SCM SwapBox Classic, Hardware & Software Installation

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Page 3: ...ing the CardSoft De installation Option 33 Installing CardView 34 Using CardSoft 37 Using CSALLOC Command 37 Using the CARDINFO Command 39 Using the Configuration Utility 42 Starting the Configuration Utility 42 Editing the PC Card Configurations 43 Changing the Card Insertion Parameters 47 Modifying the Resource Allocation 48 Changing the Display for the Configuration Utility 49 Using Removable S...

Page 4: ...m 59 Specifying Card Notification Criteria Specifying Card Criteria 62 Specifying Event Criteria CardView Options 63 Dip Switch 65 Address Settings for the SwapBox Premium 65 Jumper Settings for Multiple Swapbox Classic or Lite Drives 67 Appendix B Commands System Files Commands in the CONFIG SYS File Commands in the SYSTEM IN File 71 The SCM SwapBox Quick Start Guide ...

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Page 8: ...d and Socket Services software providing support for hundreds of multi function memory and IIO PC Cards 11 Compatibility with all other major Card and Socket software 11 Flash Filing System FFS FTL support for enabling full diskette and hard drive emulation with Flash memory cards 11 Status light indicator that provides information about the operational status of the PC Card inserted into the Swap...

Page 9: ... ports interrupt IRQ settings and memory 1 0 addresses MS DOS systems only How to Use This Manual This manual explains how to install and configure your SwapBox product This manual does not cover MS DOS version 5 0 or later DR DOS Microsoft Windows Windows for Workgroups Windows 95 Windows NT version 3 5 or OS 2 Warp installation or the operation of PCMCIA Card and Socket Services software see the...

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Page 12: ...n Multifunction rear access dual solution solution front w mH n Classic X2 Plug Plug Play version of the dual front solution desktop Top of the line four socket two front and two rear socket available The Start Guide ...

Page 13: ...2 X of the PCMCIA specification as well as the latest PC Card Standard and ExCA1 M specifications SwapBox Lite SwapBox Lite X2 The SwapBox Lite X2 provides a low cost dual PC Card socket solution for the desktop user Two Type I or II PCMCIA cards or one Type III PCMCIA card may be used with this model It consists ofan AT 16 bit ISA card with an on board dual PCMCIA socket accessible through the br...

Page 14: ... the Lite in providing full support for all PCMCIA cards set not two PCMCIA cards but will also support an additional Type III Card and one Type I or II PC Card simultaneously The SwapBox Classic is functionally equivalent to the in providing full support for all your PCMCIA cards The SwapBox Classic X2 Plug Play is functionally equivalent to the Classic X2 and provides Plug Play functionality und...

Page 15: ...ds are used in the front socket much like floppy disks SwapBox Premium SwapBox Premium X2 The SwapBox Premium X2 combines the features ofthe Lite X2 rear access dual PCMCIA sockets and the Classic X2 dual socket front 3 5 drive bay access in a single unit This provides the user with the the state of the art in PCMCIA support for the desktop environment An example of use could be where fax modems a...

Page 16: ...n off the to cord Remove the retaining screws from computer and then remove the cover For instructions on how to disassemble and reassemble the computer see the manual that came with your computer The Start Guide ...

Page 17: ...s have only one connector Note The position of the expansion slots in your computer may differ from the vertical configuration shown here for example your computer s expansion slots may run horizontally Nevertheless the steps you follow to install a card remain basically the same See the manual that came with your computer for more information on the expansion slot configuration ofyour computer SC...

Page 18: ...he top and carefully pushing the edge connector into the 16 bit expansion slot as shown below tt controller card card to the screw 3 All SwapBox controller boards come from the manufacturer with pre configured dip switch and jumper not change configuration ...

Page 19: ...formation on how to remove a faceplate or a drive Connecting the SwapBox Drive Cables I Locate the twin connectors at one end of the PCMCIA ribbon cable All the connectors of the ribbon cable are the same 2 Locate the twin connector sockets on the SwapBox drive 3 Position each ribbon cable connector so that the small tab in the middle of the connector aligns with the middle notch of each connector...

