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Quatech ESC-100 User Manual - 5 Windows Configurations

Manual is about: Eight Channel Low Profile RS-232 Asynchronous Communications Adapter for PCI bus

Summary of ESC-100

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    Esc(lp)-100 eight channel low profile rs-232 asynchronous communications adapter for pci bus user's manual quatech, inc. Tel: (330) 655-9000 5675 hudson industrial parkway fax: (330) 655-9010 hudson, ohio 44236 http://www.Quatech.Com.

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    Warranty information quatech, inc. Warrants the esc(lp)-100 to be free of defects for five (5) years from the date of purchase. Quatech, inc. Will repair or replace any board that fails to perform under normal operating conditions and in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document durin...

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    © 2006, quatech, inc. Notice the information contained in this document cannot be reproduced in any form without the written consent of quatech, inc. Likewise, any software programs that might accompany this document can be used only in accordance with any license agreement(s) between the purchaser ...

  • Page 4: Declaration of Conformity

    Declaration of conformity manufacturer's name: quatech inc. Manufacturer's address: 5675 hudson industrial parkway hudson, ohio 44236 (usa) application of council directive: 89/336/eec standards to which conformity is declared: * en50081-1 (en55022, en60555-2, en60555-3) * en50082-1 (iec 801-2, iec ...

  • Page 5: 10 Troubleshooting

    Table of contents 30 10 troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 9 specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8 pci resource map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7 external connection...

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    Vi esc(lp)-100 user's manual.

  • Page 7: 1 General Information

    1 general information the quatech, inc. Esc(lp)-100 provides eight rs-232 asynchronous serial communication interfaces for low profile ibm-compatible personal computer systems using the pci expansion bus. The esc(lp)-100 uses quatech's new enhanced serial adapter design. Legacy serial port data rate...

  • Page 8: 2 Hardware Configuration

    2 hardware configuration the esc(lp)-100 is automatically configured at boot time by the computer's bios or operating system. There are no switches or jumpers to set for installation. See section 5.5 for instructions on how to use windows device manager to view and change resource settings. Esc(lp)-...

  • Page 9: 3 Hardware Installation

    3 hardware installation 1. Turn off the power of the computer system in which the esc(lp)-100 is to be installed. 2. Remove the system cover according to the instructions provided by the computer manufacturer. 3. Install the esc(lp)-100 in any empty pci expansion slot. The board should be secured by...

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    4 address map and special registers this chapter explains how the eight uarts and special registers are addressed, as well as the layout of those registers. This material will be of interest to programmers writing driver software for the esc(lp)-100. 4.1 base address and interrupt level (irq) the ba...

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    4.2 enabling the special registers the esc(lp)-100 contains two unique registers, an interrupt status register and an options register. They replace the uart scratchpad register on accesses to register address 7. The interrupt status register and options register are accessed through the scratchpad ...

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    4.4 options register the options register allows software to identify the esc(lp)-100 as a quatech enhanced serial adapter. It also allows software to set the uart clock rate multiplier. Figure 5 shows the structure of the options register. The powerup default of the options register is all bits zer...

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    4.4.2 clock rate multiplier a standard rs-232 serial port operates at a clock speed of 1.8432 mhz. In order to achieve higher data rates, quatech enhanced serial adapters can operate at two times, four times or even eight times this standard clock speed. This is controlled by the clock rate multipli...

  • Page 14: 5 Windows Configurations

    5 windows configurations 5.1 windows millennium 1. After inserting the esc(lp)-100 for the first time the "add new hardware wizard" will begin. 2. Select "search for the best driver for your device.". Check the "removable media" and "specify location" box. Click the "next" button. 3. Window will loc...

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    5.2 windows 2000 1. After inserting a esc(lp)-100 for the first time, the "add new hardware wizard will appear at start up. Click the "ok" button. 2. The “files needed” dialog box will be displayed. Insert the quatech com cd (shipped with the device). Click the "ok" button. 3. The following dialog b...

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    5.3 windows 98 1. After inserting a esc(lp)-100 for the first time, the "add new hardware wizard will appear at start up. Click the "next" button. 2. Select "search for the best driver for your device". Click the "next" button. 3. On the next dialog, select the "cd-rom drive" check box. Insert the q...

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    4. The following dialog box will display the appropriate inf file on the diskette in the drive. Click the "next" button. 5. Window will copy the inf file from the diskette and display a final dialog indication that the process is complete. Click the "finish" button. Esc(lp)-100 user's manual 11.

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    5.4 windows 95 windows 95 maintains a registry of all known hardware installed in your computer. Inside this hardware registry windows 95 keeps track of all of your system resources, such as i/o locations, irq levels, and dma channels. The "add new hardware wizard" utility in windows 95 was designed...

