MCN Series Remote Comparator Display System PC Interface Card PCLTA-10, PCLTA-20 & PCLTA-21 Installation Reference Manual For use with MCNRCD for DOS Under Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP S2-60648-135 The software for this system must be installed before the PCLTA Interface Board. The Software Installation section of this manual replaces the Software Installation section of the MCNRCD Software Manual.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. Standard Limited Hardware Warranty LIMITED WARRANTY. Equipment manufactured by CTI Products, Inc. is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ONE (1) YEAR from date of shipment to original purchaser. Under this warranty, our obligation is limited to repairing or replacing any equipment proved to be defective by our inspection within one year of sale to the original purchaser.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 PCLTA CARD OVERVIEW. .............................................................................................................................. 2 2. INSTALLATION OVERVIEW .......................................................................................
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PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 1. Introduction Introduction The PC LonTalk® Adapter (PCLTA) cards are members of the Monitoring and Control Network (MCN™) family of User Interface Modules. Hardware specifications and configuration information are described in this manual. MCN Remote Comparator Display systems can achieve higher performance for their monitoring and control system by using a PC LonTalk Adapter (PCLTA) card and appropriate drivers.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 1.1 Introduction PCLTA Card Overview. Several types of PCLTA cards are supported by the MCN system. Figure 2 depicts a 16-bit ISA card. PCLTA-10 U5 MCN NETWORK TRANSCEIVER U2 U9 Y1 U3 P2 ISA BUS P1 CA-80508-100 Figure 2 - PCLTA-10 ISA Card Figure 3 depicts the 32-bit PCI cards.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 2. PCLTA Initialization & Testing Installation Overview The installation of the MCNRCD for DOS software and PCLTA board is done in the following order: 1. Installation of the MCNRCD software from the CD-ROM. 2. Installation of the PCLTA Device Drivers on the PC. 3. Physical Installation of the PCLTA card. Windows 95/98 or NT/2000/XP will automatically sense the Plug-n-Play adapter, and associate it with the drivers installed in the previous step . 4.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 3.1 PCLTA Initialization & Testing Starting the Installation Insert the CTI Products MCNRCD CD-ROM. Start the installation program, Setup.exe, on the CD-ROM. This can be started by double clicking on Setup.exe from Windows Explorer, or it can be started from the From the Start / Run menu on the Task Bar as shown below: Substitute your CD-ROM drive for d:. 3.2 Welcome Screen When Setup starts, it will display a splash screen and then a Welcome screen.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 3.3 PCLTA Initialization & Testing License Screen The License screen displays the software license for the software manufactured by CTI Products, Inc. It supercedes any of the printed licenses. Please read the license. If you accept the terms of the license, click “Next” to continue. At any time during the installation, you may click the “Back” button to return to the previous screen. 3.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 3.5 PCLTA Initialization & Testing Registration Screen Enter your user name and Company (or organization) name in the User Information Screen, and then click “Next” to continue. 3.6 Selecting Destination Folder This screen allows you to select which folder to install the software into. The default program folder of "CTI". This differs from the standard 32-bit Windows standard, which would typically be: “C:\Program Files\CTI Products\MCNRCD\”.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 3.7 PCLTA Initialization & Testing Selecting Components to Install Screen This screen lets you select the setup option you want. The Setup Options are: • Typical Used by most customers, especially for technicians. If using a PCLTA-21, see Custom option below. • Operator or Dispatcher Used to limit user from configuring screens. • Custom Allows you to select the software components individually.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing The Operator/Dispatcher option omits the MCNCFG configuration program. This restricts the operator from making changes in the screen files. Select the appropriate option and click “Next” to continue. 3.7.1 Custom Setup Type – Selecting individual software components If you chose “Custom in the previous step, you are then asked to select the individual software items you wish to install: Check the appropriate boxes.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 3.8 PCLTA Initialization & Testing Transmitter Steering Selection Most radio systems will be used strictly with comparators or voters for enhancement of talk-in from mobiles and portables. A few systems, however, include Transmitter Steering to enhance the talk-out coverage back to the portables and mobiles. These systems would also typically have TIB modules to monitor and control the transmitter steering unit.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 3.10 PCLTA Initialization & Testing Setup Complete Screen -- Finishing up the File Installations After the files are copied, a “Setup Complete” screen appears. All of the required files have been transferred to your system, and all shortcuts have been made. As the screen indicates, the next step it to install the appropriate Device Driver for your PCLTA board and operating system.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing 4. PCLTA Driver Software Installation 4.1 For PCLTA-10 & PCLTA-20 Next, the Setup program will start the PCLTA Setup program. It runs either of the following programs, depending upon which operating system you have: Windows 95/98 Windows NT Windows 2000 pcx10_20Win95_98_Me_Ver1.28_C.exe pcx10_20WinNT_Ver1.08_B.exe pcx10_20Win2k_Ver2.01_B.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing c. After reviewing the Software Licensce Agreement information, click “Yes” to continue. d. When prompted for the destination folder, select “Next” if the default directory of c:\lonworks is suitable for the PC. Otherwise, select “Browse” to specify a different directory. e. (This step applies to Windows 95/98 only.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing For Windows NT/2000, this causes the installation program to add the following reference to the config.nt file: DEVICE= %SystemRoot% \system32\PCLTDOS.SYS /D1 g. The Setup Complete window will be displayed. Click “Finish” to continue. h. The following window will provide a selection for restarting the computer. Select “NO, I will restart my computer later”, then click the “Finish” button. i.