Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RS-422 Moxa Technologies
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I n d u s t i o CI-13 4 Ser i es Us er ’ s M an u a l In d u s t r i al 4 Po r t RS-422/RS-485 Ser i a l B o ar d Mar . 1999 (1s t Ed i t i o n ) The co ntent of thi s m anual is al so avai labl e at Moxa W eb Site. M o x a Tec h n o l o gi es Co ., L t d .
I n d u s t i o C I-13 4 Series User’ s Manua l Th e pr o duct des cribed in thi s man ual is f urn ished un de r a li c ense agr e eme nt an d may be used o nly in acco rdan ce w ith th e ter ms o f th e agr e eme nt s. Co p y r i g h t No t i c e Copy ri ght 1999 Moxa Tec hn olo gies Co.
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About this Manual Th is man ual is compo se d o f six c ha pters and one appen dix. Th is man ual is w rit ten fo r in staller s, sy stem admin istr ators an d sof tw are pr o gra mmers. If y o u are a first-tim e in staller a nd sy ste m a dmini strat o r, w e r ec o mmend y o u t o go th rough th e whole man ual e xce pt chapt e r 4.
Table of Contents In tr o du c tio n ..................................................................... 1-1 Ov er v iew ........................................................................................................................... 1- 1 Fea tur es .
W indo w s NT a n d W i ndo w s 95/9 8 ...................................................................................... 4- 1 PComm Ins ta lla tion ..................................................................................................
Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 1-1 1 1 1 In tro duc t ion Ov er v i ew I n d u s t i o - T h e I n d u s t r i al Mu l t i p o r t A s y n c So l u t i o n Th e ter m I n d u s t i o sta nds fo r smar t multiport se ri al I/O so lution fo r i ndustr ial applicati o ns.
1-2 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l A u t o m at i c Dat a Di r e c t i o n Co n t r o l f o r RS-485 To ease th e 2-wire RS-485 h alf-duplex co ntr o l, Automatic Data Dir e ction Contr o l in telligence is b uilt o n each Indu stio CI-134 b oar d.
Intr odu ction Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 1-3 w hi c h the co nfigurat io n uti lity Io-ir q.exe can acces s t he b o ard, w hi c h is ident ical to t h e fir st p or t ' s b a se I / O a d d r ess . Th e CAP jumper, J P 1 , is designed in case of t hat users fo r get th e CAP addr e ss.
1-4 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l B r o ad A p p l i c a t i o n s Th e bo ard is suitable f or ma ny in dustria l appli c ations. H e re ar e a few : l Multi-point data acquisition l Ind.
Intr odu ction Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 1-5 CI-134 Serie s Wind ow s NT 3 Wind ow s 95/98 3 DOS 3 Wind ow s 3.x 3 Linux R SCO U NIX/Op en Se rve r C SCO X ENIX C QNX C Free BSD C OS/.
1-6 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l In s t al l at i o n Gu i d e Th is s ec tion give s a b rief summ ary o f h ow to instal l the In dustio CI-134 Se ries under each supported ope ra ting sy stem. The in stalla tion is simple an d in v o lv es th e fo l lo w ing stages: Configure CI-134 Series with Io -irq.
Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 2-1 2 2 2 Ha rd war e Ins ta lla t ion Th e in stallat io n o f th e Industi o CI-134 Series consists o f h ardware an d so f tw are in stallat io n. Th e ha rdware in stalla tion is detailed i n th is chapter .
2-2 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l l Int e rface Se lec tion Switch SW2 fo r Port 1/2/3/4: O N * Set th e port int e rface to RS -485. O F F Set th e po rt in terfac e to R S-422.
Hardwa re In stallation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 2-3 C AP j um p er J P 1 . T he s of t w are and har dw ar e c o nfigur ation w ill b e completed at t he same tim e while doing th e so f tw ar e co nfigura tion, detailed in t he n e xt ch apter.
2-4 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l Har d w ar e I n s t al l at i o n w i t h IO-IRQ Ut i l i t y Th is sec tion is f o r t hose w ho can not use quick h ardware in stall ation: l Insta ll two or m o re Indust io CI-134 Se ries bo ards i n a sy stem.
Hardwa re In stallation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 2-5 4. Po w e r o n the PC an d ent e r int o DO S sy ste m. 5. Run the utilit y “ I o-ir q . ex e ” co ntai ned in th e driver diskette to se t up I/O address, IRQ and IN T v ec to r o f the b o ard.
