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Moxa Technologies C168H Network Card User Manual

1. 6 3 Technical Reference scscseseseeenceeeneenenneneeenensneeeeeeeneeenenseseseees A 1 Specification A 1 A aa dadi end iatale ae aaa A 1 UART 160550C A 2 DB62 Connector Pinouts A 3 1 Introduction Overview Smartio The Smart Multiport Async Solutions The term Smartio represents smart multiport serial I O solution Smartio C168H PCI is designed for 32 bit PCI bus with Plug and Play feature It offers 8 serial ports for connecting terminals modems printers data acquisition equipment and any other serial devices to the PC and its compatible systems Being a well designed and fine tuned device driver the Smartio board makes full use of the 32 byte Tx Rx FIFO and on chip H W flow control which makes it possible transferring data without loss at high speed as 921 6 Kbps They offer a reliable and high performance solution for serial multiport communications Board Applications The board applies for many applications Here are a few I Internet Intranet Connection Remote Access Application Multi user Application Industrial Automation Office Automation I Telecommunication PC based vending Ma
2. 3 23 Removing driver 3 25 Serial Programming Tools sssnss2222 222 222 1 PComm Installation 4 1 PComm Programming Library 4 2 Utility 4 2 RS 485 Programming for Opt8J 4 6 Connection Option Opt8x amp Cable Wiring 2 2 x2122x21s22x122 D RS 232 Cable Wiring for Opt8A B C D S 5 1 RS 422 Cable Wiring for Opt8J F Z 5 8 RS 485 Cable Wiring for Opt8J 5 10 RS 422 485 Impedance Matching 5 11 Troubleshooting 1 xx2xxxxsxssxs0ssssssazazazaa ana aaa iena 6 1 General Troubleshooting 6 1 Windows NT 6 2 Windows 95 98
3. 9 128000 125828 126976 12697 1024 125440 1011 o 0 00 o o o 0 O 09090 COMI Port Status z 2 gt Tx bytes ts Tx History 090 099090 000 l 3338 Ax Ax Histo o El z Port Name COMS Port Status Open Communication Parameter j HAW Flow Control a REST Baud Rate bps 28400 RTS Flow Control NONE pene Res BU es Data Bits 8 CTS Flow Control DN 4 4 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Serial Programming Tools Terminal Emulator The Terminal Emulator obviously serves as an emulator to connect various ports to see if the transmission functions correctly It features multi windows and supports terminal types of VT100 and ANSI It allows you to transfer data interactively send pattern periodically or transfer file using ASCII XMODEM YMODEM ZMODEM and KERMIT protocols To run Terminal Emulator program click Start and select Program Files and PComm Lite and Termianl Emulator omm Terminal C Dumb Terminal Ele Edt PortManager Port Welcome to SCO XENIX System V COM44 38400 None 8 1 Dumb Terminal gs 0123456789abcdefghij0123456789abcdefghij0123456789abcdefghij01234 J0123456789abcdefgh130123456789abcdefghij0123456789abcdefgh130123 0123456789sbcdefghij0123456789abcdefghij0123456789sbcdefghij0123 0123456789abcde fghij0123456789abcde fghij0123456789abcdefghij0123 0123456789abcde fghij0123456789abcde fghij0123456789abcdefghij0123 0123456789abcdefgh130123456789ab
4. co Du NO Problem Description Please describe the symptom as clear as possible including the error message you see We may have to follow your description to reproduce the symptom O Board not found O Board found but can t transfer data O Can transfer data but lose data O Can transfer data but with garbled data O Others Detailed error message description is recommended Return Procedure For product repair exchange or refund the customer must V V V V Provide evidence of original purchase Obtain a Product Return Agreement PRA from the sales representative or dealer Fill out the Problem Report Form PRF as detailed as possible for shorter product repair time Carefully pack the product in anti static package and send it pre paid to the dealer The PRA should show on the outside of the package and include a description of the problem along with the return address and telephone number of a technical contact
5. PComm Lite Ver 2 1 DK Cancel Spr 3 Click Yes button in the following shown message box to confirm the driver removal Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 25 4 Click OK button in Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 3 26 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 4 Serial Programming Tools Moxa supports some easy but powerful serial programming libraries and communication troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 It will save your developing time with the MOXA Serial Programming Tools The following sections will detail the installation the library and the utilities for various platforms PComm the professional serial comm tool for PC is a software package for Windows NT and Windows 95 98 consisting of I a powerful serial communication library for easy programming in the most popular languages The serial communication library is useful for developing an application for data communication remote access data acquisition or industrial control in Windows NT or Windows 95 98 environment Also it is an easier solution compared to the more complex Windows Win32 COMM API I useful utilities such as diagnostic monitor and terminal emulator I illustrative sample programs and I comprehensive on line documents PComm Installation To install PComm run Setup exe from the diskette enclosed in the package Please note that the PComm diagnostic and monitor utilities are for MOXA boards onl
6. Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available and the default value is 16 bytes Check Set the change to all ports check box then the if desire to apply Tx FIFO Size just defined to all ports coinme aa IV Auto Enumerating COM Number Rx FIFO Trigger fa Set the change to all ports Tx FIFO Size 16 gt IV set the change to all ports CE ee Click OK button in Port X dialog box to confirm the port setting Click OK button in Property dialog box to complete the port setting and return to Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box Now the configured C168H PCI board item will be shown in Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 5 fel Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel O address INT vector C168 PCI Series 5700 6300 Remove Property como 18 Click OK button in Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel to return to Network dialog box 19 Click OK button in to exit Network dialog box 20 Restart the PC The driver configuration will NOT take effect until you restart the PC Double check if all the Smartio C168H PCI components the control board and one of the connection options are connected and fastened tightly to make sure that the system and the driver start successfully Once the system restarts you may check the event log issued by the MOXA driver to see if th
