Quatech SSP-100, User Manual

Page 1: ...MCIA Asynchronous Adapter for PCMCIA Card Standard compatible machines User s Manual QUATECH INC TEL 330 434 3154 5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway FAX 330 434 1409 Hudson Ohio 44236 www quatech com INTERFACE CARDS FOR IBM PC AT AND PS 2 ...

Page 2: ...nt will Quatech Inc be liable for damages of any kind incidental or consequential in regard to or arising out of the performance or form of the materials presented herein and in the program s accompanying this document No representation is made regarding the suitability of this product for any particular purpose Quatech Inc reserves the right to edit or append to this document or the product s to ...

Page 3: ...ation of Council Directive 89 336 EEC Standards to which Conformity is Declared EN50081 1 EN55022 EN50082 1 IEC 801 2 IEC 801 3 IEC 801 4 Type of Equipment Information Technology Equipment Equipment Class Commercial Residential Light Industrial Product Name PCMCIA Card Model Number SSP 100 SSP 100 Rev G and later User s Manual ii ...

Page 4: ... 2000 3 4 Frequently Asked Questions 3 2 Changing Resource Settings with Device Manager 3 2 Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager 3 1 SSP 100 Resource Settings in Windows 95 98 ME 3 1 Installing a SSP 100 Under Windows 95 98 ME 3 1 Windows 95 98 Millennium ME 2 10 Common Problems 2 8 Command Line Options 2 7 SSP 100 Enabler for DOS 2 6 Common Problems 2 4 Command Line Options 2 3 Client Dr...

Page 5: ...PC Card Standard Specification 2 1 compliant The SSP 100 s serial port is implemented using a 16C750 Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART which is the recommended communications interface for multitasking environments and with applications involving high data transfer rates PCMCIA Card Cable Assembly Standard D 9 Male Figure 1 SSP 100 Card and Cable Assembly SSP 100 Rev G and later Use...

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Page 7: ...e Does not support automatic configuration of adapters upon insertion Hot Swapping Allows automatic configuration of SSP 100 adapters upon insertion Hot Swapping Interfaces directly to Intel 82365SL and other PCIC compatible PCMCIA host adapters Interfaces to PCMCIA Card and Socket Services software PCMCIA host adapter independent File type DOS executable File type DOS device driver Enabler Client...

Page 8: ...ng an ASCII text editor open the system s CONFIG SYS file located in the root directory of the boot drive 3 Locate the line s in the CONFIG SYS file where the Card and Socket Services software is installed 4 AFTER the line s installing the Card and Socket Services software add the following line to the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE drive path SSP130CL SYS options where options are the SSP 100 Client Driv...

Page 9: ...n the command line Each argument must be enclosed in parenthesis and must be separated from other arguments by a space on the command line Within each argument any or all of the following parameters may be specified using a comma no spaces to separate each parameter Baddress specifies a the base I O address of the SSP 100 in hexadecimal This address must reside on an even 8 byte boundary If this o...

Page 10: ...a single command line argument is provided Because the parameter order is not significant the Client Driver will attempt to configure a SSP 100 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable the SSP 100 will not be configured 2 1 2 5 Example 5 DEVICE C SSP 100 SSP130CL SYS b300 i5 i10 In example 5 three command line arguments are provided The...

Page 11: ...configure a SSP 100 inserted into socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 If the SSP 100 is inserted into socket 1 the Client Driver will attempt to configure it with base address 340H and IRQ 10 This allows the user to force the SSP 100 s address and IRQ settings to be socket specific which may simplify cable connections and software development As in the previous examples however if the r...

Page 12: ...ces documentation for availability and details of this feature Older Versions of Card and Socket Services Some versions of Card and Socket Services dated before 1993 do not support general purpose I O cards If after careful installation of the Client Driver the SSP 100 does not configure or operate properly an updated version of Card and Socket Services may be required Card and Socket Services sof...

Page 13: ... the system this region of DOS memory must be excluded from the memory manager s control Consult the documentation provided with the memory manager software for instructions on how to exclude this memory region 2 2 1 Command Line Options To configure a SSP 100 in the system the Enabler requires one command line argument from the user to determine the configuration of the card This argument must be...

Page 14: ...y settings specified by the B and I options are ignored 2 2 1 1 Example 1 SSP130EN EXE In example 1 no command line argument is specified The Enabler will report an error and display the proper usage of the command 2 2 1 2 Example 2 SSP130EN EXE s0 b300 i5 In example 2 the Enabler will configure the SSP 100 in socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5 using a configuration memory window at se...

Page 15: ... default address may be changed using the W option If a memory manager such as EMM386 QEMM or 386Max is installed on the system this region of DOS memory must be excluded from the memory manager s control Consult the documentation provided with the memory manager software for instructions on how to exclude this memory region Furthermore some systems use the high memory area for BIOS shadowing to i...

Page 16: ...and Socket Services software If a Card and Socket Services software is installed the Enabler may interfere with its operation and with the device s it controls For systems configured with Card and Socket Services the SSP 100 Client Driver is the recommended method of configuration 2 11 SSP 100 Rev G and later User s Manual ...

Page 17: ... click OK Windows 95 98 ME will browse the path for the aforementioned files 5 During the installation process it may be required to supply the computer with the Windows 95 98 ME CD or installation CDs Insert the CD and click OK The SSP 100 PC Card should now be configured With the default configuration the SSP 100 s interrupt status register will be enable and the 16C750 UART s scratchpad registe...

