v
78. ate changes now 10 When you finish making your choices select YES The installation process will proceed and build a new kernel Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 70 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 11 Once the kernel rebuilds UNIX will prompt you Do you wish the new kernel to boot by default and Do you wish the kernel environment to be rebuilt Answer YES to both Your current kernel is copied to unix old In the event that your system does not reboot perhaps due to a hardware conflict you can bring up your system by booting unix old 12 You can now select QUIT to leave custom Do shutdown first before you reboot the new kernel 13 You must then enter all your ttys Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 71 SCO XENIX AT386 Under SCO XENIX you install the Intellicon SCO XENIX driver by using custom To install the SCO XENIX device driver follow these procedures 1 10 11 Login as root and change directories to the root directory i e cd Insert the installation diskette and type custom Once you are at custom s main menu make the following selection 4 ADD A SUPPORTED PRODUCT The installation program prompts you to insert DISTRIBUTION VOLUME 1 Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette that contains the SCO XENIX driver and press RETURN The installation program gives you another list of options From this list select 1
79. byte window in PC address space m 8 bit transfers m PC interrupt is jumper selectable 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 m Base address for I O ports is DIP switch selectable requires 4 addresses m Memory starting address is DIP switch selectable Communications m Zilog 780 DARTs communication controllers m Programmable baud rate generator up to 38 4K baud on all ports Control Signals m RS 232 RTS DTR TxD DCD CTS RxD m RS 485 RTS TxD CTS RxD m RS 423 RTS TxD CTS RxD m 20mA Current Loop TxD RxD Operating Environment Ambient temperature 5 60 C m Relative humidity 5 90 no condensing Air movement no requirement m Altitude 15 000 feet 5000 metres m UL Flame Rating UL 94V 0 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 2 Power Requirements Intellicon 2 RS 232 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 5 VDC 5 0 660 A typ 12 VDC 10 0 038 A typ 12 VDC 10 0 038 A typ Intellicon 2 RS 485 5 VDC 5 0 700 A typ Intellicon 4 RS 232 5 VDC 5 0 860 A typ 12 VDC 10 0 076 A typ 12 VDC 10 0 072 A typ Intellicon 8 RS 232 5 VDC 5 1 100 A typ 12 VDC 10 0 110 A typ 12 VDC 10 40 110 A typ Intellicon 64 2 5 VDC 5 1 000 A typ 12 VDC 10 1 000A typ 12VDC 10 1 000 A typ Intellicon Flex8 without SLIMs 5 VDC 5 2 000 A typ 12 VDC 10 0 000 A typ 12VD
80. cal Tip Keyboard Delay Under Transparent Print When the printer attached to the terminal is printing a file the keyboard of the terminal may become hampered In other words the terminal may ignore keystrokes because it is too busy sending data to the printer It may be necessary to add delays to the print stream to avoid keyboard scanning problems by using the stty option nl1 However this option cannot be set from the command line but must be set within the printer s interface file because options in the interface file override current port settings In Unix there is a directory called lusrispoolllpladmins lp interfaces which contains an interface file for each printer defined in the system These interface files contain information about the printer setup including stty command for the port settings Add the n option to the stty command line within this file If nl is currently present in stty command line remove it The delays added by the n stty option reduces the number of characters per second in the print stream Since the terminal does not have to process as many characters per second while the printer is printing it can properly scan the keyboard for keystrokes Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 66 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX Error Messages Fatal Error Messages CTI8BOOT Cannot open dev cti tty for initialization The special device file cannot be opened to initialize the Intellicon P
81. cate the appropriate Intellicon installation diskette for BSD OS To determine the contents of each diskette carefully check each label and any addendum included with this manual You will find the BSD OS Intellicon driver and installation script on the installation diskette in the compressed tar file cti tar Z To install the Intellicon BSD OS driver please follow these steps 1 First use tar to copy the file cti tar Z from the installation diskette to a temporary directory by typing cd tmp tar xvf devifd Where fd is the name of the floppy drive 2 You then must uncompress the cti tar Z file by typing uncompress cti tar Z 3 You must now untar this file by typing tar xvf 4 You may now install the Intellicon driver into the BSD OS system Run the cti_install script by typing install Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 3 DOS Device Driver The Intellicon DOS device driver provides an interface between the DOS operating system and an Intellicon adapter Under DOS you can install a maximum of 32 ports using any combination of Intellicon adapters Installation To install the DOS device driver follow these procedures Note The diskettes may also include README files Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device driver and software utilities Technical Tip Memo
82. d 2 are memory segment is D000 hex port address is 304 hex interrupt is 11 device name prefix is COM Note The two previously installed serial ports remain as COMI and COM2 while the Intellicon ports are COM3 onwards Also note that both boards share the same memory segment CTI DOS will arbitrate between the two boards Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 7 Accessing Ports There are two methods of accessing the extra serial ports on the Intellicon adapter m Character Device Interface m INT 14h Functions Character Device Interface The simplest method of access is through file pointers FCB or handle The CTLDOS driver provides a DOS character device interface that allows opening and reading or writing as a file named COMn Note In some applications the name COMn invokes special device handling i e BASIC The software will assume a standard serial port rather than a character device To avoid this you can use the d option to change the device name prefix In order to configure the extra serial ports on the Intellicon adapter please refer to the CTIMODE section below CTIMODE The CTIMODE command allows you to configure the extra serial ports on the Intellicon adapter It provides the same functionality and defaults as the DOS MODE command with the following exceptions m Does not support redirection of LPTs m Does not support time out retry para
83. e Module controls two ports and therefore the schematic shows only a portion of the circuit Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 58 Chapter 4 Appendix G RS 423 Option Installation The Intellicon Flex8 has four SLIM sockets which accept Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM 1 socket S1 interfaces ports land 2 SLIM 2 socket S2 interfaces ports 3 and 4 SLIM 3 socket S3 interfaces ports 5 and 6 SLIM 4 socket S4 interfaces ports 7 and 8 Please refer to Chapter 2 Hardware Installation for the location of the SLIM sockets and to Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal for the proper procedures to installing and removing SLIMs Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter and Serial Line Interface Module SLIM are very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove them from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove them from the anti static bag handle them only by the edges and place them on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Please refer to Table 31 for the pinouts for the SLIM sockets found on the Intellicon Flex8 adapter Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix RS 423 Option 4 59 Table 31 SLIM socket pinouts Pin No Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal aa ees 2 RTSAQI 81801 Bo 01 TXDAG TxDCO TxDSouce RTSBO
84. e RS 485 422 interface on the Intellicon 6 2 gives the user maximum versatility in configuring their RS 485 422 communication line Features include TxD RTS enable with DTR TxD RTS enable with RTS Rxd CTS disable RxD line load options RxD line biasing CTS selection Figure 45 shows a partial schematic of the RS 485 422 interface on the Intellicon 6 2 adapter while Figure 46 shows the locations of the jumpers that configure the RS 485 422 interface ATTENTION Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter is very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove the card from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove the board from the anti static bag handle it only by the edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 47 Figure 45 Intellicon 6 2 RS 485 422 schematic partial TxD DTR RTS Z80 DART CTS RxD RS 485 422 partial schematic for Intellicon 6 2 port 7 and port 8 gt TxD DRVR gt TxD d Ye gt RTS p RTS Rbi 416 5v lt q wn 5v J7 J8 CTS RCVR 4 O Ct Rt 4 CTS J9 J10 i Rb2 y Rb1 J3 J5 5v O O4 RxD S 4 RD Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 48 Chapter 4 Appendix RS 485
85. e examine the captured data You can save captured data to disk for examination at a future date Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX 3 33 m DLA gives you the flexibility to choose which ports to monitor a maximum of two ports simultaneously as well as which stream of data to monitor for the individual ports le the stream can be set to monitor transmitted or received data for the individual ports m You can monitor and examine the data in either character or hexadecimal mode m DLAallows you to monitor the status of the data flow With the status feature turned on you can witness transitions in the DCD and CTS lines as well as the occurrences of parity framing and overrun errors and breaks on the line For more information on the use of DLA please refer to the readme file DLA DOC on the Intellicon QNX 2 XX driver diskette Note DLA does not operate with CTI Administrators previous to v2 14Z10 CTI BUFF The CTI BUFF is a software utility to adjust the allocation of Intellicon memory buffers Buffers on the Intellicon are allocated during startup according to a default algorithm CTI BUFF allows you to change the allocation of I O buffers to better suit your application For more information on the use of CTI BUFF please refer to the readme file CTI BUFF DOC on the Intellicon QNX 2 XX driver diskette Note CTI does not operate with CTI Admini
86. e generate login character turn on off PCTerm key scan code processing see PCTerm section below rts turn on or off the Auto RTS feature see the Auto RTS section below polarity turn on or off polarity option With this you can program the polarity of the RTS signal in the Auto RTS feature The default is polarity see the Auto RTS section below turns on off synchronous modes if the Intellicon adapter supports it usrmde turns on or off user mode support or custom protocols rxd turns on or off the receiver discard This option is for use with RS 485 two wire half duplex communications The default is receiver on see the Auto RTS section below PCTerm Many terminals support a mode of emulation known as PCTerm In this mode the terminal transmits an unique code key scan for the pressing and release of each key When pcterm has been set on a port the Intellicon board will translate these key scan codes into QNX key codes This allows PCTerm terminals to operate like QNX terminals Note Ifyou want to use the PCTerm option you must insert the Intellicon QNX 4 XX device driver diskette into floppy drive A and type install u dos a qnx4 qnx4pct To translate output to a PCTerm terminal a termcap entry has been included in the file pctrmcap To inform QNX 4 XX of the Intellicon adapter s PCTerm capabilities please do the following Intellicon User s
