Multi-Tech Systems ISI4608-PCI Bedienungsanleitung

ISI4608-PCI & ISI4604-PCI User Guide[...]

User Guide P/N S0000112, Revision C Model ISI4608-PCI This publication may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without prior expressed written permission from Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2001 by Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. Multi- Tech Systems, Inc. makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents he[...]

Contents Chapter 1Introduction and Description .............................. 5 Introduction to the IntelligentSerialInterface .......................................... 6 Product Description ................................................................................ 6 How to Use This Manual .................................................[...]

Chapter 3: Driver Installation (continued) Linux Driver for Multi-T ech ISI460x-PCI Server Cards .......................... 4 5 LINUX: Pre-Installation Issues ...................................................... 4 5 LINUX: Copying the driver from the media ................................... 4 5 LINUX: Copying and untarring the driver from CD-ROM[...]

Chapter 1—Introduction and Description[...]

6 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Introduction to the Intelligent Serial Interface The Intelligent Serial Interface cards, model ISI4608-PCI and ISI4604- PCI, are hardware solutions for adding fast serial ports to communication servers and async hosts that have 32-bit PCI bus architecture. Serial ports are essential to  Communication servers that pool mo[...]

7 Chapter 1 — Introduction and Description communications activity of your local and remote terminals. Using the ISI460x-PCI to provide additional serial connections enables your systems processor to perform more efficiently since the ISI460x-PCI handles all byte-by-byte interrupts generated by asynchronous terminals and stores the data in buf[...]

8 ISI4608-PCI User Guide ISI460x-PCI Applications The ISI460x-PCI is an ideal solution for adding ports when a powerful microcomputer used as a server or host lacks enough connectivity to accommodate the desired number of users. The ISI4608-PCI provides eight additional serial ports with every card installed, with a potential of four additional car[...]

9 Chapter 1 — Introduction and Description  Temperature: 32° to 120°F (0° to 50°C)  Po we r: 0.1 amp @ +12v DC 0.1 amp @ -12v DC 1 amp @ +5v DC  Base I/O Address: One 16-byte address space per card  Interrupt Request (IRQ): One IRQ per card (can be shared)  Warranty: Two years Manufactured in Mounds View, MN, U.S.A.[...]

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Chapter 2 — Hardware Installation[...]

12 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Introduction This chapter describes installation of the Multi-Tech ISI4608-PCI as an expansion card in your PCI bus computer. Safety W arnings T elecom 1 . Never install telephone wiring during a lightning storm. 2 . Never install telephone jacks in wet locations unless the jack is specifically designed for wet locations. [...]

13 Chapter 2 — Hardware Installation 4 . To avoid damaging the ISI4608-PCI card and your PC, make sure your computer and any peripheral equipment connected to it are turned off. The ISI4608-PCI can be installed in a PC-AT, 386, 486, or Pentium equivalent PCI bus computer. 5 . Remove the cover of your computer as instructed in your computers do[...]

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Chapter 3 — Driver Installation[...]

16 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Figure 2-2. Octopus Cable 1 0 . Turn on the power to the computer. You now are ready to install the software/drivers. Introduction The ISI460x-PCI ships with drivers for each of the following operating systems: Windows ® 2000 Server and Advanced Server, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Novell Netware, SCO O[...]

17 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation Installing ISI460x-PCI Software for Windows 2000 NOTE: A series of installation wizard screens will appear repeatedly during this pr ocedure (step 12). This is not an err or . Do not discontinue the pr ocedur e when the installation wizar d screens repeatedly appear . 1 . Shut down Windows 2[...]

18 ISI4608-PCI User Guide 5 . Windows 2000 will detect the ISI460x-PCI card. The Found New Hardware Wizard- Welcome screen will appear. Click Next . 6 . The Install Hardware Device Drivers screen appears. Select "Search for a suitable driver ..." and click Next .[...]

19 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 7 . The Locate Driver Files screen appears (Windows 2000 is seeking the driver for the ISI460x-PCI card). Select CD-ROM drives and click Next . 8 . The Driver File Search Results screen appears. Click Next .[...]

20 ISI4608-PCI User Guide 9 . A progress screen will appear briefly while files are being copied. 1 0 . A completion screen will appear. Click Finish .[...]

21 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 11. Immediately after the ISI driver installation has been completed, another Found New Hardware screen will appear briefly indicating that the MultiTech ISI Port has been detected. A second sequence of installation wizard screens appears. This sequence of screens deals with the setting up o[...]