2-6 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l 2. En ter th e C AP a d d r ess o f the Indu stio CI-134 Se ries b o ard to b e co nfigured in th e fo llow i ng di alog b o x an d pr e ss E n t er . 3. In th e co nfigura tio n dia lo g b o x, c o nfigur e the f o llow i ng par ameters as n ec ess ar y .
Hardwa re In stallation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 2-7 Th e fo llow i ngs ar e fie lds fo r configurat io n. Po r t In d ex Indi c ate th e po rt in de x fo r each po rt . I/O ad d r es s En ter th e b ase I/O addr e ss fo r each port, eith er seque ntia lly or not.
2-8 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l H o w e v er, if th e po rt is driven b y NO N M ox a -p r ov id ed d r iver , such as st a n d a r d se r ia l d r i v er , or Moxa dr iv ers o th e r th an Window s NT an d 95/ 98, such a s DO S an d W i n d o ws 3.
Hardwa re In stallation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 2-9 4. Press F 10 to save th e co nfigur ation a nd exit the ut ility ..
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Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-1 3 3 3 So ft wa re Ins ta lla t ion In th is chapt e r, th e so f tw ar e dr iv er in stalla tion, configurat io n an d dri v e r update/r e mov al pr o ce dures a re desc ribed fo r var io us ope rat ing sy stems, i ncludin g Window s NT, Win do w s 95/98, DO S a nd Window s 3.
3-2 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l In s t al l i n g Dr i v er Fo llow ing is th e pr o c edure fo r in stallin g th e Indu stio CI-134 Seri e s dr ive r for t h e fir st t im e un der Win do w s NT 4.0. No t e ! M a k e sur e t he boa r d ha s a lr ea dy been plugged i n the sy stem slot if y ou a r e doing qu ick i nsta lla tion.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-3 5. Sele ct “ M O XA Sma r t io/I n d u st io F a m ily m ult ip or t b oa r d ” in th e “ S elec t OEM Option” dialog bo x, an d th en click [ O K ] to enter t he “ M O XA C on figu r a t ion P a n el ” di alog b o x to star t th e in stallat io n.
3-4 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l No t e ! Yo u may go directly to the st ep 8 if y o u need not ch ange an y se ttin g. 7. In th e “ P r op er t y ” di alog bo x, selec t th e desire.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-5 l Po r t Nu m b er Yo u h av e to set up all th e port s of t he b o ar d with t he desired “ C O M n u mb e r ” , w hich should n o t conflict with other COM num b e r in use.
3-6 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l 9. When co nfigurat io n is done, click on [ C l o se ] button in t he “ Netw o rk Settin gs” dialog bo x. 10. Re star t Window s NT sy stem. Th e latest c onfigurati o n w i ll not ta ke ef fec t unl e ss th e sy s tem r e star ts.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-7 No t e ! Once th e bo ard and th e dri v e r ar e insta lled an d th e dr iv er r estart s succ e ssf ully , y o u can star t t o dev e lop appli c ations with th e P C o m m librar y (See “ Serial Pr o gramm ing Too ls” cha pter) o r th e Microso f t Win32 A PI.
3-8 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l 3. Click on th e [ P r op er t y ] button t o ope n th e “M O XA C on figu r a t ion P a n el ” dialog bo x. Please se e steps 6-10 in th e pr e vio us se ctio n, “ Insta llin g Dri v e r” , fo r more details.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-9 Up d at i n g Dr i v er To upda te th e dr ive r f o r the In dusti o C I - 1 3 4 S e r i e s b o ar d, simply remov e th e driver, as desc ribed in th e next se ctio n, an d r einstall it as detail e d i n sectio n, “I n st a lli n g Dr iver ” .
3-10 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual W i n d o w s 95/98 Window s 95/98 supports up to 128 serial port s, f rom C O M 1 to C O M 128 . To fully in tegrate th e advan c ed features of W indo.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-11 5. In th e “ M O XA C on figur a t ion P a n el ” dial o g b o x, click [ Ad d ] to en ter “ P r op er t y ” dialog box to add the Indu stio CI-134 S eries b o ard. S elec t the “ C I - 134 Ser ies ” in th e “ Bo ard Ty pe” field.
