Allied Telesis AT-1500AT, Installation Manual

Page 1: ... Compliant LANs Installation Manual AT 1500T Plug and Play for Twisted Pair Media AT 1500AT Plug and Play for AUI Port Adapter and Twisted Pair Media AT 1500BT Plug and Play for Thinnet Coaxial and Twisted Pair Media AT 1500FT Plug and Play for Fiber Optic and Twisted Pair Media ...

Page 2: ...notice In no event shall Allied Telesyn be liable for any incidental special indirect or consequential damages whatsoever including but not limited to lost profits arising out of or related to this manual or the information contained herein even if Allied Telesyn has been advised of known or should have known the possibility of such damages U S Federal Communications Commission Canadian Department...

Page 3: ...ull Duplex Operation 14 Diagnostics Checks 14 Running CardAssistant in Command Line Mode 15 Installing More than One Card 18 Reconfiguring a Previously Installed Card 19 Boot ROM Socket 20 4 Cabling 21 10BASE T 10BASE2 10BASE5 or 10BASE FL Choices 21 Auto or Pre Set Port Selection BT AT and FT 21 10BASE T UTP RJ45 Cabling 22 10BASE2 RG58 BNC Cabling 25 10BASE FL FOIRL Optical Fiber Connection 26 1...

Page 4: ...e Connector for 10BASE FL FOIRL Media 26 8 AUI Connector for Thicknet Drop Cable 27 9 AUI Connector for Direct Transceiver Connection 27 List of Tables 1 Which Driver to Use in a Workstation 4 2 Which Driver to Use in a Server Bridge Router or Brouter 5 3 I O Configuration Settings 13 4 Command Line Mode Parameter Names 16 5 Parameter Order in Configuration Batch File 18 6 Usable and Unusable 10BA...

Page 5: ...essing power and services like electronic mail and Internet access The AT 1500 Package When opening this Allied Telesyn product make sure that the package you have received is complete and in good condition The package includes Ethernet network adapter card CardAssistant diskette Manual What Else You Need To use the Allied Telesyn AT 1500 Plug and Play card you must have access to an Ethernet netw...

Page 6: ...I O between 220 and 3FF An available interrupt IRQ 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 or 15 An available DMA channel 3 5 6 or 7 The Allied Telesyn CardAssistant The Allied Telesyn CardAssistant configuration and diagnostic diskette has the software you need for setting up the AT 1500 Plug and Play card with many different network software packages The diskette includes CardAssistant setup and diagnostic test progra...

Page 7: ...he adapter card has unique address es IRQ and DMA channel You have network software installed You have a driver installed for your particular network software network adapter card combination Your adapter card is properly connected to the network The Plug and Play Difference In a Plug and Play computer the computer and the adapter card work out the assignment of addresses IRQs and DMA channels so ...

Page 8: ...stallation the install script will prompt for the adapter card driver files The driver files for the AT 1500 adapter card are found on the Allied Telesyn CardAssistant diskette which you will be called on to insert into a floppy drive Drivers for Workstations Table 1 lists the drivers for use in a PC workstation Table 1 Which Driver to Use in a Workstation Network Software Card Driver Path Filenam...

Page 9: ...oftware installation print the file and note the driver name and path Installing the Card in an ISA or EISA Slot Once the driver is installed complete the installation of the network software install the adapter card itself and then reboot the computer to load the driver files WARNING High computer voltages present a safety hazard Make sure power is OFF before removing the cover Table 2 Which Driv...

Page 10: ...Make sure the computer s power is turned OFF TIP When you install the AT 1500FT Plug and Play temporarily remove the shields from the fiber optics cable connectors to give the connectors more clearance 2 Following the manufacturer s instructions for adding a card install the AT 1500 in an expansion slot in your computer The slot should be a long ISA 16 bit slot or an EISA slot that supports bus ma...

Page 11: ...the Windows 95 INF directory by typing copy drive WINNT 95 NETAMD INF where drive is the letter of the diskette drive containing the CardAssistant diskette 2 With the CardAssistant diskette in the diskette drive open CardAssistant by typing drive CA where drive is the letter of the diskette drive containing the CardAssistant diskette 3 Install the CardAssistant application by clicking Install Card...

Page 12: ...ransmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP such as PC NFS from Sun Microsystems AT1500 COM conforms to the Packet Driver specification developed by FTP Software It can be used for implementations of TCP IP such as PC TCP concurrent with other protocol stacks Although the Allied Telesyn drivers support multiple protocol stacks it is important to have only one stack of a given type reside...

Page 13: ...stant have no effect because the computer takes over the assignment of I O resources It is possible to turn off the Plug and Play capability if necessary to resolve conflict with another device The CardAssistant program s interactive mode lets you configure the card from menus with your keyboard or mouse The command line mode allows you to configure the card on a DOS or OS 2 command line See Runni...

Page 14: ...ddress DMA channel IRQ boot PROM address and change as needed NOTE Launching the CardAssistant program requires that the card is present If you have a driver running you will not be allowed to open the Diagnostics window Running CardAssistant in DOS Mode The DOS version of CardAssistant is the one to use if your primary operating system is Windows 3 x Windows for Workgroups 3 x Windows NT 3 1 or D...

