Moxa Technologies CP-102U/UL manual

CP-102U/UL User ’ s Manual 2-Port RS-232 Serial Board for Universal PCI Bus Second Edition, December 2004 www .moxa.com/product Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 Fax: +886-2-8919-1231 Web: www.moxa.com MOXA Technical Support Worldwide: support@moxa.com.tw The Americas support@moxa.com[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual The software d escribed in this manual is fur nished under a l icense agreement an d may be use d only in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright  2004 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproducti on without perm ission is prohibi ted. Trademarks MOXA is a re gistered tra[...]

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 1-1 Overview....................................................................................................................... ........... 1-2 Applications .................................................[...]

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1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Moxa’ s CP-102U/UL Universal PCI se rial board meets t he new slot standard for expansion boa rds, and works wi th both 3. 3V an d 5V PC I slots. The board has two independe nt RS-232 seri al ports for connecting data acquisition eq uipment and other serial devices to a PC. The following topics are covered in this chapt[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview Smartio—The Smart Multip ort Async Solution CP-102U/UL is one of the ne west members of M oxa’ s well-known Smartio series of multiport serial boards, in which Smartio stands for Smart Mu ltiport serial I/O solution. The 2-port RS-232 CP-102U/UL board is desi gned for the pl ug-and-pl ay 32-b[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Applications The CP-102U/ UL board is su itable for ma ny dif ferent applicat ions, including: ! Internet/Intranet Connections ! Remote Access ! Multi-user Applications ! Industrial Automation ! Office Automation ! Telecomm unications ! PC-based Ve nding Machines and Kiosks ! POS (Poi nt-of-Sale) Systems [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Introduction 1-4 Installation Flowchart The following flowch art gives a brief summary of th e procedure you should follow to in stall the CP-102U/UL board and which c hapters to refer to fo r more detailed information: Install the board in a PCI or PCI-X expansion sl ot. Chapter 2, “Hardw are Installatio n” Install t[...]

2 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The CP-102U/UL Series hardware installation procedure is described in this chapter . Since the CP-102U/UL board’ s IRQ number and I/O addresses ar e assigned auto matically by the PCI BIOS, the board MU ST be plugged in be fore installing t he driver . The following topics are covered in this chapter: ! Block D[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Hardware Installation 2-2 Block Diagrams CP-102U 120 mm 41.7 mm MU860 55 mm 121 mm 80 mm CP-102U CP-102UL 120 m m [4 .72 i n] 41.7 mm [1.64 in] MU860 16 mm [0.63 in] 121 mm [4.76 in] 64.5 mm [2.53 in] CP-102UL[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Hardware Installation 2-3 Plugging the Board into an Expansion Slot Since the CP- 102U/UL board’ s IRQ number and I/ O address are automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS, the b oard MUST be pl ugged into one of the com puter ’ s expansion slot s before inst alling the driver . St e p 1 : Power off the PC. WARNING To a[...]