3-12 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual No t e ! Go dir ec tly to the st e p 7 if y o u n e ed not cha nge an y se ttin g. 6. In the “ P r op er t y ” di alog bo x, selec t the des ir e d .
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-13 l Rx FIF O T r i g g er Rx FIF O trigger l e v els, at 1, 4, 8 o r 14 b y tes, ar e av ailable, an d t he de f ault value is 14 by tes. l T x FIF O Si ze Tx FIFO sizes f rom 1 to 16 b yte s ar e av aila b le, and th e de f ault value is 16 by tes.
3-14 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual No t e ! Th e latest c o nfigur ation w ill not take e f fe c t unless the sy stem restart s. 9. When sy stem restart s , all the err o r co nditi o ns o f the b o ar d will be poppe d up o nto th e screen if an y .
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-15 In thi s co nfigurat io n panel, y ou may : l Click [ P r op er t y ] t o ent e r “ Pr o perty ” dia lo g b o x to configure t he selec ted bo a rd w ith th e co rr ec t “ COM Numbe r” , “ INT Vec tor” , “ In terr upt No ” an d “ Base I/ O Port Addr es s” .
3-16 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual Rem o v i n g Dr i v er Open [ C o n t r ol Pa n el ] i c o n, and then [ Add /R em ov e Pr ogr a m s ] ico n, an d th e n se lec t [ I n st a ll/Un i n st a ll ] tab.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-17 DOS MOXA DO S API-232 is a s o f tware package th at a ss ists users to dev elo p an d/o r de b ug progra ms fo r se ri al communicati o ns. Th is sec tion will show y o u how to in stall th e package, h o w to se tup up the dr ive r, and how to load o r unload dr ive r.
3-18 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual Af ter in stallat io n is co mplete , y o u w ill be pr o mpted t o pr o c ee d r unn in g setup progra m. It is str o ngly reco mmended to do so. Dr i v er Set u p Th e fo llow i ng a re steps f o r se ttin g up th e Industi o CI-134 Se ries dr iv er.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-19 2. Pr e ss E n t e r to pop up t he S ETUP dialog bo x. In the SETU P dialog b o x, Press F 8 to specif y the C AP Ad d r ess and press EN TER an d th en type Y ( YE S ) to load th e co nfigura tion of th e bo ard to be setup.
3-20 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3. No w the c o nfigura tion o f the de sired Indu stio CI-134 Seri e s b oard w ill be s how n along w ith o ther def ault settin gs, such as po rt num b e r, buf f e r size, etc. No t e ! U p to now y o u h ave c o mpleted the se tup f o r Indu stio CI-134 Seri e s bo a rd.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-21 Yo u may n o w en ter/modify eac h po rt’ s c o nfigura tion. Th es e displa y ed v alues ar e th e port ini tial v alues as dr iv er is lo aded. L eg en d : S o me n o tice able fields and f unctions a re explain ed b elo w .
3-22 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual F 6: I NT vect or : Th is is to set in terr upt ve cto r for each po rt . You can set th is featur e to “ Yes ” (def ault) an d gain bes t per f o rma nce fo r t he bo ard. 4. To se tup more b o ards, ple ase fo llow th e s ame instr uctions 2 t o 3 desc ri b e d ab o ve .
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-23 L o ad i n g Dr i v er H aving co mpleted th e se tup, y ou can lo ad the driver, " BI NSE R -DR V.E XE " , at the DOS prompt. The driver will detect the Indust io CI-134 Series bo ard automaticall y .
3-24 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual W i n d o w s 3.x In t his cha pter, dr iv er in stalla tion, co nfigur ation an d remov ing pr oc e dure is desc ribed. U t ility , TTY , is explai ned in c hapt e r, “ S erial Pr o gra mmin g To o ls” , which is goo d for termi nal emula tio n.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-25 If y o u need to m o dif y th e settin gs, click [ M od ify ] an d ty pe i n th e desir e d I/O addr e ss in th e “ Address” field, selec t t he desired IRQ an d COM n umbe r. Th en click [ O K ] and [ Sa v e ] to save th e new co nfigur ation a nd exit.