7. click System icon and select Device Manager tab 2 Click on MOXA C168 PCI Series and click Properties button Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 23 Sy Moxa Smattio Industio multiport board lt C168 PCI Series BD Network adapters HY Ports COM amp LPT MY System devices 3 Select Driver tab 4 Click Update Driver button 5 Click Have Disk button and type the path of the new driver 6 Insert the source diskette in the floppy drive if there is any 3 24 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation 7 Click OK button in Install from Disk dialog box 8 The system will automatically prompt you to restart the system click Yes button to restart the system Or No button if you want to reboot the system later Removing driver This section explains how to remove the Smart o C168H PCI board driver 1 Open Control Panel icon double click Add Remove Programs icon and then select Instal Uninstall tab 2 Click on MOXA Smartio Industio Driver option and then click Add Remove button to start the driver removal Instal Urinstall Windows Setup Startup Disk m Toinstall a new program from a floppy disk or CD ROM drive click Install 722 The following software can be automatically removed by Windows To remove a program or to modify its installed components select it from the list and click Add Remove MOXA Smartio Industio Driver
8. 7 8 Stop bits 1 1 5 2 Parity None even odd space mark UART 8 6C550C or compatible lt lt lt lt e lt lt ccccccec 1 2 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Introduction V Speed bps 50 921 6K v Connectors 8 DB25 DB9 male or female V Data signals RS232 TxD RxD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD GND RS422 TxD B TxD A RxD B RxD A GND Opt8J RTS B RTS A CTS B CTS A RS485 Data B Data A GND Operating temp 0 55 qJ Power requirement 180mA max 5V 110mA max 12V 160mA max 12V Dimensions 123 cm 200 cm Popular O S Support lt lt lt lt C168H PCI Windows NT Windows 95 98 s Dos R Y Driver supported by Moxa and shipped with product R Driver supported by Moxa and shipped by request Note You can download the latest versions of drivers for above O S from the MOXA FTP service For other O S drivers other than O S listed above please check out MOXA web site to see whether they are available Check List Upon unpacking the Smartio C168H PCI you should find the following items in the package v Smartio C168H PCI 8 port serial board vV Device driver diskettes Windows NT and Windows 95 98 1 PComm Lite 4 v Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual This manual vV One of the following connection options Opt8A Opt8B Opt8S v RS 232 connection box with 8 DB25 female male ports surge protection for Opt8S V 1 5 meter DB62 to DB6
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10. Type 3 To connect Smartio C168H PCI to a DTE with 3 pin wiring If the Hardware flow control feature is set to ON you must loop back or short the RTS with CTS and DSR with DTR DCD on MOXA site indicated in dash lines of the following diagrams If the Hardware flow control feature is set to OFF you could just leave RTS CTS DSR DTR DCD open ignoring the connection indicated in dash lines a AQ OpteA s UA ia E Y I I Opt8A S i DTE Device DB25 Female DB25 Male RxD I 2 2 TxD TxD 3 3 RxD GND 7 7 GND RTS i 5 o e 4 RTS CTS i 4 Ea 5 CTS DTR 20 77 di d DTR DST i 6 PERA 20 DSR DCD Bes Lo 8 DCD I I i A i I opteBic ip a ea I I k Opt8B C i i DTE Device DB25 Male DB25 Male TxD be 2 TxD RxD i 3 i RxD GND 7 GND RTS 4 RTS CTS 5 CTS DSR i 6 i DTR DTR 20 DSR DCD 8 DCD 5 6 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring PC COM2 port Serial Printer gt A I I I I I I OpteD E Terminal or any DTE Device u i i Opt8D I DTE Device DB9 Male i l DB25 Male RxD 2 2 TxD TxD i 3 3 i RxD GND 5 7 GND RTS LE ss pa 4 RTS CTS i Ss beats 5 CTS DTR de tte 6 DTR DSR 6 i ina 20 DSR DCD i 1 a bo 8 i DCD Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 5 7 RS 422 Cable Wiring for Opt8J F Z RS 422 connection boxes designed for Smartio C168H PCI boards are Opt8
11. listed below Instead of following procedures listed below it is also allowed to do so by clicking Start E Program Files E MOXA Utility E Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel E Property E Port Setting For this is a PCI board once the board is added or unplugged the configuration will be automatically added or removed by the system Thus it saves your effort to do add or remove action 1 Open Control Panel click System icon select Device Manager tab and then select Moxa Smartio Industio multiport board 2 Click on desired C168H PCI board entry and click Properties button General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection 9 Disk drives E Display adapters Floppy disk controllers 3 Hard disk controllers E Monitors a gt Mouse E amp Moxa Smartio Industio multiport board lt gt C168 PCI Series 3 Select Ports Configuration tab Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 21 4 Click on the specific port and click Port Setting button to re assign the desired COM number for the Smart o C168H PCI port mapping General Ports Configuration Driver Resources 7 INT voco ia Interrupt No fi Base VO Port Address I mb PCI Bus Number is 0 and Device Number is 11 Port COM No AxFIFO Trig Tx FIFO Size 1 COM 3 14 16 Step 5 is optional if you want to assign COM numbe
12. 2 Hardware Installation The installation of the Smart o C168H PCI consists of hardware and software installation The respective sections of the operating systems in the next chapter will discuss more about the software installation The hardware installation is described in this chapter The no switch no jumper Smarrio C168H PCI board hardware configuration for IRQ number and I O addresses is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS Hence the board MUST be plugged first before installing the software driver Installing the Smartio C168H PCI Board Step 1 Power off the PC Make sure your system is switched off before you start installing any board If you don t you may risk damaging your system and the board Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Remove the PC cover Remove the slot cover bracket if there is any Plug the Smartio C168H PCI s in the free PCI expansion slot s of the PC Fasten the holding screw to fix the control board in place Replace the system cover Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 2 1 Step 7 Connect one of the connection box cable also adapter if required detailed in the next section Step 8 Power on PC and BIOS will automatically set the IRQ and memory address Note Each board must occupy one unique IRQ and one unique memory address which are assigned by PCI BIOS automatically However you may select the free IRQ number manually via PC s BIOS setup for PC
13. 2 3 Opt8J Opt8F Opt8Z Hold one end of the DB62 cable and plug it into the DB62 connector on the bracket of the Smartio C168H PCI Carefully screw it until it is tight Then plug the other end of the cable to the RS 422 RS 485 connection box s DB62 connector Both ends of the cable are identical After that don t forget to apply power via the adapter to the Opt8J F Z ai A o O O a TIKI e J Opt8F Opt8Z Opt8J Smartio C168H PCI Refer to Chapter Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring for RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 cable wiring And also to Chapter Serial Programming Tools for RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 programming details Operating Opt8J Opt8J is the RS 422 485 connection box with 8 port female DB25 connectors for MOXA 8 port boards including the Smartio C168H PCI There are 8 DIP switches on the side of the Opt8J Each switch controls the communication mode RS 422 or RS 485 of each port respectively 2 4 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Hardware Installation RS 422 485 Port Switch of Opt8J mu P ON RS 422 Mode Set the respective switch to OFF position to use RS 422 interface This means the port is always ready to transmit and receive data simultaneously full duplex RS 485 Mode The Opt8J supports only 2 wire RS 485 communication Set the respective switch to ON pos
