SAFLINE USER MANUAL 8 PORT MULTIPLEXER SERIAL ADAPTER
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1. wem ovt w JP1 JP2 E now ii SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 Ten 4 190 th Men Har SW1 JP1 JP2 y Prem E 0 242H IRQ2 33 APPENDIX CONCURRENT DOS CONFIGURATION MULTI USER DR DOS CONFIGURATION Set I O port address to 280H interrupt to IRQ3 and interrupt vector to 272H SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 fanu NUMEN D For multi user DOS Dr DOS configuration please set I O port address to 280H and interrupt vector to 272H Any interrupt IRQ3 to IRQ15 is used 34 APPENDIX PC MOS 386 CONFIGURATION G 1 Hardware Configuration You may set arbitrary I O addresses interrupt and interrupt vectors However we suggest you use as follows I O port address 280H Interrupt IRQ5 Interrupt vector ANY ADDRESS JP1 JP2 1 een SW1 SW2 35 If an additional SafLine 8 port adapter is installed then set I O port address 100H Interrupt IRQ7 Interrupt vector ANY ADDRESS SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 TAMAS RUM KOE i156 45 6 7 8 9101112 36 G 2 Software Installation We assume the eight I O port addresses are 280H 288H 290H 298 2 2A8H 2BOH and 2B8H The interrupt is set to IRQ5 We also assume your PC MOS 386 can support more than 9 users a Prepare CONFIG SYS file The contents of CONFIG SYS includes DEVICE DEVICE 52TERM SYS SERIAL SYS AD 280 HS X IN 5 AD 288 HS X IN 5 AD 290 HS X IN 5 AD 2982. 3 GND GND 4 GND Rx 5 lt 4 2 Tx 6 4 1 Tx A 2 RS232 Signal Assignment The communication interface follows the EIA RS232C standard The signal assignments for a standard DB25 connector are shown below DB25 RS 232C Signal Pin Signal Name Name Direction Chassis Ground GND Transmit Data TxD Receive Data RxD Request to Send RTS Clear to Send CTS Data Set Ready DSR Signal Ground SG Data Carrier Detect DCD Data Terminal Ready DTR Ring Indicator RI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 2 In SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter only Rx Tx RTS and CTS are available The signal assignment of SafLine multiplexer box is DCE which is treated as MODEM device and provides female DB25 connector In the following we show the DCE signal 21 Female DB25 RS 232C Signal Pin Signal Name Name Direction Chassis Ground GND Transmit Data TxD Receive Data RxD Request to Send RTS Clear to Send CTS Signal Ground SG To connect the SafLine 8 port multiplexer box to peripheral devices or the other DTE equipment the DTE to DCE connection is shown below DTE Connector SafLine Box Signal Pin Pin Signal DTE DCE GND 1 1 GND TxD 2 gt 2 TxD RxD 3 4 3 RxD RTS 4 gt 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS SG 7 7 SG Please note that you must connect DB25 connectors to multiplexer box correctly 22 APPENDIX SCO XENIX UNIX CONFIGURATION B 1 Device Mapping 1 Primary adap
3. Port Port Port Port M Port ii Port User may read interrupt status from interrupt vector address The SW2 12 is used to enable disable interrupt mask function If it is set to off means disable interrupt mask function otherwise if it is set to on means enable interrupt mask function The interrupt mask register is used to mask interrupt occurs 15 when the interrupt mask function is enable The interrupt vector address is also used to Fepresent as interrupt mask register The relationship between each port corresponds to the interrupt mask indicator as shown in the following If user need mask off interrupt of Some channel only clear write the corresponding bit Sees on Pe Soa 1 0 Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port PEE 2 OB The default setting of the SW2 12 is set to off to disable interrupt mask function 16 3 Jumper 1 Interrupt INTERRUPT IRQ 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 IRQ2 7 6 5 IRQ3 7 6 5 IRQ4 T 6 5 e IRQ5 7 6 on age IRQ6 7 6 5 gt gt e e e e e N e e t 17 15 15 12 12 11 IRQ7 10 7 6 IRQ
