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RIO Remote I/O System User Guide

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Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software

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Main RIO Remote I/O System User Guide Page Page About this manual Purpose of this manual Who this manual is for Using this on-line manual Document navigation Hypertext jumps Revision history Fast Contents Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 20 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE 31 Installing RIO under SCO OpenServer 5 and SCO OpenServer 6 .........52 Installing RIO under SCO UnixWare ............................................................ 76 Installing RIO under Windows NT ................................................................90 Installing RIO ISA Host Cards under Windows 2000 ................. ..............125 Page Installing a Long Distance Module (LDM) .................................................. 177 CHAPTER 3 RIO CABLING INFORMATION 199 Page CHAPTER 4 QUICK REFERENCE 226 CHAPTER 5 RIO COMMAND LINE UTILITIES 245 RIO system commands under Solaris/Linux/LynxOS ............................. 248 APPENDIX A SERIAL PORT DEVICE NAMES 267 APPENDIX B TRANSPARENT PRINTING (SOLARIS ONLY)269 APPENDIX C TROUBLESHOOTING 274 APPENDIX D CONTACTING PERLE 318 Making a technical Support Query .............................. ................................319 INDEX ................................................................................... 324 Chapter 1 Introduction About the RIO system RIO system components Host card Link cables Remote Terminal Adaptors Long Distance Module (LDM) Fibre optic (FOLK) kit Example RIO systems Short distance link using RIO link cable Medium distance link using fibre optic (FOLK) kit Long distance link via leased line Fault tolerant link Dual host fail-safe link Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software Page Before you start Downloading RIO drivers from the Perle web site Installing RIO under Solaris General setup procedure for Solaris Page Upgrading from existing device drivers Upgrading your current RIO driver Page Page Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels Removing RIO drivers and utilities from your system Page Setting up terminals using Admintool Page Page Page Page Removing RIO serial port terminals Page Updating your RIO system configuration Installing RIO under SCO OpenServer 5 and SCO OpenServer 6 General installation procedure for SCO OpenServer 5 and SCO OpenServer 6 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 0d0000 Removing device drivers and utilities from your system Page Configuring ports with config.rio Adding an RTA to the system Page Page Page Removing an RTA from the system Page Page Creating a login for an RTA Page Page Page Installing RIO under SCO UnixWare General installation procedure for SCO UnixWare Page Assigning ISA host card address and IRQ levels Page Page Configuring ports with config.rio Adding an RTA to the system Page Page Removing an RTA from the system Page Page Removing device drivers and utilities from your system Creating a login for an RTA Installing RIO under Windows NT General setup procedure for Windows NT Page Page Page Configuring ISA host cards Page Page Configuring PCI host cards Configuring Remote Terminal Adaptors Page Making and displaying changes to your system configuration Introduction Displaying multiple networks Printing a copy of the system map Identifying an RTA Displaying a port configuration summary Adding a Fault Tolerant Link Adding an RTA to your system configuration Adopting Port Names Moving an RTA Removing an RTA Disconnecting an RTA from within the software Re-booting an RTA Adding a Host Card Removing a Host Card Installing RIO PCI Host Cards under Windows 2000/XP/ Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 General setup procedure for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Installing PCI card drivers and utilities Page Page Configuring PCI Card serial ports Page Page Configuring the polled mode and quick close settings for a PCI host card Page Page Removing PCI devices and ports from the system Identifying PCI RTAs Page Page Installing RIO ISA Host Cards under Windows 2000 General setup procedure for Windows 2000 Adding ISA host cards to the system Page Page Viewing and changing the resources for an ISA device Page Page Configuring ISA Card serial ports Page Page Configuring the quick close settings for an ISA host card Page Page Removing ISA devices and ports from the system Identifying ISA RTAs Page Page Installing RIO under Linux General installation procedure for Linux Installing drivers onto your system Page Installing utilities Page Page Loading the driver module into the kernel Manually loading the module and firmware Loading the RIO module and firmware automatically 2. Create symboli c links to the file in the relevant system start-up directories (page 1 52). Page Page Page Removing ports from a system Installing a Universal 3.3/5V PCI host card Identifying your RIO PCI card and slot type Installation procedure Installing an ISA host card