87. e met by independent laboratory testing of Connect Tech Inc product s with shielded cables with metal hoods attached to either the terminating connectors or cable assemblies supplied with the product s Failure to follow good EMC EMI compliant cabling practices may produce more emissions or less immunity than were obtained in laboratory measurements Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause unacceptable interference to radio a TV reception requiring the user to take whatever steps necessary to correct the interference Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts 4 7 Appendix B Connectors Pinouts Cable Harness Pinouts Several cable harness options are available for Intellicon adapters Technical Tip Ifyou are not using the inputs DCD or CTS on your Intellicon cabling please ensure that you terminate them properly The common way to do this is to connect DCD to DTR and or CTS to RTS Failure to do so can result in a loss of performance Intellicon 2 The Intellicon 2 has two DB 9 connectors on the board and therefore does not require a cable harness The connectors are male when the interface is RS 232 and female when it is RS 485 422 Refer to Table 9 for the pinouts for these connectors Table 9 ntellicon 2 DB 9 pinouts pT CL TxD AG 8 CTS RTS AG ouput 9 PCTS AG J input Male DB
88. eatures Special Protocols An optional version of the Z80 firmware has been provided to allow some additional processing of data on the Intellicon board This special processing includes m RTS RTS operation for switched lines m CRLF linefeed to carriage return input translation m NOEDIT data packetization To accommodate these features you must specify Z800SP DOS as the OS file for the Intellicon board using the F option The command CTISET or INT 14h Function 18 can then be used to turn on or off the required feature on each individual port RTS When the RTS feature 15 requested the RTS signal will only be asserted when there is data to be transmitted After the last stop bit of the last byte has been transmitted RTS will be removed allowing other devices access to the switched line Example CTISET RTS is asserted when data is transmitted on COM4 CRLF The CRLF feature provides input translation of CR to CR LF to CR and CRLF pairs to a single CR Example CTISET COM5 CR to CR LF to CR and CRLF translation on 5 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 22 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS NOEDIT When NOEDIT is turned on for a port data received for that port will be buffered packetized until one of three events occur m of 2 programmable end of transmission characters received m auser specified minimum packet size is received m 255 characters are r
89. eceived Using this feature may substantially reduce the burden on the host computer Example If the format of the data to be received is known to be as follows 1 maximum of 80 characters 2 end of packet always marked with 08 hex EOT where N lt 80 dec The command syntax is CTISET COME noedit eot1 08 eot2 08 len 80 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 23 CTISET The CTISET command allows the user to control the extra features of the optional Z800SP DOS as well as allowing the reallocation of data buffers on the board The command syntax is CTISET options where options are in dd of total buffer space to allocate for input rts turn on off special rts handling turn on off special linefeed translation noedit turn on or off packetization eoti hh specify end of transmission character 0 to ignore eot2 hh specify end of transmission character 2 0 to ignore len nnn specify minimum packet length Example If the format of the data to be received is always the following 1 byte l character count 2 2 01 hex marks start of packet Note count is known to be never smaller than 2 bytes 3 byte 3 data The command syntax is CTISET COM3 noedit eot1 01 eot2 01 len 255 The data will flow from the Intellicon adapter to your program as a count followed by a 01 hex 2 bytes followed by count bytes
90. ecified below 1 Selection of I O port addresses 2 Selection of base memory addresses 3 Selection of IRQs 4 Installation of Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM Intellicon Flex8 model only 5 Configuration of RS 232 RS485 422 Current Loop options Intellicon 2 Intellicon 4 Intellicon 6 2 and Intellicon Flex8 models only and or RS423 Intellicon Flex8 only 6 Installing the Intellicon adapter in your computer Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter is very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove the card from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove the board from the anti static bag handle it only by the edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation I O Port Address Selection In order for the host computer to communicate with the Intellicon adapter each adapter requires an unique I O address block four consecutive I O port addresses in your computer s I O address space Switch block SW1 configures the I O port addresses for the Intellicon adapter Figures 8 9 10 11 and 12 show the location and orientation of SW1 on the Intellicon 2 4 6 2 8 Flex8 respectively Figure 8 ntellicon 2 I O port address SW1
91. ellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 12 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Intellicon 6 2 The Intellicon 6 2 has six ports RS 232 and two ports RS 485 422 The Intellicon 6 2 has a cable harness made up of eight cables attached to a single DB 62 connector and terminated with six DB 25 male connectors RS 232 and two DB 9 male connectors RS 485 422 See Table 15 for the DB 62 connector pinout and Table 16 for the DB 9 and DB 25 connector pinouts Table 15 Intellicon 6 2 DB 62 pinouts ee ree 557 52 Port Signal Signal Direction HT o DCD input 2 1 DTR 3 SG signal gnd 4 12 bo s 2 output e 3 bo input 7 13 DR output 3 SG Jsignalgnd 9 4 bo 10 4 output u s input k 12 5 DIR output 13 5 SG signal gnd 14 6 DCD input __ 6__ qo ouw Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Table 15 continued ntellicon 6 2 DB 62 pinouts PERPE IE Port Signal Signal Direction 30 4 114 8 output 32 5 Ree int 33 34 86 sG signal gnd im 36 16 8 37 J7 RxDAC P RxD BC RTS BG e TxD T RxD B RTS BG 4 gt n SG TxD SG TxD S
92. er 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 69 SCO UNIX Open Server Under SCO UNIX Openserver you install the Intellicon SCO UNIX driver by using the new custom installation utility To install the SCO UNIX device driver follow these procedures 1 Loginas root and change directories to the root directory i e cd 2 Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette that contains the SCO UNIX driver and type custom 3 Once you are at custom s main menu make the following menu choices Software 2 Install New From your machine name 2 Select Your Floppy Disk Drive 2 Partial 4 The installation program gives you a choice of packages to install Select INTELLICON DEVICE DRIVER VER X XX Hit the ENTER key 5 second reference to the INTELLICON DEVICE DRIVER VER X XX will come up below the first one Please select it by pressing the ENTER key 6 A list of items will appear some of which are drivers for different versions of SCO UNIX XENIX Use the arrows and select the appropriate driver for your installation 1 Intellicon for SCO UNIX Hit the ENTER key 7 Usethe TAB key to select the INSTALL option and hit the ENTER key 8 Atthis point the installation program will ask you how many boards and how many ports you wish to install Enter the appropriate numbers 9 The installation program displays a list of common parameters and asks you if these are suitable If they are not you can make the appropri
93. er 2 30 viii Contents Chapter 4 Appendices continued Connector Box Pinouts eese 4 21 Intellicor 8 5 4 22 Intellicon Flex8 essere 4 24 Appendix C Factory 22 4 25 Intellicon 2 Intellicon 4 see 4 25 Intellicotiz6 52 2 ea snae ere beds 4 27 Intelliconz8 ee out ge 4 29 Intellicon Flex8 tette eee died meten 4 31 Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal sess 4 33 zinc eei et veda este 4 33 SLIM removal nod pe oH 4 34 Appendix E RS 232 Option 4 35 Installation es Ree iaa t ome 4 37 Appendix F RS 485 422 22 4 39 5 485 422 2 4 4 39 5 485 422 8 4 42 5 485 422 6 2 4 46 TxD RTS enable with 4 48 TxD RTS enable with 4 48 RxD CTS disable sse 4 49 RxD CTS line load 4 49 RxD CTS line biasing esee 4 52 CTS selectionica rater pete mee iene navies 4 53 RS 485 422 Cable 4 54 Appendix RS 423 Option 4 57 Installation eret teens 4 58 RS 423 Cable Wiring sese 4 60 Appendix 20mA Current Loop
94. flag on the command line of DeviDev32 For example the following DevIDev32 commands support 40 devices total Dev n40 amp for QNX 4 22 or earlier Dev32 n 40 amp for QNX 4 23 or later Due to certain restrictions with the Intellicon QNX 4 XX device driver you can install a maximum of 64 ports using any combination of Intellicon adapters Example 1 Dev cti amp Where memory D0000 hex default port addresses 300 303 hex default 3 default Other parameters will retain defaults 2 Dev cti a e0000 amp E0000 hex Other paramters retain their default values All examples listed for Dev cti or Dev cti tp apply to Dev32 cti and Dev32 cti tp but you must substitute Dev32 cti or Dev32 cti tp for Dev cti Dev cti tp in the example Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 41 Example 3 Dev cti 280 10 N ser3 amp The above is an example of sysinit statement for an Intellicon adapter in a system where 1 and are enabled and the Intellicon serial ports have the name prefix of ser starting at number 3 Where memory D0000 hex I O port addresses 280 283 hex IRQ 10 Register as name ser3 Note Other paramters retain their default values Example 4 Dev cti p 1 b 9600 E p 4 b 1200 e amp Where memory D0000 hex port addresses 300 303 hex IRQ 3 Register as name ser Baud rate ports 1 throug
95. fter the system powers up usually from a SYS INIT file and runs in background continuously QNX Version 2 XX There are two administrators supplied on the QNX software diskette The default driver CTI provides the standard interface between QNX 2 XX and the serial ports The optional driver CTITP provides the standard interface as well as an extra set of devices which allow access to printers attached to terminals Also on the software diskette are files which contain the code which is downloaded to execute on the Intellicon board The default config z800s qnx once again provides the standard set of features for QNX serial devices The optional file Iconfig z80os qnx plus provides enhanced features and transparent print handling Note The Intellicon driver diskettes may also include README files Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device driver and or software utilities Intellicon QNX 2 XX driver software is compatible with QNX s Dev task Applications designed to use standard serial ports under Dev can use Intellicon adapters with little or no modifications Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 26 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX Installation To install the Intellicon QNX 2 XX device driver follow these procedures 1 Insert the Intellicon QNX 2 XX device driver diskette into a floppy drive and copy all the files on to your s