4. HS X IN 5 AD 2A0 HS X IN 5 AD 2A8 HS X IN 5 AD 2B0 HS X IN 5 AD 2B8 HS X IN 5 There are several serial device drivers supported by PC MOS 386 You must select the device driver according to the terminal type connected In this example we use a VT52 as the terminal device The following device drivers are supported by PC MOS 386 PCTERM For PC type terminals Ampex 232 Emulink software Falco 5500 Kimtron KT 7 37 PC Link Technologies MC1 MC3 and PCterm Televideo PCS1 and Wyse Wy 60 TTTERM For Teletype type terminals AVTERM For ADDS Viewpoint type terminals JATERM ADM 3A TlTERM Televideo 910 52 DEC VT 52 3101 19TERM Zenith 7 19 TVTERM Televideo 912C 920C 925 EXTERM Excel 42 44 ANTERM ANSI terminals After the device driver is declared you must enter your I O addresses 38 handshaking protocol and interrupt In this example I O port addresses are 280H 288H 290H 298H 2A0H 2A8H 2BOH and 2B8H and handshaking protocol is set to X receiver controlled on and off Interrupt level is set to IRQ5 Where tells MOS that the next line is a continuation of the attributes We explain each parameter setting in the following AD the port address HS handshaking protocol can be set to N None D DTR X XOFF XPC results in DTR XPC and RTS IN interrupt level b Prepa
5. Insert distribution diskette which contains device drivers into floppy disk drive AU then copy the files from the distribution diskette to a temporary directory tar xvf dev fd048ds9 PC COM 4 To install device drivers please type cd PC COM sh setup The setup program will ask you l How many adapters are installed 2 Which IRQ are selected 3 Communication parameters 56 After answer the above questions then the script will prompt you with The UNIX Operating System will now be rebuilt Please wait 5 Reboot the system Now your new UNIX system which includes device drivers is activated Enable each terminal by using the entty command Please type entty ttyj11 entty ttyj12 Connect each terminal to DB25 connector NOTE If the new system fails to reboot please boot the original system For interactive UNIX when system is boot please press return key to halt autoboot then type i unix bck 57 For AT amp T UNIX please modify AUTOBOOT NO parameter from etc default boot file then type unix bck Please note that before you install your distribution disk you need modify AUTOBOOT parameter To remove device driver from UNIX please type cd PC COM i sh remove After installation please enable each port by entty command and disable port by distty command To change baud rate please update etc inittab and etc conf cf d init base files To use loca
6. following 1 first adapter I O port address 280H Interrupt level IRQ4 Interrupt vector 2C2H SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 1234 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 o E nm m E e e 9 e 9 o oem 65 o e e 43 device name dev ttyo2 dev tty03 dev tty04 dev tty05 dev tty06 dev tty07 dev ttyo8 dev ttyo9 44 2 second adapter I O port address 180H Interrupt level IRQ3 Interrupt vector 1C2H dev tty12 dev tty13 dev tty14 dev tty15 dev tty16 dev tty17 dev tty18 dev tty19 45 3 third adapter I O port address 100H Interrupt level IRQ5 Interrupt vector 142H JP1 JP2 15 12 11 1 SW1 SW2 mint d dev tty22 dev tty23 dev tty24 dev tty25 dev tty26 dev tty27 dev tty28 dev tty29 46 4 fourth adapter I O port address 300H Interrupt level IRQ7 Interrupt vector 342H dev tty32 dev tty33 dev tty34 dev tty35 dev tty36 dev tty37 dev tty38 dev tty39 47 H 2 Installation For The IBM XENIX Operating System The installation procedure for the device drivers is described as follows l Login as a root user 2 Create temporary directory and change default to this directory Please type mkdir usr temp cd usr temp where is the system prompt 3 Insert distribution diskette which contains device drivers into floppy disk dri
