Moxa Technologies RS-485 Introduction, Hardware Installation, Software Installation, Appendix

About this Manual

This manual is composed of six chapters and one appendix. This manual is written for installers, system administrators and software programmers.

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 the “Connection Cable and Cable Wiring” chapter.

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

Chapter 1 Introduction

Overview and features of the Industio CI-134 Series boards, list of items and overall installation guide.

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Hardware installation for the Industio CI-134 Series boards and connection cable. Hardware configuration utility, Io-irq.exe, is detailed.

Chapter 3 Software Installation

Software installation, configuration, driver loading/unloading, driver update and removal for various operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS and Windows 3.x.

Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools

Short description of the programming tools, PComm, under Windows NT and Windows 95/98 and API-232 under DOS and Windows 3.x. Also RS-485 programming issue is covered.

Chapter 5 Connection Cable and Cable Wiring

Description of the RS-422 and RS-485 cable wiring for the connection cable.

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

Common problems and possible answers for the Industio CI-134 Series boards.

Appendix

Specification details, UART and I/O port address map.