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UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Purpose of this manual Page 4 UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide About this manual Purpose of this manual This manual tells you how to install, configur e an d use the Perle UltraPort, UltraPort SI, and UltraPort Express serial adaptor cards, cabling hardware, as sociated drivers and utilities.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Using this on-line manual Page 5 Using this on-line manual The following is a brief guide to using this manual on-line.
Page 6 Revision history Date Part number Descriptio n June 2003 5500152-10 F irst issue of the UltraPort user manual. October 2003 5500152-1 1 Support for UltraPort2 and UltraPort8i adapter cards. February 20 04 5500152-12 Updated the Ultr aPort for Linux installation.
UltraPort Serial Adaptor User Guide Page 7 UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Fast Contents A BOUT THIS MANUAL ................... ...................... .................. 4 R EVISION HISTORY .................... ....................... ...........
UltraPort Serial Adaptor User Guide Page 8 UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Contents A BOUT THIS MANUAL .................... ...................... .................. 4 Purpose of this manual ................ .......................... ...........
UltraPort Serial Adaptor User Guide Page 9 Installing under Windows NT ............. ....................... ...................... ............. 32 Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/V ista/Server 2008 ....... 33 General setup procedure for Wi ndows 2000/XP/Ser ver 2003/V ista/ Server 2008 .
UltraPort Serial Adaptor User Guide Page 10 Setultrap Interface Protocol Configuratio n Utility (UltraPort SI only) ......... 90 Command Line Interface ........................................................... .................... 91 Uninstalling the UltraPort Driv er for Linux .
UltraPort Serial Adaptor User Guide Page 1 1 A PPENDIX A : T RANSPARENT PRINTING 128 What is transparent printing? .. ................. .............. ............... .............. ...... 129 Problems with printer output ...... ......................
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 12 Chapter 1 Introduction UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Y ou need to read this chapter if you want to.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide About the UltraPort, UltraPort SI, and Ul traPort Expre ss Serial Adaptor cards Page 13 Chapter 1 Introduction About the UltraPort, UltraPort SI, and UltraPort Exp.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connection accessories Page 14 Chapter 1 Introduction Connection accessories The connector box or cable required for the Ult raPort product s you are using depends on the number of p orts and product typ e.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 15 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards Y ou need to read this chapter if you want to.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Before you start Page 16 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Before you start Before you inst all your UltraPort, UltraPort SI, and UltraPort Express host.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Downloading d river s from the Perle web site Page 17 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Downloading drivers from the Perle web site Y ou can install the UltraPort dr iver and utility softwa re from the Perle web site.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 18 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing under Windows 95 and 98 This section tells you how to install Ul.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 19 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards General installation pro cedure for Windows 95 and 98 The general procedure for insta lling UltraPort and UltraPort SI only cards under the Windows 95/98 oper ating system s is as follows: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 20 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing device dri vers and utilities T o install or enable the UltraPort and UltraP or t SI dev ice dr ive rs on y our sys tem pr oc ee d as follows: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 21 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 2. Proceed by clicking Next and the following Add New Hardware Wizard window will appear: 3.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 22 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 4. Inset the Perle CD and check the Specify a location check box. Now either br owse to, or type in the following path d:drivers ultraportwin9xx.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 23 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 5. Proceed by clicking Next and the final Add New Hardware Wizard window will appear as below: 6. Proceed by clicking Finish .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 24 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Configuring serial ports T o configure UltraPort or UltraPort SI serial ports proceed as follows: 1. In the windows desktop, click on the Start button a nd select Settings > Control p anel .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 25 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 3. In the Sys tem Prope rties tabbed wi ndow , c lick on the Device Ma nager tab. The Device Manager p age is now displayed. 4.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 26 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 5. In the propert i es windo w , click on the Port Settings tab .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 27 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 7. The FIFO Settings p age is now disp layed as shown in the next picture 8.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 28 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 9. The Protocol Settings p age is now displayed as shown in the next picture 10. In the Protocol Settings pa ge, select the configu ration values you want and click on the OK button.