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PCI Express Board User ’ s Manual Multiport Serial Board for PCI Express Bus First Edition, April 2006 www .moxa.com/product MOXA Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 Fax: +886-2-8919-1231 Web: www.moxa.com MOXA Technical Support World wide: support@moxa.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual The software d escribed in this m anual is furnished u nder a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2006 MOXA Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 1-1 Overview...................................................................................................
CP-104EL Spec ifications............................................................................................. A-2 PCI Express .....................................................................................................................
1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction MOXA ’ s PCI Express serial boards meet the ne w slot standard for e xpansion boards, an d work with any PCI Express slots. The boards have multiple RS-232/42 2/485 serial port s for connecting data acquisition equ ipment and o ther serial devices to a PC.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview MOXA ’ s new PCI Express Multiport Serial Boards, named CP-1 18EL, CP-168EL, an d CP-104EL, are designed for POS and A TM applications an d for use by indust ri al a ut o m a t ion syst em manufacturers and system integrators.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Applications The PCI Expre ss boards are suita ble for many dif ferent appli cations, including: y Internet/Intranet Connection s y Remote Access y M.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Introduction 1-4 Installation Flowchart The following flowchart provides a brief summary o f the procedure you should fo llow to install the PCI Express boards and al.
2 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter describes the PCI Express Series ha rdware i nstallation proce dure. Since the BIOS automatically assigns the PCI Expr ess board’ s IR Q number and I /O addresses, you must plug in the board before installing the driver .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Hardware Installation 2-2 CP-118EL Dimensions 132 mm (5.20 in) 51.65 mm (2.03 in) MU860 TX2 RX1 RX2 Tx3 Rx3 Tx4 Rx4 Tx5 Tx6 Rx5 Rx6 Tx7 Rx7 Tx8 Rx8 TX1 DIP 12345678 ON DIP 12345678 ON DIP 12345678 ON S1 S2 S3 Mode S1 S2 S3 RS-232 RS-422 ON ON OFF Mode S1 S2 S3 4-WIRE RS-485 2-WIRE RS-485 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 46.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Hardware Installation 2-3 CP-168EL Dimensions 102 mm (4.02 in) MU860 TX2 RX1 RX2 Tx3 Rx3 Tx4 Rx4 Tx5 Tx6 Rx5 Rx6 Tx7 Rx7 Tx8 Rx8 TX1 67.21 mm (2.65 in) 54.45 mm (2.14 in) 62.71 mm (2.47 in) 46.9 mm (1.85 in) 121 mm (4.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Hardware Installation 2-4 Plugging the Board into an Expansion Slot Since the BIOS automatically assigns the PCI Expr ess board’ s IRQ number and I/O addresses, you must plug t he board into one of the comput er ’ s expansion slots be fore installing the driver .
3 3 Chapter 3 Software Installation This chapter gives installation, configu r ation, and updat e/removal procedu res for the driver f or W indows 2000, W indows 2003/XP (32-bit/64-bit), DOS, Linux (32-bit/64-bit), and SCO.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-2 Windows Drivers MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use the following serial boar d products under W indows 2003/XP/2000, W indows 98/95 , and W indows NT . W indows 95/98/NT do not support PCI Express drivers.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-3 WARNING If you are i nstalling a PCI E xpress board on an ASUS A8N Series (AMD CPU) motherboard and the installation process hangs the first time, then restart the PC to reinstall it. NOTE The following steps use CP-118EL as an exa mpl e.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-4 2. The W elco m e to the Fo u nd New Har dware W izar d window will open au to matically . This window will offer t o conn ect to the W indows up date site to search for a driver . Select No, not at this time an d click Next to continue.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-5 4. Select Search for the bes t driver in these locations , select Include this l ocation in the search , and then click Browse . If the system is a 32-bit (x86) platform, navigate to the CP-1 18ELSoftw ar eWi n dows XP_2003x 86 folder on the CD.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-6 5. W ait while th e installation wizard searches fo r the correct drivers. T he next window that opens cautio ns you that altho ugh this softwa re has not passed W indows Logo test ing, the driver has been tested and shown that it can suppo rt the W indows OS.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-7 7. The next window shows the m odel name of the boa rd, and indicates t hat W indows has completed the driver installation. Click Finish to proceed with the rest of the installation procedure.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-8 9. Select Install fr om a list or specific location (Advanced ) , and th en click Next to procee d. 10. Select Sear ch for the best driver in these l ocations , select Include this location in the search , and then click Browse .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-9 The following f igure shows the p ath for x64. 11. W ait while the installatio n wizard searches. The next window that opens cau tio ns you that although this software has not passed W indows Logo testi ng, the driver has bee n tested and shown that i t can support the W indows OS .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-10 12. W ait while the wizard installs the so ftware. 13. After all files have been copied to the system, the Completing the Found New Hardware Wiz ar d window will open to ind icate th at it has finished installing Port 0 .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-11 14. Repeat S tep 7 thro ugh Step 11 for each of the rem aining seven po rts. The la st port to be installed will be MOXA Po rt 7, as shown in the following fig ure. 15. The Found Ne w Hardw ar e balloon will reappear to inform you that the hardware was installed successfully .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-12 Configuring the Ports After the driver has been installed, use Device Ma nager to configure the CP-1 18EL serial ports. 1. Click St a r t Æ Settin gs Æ Control Panel Æ System , select the Hard ware tab, an d then click Device Manager .