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Page 21: ...roller card Follow these steps 1 Locate the twin connector sockets on the controller card 2 Position the SwapBox drive ribbon cable connectors so that the small tab in the middle ofthe connector aligns with the middle notch of each connector socket as shown below controller card twin connector sockets 3 Make sure the connectors are pushed in evenly and firmly Ifnecessary support the back ofthe con...

Page 22: ...stallation Procedures to configure the d1sJket1te drive and the PCMCIA PC Card Post installation Procedures Ifyour computer is DOS based you must also install Card and Socket Services software to configure your PCMCIA drive Ifyour computer is Microsoft Windows Windows for Workgroups Windows 95 version 3 5 Windows NT or OS 2 Warp skip to the appropriate section below The SCM SwapBox Jtick Start Gui...

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Page 24: ...patible with both MS DOS and DR DOS operating systems All necessary software is included on the provided software installation diskette Follow the installation instructions outlined in the SCM PCMCIA software user s guide Configuring the SwapBox for Microsoft Windows and Windows for Workgroups When installing the SwapBox on a platform running Microsoft Windows or Windows for Workgroups follow the ...

Page 25: ...use the PCMCIA icon within Control Panel to install the newly added SwapBox hardware Refer to the Windows 95 documentation for installing support for new hardware peripherals The manufacturer ofthe controller chip on the SwapBox ISA board should be noted This chip is either an Intel 365 Vadem 365 Vadem 465 or Vadem 469 chip During installation you will be asked for this information Ifyou are unsur...

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Page 28: ... you set up and use your U LJJ _ a_ refer to this chapter You can correct most problems by adjusting a cable a or troubleshooting suggestions in this chapter are organized Ul A L problems Ifthe 5 h i U A iU Start Guide ...

Page 29: ... s BIOS When a computer manufacturer realizes there is a problem with their system s failing to reset the socket controller they typically release a BIOS update which solves the problem Until an updated BIOS is available to you you can follow one of these two suggestion lflil Remove all installed PC Cards before restarting your system with the Ctrl Alt Del key sequence lflil Restart your computer ...

Page 30: ...em you can use to perform following functions 11111 Display how resources are allocated on your T T 11111 Display information about your PC Cards including manufacturer and product information 11111 List the resources your PC Cards are using 11111 Turn the power to your PCMCIA slots on or of 11111 Modify system s IRQ COM ports I O ports and memory You can also use CardSoft to configure specific fu...

Page 31: ... least one PCMCIA SwapBox socket To use the CardView software your system must have the CardSoft software installed It must also meet the following requirements 11111 MS DOS 5 0 or later 11 Windows 3 1 running in enhanced mode How to Use This Manual This manual explains how to install your CardSoft and CardView software how to use the CardSoft utilities and how to use the CardView program You do n...

Page 32: ... see more information about your installed PC Cards or to customize to as 111111 111 Product new products you call for technical be ready to identify system and its configuration provide any error a to the support The Start Guide ...

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Page 35: ...using another memory manager see the manual that came with it for instructions 3 Modify the command line to exclude the address range DOOO DFFF device emm386 exe noems x dOOO dfff 4 Save these changes to your CONFIG SYS file then restart your computer Note Ifyou are using Windows you also need to add the following line to the section of the Windows SYSTEM IN file emmexclude dOOO dfff Installing Ca...

Page 36: ...OS prompt type and press to log onto drive 3 and press see the CardSoft banner screen any key to display the next screen which allows r i H the want to nP1C1 Arm following options available on this screen install ...

Page 37: ...ace the default with a new directory 10 You see the path for the directory where the program will install CardSoft To accept the directory press Enter To change the directory press the space bar to change Yes to No then press Enter The program again allows you to select the drive and directory where you want to install CardSoft 11 Ifyou selected a custom installation you now see a list of CardSoft...

Page 38: ...ur computer to activate CardSoft drivers Watch your monitor as your computer starts Ifyou see errors indicating that the CardSoft load rru rAr rnT re install CardSoft have Microsoft Windows you can now install See page 34 You may want to install only some ofthe CardSoft features The table below describes the individual utilities you can install ifyou select the custom installation option services ...