3-26 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual Co n f i g u r i n g Dr i v er Th e c o nfigur ation pr ogram, C on figur a t ion in th e “ MOXA Stan dar d COMM Drive r” progra m group, h as the easiest w ay to co nfigur e th e 4 po rts of Indu stio CI-134.
Soft ware Installation Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 3-27 Due to th e li mitati o ns of Win do w s 3.x ope ra ting sy s tem itself, on ly u p t o 9 C O M p or t s ar e suppo rted, i.
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Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 4-1 4 4 4 S eria l Pro g ram min g T o ols Mo xa supports easy b ut pow e rful seria l progr ammin g libra ry a nd communicati o n tr o ub leshoo t ing util ities un der Win do w s NT, Window s 95/98, DOS an d Win do w s 3.
4-2 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l P C o m m Pr o g r am m i n g L i b r ar y Th e seri al co mmuni c ation li b rar y h e lps y o u t o dev elo p pr o gra ms fo r se ri al co mmun ic ations for a n y C O M p or t comply in g w ith Micros o f t Win32 API.
Serial Progr amming Too ls Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 4-3 Mo n i t o r ( f o r MOXA b o a r d s u n d er Wi n d o w s NT On l y ) A us ef ul port s tatus m o nit o rin g program th at .
4-4 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l T er m i n al Em u l at o r Th e Termi nal E mulator fe atur es multi -w i ndow s a nd supports termi nal t y pes of VT100 a nd ANSI. Yo u can tr an sf e r data in teractively , send pa ttern peri o dically or tr ansfe r file using ASCII, XMODEM, YMO DEM, ZMO DEM and KERMIT protoc o ls.
Serial Progr amming Too ls Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 4-5 DOS In s t al l i n g A PI-232 API-232 Lib rar y is th e prof es sio na l serial pr ogramm ing to o l fo r DO S. It is i nstal led automaticall y a lo ng w ith t he MOXA DOS dr ive rs.
4-6 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l Th e re a re th ree major functions in Data Sco pe utili ty : 1. The D at a S co p e utili t y o f fe rs trans pare nt mo nit o ring o f se rial co mm uni c ati o n lin es an d all o w s data t o be streamed t o disk storage fo r later ana ly sis.
Serial Progr amming Too ls Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 4-7 Di a g n o s e Th e Diagnose , B I NDI AG NO SE .E XE , is a utili ty that can help use rs t o diagn o se th e ha rdware co ndit io n o f each port of th e selec ted bo ard. See on-l ine h e lp fo r mor e details.
4-8 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l W i n d o w s 3.x Wi n d o w s COM M A P I L i b r ar y (Wi n 16) MOXA W indow s-c o mpati b le COMM D ri v e r suppo rts M i cr oso ft W in d ows C O M M AP I such a s OpenComm(), Re adComm(), Wri te Comm(), etc.
Serial Progr amming Too ls Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 4-9 Ex i s t i n g A p p l i c at i o n s Many Win do w s so f tw are packages, suc h as pcA NYW H ER E, L ab View , F IX, Win Fax Pro, Fax S erve r, PROCO MM PL U S, L apLink, etc.
4-10 Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual RS-485 Pr o g r am m i n g If y ou in tend t o do RS-485 c ommunicati o n w i th In dust io CI-134 S eries, please fo llow th e RS-485 pr o gra mmin g guide be lo w an d also r ef er to th e cha pter, “ C on n ect ion C a b l e a n d C a b le W ir in g” , fo r m o re RS -485 ope ra tion detail s.
Serial Progr amming Too ls Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 4-11 Th e re a re 2 solutions to co nt rol RS -485 2-wire tr an s mission. So l u t i o n 1 Th e fo llow i ng m o de l is c o mmon i n RS-485 2-w ir e tr an smissio n.
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Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 5-1 5 5 5 Co n ne ct ion C able a nd Cab l e W ir ing In se ri al data c o mmun ications, th e term DT E is fo r Dat a Termin al Equipment, like PC COM1/2, serial prin ters a nd ter min als. The ter m DC E i s f o r Dat a Communicati o n Equipment, like modems.
5-2 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l RS-422 Poi n t -t o -p o i n t RS-422 Br o ad cas t i n g C I -13 4 R S-422 Device C I -13 4 R S-422 Device 1 2 TxD+(B) RxD+(B) 2 T xD+(B) RxD+(B) 1 TxD-.