Page 15: ...s version of CardAssistant 1 If you are running CardAssistant from the installation software diskette follow steps 2 and 3 If CardAssistant is installed on your hard disk skip to step 4 2 Insert the installation diskette into the appropriate floppy drive 3 Type drive ca where drive is the disk drive containing the CardAssistant program Proceed to step 5 4 Install CardAssistant onto your hard disk ...

Page 16: ...ailable commands Changing AT 1500 Software Settings If there are no other adapter cards present in the computer the likelihood of a conflict is slight In this case use the Auto Configure option If the computer has other peripheral cards installed you may need to change one or more I O settings To help avoid conflicts Table 9 on page 32 lists typical ways that devices are configured Figure 1 Config...

Page 17: ...arameters displays the card s current settings Auto Configure proposes settings for you Check the settings that are proposed and if necessary select alternate settings from Table 3 3 You can use the mouse or arrow keys to select the settings to be modified 4 Press and a pop up menu displays the choices for the resource you have selected 5 When you have chosen the setting you want press Table 3 I O...

Page 18: ...duplex which enables the card to send and receive simultaneously Full duplex operation is only effective if a full duplex hub is at the other end of the Ethernet segment Diagnostics Checks The CardAssistant diagnostic routines test the board and the configuration for functional problems or conflicts with other devices The routines are PC bus interface DMA channel Interrupt test Internal loopback N...

Page 19: ...est and report possible causes of any failures Running CardAssistant in Command Line Mode When you wish to prepare and configure several AT 1500 Plug and Play cards for users in an assembly line approach you can either use configuration parameters in the command line or you can write a bat file that invokes CardAssistant when read The syntax for running CardAssistant in batch mode from DOS is as f...

Page 20: ...able 3 on page 13 NOTE 2 Specialized parameter is used by itself Table 4 Command Line Mode Parameter Names Parameter Function Ix x interrupt level1 Dx x DMA channel1 UTP selects the UTP 10BASE T port BNC selects the BNC port FIBER selects the Fiber Optic port AUI selects the AUI port AUTO configures for automatic port selection E returns the number of AT 1500 Plug and Plays installed2 M invokes Ca...

Page 21: ...river for either an AT 1500 or an AT 1700 SETUP17 E if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto AT1700_installed SETUP15 E if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto AT1500_installed echo NO ADAPTER IS INSTALLED goto done AT1700_installed AT17ODI goto done AT1500_installed AT15ODI goto done done The M parameter makes CardAssistant run in interactive mode but in monochrome This switch should be used on its own The X parameter is a specialized...

Page 22: ...ently observed for speed bus resource reasons Each card requires its own unique I O resources I O port IRQ and DMA and its own driver loaded or the same driver loaded on a re entrant basis If more than one card is installed in the host when you run CardAssistant the configuration window displays a column of settings for each card You can tell which column is for which card by checking the node add...

Page 23: ...ding order from the highest address to the lowest e g setup15 CWfile nam Comment lines are preceded by SAMPLE CARD CONFIGURATION FILE Configuration file for ATI AT 1500 network adapter card Board instance 1 Base IO Address 300h Interrupt 3 DMA 6 Media selection Twisted Pair Boot PROM DISABLE Reconfiguring a Previously Installed Card If the card is working properly but you wish to reconfigure some ...

Page 24: ...rd is shipped with an unpopulated boot ROM socket For a diskless workstation the card needs a boot ROM to allow it to load the operating system over the network Because the boot ROM access is enabled by the physical presence of the ROM the boot ROM must be physically removed to enable ROMless operation Boot ROMs are application specific Allied Telesyn supplies a range of boot ROMs for different ne...

Page 25: ... BT has a BNC connector in addition to the RJ45 for direct connection with T connector and terminator to a 10BASE2 Ethernet segment thin wire Ethernet or cheaper net The AT 1500FT Plug and Play includes ST type transmit and receive connectors for fiber optic media Auto or Pre Set Port Selection BT AT and FT An auto port select option configures the AT 1500BT AT or FT Plug and Play to sense which o...

Page 26: ... are various grades of voice quality and data quality cables available The five common modular cable specifications and their applicability to 10BASE T network use are shown in Table 6 Table 6 Usable and Unusable 10BASE T Cable Cable Level Cable Description AC Char Specifi cation Twist Foot 10BASE T OK 1 Unshielded untwisted N A CCITT none NO 2 Unshielded Indv Twisted Pairs 100 Ω 30 Ω RS232 1BASE5...

Page 27: ... If any voice quality cabling is used in a 10BASE T network system data movement is slow collision prone or non existent The LNK indicator on the interface will usually indicate a valid link in such a case Be sure that all cabling used with the 10BASE T adapter card connections is of level 3 4 or 5 4 Unshielded Enhanced Indv Twisted Pairs 100 Ω 30 Ω EIA TIA 10BASE T NEMA 5 8 YES 5 Shielded Indv Tw...

