Moxa Technologies C360 manual Async Concentrator Serial Number, TTY or Non-TTY

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For UNIX Users ∙

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User can select base I/O address and interrupt at will as long as no conflict will occurs. In [Concentrator Setting] dialog, there are several features that need explanation which is as follows:

Async Concentrator Serial Number:

This is the unique number identifying an Async Concentrator. User has to type in the serial number when installing the driver into the system at the very first time. Otherwise, user can use "Auto Search Serial No." to detect the serial number(s) of all the existing Async Concentrator(s) for convenience without typing the serial number(s) one by one.

The unique serial number written on a sticker can be found at the left of the rear panel of each Async Concentrator.

TTY or Non-TTY:

Specify TTY the for the Async Concentrator if all the 16 serial ports are to be used for login or standard UNIX tty purpose. Otherwise, specify non-TTY for MOXA port usage.

If TTY is specified for an Async Concentrator, user may enter [H/W Flow Control Settings] dialog to specify "H/W Flow Control" feature: ON or OFF (OFF is set as default).

This feature is for more flexible driver behavior. If set to OFF (default), RTS/CTS hardware flow control function in driver will be disabled and CTS signal from remote site is not needed for tty port to transfer data. On contrary, if set to ON, RTS/CTS hardware flow control function in driver will be enabled and CTS signal from remote site is needed for tty port to transfer data.

Any change of configuration, such as adding or deleting Async Concentrator(s), changing from TTY to non-TTY or non-TTY to TTY, will cause kernel rebuilding. Note that changing only the serial number will not cause kernel rebuilding but "Concentrator Restart" or "Driver Reset" should be called for to enable the newly configured Async Concentrator.

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Contents C360 Copyright Notice Moxa Internet Services Table of Contents Appendix a Troubleshooting Page Overview IntroductionFeatures Features and SpecificationsSpecifications SystemAsync Concentrator Control BoardC360 Control Board Check listRack Mount Kit Installation of C360 Hapter 2 Hardware InstallationHardware Installation ∙ ∙ Chapter Rack Mount Kit HubSerial Number of the Async Concentrator LED IndicatorsDiagnostics ~10~ Hardware Installation ∙ ∙ Chapter Control Board Configuration Software Driver Installation and SetupDriver Installation Driver Loading Driver Setup~14~ Moxa Serial Port Naming Convention Driver RemovalAsync Concentrator Status Monitoring AdministrationsDOS API-232 Library and Programming Languages Data Scope Async Concentrator DiagnosticsFor Unix Users Driver InstallationFor Unix Users ∙ ∙ Chapter Convention of the Moxa TTY device name is Moxa TTY and Non-TTY PortsMoxa TTY Ports Moxa Non-TTY Ports Tty + a + B + CConfiguration TTY or Non-TTY Async Concentrator Serial NumberDriver Reset DiagnosticsMonitoring Concentrator RestartTerminal Emulation Programming the Moxa TTY Ports Using Standard Unix APIFunction Description Extended Function List for Moxa TTY PortsMobufed Mhwflow Function List Programming the Moxa Non-TTY Ports Using Moxa Unix API-232Open a non-TTY port Function DescriptionClose a non-TTY port Read data from a non-TTY portWrite a string of data to Tx buffer Non-TTY port parameter settingFlush Tx/Rx buffer data Send break signalGet modem line status Read the length of data queued in Rx bufferRead the length of data queued in Tx buffer Setting CTS/RTS and XON/XOFF flow control Set modem line control signal DTRSet modem line control signal RTS Enable transmitting data Disable transmitting dataAppendix a Software Cause and Solution Hardware causes and solutionsSoftware Causes and Solutions RTS DSR CTS DTR SolutionUnder UNIX, the newly rebuilt kernel could not boot Hardware Cause and SolutionEthernet Cabling Appendix BAsync Concentrator and Serial Number RS-232 Cable Wiring RJ-45 Female ConnectorDTE GND RTS CTS DSR Appendix C Appendix C ∙ Customer name Company Date Tel Fax Problem Report FormWarranty

C360 specifications

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