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 29 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Line T erminatio n: The line termination p ara meter is not changeable by the user in EIA-232 mode. However both EIA-422 and EIA- 485 modes are defaulted to disab led but can be enabled by the us er if need e d.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 30 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Removing drivers and utili ties from your system T o remove drivers and utilities from your syste m proceed as follows: 1. In the windows desktop, click on the Start button a nd select Settings > Control p anel .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 95 and 98 Page 31 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 2. In the control panel window , double click on th e System icon. The System Properties tabbed win dow is now disp layed as shown in the next picture.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows NT Page 32 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing under Windows NT The procedure for inst alling and configuring ho st cards, drivers software and associated utilities for the Windows N T o perating system is as follows: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 33 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/V .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 34 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards General setup procedure for Windows 2000/XP/Ser.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 35 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing device drivers and utilities onto your system T o install or enable the UltraPo rt, UltraPort SI, and UltraPor t Express device drivers on your system, proceed as follows: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 36 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 4.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 37 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 5. During the inst allation, you may get a Windows Logo message. Click Cont inue Anyway when the message ap pears.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 38 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Configuring serial ports T o configure UltraPort and UltraPo rt SI and UltraPort Express serial port s under Windows 2000, XP , Server 2003, Vist a, or Server 2008 proceed as follows: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 39 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 5. In the De vice Manage r window , click on the M ultiport ser ial adapters icon to disp lay the currently installed devices.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 40 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 9. If the COM port belongs to a UltraPort SI card then you ca n click on the Advanced button to access the software switchable interface modes as shown in the next dia gram.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 41 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards EIA-485 HDX Local Echo: Local echo by default is on. This pa rameter applies only to EIA-485 half duplex mode.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 42 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards In the FIFO Settings page, set the FIFO buffer levels using the parameters det ailed in the tab le .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 43 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 10.Within the Serial Port properties window , click on the OK button to save changes and close the window .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 44 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 This section t.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 45 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards General installation p ro cedure for SCO OpenServer The genera.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 46 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing device dri vers and utilities T o install the SPEED device drivers and utilities for th e SCO OpenServ er operating system proceed as follow s: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 47 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 7. In the Software Man ager menu, click on Sof tware > Install New . The Begin Ins tallation window is no w displayed as shown in the next pict ure.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 48 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 10.In the Enter Image Directory window , enter the following in the Image directory field: /cdrom/drivers/ultraport/ openserver/x.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 49 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 12.In the Install Selection window , click on the Inst all button. The following progress message is now displayed.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 50 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 15.In the message window click on OK to continue the installation pr oc ess . The following message is now displayed upon completio n of the inst allation process.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 51 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Serial port naming conventions Each serial port ha s three device n odes associat ed with it. Each node t akes the form of a file which you can access from oper ating system utilities and us er applications.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 52 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Configuring serial ports The Port Configuration utility allows you to configure the SPEED serial port s you have installed on your system.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 53 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Menu map The Port Configuration tool menu is as follows: Menus see p age 53 . Select a getty definition here. See pa g e 5 4 .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 54 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Selecting ports 2. In the Po rt Configu ration windo w , select the ports you wa nt you want to configure by clicking on one or more items in the list of port s (example in next picture) .