Moxa Technologies CP-104UL User Manual

CP-104UL User’s Manual

Smartio 4-Port Serial Board for Universal PCI Bus

Third Edition, December 2004

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Smartio CP-104UL User’s Manual

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction................................................................................. 1-2

Overview...................................................................................................................................... 1-2

Smartio—The Smart Multiport Async Solution ................................................................... 1-2

Board Applications ..............................................................................................................1-2

Features ...................................................................................................................................... 1-3

Package Checklist....................................................................................................................... 1-4

Installation Guide......................................................................................................................... 1-5

2 Hardware Installation ................................................................. 2-1

Installing the Smartio CP-104UL board....................................................................................... 2-1

3 Software Installation .................................................................. 3-1

Windows 2003............................................................................................................................. 3-1

Installing the Driver ............................................................................................................. 3-1

How to Check the Installation ............................................................................................. 3-6

Windows 2000/XP ....................................................................................................................... 3-8

Installing the Driver ............................................................................................................. 3-9

How to Check the Installation ........................................................................................... 3-13

Removing the Driver ......................................................................................................... 3-16

Windows 95/98.......................................................................................................................... 3-18

Installing the Driver ...........................................................................................................3-19

Windows NT .............................................................................................................................. 3-28

Installing the Driver ...........................................................................................................3-29

Configuring the Board and Ports ...................................................................................... 3-31

DOS........................................................................................................................................... 3-35

Installing the Driver ...........................................................................................................3-35

Setting up the Driver ......................................................................................................... 3-36

Legends ............................................................................................................................ 3-38

Loading the Driver............................................................................................................. 3-39

Unloading the Driver ......................................................................................................... 3-39

Linux .......................................................................................................................................... 3-39

SCO........................................................................................................................................... 3-40

4 Serial Programming Tools........................................................... 4-1

5 Connection Cables and Cable Wiring ......................................... 5-1

RS-232 Cable Wiring................................................................................................................... 5-1

DB-9/M Pin Assignment (CBL-M44M9x4-50, Opt4-M9B)........................................................... 5-2

DB-25/M Pin Assignment (CBL-M44M25x4-50) ......................................................................... 5-2

RJ45 Pin Assignment (Opt4-RJ45B)........................................................................................... 5-2

6 Troubleshooting .......................................................................... 6-1

General Troubleshooting............................................................................................................. 6-1

Windows NT ................................................................................................................................ 6-2

Windows 95/98............................................................................................................................ 6-2

A. Technical Reference...................................................................A-1

Specifications ..............................................................................................................................A-1

PCI............................................................................................................................................... A-1

MOXA UART ...............................................................................................................................A-1

Overview

Smartio—The Smart Multiport Async Solution

The term Smartio stands for smart multiport serial I/O solution. The Smartio CP-104UL Board is
designed for the 32-bit PCI bus with Plug and Play feature. These boards offer 4 RS-232 serial
ports for connecting terminals, modems, printers, scanners, cash registers, bar code readers,
keypads, numeric displays, electrical scales, data acquisition equipment, and many other serial
devices for the PC and compatible systems. With its well-designed and fine-tuned device driver,
the Smartio boards make full use of the 128 byte Tx/Rx FIFO and on-chip H/W and S/W flow
control, which makes possible transferring data without loss at transmission speeds up to

921.6Kbps. These boards offer a reliable and high performance solution for serial multiport
communications.

Board Applications

The CP-104UL Board can be used with many applications, including:

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! Internet/Intranet Connections

! Remote Access Applications

! Multi-user Applications

! Industrial Automation

! Office Automation

! Telecommunications

! PC-based Vending Machines or Kiosk Systems

! POS (Point-of-Sale) Systems

PCI Solution

The CP-104UL board complies with PCI Spec. 2.1, and does not use either switches or jumpers.
The hardware configuration for the IRQ and Memory addresses is automatically assigned by the
PCI BIOS. Hence, the board MUST be plugged in before installing the driver software. For more
PCI information, refer to the Technical Reference Appendix.