7. is used to daisy chain connector In this board we do not provide daisy chain function 3 To use setup program to setup serial ports The setup program is provides from multi user DOS please note that you must select 1 Generic own driver 2 16 ports 3 PC terminal when you setup system 60 APPENDIX FIFO CHIPS FOR UNIX To use the FIFO chips and FIFO driver under UNIX XENIX operating system please note us for extra charge The UNIX XENIX drivers are used to drive 16550 chips with FIFO Before use the device driver please insert protect key dongles into your printer adapter We provides SCO AT amp T and INTERACTIVE UNIX XENIX drivers in the distribution disk For UNIX system the hardware configuration and software installation procedures are the same aS APPENDIX I please refer it For SCO XENIX system the hardware configuration is shown in the below and the software installation procedure is the same as APPENDIX I 61 1 first adapter I O port address Interrupt level Interrupt vector Swi S dev ttyj11 dev ttyj12 dev ttyj13 dev ttyji4 dev ttyj15 dev ttyj16 dev ttyj17 dev ttyj18 62 IRQ10 15 12 11 10 dev ttyJii dev ttyJ12 dev ttyJ13 dev ttyJ14 dev ttyJi5 dev ttyJ16 dev ttyJ17 dev ttyJ18 2 second adapter I O port address 240H Interrupt level IRQ12 Interrupt vector 2D2H J SWi SW2 P1 m Pneu unis port device name dev t
8. ttyj15 dev ttyj1i6 dev ttyj17 dev ttyj18 52 MODEM name dev ttyJ11 dev ttyJ12 dev ttyJ13 dev ttyJ14 dev ttyJ15 dev ttyJ16 dev ttyJ17 dev ttyJ18 2 second adapter I O port address 240H Interrupt level IRQ12 Interrupt vector 2D2H J JP2 SW1 sw2 uoo dev ttyj21 dev ttyJ21 dev ttyj22 dev ttyJ22 dev ttyj23 dev ttyJ23 dev ttyj24 dev ttyJ24 dev ttyj 25 dev ttyJ25 dev ttyj26 dev ttyJ26 dev ttyj27 dev ttyJ27 dev ttyj28 dev ttyJ28 53 3 third adapter I O port address 100H Interrupt level IRQ4 Interrupt vector 142H JP1 JP2 Swi SW2 dev ttyj31 dev ttyj32 dev ttyj33 dev ttyj34 dev ttyj35 dev ttyj36 dev ttyj37 dev ttyj38 54 1 9 9 n 1 dev ttyJ31 dev ttyJ32 dev ttyJ33 dev ttyJ34 dev ttyJ35 dev ttyJ36 dev ttyJ37 dev ttyJ38 4 fourth adapter I O port address 180H Interrupt level IRQ3 Interrupt vector 1C2H SW1 SW2 nme port device name dev ttyj41 dev ttyj42 dev tty j43 dev ttyj44 dev ttyj45 dev ttyj46 dev ttyj47 dev tty j48 55 JP1 JP2 MODEM name dev ttyJ41 dev ttyJ42 dev ttyJ43 dev ttyJ44 dev ttyJ45 dev ttyJ46 dev ttyJ47 dev ttyJ48 1 2 Software Installation The installation procedure for the device drivers is described as follows 1 Login as a root user 2 Backup original UNIX kernel please type cd cp unix unix bck 3
9. 10 10 7 6 IRQ1 1 10 7 6 IRQ12 10 7 6 e IRQ15 107 6 c e Oi e gt e e ro 4 Jumper 2 Interrupt activation status JP2 A The JP2 is used to determine interrupt activation status when the jumper is short means low active when the jumper is open means high active Please refer the interrupt vector address section more details activation status on low active off high active 5 Jumper 3 Maximum baud rate JP3 JP3 is used to select maximum baud rate If you select 9600 as the maximum baud rate it means the baud rate of each 8 communication ports can not more than 9600 and you can set any baud rate below 9600 individually Baud Rat 38400 19200 9600 18 APPENDIX CABLING INFORMATION In this section we will describe how to connect cables between multiplexer adapter and multiplexer box You must sure the configurations are correct before you use the system First we will show the configuration between multiplexer adapter and multiplexer box Secondly we will show the connection between multiplexer box peripheral devices 19 A 1 Telephone Line The signal assignment of 6 wire telephone line is shown in the following To connect telephone line between multiplexer adapter and multiplexer box please refer the following configuration Signal Pin Pin Signal Tx 1 gt 6 Rx Ix gt 5 Rx GND
10. 2C ports for asynchronous communications Suitable for XENIX UNIX PICK MS DOS PC MOS 386 CONCURRENT DOS Dr DOS etc IBM PC AT PC 386 PC 486 hardware compatible ISA bus IRQ selectable IRQ2 IRQ15 I O address selectable Interrupt vector address selectable Only one 6 wire telephone line to replace eight RS232c asynchronous communication cables Maximum transmission distance over 500M Baud rate selectable for each individual port and maximum baud rate up to 38400 Software handshaking XON XOFF and hardware handshaking RTS CTS selectable Maximum data transfer rate on the communication line up to 200K Time Division Multiplexing TDM method is used on the transmission protocol Build in RJ 11 