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 55 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Selecting terminal type 4. In the T erminal type list, double click on the terminal type you wa nt for the currently selected ports.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 56 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 8. If required, in the Port Configuration window , select the .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 57 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Setultrap Interface Protoc ol Configuration Utilit y (UltraPor.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 58 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (-f) S pecifies the name or ran ge of nam es wh ich the ac tio n sho u ld be taken on.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 59 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (-s) Slew Rate Limitin g: The default setting for slew rate limit ing is fast. This will allow higher baud rate speeds on eac h EIA interfac e port.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 60 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Removing drivers and utili ties from your system T o remove the SPEED device drivers and utilities for the SCO OpenServer op erating system proceed as follow s: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO OpenServer and OpenServer6 Page 61 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 5. In the co nfirmation w indow , click on the Remove button.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 62 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing under SCO UnixW are This section tells you how to install host cards.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 63 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards General installation p rocedure for SCO UnixWare The general procedure for installing and configuring host cards, drivers software and associated utilities for the SCO UnixW a re operating system is as follows: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 64 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing drivers and utilities T o install the SPEED device dr ivers and utilities for the SC O UnixW are operating system proceed as follow s: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 65 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Serial port naming conventions Each serial port ha s three device n odes associat ed with it. Each node t akes the form of a file which you can access from oper ating system utilities and us er applications.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 66 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Configuring serial ports The software provided with the SCO UnixW are operating syst em includes a utility called Serial Manager wh ich allows you to configure t he e xtra serial port s you have added to your system.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 67 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 1. At the command prompt, typ e scoadmin The System Administration window is now displayed as shown in the ne xt picture.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 68 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 3. In the Serial Manager win dow , select the host ca rd you want. The n in the Ser ial Ma nager menu, click on View > Po r ts .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 69 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 5. In the Modify Serial Port window , set the paramete rs shown in the next tab l e 6. In the Modify Serial Por t window , click on the Port settings button.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 70 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Setultrap Interface Protoc ol Configuration Utilit y (UltraPort SI only) Perle .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 71 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (-f) S pecifies name or range of names of the tty device on which the actio n should be ta ken.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 72 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (- m ) Interface mo de: The valid sof tware switchable protocol type s are EIA-232, EIA-422, EIA-485 Full Duplex an d EIA-485 Half Duplex.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under SCO UnixW are Page 73 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards etc/setultrap -f /dev/term/z1 -m 485hdx -t term -b 5 -sets serial port z1 to EIA-485 half duplex , termination enabled, control bit-delay 5.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 74 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing under Solaris This section tells you how to in stall host cards, soft ware.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 75 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards General installation p rocedure for Solaris The general procedure for installing and configuring host cards, drivers software and associated utilities for the Solaris operating system is as follow s: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 76 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing drivers and utilities T o install the device drivers an d utilities for the Solaris operat ing system proceed as follows: 1. Login to your system as root.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 77 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Serial port naming conventions By default, each port is associated with three entries un der the /d ev directory .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 78 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Configuring serial ports The software provided with the Solaris operating system includes a utility called admintool which allows you to configure the extra se rial ports you have added to your system.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 79 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 2. In the Admintool: Users window , click on Browse > Serial Port s .