Surge Protection

To prevent the board from being damaged by lightning or high potential voltage, TVSS (Transient
Voltage Surge Suppressor) technologies with 15KV ESD protection are used in the CP-104UL
board. This is required for harsh environments, such as in factory settings, under severe weather

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conditions, such as lightning, or other high interference situations.

Operating System Support

The CP-104UL board supports Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS,
FreeBSD, SCO, and Linux. For more detail installation guide, please refer to www.moxa.com

MOXA Serial Comm Tool

For application development, MOXA provides an easy-to-use serial communication library
(PComm) under Windows 2000/XP/2003 and Windows 95/98/NT. With this 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, and terminal emulation are also
included for debugging and monitoring communication status, terminal emulation, and file transfer.

Features

The Smartio CP-104UL board has 4 RS-232 ports, embedded ESD 15 KV surge protection, and
uses a Moxa UART (MU860), and has the following important features:

! Supports universal PCI, plug and play (no switches or jumpers)

! Fits both 3.3V and 5V connector key

! Reliability—high speed Moxa UART Communication Controllers with on-chip hardware and

software flow control to guarantee no data loss

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! Compact half-size design

! Embedded ESD 15V surge protection

! Easy installation—32-bit PCI bus with Plug and Play capability

! Powerful Serial Comm tool—PComm

! Various OS support—Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS,

FreeBSD, SCO, and Linux.

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Package Checklist

You should find the following items in the Smartio CP-104UL board package:

! Smartio CP-104UL 4-port serial board

! Documentation and Software CD that contains drivers for Windows 2000/XP/2003,

Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS, FreeBSD, SCO, and Linux.

! Smartio CP-104UL Quick Installation Guide

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Installation Guide

This section gives a brief summary of how to install the Smartio CP-104UL board under each
supported operating system. The installation is simple and involves the following stages:

Introduction

Check the PCI BIOS settings.
Install the Smartio CP-104UL board.

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Install the software from the diskette.
Configure the driver for the board and
ports.

↓

Connect the devices with the cable.

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Restart the system.
Check the driver initialization status.

If the system restarts successfully, you
may develop your applications or
execute the desired applications.

See Chapter 2, “Hardware
Installation.”

See the respective OS section in
Chapter 3, “Software Installation.”

See Chapter 5, “Connection Cables
and Cable Wiring,” for cable wiring.

See Chapter 3, “Software
Installation,” for board init. status.

See Chapter 4, “Serial Programming
Tools.”

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2 Hardware Installation

The installation of the Smartio CP-104UL board involves both hardware and software. Software
installation is discussed in the next chapter. In this chapter, we discuss hardware installation.

The no-switch-no-jumper Smartio CP-104UL board’s IRQ number and I/O addresses are assigned
automatically by the PCI BIOS. For this reason, the board MUST be plugged in before installing
the driver software.

Installing the Smartio CP-104UL board

Step 1: Power off the PC.

Warning! To avoid damaging your system and board, make sure your PC’s power is switched off before

inserting this or any other board into an empy PCI slot.

Step 2: Remove the PC’s cover.

Step 3: Remove the slot cover bracket if one is in place.

Step 4: Insert the Smartio CP-104UL control board firmly into a free PCI or PCI-X slot.

Step 5: Fasten the holding screw to fix the control board in place.

Step 6: Replace the PC’s cover.

Step 7: Power on the PC; the BIOS will automatically set the IRQ and I/O address.

Note! Moxa Universal PCI or PCI occupy one unique IRQ and I/O addresses are assigned

automatically by the PCI BIOS.

Step 8: Proceed with the software installation, as described in the next chapter, “Software

Installation”.

In this chapter, the driver software installation, configuration, and driver update/removal
procedures are described for various operating systems, including Windows 2003, Windows
2000/XP, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS, SCO, and Linux. Before proceeding with the
software installation, be sure to first complete the hardware installation discussed in the previous
chapter.