Page 39: ...ver Provides support for PC Cards that use MTDs Memory Technology Driver MTD SRAM cards Provides support for MTD PC Cards Card ID client the insertion removal of PC Cards deter mines the card type then configures the card and slot adapter Card ID PCMCIA Provides a look up table of SCM Microsystems Inc PC Card library Cards that require CardSoft and CardView to n art n r m special setup procedures ...

Page 40: ...rdSoft command in your system s new CONFIG SYS file When you restart your computer it does not load the CardSoft drivers The De installation option does not delete any files from your hard disk drive When you select the option from within the CardSoft installation program you see two screens displaying information about what the de installation option is doing Press any key at both of these prompt...

Page 41: ...to a backup file with another name Ifyou decide to remove the CardView software from your system later you can use the backup file to restore the original file Then from within Windows follow these steps to install the CardView application 1 Insert the SwapBox CardSoft CardView Auto Install diskette in drive A 2 From the File menu select Run 3 Type a setup and select OK to start the installation p...

Page 42: ...iew program group with a CardView PCMCIA icon in Program Manager as shown below PCMCIA 8 Close all applications exit Windows and restart Windows to load the CardView drivers You are now ready to use your PC Cards in your system If you want to display information about your PC Cards or to customize your system configuration see the Using CardSoft and Using CardView chapters for more information The...

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Page 44: ...for available memory I O port and IRQ resources This ensures that CardSoft does not use resources that other system hardware or software may need to work properly Once you have installed CardSoft the CSALLOC utility scans your system resources each time you start your system and maintains the information it collects in a file called CSALLOC INI You need to run CSALLOC only ifyou want to display th...

Page 45: ...ogram scans your C uc r n resources and file You can use the switches described in the following table to perform different functions Command Switch csalloc r 1 7 the current status of memory port address and IRQ resources on your system The information includes the following codes to identify how each address is allocated indicates addresses reserved for PC Cards or other system i indicates alloc...

Page 46: ...f PC Cards inserted in the PCMCIA slots 11111 Identifies I O ports IRQs and memory areas used by PC Cards so that you can ensure that two components do not use the same resources 11111 Turns power to the PCMCIA slots on or off 11111 Displays manufacturer and product information about PC Cards 11111 Identifies the drive letter for ATA hard disk or ATA flash cards 11111 Displays the most recent erro...

Page 47: ...ft to the path your AUTOEXEC BAT file you need to _AA AA r to run the you type the CARDINFO command without any xr rr at command creates a CARDID INI file and displays the following information installed in the PCMCIA slots type name ...

Page 48: ... the number of slots being and vendor revision and information J r more extensive information about the PCMCIA slots than you see when you type the command with no switches The information includes memory addresses software version numbers vendor information revision date most recent error on the device and assigned I Os and IRQs Turns off power to all PCMCIA slots Turns off power to the specified...

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Page 50: ...for Cancel To toggle an option on or of highlight it then press the space bar The Edit Configuration option on the pull down menu provides options for editing modem card network card and ATA card configurations It also allows you to specify when your system beeps Note Ifyour system is working properly you don t need to edit any of the PC Card configurations Select the configuration you want to cha...

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Page 52: ...ption indicates that audio is enabled Controls whether the system activates from a suspend mode when receiving a modem or fax call When enabled an X appears next to the option the system receives the call even if it is in suspend mode Ifthis option is not enabled the system ignores the call tThis feature is not supported by all modem or fax modem cards The SCM SwapBox Quick Start Guide ...

Page 53: ...emory window Specifies the speed a Token Ring card An X next to the option enables Token Ring speed to per second When this option is disabled the Token Ring is 4 Megabits second not change the displayed values for these options unless have a specific reason These values must be between COOOh and EFOOh and are normally in the range DOOO DFFF You need enter only the first two characters for these v...

Page 54: ...uses the primary ATA address Note When you enable all three of the ATA card configuration options the software uses whatever addresses are available Changing the Card Insertion Parameters Normally your system beeps when you insert or remove a card or when you have a configuration conflict When you select the Edit Configuration option from the File pull down menu you see the Edit Configuration menu...