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3 3 Chapter 3 Software Installation In this chapter , installation, conf iguration, and update/ removal proced ures for the d river are give n for W indows (2003 /XP , 2000, 98/95 , NT), DOS, Linux, and SCO. Before proceeding with th e software installation, complete the hardware installatio n discussed in the previous chapter, “Hardware Installa[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-2 Windows Drivers MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use the fo llowing serial board produ cts under W indow s 2003/XP/2000, W indows 98/95, and W indows NT . ! Universal PCI Boards: CP-118U, CP-16 8U, CP-104UL, CP-104JU, CP-102U, CP-10 2UL, CP-134U, CP-134U-I , CP-132UL, CP-132UL-I V2 (CP-132[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-3 Windows 2003/XP In this section, we descri be the installation proced ure for W indows XP . The instal lation procedure for W indow s 2003 is similar . W indows 2003/XP support up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. In order to utilize fully W indows 2003/XP’ s multi-process/multi-thread [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-4 3. Select Search for the best driver in these locations , check Include this location in the search , and then click on Browse . Navigat e to the CP-102U_ULSoftwa reW in2K-XP-2003 folder on the so ftware CD, and then click on Next to conti nue. 4. W ait while th e installation wizard search es[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-5 5. W ait while the dr iver software is installed. 6. The next window shows t he model nam e of the board, a nd indicates that Wind ows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to proceed with the rest of the installation procedure.[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-6 7. The Found New Hardwar e W izard window will open to help you install the driver for MOXA Port 0. Select Insta ll from a list or specific location (Advanced) , and then cl ick on Next to procee d. 8. Select Search for the best driver in these locations , check Include this location in the searc[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-7 9. W ait while th e installation wizard search es. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’ t passed W indows Logo testin g, the driver ha s been tested and shown that i t can support t he W indows OS. Cl ick on Continue Anyway t o proceed. 10. W ait while the w[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-8 11. After all files have been copied to the system, the Completing the Found New Hardware Wiz ar d window will open to indicate that it has finish ed installing Port 0 . Click on Finish to proceed with the rest of t he installation. 12. Repeat S tep 7 through St ep 1 1 for the rem aining port.[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-9 13. The Found Ne w Hardware pop-up window will reappear to inform you that the hardware was installed successfully . Configuring the Ports After the driver has been installed, use Device Ma nager to configure the CP-102U/UL serial ports. 1. Click on St a r t # Settings # Contr ol Panel # System ,[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-10 3. Basic inf ormation about the board is displayed on the General page. Click on the Ports Configuration tab to configure the board’ s serial ports. 4. Click on the port you would like to configur e to highlight it, and then click on Port S etting .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-11 5. Select a COM num ber for the p ort from the Port Number pull-down list. 6. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number chec kbox to m ap subsequent p orts automatically . The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM 3 is assigned to P ort 1, then COM 4 (if not al ready occupie[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-12 9. Click on OK to save the po rt settings, an d then click on OK in the Pr operty window to finish the port setti ngs procedure. Using MOXA PComm Utility The PComm Diagnostic prog ram is a use ful tool for c hecking the st atus of MOXA ’ s mult iport boards. The prog ram can be used t o test i[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-13 Removing the Driver 1. T o un install the driver , click on St a r t # Settings # Control Panel # System , select the Hardwar e tab, and then click on Device Manager . Use the mouse to plac e the cursor over the CP-102U/ UL Series board under Multiport serial adapters , and then click the right [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-14 3. The Device M anager window refreshes automatically , show ing that the driver and ports for the CP-102U/ UL Series board have been re moved. Windows 2000 In this section, we descri be the installation proced ure for W indows 2000. W indows 2000 supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to CO[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-15 1. After plugging the board in to an expansion slot and powering on your PC, W indows 2000 will automatically detect the ne w board, and the Found New Hardwar e window will open. 2. When the W elcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard wi ndow opens, click on Ne xt to continue.[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-16 3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) , and then click on Next to continue. 4. Select Specify a locati on and then click on Next to continue.[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-17 5. Navigate t o the CP-102U_ULSoftwareWin2K-XP-2003 folder on the software CD, and then click on OK to continue. 6. Click on Next to copy the driver files to your system. 7. W ait while th e installation wizard search es. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software has[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-18 8. W ait while th e files are copied to your hard drive. 9. The next window shows t he model num ber of the board, a nd indicates that W indows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to continue with the rest of the installation procedure.[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-19 10. The Found Ne w Hardware window will reappear and indicate that the board’ s ports are being installed. 11. The installation procedure is finished when the window closes. At this poin t, you can assume that the board and all of its ports have been installed successfully . Configuring the Po[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-20 3. Basic inf ormation about the board is displayed on the General page. Click on the Ports Configuration tab to configure the board’ s serial ports. 4. Click on the port you would like to configur e to highlight it, and then click on Port S etting .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-21 5. Select a COM num ber for the p ort from the Port Number pull-down list. 6. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number chec kbox to m ap subsequent p orts automatically . The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM 3 is assigned to P ort 1, then COM 4 (if not al ready occupie[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-22 9. Click on OK to save the po rt settings, an d then click on OK in the Pr operty window to finish the port setti ngs procedure. Using MOXA PComm Utility The PComm Diagnostic prog ram is a use ful tool for c hecking the st atus of MOXA ’ s mult iport boards. The prog ram can be used t o test i[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-23 Removing the Driver 1. T o un install the driver , click on St a r t # Settings # Control Panel # System , select the Hardwar e tab, and then click on Device Manager . Use the mouse to plac e the cursor over the CP-102U/ UL Series board under Multiport serial adapters , and then click the right [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-24 3. The Device M anager window refreshes automatically , show ing that the driver and ports for the CP-102U/ UL Series board have been re moved. Windows 95/98 In this section, we descri be the installation proced ure for W indows 98. T he installation proce dure for W indows 95 is similar . The W[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-25 1. After plugging the board into an expansion slo t and powering on your PC, W indows 98 will automatically d etect the new bo ard, and display the Found N ew Hardware window . When the Add New Hardware Wiz ard window opens , click on Next to continue. 