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    7. You should now see the "copying files" dialog box as windows 95 copies the driver files from the diskette. 8. The installation utility will ask for your windows 95 installation disks. Serial communication ports require two drivers supplied by microsoft to function: serial.Vxd and serialui.Dll. In...

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    Figure 8--- windows device manager 6. The esc(lp)-100 serial ports are also listed under the group ports (com and lpt). Windows 95 does not assign com1-com4 to ports addressed at nonstandard locations. The esc(lp)-100 ports will be enumerated starting with com5 (or higher) even if lower logical numb...

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    Figure 9 --- device manager advanced port settings 9. Use the logical com port names to access the serial ports on your esc(lp)-100 through your software applications. Note: the logical com port name is assigned to your ports by windows . This name is required by a windows application when accessing...

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    5.1.1 changing resource settings with device manager 1. Start the windows 95/98/me device manager. 2. Double click on the hardware class multi-port serial adapters to list hardware devices in the class. 3. The esc(lp)-100 “parent device” belongs to this hardware class. The full device name for the e...

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    4. Open the properties dialog for the esc(lp)-100 device, then click the resources tab to view the input/output range and interrupt request resource allocations. Do not change these settings without specific instructions from a quatech technical support specialist. To exit without saving changes, cl...

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    Esc(lp)-100 user's manual 19.

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    The x8 clock mode locks the ports hardware clock at eight times the standard rate. The baud rate the port runs at will always be eight times the rate requested by the application. This mode is useful for legacy applications which cannot request baud rates over 115.200. 921,600 x8 the x4 clock mode l...

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    7. Open the properties dialog for a com port, then click the port properties tab to view the settings for that port. 8. Click the "port settings" tab and then click the "advanced" button. The esc(lp)-100 driver will display a custom advanced port settings control, which allows the ports uart compati...

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  • Page 29: 6 Other Operating Systems

    6 other operating systems device drivers for windows nt and os/2 are also available for the esc(lp)-100. The board can be used under dos and other operating systems as well in many circumstances. The software described below can be downloaded from the quatech web site if it did not come with the boa...

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    Necessary configuration information. The pci bios specification can be obtained from the pci special interest group. Contact quatech technical support for more information. Esc(lp)-100 user's manual 24.

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    6.3.1 qtpci.Exe quatech's "qtpci" utility supplies the information required when modifying the serial port settings of the application. This program should be run from real dos, not in a windows dos box. Figure 11 shows the basic mode display for the esc(lp)-100 after the "q" key has been pressed. I...

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    Figure 12 shows the expert mode display for the esc(lp)-100 after the "q" key has been pressed. The information from the basic mode display is presented along with more details such as the vendor and device ids, pci class code, size of memory and i/o regions, etc. Pressing the "n" key will show simi...

  • Page 33: 7 External Connections

    7 external connections rs-232-c devices are classified by their function as either data terminal equipment (dte) or data communication equipment (dce). Generally, data terminal equipment is defined as the communication source and data communication equipment is defined as the device that provides a ...

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    The esc(lp)-100 is a dte device which connects to peripheral equipment through an adapter cable’s eight male d-9 connectors. The standard serial port connections are listed in figure 15. 6 5 gnd 2 9 ri 10 1 dcd 5 6 dsr 7 4 dtr 3 8 cts 4 7 rts 9 2 rxd 8 3 txd rj-45 d-9 rs-232 signal figure 15 --- esc...

  • Page 35: 8 Pci Resource Map

    8 pci resource map listed below are the pci resources used by the esc(lp)-100. Such information may be of use to customers writing their own device drivers or other custom software. A detailed description of the esc(lp)-100's uarts is available on the quatech web site. (all numbers in hex) pci vendo...

  • Page 36: 9 Specifications

    9 specifications bus interface: pci, 32-bit bus, universal voltage signaling ibm-compatible computers dimensions: approx. 5.0" x 2.5" serial ports controller: 16750-compatible with 64-byte fifos interface: one female 68-pin vhdci connector to: eight male d-9 connectors using adapter cable -or- eight...

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    4800 4300 3300 1570 800 115.2 2000 1630 1100 900 330 230.4 1100 900 670 430 100 460.8 470 430 300 100 n/a 921.6 25% trans time 20% trans time 15% trans time 10% trans time 4% trans time maximum load (pf) data rate (kbaud) note 1: the signal transition time ratio is defined as the percentage of the u...

  • Page 38: 10 Troubleshooting

    10 troubleshooting listed here are some common problems and frequent causes of those problems. If the information here does not provide a solution, contact quatech technical support. Any unauthorized repairs or modifications will void the esc(lp)-100's warranty. Computer will not boot up. 1. Is the ...

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    Esc(lp)-100 user's manual revision 1.12 december 2006 p/n: 940-3105-112 esc(lp)-100 user's manual 33.