96. h 3 9600 Set options ports through 3 raw mode Baud rate ports 4 through 8 1200 Set options ports 4 through 8 edit mode Note Other paramters retain their default values Example 5 Dev cti n red 300 10 n blue 304 15 a e0000 amp The above is an example ofa sysinit statement for two Intellicon adapters in your system Where memory E0000 hex IRQ board 1 10 IRQ board2 15 port address board 1 300 303 hex port address board 2 304 307 hex Device prefix board 1 red Device prefix board 2 blue Note Other paramters retain their default values All examples listed for Dev cti or Dev cti tp apply to Dev32 cti and Dev32 cti tp but you must substitute Dev32 cti or Dev32 cti tp for Dev cti or Dev cti tp in the example Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 42 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX Example 6 Dev cti 340 q amp This statement configures the Intellicon Adapter for polled mode Where memory d0000 default I O port addresses 340 343 noIRQ in polled mode Other parameters retain their default values All examples listed for Dev cti or Dev cti tp apply to Dev32 cti and Dev32 cti tp but you must substitute Dev32 cti or Dev32 cti tp for Dev cti or Dev cti tp in the example Initialization When either the Dev cti Dev32 cti Dev cti tp Dev32 cti tp administrator executes it initializes the hardware then boots the processor on the
97. hange As well the default memory address D0000 hex the default tty starting name and the default major number are looked up if appropriate You will be asked to confirm the defaults and your selection before the installation will complete If you do not accept the defaults the installation program will provide details on changing them Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 58 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX Vectors IRQ Within UNIX IRQ lines correspond to interrupt vectors Table 8 provides the current translation of IRQ lines to UNIX vector numbers Table 8 UNIX IRQ Vector translation im XENIX UNIX Vector Vector Device File Names You may install a maximum of 32 Intellicon ports in your computer under UNIX UNIX requires unique device file names for each one of these ports The syntax for naming the ports of the Intellicon adapter is IdevittyXz Where X The offset for ports When using Intellicon adapters in a system with standard serial ports it is necessary to enter an offset where the Intellicon ports will begin Note The default offset is 3 for SCO XENIX and 4 for SCO UNIX z isthe port z ranges from a af Note The port designation z in device file names is always lower case Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 59 Example The file names for the devices connected to the Intellicon adapter when there is one Intellicon 8 adapter and 2 standard
98. he RTS and CTS connections are not necessary if you jumper the CTS selection J9 and J10 appropriately on the Intellicon 6 2 Technical Tip The RS 485 422 electrical interface consists of a differential signaling scheme You should always connect the signals with twisted pairs Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 56 Chapter 4 Appendix RS 485 422 Option Figure 52 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 wiring diagram 2 wire Intellicon 2 4 adapter RS 485 422 peripheral CA 20005 e CN Technical Tip The RS 485 422 electrical interface consists of a differential signaling scheme You should always connect the signals with twisted pairs Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix G RS 423 Option 4 57 Appendix G RS 423 Option You may order the Intellicon Flex8 adapter with RS 423 Serial Line Interfaces Module The RS 423 electrical interface is a reliable high speed serial link that offers superior noise immunity Please refer to Figure 53 for a partial schematic of the RS 423 SLIM circuit Figure 53 RS 423 SLIM partial schematic RS 423 SLIM Partial Schematic RTS DB9 TxD Connector TxD Ref RTS Ref SR UART CTS RXD RXD ES NET 1 NET 2 Note Note The RS 423 Serial Line Interfac
99. hem only by the edges and place them on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Please refer to Table 25 for the pinouts for the SLIM sockets found on the Intellicon Flex8 adapter Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 38 Chapter 4 Appendix E RS 232 Option Table 25 SLIM socket pinouts Pin No Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal aa ee ee ees 2 RTSAQI 81801 Bo 01 TXDAG TxDCO TxDSouce RTSBO I 5 5o 01 TxD BG TxDRefl TxD po Reserved CTSACQ I CTSAG 1 RxD J DTRI RxDAC I RXDAG I TxDRetuml cp Reserved_ CTS BH _ CTS BC RxDSowcel RxD BC 1 hg es RISA nno Tx D2 TxDAQ2 TxDC 2 TxDSouce2 12 CTS2 RTSBC 2 RTSRef2 RxDH 2 113 02 TxD BC TxDRef2 2 4 Reserved CTSAQ2 CTSAC 2 RxDRetm2 pis DTR2 RxDAOQ2 RxDAO2 TxDRetum2 pio CTSBO 2 CTSBC 2 RxDSouce2 17 D2 RxDBO 2 RxDBC 2 RDO p18 Ground jJ a desy 1414 14 22 2 Tiedhigh Tiedhigh 2 gt Tied high p ipmmo f 4 HS pri LLL 2s mp p uk Ef dori _ 0 3i ARTs 2 2 ersi
100. hen you remove the board from your computer handle it only by the edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Note 1 Please pack the item for repair securely and ship it prepaid and insured Connect Tech is not liable for damage or loss to the product due to shipping Connect Tech will not accept items for repair without an RMA number Connect Tech will not accept items for repair shipped freight collect Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Introductio acesse a tan ne bedient 2 1 Port Address Selection eene 2 2 Memory Address Selection sse 2 12 TRO Selection io Hee tereti 2 18 Electrical Interface Options sssenenee 2 21 SLIM Installation Intellicon Flex8 2 21 Installing the Intellicon Adapter es 2 23 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Introduction Hardware installation section involves configuration of the following Intellicon products m The Intellicon 2 4 8 adapters m The Intellicon 6 2 adapter m The Intellicon Flex8 adapter You must configure various settings and options before installing your Intellicon adapter in your computer In order to insure a successful installation please follow the steps in the order sp
101. icon 8 SW1 factory setting 4 30 Intellicon 8 SW2 factory setting 4 30 Intellicon 8 IRQ factory 4 30 Intellicon Flex8 SW1 factory setting 4 31 Intellicon Flex8 SW2 factory setting 4 31 Intellicon Flex8 IRQ factory settings 4 31 SLIM imsertions ett AR 4 33 SLIM removal teet 4 34 RS 232 SLIM partial 4 36 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 switch SW2 4 40 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 resistor sites 4 41 RS 485 422 SLIM partial schematic 4 44 Intellicon 6 2 RS 485 422 schematic partial 4 47 Intellicon 6 2 Jumper block locations 4 48 DIP resistor RN6 2 4 51 DIP resistor RNS 2 20 4 52 RS 485 422 wiring 4 wire 22 4 54 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 wiring 4 wire 4 55 RS 485 422 wiring 2 wire 1222 4 55 Intellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 wiring 2 wire 4 56 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Contents xi List of Figures continued Figure 53 RS 423 SLIM partial schematic 4 57 Figure 54 RS 485 422 wiring 4 wire sss 4 60 Figure 55 RS 423 wiring all wire esses 4 60 Figure 56 20mA Current Loop
102. ine loads 4 50 Table 30 Intellicon 6 2 CTS 4 53 Table 31 SLIM socket 4 59 Table 32 SLIM socket 4 64 List of Figures Figure 1 Intellicon 2 adapter see 1 6 Figure 2 Intellicon 4 adapter see 1 6 Figure 3 Intellicon 8 adapter sse 1 7 Figure 4 Intellicon 6 2 adapter sse 1 7 Figure 5 Intellicon Flex8 adapter sss 1 8 Figure 6 Intellicon 20 port configuration 1 9 Figure 7 Problem summary sheet sss 1 11 Figure 8 Intellicon 2 I O port address SWl1 2 2 Figure 9 Intellicon 4 I O port address SWI1 2 2 Figure 10 Intellicon 6 2 I O port address SW1 2 3 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 x Contents List of Figures continued Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 24 Figure 25 Figure 26 Figure 27 Figure 28 Figure 29 Figure 30 Figure 31 Figure 32 Figure 33 Figure 34 Figure 35 Figure 36 Figure 37 Figure 38 Figure 39 Figure 40 Figure 41 Figure 42 Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Figure 46 Figure 47
103. information please refer to the Table 17 The I O Box provides both female DB 25 and RJ 45 connectors for each port The DB 25 connectors are configured for DCE For the DB 25 pinout information refer to Table 22 For the RJ 45 pinout information refer to Table 23 Table 22 Intellicon 8 I O Box DB 25 DCE pinouts Pin RS 232 Signal 2 RxD input signal gnd Female DB 25 Connector PN IOB08 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts 4 23 Table 23 Intellicon 8 I O Box RJ 45 pinouts wires connector Wire Signal Direction 1 DIR 2 RTS RTS output 6 RxD RxD RxD input 7___ cts pl PN IOB08 Note f you wish to use 6 wire or 4 wire modular connectors instead of 8 wire modular connectors please refer to the above table to determine which signals are available for the different connector types Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 24 Chapter 4 Appendix Connectors Pinouts Intellicon Flex8 You can order the Intellicon Flex8 with the I O Box option The eight port connector box connects to Intellicon Flex8 adapter via a 78 pin connector For DB 78 pinout information please refer to the Table 20 The I O Box provides male DB 9 connectors for each port For the DB 9 pinout information refer to Table 24 Table 24 Intellicon Flex8
104. it more commonly referred to as a modem to the port then the device file name for the ACU has the following form IdevittyXZ Where X The offset for ports When using Intellicon adapters in a system with standard serial ports it Is necessary to enter an offset where the Intellicon ports will begin Note The default offset is 3 for SCO XENIX and 4 for SCO UNIX Z isthe port Z ranges from A AF Note The port designation Z in modem device ile names is always upper case Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 61 Example The device file names for modems connected to the Intellicon adapter when there is one Intellicon 8 adapter and 2 standard serial ports COM1 amp 2 in your system are Intellicon port 1 tty3A Intellicon port 2 tty3B Intellicon port 3 tty3C and so on up to Intellicon port 8 tty3H Note The port designation Z in modem device file names is always upper case Example The device file names for modems connected to the Intellicon adapters when there is two Intellicon 8 adapters and two standard serial ports COM I amp COM2 in your system are Intellicon 1 port 1 tty3A Intellicon 1 port 2 tty3B Intellicon 1 port 3 tty3C and so on up to Intellicon 2 port 14 tty3N Intellicon 2 port 15 tty30 Intellicon 2 port 16 tty3P Note The port designation Z in modem device file names is always upper case In
105. l tips to assist you in hardware and software installation or problems Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 WARNING The Warning convention advises you to take certain precautions in order to avoid possible damage to your Connect Tech product Contents Static Sensitive This message warns you that your Connect Tech product is very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before handling the product you practice proper ESD procedures Product Overview The Intellicon is a high performance intelligent multi port adapter that allows you to connect up to 8 serial devices through one expansion slot and up to 32 serial devices per system Your Intellicon product consists of the following components m Intellicon adapter m Cable harness or external connector box Note The Intellicon 2 does not require a cable harness or external connector box m Intellicon device drivers Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Intellicon Adapters Intellicon adapters provide the high speed interfaces between a host computer and multiple external serial devices Intellicon adapters off load from the host computer the task of managing the serial communication component of an application Intellicon adapters include features such as m Intellicon adapters have an on board processor to off load the burden of managing serial communications fro
