Decision Computer International PCCOM, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...tions Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card DECISION Computer International 9 30 2005 i PCCOM PCI 8 PORT UNIVERSAL RS232 ADAPTER OPERATION MANUAL D DE EC CI IS SI IO ON N Computer International Co Ltd ...

Page 2: ...ettings 6 6 RS232 Cabling Information 14 A AP PP PE EN ND DI IC CE ES S A PCCOM Diagnostics Under MS DOS 18 B PCCOM Device Driver for MS DOS 19 C XENIX UNIX Configuration 22 D WINDOWS 95 98 Configuration 29 E WINDOWS 2000 Configuration 31 F WINDOWS NT Configuration V3 5 up 33 G OS 2 Configuration 35 H Linux Configuration 39 I Diagnostics Under Windows 40 J Software Development Information 42 K War...

Page 3: ...entium or hardware compatible systems The PnP features let hardware configuration for IRQ and I O address is detected by BIOS automatically you don t need set switch and jumper Since most of the computer has its own COM1 and COM2 the PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter can be configured from COM3 On board XR16C854 chip provides four 16850 functions which contains 128 bytes FIFO buffer for...

Page 4: ...O for each port External or internal clock rate selectable Dual speed clock rate is 7 3728MHZ board that its baud rate up to 230K Octal speed board clock rate is 14 7456 MHZ that its baud rate up to 1M Provides RS232 interface for 3 3V internal voltage which has lower power consume Up to 4 boards be installed in one computer system Software compatible with PCCOM98 2000 Operating temperature 0 to 6...

Page 5: ...A AT TI IO ON N Check that your PCCOM package includes the following items PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter select one of the follows Dual speed clock rate is 7 3728MHZ board Octal speed board clock rate is 14 7456 MHZ board SCSI II cable with standard DB9 pin connectors User manual Decision Studio CD for PCCOM software Warranty form ...

Page 6: ... TE EM M R RE EQ QU UI IR RE EM ME EN NT TS S Before installing your PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter make sure that The host computer is a Pentium or its compatibles The switch and the jumpers are properly configured The operating system you intend to use is capable of driving multiple serial ports ...

Page 7: ...der to gain access to the expansion slots follow the steps listed below 1 Turn off all power to your computer and all peripheral devices before installing your PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter 2 Remove the cover of the computer 3 Set the SW1 to identify card number 4 Set the JP2 to select clock source 5 Insert the PCCOM PCI bus 8 port universal RS232 adapter into any available PCI slot...

Page 8: ... I O address is detected by BIOS automatically so that it need not switch and jumper setting The on board switch can be used to identify card number by the users if you do not set the switch the PnP BIOS will assign card number automatically JP2 Jumper 2 Select external clock or internal clock SW1 Switch 1 Identifies card number Do not set up jumpers and switch under power on condition otherwise i...

Page 9: ...Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card DECISION Computer International 7 ...

Page 10: ...r Internal Clock JP2 3 2 1 The JP2 is used to select external clock or internal clock to select external clock please short pin 1 and 2 to select internal clock please short pin 2 and 3 When internal clock is selected the communication speed is divided by 4 Pin Mode Short 1 2 External Clock Short 2 3 Internal Clock ...

Page 11: ...ck JP2 3 2 1 The clock rate is 7 3728MHZ The baud rate speed up to 115200 Under this configuration the user setting baud rate is the same as RS232 baud rate We list in the following Original RS232 on board baud rate 50 50 300 300 600 600 1200 1200 2400 2400 4800 4800 9600 9600 19 2K 19 2K 38 4K 38 4K 57 6K 57 6K 115 2K 115 2K ...

Page 12: ...o 230K Under this configuration the user setting baud rate maps to on board RS232 baud rate are list in the following Please note that you device driver may report original baud rate however the speed of communication line is quadruple speed Original RS232 on board baud rate 50 100 300 600 600 1200 1200 2400 2400 4800 4800 9600 9600 19 2 K 19 2K 38 4K 38 4K 76 8K 57 6K 115 2K 115 2K 230 4K ...

Page 13: ...to 230K Under this configuration the user setting baud rate maps to on board RS232 baud rate are list in the following Please note that you device driver may report original baud rate however the speed of communication line is dual speed Original RS232 on board baud rate 50 100 300 600 600 1200 1200 2400 2400 4800 4800 9600 9600 19 2 K 19 2K 38 4K 38 4K 76 8K 57 6K 115 2K 115 2K 230 4K ...