Refer to the next chapter, “Serial Programming Tools,” for information on developing your own
serial programming applications.

Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS, FreeBSD, SCO, and Linux drivers
can be downloaded from the Moxa website.

Windows 2003

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3 Software Installation

This section includes information about how to install the driver for UPCI/PCI boards under
Windows 2003. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard.

The Windows 2003 driver for MOXA’s multiport serial boards supports the following products:

! Universal PCI Boards: CP-168U, CP-104UL, CP-104JU, CP-134U, CP-134U-I, CP-132UL,

CP-132UI

! PCI Boards: C168H/PCI, C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI, CP-114, CP-114I, CP-114S, CP-114IS,

CP-132, CP-132I, CP-132S, CP-132IS

! ISA Boards: C168H, C168HS, C168P, C104H, C104HS, C104P, CI-104J, CI-104JS, CI-134,

CI-134I, CI-134IS, CI-132, CI-132I, CI-132IS

! cPCI Boards: CT-114I

The following steps are using CP-168U as an example.

Installing the Driver

1. After installing the UPCI/PCI board and powering on your PC, Windows 2003 will auto detect

and find the UPCI/PCI board you just added. The Found New Hardware window will open
at the bottom right corner of the desktop.

2. The Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard window will open automatically. Select

Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click on Next to continue.

3. Select Search for the best driver in these locations., check Include this location in the

search, and then click on Browse. You should be able to locate the \Software\Win2K-XP­2003 folder on the software CD. Click on Next to continue.

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Software Installation

4. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that

although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested
and been shown that it can support Windows OS. Click on Continue Anyway to proceed.

5. Wait while the driver software is installed. The next window shows the model number of the

board, and indicates that Windows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to
continue with the rest of the installation procedure.

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6. The Found New Hardware Wizard window will open to help you install the driver for

MOXA Port 0. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Click on Next to
continue.

7. Select Search for the best driver in these locations., check Include this location in the

search, and then click on Browse. You should be able to locate the \Software\Win2K-XP­2003 folder on the software CD. Click on Next to continue.

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Software Installation

8. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that

although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested
and been shown that it can support Windows OS. Click on Continue Anyway to proceed.

9. Wait while the port driver is being installed. Click on Finish to continue with the rest of the

installation procedures.

10. Repeat steps 6 to 9, until the port driver installation for every port is completed.

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How to Check the Installation

There are three ways to check the installation of the CP-168U Series board.

Using Device Manager

1. Use your mouse to position the cursor over your desktop’s My computer icon, click the right

mouse button, and then select Properties.

2. When the System Properties window opens, click on the Hardware tab, and then click on

Device Manager.

3. When the Device Manager window opens, you will be able to see the model of MOXA CP-

168U Series, and MOXA communication ports under Ports (COM & LPT).

4. If there are any special marks, such as a question mark or an exclamation mark in front of the

icons, the installation of the board or the ports was not successful. Examine the Event Log for
details.

ort Configuration

After the driver is installed, the MOXA CP-168U Installation dialog box will be displayed, and the
system will map the ports automatically.

If one MOXA CP-168U board was installed previously, and another MOXA CP-168U board is
added, the system will prompt you to take care of port configuration, which is discussed in this
section.

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Software Installation

1. Click on a specific port from the CP-168U Series Installation window, and then click on

[Port Setting] to open the Port X dialog box.

2. Select a COM number for the port from the Port Number pull-down list.

3. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number check-box to have subsequent ports 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.

4. Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from the Rx FIFO Level pull-down list. Rx FIFO trigger levels

from High to Low are available, with a default value is High Level (120 bytes). Check Set the
change to all ports check-box to apply the just defined Rx FIFO Trigger to all ports.

5. Select a Tx FIFO Size from the Tx FIFO Level pull-down list. Tx FIFO Level from High to

Low are available, with a default value is High Level (128 bytes). Check Set the change to
all ports check-box to apply the just defined Tx FIFO Size to all ports.

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