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 80 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards 3. .In the Admintool: Serial Ports window , select the port you want to configure. T o configure the port, click on Ed it > Modif y .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 81 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards In the Admintool: Modify Serial Port window you ca n click on the Expert button to show more fields, as shown in the next picture. 4. In the Admintool: Modify Serial Port window , set the parameters you re quire.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 82 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Setultrap Interface Protoc ol Configuration Utilit y (UltraPort SI only) Perle provid.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 83 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (-f) S pecifies the name or ran ge of nam es in wh ich th e ac tion s hou l d be taken on.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 84 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (-s) Slew Rate Limitin g: The default setting for slew rate limit ing is fast. This will allow higher baud rate speeds on eac h EIA interfac e port.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Solaris Page 85 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Removing drivers and utili ties from your system T o remove the sof tware drivers from your syste m under the Solar is operating system proceed as follow s: 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 86 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing under Linux This section tells you how to install host cards, so ftware driv.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 87 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Uninstall Patch V ersions The Perle-Serial dr iver version 2.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 88 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Install from Source RPM 1. Log in to the LINUX system as root user . 2. At the LINUX prompt, copy the supp lied perle-serial-<ve rsion>-<release> .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 89 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Creating devices for the attached ports After the UltraPort cards and the new driver ha ve been inst alled, term inal devices will need to be created for the added port s.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 90 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards UltraPort 8i and UltraPor t81 Express R TS/DTR option The Perle UltraPort8i and Ultr aport8 1 Express can on ly support ei ther R TS or DTR.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 91 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Command Line Interface setultrap -f devic e_ na m e -l setultrap -f devic e_ n ame -x b.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 92 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (-f) S pecifies the port the a ction should be taken on.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing under Linux Page 93 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards (-e) EIA-485 HDX Local Echo: L ocal echo by defa ult is on. This parame ter applies only to EIA-485 half duplex mode. All characters will be echoed to the user and tran smitted across the serial ports.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing host cards and cable accessories Page 94 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing host cards and cable accessories This section descr ibe.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing host cards and cable accessories Page 95 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing UltraPort, UltraPort SI, and UltraPort Express cards This section descr ibe s th e me ch an ica l installation of UltraPort cards.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing host cards and cable accessories Page 96 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing cables and connector boxes This section describes the m.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing host cards and cable accessories Page 97 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing cables o n UltraPort1, UltraPort1 SI, UltraPort1 Expres.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing host cards and cable accessories Page 98 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing f an-out cables and connector boxes on UltraPort4 SI-LP.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Installing host cards and cable accessories Page 99 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Installing f an-out cables and connector boxes on UltraPor t16 and UltraPort16 SI cards UltraPort16 and UltraPort16 SI cards have two VHDCI -68 connectors on the back panel.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Removing host cards Page 100 Chapter 2 Installing drivers an d host cards Removing host cards T o remove an UltraPort card from y our system, proceed as follows: 1. T urn off the power to your system and unplug the power co rd.
U l traP o rt S erial A d ap to rs U s er G u id e Pag e 101 Chapter 3 Cabling information UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Chapter 3 Cabling information Y ou need to read this chapter if you want to.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Definitions of Signals and Direction Page 102 Chapter 3 Cabling information Definitions of Signals and Direction EIA-232 EIA-422 EIA-485 Direction Description RI I.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 103 Chapter 3 Cabling information Host card back panel connectors and pinouts This section cont a ins diagram s an.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 104 Chapter 3 Cabling information DB9 back panel connectors and pinout The following diagram shows the UltraPort2 / UltraPort2 SI, UltraPort 1/UltraPort1 SI, the UltraPort1 SI Low Profile and UltraPort 1 Expressback p anels respectively .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 105 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ45 back panel connectors and pinout The following diagram shows the UltraPort2 Express, UltraPort4/UltraPort4 SI RJ-45 and UltraPort4 Express cards back panel.