22 ISI4608-PCI User Guide 12. T h e Install Hardware Device Drivers screen appears. Select Search for a suitable driver ...  and click Next . 13. The Locate Driver Files screen appears (Windows 2000 is seeking the ISI Port device driver). Select CD-ROM drives and click Next . 14. The Driver Files Search Results screen will indicate that[...]

23 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation isiport.inf file has been found on the CD-ROM. Click Next . 1 5 . A completion screen will appear. It will indicate that the first MultiTech ISI Port has been set up successfully. Click Finish .[...]

24 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Notice that the auto-detection facility of Windows 2000 will repeat the ISI Port installation sequence 7 more times for the ISI4608- PCI, or 3 more times for the ISI4604-PCI. That is, the Found New Hardware -- MultiTech ISI Port screen will appear many times after the ISI driver has been located. On this screen, the [...]

25 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 4. The ISI Management setup screen appears. At the Welcome screen, click Next . 5. A progress screen appears while files are copied. If the Error Creating WWW Server message appears, it may indicate that there was an attempt to install the ISI Management Software on a client version of Windows 2000. (Th[...]

26 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Remove ISI460x-PCI Driver (Windows 2000) 1. Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel . 2. Click on Add/Remove Hardware . Click Next . 3. Click on Uninstall/Unplug a device and click Next . 4. In the subsequent screen, click on Uninstall a device and click Next . 5. At the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard screen, highli[...]

27 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 6. The Select Network Adapter dialog box appears. Click Have Disk . 7. The Insert Disk dialog box appears. Type or browse for the path (file directory location) of the Windows NT driver (for example, E:SERVCARDDRIVERSWINNTSETUP.EXE). Click OK . 8. The Select OEM Option dialog box appears. Click OK .[...]

28 ISI4608-PCI User Guide 9. The ISI Cards dialog box appears. Click Add . 10. Then the ISI Card Settings dialog box appears. Enter the correct port count:  allocate 4 ports for ISI4604-PCI cards;  allocate 8 ports for the ISI4608-PCI cards. Select the first port number for modems, which is usually COM3. Click "PCI" in the Bus Type [...]

29 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 12. The file is copied and "Multi-Tech ISI4608-PCI Adapter" appears in the Network Adapters box. Click Close . 13. When prompted about restarting your computer, click Yes . The ISI460x-PCI card software is now installed in Windows NT. Removing ISI4608x-PCI Card and Driver in Windows NT 3.51/4.[...]

30 ISI4608-PCI User Guide I/O Addresses and IRQ Codes Unlike the ISI4608, the ISI460x-PCI has no DIP switch for I/O addresses and no jumper to determine the IRQ code. The input/output address and the interrupt request code (IRQ) for the ISI460x-PCI are assigned automatically during driver installation. During any subsequent re- configuring of your [...]

31 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation ISI460x-PCI Software Installation Procedure for Windows 95/98/Me 1. Turn off the computer. 2. The ISI460x-PCI card must be installed in a PCI expansion slot in the computer. If not, follow the computer manufacturer's instructions concerning installation of expansion cards. Observe standard precauti[...]

32 ISI4608-PCI User Guide 6. (Follow either 6A or 6B, but not both.) A . From Windows Explorer, open the 95-98-Me directory on the CD-ROM (for example, E:SERVCARDDRIVERS95-98- MeSETUP.EXE) or floppy drive that contains the ISI driver file. Highlight the file setup.exe . B. From the Start menu, go to Run . Browse to the path of the 95-98-Me dire[...]

33 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 9. Under Select Type of Card , do not check the Install ISA Card box. Click Next . 10. A completion screen appears. 11. When prompted to restart your computer, click Yes and click OK .[...]

34 ISI4608-PCI User Guide 1 2 . During the re-start process, Windows 95/98/Me will detect the ISI460x-PCI card. The Add New Hardware Wizard screen will appear. Click Next . 13. The next screen asks, What do you want Windows to do? Click on Search for the best driver for your device. Click Next . 14. When asked for the location at which Windows 95/9[...]

35 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 1 8 . To view the COM ports, click Control Panel and double-click System . The System Properties dialog box appears. The MultiTech PCI ISI Card is located under Multi Port Adapter . Click Ports (COM & LPT) to view the ports. Click OK to close. Removing the ISI460x-PCI Driver (Windows 95/98/Me) 1 . C[...]