106. lace your thumbs on the clips that hold the SLIM into the socket and place your index fingers on the edge of the SLIM Push outwards with your thumbs on the clips until the SLIM is released from the clips Your index fingers can then raise the SLIM past the clips The SLIM is then free to be removed from the Intellicon Flex8 board The force required to open the clips is small and the SLIM naturally springs upwards as soon as the clips are open wide enough If removal is difficult then you are probably trying to raise the SLIM before the clips are open Refer to Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal regarding the removal of a SLIM Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 23 Contents Static Sensitive The RS 232 RS 485 422 RS 423 and 20mA current loop SLIMs are very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove the SLIMs from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove the board from the anti static bag handle it only by the edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat Installing the Intellicon Adapter To install your Intellicon adapter in your computer follow these steps Contents Static Sensitive Computer components are very sensitive to static electricity When installing adapters in your computer make sure that you wear an anti static wrist band Ha
107. licon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation Windows NT 3 77 Windows NT The Intellicon Windows NT device driver provides an interface between the Windows NT operating environment and an Intellicon adapter Under Windows NT you can install a maximum of 256 ports Installation To install the Intellicon Windows NT device driver follow these procedures Technical Tip Although the installation process provides a large amount of flexibility it is usually best to select the default options by hitting Enter in response to the install questions Note The diskettes may also include README files Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device driver 1 Copy the Intellicon driver files to a temp directory or to a floppy disk Ensure that the files all remain together 2 Run the Connect Tech installation utility setup exe This will uncompress and copy the driver files to the appropriate locations 3 ctisetup CPL applet will automatically launch now You can enter the Intellicon hardware parameters For example Shared Memory segment 40000 port address 300 Hardware Interrupt IRQ 10 Technical Tip The above parameters are recommended 4 Clickonthe EXIT button and the setup program will either start the Intellicon driver Windows NT v 3 51 or inform you to start the driver with the CONTROL PANEL and DEVICES CPL applet or a
108. llicon software device drivers for different operating systems Intellicon software device drivers support m BSD OS m PC DOS amp MS DOS 0 Versions 3 XX amp up m QNX 0 Versions 2 XX amp up O Versions 4 XX amp up m UNIX 1 SCO UNIX 1 SCO XENIX 1 Interactive UNIX 1 Unixware v 1 1 X m Windows 3 XX m Windows NT Connect Tech also offers custom driver development services Please contact Connect Tech Sales for further information on custom driver development Before installing the Intellicon software device driver verify and note your switch and jumper settings for m The Intellicon adapter s base memory address m The Intellicon adapter s I O port addresses m The Intellicon adapter s IRQ settings Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 2 Chapter 3 Software Installation BSD OS BSD OS Device Driver The Intellicon BSD OS device driver provides an interface between the BSD OS operating system and an Intellicon adapter Under BSD OS the Intellicon driver will link into the kernel to generate a new run time system The diskette includes an installation program that configures the driver links it to the kernel and creates the special device files Note The diskettes may also include README files Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device driver software utilities Installation Before proceeding with the installation lo
109. loop 9 male I O Connector Box Intellicon 8 m RS 232 25 pin female configured as DCE and RJ 45 I O Connector Box Intellicon Flex8 m RS 232 9 pin male RS 485 9 pin male m RS 423 9 pin male m 20mA current loop 9 male Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 4 Chapter 4 Appendix A Certification Certification Intellicon 2 4 6 2 8 Flex8 FCC This equipment complies with the requirements in Part 15 of FCC Rules for a Class A computing device Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause unacceptable interference to radio and TV reception requiring the operator to take whatever steps are necessary to correct the interference DOC IC This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada 4 3 Connect Tech Inc declares that the product s covered by the contents of this manual have been tested and found compliant with the below listed standards as required by the Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Directive for General Immunity Compliance EN 50 0082 1 1997 EN 55022 Conducted and Radiated emissions IEC 61000 4 2 Electrostatic Discharge IEC 61000 4 3 Radiated Immunity IEC 61000 4 4 Electrical Fast Transients AT Rod Dor Dave Worthen Manager of Engineering President Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix A Certification 4 5 General The above agency conformances wer
110. m Jumpers and J2 interrupt request line IRQ Please refer to Figures 36 37 and 38 for the above factory settings Chapter 1 Introduction shows the locations on the adapter of the switches and jumpers Figure 36 Intellicon Flex8 SWI factory setting ON 123465 6 78 SW1 Note DIP switch SW1 factory set for I O port address 300 303 hex for Intellicon Flex8 Figure 37 Intellicon Flex8 SW2 factory setting SEG SW2 Note DIP switch SW2 factory set for base memory address D0000 hex for Intellicon Flex8 Figure 38 ntellicon Flex8 IRQ factory settings J2 J1 15 14 12 11 10 i f X Note Jumpers J1 and J2 factory set for IRQ 3 for Intellicon Flex8 2 K Ds Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal 4 33 Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal SLIM insertion Figure 39 outlines the correct procedure for inserting RS 232 RS 485 422 RS 423 and 20mA curent loop Serial Line Interface Module SLIM Figure 39 SLIM insertion 1 Place the SLIM into the socket almost vertically about 75 degree angle making sure that it is properly oriented and fully inserted into the socket 2 Press downward and sideways on the SLIM until it latches into the socket Do NOT force the SLIM the installation process requires a small force and
111. m termdef receives data from the port it will prompt the user for the terminal type You simply enter pcterm and the appropriate terminal definition will load from lusrllib terminfo p Technical Tip Occasionally data errors on the line will cause a make or break code to be lost or garbled When this happens the pcterm firmware may think a key is depressed when it is not To clear this situation you can use the following script file ctty pcterm dev 1 stty baud 9600 dev 1 ctty pcterm lt dev 1 stty baud 19200 lt dev 1 Note Please substitute the correct baud rate you are using for baud 19200 Auto RTS The Auto RTS feature allows you to assert the RTS signal when there is data to be transmitted After the last stop bit of the last byte has been transmitted RTS will be dropped allowing other devices access to the switched line This feature is very useful when doing half duplex or multi drop RS 485 422 communications Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 46 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX Example To turn on Auto RTS processing for a port use the following Statement ctty trts dev cti1 To turn off Auto RTS processing for a port use the following statement ctty rts dev cti1 You can program the polarity of the RTS signal in the Auto RTS feature with the polarity option With polarity set you will assert the RTS line during the transmission of data With polarity se
112. m the main CPU m Intellicon adapters have 64KB of SRAM for data and program storage Users can download specialized protocols to the on board SRAM for custom applications m Rapid data transmission rates up to a maximum of 38 4K baud on each port Memory and I O port addresses are DIP switch selectable m IRQ lines are jumper selectable from 2 to 7 10 11 12 14 15 m You can combine different models of Intellicon adapters in a host computer up to a maximum of 32 ports per system m System requirements are one full ISA bus compatible expansion slot one available IRQ line and one available 64KB segment in the first megabyte of memory address space Other features specific to particular models of Intellicon adapters are Intellicon 2 Adapters m Allows you to connect two asynchronous RS 232 or RS 485 422 serial ports to a computer Intellicon 4 Adapters m Allows you to connect four asynchronous RS 232 and or RS 485 422 serial ports to a computer Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Intellicon 8 Adapters m Allows you to connect eight asynchronous RS 232 serial ports to a computer Intellicon 6 2 Adapters m Allows you to connect six asynchronous RS 232 and two asynchronous RS 485 422 serial ports to a computer Intellicon Flex8 Adapters m Allows you to connect eight asynchronous RS 232 and or RS 485 422 and or 20mA current loop serial ports to a computer m The RS 2
113. meter P m Supports extra baud rates m Supports setting of protocols Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 8 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Type in the following statement or add it to your AUTOEXEC BAT file CTIMODE COMn baud parity databits stopbits protocol Where protocol can be N none X nn Lmm s Xon Xoff nn XON mm XOFF in hex default is 11 and 13 hex C CTS RTS P Xon Xofffor PC Term Example CTIMODE COM4 9600 0DD 8 1 X The above is an example of a CTIMODE command statement configuring an Intellicon serial port as COMn baud parity databits stopbit protocol COM4 9600 odd 8 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 9 INT 14h Functions A more powerful and more complicated method of accessing and configuring the extra ports is through the INT 14h function calls The first four functions are identical to the standard BIOS functions for INT 14h We provide an additional 13 function calls for increased functionality The function calls are Function 0 Initialize the port al baud parity length dx communication channel number i e 0 COMI 1 2 Bit designations for al are 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 data length 10 7 bits 11 8 bits stop bits 0 21 1 2 parity 01 odd 11 even 00 none baud rate 000 110 bps 001 150 bps 010 300 bps 011 60
114. n Manual Overview The purpose of the Intellicon User s Manual is to help you install the Intellicon adapter as effortlessly as possible The manual includes three main sections m Introduction the section you are currently reading covers the Intellicon features Connect Tech s customer services and return merchandise authorization RMA policies and procedures m Hardware Installation describes installation of the Intellicon adapter m Software Installation discusses the installation of the Intellicon device drivers under various operating systems Note We recommend that you read both the Hardware Installation and Software Installation sections before you attempt to install the Intellicon adapter m Appendices the appendices contain information on electrical pinouts product specifications such as power requirements default jumper and DIP switch settings RS 485 422 and 20mA Current Loop options and other technical information Conventions amp Symbols This manual uses the following conventions m In most cases the font for file names and command statements is 9 point Arial Narrow Bold An example is DEVICEZCACTACTI SYS a D000 p 300 n 1 i23 d COM Note the Note convention informs you of important messages exceptions or special cases Example the Example convention outlines hardware and software installation examples m Technical Tip the Technical Tip convention offers technica
115. n i Optically isolated station Active transmitters receivers Passive transmitters receivers TxD Return TxD Source RxD Source RxD Return Port 2 DB 9 male DB 9 male Note The example above illustrates a 20mA current loop cable wiring configuration between one port of an Intellicon adapter and another port of an Intellicon adapter This example shows wiring for both active and passive modes Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30