Page 14: ...M Under this configuration the user setting baud rate maps to on board RS232 baud rate are list in the following Please note that you device driver may report original baud rate however the speed of communication line is octal speed Original RS232 on board baud rate 50 400 300 2400 600 4800 1200 9600 2400 19 2 K 4800 38 6 K 9600 76 8 K 19 2K 153 6K 38 4K 230 4K 57 6K 460 8K 115 2K 921 6K ...

Page 15: ...h adapter automatically and assign card number start from 0 to each adapter You may set any card number at PnP mode and you need use software tools to distinguish port id Almost all of the operating systems run at PnP mode b manual mode Set card number by card identifier switch the PCI BIOS will assign pre allocated I O address to each adapter Please set different card number to each adapter do no...

Page 16: ...32 card DECISION Computer International 14 ON OFF ON OFF 10 OFF ON ON OFF 9 ON ON ON OFF 8 OFF OFF OFF ON 7 ON OFF OFF ON 6 OFF ON OFF ON 5 ON ON OFF ON 4 OFF OFF ON ON 3 ON OFF ON ON 2 OFF ON ON ON 1 ON ON ON ON 0 The card number starts from 0 to 15 ...

Page 17: ... The communication interface follows the EIA RS232 standard The signal assignments for a standard DB9 connector are shown below DB9 Pin Signal Name RS 232C Name Signal Direction 2 Receive Data RxD BB Input 3 Transmit Data TxD BA Output 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR CD Output 5 Signal Ground SG AB Common 6 Data Set Ready DSR CC Input 7 Request to Send RTS CA Output 8 Clear to Send CTS CB Input ...

Page 18: ...omputer International 16 To connect the PCCOM adapter to other DATA TERMINAL EQUIPMENT DTE devices we recommend using a DTE to DTE connection as shown below Signal Pin Pin Signal DTE DTE TxD 3 2 RxD RxD 2 3 TxD DTR 4 6 DSR DSR 6 4 DTR SG 5 5 SG 7 RTS 8 CTS RTS 7 CTS 8 ...

Page 19: ...RS232 If the software supplier or operating system does not specify a particular cable configuration we recommend you use the following null modem cable when XON XOFF is utilized HOST REMOTE 2 3 3 2 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 If hardware handshaking is necessary use the following cable HOST REMOTE 2 3 3 2 4 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 8 8 ...

Page 20: ...nual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card DECISION Computer International 18 6 3 Modem Connections A straight through cable is required e g pin 2 to pin 2 pin 3 to pin 3 etc HOST REMOTE 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 ...

Page 21: ...oopback tests During external loopback test a loop back plug must be connected to each port being tested You can also select different hardware settings during testing from the SETUP RS232 menu User can get TESTCOM program from Decision Studio CD To test your PCCOM 8 port adapter under MS DOS please type TESTCOM The TestCom menu will appear Setup RS232 is used to setup the baud rate etc Internal l...

Page 22: ... The setup procedure provides flexible functions to specify the configuration of multi serial card that is the hardware configurations of I O port number I O port address interrupt and interrupt vector are user selectable After the device driver is installed It takes over communication between CPU and multi serial cards such as four port card eight port card etc For each I O port the service routi...

Page 23: ...ease install software drivers as follows STEP 1 Prepare PCI OPT file The PCI OPT file contents are B 4 D COM3 P 4 2k 9600 N 8 1 RTS DTR XON 8 STEP 2 Prepare CONFIG SYS file Insert statement into CONFIG SYS file For normal speed DEVICE PCCOM SYS c pci opt For high speed DEVICE PCCOMH SYS c pci opt The syntax of PnP function is P Card_id Portno Port ...

Page 24: ...r 4 or nil if you use PnP mode just fill nil in card_id field that like step 1 otherwise you can specify card_id to match the card identifier switch The Portno field is used to specify number of ports in this adapter The Port field is defined as PCCOM V2 0 If more than one PCCOM board is installed Please repeat directive P of the step 1 ...

Page 25: ...ll assign card number automatically when you use PnP method otherwise you can use card identifier switch to set your card number The software installation procedures are shown is the bellows C 1 Hardware Configuration 1 First adapter Port Device Name MODEM Name Transparent Printer Name 1 dev ttyj11 dev ttyJ11 dev lpj11 2 dev ttyj12 dev ttyJ12 dev lpj12 3 dev ttyj13 dev ttyJ13 dev lpj13 4 dev ttyj1...

