MultiPort PCI English Software Manual 2012.12.06 Version 1.
Revision History Revision History Revision Date Version Pages Description 10/24/2008 1.0 All Renewal by hjnoh 5/22/2009 1.1 Partial Fixed by hjnoh 9/03/2009 1.2 Partial Fixed by khheo 2/08/2010 1.3 Partial Fixed by ghpark 11/15/2010 1.4 Partial Fixed by hsjung 12/06/2012 1.5 Partial Fixed by jhyoo Copyright 2006 SystemBase Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Internet Webpage: http://www.sysbas.
Table of Contents Table of Contents - Windows 98 Device Driver Installation ................................................................................ 4 - Windows Device Driver Auto Installation ........................................................................... 11 - Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation .......................................................................... 13 - Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation..................................................................
Windows 98 Device Driver Installation - Windows 98 Device Driver Installation 1. Turn off your PC. 2. Insert MultiPort/PCI board into anyone of PCI slots. 3. Connect the port box to the board. 4. Turn on the PC. 5. Start Windows 98. Press the “Next” button. 6. Select the “Search for the best driver for your device” and press the “Next” button.
Windows 98 Device Driver Installation 7. Select the “Specify a location” and insert the provided device driver disk into CD-ROM drive and set path to “[CDROM]\DRIVERS\PCI\Win98” and press the “Next” button. If the CD-ROM auto-run application appears when you insert Device Driver CD, please terminate it. (The disk doesn’t support automatic device driver installation in Windows 98.) 8. Press the “Next” button and Auto-Files-Copied.
Windows 98 Device Driver Installation 9. Press the “Finish” button. 10. Press the “Next” button. 11. Press the “Next” button.
Windows 98 Device Driver Installation 12. Select the “Specify a location” only and set the path to “D:\DRIVERS\PCI\Win98” and press the “Next” button. 13. Press the “Next” button and ports is created. 14. Execute Installer for Multiport configuration program. Press the “Install” button and Auto-Files-Copied. (“[CDROM]\DRIVERS\PCI\Win98\INSTALL.
Windows 98 Device Driver Installation 15. Press the “OK” button and register Program Group. MultiPort Setup Program is executed automatically at this time. It shows the number of as tabs as cards you installed.
Windows 98 Device Driver Installation (Multi-4JA/PCI Card Installation Setting View) (Multi-32/PCI Card Installation Setting View) 16. In case of RS422 port or panel, you can change and specify point-to-point or multi-drop mode. In case of RS485 port or panel, you can change and specify non-echo or echo mode. When you use multi-drop mode or RS485 card, if you select “RTS Auto-toggle” our device driver will process Output Control (RTS toggling) automatically. 17. Set starting-port-number as you want.
Windows 98 Device Driver Installation 18. Press the “OK” button to finish Multi-Port Setup program. 19. Press the “Yes” button to reboot your system.
Windows Device Driver Auto Installation - Windows Device Driver Auto Installation 1. Turn off your PC and insert MultiPort board into anyone of PCI slots. 2. Connect the port box to the board. 3. Turn on the PC. 4. Start Windows 5. Insert MultiPort/PCI Installation CD into the device. 6. Run either Windows Explorer or My Computer, and go to the directory where the driver is located.
Windows Device Driver Auto Installation 9. When installation is complete without any problem, you will see the following message. Click the “OK” button. If the installation cannot be done by auto installation, please use the appropriate drivers for your OS manually.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation - Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 1. Turn off your PC and insert MultiPort/PCI board into anyone of PCI slots. 2. Connect the port box to the board. 3. Turn on the PC. 4. Start Windows 2000. 5. New hardware is detected at this time. Press the “Next” button. 6. Select the “Search for a suitable driver for my device” and press the “Next” button. 7. Select the “Specify a location” and Press “OK” button.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 8. Select the “Browse…” and Specify [CDROM]\DRIVER\PCI\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8”. Press “OK” button. 9. Press the “Next” button. 10. Press the “Finish” button.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 11. New hardware is detected. Press the “Next” Button. 12. Press the “Next” button. 13. Select the “Specify a location” and press the “Next” button.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 14. Press the “Next” button. 15. Press the “Finish” button. 16. Remaining ports are installed automatically. 17. After all installations are completed, you can check the device information in [Setting] [Control Panel] [System] [Hardware] [Device Manager].
Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation - Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation 1. Insert MultiPort/PCI board into PCI slot. 2. Connect the cable to the board. 3. Turn on the PC and insert install CD. 4. Run the proper Windows version. 5. Check the “Found New Hardware” menu. 6. Found now hardware wizard begins, Select “Install from a list or specific location” and click “Next”.
Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation 7. Select “Search for the best driver in these locations” and “Include this location in the search”. Click “Next”. (Specify the location as below. Windows x32 OS: “[CD-ROM]:\DRIVERS\PCI\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8” Windows x64 OS: “[CD-ROM]:\DRIVERS\PCI\WinXP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8 x64”.) 8. Install finished for multifunction adapter. Press the “Finish” button.
Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation 9. Step 6 ~ 10 will be repeated to install serial ports.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation - Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 1. Turn off your PC and insert MultiPort/PCI board into anyone of PCI slots. 2. Connect the external port box to the board. 3. Turn on the PC power. 4. Start Windows Vista/2008/7/8 5. Go to Control Panel System Device Manager. 6. Right click PCI Serial Port under Other Devices, and click “Update Driver Software”.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 7. The following window will appear. Click “Find driver software from selected location” 8. “Find driver software from selected location” window will appear. Click “Find” and select “[CDROM]:/DRIVERS/PCI/Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8” for its location.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 9. Once installation is complete, “Driver software has been updated.” Message box will appear. “PCI Serial Port” is now successfully installed. Click “Close”. Next step is to install driver for each separate ports. 10. Right click PCI Serial Port under Other Devices, and click “Update Driver Software”.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 11. The following window will appear. Click “Find driver software from selected location” 12. “Find driver software from selected location” window will appear. Click “Find” and select “[CDROM]:/DRIVERS/PCI/Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8” for its location.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 13. Once installation is complete, “Driver software has been updated.” Message box will appear. “PCI Serial Port” is now successfully installed. Click “Close”. Step 10 ~ 13 will be repeated to install serial ports. 14. Your Multiport driver is successfully installed if following items can be found under “Device Manager”.
Windows Device Driver Configuration - Windows Device Driver Configuration You can change the Windows device driver by following instruction below.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 1) To modify communication mode While using Multi-Drop communication mode in RS-422 or communication modes in RS-485, several devices share only one BUS. When one device is using the BUS the other devices cannot use the BUS at the same time. Therefore, for devices which are not using the BUS should be set to Hi-Z at I/O. Auto-Toggling is a feature that sets this task automatically. 1. Communication modes are displayed in “Hardware Config” at “Settings” tab.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 2. Point to Point Mode and Multidrop Mode are available in RS422 Interface. When Multidrop Mode is selected, Auto Toggle feature is force-selected. Default setting is “Point to Point” Mode.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 3. Echo or None echo Modes are available in RS485 Interface. Auto Toggle feature is force-selected. Default setting is “None echo” Mode.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 2) To set Flow Control 1.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 2. While in RS232 or RS422 Point to Point communication mode, “AutoRTS”, “AutoCTS”, and “AutoXonXoff” can be selected from Flow Control. Only one option can be selected among those three. If “AutoXonXoff” is selected, “XonXoff Additional Options” will become active for additional options.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 3) To set FIFO Trigger 1. FIFO Trigger Level can be adjusted. Burst data transfer mode is set by default, but for slow data transfer mode, it is recommended to use “55x Trigger Mode”.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 4) To modify port numbers, assigned to COM Port 1. Click “All Port Remap...” 2. All ports are assigned in order by the imprinted numbers on the product. If you like to modify the port numbers, you can change their value and click “OK” button. However, in “MultiPort Serial Adapter” driver, only continuous numbers can be set.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 3. By clicking “Scan for hardware changes” under “Device Manager Action”, you can use the Port without rebooting the system.
Windows Device Driver Uninstall - Windows Device Driver Uninstall This page provides information for how to uninstall drivers in Windows 2000 or versions above. 1. Turn on the PC. 2. Start Windows. 3. Insert MultiPort/PCI Installation CD into the device. 15. Run either Windows Explorer or My Computer, and go to the directory where the driver is located.
Windows Device Driver Uninstall 5. Click “Uninstall” button. 6. When uninstall is complete without any problem, you will see the following message. After removing the driver, you must reboot your system. If you click “OK” button, OS will force reboot.
Solving Problems Solving Problems - General Issues 1. The MultiPort does not work properly even after it has been successfully installed One of major reasons MultiPort boards do not work properly is mostly interrupt collisions. This is not a frequent problem because PCI boards are automatically assigned interrupts. However, reasons for interrupt collisions or abnormal operation of PCI boards can be classified into three.
