Moxa Technologies C168HS user manual Introduction, Hardware Installation, Software Installation

About This Manual

This manual is composed of six Chapters and one Appendix. This manual is written for installer, system administrator and software programmer.

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 Chapter “Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring”.

If you encounter any problem during installation, please refer to Chapter “Troubleshooting”.

+In this manual, C168 Series refers to C168H and C168HS.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Overview and features of the Smartio C168 Series boards, list of items and overall installation guide.

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Hardware installation for the Smartio C168 Series boards and connection option (Opt8x) is detailed.

Chapter 3 Software Installation

This Chapter details the software installation, configuration, driver loading/unloading, driver upgrade and removal for various operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 95/98 , UNIX, DOS.

Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools

This Chapter roughly describes the programming tools for various O.S. platforms, including PComm under Windows NT, Windows 95/98, API-232 under DOS and standard UNIX system calls. Also RS-485 programming issue is covered (for Opt8J).

Chapter 5 Connection Option (Opt8x) and Cable Wiring

This Chapter describes the RS-232/422/485 cable wiring for each connection option (Opt8x).

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

This Chapter describes the problems and possible answers for Smartio C168 Series boards.

Appendix Technical Reference

Specification details, UART, I/O port address map, and DB62 pinouts are described.