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 106 Chapter 3 Cabling information UltraPort4 SI-RJ45 Switches The UltraPort 4 SI-RJ 45 card has 4 switches (one for ea ch port) which can be found next to e ach serial RJ-45 connec tor .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 107 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ12 back panel connectors and pinout The following diagram shows the UltraPort8.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 108 Chapter 3 Cabling information VHDCI-68 Ultra SCSI back panel connectors and pinout The following diagram shows the UltraPort4 /Ult raPort4 SI and UltraPo rt4/UltraPort 4 SI Low Profile and UltraPort4 Express HD back p anels respectively .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 109 Chapter 3 Cabling information 3 RI4 RTS4+ NC 4 RTS4 RTS 4- NC 5 DCD4 CTS4- NC 6 DTR4 TXD4+ TXD4+/RXD4+ 7 DSR4 .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 1 10 Chapter 3 Cabling information The following dia gram shows the UltraPort8 (old sta ndard height PCI PCB board.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 1 1 1 Chapter 3 Cabling information The connector pinout for each VHDCI-68 Ultra SC SI connector f itted to the Ul.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 1 12 Chapter 3 Cabling information 28 DSR1 RXD1- RXD1- 29 DTR1 TXD1+ TXD1+/RXD1+ 30 DCD1 CTS1- NC 31 RTS 1 RT S1 -.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 1 13 Chapter 3 Cabling information Port s 9-16 of second VHDCI-68 Conne ctor for UltraPort16 and UltraPor t16 SI c.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Host card back panel connectors and pinouts Page 1 14 Chapter 3 Cabling information 17 RXD13 RXD13+ RXD13+ 18 RXD1 1 RXD1 1+ RXD1 1+ 19 CTS1 1 CTS1 1+ NC 20 RI1 1 .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable guide Page 1 15 Chapter 3 Cabling information Connector box and cable guide The connector pi nout information for the Ult raPort pr oduct y.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable guide Page 1 16 Chapter 3 Cabling information UltraPort4 Express RJ45 - DB9M Converter See pa g e 119 UltraPort4 SI RJ45 - DB9F Converter S.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 1 17 Chapter 3 Cabling information Connector box and cable pinouts This section contain s pinout information fo r the UltraPor.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 1 18 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ45 10-pin to DB25 converter RJ45 pin DB25 Pin EIA-232 EIA-4 22 EIA-485 1 22 RI RTS + NC 2.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 1 19 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ45 10-pin to DB9 converter RJ45 pin DB9 Pin EIA-232 EIA-4 22 EIA-485 1 9 RI RT S+ NC 2 1 .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 120 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ45 10-pin to RJ45 SPEED converter RJ45 10-pin to card RJ45 10-pin SPEED RJ45 8-pin SPEED E.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 121 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ45 10-pin to RJ45 Digi converter RJ45 10-pin to card RJ45 10-pi n Digi RJ45 8-pin Digi EIA.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 122 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ45 10-pin to RJ45 Digi AL TPIN converter RJ45 10-pin to card RJ45 10-pin Digi AL TPIN RJ45.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 123 Chapter 3 Cabling information RJ45 connector box Note The UltraPort connect or box cable needs to be secured or supported in case of sudden contac t or excessive weight on the cables.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 124 Chapter 3 Cabling information DB25 connector box Note The UltraPort connect or box cable needs to be secured or supported in case of sudden contac t or excessive weight on the cables.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 125 Chapter 3 Cabling information DB9 connector box Note The UltraPort connect or box cable needs to be secured or supported in case of sudden contac t or excessive weight on the cables.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 126 Chapter 3 Cabling information DB25 Fan-out cable Note The UltraPort fan-out cables ne ed to be secured or supported in ca se of sudden contact or excessi ve weight on the cables.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Connector box and cable pinouts Page 127 Chapter 3 Cabling information DB9 Fan-out cable Note The UltraPort fan-out cables ne ed to be secured or supported in ca se of sudden contact or excessi ve weight on the cables.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 128 UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Appendix A : T ransparent printing Y ou need to read this appendix if you want to... Y ou need to read this appendix if you want backgro und information on tran sparen t pr inting.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 129 What is transparent printing? Most terminals have an auxiliary (AU X) port whic h can be connected to a serial printer . Data can then be output to the terminal or the p rinter via the same serial line. Th is is called transp ar ent print ( or xprint) and is designe d for printing simp le ASCII text.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 130 Problems with printer output When you use transparent pr inting you may obtain incorrect printer output due to the following reasons: Graphics printers may misinter pr et some char acters output through transp a rent print.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 131 The print.spd configuration file For each port, transp arent printing is controlled by an entry in the print .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 132 UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Appendix B : Operations for EIA-422/EIA-485 • The EIA-422 S t andard on p age 133 • The EIA-485 S t andard on p a.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide The EIA-422 S tandard Page 133 The EIA-422 S tandard The EIA-422 defines a st andard fo r serial co mmunications. EIA-422 is a high speed or long distance transmission method. EIA- 422 system sof tware differs little from familiar point to point EIA-232 communication systems.