Benutzeranleitung / Produktwartung 4520CPF des Produzenten Aurora Multimedia
Zur Seite of 64
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 .
Copyrigh t © 2002, Aurora T echnologies, In c., a Carlo Gavazzi Grou p company . All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America This publ ication is protected by Fed eral Copyr ight Law , with all rights r eserved.
W e/W ir/Nous/W ij/Noi: Aurora T echnologies, Inc. 10 Mu pac D riv e Brockton, MA 02301 USA declare under our sole responsibility that the products, erklären, in allenini ger V erantwortun g, daß di.
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 .
viii T ab le of Cont ent s Contents (continue d).
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.
Ein wichtiger Punkt beim Kauf des Geräts Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF (oder sogar vor seinem Kauf) ist das durchlesen seiner Bedienungsanleitung. Dies sollten wir wegen ein paar einfacher Gründe machen:
Wenn Sie Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF noch nicht gekauft haben, ist jetzt ein guter Moment, um sich mit den grundliegenden Daten des Produkts bekannt zu machen. Schauen Sie zuerst die ersten Seiten der Anleitung durch, die Sie oben finden. Dort finden Sie die wichtigsten technischen Daten für Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF - auf diese Weise prüfen Sie, ob das Gerät Ihren Wünschen entspricht. Wenn Sie tiefer in die Benutzeranleitung von Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF reinschauen, lernen Sie alle zugänglichen Produktfunktionen kennen, sowie erhalten Informationen über die Nutzung. Die Informationen, die Sie über Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF erhalten, werden Ihnen bestimmt bei der Kaufentscheidung helfen.
Wenn Sie aber schon Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF besitzen, und noch keine Gelegenheit dazu hatten, die Bedienungsanleitung zu lesen, sollten Sie es aufgrund der oben beschriebenen Gründe machen. Sie erfahren dann, ob Sie die zugänglichen Funktionen richtig genutzt haben, aber auch, ob Sie keine Fehler begangen haben, die den Nutzungszeitraum von Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF verkürzen könnten.
Jedoch ist die eine der wichtigsten Rollen, die eine Bedienungsanleitung für den Nutzer spielt, die Hilfe bei der Lösung von Problemen mit Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF. Sie finden dort fast immer Troubleshooting, also die am häufigsten auftauchenden Störungen und Mängel bei Aurora Multimedia 4520CPF gemeinsam mit Hinweisen bezüglich der Arten ihrer Lösung. Sogar wenn es Ihnen nicht gelingen sollte das Problem alleine zu bewältigen, die Anleitung zeigt Ihnen die weitere Vorgehensweise – den Kontakt zur Kundenberatung oder dem naheliegenden Service.