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-13 2. Expand the Multi-port serial adapters tab, right click MOX A CP-1 18EL Series (PCI Express Bus) , and then click Pr operties to open t he board’ s configurat ion panel. 3. Click the port you would like to configu re to highlight it, and then click Port Setting .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-14 4. Select a COM num ber for the port fr om the Port Number pull-down list. 5. Select the Auto Enumerating COM Number option to map subsequent ports automatically . The port numbers will be assigned in sequence.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-15 Using MOXA PComm Utility The PComm Diagnostic progr am is a useful tool for checking the status of MOXA ’ s multipo rt boards. The program can be used to test i ntern al and external IRQ, TxD/RxD, UAR T , CTS/R TS, DTR/DSR, etc.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-16 Using Event Log To u s e t h e Event Log to check the installation of your MOXA boards, click St a r t Æ Settings Æ Control P anel Æ Administrative T ools Æ Event V iewer to en ter the Event V iewer utility .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-17 3. The Device M anager window refreshes a utomatically , show ing that the driver and ports for the CP-1 18EL Series board have been rem oved . Windows 2000 In this section, we descri be the instal l a t ion p roce dure for W indows 2000.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-18 1. After plugging the board in to an ex pansion slot and powerin g on your PC, W indow s 2000 will automatically detect the ne w bo ard, and the Found New Hardwar e window will be displayed for a mom ent or two.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-19 3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) , and then click Next to continue.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-20 5. Navigate t o the CP-1 18ELSoftwa reW indows 2K folder on the software CD, and t hen click OK to conti nue.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-21 7. The next window that opens cautions you t hat although thi s software has not passed W indows Logo testing, the driv er h as been tested and shown that it can sup port the W indows OS.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-22 9. The next window shows the m odel number of t he board, and indicates t hat W indows has completed the driver installation. Click Finish to continue with the rest of the installatio n procedure.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-23 11. Select Sear ch for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) , and then click Next to continue.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-24 13. Navigat e to the CP-1 18ELSoftwareWindows 2K folder on the software CD, and t hen click OK to conti nue.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-25 15. The ne xt window that ope ns cautions yo u that although thi s software has not passed W indows Logo testing, the driv er h as been tested and shown that it can sup port the W indows OS.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-26 17. After all files have been copied to the system, the Completing the Found New Hardware Wiz ar d window will open to ind icate th at it has finished installing Port 0 . Click Finish to proceed with the rest of t he installation.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-27 Configuring the Ports After the driver has been installed, use Device Ma nager to configure the CP-1 18EL serial ports. 1. Click St a r t Æ Settin gs Æ Control Panel Æ System , select the Hard ware tab, an d then click Device Manager .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-28 2. Expand the Multi-port serial adapters tab, right click MOX A CP-1 18EL Series (PCI Express Bus) , and then click Pr operties to open t he board’ s configurat ion panel. 3. Basic inf ormation about t he board is displ ayed on the General page.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-29 4. Click the port you would like to configu re to highlight it, and then click Port Setting . 5. Select a COM num ber for the port fr om the Port Number pull-down list. 6. Select the Auto Enumerating COM Number option to map subsequent ports automatically .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-30 Tx FIFO Rx FIFO High 128 120 Middle 64 60 Low 1 1 Unit: Bytes 9. Click OK to save the port settings, and th en click OK in th e Property window to finish the port settings procedure.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-31 NOTE You can downl oad the PComm Lite software for free from MOXA’s website at www.moxa.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-32 3. The Device M anager window refreshes a utomatically , show ing that the driver and ports for the CP-1 18EL Series board have been rem oved . Non-Windows Drivers Drivers are provid ed for DOS, Linux, and SCO.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-33 NOTE The following pro cedure shows how to install th e CP-168EL driver under DOS. Installing the Driver 1. Run the installation program, DOSINST .EXE from the So ftwareDOS folder on the Documentation a nd Software CD.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-34 3. A window will open displaying basic configuration information for all bo ards of this type currently installed in the system. Press PgDn to configure the port settings. 4. Y ou may enter or modify the setti ngs of each port at this stage.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-35 This convenient fun ction allows you to edit the configuratio n of sev eral ports at one time as a group. Loading the Driver After completing the setup procedure, run BINDP-DR V .EXE from the DOS prompt to load the driver .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-36 NOTE The following pro cedure shows how to install th e CP-118EL driver under Linux . Execute the fol lowing comm ands from the Li nux prompt: 1. #mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom #cd / #mkdir moxa 2.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-37 SCO MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use the following serial boar d products under SCO Unix.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-38 5. The Basic C onfi gura tio n window will open next. Y ou can install up to four MOXA Smartio Multiport Serial Boards under SCO Unix /SCO Open Server . MOXA Smartio Family Installation Utility (V er 1.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 3-39 8. Press Enter to return to the main screen. Smartio Family Installation Utility (V er 1.