2. Select Display a list of all the drivers[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-26 3. Select Other Devices and then click on Next to proceed. 4. Click on Have Dis k . 5. Use the Br owse butto n to navigate to the CP-102U_ULS oftwar eWi n9xW indows.95 folder on the Documentat ion and Software C D, and the n click on OK .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-27 6. Click on CP-102U/UL Series [8-23-2004] to highlight it, and then click on Next . 7. V erify that the CP-1 02U/UL Series driver will be installed, and then click on Next .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-28 8. Basic configuration information will be displayed in the CP-102U/UL Series Insta llation window . Click on OK to complete the installation of the board. 9. This completes the installation of the CP-1 02U/UL board. Click on Finish to exit the Add New Hardware W izard . NOTE If an erro r messag[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-29 Configuring the Ports Follow the p rocedures give n below to re -configure the board’ s COM port s. Since CP-102U/UL is a Universal PCI boar d, when a new board is add ed or an existing board is removed, the board’ s configuration will be adde d or removed automatically by the operating syst[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-30 3. Basic inf ormation about the board is displayed on the General page. Click on the Ports Configuration tab to configure the board’ s serial ports. 4. Click on the port you would like to configur e to highlight it, and then click on Port S etting .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-31 5. Select a COM num ber for the p ort from the Port Number pull-down list. 6. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number chec kbox to m ap subsequent p orts automatically . The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM3 is assigned to P ort 1, then COM 4 (if not al ready occupied[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-32 2. Click on a MOXA CP-102 U/UL board under Moxa Smartio/Industio m ultiport board to highlight it, and then click on Properties . 3. Select the Driver t ab, and click on Update Driver… .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-33 4. Click on Next . 5. Select Display a list of all the drivers in a specifi c location, so you c an select the driver you want. , and then click on Next .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-34 6. In the next window , the CP-10 2U/UL Series option shou ld already be highlighted . Click on Have Disk… and then navigate to the folder that contain s the new driver file. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver update procedu re. Removing the Driver This section explain[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-35 2. Click on the MOXA Smartio/Industio Driver option and then click on Add/Remove to start the driver removal process. 3. Click on Ye s to conf irm that you want to remove the driver . 4. Click on OK .[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-36 Windows NT W indows NT supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. T o utilize fully W indows NT’ s multi-pr ocess and multi-thread advanced f eatur es, pure 32-bit W indows NT device drivers were develo ped for the C P-102U/UL boards and other MOXA multiport boards. The drivers conf[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-37 6. Select MOXA Smartio/Industio Family multipo rt board in the Select OEM Option window , and then click on OK to start installing the driver . 7. The Moxa Smarti o/Industio Configuration Panel window appears. Click on Add to open the Property configuration window to change port settin gs and se[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-38 2. Select the boa rd whose port s you wis h to configure to highlight it , and then click on Proper ty . 3. Select the just installed CP-102U/UL board from the Board T ype pull-d own list, click on a specific port to highlight it, and then click on Port Se tting to configu re the po rt.[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-39 4. Select a COM num ber for the p ort from the Port Number pull-down list. 5. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number chec kbox to m ap subsequent p orts automatically . The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM3 is assigned to P ort 1, then COM 4 (if not al ready occupied[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-40 8. Click on OK to save the settings, and th en click on OK in the Proper ty window to complete the port settings and return to the MOXA Smartio/In dustio Conf iguration Panel window . The just configured CP-102U/UL board will be listed, as shown below . Click on OK to return to the Network windo[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-41 NOTE The driver configuration will NOT take effect until you restart the PC. Using Event Log Once the system restarts, you m ay check the event log recorde d by th e MOXA driver to ver ify that the board’ s ports have b een initialized successfully . T o view the event log, enter th e Administ[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-42 Removing the Driver T o remove the CP-102U/UL driver: 1. Open the Control Panel , click on the Netw ork icon, and select the Adapters tab. 2. Click on MOXA Smartio/Ind ustio Family Adapter in the Ne twork Adapters list to highlight it. 3. Click on Remove . 4. Click on Close , and then restart th[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-43 Non-Windows Drivers Drivers are provid ed for DOS, Linux, and SCO. DOS MOXA DOS API-232 is a software package t hat assists users in developing ne w program s, or debugging exi sting program s for serial com munications. This sectio n explains how t o install the package, how to set up the drive[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-44 Setting up the Driver This section c overs some of the setup prog ram’ s most frequentl y used funct ions. For compl ete details, press F1 to open the on -line help file. 1. Run BIN SETU P .EX E . 2. Press Enter to select the model nam e of the MOXA board you are installing . 3. A window will[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-45 4. Y ou may enter or modify the se ttings of each po rt at this stage. The values displayed first are the port’ s initial values that were set up when the driver was installed. 5. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the SETUP program. Legends In this section, we explain t he meaning of so m[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-46 F5 Group Edit This is a convenient function that allo ws you to edit the configuration of several ports at one time as a group. Loading the Driver After completing the setup procedure, run BINDP-DR V .EXE from the DOS prompt to load the driver . The driver will automatically detect the boards t[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-47 Linux MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use th e following serial board pro ducts under Linux. ! Universal PCI Boards: CP-118U, CP-16 8U, CP-104UL, CP-104JU, CP-102U, CP-10 2UL, CP-134U, CP-134U-I , CP-132UL, CP-132UL-I V2( CP-132U-I V1) ! PCI Boards: C168H/PCI, C104H /PCI, C1 04HS/P CI, C[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-48 SCO MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use th e following serial board pro ducts under Linux. ! Universal PCI Boards: CP-118U, CP-16 8U, CP-104UL, CP-104JU, CP-102U, CP-10 2UL ! PCI Boards: C168H/PCI, C104H/P CI, C104HS/PCI ! ISA Boards: C168H, C168HS, C168P, C104H, C104HS, C104P, CI-104J, [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-49 5. The Basic C onfig urat ion window will open nex t. Y ou can install up to four MOXA Smartio Multiport Serial Bo ards under SCO Unix/SCO Open Server . MOXA Smartio Family Installation Utility (V er 1.6) Smartio Family Basic Configuration Board No. Board T ype I/O Address Interrupt Bus/Dev No. [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Software Installation 3-50 8. Press Enter to return to the main screen. Smartio Family Installation Utility (V er 1.6) Smartio Family Basic Configuration Board No. Board T ype I/O Address Interrupt Bus/Dev No. 1 CP-102U/UL AC00 5 2/13 2 None ---------- --- -------- ----- -------- ----- 3 None ---------- --- -------- -----[...]

