About this Manual
This manual is composed of six chapters and one appendix. This manual is written for installers, system
administrators and software programmers.
If you are a first-time installer and system administrator, we recommend you to go through the whole
manual except chapter 4.
If you are a software programmer, you may refer to chapter 4, “Serial Programming Tools”.
If you need cable wiring information, please see the “Connection Cable and Cable Wiring” chapter.
If you encounter any problem during the installation, please refer to the “Troubleshooting” chapter.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview and features of the
Industio
CI-132 Series boards, list of items and overall installation guide.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Hardware installation for the
Industio
CI-132 Series boards and connection cable. Hardware
configuration utility, Io-irq.exe, is detailed.
Chapter 3 Software Installation
Software installation, configuration, driver loading/unloading, driver update and removal for various
operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 95/98 and DOS.
Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools
Short description of the programming tools,
PComm
, under Windows NT and Windows 95/98 and
API-232 under DOS. Also RS-485 programming issue is covered.
Chapter 5 Connection Cable and Cable Wiring
Description of the RS-422 and RS-485 cable wiring for the connection cable.
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
Common problems and possible answers for the
Industio
CI-132 Series boards.
Appendix
Specification details, UART, Installation under compatible systems and I/O port address map.