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RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
Installing RIO under Solaris
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Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software
Contents
Main
RIO Remote I/O System
User Guide
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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
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Installing a Long Distance Module (LDM) .................................................. 177
CHAPTER 3 RIO CABLING INFORMATION 199
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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
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Before you start
Downloading RIO drivers from the Perle web site
Installing RIO under Solaris
General setup procedure for Solaris
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Upgrading from existing device drivers
Upgrading your current RIO driver
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Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels
Removing RIO drivers and utilities from your system
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Setting up terminals using Admintool
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Removing RIO serial port terminals
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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
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Removing device drivers and utilities from your system
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Configuring ports with config.rio
Adding an RTA to the system
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Removing an RTA from the system
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Creating a login for an RTA
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Installing RIO under SCO UnixWare
General installation procedure for SCO UnixWare
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Assigning ISA host card address and IRQ levels
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Configuring ports with config.rio
Adding an RTA to the system
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Removing an RTA from the system
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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
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Configuring ISA host cards
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Configuring PCI host cards
Configuring Remote Terminal Adaptors
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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
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Configuring PCI Card serial ports
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Configuring the polled mode and quick close settings for a PCI host card
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Removing PCI devices and ports from the system
Identifying PCI RTAs
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Installing RIO ISA Host Cards under Windows 2000
General setup procedure for Windows 2000
Adding ISA host cards to the system
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Viewing and changing the resources for an ISA device
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Configuring ISA Card serial ports
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Configuring the quick close settings for an ISA host card
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Removing ISA devices and ports from the system
Identifying ISA RTAs
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Installing RIO under Linux
General installation procedure for Linux
Installing drivers onto your system
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Installing utilities
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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).
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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
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Removing host cards
Installing Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs)
RTA8 8 port Remote Terminal Adaptors
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Wall mounting an RTA8
RTA16 16 port Remote Terminal Adaptors
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RRC16 Remote Concentrator
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Mounting the RRC16
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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
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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
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Installing a dual host failsafe link under SCO OpenServer
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Installing a dual host failsafe link under SCO UnixWare
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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.
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Host Configuration menu
SCO UnixWare utilities
Device configuration utility
config.rio
Main menu
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RTA Management menu
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Host Configuration menu
spxadmport utility for configuring ports
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Window NT utilities
RIO Configuration utility
Main window
Menu map and toolbar buttons
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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
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rioshow
riostats
rio.cf file
About the rio.cf file
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rio.cf keywords
HOST
RTA
DEFPORT
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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
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Performing the send data to port test
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Performing the loopback test on a port
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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
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Performing the send data to port test
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Performing the loopback test on a port
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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
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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
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Test options guide
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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
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