Page 26: ... dev lpj24 5 dev ttyj25 dev ttyJ25 dev lpj25 6 dev ttyj26 dev ttyJ26 dev lpj26 7 dev ttyj27 dev ttyJ27 dev lpj27 8 dev ttyj28 dev ttyJ28 dev lpj28 3 Third Adapter Port Device Name MODEM Name Transparent Printer Name 1 dev ttyj31 dev ttyJ31 dev lpj31 2 dev ttyj32 dev ttyJ32 dev lpj32 3 dev ttyj33 dev ttyJ33 dev lpj33 4 dev ttyj34 dev ttyJ34 dev lpj34 5 dev ttyj35 dev ttyJ35 dev lpj35 6 dev ttyj36 d...

Page 27: ...tyj45 dev ttyJ45 dev lpj45 6 dev ttyj46 dev ttyJ46 dev lpj46 7 dev ttyj47 dev ttyJ47 dev lpj47 8 dev ttyj48 dev ttyJ48 dev lpj48 C 2 Software Installation The installation procedure for the device drivers is described as follows Login as a root user Insert distribution CD which contains device drivers into CD ROM drive d then copy the files from the distribution CD to a temporary directory cd dosc...

Page 28: ...ble ttyj12 Connect each terminal to connector NOTE If the new system fails to reboot please boot the original system When system is boot please press return key to halt autoboot then type unix old To remove device driver from UNIX please type a login as a root user b cd usr sys pccom dc c Remove PCCOM Driver from the kernel remove After installation please enable each port by enable command and di...

Page 29: ...hat is operated via dev ttyj11 The channel for TP data that is uni directional is used to transmit the data from a host to a terminal only The differentiates of TTY data and TP data in the same serial line is that TP data are encapsulated within a couple of PRINT ON and PRINT OFF escape strings that are recognized by connected terminals The PRINT ON and PRINT OFF is defined by connected terminals ...

Page 30: ...or TTY l number set interval for Transparent Printer n string set esc string to turn on printer f string set esc string to turn off printer T get interval for TTY L get interval for Transparent Printer N get esc_string to turn on printer F get esc_string to turn off printer device_name lpXYY The range of interval reserved for TTY or TP channel is from 1 to maximum integer The default setting for a...

Page 31: ...o invoke lpx Set 60 time slices reserved for dev ttyj11 lpx t 60 dev ttyj11 Set 2 time slices reserved for dev lpj11 lpx 12 dev lpj11 Get the time slices reserved for dev lpj11 lpx L dev lpj11 Set PRINT ON string for dev lpj11 lpx n 033 51 dev lpj11 Get PRINT OFF string for dev lpj11 lpx F dev lpj11 033 4i ...

Page 32: ...installed in your computer and will prompt you for a proper driver 5 Insert the device driver CD into your computer and make sure Windows 95 98 finds the drivers by eventually browsing through the directory structure of the CD 6 After installing the core device drivers for the PCI card Windows 95 98 will detect and install software for each COM port on the card This may take 5 to 10 seconds per po...

Page 33: ...versal RS232 card DECISION Computer International 31 D 2 Remove Ports 1 Go to Control Panel Applet System Device Manager Ports 2 Select the port you want to remove then press Remove to delete specified port Reboot for changes to take effect ...

Page 34: ...t and install one Decision PCCOM PCI card 3 Start your computer and wait until Windows 2000 is loaded 4 4 Windows 2000 will detect the new PCI card that is installed in your computer and will prompt you for a proper driver 5 Insert the device driver CD into your computer and make sure Windows 2000 finds the drivers by eventually browsing through the directory structure of the CD 6 After installing...

Page 35: ...ne card please run above procedure again Never try to install 2 or more cards at the same time for you will have errors in installation E 2 Remove Ports 1 Go to Control Panel Applet Decision PCCOM Adapters 2 Select the port you want to remove then press Remove Port to delete specified port Reboot for changes to take effect ...

Page 36: ...wait until Windows NT is loaded 4 Insert the device driver CD into your computer The CD is auto run so you just wait until Decision Studio Applet appears 5 Click Device Drive button Windows Operating System then a selection of windows operating system platform appears 6 Click Windows NT button to view the device list of different hardware products 7 Select PCCOM Multi Port Serial Card Install Shie...

Page 37: ...Operations Manual PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card DECISION Computer International 35 F 3 Uninstall Enter Control Panel Decision PCCOM Adapter and click Completely Remove Driver ...

Page 38: ...an be up to 1M The device driver works for 8250 16450 16550 FIFO 16850 FIFO etc G 1 Installation The installation procedures are shown in the following 1 Add command into CONFIG SYS file then reboot DEVICE C PCCOM8PC SYS Cxx Syy 4 xx Assign the first port name 1 to 92 yy The switch used to set PCI card number 4 High speed card used only If C is not use the first port is COM3 If you only install on...

