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V anguar d Multiport™ 4520CP Contr oller Synchronous/asynchronous Communications for CompactPC I-equipped Solaris™ systems V anguard Models 4520CPF 4520CPR Part Numb er: 15-30 001-00, Re v .
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Note: this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, p ursuant to part 15 o f the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a co mmercial environment.
T a ble of Co nten ts v Chapter 1. About this Manual Manual Or ganization ................. ............ ........... ........... ............1-1 Who Should Use This Book ....................... ............ ........... ...... 1-2 Document Convention s .
vi T a ble of Co nten ts Contents (continue d) Installation Precautions .................... ............ ................. ......... 3- 3 Unpacking V anguard Hardware.............. ................. ........... .... 3- 3 Other Things Y ou’ll Need .
T a ble of Co nten ts vii Contents (continue d) mset Error Messag e .................... ........... ................. ............6-7 Calling for Sup port ............... ........... ........... ............ ........... ...... 6-7 Chapter 7. W arranty & M aintenance Information W arranty on Hardware & Software .
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V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 1-1 CHAPTER 1 About this Manual The V anguar d Multipor t Cont r ollers User ’ s Ma nual desc ribe s ho w to i nsta ll an d use Aurora T echnologi es’ V anguard sync/a sync ser ies of mu ltiport co ntrollers for systems equip ped with the CompactPCI bus (cPC I).
About t his M anual 1-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Who Should Use This Book This book is a refe rence manual for anyone w ho wants to ins tall, configur e, and use V anguard Multiport controllers in Com pactPCI-equipped computer systems.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 1-3 Document Convent ions Document Convention s T able 1 des cribe s the sy mbolic conv entions us ed in t his guid e.
About t his M anual 1-4 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Getting Help If you ne ed to reach u s, you can co ntact us by • The W eb: www.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 2-1 CHAPTER 2 Intr oduc ing the V anguar d Multiport 4530CP Contr o ller Congratul ations o n purchas ing yo ur Aurora T echnologies V anguard Multipor t™ controll er .
Introducing the Vanguard Multiport 4530CP Co ntroller 2-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Multi-protocol support Optiona l Aurora s ynchronou s dat a communicat ions p rotocols i ncluding X.25 and HDLC are available for SP ARC and x86 sy stems.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 2-3 T echnical Specification Overview T echnical Specification Overview T able 2 provides a technical specification overview of the V anguard Multiport co n- trollers. T able 3 pr ovide s a brief overview of the s ynchronous capabil ities of the V anguard Multiport controllers.
Introducing the Vanguard Multiport 4530CP Co ntroller 2-4 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide T ABLE 3. V anguard Mult iport Synchr onou s C ommun ica tions Sp eci ficat ions F.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 3-1 CHAPTER 3 Installing V anguar d Multiport Har dwar e This chapter describes how to install V anguard Multiport hardware and consists of .
Inst al ling V anguard Mult iport Hardware 3-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Installat ion Overview This secti on provi des an overv iew of how t o install your V anguard Mul tiport co n- troller and the Aur ora device drivers .
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 3-3 Installation Precautions Inst allation Precau tions T aking the precau tions described in this section should h elp you avoid in jury or damage to your equi pment. Electrostat ic dischar ge can damage integrat ed circuits o n your multiport cards.
Inst al ling V anguard Mult iport Hardware 3-4 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Save the shipping carto ns and the intern al packaging. If y ou need to s hip the product back to you r dealer , you must use the original carton and pack - aging.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 3-5 Inst alling the Multiport Card • A small flat-head screwd river to make cable co nnections and secur e mounting scr ews. Installin g the Multiport Card Detailed installation procedu res for cPCI cards can be fo und in your system instal- lation or hardware documentation.
Inst al ling V anguard Mult iport Hardware 3-6 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide FIGURE 1. Connecting V a nguard Card to the Distribution Cable (or breakout box) Rear I/ O C .
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 3-7 Connecti ng Peri pheral s Connecting Per ipheral s Peripherals are connected to the V anguard Multiport distribu tion cable/box with user -suppl ied cabl es (See Figu re 2 on page 7). Deta iled ca bling in formation i s pro- vided in Appendix A.
Inst al ling V anguard Mult iport Hardware 3-8 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 4-1 CHAPTER 4 Softwar e Installation and Configuration The V anguard Multipor t device d rivers all ow your Co mpactPCI-bas ed syst em to communi cate with vario us asy nchronous and synchr onous serial devices (such as printers, terminals, o r modems) th rough the Auro ra ports.