116. n off off off off on on on off 228 22B off on on off on off off on on off 230 233 off on on on off off on 234 237 off on on on off off on off 238 23B off on on on off off off 23C 23F off on on off off off off 244 247 off on on off on off 248 24B off on on off on off 24C 24F off on on off on off off 250 253 off on on off off on on 254 257 off on on off off on off 258 25B off on on off off off 25C 25F off on on off off off off 260 263 off on on off off on on on 264 267 off on on off off on off 268 26B off on on off off off 26C 26F off on on off off on off off 270 273 off on on off off off on on 274 277 off on on off off off on off 278 27B off on on off off off 27C 27F off on on off off off off Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 9 Table 2 continued Port address switch settings SW1 SWI1 switch settings Port Address Hex 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 on on on on on off on on off on off on on off on on off off on off off off on off on on off on off on off on off on off on off off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on 2A8 2AB off on off on 2AC 2AF off on off on 2 0 2B3 off on off on 2B4 2B7 off on 2B8 2BB off on 2BC 2BF off on
117. ndle the adapter by its edges and place it on the anti static bag or an anti static mat m Turn the power off to your computer 2 Open your computer to expose the expansion slots consult the system documentation for information on this procedure Choose an available full length 8 or 16 bit expansion slot 4 Remove the screw and the expansion slot cover from the slot you select and save both 9 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 24 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 5 Place the Intellicon adapter in the expansion slot and push down gently until the card seats fully in the slot Note Do not force the card into the expansion slot If you meet a great deal of resistance remove the board and try again 6 Align the mounting bracket and secure the board with the screw that you saved 7 Close your computer Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation Introduction tta Dade tente 3 1 BSD OS Device Driver 3 2 Installation 25 aetatem ette 3 2 DOS Device toan e n e d tee eee 3 3 Installation a 2 d aie 3 3 Accessing ette tii 3 7 Character Device Interface 3 7 CTIMODE 3 7 INT 14h 0 3 9 Enhanced Features od ete er vedere 3 21 Special Protocols seen 3 21 RS estela 3 21 CRLE utei etn poen pines 3 21 NOBDLEE3 eee hee 3 22 3 re este
118. ntellicon 8 adapter Diagnostic LEDs r Diagnostic Connect Tech only SRAM 2780 SW1 BASE I O address SW2 SEG Memory address 62 pin ea ee 01 connector EIN 8 280 IRQ jumpers Figure 4 Jntellicon 6 2 adapter r SW2 SEG Memory address SRAM Z80 DARTs NN SW1 BASE I O address X EL 2 8 a 2 ei Eee 62 pin T connector 4 EL E 22 8 pue 780 J1 amp J2 IRQ jumpers Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 5 ntellicon Flex8 adapter Serial Line Interface Module SLIM connectors SRAM Z80 DARTs Js j B T8 pin E eo eo connector 2 t E H 280 CPU J1 amp J2 IRQ jumpers SW1 BASE I O address SW2 SEG Memory address Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 9 The Intellicon adapters can accommodate both small and large multi channel applications You can combine different Intellicon adapters in a single computer up to a maximum of 32
119. ntellicon driver diskettes may also include README files Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device driver and or software utilities You will find the README files in the lusrlcti directory Dev32 cti and Dev32 cti tp are 32 bit drivers for QNX v 4 23 or later Technical Tip You must run the QNX 4 XX Dosfsys utility before installation of the Intellicon driver This utility allows you to access DOS formatted diskettes To run Dosfsys add the following entry to your sysinit file or type it at the command prompt Dosfsys amp Intellicon QNX 4 XX driver software is compatible with QNX s device administrator Dev Applications designed to use standard serial ports under Dev can use Intellicon adapters with little or no modifications Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 39 Installation To install the QNX 4 XX device driver follow these procedures 1 Insert the Intellicon QNX 4 XX device driver diskette into floppy drive A and type install u dos a qnx4 qnx4 Note Ifyou want to use the PCTerm option you must insert the Intellicon QNX 4 XX device driver diskette into floppy drive A and type install dos a qnx4 qnx4pct 2 Add the following entry to your etc config sysinit file Dev cti port irq options amp or Dev32 cti port irq options amp Where port are the I O port
120. olated receiver an optically isolated transmitter and two 20mA current sources The current source uses a compliance voltage of 24 volts and the transmitter will withstand 27 volt drop See Figure 56 for a partial schematic of the 20mA current loop module and Table 32 for the pinouts of the SLIM module Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 62 Chapter 4 Appendix H 20mA Current Loop Option Figure 56 20mA Current Loop Schematic 5V 8 3 6 HCPL lt 4100 62 Ohm 2N2907A 22K RxD SRC a3 ohm RxD RET 12 V Where RxD 7 HCPL 62 Ohm 2N2907A 22K TxD SRC 33 Ohm TXD RET 12 V SLIM Current Loop SLIM Current Loop 3 TxD Source 15 TxDRetum2 RxD Source 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 32 JC DCD 1 5 V Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 i6 7 is i9 2 RxD Source 1 RxD Source 2 5 Chapter 4 Appendix 20mA Current Loop Option 4 63 To implement a passive interface wire the transmitter and the receiver while leaving the current sources unconnected To implement an active interface connect a 20mA current source in series with the transmitter and another 20mA current source in series with the receiver Although the you can operate the interface with only the receiver or the transmitter active this could cause the voltage between the two loops to exceed s
121. on When the CTITP administrator begins execution it initializes the hardware then boots the processor on the adapter This operation is not lengthy but usually takes a second Technical Tip For QNX Version 2 XX it is advisable that you place sleep 5 command in your SYS INIT file following the CTITP command This will allow the administrator time to initialize If you do not place a sleep command after the or CTITP command stty commands executed from the SYS INIT file with the adopted serial ports will probably generate nvalid Device messages because the administrator has not completed its initialization Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX 3 29 QNX Line Editing Intellicon adapters can perform on board processing of almost all of the stty options When you use the stty tedit option the Intellicon adapter processes the line editing options on board Note The only stty option not supported by the Intellicon QNX driver software is the l lock option opening a task or multiple tasks for write Enhanced Features When the z80os qnx plus software is executing on the Intellicon board additional data processing and line control features may be invoked on each individual serial line These features are usually queried and set by the ctty program Syntax for the ctty statement is ctty options gt device lt device Where options are pe
122. on for this is that you check the flag without the overhead of an INT 14h call Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 17 Function 14 String output Input ah OEh maximum number of characters to transfer dx communication port number es bx pointer to string si timeout length Return Values ax number of characters transferred If the zero flag is clear 0 the transfer was successful else a timeout occurred during the transfer i e the output buffer is full Description This function allows for the transfer for multiple characters via one INT call rather than a single character in one call thereby reducing software interrupt overhead If si is zero the function uses an internal timeout If si is non zero si is the number of timer ticks allowed to send one character If any one character in the string takes more than si ticks to send the function returns with the zero flag set and ax will contain the count of characters sent before timing out Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 18 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS Function 15 String input Input ah OFh maximum number of characters to read dx communication port number es bx pointer to receiving buffer si timeout length Return Values ax number of characters transferred If the zero flag becomes 1 a timeout occurred waiting for a character from the port Description Function 15
123. on ports 7 and 8 Figure 32 Intellicon 6 2 J9 J10 factory settings B INT B INT 7 8 EXT EXT J9 J10 Note Jumpers J9 and J10 factory set for external CTS on ports 7 and 8 Intellicon 8 The Intellicon 8 adapter ships with factory settings for the following m DIP switch SWI I O port address m DIP switch SW2 Base memory address m jumper Interrupt Request line Please refer to Figures 33 34 and 35 for the above factory settings Chapter 1 Introduction shows the locations on the adapter of the switches and jumpers Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Factory Settings Figure 33 ntellicon 8 SW1 factory setting ON IHHRBHBRHBR 123465 6 78 SW1 Note DIP switch SW1 factory set for I O port address 300 303 hex for an Intellicon 8 Figure 34 ntellicon 8 SW2 factory setting SEG SW2 Note DIP switch SW2 factory set for base memory address D0000 hex for an Intellicon 8 Figure 35 ntellicon 8 IRQ factory settings 5 P IRQ 12 10 mu mu 14 11 Note IRQ jumper factory set for IRQ 3 for Intellicon 8 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Factory Settings 4 31 Intellicon Flex8 The Intellicon 2 adapter ships with factory settings for the following m DIP switch SWI I O port address m DIP switch SW2 base memory address
124. onse from card n The Intellicon is not responding to commands in a timely fashion on board n This can be due to serial lines being incorrectly connected or intermittent memory conflicts Dev cti Cannot verify code into Intellicon The firmware being written to the card is not being read back properly Since a memory test is run before this it 1s likely a hardware failure of some sort Dev cti No devices available devices slots are in use under QNX 4 xx Try changing your sysinit so that the Dev line has a n 40 or bigger on it Dev cti System unable to add new devices The device names that were specified to be used by Dev cti already exist This is usually caused by some abnormal termination of our Dev cti driver where the dev names did not get cleaned up Intellicon Memory Test failed at mmmmm hex on board using IO Port nnn hex Check for Memory Conflicts Contents of this address are SCIL The startup memory test failed at address mmmmm on the board that uses io port nnn Ensure your memory segment and IO port has been set properly both on the board and on the command line if set wrong this test will usually fail near the start of the segment If the board is set correctly this error usually means there is some sort of memory conflict Check the settings on other adapter boards such as Networks etc The HEX A S C I I output may give you a clue what it is in conflict with Intellicon User s Man