Page 39: ...can be used to set COM1 to COM96 The syntax of PCCOM EXE is the same as MODE COM For example 1 Set one PCI 8 port card from COM3 to COM6 DEVICE C PCCOM8PC SYS 2 Set two cards One card is PCI 4 port card which is set from COM12 to COM15 and its card number is 0 One card is PCI 8 port card which is set from COM20 to COM27 and its card number is 1 DEVICE C PCCOM4PC SYS C12 S0 DEVICE C PCCOM8PC SYS C2...

Page 40: ...program The ComSent ComRecv are a pair of communication programs for testing the performance of communication port You have to connect the test ports with a null modem before you test communication port You can use PCCOM EXE to change the parameters of communication port Then use this program to test heavy transmission duty on communication port G 3 API Communication Functions In the following the...

Page 41: ...lDataLengthMax PULONG pDataLengthInOut DosOpen Open a File define INCL_DOSFILEMGR APIRET DosOpen PSZ pszFileName PHFILE ppFileHandle PULONG pActionTaken ULONG ulFileSize ULONG ulFileAttribute ULONG ulOpenFlag ULONG ulOpenMode PEAOP2 ppEABuf DosRead Read from a File Pipe or Device to a Buffer define INCL_DOSFILEMGR APIRET DosRead HFILE FileHandle PVOID pBufferAre ULONG ulBufferLength PULONG pByteRe...

Page 42: ...ines in etc rc d rc serial to enable auto configuration of PCCOM PCI bus 8 port card For example uncomment the following lines for PCCOM PCI bus 8 port card SETSERIAL dev cua4 AUTO_IRQ autoconfig STD_FLAGS SETSERIAL dev cua5 AUTO_IRQ autoconfig STD_FLAGS SETSERIAL dev cua6 AUTO_IRQ autoconfig STD_FLAGS SETSERIAL dev cua7 AUTO_IRQ autoconfig STD_FLAGS SETSERIAL dev cua8 AUTO_IRQ autoconfig STD_FLAG...

Page 43: ...onnected to the COM Port under test I 1 Using Hyper Terminal To test the card using the Hyper Terminal Please do the following steps 1 Run the HyperTerminal program 2 During connection the program will ask you to enter your name and choose an icon for the connection Enter any name and select any icon 3 After entering your name and selecting icon you will be ask for country code area code phone num...

Page 44: ...teps 1 Install the software using the Decision Studio It is inside the CD AutoOpen program 2 Run the program Decision Terminal at the program menu of the start menu 3 Setup the COM port properties by selecting the setup option on the File menu 4 You can now begin to type any message to transmit textbox Take note that whatever you type must appear to receive textbox as long as you have a loop back ...

Page 45: ...ation software developer It is an easy to use tool and speed up serial communication application software development time and cost Wide compatibility range hardware support for PCCOM multiport serial card and any standard port and support Zmodem and Kermit file transfer protocols for ASCII Text and Executable file J 2 PCCOM RemoteCom The PCCOM RemoteCom is an OCX programming development tool for ...

Page 46: ...hich can be used to 1 Send message to PAGER BB Call 2 Send and receive VOICE MAIL from computer to telephone or portable phone 3 Send and receive E MAIL 4 Send and receive FAX 5 Receive DTMF J 4 PCCOM RemoTeleCom The PCCOM Remote TeleCom is an OCX programming development tool for made application software That will use to enhance PCCOM TeleCOM functions Pager E mail Voice mail Fax through Internet...

Page 47: ...more function availability Decision Industrial Interface The Decision Industrial Interface was created to provide a standard way to access the functionality provided by all data acquisition products Decision Industrial Control Develop a program controlling the Industrial digital and analog cards remotely at any part of the world using the Internet technology Done it in your application program or ...

Page 48: ...pment tool allows you to capture images taken from the CCD camera via Internet Pinger This development tool make it possible for you to make a program that check if your still connected to the network or internet and check the speed of the response of your connection Internet Location Server This development tool is used to find an IP address of a particular client computer in the Internet by just...

Page 49: ...e PCCOM only on a single computer a registered user may use the program on a different computer but may not use the program on more than one computer at the same time Corporate licensing agreements allow duplication and distribution of specific number of copies within the licensed institution Duplication of multiple copies is not allowed except through execution of a licensing agreement Welcome ca...

Page 50: ... by the purchaser Repaired goods will be dispatched at the expense of PCCOM To ensure that your PCCOM product is covered by the warranty provisions it is necessary that you return the Warranty card Under this Limited Warranty DECISION s obligations will be limited to repair or replacement only of goods found to be defective as specified above during the warranty period DECISION is not liable to th...