connector for communication line Support DCE Data Circuit terminating Equipment and Tx Rx RTS CTS signal 120 VAC 60 HZ or 230 VAC 50HZ power which is auto switch CHAPTER 2 UNPACKING INFORMATION Check that your SafLine package includes the following items SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter SafLine 8 port multiplexer box Power adapter User manual PC COM software Warranty form CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before installing your SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter and 8 port multiplexer box make sure that The host computer is an IBM PC AT PC 386 PC 486 or compatible The switch banks of multiplexer adapter are corre
11. Line will at its option replace or repair the item at no additional charge This limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from incorrect use electrical interference accident or modification of the product All goods returned for warranty repair must have the serial number intact Goods without serial numbers attached will not be covered by the warranty Transportation costs for goods returned must be paid by the purchaser Repaired goods will be dispatched at the expense of SafLine 68 To ensure that your SafLine product is covered by the warranty provisions it is necessary that you return the Warranty card Under this Limited Warranty SafLine s obligations will be limited to repair or replacement only of goods found to be defective as specified above during the warranty period SafLine is not liable to the purchaser for any damages or losses of any kind through the use of or inability to use the SafLine product SafLine reserves the right to determine what constitutes warranty repair or replacement Return Authorization It is necessary that any returned goods are clearly marked with an RA number that has been issued by SafLine Goods returned without this authorization will not be attended to 69 NOTE
12. OF ONE OR BOTH DEVICES Please refer to the following settings for each switch block If you are installing more than one board do not duplicate switch settings for any parameter 11 1 Switch 1 1 0 port address SWITCH 1 PORT ADDRESS UART ADDRESS Tum mu 000H nae m I CIM 9 7 pe The I O port address corresponding to each port are shown in the following BASE to BASE 07H BASE 08H to BASE OFH BASE 10H to BASE 17H BASE 18H to BASE 1FH BASE 20H to BASE 27H BASE 28H to BASE 2FH BASE 30H to BASE 37H BASE 38H to BASE 3FH 13 2 Switch 2 Interrupt vector address ON The SW2 is used to select interrupt vector address the address is combined by A9 A8 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 When the switch is set to off it means 1 otherwise the switch is set to on it means The figure shown in above is set to 2C2H 14 The interrupt vector address is used to detect which of the eight channels 15 creating the interrupt The relationship between each port corresponds to the interrupt indicator as shown the following Suppose the activation status is low which is selected by JP2 then when the corresponding bit is 0 interrupt occurred otherwise if the bit is 1 then no interrupt occurred ______ M P r 71615 14131212110 Port
13. SAFLINE USER MANUAL 8 PORT MULTIPLEXER SERIAL ADAPTER SAFLINE USER MANUAL 8 PORT MULTIPLEXER SERIAL ADAPTER CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 nh 1 CHAPTER 2 Unpacking 6 CHAPTER 3 System Requirements 7 CHAPTER 4 Hardware 8 CHAPTER 5 Switch Settings eee 9 APPENDICES a Cabling Information een 19 b SCO XENIX UNIX 23 c Diagnostics Under 5 00 29 d Multilink Configuration een 31 e Pick Configuration eere 33 f Concurrent DOS Configuration Multi user Dr DOS Conftiguration 34 PC MOS 386 Contiguration eee 35 h IBM XENIX Configuration enne 43 i AT amp T UNIX Configuration Interactive UNIX Configuration 51 j FIFO Chips for Multi user DOS 59 FIFO Chips for 61 Warranty Information esee HH 67 Rev Date 1992 APR 15 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The SafLine 8 port multiplexer serial adapter provides eight asynchronous serial communication ports RS232C which transmits communication signal by using single 6 wire telephone line to remote 8 port multiplexer box then the 8 port multiplexer box separat