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Page 56: ...r changes and select OK Ifyou select Delete the screen displays the resource you selected Select OK to delete it 4 Select OK again then select Save to save your configuration changes Changing the Display for the Configuration Utility You can assign a color monochrome or LCD display mode for the CardSoft configuration utility To change the display mode select the Display pull down menu then select ...

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Page 58: ...u have partitioned a drive you can use the MS DOS FORMAT command to format the drive Assigns the next available drive letter on your system to the ATA drive When you start your system you see a message identifying the drive letter assigned to the drives in your PCMCIA slots Displays the drive letter for SRAM and flash memory cards Since these cards share drive letters it is important to know where...

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Page 60: ...ition Type Memory Partition Size PC Card if this field is blank the Type of memory the card is using common or attribute common memory is usually read write and attribute memory is usually Type of partition assigned to the memory for example ROM RAM FLASH Reserved or Available The SCM SwapBox Quick Start Guide ...

Page 61: ... a network card and then describes how to a modem card configure a network card select from Configure menu see the screen below Memory Window 1 Memory Window 2 Base 110 Address Port IRQ line to change your a 1 r card you can modify the fields on this screen The fields on the network screen are described in the table on ...

Page 62: ...at reqmre one Specifies the base I O used to communicate with the network card Specifies the IRQ for the network card make sure the IRQ line assigned here is not already reserved for another device or port You can use CardView to configure the following for your modem 111 Audio for modem line activity 111 Reactivation from a suspend mode to receive a modem or fax call 11 COM port assignment for th...

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Page 64: ...configuration Specifying Card Notification Criteria CardView can use system beeps and notification screens to notify you ofyour PC Card s status CardView can notify you whenever you insert or remove a card or when there is a configuration conflict You can also configure CardView to notify you only for specific types ofcards Note Even ifyou disable your system beep options see page 60 you still see...

Page 65: ...ia When you select On from the Notify pull down menu you see the following screen Card Types Modem Ethernet ATADisk Flash Memory SRAM 0 z_o _Elrii iiiQi J Token Ring You can use this screen to select which cards generate An ...

Page 66: ...ample ifyou insert a modem card and have CardView configured to notify you on insertion and notify you for a network card but not for a modem card you are not notified when you insert your modem card even though you have specified notify on insertion Specifying CardView Options The CardView Options menu allows you to select two options 111111 Run the CardView application minimized With this option...

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Page 68: ...mium controller board ROM BIOS options can also be configured See the illustration and table on the following page 1 0 Address switch settings 1 0 I I Switch ISwitdi Address Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch hex 8 7 6 s 4 3 2 1 300 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF ON ON 310 OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF ON ON 320 ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON 330 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON I ON 340 ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF ON I ON 350 O...

Page 69: ...ROM BIOS 800 DOOO D800 DISABLED Switch 4 ON ON ROM BIOS switch settings Switch 3 ON OFF OFF OFF Switch 2 Switch ...

Page 70: ...rives in one system In this case the WI and W2 jumpers need to be set accordingly See the illustrations and table below 1st SwapBox 2nd SwapBox 3rd SwapBox 4th SwapBox 1 2 3 Position Of W1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 W1 W2 W2 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 Example ofconfiguration for 3rd SwapBox The SCM SwapBox Quick Start Guide ...

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Page 72: ...Soft and CardView commands that these programs add to your system files It also lists additional commands you may need to add ifyou want to customize your system Commands in the CONFIG SYS File The CardSoft s Install program may have added some ofthe following commands to your CONFIG SYS file Ifyou modify this file yourself make sure you save it and restart your computer The SCM SwapBox Quick Star...

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Page 74: ...files The following table lists the command lines CardView places in the SYSTEM IN file SYSTEM INI commands device c cardview ssvcd 386 device vcd COM1Base 3F8 COM1IRQ 4 COM2Base 2F8 COM2IRQ 3 COM3Base 3E8 COM3IRQ 4 COM4Base 2E8 COM4IRQ 3 emmexclude dOOO dfff section file replaces comm drv comm drv in the 386Enh section replaces device vcd in the 386Enh section so that CardView not the memory mana...

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