14. 2 cable Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 1 3 Opt8C Opt8D v RS 232 octopus cable with 8 port male connectors DB25 for Opt8C or DB9 for Opt8D 1 meter long Opt8F Opt8Z v RS 422 connection box with 8 port female DB25 connectors isolation protection for Opt8F v 1 5 meter DB62 to DB62 cable v 110V or 220V adapter included Opt8J v RS 422 485 connection box with 8 port female DB25 connectors v 1 5 meter DB62 to DB62 cable v 110V or 220V adapter included 1 4 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Introduction Installation Guide This section gives a brief summary of how to install the Sarro C168H PCI under each supported operating system Installation is simple and involves the following stages Check PCI BIOS settings Install Smartio C168H PCI board and connection option cable box Install software from diskette and configure driver for board and ports Connect devices with cable Restart system Check the driver initialization status If system restart successfully you may develop your applications or execute desired applications See Chapter 2 Hardware Installation See respective O S Section of Chapter 3 Software Installation See Chapter 5 Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring for cable wiring See Chapter 3 Software Installation See Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 1 5 1 6 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual
15. A o 1 b2 DUAAN As Terminal or any DTE Device d DTE Device DB25 Male TxD RxD RTS CTS DSR DTR GND DCD Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 5 3 po A i I I i opted UA terminas or ary DTE Device I I Opt8D i DTE Device DB9 Male I DB25 Male RxD 2 2 i TxD TxD 3 3 RxD CTS i 8 4 i RTS RTS 7 5 i CTS DTR 4 6 DSR DSR i 6 20 i DTR GND 5 7 i GND DCD 1 8 DCD Type 2 To connect Smart o C168H PCI to a DCE device iN Null Modem Cable A I I i L J Modem Opt8A S i d E a i or any DCE Device E w I I I I Opt8A S i DCE Device DB25 Female DB25 Female RxD i 2 2 RxD TxD i 3 Fea 3 TxD CTS 4 4 i CTS RTS i 5 E 5 i RTS DTR I 6 6 DTR DSR i 20 lt 20 DSR GND i 7 gt GND DCD i 8 8 i DCD I I 5 4 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring IN Straight through Cable y I I I I I L d Modem Opt8B C i P h i or any DCE Device V7 A E I I I I Opt8B C i DCE Device DB25 Male DB25 Female TxD 2 2 RxD RxD 3 3 TxD RTS 4 4 CTS CTS i 5 5 i RTS DSR I 6 6 DTR DTR 20 20 DSR GND 7 7 GND DCD 8 8 i DCD I I D Pi Modem Opt8D Da lt il i or any DCE Device Y Opt8D DCE Device DB9 Male DB25 Female RxD 2 2 RxD TxD O i TxD CTS 8 4 CTS RTS 7 a 5 RTS DTR 4 6 DTR DSR 6 Lon 20 DSR GND 5 Ns 7 GND DCD i 1 OS 8 DCD I I Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 5 5
16. D A TxD A 7 GND GND 5 RTS B CTS B 13 RTS A CTS A 4 CTS B RTS B 19 CTS A RIS A Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 5 9 RS 485 Cable Wiring for Opt8J One RS 485 connection box designed for Smartio C168H PCI is Opt8J Connection box with 8 female RS 422 485 DB25 ports Set the port switch to ON position The Opt8J supports only 2 wire half duplex RS 485 communication Data pins are served for both data transmitting and receiving depending on the RTS signal RS 485 Pinouts for Opt8J es Oo o e Opt8J e z es 7 GND 3 Data B s e 7 GND e l6 Data A iia E 2 sd e Oo E Multidrop RS 485 Half duplex Point to Point RS 485 Half duplex Opt8J RS 485 Device 1 Opt8J RS 485 Device Master Slave 3 Data B Data B 3 Data B Data B 16 Data A Data A 16 Data A Data A 7 GND cr GND 7 GND GND RS 485 Device N lave Data B Data A GND 5 10 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring See Section RS 485 Programming of Chapter Serial Programming Tools for more Opt8J RS 485 programming details RS 422 485 Impedance Matching For RS 422 485 serial communications when an electrical signal travels through two different resistance junctions in a transmission line the impedance mismatch will sometimes cause signal reflection Signal reflection causes signal distortion which i
17. I of the operating system To verify the problem please run another existing and known good application or the utilities provided by Moxa Such as Pcomm Terminal emulator or HyperTerminal under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Windows NT This section is specific for troubleshooting under Windows NT For general problems and solutions please see the previous section General Troubleshooting 1 After the system reboots the error message Another driver in the system which did not report its resources has already claimed the interrupt used by xxx appears in the Event Log This indicates the MOXA board is found but the IRQ is conflicting with another adapter Please check the PCI BIOS IRQ settings first and then select an IRQ that is available 2 After the system reboots the error message Cannot find any configured MOXA Smartio Industio series board appears in the Event Log Please make sure the PCI board is seated firmly in the expansion slot 3 The COM number of the Smartio C168H PCI Bus No x Dev No x Port1 COMx with device number xx conflicts with others 6 2 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Troubleshooting The COM numbers for different boards are conflicting Change the COM number mappings for MOXA boards 4 Windows NT system panic blue screen The possible reason is an IRQ or VO address conflict with other ISA Bus adapters like LAN and SCSI boards or the system BIOS Please refer to the corresponding
18. I slot but normally this method is not available for memory The possible IRQ numbers are 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 and 15 The possible I O addresses are from 0x0000 to OxFFFF Step 9 Proceed with software installation detailed in the next Chapter Software Installation Installing Connection Option Opt8x Connect the Smarrio C168H PCI with the one of the following connection options Then you can connect your modem serial printer PC COM1 2 bar code reader POS instrument or any other serial devices to the DB25 DB9 connectors Refer to Chapter Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring for RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 cable wiring 2 2 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Hardware Installation Opt8A Opt8B Opt8S Hold one end of the DB62 cable and plug it into the DB62 connector on the bracket of the Smartio C168H PCI Carefully screw it until it is tight Then plug the other end of the cable to the RS 232 connection box s DB62 connector Both ends of the cable are identical DO a ER I Smartio C168H PCI Opt8A Opt8B Opt8S Opt8C Opt8D Hold one end of the DB62 cable and plug it into the DB62 connector on the bracket of the Smartio C168H PCI Screw it carefully until it fits P1 P2 B3 P4 o oo un O U III P5 P6 P7 P8 Smartio C168H PCI Opt8C Opt8D Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual
19. J Connection box with 8 female RS 422 485 DB25 ports Set the port switch to OFF position RS 422 for the desired port s Opt8F Connection box with 8 female RS 422 DB25 ports and Max 500V DC isolation protection which prevents damage caused by high potential voltage Opt8Z Connection box with 8 female RS 422 DB25 ports but without isolation protection RS 422 Pinouts for Opt8J F Z pt8J F Z 2 RxD B 3 TxD B 14 RxD A 16 TxD A 7 GND 4 CTS B 5 RTS B 13 RTS A Opt8J only 19 CTS A The RS 422 transmission distance can reach as long as 4000ft The connection box needs an external power adapter to supply SV DC power Either 110V or 220V AC power adapter is selectable 5 8 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual a La ho aa ETS A RI CI D TS B SHE TxD B RxD B Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring The followings are operation modes for RS 422 RS 422 Point to point RS 422 Broadcasting Opt8F Z RS 422 Device 3 TxD B RxD B 16 TxD A RxD A 2 RxD B _ TxD B 14 RxD A TxD A 7 GND GND Opt8J RS 422 with Handshaking Opt8F Z RS 422 Device 3 TxD B RxD B 2 RxD B TxD B 16 TxD A RxD A 14 RxD A TxD A 7 GND GND RS 422 Device N RxD B TxD B RxD A TxD A GND Opt8J RS 422 Device 3 TxD B RxD B 16 TxD A RxD A 2 RxD B TxD B 14 Rx
20. Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Smartio 8 Ports Serial Board for PCI Bus Jul 1999 2nd Edition The content of this manual is also available in CD ROM and at Moxa Web Site d y La Moxa Technologies Co Ltd id z _ Tel 866 2 8665 6373 uy Fax 886 2 8665 6372 y Mi www moxa com MOXA support moxa com tw TECHNOLOGIES Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreements Copyright Notice Copyright O 1999 Moxa Technologies Co Ltd All rights reserved Reproduction in any form without permission is prohibited Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of Moxa Technologies Co Ltd All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Moxa Moxa provides this document as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the particular purpose Moxa may make improvements and or changes in this manual or in the product s and or the program s described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However Moxa Technologies assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements of rights of the fourth par
21. ards please refer to Section Updating Driver To remove the driver please go to Section Removing Driver Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 1 Installing Driver First Time Installing Driver Following is the procedures for installing the Smarrio C168H PCI driver for the first time under Windows NT 3 51 4 0 Make sure the board s has have already been plugged in the system PCI slot s 1 Please log in NT as Administrator 2 Open Control Panel click Network icon and select Adapters tab 3 Click Add button then Have Disk button in Select Network Adapter dialog box 4 Specify the exact path of the driver diskette A WINDOWS NT Then click OK button 88 3Com Etherlink 11 Adajiter also 11 18 and 11 16 TP EB 3Com Etherlink Ill ISA PCMCIA Adapter IR i 89 3Com EtherLink Ill PCI Bus Master Adapter 3C590 E 3Com Etherlink16 EtherLink16 TP Adapter Insert Disk 3 2 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation 5 Select MOXA Smartio Industio Family multiport board in Select OEM Option dialog box and click OK to start driver installation Select OEM Option EZ Choose a software supported by this hardware manufacturer s disk MOXA Smartio Industio Family multiport board Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box appears 6 Click Add button to open Property dialog box to change port setting and advanced FIFO configuration done autom
22. atically by the system E Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel Board Type MO address INT vector IRG Bus Dev COMNumber Remo Property ax ma 7 Select the newly plugged C168H PCI board from the Board Type pull down list 8 Click on a specific port Item 9 Click Port Setting button to open Port X dialog box Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 3 Board Type C168 PCI Series BusiDey 0 1 1 Fo iittevecten fx Interrupt No in Y Base I O Port Address pa 10 Select a COM number for the specific port from Port Number pull down list Step 11 is optional if you want to assign COM numbers to ports manually 11 Check Auto Enumerating COM Number check box then the subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers For example if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1 then COM 4 will be automatically assigned to Port 2 You may skip Step 12 to 15 if the system doesn t require a special performance tuning 12 Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from Rx FIFO Trigger pull down list Rx FIFO trigger levels at 1 4 8 or 14 bytes are available and the default value is 14 bytes 3 4 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation 13 14 15 16 17 Check Set the change to all ports check box then if desire to apply Rx FIFO Trigger just defined to all ports Select a Tx FIFO Size from Tx FIFO Size pull down list
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24. chine or Kiosk System Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 1 1 I Point of Sale POS System PCI Solution The board complies with PCI Spec 2 1 needing neither switch nor jumper The hardware configuration for the IRQ and Memory addresses is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS Hence the board MUST be plugged first before installing the software driver For more PCI information please refer to Appendix Technical Reference Operating System Support It supports Windows NT Windows 95 98 and DOS with user friendly installation configuration and performance MOXA Serial Comm Tool For application development MOXA provides an easy to use serial communication library PComm under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 With the library it is easy to develop your own applications using sample applications developed with Visual Basic Visual C Borland Delphi etc Utilities such as diagnostic monitor terminal emulation etc are also included for debugging or monitoring the communication status or terminal emulation or even file transferring Features v Compact board size half size Plug and play no switch no jumper Surge isolation protection option High speed 16C550C Communication Controller with on chip hardware flow control no data loss Windows NT 95 98 device drivers and PComm serial comm tool Bus interface 32 bit PCI Number of ports 8 VO address Assigned by PCI BIOS IRQ Assigned by PCI BIOS Data bits 5 6
25. ction This chapter gives the overview and features for C168H PCI Check list and overall installation guide are also included Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter gives details of how to do hardware installation for C168H PCI and connection option Opt8x Chapter 3 Software Installation This Chapter describes the software installation board and ports configuration driver update and removal for various operating systems Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools This Chapter roughly describes the programming tools for various O S platforms including PComm Lite under Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Also RS 485 programming issue is discussed for Opt8J Chapter 5 Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring This Chapter describes the RS 232 422 485 cable wiring for each connection option Opt8x Chapter 6 Troubleshooting This Chapter describes error might happen and possible solutions for C168H PCI Appendix Technical Reference This chapter describes specification PCI UART and DB62 pinouts Table of Contents Introduction inizia zizi ca a E OVerV EW 1 1 Features 1 2 Check List 1 3