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide The EIA-485 S tandard Page 134 The EIA-485 S tandard The EIA-485 sta nda rd is simila r to the EIA-422 st andard upon which it was based. The main dif ference is that up to 32 transmitter receiver pa irs may be present on the line at one time.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide The EIA-485 S tandard Page 135 Many Masters / Many Slaves The EIA-485 Full Duplex mod e supports man y Masters and many Slaves. This system can be used when all EIA-4 85 devices h ave sep a ra te transmit and r eceive chann els.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide The EIA-485 S tandard Page 136 One Masters / Many Slaves The EIA-485 Half Duplex mode supports a Master and many Slaves devices. This syst em has only one master device which can transmit to multiple slave devi ces.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide The EIA-485 S tandard Page 137 EIA-485 Half Duplex Diag ram #2 Fail Safe Circu itry T wo common fault conditions that an EIA- 485 system can experience are as follows: Th e cable is open • The cable is open: This occurs when there ar e no drivers on the circuit.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Cabling Distances Page 138 Cabling Distances Cable length (in feet) Protocol T r ansfer Rate, Kbp s 7 EIA-422/EIA-485 3686.4 1000 EIA-422/EIA-485 3686 .4 2000 EIA-422/EIA-485 1843 .2 3000 EIA-422/EIA-485 921.6 4000 EIA-422/EIA-485 921.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 139 UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Appendix C : T roubleshooting Y ou need to read this appendix if you want to... Y ou need to read this appendix if you want information on troub leshooting problems with UltraPort, UltraPort SI, and UltraPort Express se rial adaptor cards.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO OpenServer 5 Page 140 SCO OpenServer 5 Example of normal SPEED driver boot messages This example sh ows one UltraPort16 a nd o ne UltraPort8 succe s sfully detected and initialised by the driver . %SPD -- - Perle S peed Drive r:1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO OpenServer 5 Page 141 Additional card warning messages If you install more than one UltraPort, UltraPort SI or UltraPort Express host card, or install addition.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO OpenServer 5 Page 142 SCO OpenServer 5 error messages Error message Reason Action required ERROR: unit @0xnnnnnnnn has bad resource(s) Incorrectly installed or faulty card. Incorrect BIOS settings. 1. Ensure that you have followed the installation proced ure correctly .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixW are/SCO OpenServer 6 Page 143 SCO UnixW are/SCO OpenServer 6 There are no mess ages displayed on the system at startup. Messages from the SPEED driver are sent to the syslog file in the /var/adm dire ctory .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixW are/SCO OpenServer 6 Page 144 Additional card warning messages If you install more than one UltraPort, UltraPort SI or UltraPort Express host card, or install additional cards at a later date, the follo wing warning messages will be displayed during system start-up.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixW are/SCO OpenServer 6 Page 145 SCO UnixWare error messages Error message Reason Action required ERROR: unit @0xnnnnnnnn has bad resource(s) Incorrectly installed or faulty card. Incorrect BIOS settings. 1.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide SCO UnixW are/SCO OpenServer 6 Page 146 UX: sh (sh): ERROR: telinit: Not found (Note this error occurs on UnixW are 2 systems only) telinit command not found None.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows NT Page 147 Windows NT Windows NT general troubleshooting UltraPort and UltraPort SI only In the even t of any p roblems, o pen the Devices window to view the status of any installed hardware.
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 148 Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/V ista/Server 2008 This section describes troubleshooting Ultra Port, UltraPort .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 Page 149 General troubleshooting under Windows 2000/ XP/Server 2003/V ista/Server 2008 Windows error messages In the event of any e rror messages, che ck the W indows Event L og.
Making a technical support query Page 150 Appendix D : Contacting Perle Y ou need to read this appendix if you want to... Y ou need to read this appendix if you wa nt to co nt act Pe rle for technical su pport or any other queries about this product.
Making a technical support query Page 151 Information needed when making a query When you make a technical suppor t enquiry please have the followin g information ready: Hint Print out this page and fill in th e table provided with the basic information you need.
Repair procedure Page 152 Making a support query vi a the Perle web page If you have an interne t co nne ction, ple ase sen d det ails of your p roblem to T echnical Support using the email links provided on the Per le web site in the ‘Support’ area .
UltraPort Serial Adaptors Perle support centres worldwide Page 153 Perle support centres worldwide UltraPort Serial Adaptors Note Perle offers free technical supp ort to Perle Author ised Distributors and Re gistered Perle Resellers. T o access technical support pl ease visit the Perle websit e at www .
#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 154 UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Index Numerics 4 port cards installing 95 A About this manual 4 .
#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 155 L Linux general inst allation procedure 86 installation und er 86 O on-line manual guide to using 5 h.
#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide Page 156 W Windows 2000 35 configuring serial ports 38 device drivers and utilities installing 35 installing d.
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