RocketPort Universal PCI User Guide
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Troubleshooting
If you are experiencing problems with the RocketPort Universal PCI, review the
troubleshooting procedures for your system before calling Technical Support.
Before Calling Technical Support
Review the following information before calling Technical Support because they
will request that you perform many of the procedures or verifications before they
will be able to help you diagnose a problem.
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Verify the cabling using
Note:
Most customer problems reported to Comtrol Technical Support are
eventually traced to cabling or network problems.
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If you have not done so, run the diagnostics (
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Verify that you have installed the latest RocketPort Universal PCI device
driver, see
Locating the Latest Drivers and Documentation
If necessary, remove or update the existing driver using the procedures in the
RocketPort Universal PCI Device Driver Installation Guide for Windows
or
README
file packaged with the FreeBSD, Linux, QNX, or SCO OpenServer
driver.
If none of the above work, you can refer to one of these subsections:
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Troubleshooting Windows Systems
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RocketPort Universal PCI Diagnostics
This subsection describes how to create and run the bootable diagnostic to verify
that the RocketPort Universal PCI hardware is functioning properly. The
RocketPort Universal PCI is shipped with a bootable diagnostic on the
Software
and Documentation
CD that executes hardware diagnostics.
You can use the diagnostic to:
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Confirm that the hardware is functioning
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Determine resolutions to conflicts during installation
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Perform a stress test on all RocketPort Universal PCI ports in the system
The diagnostic requires a loopback plug to test a port or ports. A single loopback
plug is shipped with the RocketPort Universal PCI. You can build additional
loopback plugs or move the loopback plug to the port you want to test. See
on Page 11 if you want to build loopback plugs.
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