14. ctly configured to coincide with the operating system you are using The operating system you intend to use is capable of driving multiple serial ports The switch of multiplexer box is set corrected Please refer the multiplexer box manual for detail installation CHAPTER 4 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Your SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter is designed to be inserted in any available Slot in your PC AT PC 386 PC 486 or compatible In order to gain access to the expansion slots follow the Steps listed below l Turn off all power to your computer and all peripheral devices before installing your SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter 2 Remove the cover of the computer 3 Insert the preconfigured SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter into any available slot Make sure the adapter is firmly seated in the chosen slot 4 Replace the cover of the computer 5 Route the 6 wire telephone line as desired then plug RJ11 connector into both multiplexer box and multiplexer adapter The signal configuration is shown in the APPENDIX A 6 Connect 8 peripheral devices connector to multiplexer box 7 Plug the power cable into wall outlet CHAPTER 5 SWITCH SETTINGS 5 1 Introduction The two switch blocks and three jumpers on the SafLine 8 port adapter must be configured correctly in accordance with the operating system you are using SW1 Switch 1 Determines the address of the UARTs 1 0 address SW2 Switch 2 S
15. der MS DOS It provides internal and external tests A loopback plug must be connected to each port being tested Pins 2 TxD and 3 Rxd must be shorted together in the plug To test your SafLine 8 port serial adapter under MS DOS please type A gt SUPER A gt means system prompt the screen will display SUPER eight RS232C diagnostic Please make sure a loopback plug be connected Input delay cycle 386 4000 AT 1000 600 For an XT you may type a number larger than 600 For an or 386 you may type a number larger than 1000 The number is dependent on your machine cycle If your machine cycle is very fast type a larger number to synchronize the speed of the 16450 chips 29 C 2 PC COM Software The PC COM software provides device drivers library routines and virtual terminal programs under MS DOS Please see PC COM software manual for more details 30 APPENDIX D MULTILINK CONFIGURATION Modify I O port addresses by typing mlcustom mlink com when the menu appears select option 1 to change port addresses Modify the I O port addresses of your SafLine 8 port adapter as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 31 If an additional SafLi ne 8 port serial adapter is installed then 32 APPENDIX E PICK CONFIGURATION Refer to PICK user installation guide for more information If selecting IRQ3 or IRO4 be sure to disable existing COM1 or COM2 ports 1 First road SW1 JP1 JP2
16. e signals into 8 RS232 ports DB25 The hardware configuration of 8 port multiplexer serial adapter and 8 port multiplexer box are shown in the belows User may use this configuration to link the computer and serial peripheral devices such as modems serial printers plotters etc 5232 CABLE 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 TERM 6 Wire Telephone Line M Safline 8 Port 8 Port E HER Multiplexer Adapter MUX 5 PRINTER For Long Distance 6 MODEM Communication 7 PLOTTER 8 TERM The advantages of using 8 port multiplexer serial adapter 8 port multiplexer box is that when you construct the communication link from PC to peripheral devices you only need use one inexpensive 6 wire telephone line to replace the eight RS232 cables it extends communication distance and reduces cabling cost The SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter is particularly suited to facilitate the connection of terminals VDUs in multi user operating systems Each package is supplied complete with multiplexer box containing eight female D25 connectors The SafLine multiplexer board may be installed in any IBM PC AT PC 386 PC 486 or hardware compatible system To accommodate a variety of operating systems the switch banks permit maximum flexibility of configuration You may select which interrupt IRQ2 IRQ15 I O address and interrupt vector you desire The features of the SafLine 8 port multiplexer adapter are Eight RS23