125. or your application Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 36 Chapter 4 Appendix E RS 232 Option Please refer to Figure 41 for a partial schematic of the RS 232 SLIM Figure 41 RS 232 SLIM partial schematic RS 232 SLIM Partial Schematic TxD C DTR DB9 Connector RTS LUN 3 1 4 7 5 SG UART 8 2 V Eod J CTS p gt RXD DCD Note The RS 232 Serial Line Interface Module controls two ports and therefore the schematic shows only a portion of the circuit Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix E 232 Option 4 37 Installation The Intellicon Flex8 adapter has four SLIM sockets which accept Serial Line Interface Modules SLIM 1 socket S1 interfaces ports land 2 SLIM 2 socket S2 interfaces ports 3 and 4 SLIM 3 socket S3 interfaces ports 5 and 6 SLIM 4 socket S4 interfaces ports 7 and 8 Please refer to Chapter 2 Hardware Installation for the location of the SLIM sockets and to Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal for the proper procedures to installing and removing SLIMs Contents Static Sensitive Your Intellicon adapter and Serial Line Interface Module SLIM are very sensitive to static electricity Make sure that before you remove them from the anti static shipping bag you wear an anti static wrist band When you remove them from the anti static bag handle t
126. ory address SW2 switch settings 8Kblocks Hex 1 2 3 4 A0000 AFFFF off on off on Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 18 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation IRQ Selection Each Intellicon adapter requires one interrupt request vector IRQ to communicate with the Central Processing Unit CPU on the host computer The jumper blocks labelled J1 J2 or IRQ program your Intellicon adapter for an IRQ The corresponding IRQ numbers are beside the block positions Figures 18 and 19 show the location and orientation of these jumpers on the Intellicon 2 4 6 2 8 Flex8 Technical Tip Your Intellicon adapter is not a plug and play PnP adapter It requires an IRQ I O port addresses and 64KB segment of shared memory in the region between 640 KB and 1 MB It is often necessary to go into the CMOS setup BIOS and ensure that the resources used by the Intellicon are available to Non PnP ISA devices Look in the CMOS setup for PnP or ISA setup options Figure 18 RO jumpers for Intellicon 2 4 6 2 FlexS Intellicon 2 4 Flex8 15 14 12 11 10 934 iQ Intellicon 6 2 15 14 12 11 10 ajajajaja Ra a 5 B B s s a a a n Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 19 Figure 19 JRO jumpers for Intellicon 8 E i me
127. quipment complies with the requirements in Part 15 of FCC Rules for a Class A computing device Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause unacceptable interference to radio and TV reception requiring the operator to take whatever steps are necessary to correct the interference DOC IC This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada Connect Tech Inc declares that the product s covered by the contents of this manual have been tested and found compliant with the below listed standards as required by the Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Directive for General Immunity Compliance EN 50 0082 1 EN 55022 Conducted and Radiated emissions IEC 61000 4 2 Electrostatic Discharge IEC 61000 4 3 Radiated Immunity IEC 61000 4 4 Electrical Fast Transients AT Rod Dor Dave Worthen Manager of Engineering President Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 iv Certification General The above agency conformances were met by independent laboratory testing of Connect Tech Inc product s with shielded cables with metal hoods attached to either the terminating connectors or cable assemblies supplied with the product s Failure to follow good EMC EMI compliant cabling practices may produce more emissions or less immunity than were obtained in laboratory measurements Operation of this equipment in a residential area may ca
128. r between Dev and Dev cti or Dev32 cti is empty tcflush assumes that all input output buffers are clear However it is possible that the Intellicon can have several kilobytes of data in its buffers tcflush will indicate that all buffers are clear To avoid this situation ctiflush will operate like tcflush except that it will not return until all the data in the buffers has cleared Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 53 ctiflush is a replacement for tcflush When you use ctiflush it calls the function tcflush as well thus ensuring that the operating system s buffers and the Intellicon buffers are empty For more information on the use of ctiflush please refer to the README file on the Intellicon QNX 4 XX driver diskette Example The following is an example of ctiflush int fd fd open devicti1 O_RDWR write fd ATH ctiflush fd TCIOFLUSH Note When ctiflush returns the Intellicon s buffers and Dev s buffers are cleared Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 54 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX Error Messages Dev cti WARNING No interrupt received from card n on IRQ nn During startup of the driver an interrupt was not sensed from board number n on the specified Interrupt line nn Check your Interrupt settings for conflicts with other boards and make sure you have set the IRQ correctly Dev cti No resp
129. ribe 4 wire and 2 wire cabling schemes between a port on a Intellicon 6 2 or Intellicon Flex8 adapter to a port on the RS 485 422 peripheral Figures 50 and 52 describe 4 wire and 2 wire cabling schemes between a port on a Intellicon 2 Intellicon 4 or Intellicon 2 2 adapter to a port on the RS 485 422 peripheral Figure 49 RS 485 422 wiring diagram 4 wire Intellicon 6 2 adapter RS 485 422 peripheral Intellicon Flex8 adapter Note The RTS and CTS connections are not necessary if you jumper the CTS selection J9 and J10 appropriately on the Intellicon 6 2 Technical Tip The RS 485 422 electrical interface consists of a differential signaling scheme You should always connect the signals with twisted pairs Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix F RS 485 422 Option 4 55 Figure 50 ntellicon 2 4 RS 485 422 wiring diagram 4 wire Intellicon 2 4 adapter RS 485 422 peripheral The RS 485 422 electrical interface consists of a differential signaling scheme You should always connect the signals with twisted pairs Figure 51 RS 485 422 wiring diagram 2 wire Intellicon 6 2 adapter Intellicon Flex8 adapter e M RS 485 422 peripheral aon Note T
130. robably the wrong kernel was booted CTI8BOOT Unknown option An unknown option was specified on the command line Edit the re file CTI8BOOT Memory Segment Incorrect You have specified a memory address for the Intellicon which is not physically possible CTI8BOOT Only n boards allowed The options on the command line have indicated more than 16 boards are installed DFUN function n failed An IOCTL function failed during boot Probably the wrong kernel was booted Warning Error Messages CTI Unable to load code at xxxx IO or Memory Address of board improperly specified or memory address conflict CTI WARNING No interrupt from card n on vector nn IRQ conflict or mis specification CTI No response from card n Possible hardware failure or conflict Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 67 OS Specific Information SCO UNIX AT386 Under SCO UNIX you install the Intellicon SCO UNIX driver by using custom To install the SCO UNIX device driver follow these procedures 1 Login as root and change directories to the root directory i e cd Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette that contains the SCO UNIX driver and type custom Once you are at custom s main menu make the following menu choices Install 4 A New Product uU Packages The installation program will ask you to insert Distribution Floppy Volume 1 Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette th
131. ry management software such as EMM386 386MAX or must not manage the shared memory region used by your Intellicon adapter These software packages usually have an exclude command to prevent the use of a specified area of memory Here are a few examples of Q0EMM 386MAX and EMM386 statements using exclude commands device c qemm qemm sys exclude d000 dfff device c 386max 386max sys exclude d000 dfff device c windows emm386 exe x d000 dfff 1 Create a directory named CTI on your C drive Insert the Intellicon DOS device driver diskette into a floppy drive and copy all the files found in the DOS directory of the Intellicon device driver diskette to the CTI directory on your system s hard drive Example To copy the files from floppy drive A to a directory called CTI on hard drive C the syntax is copy a DOS c CTI Note Please add CACTI to your PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC BAT file Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 4 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 2 Add the following entry to your CONFIG SYS file and then reboot your computer DEVICE C CTI CTI DOS A nnnnn F file N nn D name Hz N Xnnmm C P Where A The memory segment used for the dual ported memory This will default to D000 hex if not specified Note that the dual ported memory takes up a 64K footprint 1 e you use the region D000 to DFFF when you select D000 as the b
132. sadm main menu make the following choices below SOFTWARE INSTALL A PACKAGE SELECT INSTALLATION MEDIA TYPE The installation program will ask you to insert DISTRIBUTION FLOPPY VOLUME 1 Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette that contains the INTERACTIVE UNIX driver if you have not done so and select YES to continue The installation program gives you a choice of packages to install Press the space bar to select 1 INSTALL INTELLICON DEVICE DRIVER At this point the installation program will ask you how many boards and how many ports you wish to install Enter the appropriate numbers The installation program displays a list of common parameters and asks you if these are suitable If they are not you can make the appropriate changes now When you finish making your choices select YES The installation process will proceed and build a new kernel Once the new kernel rebuilds the system will automatically do shutdown Reboot the system to access the Intellicon device drivers Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 73 Unixware v 1 1 X Under Unixware V 1 1 X you install the Intellicon Unixware V 1 1 X driver by using custom To install the Unixware V 1 1 X device driver follow these procedures 1 Login as root and change directories to the root directory i e cd 2 Insert the Intellicon UNIX driver diskette that contains the Unixware V 1 1 X driver and type
133. serial ports COM1 amp COM2 in your system are Intellicon port 1 tty3a Intellicon port 2 tty3b Intellicon port 3 tty3c and so on up to Intellicon port 8 tty3h Note The port designation z in device file names is always lower case Example The names for the devices connected to the Intellicon adapters when there is two Intellicon 8 adapters and two standard serial ports COM 1 amp in your system are Intellicon 1 port 1 tty3a Intellicon 1 port 2 tty3b Intellicon 1 port 3 tty3c and so on up to Intellicon 2 port 14 tty3n Intellicon 2 port 15 tty3o Intellicon 2 port 16 tty3p Note The port designation z in special device file names is always lower case Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 60 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX Example The names for the devices connected to the Intellicon adapters when there is four Intellicon 8 adapters and two standard serial ports COM I amp COM2 in your system are Intellicon 1 port 1 tty3a Intellicon 1 port 2 tty3b Intellicon 1 port 3 tty3c and so on to Intellicon 4 port 30 tty3ad Intellicon 4 port 31 tty3ae Intellicon 4 port 32 tty3af Note The port designation z in special device file names is always lower case Modems Along with the device file names mentioned previously it is necessary to create other device file names as well If you connect an ACU Automatic Calling Un