26. e ports of the board are initialized successfully 21 Enter the Administrative group click Event Viewer icon and select Log and System to check a message similar to MOXA C168PCI series with first serial port COM3 has been enabled for each configured board 3 6 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation If an error message similar to Cannot find any configured MOXA Smartio Industio series board pops up refer to the Troubleshooting chapter for solutions Once the board and the driver are installed and the driver restarts successfully you can start to develop applications with the PComm library See Serial Programming Tools or the Microsoft Win32 API You can also execute any ready made applications such as PComm utility Terminal emulator See Serial Programming Tools or HyperTerminal to transmit receive data as well as Remote Access Service to provide dial up networking capabilities Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 7 Configuring Board and Port Re configure Port Setting If the driver is installed and only desire to re configure the ports please refer to the following procedures Except procedures listed below it is also allowed to do so by clicking Start E Program Files E MOXA Utility E Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel E Property and then refer to Step 6 21 in the previous section First Time Installing Driver of Windows NT section 1 Ope
27. ition to use RS 485 interface This means the port can transmit data only when RTS is asserted and receive data only when RTS is not asserted half duplex Refer to Chapter Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring for RS 422 RS 485 cable wiring and also to Chapter Serial Programming Tools for Opt8J RS 485 programming details Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 2 5 2 6 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 Software Installation In this chapter the software driver installation configuration and driver update removal procedures are described for various operating systems including Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Before proceeding with the software installation complete the hardware installation first If it is required to develop your own applications please refer to the next chapter Serial Programming Tools for serial programming issues Windows NT Windows NT supports up to 256 serial ports from COM1 to COM256 To fully utilize the advanced features of Windows NT multi process multi thread and pure 32 bit Windows NT device drivers are developed for the Smarrio C168H PCI and other MOXA multiport boards The drivers conform to Win32 COMM API standard To install the driver for the very first time please go directly to Section Installing Driver To re configure the board and port for installed boards please refer to Section Configuring Board and Port To update the driver for installed bo
28. le RS 232 TxD RxD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD GND RS 422 TxD RxD GND Opt8J RTS CTS RS 485 Data GND 8 DB25 DB9 male female DTE DCE 0 55 d 180mA 5V 110mA 12V 160mA 12V 123mm 00mm Window NT 95 98 and DOS The 32 bit Smartio C168H PCI board complies with the PCI specifications 2 1 Hardware configuration for IRQ and I O addresses is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS Hence you must first plug the board before installing the software driver Unlike ISA slots different PCI slots in the same PC may have different bus numbers and device numbers with respect to the PCI specifications The same PCI board will have different system configurations if switching to a different PCI slot Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual A 1 which may be called slot sensitive or slot dependent This may also apply to PCI slots in PC with different motherboard which may use different device number sets For example some use 17 18 19 and 20 for identifying the respective PCI slots but some use 11 12 13 and 14 Due to the slot dependency it is necessary to re configure the software driver once the board is plugged in different PCI slots Up to 4 Smartio C168H PCI boards are allowed in one system When installing more than one boards please remember the order of boards for distinguishing the installed boards UART 16C550C The UART chip 16C550C is an intelligent asynchronous controller supporting one fu
29. lected that your new hardware device equites Fish conca If an error message similar to C168 PCI BusNo x DevNo x Port1 COMx interrupt number is invalid pops up refer to Troubleshooting chapter for solutions If you want to add more boards while the driver has been installed simply plug the Smartio C168H PCI board and Windows 95 98 will automatically detect the newly plugged board and skip to Port Configuration stage to do port setting Up to now the driver installation of the Smart o C168H PCI is complete and successful including the board and port configuration However if changes of the board and port configuration are needed please refer to the next section Configuring Board and Port for more configuration details Once the board and the driver are installed and the driver restarts successfully you can start to develop applications with the PComm library See Serial Programming Tools or the Microsoft Win32 API You can also execute any ready made applications such as PComm utility Terminal emulator See Serial Programming Tools or HyperTerminal to transmit receive data as well as Remote Access 3 20 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation Service to provide dial up networking capabilities Configuring Board and Port If desire to re configure the COM number for the ports of installed boards and drivers under Windows 95 98 please follow procedures
30. lick Have Disk button Add New Hardware Y 5 Type A Windows 95 and click OK button The system will start reading the files from the diskette install From Disk Software Installation 6 Click Next button 7 Click Next button Add New Hardware Wizard Port Configuration Stage After the driver is installed C168 PCI Series Installation dialog box will be displayed automatically and the port mapping is automatically done by the system If one MOXA C168H PCI board had installed previously and another MOXA C168H PCI board was plugged the system will prompt you to do port configuration directly discussed in this section 1 Click on a specific port 2 Click Port Setting button to open Port X dialog box Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 17 F Meta 6900 Interrupt No fn gt Base lO Port Adress po PCI Bus Number Is 0 and Device Number is 11 Port COM No RxFIFO Trig Tx FIFO Size 1_COM3 6 2 COM4 ld 16 3 COMS 14 16 4 COM amp 14 16 5 COM 14 16 6 COMB 14 16 7 COMI 14 16 8 COMIO 14 16 3 Select a COM number for the specific port from Port Number pull down list Step 4 is optional if you want to assign COM numbers to Ports manually 4 Check Auto Enumerating COM Number check box then the subsequent ports are mapped to continuous COM numbers For example if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1 then COM 4 will be automatically a