17. elects the interrupt vector address and determines which port is active when an interrupt occurs JP1 Jumper 1 Selects which interrupt will be used in the range IRQ2 through IRQ15 JP2 Jumper 2 Determines interrupt activation status JP3 Jumper 3 Determines maximum baud rate Ow ne O 9 ma 1250 0691 S OSPA s i x T a ZHNZEYEI B um QA IVD d 831511 250 MON u s 059 0599 3 ie onm g 0 LI su 0 un 9 5 dus 12689 9 3 FA T T 5 sin 2 gagi 8A28l vin on an _ 9 i an 2 06491 3 a sen 2 020 J d i i 8391 1 SAJBI T 1 T aA T YO ot CL ar 2 BAIBL 9 8102 3x3ldibinM 262 55 1509 8 Q11 OS TWNOILLVNYALNI H31ndWOO NOISIO3G 10 5 2 Selection of Switch Settings It is important to refer to the user manual supplied with your operating system to determine the correct configuration Although we provide installation advice for various operating systems it is not possible to cover all systems in this user guide Please contact your supplier if you have difficulties with configuration IMPORTANT CARE MUST BE TAKEN IN SELECTING THE CONFIGURATION OF SWITCHES TO ENSURE YOU DO NOT DUPLICATE SETTINGS OF OTHER EQUIPMENT ALREADY INSTALLED IN YOUR COMPUTER DUPLICATION OF SETTINGS WILL RESULT IN A MALFUNCTION
18. erved No part of SafLine software and manual may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of DECISION COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL CO LTD 4F No 31 3 Alley 4 Lane 906 Min Shen East Road Taipei Taiwan R O C FAX 886 2 7665702 TELEX 16059 DECISION TEL 02 766 5753 7659782 769 5786 Each piece of SafLine package permits user to use SafLine only on a single computer a registered user may use the program on a different computer but may not use the program on more than one computer at the same time Corporate licensing agreements allow duplication and distribution of specific number of copies within the licensed institution Duplication of multiple copies is not allowed except through execution of a licensing agreement Welcome call for details 67 L 2 Warranty Information SafLine warrants that for a period of one year from the date of purchase unless otherwise specified in the warranty card that the goods supplied will perform according to the specifications defined in the user manual Furthermore that the SafLine product will be supplied free from defects in materials and workmanship and be fully functional under normal usage In the event of the failure of a SafLine product within the specified warranty period Saf
19. l printer connect auxiliary port from terminal please check your terminal manual to send leading code to control your terminal to bypass data to printer 58 APPENDIX J FIFO CHIPS FOR MULTI USER DOS To use the FIFO chips and FIFO driver under multi user DOS Dr DOS please note us for extra charge The DRMDOS driver provides up to 2 cards in the system It uses the external driver generic to drive 16550 chips with FIFO Before use the DRM16 5YS driver please insert protect key dongles into your printer adapter The communication protocol are 1 None 2 XON XOFF 3 DTR DSR 4 CTS RTS The installation procedures are shown in the following 1 Copy DRM16 SYS file from distribution disk into OSUTILS directory C gt copy A DRM16 SYS C OSUTILS 2 Add command into CConfig SYS file DEVICE C OSUTILS DRM16 SYS Mxxx yyy SXXX yyy In m 59 for master board for second board for IRQ XXX for I O port address Hex for interrupt vector Hex the driver add 2 automatically IRO2 to IRQ15 for master board IRO2 to IRQ15 for second board HUI dE The default setting is M180 1C0 S280 2CO0 I5 5 Please note that the interrupt vector address that you specify in the CConfig sys will be added 2 automatically so that you must set the hardware carefully Suppose the default setting is 280 then you must set 282 in the board Do not set the same to different adapters the default setting