Sof tware Inst allation a nd Conf igura tion 4-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Y ou only need to install the driver on ce, even if you ar e installing more than one V anguard Mu ltiport serial card. One d evice driver can supp ort up to sixteen serial cards.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 4-3 Asynchronous Device File Names FIGURE 3. Filenaming Format for Asynchronous Device Files In this example, the terminal device for the port labelled 3 on the second 4 520CP card is accessed by the term/7 device file.
Sof tware Inst allation a nd Conf igura tion 4-4 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Setting Up Asynchronous Por t Services Once your pe ripherals ar e connected and the Aurora software p ackages are installed, the next s tep is to set up the appropriate port services for each perip heral.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 4-5 Setti ng Up As ynchr onous Por t Ser vices Setting Up T erminal Services Setting up terminal service in Solari s requires the sacadm and the pmadm com- mands. The following example sets up a ty pical terminal.
Sof tware Inst allation a nd Conf igura tion 4-6 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide hardware). Ref er to you r Solaris documentation for mo re information about using Admintool and setting up terminal services.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 4-7 Setti ng Up As ynchr onous Por t Ser vices T o set up service s for a typical b idire ction al modem 1.
Sof tware Inst allation a nd Conf igura tion 4-8 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Setting Asynchronous Dat a Rates Aurora r ecommends t hat you use the S unSoft Adminto ol or So laris stty com- mand to set baud rates for asynchr onous por ts.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 4-9 Sync hro nou s Con fig urati ons FIGURE 4. File nam ing For mat fo r Sy nc hr onou s Fi les In this exampl e, an HDLC device con nected to the port labelled 7 on the s econd V anguard Multiport 4520CP card is accessed by the hdlcdrv/7 device fi le.
Sof tware Inst allation a nd Conf igura tion 4-10 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide SunLink® Support Some appli cations req uire SunLi nk device n ames of the f orm /dev/z shx. If y ou plan to run such an app lication ov er your e xpansion ports, first run /opt/AURAase/ zshreplace .
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 5-1 CHAPTER 5 Using the V anguar d Multiport Softwar e Aurora T echnologies device driver software delivers advanced features for unp aral- leled flexibility and convenience.
Using the V anguard Multi port Sof twa re 5-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide T o view the p ort par ameters 1. T ype system# ./aseinfo -ports | more 2. Scroll through the listing u sing the space bar . T o view the a ctive dri vers 1.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 5-3 Administering Ports with mset FIGURE 5. Outp ut from th e asei nf o Com man d Administeri ng Ports with mse t Use the mset utility to reset hung ports, to set a port to use external clock, and to check the error statistics for the asynchrono us lines in use.
Using the V anguard Multi port Sof twa re 5-4 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide T ABLE 8. mset Options mset Opt io n Description -< baud_ra te > Sets BAUD rate for given port. -baud < b aud_r ate > Sets BAUD rate for given port.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 6-1 CHAPTER 6 T r oubleshooting This chapt er desc ribes prob lems you could p ossibly ex perience with your V anguard Multiport card and t he actions y ou shoul d take t o diagnose and solv e those pr ob- lems.
T roubleshooting 6-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Installation Pro blems If you ex perience pro blems i mmediately af ter the in stallati on of your V anguard Multiport .
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 6-3 The xxtrace Driver T racing Utility T o clear a hun g async p ort 1. Switch user to root: system% su Password: <root_pa ssword> system# 2. Run ps to get t he process number f or the pr ogram that h as the por t open: sys- tem # ps 3.
T roubleshooting 6-4 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Running xxtr ace T o run xxtrac e 1. Log in as roo t Y ou mus t be l ogge d in a s ro ot i n a csh environment to run this test. 2. Change to the approp riate directory: system # cd /opt/AURAase 3.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 6-5 The xxtrace Driver T racing Utility where n is the board number in the system starting with 0, and p is the po rt number , starting wi th 0. For example, xb 0:3 turns o n tracing for the f irst Aurora card in the system for por t 3.
T roubleshooting 6-6 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide T roubleshooting with mset (async only) Y ou can run mset when you are receiv ing data co rruption erro rs on in coming.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide 6-7 Calli ng for Supp ort 7. T o reset all errors and statistics for all po rts, enter: system # ./mset <device_nam e > -statsreset T o report erro r statistics and r eset all errors and statistics p er port, you could ha ve entered the following in S tep 3: system # .