36 ISI4608-PCI User Guide The file AIOMTS.MDC contains Novell (version 3.12 and higher) initialization strings for ISI products not previously listed for use with BorderManager and Netware Connect. T h e file AIOMTS.MDC is included on the ISI Product Family CD. To benefit from the AIOMTS.MDC file, you must copy it from the CD to the appropriate dir[...]

37 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation f:systemaiodirectory . Click Yes to overwrite the existing aiomdms.mdc file. Configuring Ports for NetWare Connect When the driver is installed, it will allocate consecutive ports for the ISI card as follows:  8 consecutive ports for the ISI4608-PCI.  4 consecutive ports for the ISI4604-PCI. To[...]

38 ISI4608-PCI User Guide # cd /mnt # cd servcard/drivers/sco50x #cp isisco.tar / # cd < ENTER > T o format a floppy disk for SCO5: 1. At the Unix prompt, run the scosh program. 2. Select Manager . 3. Select Archive . 4. Select Format . 5. Make sure that Device is pointed to the floppy drive. 6. Select Continue . T o untar the driver file and[...]

39 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation - Select Create . - Press space bar to highlight tmp/ and usr/ directories. - Press ENTER to copy. - Make sure Device is pointed to the floppy disk. - Make sure that the Type is cpio. - Select Continue . 5. To verify that the files have been copied onto the floppy disk, use these commands: # scosh[...]

40 ISI4608-PCI User Guide 9. As many as four ISI cards can be installed in the server. Type 0 . Because the ISI460x-PCI card has a PCI bus, SCO can detect how many ISI cards are present. (For ISA-bus cards, the number of cards, 1, 2, 3, or 4, must be specified overtly.) For further details see MultiTech Installation Script step 1. 10. Type the numb[...]

41 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation (0-4): Select 0 if your computer has a PCI bus. This tells the SCO operating system to autodetect the ISI cards. 2 . The following text appears on the screen: Multi_View is a utility which will allow you to have multiple sessions on terminals that have multiple pages of physical memory. In order for thi[...]

42 ISI4608-PCI User Guide q). For most users, its best to select y , which entails accepting the default values. Then proceed to step 4. Details for use of non-default port/printer values . The /dev directory holds device-information files used by the kernel to access the hardware. When you add an ISI card, you must give the ISI ports unique nam[...]

43 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation Printer base name selected: _________________ When you have specified the device base name and the printer base name, press ENTER to continue. 4 . The confirmation screen lists the values you have selected. The following text appears on the screen (default values are shown): You have chosen the followin[...]

44 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Activating Ports in SCO Open Server 5 SCO Open Server 5 provides a device database that monitors the activity of serial ports through which users can log onto the host. If your ISI ports are used by terminals (e.g., to allow users to log onto your host), you must create an entry in the systems device database that furni[...]

45 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation Note: Only one of the options (e.g., modem control or local terminal access) should be enabled for any port at one time. For example, you cannot enable t tyl1a and then enable ttyl1A . To change the status of a port, disable the current status ( disable ttyl1a ) and then enable it for the desired status[...]

46 ISI4608-PCI User Guide LINUX: Copying and untarring the driver from CD-ROM 1. Mount the CD-ROM using this command: mount /mnt/cdrom 2. Change directory cd /mnt/cdrom 3. List the files on the CD-ROM and locate the directory for the kernel in use (2.0 or 2.2/2.4), using this command ls 4. Untar the appropriate Linux driver using this command: >[...]

47 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation 3. Copy files from floppy to a temporary directory on hard drive. > mkdir /isi > cd /isi > cp /mnt/floppy/kernel_2.2.x/* /isi After you have copied the installation tar file to a folder, use the command 'tar xvf isilinux.tar' to untar (unzip or de-compress) the installation files in t[...]

48 ISI4608-PCI User Guide The ISI460x-PCI cards and their configurations will be auto-detected by the driver. You can manually load the firmware into all of the installed ISI cards simultaneously by executing the 'frmld' utility in the installation folder. The firmware to all the installed cards can be manually loaded by executing the &ap[...]

49 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation In these expressions ( ttyMxy and cumxy ), the letter x is the card number (1-4), and y is the port designator (a, b, c, ...). The ISI Linux driver creates the following TTY devices in /dev directory: - /dev/ttyM1a TO /dev/ttyM1p for the first ISI card - /dev/ttyM2a TO /dev/ttyM2p for the second ISI car[...]