Page 18: ... Request resource allocations 5 Double click the hardware class Ports Com and LPT The Quatech Communications Port listed in this class is a child device of the SSP 100 parent device 6 Open the Properties dialog for the COM port then click the Resources tab to view the Input Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations These will match those of the parent device 7 Record the COM Port dev...

Page 19: ...ions that displays No conflicts in the bottom display region titled Conflicting Device List from the drop down list Some applications may not be able to access ports higher than COM4 To use the SSP 100 PCMCIA serial ports with these applications you might be forced to remove other serial communications devices from your system 7 To modify the Interrupt Request setting click the resource name and c...

Page 20: ...ettings box and allow Windows 95 98 ME to reconfigure the SSP 100 card The basic configurations list should once again be visible Base I O Address Resource Modification Not Allowed The SSP 100 is configured to allow only a fixed number of base I O addresses To change the I O address resources for the SSP 100 select another Basic Configuration Refer to the Basic Configurations table for a list of t...

Page 21: ...4 1Installing a SSP 100 Under Windows 2000 1 Insert the Quatech COM CD into an available CD ROM 2 Insert the SSP 100 into any available PC Card socket 3 You will be prompted to search for the correct driver Choose the drive where the Quatech COM CD is located and select Browse from the Files Needed window Figure 5 Windows 2000 4 1 ...

Page 22: ...4 Double click Serial Port Adapters Figure 6 5 Double click Drivers Figure 7 4 2 SSP 100 Rev G and later User s Manual ...

Page 23: ...6 Double click on Windows 2000 XP for PCI PCMCIA ISA Figure 8 7 Click on qserbrd inf and select open Figure 9 Windows 2000 4 3 ...

Page 24: ... hardware devices in Windows 2000 use the system Device Manager To access Device Manager double click the System icon in the Windows 2000 control panel or click the My Computer icon on the Windows 2000 desktop with the right mouse button and select Properties from the pull down menu Click on the Hardware tab then click on the Device Manager Consult Windows 2000 on line help for details on the use ...

Page 25: ...The device name for the SSP 100 is Quatech SSP 100 PCMCIA RS 232 Serial Adapter 4 Open the Properties dialog for the SSP 100 device select Resources tab to view the Input Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations Examine and remember the Input Output Range then close the properties window 5 Double click the hardware class Ports Com and LPT The Quatech PCMCIA Serial Port listed in thi...

Page 26: ...r 1 Start the Windows 2000 Device Manager 2 Double click on the hardware class Quatech Multiport Serial Devices to list hardware devices in the class 3 The SSP 100 parent device belongs to this hardware class The device name for the SSP 100 is Quatech SSP 100 PCMCIA RS 232 Serial Adapter 4 Open the Properties dialog for the SSP 100 device then click the Advanced tab to view the clock rate settings...

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Page 28: ...legacy applicattions which cannot request baud rates over 115 200 230 400 X2 The X1 clock mode mimics a standard COM port The hardware drivers lock the clock to the standard rate The port will run at the baud rate requested by the application 115 200 X1 Auto clock mode enables applications to request any baud rate up to 921 600 The hardware drivers will select the correct clock multiplier based on...

Page 29: ...rmal 3F8 3FF 0000 Scratch Pad ISR Clock Speed I O Range Basic Configuration Indicates COM mode addressing Addresses 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 are the standard addresses for COM1 COM2 COM3 and COM4 respectively Windows 95 98 ME enumerates any COM port at a non standard address starting with COM5 Any indicates variable value this value may or may not be user selectable depending on platform Windows 2000 4...

Page 30: ...dow will open up Inside this window click on the up down arrows to the right of the Interrupt Request value This scrolls you through all of the allowable resources for your hardware Pay attention to the conflict information at the bottom of the window Do not select a value that causes a conflict with any other installed hardware 8 If any changes have been made to theSSP 100 s configuration the car...

Page 31: ...supports the SSP 100 only in block addressing mode To begin the installation open Windows Explorer and search for the Setup exe command to install the Quatech Device Manager See following Windows Explorer figure D Serial Port Adapters Drivers Windows NT 4 0 for PCI PCMCIA ISA Once the installation is complete an icon will be placed on the desktop Windows NT Explorer Windows NT 5 1 ...

Page 32: ...and double click the Quatech Device Manager icon on the desktop Device Manager Icon on Desktop 2 Click the Add button at the bottom of the Quatech Device Manager Window 5 2 SSP 100 Rev G and later User s Manual ...

Page 33: ...3 Follow the steps for the Add Quatech Hardware Wizard Windows NT 5 3 ...

Page 34: ...e SSP 100 PC Card should now be configured In the future Windows NT will automatically recognize and configure the SSP 100 Note Windows NT does not support Plug and Play for PCMCIA cards The PCMCIA Card must be inserted prior to starting Windows NT and can not be removed and reinserted while Windows NT is running 5 4 SSP 100 Rev G and later User s Manual ...

Page 35: ...CIA output connector into a standard D 9 male connector data terminal equipment DTE as shown in the figures below Standard D 9 Male Figure 14 SSP 100 Adapter Cable D 9 Male Connector GND DTR TxD RxD DCD RI CTS RTS DSR 5 4 3 2 1 6 7 8 9 Figure 15 RS 232 Signal Assignment External Connections 6 1 ...

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Page 37: ...ce PCMCIA PC Card Standard 2 1 compliant Physical Dimensions Type II PCMCIA card 5mm Maximum Baud Rate 921 6K Power Requirements 5 volts 20 mA typical 30 mA maximum Connector Adapter to standard male D 9 SSP 100 User s Manual 7 2 ...

Page 38: ...SSP 100 User s Manual Revision 3 12 March 2004 P N 940 0074 312 Quatech Inc ...