134. stallation DOS Channel entry structure definitions are as follows reserved db dup noedit length db reserved db 3 dup noedit_eot1 db 7 reserved db 7 noedit_eot2 db 7 reserved db 8dup baud dw parity db 7 stop_bits db data_bits db 7 tty_options dw reserved db 6dup out xoff dw in xon xoff dw reserved db 18 dup Noedit length is the maximum packet size Noedit eotl and noedit eot2 are optional characters signifying the end of packet set to 0 to ignore Return Values bx current option settings es si current 780 channel entry settings 1f high bit of bx was set Description This function provides control for the special options available in the plus version of 780 OS Z80OSP DOS It can also be used to gain access to the Z80 channel entry for a given port To query the options set bx to 0 and the options will be returned in bx To query the Z80 channel entry set bx to 8000 hex and cx to 0 and the information will be returned at the address specified by the pointer es si Care must be taken to reserve 56 bytes starting at es si when using channel entries and the structure should be loaded by using this function to query the settings before changing any of them It is recommended that this function only be used for configuring special features and querying board settings Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation DOS 3 21 Enhanced F
135. strators previous to 2 14210 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 34 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX CTI X The CTI X software utility allows users to change the value of the flow control characters from the default values to their own values For more information on the use of CTI X please refer to the readme CTI on the Intellicon QNX 2 XX driver diskette Note CTI X does not operate with CTI Administrators previous to v2 14Z10 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX 3 35 Error Messages QNX port dd in use by tid xxxx The signal port that CTI is attempting to use is already in use by another task Re run CTlusing the s parameter to change the signal port Must be a super user CTI must be run as a super user Either login as a super user and run CTlor place the CTI invocation in your sys init file Must be run as a background task CTI must be run as a background task Re run CTI with an amp on the command line The amp will place in the background Unable to initialize card Return status xxxx This message is always preceded by another error message Please refer to the other error message Unable to adopt devices There are no more virtual ttys available Try decreasing the number and re run CTI Segment must fall on a 64K boundary The segment you specified using the a parameter does not fall on a 64K boundary
136. t not manage the shared memory region used by your Intellicon adapter These software packages usually have an exclude command to prevent the use of a specified area of memory Here are a few examples of QEMM 386MAX and EMM386 statements using exclude commands device c qemm qemm sys exclude d000 dfff device c 386max 386max sys exclude d000 dfff device c windows emm386 exe x d000 dfff Note The diskettes may also include README files Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device driver 1 Insert the Intellicon Windows 3 1 device driver disk into your floppy drive 2 Open this drive using FILE MANAGER and double click on setup exe OR select RUN from the FILE menu and type a setup exe assuming is the appropriate disk drive 3 screen will appear that states the driver type and version number Select OK for this screen and the other screens that follow Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation Windows 3 3 75 4 Eventually a screen will appear that asks for the destination drive letter Select one of the drives and hit OK 5 Choose a directory to install the utilities to and hit OK 6 Verify that the Windows directory displayed is correct and hit OK 7 Now the installation will begin A progress meter will appear and after awhile the installer will return and asks whether you wish
137. t you will assert the RTS line when no data is transmitted The default is polarity Example To set the RTS line low during data transmission use the following statement ctty trts polarity lt devicti1 To set the RTS line high during data transmission use the following statement ctty trts polarity lt dev cti1 You can also turn on or off the receiver discard of the RTS signal in the Auto RTS feature with the rxd option This option disables the receiver whenever the transmitter is active This prevents character echo when using half duplex RS 485 communications Example To turn on the receiver discard option use the following Statement ctty trts rxd lt devicti1 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 47 Packet Tigger Mode Packet Trigger Mode allows you to define a proxy that will be triggered each time a specific end of packet character is seen in the input data stream You define the end of packet character by the c_cc VLEFT member of the termios structure for the channel Using this feature may substantially reduce the burden on the host computer Note Please see the sample program ptm c for more information concerning Packet Trigger Mode This program shows how you can read packets from a channel while at the same time listen for messages from other processes without polling You will find this program in the lusrlcti directory Super
138. tected on real mode operating systems Be careful No interrupt from card x port xxx int x No response from card x port xxx intzx Interrupt request line not properly set or hardware problem Unable to grow data segment A pre grow value has been used which is too large Warning Error Messages Only able to adopt dd of the nn ports There was a shortage of virtual ttys available for adoption dd tells you how many of the ports will be available Short on memory Use g nnK to increase Current value g ddk There is a shortage of pre allocated memory available for CTI Increase the amount of pre allocated memory using the g parameter Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX 3 37 msg dd mflags hh mdrive_number d mdev_no d marg hhhh hhhh An invalid message was received by the CTI administrator Offending task will remain reply blocked Check program that sent the bad message Other Errors COMM will not autobaud a serial port Some versions of COMM will not work properly on adopted devices Download a newer version of COMM from Quantum s update service MOUNT will not display the adopted serial ports on the Intellicon Earlier versions of MOUNT do not display adopted devices Download a newer version of MOUNT from Quantum s update service stty ioport hh will not change the I O port of the Intellicon CTI will not allow another task to change its i o port through an stty message
139. tellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 62 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX Example The device file names for modems connected to the Intellicon adapters when there is four Intellicon 8 adapters and two standard serial ports COM 1 amp in your system are Intellicon 1 port 1 tty3A Intellicon 1 port 2 tty3B Intellicon 1 port 3 tty3C and so on up to Intellicon 4 port 30 tty3AD Intellicon 4 port 31 tty3AE Intellicon 4 port 32 tty3AF Note The port designation Z in modem device file names is always upper case Printers If you choose the Transparent Print option during installation the install script creates a special device file name for the appropriate port This device name is the standard device name with the letter p appended to the name Refer to the Transparent Print section for more details Enhanced Features Transparent Print Some terminals 1 e Wyse 50 or 60 support a feature called transparent print This means that when a program sends a specific sequence of characters to the terminal s modem port the terminal will route all received data to its auxiliary port until another specific character sequence turns it off Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 63 When you install the Intellicon device driver with this feature the installation program creates a special device file name for the appropriate port This device name is the
140. term turn on or off PCTerm key scan code processing see PCTerm section below rts turn on or off the Auto RTS feature see the Auto RTS section below crlf the CRLF feature provides input translation of CR to CR LF to CR and CRLF pairs to a single CR noedit turn on or off special input handling see Noedit Processing section below Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX PCTerm Many terminals support a mode of emulation known as PCTerm In this mode the terminal transmits an unique code key scan for the pressing and release of each key When pcterm has been set on a port the Intellicon board will translate these key scan codes into QNX key codes This allows PCTerm terminals to operate like QNX terminals Example To turn on PCTerm processing for a port use the following Statement ctty pcterm lt dev cti1 To turn off PCTerm processing for a port use the following Statement ctty pcterm dev cti1 To translate output to a PCTerm terminal a TCAP entry has been included in the file tcap dbase 2 If required it can be added to the standard data base with the command tcap append config tcap dbase 2 pcterm Auto RTS The Auto RTS feature allows you to assert the RTS signal when there is data to be transmitted After the last stop bit of the last byte has been transmitted RTS will be dropped allowing other devices access to the switched line This feat
141. terrupt Request line Jumpers J7 and J8 Rxd CTS enable disable Jumpers J3 J4 JS and J6 RxD CTS line load Jumpers J9 and J10 internal external CTS 2 2 K N N K Please refer to Figures 27 28 29 30 31 and 32 for the above factory settings Chapter 1 Introduction shows the locations on the adapter for the switches and jumpers Figure 27 Intellicon 6 2 SW1 factory setting ON HHA RRB 123465 6 78 SW1 Note DIP switch SW1 factory set for I O port address 300 303 hex for an Intellicon 6 2 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 4 28 Chapter 4 Appendix Factory Settings Figure 28 ntellicon 6 2 SW2 factory setting SEG SW2 Note DIP switch SW2 factory set for base memory address D000 hex for an Intellicon 6 2 Figure 29 ntellicon 6 2 IRQ factory settings 15 12 10 3 5 7 a el a ow 14 11 4 6 9 ala a Note IRQ jumper factory set for IRQ 3 for an Intellicon 6 2 Figure 30 ntellicon 6 2 J7 J8 factory settings J8 Note Jumpers J7 and J8 factory set for RxD CTS disabled on ports 7 and 8 J7 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 4 Appendix Factory Settings 4 29 Figure 31 ntellicon 6 2 J3 J4 J5 J6 factory settings Note Jumpers J3 J4 J5 and J6 factory set for R C series loads for RxD and CTS
142. tion Once you have matched the installation diskette with your particular brand of UNIX examine the installation diskette and note the installation command found on the label 1 Login as root and change directories to the root directory 1 cd 2 Insert the installation diskette and execute the installation command Refer to the section OS Specific Information for detailed installation instructions Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX 3 57 3 The program cti8boot automatically loads into the system startup procedure to initialize the Intellicon boards It takes as options the parameters chosen in the installation procedure The command syntax is cti8boot options Where options are a mem_seg Shared memory segment Default a d0000 hex izirq Interrupt request line There must be one for each board p port Port address of the board There must be one for each board lor Indicates the next board Parameters for multiple boards are separated with either a oral 4 You will be asked how many boards you are installing the total number of ports and whether to install transparent print software The number of boards being installed is used to look up the default I O and IRQ settings for each board The typical defaults under UNIX are shown in Table 7 Table 7 UNIX IRQ amp port address defaults Note Intellicon boards are set to IRQ 3 at the factory and will require c