31. ll duplex channel that simultaneously transfers data at 921 6 Kbps speed To increase the overall data throughput special features such as on chip FIFO and on chip hardware flow control are used to reduce the number of interrupts to the onboard CPU and to prevent any loss of valuable data A 2 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Technical Reference DB62 Connector Pinouts The following lists the pin assignments of the DB62 connector on the bracket Pin No Signal Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 TxDI 22 RxDI 43 CTSI 2 DTRI 23 DSRI 44 RTS1 24 DCDI 45 GND 3 RxD2 25 TxD2 46 CTS2 4 DSR2 26 DTR2 47 RTS2 5 DCD2 6 TxD3 27 RxD3 48 CTS3 7 DTR3 28 DSR3 49 RTS3 29 DCD3 50 GND 8 RxD4 30 TxD4 51 CTS4 9 DSR4 31 DTR4 52 RTS4 10 DCD4 32 GND 11 RxD5 33 TxD5 53 CTS5 12 DSR5 34 DTRS 54 RTS5 13 DCD5 55 GND 14 TxD6 35 RxD6 56 CTS6 15 DTR6 36 DSR6 57 RTS6 37 DCD6 58 GND 16 RxD7 38 TxD7 59 CTS7 17 DSR7 39 DTR7 60 RTS7 18 DCD7 40 GND 19 RxD8 41 TxD8 61 CTS8 20 DSR8 42 DTR8 62 RTS8 21 DCD8 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual A 3 A 4 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Problem Report Form Smart o C168H PCI Moxa Product O C168H PCI Serial Number Moxa Driver version Moxa hardware settings PCI Slot number Operating System O DOS o Windows 95 98 O Windows NT 3 51 0 Windows NT 4 0 O Others PC Host Make Model CPU Speed MHz Make Model BIOS Make Version PCI IRQ Configuration in BIOS iron sla DAWN
32. n Control Panel click Network icon and select Adapters tab 2 Click on MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter in Network Adapters list 3 Click Properties button to open Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box to change port setting and advanced FIFO configuration Network six Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Adapters 8 1 MS Loopback Adapter BP 2 MOXA C218Tubo CP 204 Adapter 6 MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter Add Remove Eropettes Update Item Notes MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter 3 8 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation 4 Click Property button in Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box to open Property dialog box 5 Then please refer to Step 6 to 21 in First Time Installing Driver of Windows NT section Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 9 Add Another C168H PCI Board Configuration If another MOXA C168H PCI board is plugged and needed to be configured please see this section for details Up to four C168H PCI board can be installed in ONE system under Windows NT as long as the system sources is sufficient Except procedures listed below it is also allowed to do so by clicking Start E Program Files MOXA Utility Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel and then also refer to step 6 21 in the previous section First Time Installing Drive
33. n Stage This stage presents the steps for installing the driver for the first time of the first Smartio C168H PCI board The installation of the Smartio C168H PCI board for Windows 95 and Windows 98 are slightly different and will be described in two columns Follow the steps in the left column for Windows 95 or the right column for Windows 98 respectively If one MOXA C168H PCI board had been previously installed and another MOXA C168H PCI board was plugged the system will prompt you to do Port Configuration Stage discussed in the next section and skips this stage 1 Upon detecting the first new Smartio C168H PCI board Windows 95 98 will automatically display a New hardware found message box and then pop up the following dialog boxes Click Next button Windows 95 Update Device Driver Wizard 2 Click Other Locations button Update Device Driver Wizard Windows 98 Add New Hardware Wizard q 2 Select Display a list and click Next button Add New Hardware Wizard gt pe y for the t A e Display a Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 15 3 Type A Windows 95 in the Location field and click OK button in Select Other Location dialog box The system will start reading the files from the diskette Select Other Location A WINDOWS 55 4 Click Finish button 3 16 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 Select Other Devices and click Next button 4 C
34. n turn will contribute communication errors The solution to this problem is to establish the same impedance at the line ends as in the line itself by terminating them with resistors The value of the termination resistor should equal the characteristic impedance of the transmission line The resistors should be added near the receiving side Opt8J F Z RS 422 485 Device 3 TxD B RDB 16 TxD A a 2 RxD A 2 RxD B 2 TXDXB 14 a 1 RxD A TxD A 5 RTSHB CTS B 13 RTS A SS CTS A Opt8J only 4 CTSHB x RTS HB 19 CTS A RTS A Note 1 Stands for termination resistor near the receiving side 2 The suggested termination resistor for AWG 26 cable is 100 ohm 3 The suggested termination resistor for phone cable is 600 ohm Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 5 1 1 5 12 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Troubleshooting Common Smartio C168H PCI errors and possible corresponding solutions are listed below If the problem still cannot be solved by following solutions given contact dealers or Moxa for help or use the Problem Report Form at the end of this manual to report problems to your dealer at once for faster technical support General Troubleshooting 1 The MOXA PCI board cannot be detected by the MOXA driver while installing the driver Hardware causes and solutions A The board is not installed or missing absent Please install it B The board is not pro
35. oxes octopus cable designed for Smartio C168H PCI are Opt8A 8 port RS 232 DB25 female connection box Opt8B 8 port RS 232 DB25 male connection box Opt8C Octopus cable with 8 male RS 232 DB25 ports Opt8D Octopus cable with 8 male RS 232 DB9 ports Opt8S 8 port RS 232 DB25 surge protected female connection box Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 5 1 The followings are pin assignments for various connection options OptsA S DCE DB25 Female o EA gt a Se 2 RxD es mu DSR 20 HE 7 iD a 5 RIS HE 6 DTR roils TD 7 GND 3 y _ 8 DCD 20 DSR Opt8B C DTE DB25 Male 2 TxD 3 RxD 4 RTS 5 CTS 6 DSR 7 GND 8 DCD 20 DTR Opt8D DTE DB9 Male DCD RxD DSR 6 TxD CTS DTR GND DSR RTS CTS 0 DARAN 5 2 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring Type 1 Opt8A S Opt8A S DB25 Female RxD TxD CTS RTS DTR DSR GND DCD Opt8B C Opt8B C DB25 Male TxD RxD RTS CTS DSR DTR GND DCD To connect Smartio C168H PCI to a DTE device A q gt A A LZ SAN ANFWNHY A o 1 b2 Cs L amp U2 b2 va Straight through Cable A PC COM2 port Serial Printer Null Modem Cable 4 Terminal or any DTE Device DTE Device DB25 Male TxD RxD RTS CTS DSR DTR GND DCD o 1 b2 Cs uu b2 D PC COM2 port Serial Printer KA
36. perly plugged in the system If that is the case re plug the board in a 32 bit PCI slot this time Sometimes the slot for plugging the board is malfunctioned In this case try other slots until you find a good one C The motherboard does not have an available IRQ for the C168H PCI board Please enter BIOS and make sure there are available IRQ in PCI PnP settings 2 The MOXA board and driver are activated but cannot transfer transmitting receiving data Hardware Causes and Solutions A Check if cable wiring is connected correctly Please refer to the Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring chapter for correct cable connection Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 6 1 B The cable or the board are probably defective Please try other ports cables or boards to verify it Or use PComm Diagnostic utility testing MOXA boards and port conditions If Diagnostic reports error replace the malfunctioned faulty components Software Causes and Solutions A Smartio C168H PCI board will check the line status CTS before transmitting data if the RTS CTS flow control feature is set to Enable in the configuration or application program Please refer to the Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring chapter for proper wiring and check the line status of the suspected port using the diagnostic LED indicators on the mini tester B The board controlling application might not be correctly written according to the corresponding AP
