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CP-104UL Users Manual
Smartio 4-Port Serial Board for Universal PCI Bus
Third Edition, December 2004
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Smartio CP-104UL Users Manual The product described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright 2004 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without permission is prohibited. Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers.
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MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our number one concern. To ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, Moxa Internet Services has been set up to provide technical support, driver updates, product information, and users manual updates. The following services are provided: E-mail for technical support address support@moxa.com.tw World Wide Web (WWW) site for product information address http://www.moxa.com or http://www.moxa.com.tw
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................. 1-2 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 1-2 SmartioThe Smart Multiport Async Solution ................................................................... 1-2 Board Applications ...............................................................................................
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1 1 Introduction Overview SmartioThe Smart Multiport Async Solution The term Smartio stands for smart multiport serial I/O solution. The Smartio CP-104UL Board is designed for the 32-bit PCI bus with Plug and Play feature. These boards offer 4 RS-232 serial ports for connecting terminals, modems, printers, scanners, cash registers, bar code readers, keypads, numeric displays, electrical scales, data acquisition equipment, and many other serial devices for the PC and compatible systems.
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Introduction conditions, such as lightning, or other high interference situations. Operating System Support The CP-104UL board supports Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS, FreeBSD, SCO, and Linux. For more detail installation guide, please refer to www.moxa.com. MOXA Serial Comm Tool For application development, MOXA provides an easy-to-use serial communication library (PComm) under Windows 2000/XP/2003 and Windows 95/98/NT. With this library, it is easy to develop your
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Package Checklist You should find the following items in the Smartio CP-104UL board package: ! Smartio CP-104UL 4-port serial board ! Documentation and Software CD that contains drivers for Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS, FreeBSD, SCO, and Linux. ! Smartio CP-104UL Quick Installation Guide 1-4 Smartio CP-104UL Users Manual
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Introduction Installation Guide This section gives a brief summary of how to install the Smartio CP-104UL board under each supported operating system. The installation is simple and involves the following stages: Check the PCI BIOS settings. See Chapter 2, Hardware Install the Smartio CP-104UL board. Installation. ↓ Install the software from the diskette. See the respective OS section in Configure the driver for the board and Chapter 3, Software Installation. ports. ↓ Se
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2 2 Hardware Installation The installation of the Smartio CP-104UL board involves both hardware and software. Software installation is discussed in the next chapter. In this chapter, we discuss hardware installation. The no-switch-no-jumper Smartio CP-104UL boards IRQ number and I/O addresses are assigned automatically by the PCI BIOS. For this reason, the board MUST be plugged in before installing the driver software. Installing the Smartio CP-104UL board Step 1: Power off the PC.
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3 3 Software Installation In this chapter, the driver software installation, configuration, and driver update/removal procedures are described for various operating systems, including Windows 2003, Windows 2000/XP, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS, SCO, and Linux. Before proceeding with the software installation, be sure to first complete the hardware installation discussed in the previous chapter. Refer to the next chapter, Serial Programming Tools, for information on developing your
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2. The Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard window will open automatically. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click on Next to continue. 3. Select Search for the best driver in these locations., check Include this location in the search, and then click on Browse. You should be able to locate the \Software\Win2K-XP- 2003 folder on the software CD. Click on Next to continue. 3-2 Smartio CP-104UL Users Manual
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Software Installation 4. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasnt passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested and been shown that it can support Windows OS. Click on Continue Anyway to proceed. 5. Wait while the driver software is installed. The next window shows the model number of the board, and indicates that Windows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to continue wi
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6. The Found New Hardware Wizard window will open to help you install the driver for MOXA Port 0. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Click on Next to continue. 7. Select Search for the best driver in these locations., check Include this location in the search, and then click on Browse. You should be able to locate the \Software\Win2K-XP- 2003 folder on the software CD. Click on Next to continue. 3-4 Smartio CP-104UL Users Manual
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Software Installation 8. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasnt passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested and been shown that it can support Windows OS. Click on Continue Anyway to proceed. 9. Wait while the port driver is being installed. Click on Finish to continue with the rest of the installation procedures. 10. Repeat steps 6 to 9, until the port driver installation for every po
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How to Check the Installation There are three ways to check the installation of the CP-168U Series board. Using Device Manager 1. Use your mouse to position the cursor over your desktops My computer icon, click the right mouse button, and then select Properties. 2. When the System Properties window opens, click on the Hardware tab, and then click on Device Manager. 3. When the Device Manager window opens, you will be able to see the model of MOXA CP- 168U Series, and MOXA communication p
