Moxa Technologies SMART SERIAL BOARD CP-118U user manual

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CP-118U User’s Manual
8-Port RS-232/422/485 Serial Board for Universal PCI Bus
Second Edition, December 2004
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CP-118U User’s Manual The software 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 without permission is prohibited. Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of The Moxa Group. All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers. Disclaimer Inf

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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................1-1 Overview.................................................................................................................................. 1-2 Applications............................................................................................................................. 1-3 Features..........................................................

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Appendix A Technical Reference ................................................................................... A-1 Product Specifications ............................................................................................................ A-1 PCI .......................................................................................................................................... A-2 MOXA UART....................................................................................

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1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Moxa’s CP-118U Universal PCI serial board meets the new slot standard for expansion boards, and works with both 3.3V and 5V PCI slots. The board has eight independent RS-232/422/485 serial ports for connecting data acquisition equipment and other serial devices to a PC. The following topics are covered in this chapter: ! Overview ! Applications ! Features ! Package Checklist ! Installation Flowchart

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CP-118U User’s Manual Introduction Overview Smartio—The Smart Multiport Async Solution CP-118U is one of the newest members of Moxa’s well-known Smartio series of multiport serial boards, in which Smartio stands for Smart Multiport serial I/O solution. The 8-port RS-232/422/485 CP-118U board is designed for the plug-and-play 32-bit PCI bus, and is an economical solution for connecting terminals, modems, printers, scanners, cash registers, bar code readers, keypads, numeric displays, elect

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CP-118U User’s Manual Introduction Applications The CP-118U board is suitable for many different applications, including: ! Internet/Intranet Connections ! Remote Access ! Multi-user Applications ! Industrial Automation ! Office Automation ! Telecommunications ! PC-based Vending Machines and Kiosks ! POS (Point-of-Sale) Systems Features The CP-118U board has the following outstanding features: ! 8 independent RS-232/422/RS-485 serial ports ! Supports Universal PCI ! Data flow LED

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CP-118U User’s Manual Introduction Installation Flowchart The following flowchart gives a brief summary of the procedure you should follow to install the CP-118U board and which chapters to refer to for more detailed information: Use the onboard DIP Switches to select the Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation” data transmission mode for each port. Install the board in a PCI or PCI-X Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation” expansion slot. Install the driver and configure the board Chapter 3, “S

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2 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The CP-118U Series hardware installation procedure is described in this chapter. Since the CP-118U board’s IRQ number and I/O addresses are assigned automatically by the PCI BIOS, the board MUST be plugged in before installing the driver. The following topics are covered in this chapter: ! CP-118U Block Diagram ! DIP Switch Settings ! Plugging the Board into an Expansion Slot

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CP-118U User’s Manual Hardware Installation CP-118U Block Diagram 135 mm [5.31 in] 121 mm [4.76 in] 82 mm [3.23 in] MU860 41.7 mm [1.64 in] DIP Switch Settings CP-118U has three onboard DIP Switch arrays, each with 8 switches, referred to below and on the board (see the above block diagram) as S1, S2, and S3. The switches are used to select one of four serial interfaces—RS-232, RS-422, 4-wire RS-485, 2-wire RS-485—for each of the eight ports. Note that S3 selects between RS-232 and RS-42

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CP-118U User’s Manual Hardware Installation Plugging the Board into an Expansion Slot Since the CP-118U board’s IRQ number and I/O address are automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS, the board MUST be plugged into one of the computer’s expansion slots before installing the driver. Step 1: Power off the PC. WARNING To avoid damaging your system and board, make sure your computer is turned off before installing the board. Step 2: Remove the PC’s cover. Step 3: Remove the slot cover bra

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3 3 Chapter 3 Software Installation In this chapter, installation, configuration, and update/removal procedures for the driver are given for Windows (2003/XP, 2000, 98/95, NT), DOS, Linux, and SCO. Before proceeding with the software installation, complete the hardware installation discussed in the previous chapter, “Hardware Installation.” Refer to the next chapter, “Serial Programming Tools,” for information about developing your own serial programming applications. Note that up to 4

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CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Windows Drivers MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use the following serial board products under Windows 2003/XP/2000, Windows XP Embedded, Windows 98/95, and Windows NT. ! Universal PCI Boards: CP-118U, CP-168U, CP-104UL, CP-104JU, CP-102U, CP-102UL, CP-134U, CP-134U-I, CP-132UL, CP-132UL-I V2 (CP-132U-I V1) ! PCI Boards: C168H/PCI, C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI, CP-114, CP-114I, CP-114S, CP-114IS, CP-132, CP-132I, CP-132S, CP-132IS ! ISA Boards:

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CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Windows 2003/XP In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows XP. The installation procedure for Windows 2003 is similar. Windows 2003/XP support up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. In order to utilize fully Windows 2003/XP’s multi-process/multi-thread advanced features, pure 32-bit Windows 2003/XP device drivers were developed for MOXA multiport boards. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard. Installi

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CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 3. Select Search for the best driver in these locations, check Include this location in the search, and then click on Browse. Navigate to the \CP-118U\Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder on the software CD, and then click on Next to continue. 4. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, the driver has been tested and shown that it can support th

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CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 5. Wait while the driver software is installed. 6. The next window shows the model name of the board, and indicates that Windows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to proceed with the rest of the installation procedure. 3-5

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CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 7. 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), and then click on Next to proceed. 8. Select Search for the best driver in these locations, check Include this location in the search, and then click on Browse. If necessary, use the Browse button to navigate to the CP-118U\Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder, and then click on Next to proceed.

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CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 9. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, the driver has been tested and shown that it can support the Windows OS. Click on Continue Anyway to proceed. 10. Wait while the wizard installs the software. 3-7

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CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 11. After all files have been copied to the system, the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard window will open to indicate that it has finished installing Port 0. Click on Finish to proceed with the rest of the installation. 12. Repeat Step 7 through Step 11 for each of the remaining seven ports. The last port to be installed will be MOXA Port 7, as shown in the following figure. 3-8