4 4 Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools MOXA provides an easy to use yet powerful serial prog r amming librar y , and communicatio n troubleshooting utilities under W indows 2000/XP/2003, Wi ndows 95/98, and W indows NT . The following sections provide details about the installation, the library , and the u tilities for various platforms.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 4-2 MOXA PComm PComm, a pro fessional serial com munication tool fo r PCs , is a software package that runs under W indows NT/2000/XP/2003/9 5/98. PComm provides: y A powerf ul serial communi cation library that simplifies serial pr ogramming tasks f or most popular pr ogramming lang uages.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 4-3 Monitor (for MOXA boards under Windows 2000/XP/2003) This useful port status monit oring program allows y ou to monitor data transmission of selected MOXA COM ports.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools 4-4 Terminal Emulator Use T erminal Emulator to con nect to your PC’ s serial ports to check if data is being transmitted correctly . T erminal Emulator features multi-wind ows, and suppor ts VT100 and ANSI terminal types.
5 5 Chapter 5 Pin Assignments T o select a PCIe board accessories please refer to the following table: PCIe Board Model Connector T ype Interface OPT8D+/OPT8-M 9+ Male DB9 OPT8B+/OPT8C+ Male DB25 CP-1.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-2 CP-118EL The CP-1 18EL board has a fem ale SCSI VHDC I68 connector on the board, with various connection options availab le for connecting from the board to your serial devices.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-3 RS-422 and 4-wire RS-485 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TxD6+(B) 18 TxD2+(B) 35 TxD7+(B) 52 TxD3+(B) 5 TxD6-(A) 22 TxD2-(A) 39 TxD7.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-4 Male DB25 (OPT8B+/C+) 1 14 13 25 Pin RS-232 RS-422 / 4-w ire RS -485 2-w ire RS -485 2 TxD RxD+(B) Data+(B) 3 RxD TxD+(B) --- 4 RTS --- --- 5 CTS .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-5 CP-168EL The CP-168EL board has a fem ale SCSI VHDC I68 connector on the boa rd, with various connection options availab le for connecting from the board to your serial devices.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-6 Device Side Pin Assignments Male DB9 (OPT8D+/OPT8-M9+) 15 69 Pin RS-232 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 --- Male DB25 (OPT8B+/C+.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-7 Female DB25 (OPT8A+/S+) 13 1 25 14 Pin RS-232 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 CTS 5 RTS 6 DTR 7 GND 8 DCD 20 DSR Female DB25 (OPT8F+/Z+) Pin RS-422 2 RxD+(B) 3 TxD+.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-8 CP-104EL Board Side Pin Assignments—Female DB44 RS-232 Port 3 Port 4 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 Port 1 Port 2 31 33 35 37 39 41 42 16 30 44 Port 1 Port .
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Pin Assignments 5-9 Male DB25 (CBL-M44M25x4-50) 1 14 13 25 Pin RS-232 2 TxD 3 RxD 4 RTS 5 CTS 6 DSR 7 GND 8 DCD 20 DTR.
6 6 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Common PCI Express Series problems and possible solutions are as follows. If you still h ave problems after reading this chapter , contact your dealer or MOXA for he lp, or use the Problem Report Form at the end of this manual to report problems to your dealer .
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A A Appendix A Technical Reference Product Specifications CP-118EL Specifications Hardwar e Connectors SCSI VHDCI68 Comm . Controller MU860 (16C550C compatible) Interface Bus Interface PCI Express × 1 Number of Port s 8 Max No.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Technical Reference A-2 CP-168EL Specifications Hardwar e Connectors SCSI VHDCI68 Comm . Controller MU860 (16C550C compatible) Interface Bus Interface PCI Express × 1 Number of Port s 8 Max No.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Technical Reference A-3 Configuration Data Bits 5, 6, 7, 8 St op Bits 1, 1.5, 2 I/O address/IRQ BISO assigned Parity None, Even, Odd, Space, Mark Flow Control R TS/CTS, XON/XOFF Power and Environment Power Requirement 4 30 mA (3.
B B Appendix B Service Information This appen dix shows you how t o contact MOXA for information ab out this and ot her products, and how to report problems.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Service Information B-2 MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our prim ary concern. T o ensure that customers r eceive the full benefit of our products, M OXA Internet Services has been set up to provide technical support, dri ver updates, product i nformation, and user ’ s manual up dates.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Service Information B-3 Problem Report Form MOXA PCI Express Board Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1.
PCI Express Board User’s Manual Service Information B-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair , exchange, or re fund, the custom er must: Provide evi dence of original purc hase. Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.
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