Page Removing host cards Installing Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs) RTA8 8 port Remote Terminal Adaptors Page Wall mounting an RTA8 RTA16 16 port Remote Terminal Adaptors Page Page RRC16 Remote Concentrator Page Mounting the RRC16 Page Page Removing a Remote Terminal Adaptor (RTA) Installing a short distance link Installing a Fibre Optic Link Kit (FOLK) Introduction Fibre optic unit main components Installation procedure Installing a Long Distance Module (LDM) Introduction Long Distance Unit main components Installation General procedure Installing a long distance LDM link via Modem and leased line Page Long wire installation X.21 Installation LDM Cabling information LDU flying lead connector pinouts Mini DIN on RIO link flying lead DB25 female on flying lead Adaptor pinouts for LDU flying lead connectors Asynchronous Long-wire Connection (DB25 male to DB25 male) Asynchronous/Synchronous Modem & X21bis (DB25 female to DB25 male) Synchronous X.21 connection Installing a fault tolerant link Installing a dual host fail-safe link (UNIX only) Installing a dual host failsafe link under Solaris Page Page Page Installing a dual host failsafe link under SCO OpenServer Page Installing a dual host failsafe link under SCO UnixWare Page Chapter 3 RIO Cabling information Mini DIN pinouts on RIO host cards RTA connector pinouts RTA connector guide RJ45 female RTA connector pinout DB25 female RTA connector pinout RS422 DB25 female RTA connector pinout DB25 male RTA connector pinout DB25 parallel female RTA connector pinout Connecting RIO host cards to RTAs Connecting RTAs to terminals Connecting RTAs to modems Connecting RTAs to parallel printers Connecting RTAs to serial printers Cable connector pinouts RJ45 male to DB25 male DTE for connection to DCE devices DB25 male to DB25 male DTE for connection to DCE devices DB25 female to DB25 male DTE for connection to DCE devices RJ45 male to DB25 female DCE for connection to DTE devices DB25 male to DB25 female DCE for connection to DTE devices DB25 female to DB25 female DCE for connection to DTE devices DB25 parallel male to centronics parallel RIO cables available from Perle Link Cable Link cable specification Fibre optic link (FOLK) cable specifications Loopback connector pinouts Loopback pinouts for RJ45 female connectors Loopback pinouts for DB25 female connectors Loopback pinouts for DB25 male connectors Chapter 4 Quick Reference SCO OpenServer 5 utilities config.rio Main menu RTA Management menu other than terminals or modems to the currently selected port. Page Host Configuration menu SCO UnixWare utilities Device configuration utility config.rio Main menu Page RTA Management menu Page Host Configuration menu spxadmport utility for configuring ports Page Window NT utilities RIO Configuration utility Main window Menu map and toolbar buttons Page Chapter 5 RIO command line utilities Command line utilities rioisacfg utility rioconfig utility RIO system commands under Solaris/Linux/LynxOS rioreboot rioversion rioboot rioadopt riodelete rioidentify riolock rioresume riomkdev Page rioshow riostats rio.cf file About the rio.cf file Page rio.cf keywords HOST RTA DEFPORT Page PORT Appendix A Serial port device names Solaris Device node details Linux Device node details Appendix B Transparent printing (Solaris only) What is transparent printing? Problems with printer output Sample transparent printing "rio.cf" port entry PORT:0:/dev/term/r006::tty:100:^[d#:^T:: Common Terminal Transparent Print Sequences Appendix C Troubleshooting Solaris troubleshooting Example of normal boot up messages for host cards Troubleshooting guide Host cards Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs) Ports SCO OpenServer 5 troubleshooting Using the Port Diagnostics facility General procedure for using Port Diagnostics Selecting the RTA and port to test Page Page Page Performing the send data to port test Page Performing the loopback test on a port Page SCO OpenServer 5 Error Messages SCO UnixWare troubleshooting Using the Port Diagnostics facility General procedure for using Port Diagnostics Selecting the RTA and port to test Page Page Performing the send data to port test Page Performing the loopback test on a port Page SCO UnixWare Error Messages Windows NT troubleshooting General fault finding under Windows NT Machine fails to boot NT operating system fails while loading RIO driver or another driver fails to boot COM ports are not accessible RIO NT driver is operating satisfactorily but then fails Page Error Messages Messages which are common: Messages which are infrequent: Messages which you should rarely see: Clashing memory address Clashing Interrupts System Information Testing RIO host cards with the Hardware Diagnostics program How to run a test using RIO Hardware Diagnostics Page Test options guide Page Additional options Appendix D Contacting Perle Making a technical Support Query Who to contact Information needed when making a query Making a support query via the Perle web page Repair procedure Feedback about this manual Contacting Perle technical support Region Address Email Index A C D E L M O P Q S T U W

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