20. ntenance mode 3 Install serial port Type i mkdev serial 4 The screen will display You would like to install a 1 1 port card 2 2 port card 3 4 port card 4 5 port card 5 8 port card Select an option or enter q to quit Enter number 5 then press return 5 The screen will display The card is configured as 1 COMI 2 COM2 3 COM3 COM4 Select an option or enter for help or to quit Enter number 1 and press return the system will configure eight serial ports for the primary adapter These eight ports are ttyla ttylb ttylc ttyld ttyle ttylf ttylg ttylh If you install a secondary adapter repeat step 3 to 5 and enter number 2 to select the COM2 configuration The system will then configure another eight serial ports tty2a tty2b tty2c tty2d ttyze tty2f tty2g tty2h 6 Enable sixteen serial ports Enable each serial port by using the 21 enable command Please type enable ttyla enable ttylb enable ttylc enable ttyld enable ttyle enable ttylf enable ttylg enable ttylh enable tty2a enable tty2b enable tty2c enable tty2d enable tty2e enable tty2f enable tty2g enable tty2h SHE SHE Hz He sk sk sk Ho sk 7 Connect each terminal to DB25 connector 28 APPENDIX C DIAGNOSTICS UNDER MS DOS C 1 Diagnostic Under MS DOS The SUPER program provides a diagnostic routine to test your SafLine 8 port serial adapter un
21. re AUTOEXEC BAT file The contents of AUTOEXEC BAT file includes ADDTASK 32K 1 TTY1 52TERM 1 9600 ADDTASK 32K 2 TTY2 52TERM 2 9600 ADDTASK 32K 3 TTY3 52TERM 3 9600 ADDTASK 32K 4 TTY4 52TERM 4 9600 ADDTASK 32K 5 TTY5 52TERM 5 9600 ADDTASK 32K 6 TTY6 52TERM 6 9600 ADDTASK 32K 7 TTY7 52TERM 7 9600 ADDTASK 32K 8 TTY8 52TERM 8 9600 MOS SERINIT 1 9600 N 8 1 39 MOS SERINIT 2 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 3 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 4 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 5 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 6 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 7 9600 N 8 1 MOS SERINIT 8 9600 N 8 1 If you have multi user capability you must use the ADDTASK command to create user partitions The ADDTASK command may be included in the AUTOEXEC BAT file to add users when you boot the computer automatically The syntatic specification of ADDTASK is ADDTASK memsizekK task ID class startup term ID port baud rate memsize Enter the amount of memory you want to allocate to the user it must be at least 32K The memory size should be large enough to facilitate whatever applications are to be run in the partition task ID Enter up to two digits for the task number to assign to the partition Zero is reserved for the partition in base memory class Enter the security class 40 startup enter up to eight characters for the name of a startup batch file for the task term ID Enter device driver name which is specified in the step a port lt Enter the n
22. ter Using primary adapter as COMI I O address Interrupt vector is 142H is 100H Interrupt is IRQ4 dev ttyla dev ttylb dev ttylc dev tty1id dev ttyle dev ttylf dev ttylg aev ttylh 23 dev tty1A dev tty1B dev tty1C dev tty1lD dev ttylE dev ttylF dev tty1G dev tty1H 2 Secondary adapter Using secondary adapter as COM2 I O address is 180H Interrupt vector is 1C2H Interrupt is IRQ3 dev tty2a dev tty2b dev tty2c dev tty2d dev tty2e dev tty2f dev tty2g dev tty2h 24 dev tty2A dev tty2B dev tty2C dev tty2D dev tty2E dev tty2F dev tty2G dev tty2H Under the SCO XENIX operating system the primary adapter is configured so that all ports interrupt on 1804 If a secondary adapter 15 used it should be configured to interrupt IRQ3 B 2 Installation For SCO XENIX After the hardware configuration is set please install the software drivers The installation procedure is described as follows 1 Select interrupt level The first SafLine 8 port serial adapter should be strapped at interrupt 4 COM1 The second SafLine 8 port serial adapter should be set to IRQ3 which corresponds to COM2 A Primary adapter SW1 SW2 JP1 JP2 AGAR MM II D Jui naso 25 B Secondary adapter Swi SW2 JP1 JP2 1 1 8 E 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 2 Enter system maintenance mode Boot the XENIX operating system then enter system mai