Page 28: ...on a standard RJ45 Figure 4 Pin 1 Orientation on 1 TD 2 TD 3 RD 4 N C 5 N C 6 RD 7 N C 8 N C TD 1 TD 2 RD 3 N C 4 N C 5 RD 6 N C 7 N C 8 1 Pair twisted as per level 3 4 or 5 cable 1 TD 2 TD 3 RD 4 N C 5 N C 6 RD 7 N C 8 N C TD 1 TD 2 RD 3 N C 4 N C 5 RD 6 N C 7 N C 8 1 1 This cable will not work for 10BASE T Note that 3 and 6 are twisted but are not a pair Pin 1 ...

Page 29: ...ngth is 185 meters 606 ft and the minimum length between nodes is 0 5 meters 1 64 ft The coaxial cable should be connected to the adapter card via a T connector and must be terminated with a 50 Ω BNC terminator if the computer is at the end of a network segment See Figure 5 The connection must not be made as in Figure 6 Figure 5 BNC Receptacle for 10BASE2 Shown Terminated Figure 6 Incorrectly Conn...

Page 30: ...t for FOIRL and 2000 meters 6558 ft for 10BASE FL See Figure 7 NOTE Hazardous light emissions may exist in fiber optic systems Severe eye damage may result if precautions are not taken Never look into a transmitting fiber optic device transceiver repeater or cable In a 10BASE FL or FOIRL segment the cables connect the transmit receptacle at one end of the segment to the receive receptacle at the o...

Page 31: ... Drop Cable Figure 9 AUI Connector for Direct Transceiver Connection In Figure 8 you see a drop cable from a remote transceiver typically on a thicknet backbone In Figure 9 you see the transceiver installed directly on the AUI port Installing the appropriate Allied Telesyn transceiver from Table 7 on the AUI port allows you to interface with the medium of your choice ...

Page 32: ...on Communication Status Indicators Table 8 shows the functions of the four status indicators located above the RJ45 receptacle Table 7 Allied Telesyn Micro Transceiver Choices Model Description AT MX25F AT MX26F Fiber Optic FOIRL 10BASE FL AT 210T AT 210TS AT MX20T UTP 10BASE T AT MX10 AT MX10S Thin Ethernet 10BASE2 Table 8 AT 1500 Plug and Play Status Indicators LED Color Label Indicates Used by ...

Page 33: ... Telesyn dealers also provide technical support for installation problems But if one of these local resources is not successful solving your problem you can obtain assistance directly from Allied Telesyn by fax or by telephone See Where To Find Us on page 35 Identify the Exact Symptoms If your computer is unable to communicate across the network carefully observe the symptoms Gather information ab...

Page 34: ...ights on a 10BASE T segment but data transfer is slow collision prone or non existent verify that your cable is of level 3 4 or 5 see Chapter 7 Important 10BASE T Cable Considerations Level 1 and 2 voice quality cable will not work properly If the cable is more or less round in section you probably have data grade cable correctly paired and no transmission problems If however the cable appears fla...

Page 35: ...I O resource conflict NOTE High voltages inside the computer present a safety hazard Be sure the power is OFF before removing the cover NOTE Remove the card at a static free workstation taking precautions to prevent damage to static sensitive components 1 Remove the card from the computer according to the manufacturer s reference manual 2 Move the card to another computer See Installing the Card i...

Page 36: ...0h 2FFh Serial port 4 serial port 2 300h 31Fh Prototyping board network adapter card 360h 37Fh LPT1 380h 39Fh SDLC secondary bi synch interface 3A0h 3BFh Monochrome display and parallel printer port 3EOh 3FFh Serial port 3 diskette controller serial port 1 IRQ NMI Parity errors 0 System timer 1 Keyboard 2 Cascade input for second interrupt controller 3 COM2 4 COM1 5 LPT2 6 Disk controller ...

Page 37: ... move the AT 1500 Plug and Play to another computer If the card passes diagnostics try reconnecting the computer to the network and running diagnostics again This time a failure may be caused by physical medium connections or by corrupted network software You can test the connectors terminators and cables by swapping them for known good ones 7 LPT1 data acquisition voice comm adapter 8 Real time c...

Page 38: ... cards The Version 2 2 CardAssistant software and card drivers shipped with this manual are backward compatible with respect to the AT 1500 Plug and Play adapter card and will operate correctly with earlier versions of that card Get Technical Support You can contact the dealer where you bought your AT 1500 Plug and Play for local assistance If local help is unable to resolve your problem Allied Te...

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Page 42: ...u may not use nor permit anyone else to use the other disk except as part of the transfer of all of your rights in the Software 10 Termination This License will terminate immediately without notice if you fail to comply with any provision of this License 11 General This License will be governed by the laws of the United States and of California as applied to agreements entered into by California r...

Page 43: ...AT 1500 Plug and PlayT jumpers 8 93 Added AUI port option 8 93 Converted to high low interrupt request IRQ options 8 93 Converted to 8 interrupt IRQ selection 1 94 Added updated drivers Upgraded Ethernet Controller 2 95 Added support for Plug and Play 5 95 Added updated drivers Added 32 bit Windows Setup 11 95 ...

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