Conne ction Cable and Cable Wiring Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 5-3 RS-485 Cab l e W i r i n g Th e R S-485 stan dar d is a n enh anced version o f th e R S-422 b alan c ed l ine standa rd. It allow s multi ple drivers an d r ec e ive rs i n a m ultidr o p sy stems.
5-4 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l Im p ed an c e M at c h i n g an d Ter m i n at i o n Re s i s t o r s Fo r R S-422/485 se ri al communicati o ns, w h en a n e lec tri c al s ign al tr .
Conne ction Cable and Cable Wiring Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 5-5 DB -37 Co n n ec t o r Pi n Ou t s Th e f o llow i ng lists pin assignm e nt o f the Indu stio CI-134 Se ri e s DB37 c o nn ec to r o n th e bracket. Fo r RS-422 Mo d e P in no .
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Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 6-1 6 6 6 Tr ou bl es ho o t ing Commo n In dusti o CI-134 Se ries prob lems and po ss ible so lutions are listed b e lo w .
6-2 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l So f t w ar e Cau s es an d So l u t i o n s : a. Fo r RS -422 mo de , I ndu stio CI-134 Seri e s c hecks the lin e status (CTS) bef o re it se nds data out if th e R TS/CTS f lo w co ntr o l f eature is s et to “ En ab le” in the co nfigura tion o r appl ication progra m.
Troub leshoot ing Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 6-3 Th e fo llow i ng pr oc e dure i nstr uc ts user t o reco v er once th e CAP is un know n. Step 1 . Pow er o f f the PC. OFF Step 2 . In stall j umper ont o th e JP1 of th e bo ard. jumper JP1 Insta ll Step 3 .
6-4 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l Step 9 . Re mov e th e jumper on po sition JP1. jumper JP1 Remove Step 1 0. Po w e r o n the PC. ON W i n d o w s NT Th is section is s pec if ic fo r tr o ub les hoo tin g un de r W in do w s N T.
Troub leshoot ing Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual 6-5 d. Th e board(s) is n ot plugged pr o pe rl y . Please ma ke sure th e bo ard i s seated firmly in the expan sio n slo t. e. Th e slo t fo r plugging the bo ar d is def ec tive . In thi s case , please tr y o ther slo ts un til y ou f ind a goo d one.
6-6 Industio CI-134 Series Us e r’ s Manua l DOS Th is sec tion is specif ic fo r tr o ub leshoo ting un de r DOS. Fo r genera l pr o b lems a nd so lutions, please see pr e v ious Sec tion "Gener al Tr oub le shoo tin g". 1. Aft e r execu t in g SE R -DR V.
Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual A-1 A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x A T e c h n i c a l R e f e r e n c e Sp ec i f i c at i o n s v Bus in terface : 16-bit ISA (EISA co mpatible) v Numbe r of ports: 4 v Max. boards: 4 v I/O addr .: 0x0000 ~ 0xFF FF v IRQ : 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15 v Comm.
A-2 Indust io CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual CI-134 Serie s Wind ow s NT 3 Wind ow s 95/98 3 DOS 3 Wind ow s 3.x 3 Linux R SCO U NIX/Op en Se rve r C SCO X ENIX C QNX C Free BSD C OS/2 C 3 : Drive r.
Tech nical Refe renc e Indu stio CI-134 Series Us er’ s Man ual A-3 PC I/ O Po r t A d d r es s M ap Th e fo llow i ng i s the l ist of th e I/O port addr e sse s co m mo nl y used, w hich is goo d f o r preve nt ing I/O addr e ss co n flict w hen co nfigurin g Industio CI-134 Series.
Problem Report Form I n d u s t i o CI-1 34 Series Custo m er name: Company: Tel : Fax: Email: Dat e: 1. M oxa P r od u ct : CI - 134 Seri es M od el : o CI - 134 o CI - 134I o CI -134I S Ser i a l Nu m b er : ____________ 2. M oxa Dr i v er Ver si o n : ________________ 3.
Return Procedu re Fo r produc t r epair, exc ha nge or r ef und, y ou must: v Prov ide e v idence o f origi nal purch ase . v Fill out th e Prob lem Re po rt Fo rm (PR F) as detailed as possib le f o r shorter product repair ti me. v Ob tain a Return Merchan dise Authori zation (R MA) number from th e sales repr e se nt ative or dealer .
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