37. problem in the previous section General Troubleshooting for solutions Windows 95 98 This section is specific for troubleshooting under Windows 95 98 For general problems and solutions please see the previous section General Troubleshooting 1 The system fails to find the Smartio C168H PCI board The board s is are not plugged properly The slot with boards plugging in is defective please try another slot until you find a good one The board might be defective 2 After the system reboots the error message C168H PCI BusNo x DevNo x Port1 COMx interrupt number is invalid appears This indicates that the MOXA board is found but the IRQ is conflicting with other adapter Make sure MOXA board s IRQ is not conflicting with other adapter s Check the PCI BIOS IRQ settings and select an available IRQ for MOXA boards Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 6 3 6 4 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Specification lt lt lt lt cccccccec lt lt lt lt lt PCI Bus interface Number of ports Max boards IRQ T O address Speed bps Data bits Stop bits Parity UART Data signals Connectors Operating temp Power requirement Dimensions Operating Systems A Technical Reference 32 bit PCI PCI Spec 2 1 compliance 8 4 Assigned by PCI BIOS Assigned by PCI BIOS 50 921 6K 5 6 7 8 1 1 5 2 none even odd space mark 8 6C550C or compatib
38. r of Windows NT section 1 Open Control Panel click Network icon and select Adapters tab 2 Click on MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter in Network Adapters list 3 Click Properties button to open Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box Network Be Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Adapters E9 1 MS Loopback Adapter E 2 MOXA C218Turbo CP 204 Adapter 6 MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter Add Bemove Properties Update Item Notes MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter 3 10 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation 4 Then please refer to Step 6 to 21 in First Time Installing Driver of Windows NT section El Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel Ca _ ca Remove Existing C168H PCI Board Configuration By unplugging C168H PCI board the system will automatically remove the configuration Therefore there is no need to do removal action from Moxa Smartio Industio Configuration Panel dialog box Updating Driver To update the driver for the Smart o C168H PCI board simply follow the following procedures 1 Open Control Panel click Network icon and select Adapters tab 2 Click on MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter in the Network Adapter list 3 Click Remove button in Network dialog box 4 Click Close button in Network dialog box 5 Resta
39. rs to Port manually 5 Check Auto Enumerating COM Name check box to assign continuous COM numbers for subsequent ports For example if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1 then COM 4 will be automatically assigned to Port 2 Note Step 6 and 7 are optional if the system doesn t require a special performance tuning 6 Re assign the Rx FIFO Trigger by selecting a number from the pull down list Check Set the change to all ports check box if desire to apply this setting to all ports Rx FIFO trigger levels at 1 4 8 or 14 bytes are available and the default value is 14 bytes 7 Re assign the Tx FIFO Size by selecting a number from the pull down list Check Set the change to all ports check box if desire to apply this setting to 3 22 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation all ports Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available and the default value is 16 bytes a EN K Auto Enumerating COM Number Rx FIFO Trigger 14 IV Set the change to all ports Tx FIFO Size 16 IV Set the change to all ports 8 Click OK button in Port X dialog box 9 Click OK button in C168 PCI Series Properties dialog box 10 Click OK button in Device Manager tab 11 Restart the system to activate the latest configuration Updating Driver This section will discuss how to update the Windows 95 98 driver to enhance the function of the board 1 Open Control Panel
40. rt the system Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 1 1 6 Please refer to Step 1 to 21 in First Time Installing Driver of Windows NT section to install the new driver Removing Driver To remove the driver for the Smart o C168H PCI board 1 Open Control Panel click Network icon and select Adapters tab 2 Click on MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter in the Network Adapter list 3 Click Remove button in Network dialog box Network 24x Identification Services Protacols Adapters Bindings Network Adapters S9 1 MS Loopback Adapter 119 2 MOXA C218Turbo CP 204 Adapter 6 MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter Add Bemove Eropertes Update Item Notes MOXA Smartio Industio Family Adapter 4 Click Close button to exit Network dialog box 5 Restart the system to activate the new configuration 3 12 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation Windows 95 98 Windows 95 98 driver supports up to 128 serial ports from COM1 to COM128 To fully utilize the advanced features of Windows 95 98 multi process multi thread and pure 32 bit Windows 95 98 virtual device port drivers VxD compliant with communication drivers VCOMM are developed for the Smarrio C168H PCI and other MOXA multiport boards The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard To install the driver for the first time or to add more boards please go directly to Section Ins
41. ssigned to Port 2 You may skip Step 5 to 8 if the system doesn t require a special performance tuning 5 Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from Rx FIFO Trigger pull down list Rx FIFO trigger levels at 1 4 8 or 14 bytes are available and the default value is 14 bytes 3 18 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation 6 Check Set the change to all ports check box then if desire to apply Rx FIFO Trigger just defined to all ports 7 Select a Tx FIFO Size from Tx FIFO Size pull down list Tx FIFO sizes from 1 to 16 bytes are available and the default value is 16 bytes 8 Check Set the change to all ports check box then the if desire to apply Tx FIFO Size just defined to all ports 9 Click OK button in Port X dialog box to confirm the port setting 10 Click OK button in Property dialog box to complete the port setting Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 19 Board and Port Ready Stage Board and Port Ready Stage for Windows 95 and Windows 98 is a slight different In this last stage you will complete the driver installation Windows 95 Windows 98 After the port configuration you can immediately After the port configuration click Finish button use the COM ports of the Smartio C168H PCI The COM ports of the Smartio C168H PCI board board without restarting Windows 95 can be used without restarting Windows 98 NS 168 PCI Series Windows has finished installing the software you se