50 ISI4608-PCI User Guide LINUX -- Dial-in configuration: To configure a particular port for dial-in, utilities like 'mgetty' need to be installed on the system. If, for example, the port /dev/ttyM2c needs to be configured for a remote-access dial-in connection, an entry of the form ' M2c:12345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyM2c ' need[...]

51 Chapter 3 — Software/Driver Installation T o view busy I/O address space on your system, enter: cat /proc/ioports T o view busy IRQs, enter: cat /proc/interrupts T o load the driver manually , use insmod . Example: T o load two ISI cards configured with base I/O addresses 0x210 and 0x200 and IRQs 5 and 10, enter the following in the destinatio[...]

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Chap 4: W arranty , Service, & T ech Support[...]

54 ISI4608-PCI User Guide W arranty , Service & T ech Support Limited W arranty Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., (hereafter MTS) warrants that its products will be free from defects in material or workmanship for a period of two, five, or ten years (depending on model) from date of purchase, or if proof of purchase is not provided, two, five, or[...]

55 Chapter 4 — Service, Warranty, and Tech Support telephone number, and if the product is out of warranty, a check or purchase order for repair charges. Extended two-year overnight replacement agreements are available for selected products. Please refer to our Overnight Replacement Agreement for details on rates and coverages. Please direct your[...]

56 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Out of W arranty Repair Cost Charts See the Multi-Tech web site for current repair rates. Upgrades and Product Support via Internet You can access updated versions of firmware, drivers, flash utility programs and other software-related support for ISI4608-PCI or ISI4604-PCI server cards via the MultiTech web site and/or th[...]

57 Chapter 4 — Service, Warranty, and Tech Support Recording ISI460x-PCI Information Please fill in the following information on your Multi-Tech product. This will help tech support in answering your questions. Serial No.: _______________________________________ Firmware Version: _________________________________ Driver Version: _________________[...]

58 ISI4608-PCI User Guide The Licensee hereby agrees not to provide or otherwise make available any portion of this software in any form to any third party without the prior express written approval of Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. Licensee is hereby informed that this Software contains confidential, proprietary, and valuable trade secrets developed by [...]

59 Chapter 4 — Service, Warranty, and Tech Support agreement supersedes any proposal or prior agreement. Licensee further agrees that this License Agreement is the complete and exclusive Statement of Agreement, and supersedes oral, written, or any other communications between Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. and Licensee relating to the subject matter of[...]

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Appendices[...]

62 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Appendix A — Crossover Cable Wiring Diagrams The following wiring diagrams illustrate the types of cables that should be used to make the connection between specific devices and the ISI4608-PCI card. The ports on each card are wired according to the RS232 standard for data terminal equipment (DTE) that implements a male [...]

63 Appendices 25-pin ISI connector 25-pin DTE device Figure A3. DB25-to-DB25 crossover cable[...]

64 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Appendix B — Regulatory Information Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installati[...]

65 Appendices EMC, Safety, and R&TTE Directive Compliance The CE mark is affixed to the enclosed MultiTech product to confirm compliance with the following European Community Directives: Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility; and Council Directive 7[...]

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Index[...]

68 ISI4608-PCI User Guide Index A activating ports in SCO 44 B base I/O address 9 baud rates 8 bus types 8 C cables 8 crossover 13, 62 octopus 13 wiring diagrams 62 CE mark 65 computer requirements 8 configuration ports in Netware 37 connector DB78S female 13 connectors 8 D DB78S female connector 1 3 dimensions 8 E electrical specifications 8 enabl[...]

69 Index in Windows 2000 17 in Windows 95/98/Me 31 in Windows NT 26 K kernel versions, Linux 45 L Linux, install in 45 M manual how to use 7 O octopus cable 16 on-line warranty registration 59 P port activation SCO 43 port allocation Linux 48 Netware 37 SCO 41 Windows 2000 21 Windows 95/98/Me 34 Windows NT 28 power 9 PP P , info for Linux 50 produc[...]

U uninstall ISI driver Linux 51 Netware 37 SCO 45 Windows 2000 26 Windows 95/98/Me 35 Windows NT 29 W warranty 9 on-line registration 59 Windows 2000 ISI460x-PCI install 17 uninstall driver 26 Windows 95/98/Me ISI460x-PCI install 31 uninstall driver 35 Windows NT ISI460x-PCI install 26 uninstall driver 29[...]