23. tyj21 MODEM name dev ttyJ21 dev ttyj22 dev ttyJ22 dev ttyj23 dev ttyJ23 dev ttyj24 dev ttyJ24 dev ttyj25 dev ttyJ25 dev tty j26 dev ttyJ26 dev ttyj27 dev ttyJ27 dev ttyj28 dev ttyJ28 63 du third adapter I O port address Interrupt level Interrupt vector Sw SW2 port device name dev ttyj31 dev ttyj32 dev ttyj33 dev ttyj34 dev ttyj35 dev ttyj36 dev ttyj37 dev ttyj38 een o e o e 9 e o e o gt 9 een dev ttyJ31 dev ttyJ32 dev ttyJ33 dev ttyJ34 dev ttyJ35 dev ttyJ36 dev ttyJ37 dev ttyJ38 JP2 MODEM name 4 fourth adapter I O port address 180H Interrupt level IRQ4 Interrupt vector 1C2H JP1 JP2 SW1 2 nin D MODEM name dev ttyj41 dev ttyj42 dev ttyj43 dev ttyj44 dev ttyj45 dev ttyj46 dev ttyj47 dev ttyj48 65 dev ttyJ41 dev ttyJ42 dev ttyJ43 dev ttyJ44 dev ttyJ45 dev ttyJ46 dev ttyJ47 dev ttyJ48 To enable the I O port under sco operating system please use enable command which is provided by SCO system DO NOT USE entty COMMAND which is used under AT amp T and INTERACTIVE UNIX Also use disable command to disable the I O port under SCO operating system 66 APPENDIX L WARRANTY INFORMATION L 1 Copyright Copyright 1992 DECISION COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL CO LTD all rights res
24. umber of the serial port to which a terminal for this partition is connected baud rate Enter the baud rate for the serial port In this example we add eight serial ports in the system and each memory partition occupies 32K bytes of memory When we turn on the first terminal I O port address 280H it will run the auto execution file which is TTY1 BAT The task ID of the first terminal is 1 After we create a user partition with the ADDTASK command we must set the communication parameters for the serial ports The MOS SERINIT command is used to specify communication parameters which are described as follows 41 MOS SERINIT n r p b s the I O port number the baud rate the parity may be N None E Even or the number of data bits the number of stop bits In this example we set no parity baud rate 9600 8 data bits and 1 stop bit G 3 Terminal Setup Suppose you use PC and VTERM software to emulate VT52 you must press CTRL which represents ESC then press B which will refresh the bottom 24 lines lines 2 through 25 of the display on the video screen of a terminal Otherwise your cursor may disappear 42 APPENDIX IBM XENIX CONFIGURATION H 1 Hardware Configuration Under the IBM XENIX operating system a maximum of four adapters can be added to the PC AT PC 386 or compatible to provide thirty two ports The hardware configuration is shown in the
25. ve A then copy the files from the distribution diskette toa temporary directory Step 1 Copy batch file to usr temp please type doscp r A copy fchmod 0755 copy 48 Step 2 Copy device drivers to the temporary directory please type 4 To install device drivers please type setup The setup program will ask you How many adapters are installed 1 2 3 4 After you answer the system will take about four minutes to install the device drivers After installation the old kernel is renamed as XENIX SAVE and the new system kernel is installed as XENIX 5 Reboot the system Now your new XENIX system which includes device drivers is activated 49 6 Enable each terminal by using the enable command Please type enable dev tty02 enable dev tty03 enable dev tty39 7 Connect each terminal to DB25 connector NOTE If the new system fails to reboot boot the original system using the command hd XENIX SAVE 50 APPENDIX AT amp T UNIX CONFIGURATION INTERACTIVE UNIX CONFIGURATION 1 1 Hardware Configuration For AT amp T UNIX and INTERACTIVE UNIX the special device drivers are provided on the distribution diskette The hardware configurations are shown in the following 1 first adapter I O port address 280H Interrupt level IRQ10 Interrupt vector 2C2H JP2 uet 51 device name dev ttyj11 dev ttyj12 dev ttyj13 dev ttyj14 dev
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