T roubleshooting 6-8 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide.
V anguar d Multip ort 452 0CP Co ntr o ller User’ s Guide 7-1 CHAPTER 7 W arranty & Maintenance Information War ranty on Hardware & Sof tware Aurora products carry the following standard war.
Warranty & Maintenance Informatio n 7-2 V anguar d Multipor t 4520C P Cont r oll er User’ s Guide Product Registr ation Form Impor tant! Please print, complete, and return this Product R egistration Form to Aurora’ s Cus- tomer Se rvice and Sup port (CS S) Dep artment at 5 08-588-04 98.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide A-1 Appendix A Cables and Connectors This append ix provides necessary b ackgroun d information for makin g connections to serial ports. It discu sses modem and null modem connectors, the stand ard RS - 232 pi nouts, a nd descr ibes so me typical cab les.
Cables and Connectors A-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide when connecting a DCE device, such as a modem, to a V an guard Multiport card, use modem (or strai ght-throu gh) cables . For DTE devi ces, such as terminals and printers, use null-modem cables.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide A-3 Seria l Conne ctor Pin out s 6 DSR 107 Input 7 Signal GND – No ne 8 DCD 109 Input 15 TxC in 11 4 Input 17 RxC in 11 5 Input 20 DTR 108/2 Ou tput 24 TxC out 11 3 Out put Pin S ignal D escriptio ns Sign al Description Cha ssis GND Chassis (Earth) Grou nd.
Cables and Connectors A-4 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Asynchronous Seri al Cables V anguard Multiport cards sup port both asynch ronous and synchron ous com muni- cations. This section describes cab les for asynchro nous use.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide A-5 Asynchr onous Se rial Cables FIGURE 7. Asynchronous Modem Cable (DTE to DCE ) Asynchronous Null-Modem Cables Null-modem cables are designed to connect devices that s end and receive data on the same pins , which is the case when you connect a DTE d evice to another DTE device.
Cables and Connectors A-6 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide FIGURE 8. Async hr ono us Nu ll Mod em C able (XON/ XOFF Ha nds hakin g) FIGURE 9.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide A-7 Sync hronous Se ria l Cables FIGURE 10. Asynchronous Null Modem Cabl e (DTR Handshaking) See your device manual t o determin e what type of null-m odem cable i s required.
Cables and Connectors A-8 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide FIGURE 1 1. S tr aig ht-t hr oug h sy nch ro nou s mod em c able Connecting Oth er Synchronous Devices Figure 12 shows the null-modem cab le design for connecting V anguard Multiport cont ro ller s to sy nch ron ous DTE d evice s.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide A-9 Sync hronous Se ria l Cables FIGURE 12. Synchronous Null- Modem Ca ble This is a g eneral purp ose synchr onous cable that can be used fo r other , non-Au rora po rts. Connecting Per ipherals Each port on the expans ion uni t has a male DB-25 co nnector .
Cables and Connectors A-10 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide FIGURE 13. RS-232 Interfa ce Signals T ransmitted thr ough the DB-25 Connector Pins RS-422 and RS-4 85 Support (opti onal) Since RS-422 and RS-485 are electrical sp ecifications only , they ca n be suppo rted over many co nnectors .
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide A-1 1 Sync hronous Se ria l Cables FIGURE 14. Signals T ransmitt ed through the DB-25 Connector P ins for RS- 422 and 485 TxD B TxCin A RxD .
Cables and Connectors A-12 V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4520 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide B-1 Appendix B Pr oduct Information Wo r k s h e e t Completing t he Product I nformation Worksheet Complete the follo wing information about your Aurora W ANmultiServer and work- station. W ANm ultiServer serial number: _______ ________________ Rear I/O C ard model no.
B-2 V anguar d Multiport 4520CP Cont r oller User’ s Guide Periph eral/Port as signments : Slot Port Peripheral ___ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15.
V anguar d Multipo rt 4240 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide IX-1 A About this Manual 1-1–1- 4 Admini sterin g ports 5- 3 aseinfo , viewing por t parameters 5- 1–5-3 Asynch ronous cables A-4 device.
IX-2 V anguar d Multipo rt 4240 CP Con tr o ller User’ s Guide Index (continued) H Hardware, installation 3 -1–3-7 Hung async po rts clearing 6-2 I Installation over vie w 3-2 probl ems 6-2 quicks.
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