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 4.2 PCLTA Initialization & Testing For PCLTA-21 a. Insert the PCLTA driver CD into the CDROM drive. When the CD contents folder is displayed as shown below, double-click on the appropriate operating system folder for your computer, either “Win2KXP” or “Win98”. Then double-click on the setup.exe file to start the installation for PCLTA device drivers. b. The PCLTA Install welcome screen will be displayed as shown below.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing d. The following “Setup Complete” window will be displayed. Click the “Finish” button to continue. e. The following window will provide a selection for restarting the computer. Select “NO, I will restart my computer later”, then click the “Finish” button. During the PCLTA device driver installation, the following line is added to the config.nt file to provide a driver for DOS applications: device=%SystemRoot%\system32\pcltdos.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 5. PCLTA Initialization & Testing PCLTA Card Installation The PCLTA device drivers must be installed prior to installing the card. If the drivers have not been installed, complete the previous step. To install a PCLTA card into your PC, follow these steps: a. Turn off the PC and remove the power cord. b. Open the PC case and locate an empty slot. c. Remove the corresponding blank panel from the rear of the PC. d.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing Select “No, not this time”, then click the “Next” button to display the following window. On the above window, select “Install the software automatically”, then click the “Next” button. Click on the “Next” or “Finish” buttons in the remaining windows to complete the installation.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 6. PCLTA Initialization & Testing PCLTA Initialization and Testing PCLTA initialization and testing is accomplished by using “LonWorks Plug ‘n Play” utility. Open this utility using the following steps: a. From the Windows “Start” Menu, select “Settings”, then “Control Panel”. The control panel will be displayed similar to the following. Double-click on the “LonWorks Plug ‘n Play” icon to open this utility.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing b. An error will be reported if an attempt is made to view the transceiver type before the PCLTA is initialized. Testing the card with the Diagnostics button, as suggested by the error message, produces the diagnosis: “Image file not found”. In this case, return to the control panel’s main dialog box and initialize the PCLTA by clicking on the “Apply” button. c.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Initialization & Testing The preceding gives verification that the PCLTA is operating correctly as a Windows application. Next, verify that the PCLTA is operating correctly from a DOS window/shell. For Windows 95/98: a. From Windows Explorer, double-click on testsngl.bat, found on the MCN/RCD distribution CD (or on the CTI subdirectory of the hard drive). This file will execute tests on the PCLTA card and device driver to verify proper operation. b.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. System Considerations 7. System Considerations 7.1 Network Cabling The PCLTA card is different from all other MCN modules in that it does not have an RJ-45 connector for the network cable to plug into. Instead, the card has a two-pin connector. An adapter cable, shown in Figure 4, must be installed to connect the PCLTA’s two-pin connector with the MCN network cable.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 7.1.2 System Considerations ‘T’ Adapter Block The second type of adapter block, part number S2-60617, has two RJ-45 connectors, as shown in Figure 6. This adapter block provides a network ‘T’ connection so that the PCLTA card can be installed in the middle of an MCN network; the MCN network can be passed on to other modules. This ‘T’ adapter can be used in either TP/XF 1250 or TP/FT 10 networks. CABLE CA-80273-101 Figure 6 - 'T' Adapter Side Views 7.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 7.4 System Considerations Program Shortcut Icons The Setup program will make program shortcuts. They are made in the CTI Products folder and on the Start Programs menu under CTI Products. If you need to make additional shortcuts for different MS-DOS programs, you can do the following: Create (or copy and modify) a program ‘shortcut’ Icon for MCNRCD.EXE by using Windows Explorer. This is done in order to assign the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files (CONFIG.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. System Considerations Enter this on the second line denoted by Config Filename: as shown below. Click the OK button when you are finished. Note: for this example, a configuration file named: MCNRCD.NT was created by copying the original CONFIG.NT file and adding the extra line for the PCLTA device driver. The installing technician may use any filename as long as that file contains the PCLTA device driver entry. You can make a MCNCFG.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. PCLTA Device Driver Removal Procedure 8. PCLTA Device Driver Removal Procedure 8.1 Windows 95/98 To remove the PCLTA Device Driver, use the Uninstall control panel as follows: 8.2 a. Choose the Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel folder. b. Select “LonWorks PCLTA” from the list under the Install/Uninstall tab. c. Click the “Add/Remove” button. d. Confirm file deletion at the prompt.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 9. Troubleshooting Troubleshooting As a “plug and play” type device, the PCLTA adapters should operate as desired following completion of the installation process. If the adapter does not function correctly, the most likely causes are system resource constraints or software incompatibilities. These problems are described in detail in the following sections. 9.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. Troubleshooting resource “conflict” has occurred. This is a consequence of the PCLTA adapter’s ability to be assigned any of the system’s 16 IRQs. IRQ usage in the system can be determined by opening the System icon in the Control Panel window. The tab labeled “Device Manager” allows viewing of devices by type or connection. The PCLTA LonWorks Network Interface device icon is found under the “LonWorks Interface” device type.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 9.2.2 Troubleshooting Common Resource Problems under Windows 95/98 The following situations produce an additional drain on system resources that may be hard to manage. Conflicts arising from these situations can generally be resolved by selectively disabling devices to free up the required resources.
PCLTA Installation Manual CTI Products, Inc. 10. Model Numbers and Specifications Part Number S1-60857 S1-60858 • • • • Model Numbers and Specifications Description MCN RCD Software w/PCLTA Module 78Kb PCI Internal Card for PC MCN RCD Software w/PCLTA Module 1.25Mb PCI Internal Card for PC 78Kb units are for standard systems. 1.25 Mb are for custom-engineered systems. Since the PCLTA card has a direct network connection, it does not support dial-up control of a remote system.
