ISI3334-4/8 Quick Start Guide
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MultiTech Installation Script
The Multi-Tech Installation Script for SCO Open Server 5 systems requests information about how many boards
you want to install, designations for communication
ports and printer ports, and how many pseudo devices you
want to create for Multi_View utility. Based on this information, the appropriate driver files will be installed and
linked with your systems kernel.
1. This text appears on the screen:
You can install up to four ISI3334 cards in a system. Enter the number of
ISi3334 cards you want to install and configure on your system (1-4):
2. The following text appears on the screen:
Multi_View is a utility which will allow you to have multiple sessions on
terminals that have multiple pages of physical memory. In order for this utility
to work with MultiTechs serial cards, pseudo devices have to be created in your
/dev directory. These devices are system-wide resources.
Enter the number of pseudo-devices to be created for the use of Multi_View
utility
(1 - 256).
The Multi_View utility initializes the multiple-page capability of terminals with multiple pages of memory. The number
specified here is the total number of devices (between 1 and 256) available to all Multi-Tech terminals and its the number
of pseudo devices available to the Multi_View utility.
Specify
4
pseudo devices for each ISI3334-4 card installed;
specify
8
for each ISI3334-8 card installed.
For example, if the computer contains three ISI3334-8 cards, you would enter
24
.
Use the
enable
command to initialize ports (for example,
enable ttyl1a
).
3. This text appears on the screen and relates to the /dev directory.
This script also creates the devices in your system to communicate with the ports
of ISICOM. The default prefix for the tty ports is
ttyl
. The default prefix for
the printer is prnl. Is this acceptable? (y/n/q).
For most users, its best to select
y
, which entails accepting the default values. Then proceed to step 4.
Details for use of non-default port/printer values
. The /dev directory holds device-information files used by the kernel to
access the hardware. When you add an ISI card, you must give the ISI ports unique names so they do not conflict with
existing ports or with other devices known to your system. If a device name has already been assigned to an existing
device and the operator assigns that name to a new device, then the existing device will be
deleted
when the ISI port using
its name is created.
a. To use a non-default base name, type
N
and then enter a basename having less than five characters. The base name you
select will be used for all ports on each card you install. ISI port designations will have this form:
[
basename prefix
][
board number
][
port letter
].
basename:
Length is one to four characters.
board number:
Values will be 1, 2, 3, or 4, depending on
how many ISI cards are installed in your computer.
port letter:
For ISI3334-4, use letters A through D for modems. For ISI3334-8, use letters A through H for modems.
(For terminal control devices, use lower-case letters as port identifiers.)
Device basename selected: _________________
b. After you select a device basename, you are prompted for a printer base name. This prefix identifies each port that
supports a terminal with a printer attached to its auxiliary port (for transparent printing). Specify a unique printer base
name (printer parameters are outlined in the Multi_Setup Utility section in this manual ).
Printer base name selected: _________________
When you have specified the device base name and the printer base name, press
Enter
to continue.
Summary of Contents for MultiModem ISI ISI3334/4
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