4 4 Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools Moxa provide s an easy to use yet powerful serial program ming libra ry , and comm unication troubleshooting utilities under W indows 2000/XP/2003, W indows 95/98, and W indows NT . The following sections give details about the installation, the library , and the utilities for various platforms. The following [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 4-2 MOXA PComm PComm, a pro fessional serial comm tool for PCs, is a softwa re package that ru ns under W indows NT/2000/ XP/2003/95/9 8. PComm provides: ! A powerf ul serial comm unication library that simpl ifies serial prog ramming tasks for most popular pr ogrammi ng languages. The serial comm[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 4-3 Utilities In this section, we give brief descriptions of each utility . For more information about these u tilities, read the on-line help from the Document ation and Soft ware CD. Diagnostic (for MOXA boards only) This conve nient diagnosti c program, whi ch only wo rks with MOX A boards and [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 4-4 Monitor (for Moxa boards under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003) This useful port status m onitoring program allows you to m onitor data transmission of selected Moxa COM ports. The program monitors data transmission/receivi ng throughput, and communicat ion line status, wit h data updated a nd display[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 4-5 Terminal Emulator Use T erminal Emulator to con nect to your PC’ s serial ports to check if data is being transmit ted correctly . T erminal Emulator features multi-wind ows, and suppor ts VT100 and ANSI terminal types. Y ou can transfer data interactively , send patterns periodically , and [...]