42. talling Driver To re configure the ports for installed boards please refer to Section Configuring Board and Port To update the driver please go to Section Updating Driver To remove the driver please go to Section Removing Driver Pp g Installing Driver You can easily plug the Smart o C168H PCI board and work right away with very little installation efforts under Windows 95 98 supporting Plug and Play capability Windows 95 98 will automatically detect the presence of the newly plugged board and prompt you to install the software driver for the first time In this case you need the driver diskette At most 4 Smartio C168H PCI boards can be installed in ONE system as long as the VO addresses and IRQ number resources are sufficient and available in the system The following flow chart illustrates the driver installation stages of the Smartio C168H PCI boards Each stage will be discussed later Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 3 13 Install the Smartio PCI board in the system Start Windows 95 98 to detect the board Driver installed before Install the driver with the diskette See Section First Time Driver Installation Stage Configure the port See Section Port Configuration Stage The ports of the Smartio C168H PCI Board are ready to work See Section Board and Port Ready Stage 3 14 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Software Installation First Time Driver Installatio
43. ties which may result from its use This product could include technical or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes may be incorporated in new editions of the publication MOXA Internet Services Customer s satisfaction is always our number one concern To ensure that customers get the full benefit of our services Moxa Internet Services have been built for technical support product inquiry new driver update user s manual update etc The followings are the services we provide E mail for technical support address support moxa com tw FTP site for free driver update address ftp moxa com or ftp moxa com tw user ID ftp password your_email_address World Wide Web WWW Site for product info address www moxa com or www moxa com tw About This Manual This manual is composed of six Chapters and one Appendix This manual is written for installer system administrator and software programmer If you are a first time installer and system administrator we recommend you to go through the whole manual except Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools If you are a software programmer you may refer to Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools If you need cable wiring information please see Chapter 5 Connection Option Opt8x and Cable Wiring If you encounter any problem during installation please refer to Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Chapter 1 Introdu
44. tion correctly To run Diagnostic program click Start and select Program Files and PComm Lite and Diagnostic PComm Diagnostic Ele Diagnose Help i Tebetested A cc Eni C168 PCI Series Dev 10 Bus 0 IRO 11 1 0 D800 Communication Parameter 921600 None 8 1 Driver Version 5 1 OS Version Windows 4 10 Build 1998 Internal Loopback Te Tx Rx UART Q OK COM3 B1 OK COM4 B2 OK OK COMS P3 OK OK COM6 B4 OK OK COM7 B5 OK OK COM8 P6 OK OK COM9 B7 OK OK COM10 P8 OK OK IRQ Test TRO 11 OK Test Time 06 08 99 14 23 48 ay Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 4 3 Monitor for MOXA boards under Windows NT Only A useful port status monitoring program allows you to watch over the selected MOXA COM ports It monitors data transmitting receiving throughput and communication line status that are updated and displayed on the screen at time intervals By clicking on the specific displayed port you can visualize the current communication parameters and status of that port To run Monitor program click Start and select Program Files and PComm Lite and Monitor PEomm Monitor ax Port Count Tx CPS Tx Count Rx CPS Rx RTS CTS DIR DSR DCD vons 126976 1024 125264 1010 00000 126976 1024 126976 1024 0000 125952 1015 126760 1022 e 125952 1015 126300 1018 e 125952 1015 126032 1016
45. trol RS 485 2 wire transmission Solution 1 The following model is common in RS 485 2 wire transmission sio_SetWriteTimeouts port 0 Set sio_write into block mode sio_RTS port 1 Turn on RTS signal The RS 485 port is ready for t ransmitting data sio_write port buff 10 Write 10 byte characters in buff The function bl ocks until last character transmitted sio_RTS port 0 Turn off RTS signal The RS 485 port is ready for receiving data sio_read port buff 10 Read 10 bytes 4 6 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Serial Programming Tools Solution 2 There s a dedicated RS 485 function in PComm library It integrates the above functions of solution 1 regarding sending data as one sio_putb_x port buff tick 1 Turn on RTS and ready for transmitting data 2 Send data 3 Wait for tick time 4 Turn off RTS and ready for receiving data For more information on these functions please refer to PComm library on line Help file for Windows NT and Windows 95 98 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 4 7 4 8 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 5 Connection Option Opt8x amp Cable Wiring In serial data communications the term DTE is for Data Terminal Eguipment like terminal or PC COM1 2 The term DCE is for Data Communication Equipment like modem Their precise pinouts and cable wiring are as follows RS 232 Cable Wiring for Opt8A B C D S RS 232 8 port connection b
46. y therefore these two utilities won t work on other serial boards but only on MOXA boards After PComm is successfully installed simply click Start and select Program Files and the PComm Lite group to select a list of utilities and documents Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual 4 1 PComm Programming Library The serial communication library helps you to develop programs for serial communications for any COM port complying with Microsoft Win32 API It facilitates the implementation of multi process and multi thread serial communication programs and hence remarkably reduces developing time This serial communication library provides a complete library function and sample programs for Visual C Visual Basic and Delphi To view the detailed function description and sample programs please click Start E Program Files E PComm Lite E PComm Lib Help PComm Porting Notes or PComm Programming Guide or refer to the sample programs in the PComm directory Utility The followings are brief descriptions of each utility For more information about each utility please see the on line help in the diskette 4 2 Smartio C168H PCI User s Manual Serial Programming Tools Diagnostic for MOXA boards only A convenient diagnostic program ONLY for MOXA boards and ports provides internal and external testing including IRQ TxD RxD UART CTS RTS DTR DSR DTR DCD testing etc It will verify if both the software and hardware func

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