143. to call the directory CTI UTILS Either choose another name or hit OK for the default 8 Now the configuration program will start This program will set the necessary parameters to run all the serial ports in your machine You should ensure that you list your standard serial ports in order from top to bottom then list any DFlex boards and lastly list the Intellicon board Note The Intellicon board must be last on the list 8 1 To add a board hit the NEW BOARD button A board will appear on the list AFTER the currently high lighted entry in the INSTALLED BOARDS list 8 2 To change the hardware settings of a board select the board from the INSTALLED BOARDS list and the parameters to change in the HARDWARE SETTINGS group Notes 1 The DRIVER VERSION INFORMATION box will likely display Not Currently Running since the driver is not loaded yet You can usually ignore the CONFIGURATION button You use this button to setup serial printer baud rates etc 8 3 When all boards are setup hit OK to proceed to the next step 9 Youare now asked a series of questions Respond with OK and YES to all of them When your computer starts to reboot shut it off and install the Intellicon board 1f not previously installed Make sure the Intellicon settings are the same as the ones installed for Windows Turn your computer on when this is done Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 76 Chapter 3 Software Installation Windows 3 XX
144. to condition two serial ports SLIM 1 interfaces ports 1 and 2 SLIM 2 interfaces ports 3 and 4 SLIM 3 interfaces ports 5 and 6 and SLIM 4 interfaces ports 7 and 8 Refer to Figure 20 for the location and orientation of the SLIM sockets on the Intellicon Flex8 WARNING You must insert Serial Line Interface Modules into all of the SLIM sockets before operating your Intellicon adapter Failure to observe this precaution will result in damage to the Intellicon adapter Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 2 22 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Figure 20 Intellicon Flex8 SLIM socket locations SLIM 1 Ports 1 and 2 SLIM 2 Ports 3 and 4 SLIM 3 Ports 5 and 6 SLIM 4 Ports 7 and 8 EE E 23 To insert a SLIM into it s connector follow these steps 1 Place the SLIM into the socket almost vertically about 75 degree angle making sure that it is properly oriented and fully inserted into the socket Press downward and sideways on the SLIM until it latches into the socket Do NOT force the SLIM the installation process requires a small force and should be very smooth and easy If you encounter resistance then re check the orientation and insertion depth Refer to Appendix D SLIM Insertion Removal regarding the insertion of a SLIM To remove a SLIM from it s connector follow these steps 1 Using both hands p
145. ual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 55 Notes l Allerror messages listed for Dev cti apply to Dev32 cti as well 2 When contacting Connect Tech Customer Support please have the following information available sysinit file output from sin ar output from sin ve any relevant script files ie stty commands Dev cti or Dev32 cti command line Intellicon adapter serial number a list of devices connected to the Intellicon adapter Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 56 Chapter 3 Software Installation UNIX UNIX Device Driver The Intellicon UNIX device driver provides an interface between the UNIX operating system and derivatives and an Intellicon adapter Under UNIX and its derivatives the Intellicon UNIX driver will link into the kernel to generate a new run time system The diskettes include installation programs that will configure the driver link it into the kernel and create the special device files Note The diskettes may also include README files Please examine these files for technical tips or release notes concerning installation and configuration of the device driver software utilities Before proceeding with the installation determine which type of UNIX you have and locate the appropriate Intellicon installation diskette for that type of UNIX To determine the contents of each diskette carefully check each label and any addendum included with this manual Installa
146. ure is very useful when doing half duplex or multi drop RS 485 422 communications Example To turn on Auto RTS processing for a port use the following Statement ctty trts dev cti1 To turn off Auto RTS processing for a port use the following Statement ctty rts dev cti1 Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX 3 31 Noedit Processing When implementing software to support communication protocols frequently edit mode must be turned off This may give rise to a large software overhead as the application may be executed unblocked for each character received To lessen both the interrupt and the task switching overhead the Intellicon board can be put into a mode where it will buffer data until a packet is received If the standard QNX edit is off and noedit is on the data will be buffered until up is received down is received eot is received esc number of characters are received 255 characters are received These parameters can be set with stty or set_attr to describe a packet If any are not required set them to 0 Transparent Print When CTITP is executed with the option fz config z80os qnx plus the administrator allows access to printers attached to the auxiliary ports of the terminals The device is opened with a p appended to the name of the serial port 1 e if port 1 is called cti then the printer is cti1 p Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 3
147. use unacceptable interference to radio a TV reception requiring the user to take whatever steps necessary to correct the interference Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Introductions nene eit utis i 1 1 Manual 1 eene nennen 1 2 Conventions amp Symbols sss 1 2 Product Overview ccccccesssccessccecsscecesscesesseeceseeceseeesessecenseeeess 1 3 Intellicon Adapters ssssseeeeeenenes 1 4 Intellicon Software errem t re e 1 10 Customer Service Overview 1 10 RMA OV rYIeW eerie VRL E ER 1 13 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Introductions 5 EE E cgi 2 1 Port Address Selection eee 2 2 Memory Address 00 2 12 IRQ Selection eei ene eni 2 18 Electrical Interface Options sssseeeneenee 2 21 SLIM Installation Intellicon Flex8 2 21 Installing the Intellicon Adapter ees 2 23 Chapter 3 Software Installation Introductions onini ENSIS 3 1 BSD OS DeviceDtiVer x eite ertt ET is 3 2 Installation tI IE 3 2 DOS Device Driver GS 3 3 Installation i ITI e eI heAisene 3 3 Accessing Ports disc haue uere eer 3 7 Character Device Interface 4 211211 3 7 C
148. vers Dev cti tp or Dev32 cti tp create new device names called Idevitp1 through to the number of Intellicon ports on your system unless N is used to override the name The command syntax for this statement is Dev cti tp options amp for QNX 4 22 or earler Dev32 cti tp options amp for QNX 4 23 or later Where options are N name Prefix to register default tp Onumber Size of output buffer default 1024 pnumber Set port number for subsequent options f filename Set file name to use to lookup external terminal defs from default etc config tp defs bcps_rate Effective cps rate to send data to transparent print printer at used to pace data so that terminal 1s not bogged down default of 100 cps terminal Type of terminal being used defines the ton toff sequence Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX 3 49 Example 1 Dev cti tp amp Where Device names dev tpl default Transparent print on off kimtron default Output buffer size 1024 bytes default Example 2 Dev cti tp vt100 N ctip amp Where Device names dev ctip1 Transparent print on off vt100 Output buffer size 1024 bytes default Example 3 Dev cti tp p 1 kimtron p 4 pcterm amp Where Device names dev tp1 Transparent print on off ports 1 2 3 kimtron Transparent print on off ports 4 amp up pcterm Output buffer size 1024 bytes Note 1 While a stty
149. which you purchased the product In most cases the reseller can help you with product installation and difficulties In the event that the reseller is unable to resolve your problem our highly qualified support staff can assist you Please refer to and complete the problem summary sheet found in Figure 7 before contacting us Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 11 Figure 7 Problem summary sheet Problem Description Product serial no No of serial ports Device driver Revision no System Description Operating system Revision no System type amp manufacturer Amount of RAM CPU type speed Video adapter Settings Network adapter Settings Hard disk adapter Settings Tape adapter Settings Other serial adapters Settings Other adapters Settings Devices connected to ports Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction We offer four ways for you to contact us Mail Courier You may contact us by letter and our mailing address for correspondence is Connect Tech Inc c o Customer Service 42 Arrow Road Guelph Ontario Canada NIK 156 Email Internet You may contact us through the Internet Our email FTP and URL addresses on the Internet are sales connecttech com support connecttech com ftp connecttech com http www connecttech com Note 1 You can submit your technical support questions to our customer support engineers via our
150. work with Intellicon 4 XX device drivers The reason that tcdrain does not work is that it expects the UART device to have a transmit FIFO of one byte Therefore when the buffer between Dev and Dev cti Dev32 cti is empty tcdrain assumes the transmission of all bytes of data However it is possible that the Intellicon adapter can have several kilobytes of data in its buffers tcdrain will indicate that all data has transmitted To avoid this situation cti tcdrain will operate like tcdrain except that it will not return until all the data in the buffers has transmitted Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 3 52 Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 4 XX You use cti tcdrain in conjunction with tcdrain thus ensuring that the operating system s buffers and the Intellicon buffers are empty Example The following is an example of cti tcdrain int fd fd open dev nt1 O_RDWR write fd ATH tcdrain fd cti tcdrain fd Note When tcdrain returns Dev s buffers have emptied to the Intellicon adapter When cti tcdrain returns all data buffered on the Intellicon adapter has been transmitted ctiflush We provide the function ctiflush because the tcflush function supplied by QSSL does not work with Intellicon QNX 4 XX device drivers The reason that tcflush does not work is that it expects the UART device to have a transmit or receive FIFO of one byte Therefore when the buffe
151. ystem s boot drive Example For example if you mount your hard drive as disk 3 and your floppy drive is disk 1 insert the Intellicon QNX driver diskette into the floppy drive and type backup 1 3 a 2 Add the following entry to your SYS INIT file cti irq port options amp Where irq port are izinterrupt line address and options are segment nzdevice name Intellicon User s Manual ver 2 30 Interrupt line to use When using multiple boards you specify one interrupt line for each board default i23 Technical Tip we recommend using either IRQ s 10 11 or 15 The port address of the board When using multiple boards you specify one port address for each board default 300 hex Shared memory segment When using multiple boards you only specify one memory segment Default 1s 0000 Base name of the adopted devices default n cti Chapter 3 Software Installation QNX 2 XX 3 27 s signal_port Signal port to use When using multiple boards you specify only one signal port default s interrupt_line 1 Technical Tip we recommend specifying s 19 f os_file_name File name that contains the Z80 OS default f config z800s qnx g pre_grow Pre grow amount in K bytes This tells the administrator how much to pre grow its data segment The use of this parameter is usually not required on unprotected operating systems and is NEVER

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