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5 5 Chapter 5 Pin Assignments The CP-102UL board, which has one female DB25 connecto r on the board, comes with a male DB25 to 2 x male DB9 cable (mode l name: CBL-M25M9x2). The CP-102U boar d has two male DB9 connectors on the board. The pin assignm ents for t he male DB9 connectors on the CBL-M25M9x2 cable, an d the pin assignments for the male D[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-2 Female DB25 Connector (CP-102UL) 9 12 Port 0 Port 1 2 5 24 21 15 18 Port Number Signal 0 1 TxD 12 18 RxD 24 5 RTS 1 1 17 CTS 23 4 DSR 10 16 GND 22 3 DCD 21 2 DTR 9 15 Pin Number Male DB9 Connector (CP-102U & CBL-M25M9x2-50) 15 69 Signal Pin Number TxD 3 RxD 2 RTS 7 CTS 8 DSR 6 GND 5 DCD 1 DTR 4[...]

6 6 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Common C P-102U/UL Series problem s and possible solut ions are lis ted below . If you still have problems after reading this chapter , contact your dealer or M oxa for help, or use the Problem Report Form at the end of this manual to report problems to your dealer . General Troubleshooting 1. The MOXA CP-102U /UL boar[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Troubleshooting 6-2 Windows NT This section is specifically for troubleshooting problems for W indows NT . For general problems and solutions, see the previous section, “ General T roubleshooting.” 1. After the system r eboots, the error message “Another driver in the system, which did not report its r esources, has[...]

A A Appendix A Technical Reference Product Specifications Bus interface 32-bit PCI Number of por ts 2 I/O address Assigned by PCI BIOS IRQ Assigned by PC I BIOS Data bits 5, 6, 7, 8 St op bits 1, 1.5, 2 Parity none, even, odd, space, m ark UAR T Moxa UAR T (16C550C or compati ble) Speed 50 bps to 921.6 Kbps Connector CP-102U : Female DB25 CP-102UL:[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Technical Reference A-2 PCI The 32-bit CP-102U/UL Series board complies with PCI Specifications 2.1, and the IRQ and I/O address hardware configuration is auto matically assigned by the PCI BIOS. This means that you must plug i n the board befo re installing the driver . As opposed to ISA slots, dif ferent PCI sl ots in t[...]

B B Appendix B Service Information This appen dix shows yo u how to contact Moxa for i nformation a bout this and other product s, and how to repo rt problems. In this appendix, we cover the fo llowing topics. ! MOXA Internet Services ! Problem Report Form ! Product Return Procedure[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Service Information B-2 MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our num b er one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of ou r products, Mo xa Internet Ser vices has been set up to provide technical support, dri ver updates, product infor mation, and user ’ s manual updates. The followin[...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Service Information B-3 Problem Report Form MOXA CP-102U/UL Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product: $ CP-102U $ CP-102 UL 2. Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Desc ription: Please describe t he symptoms of t he problem as clearly as possi ble, including any error messages you see. [...]

CP-102U/UL User’s Manual Service Information B-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair , exchange, or refund, the customer m ust: % Provide evide nce of original p urchase. % Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer. % Fill out the Problem Report Fo rm (PRF). Include as much detail as possible for a sh[...]