CP-118U User’s Manual 8-Port RS-232/422/485 Serial Board for Universal PCI Bus Second Edition, December 2004 www.moxa.com/product Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 Fax: +886-2-8919-1231 Web: www.moxa.com MOXA Technical Support Worldwide: support@moxa.com.tw The Americas support@moxa.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................1-1 Overview.................................................................................................................................. 1-2 Applications ............................................................................................................................. 1-3 Features..........................................................................
Appendix A Technical Reference ................................................................................... A-1 Product Specifications ............................................................................................................ A-1 PCI .......................................................................................................................................... A-2 MOXA UART.....................................................................................................
1 Chapter 1 Introduction Moxa’s CP-118U Universal PCI serial board meets the new slot standard for expansion boards, and works with both 3.3V and 5V PCI slots. The board has eight independent RS-232/422/485 serial ports for connecting data acquisition equipment and other serial devices to a PC.
CP-118U User’s Manual Introduction Overview Smartio—The Smart Multiport Async Solution CP-118U is one of the newest members of Moxa’s well-known Smartio series of multiport serial boards, in which Smartio stands for Smart Multiport serial I/O solution.
CP-118U User’s Manual Introduction Applications The CP-118U board is suitable for many different applications, including: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Internet/Intranet Connections Remote Access Multi-user Applications Industrial Automation Office Automation Telecommunications PC-based Vending Machines and Kiosks POS (Point-of-Sale) Systems Features The CP-118U board has the following outstanding features: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 8 independent RS-232/422/RS-485 serial ports Supports Universal PCI Data flow LED display on
CP-118U User’s Manual Introduction Installation Flowchart The following flowchart gives a brief summary of the procedure you should follow to install the CP-118U board and which chapters to refer to for more detailed information: Use the onboard DIP Switches to select the data transmission mode for each port. Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation” Install the board in a PCI or PCI-X expansion slot. Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation” Install the driver and configure the board and ports.
2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The CP-118U Series hardware installation procedure is described in this chapter. Since the CP-118U board’s IRQ number and I/O addresses are assigned automatically by the PCI BIOS, the board MUST be plugged in before installing the driver.
CP-118U User’s Manual Hardware Installation CP-118U Block Diagram 135 mm [5.31 in] CP-118U 121 mm [4.76 in] 82 mm [3.23 in] MU860 41.7 mm [1.64 in] DIP Switch Settings CP-118U has three onboard DIP Switch arrays, each with 8 switches, referred to below and on the board (see the above block diagram) as S1, S2, and S3. The switches are used to select one of four serial interfaces—RS-232, RS-422, 4-wire RS-485, 2-wire RS-485—for each of the eight ports.
CP-118U User’s Manual Hardware Installation Plugging the Board into an Expansion Slot Since the CP-118U board’s IRQ number and I/O address are automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS, the board MUST be plugged into one of the computer’s expansion slots before installing the driver. Step 1: Power off the PC. WARNING To avoid damaging your system and board, make sure your computer is turned off before installing the board. Step 2: Remove the PC’s cover. Step 3: Remove the slot cover bracket if there is one.
3 Chapter 3 Software Installation In this chapter, installation, configuration, and update/removal procedures for the driver are given for Windows (2003/XP, 2000, 98/95, NT), DOS, Linux, and SCO. Before proceeding with the software installation, complete the hardware installation discussed in the previous chapter, “Hardware Installation.” Refer to the next chapter, “Serial Programming Tools,” for information about developing your own serial programming applications.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Windows Drivers MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use the following serial board products under Windows 2003/XP/2000, Windows XP Embedded, Windows 98/95, and Windows NT.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Windows 2003/XP In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows XP. The installation procedure for Windows 2003 is similar. Windows 2003/XP support up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. In order to utilize fully Windows 2003/XP’s multi-process/multi-thread advanced features, pure 32-bit Windows 2003/XP device drivers were developed for MOXA multiport boards. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 3. Select Search for the best driver in these locations, check Include this location in the search, and then click on Browse. Navigate to the \CP-118U\Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder on the software CD, and then click on Next to continue. 4. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, the driver has been tested and shown that it can support the Windows OS.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 5. Wait while the driver software is installed. 6. The next window shows the model name of the board, and indicates that Windows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to proceed with the rest of the installation procedure.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 7. The Found New Hardware Wizard window will open to help you install the driver for MOXA Port 0. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and then click on Next to proceed. 8. Select Search for the best driver in these locations, check Include this location in the search, and then click on Browse. If necessary, use the Browse button to navigate to the CP-118U\Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder, and then click on Next to proceed.
CP-118U User’s Manual 9. Software Installation Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, the driver has been tested and shown that it can support the Windows OS. Click on Continue Anyway to proceed. 10. Wait while the wizard installs the software.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 11. After all files have been copied to the system, the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard window will open to indicate that it has finished installing Port 0. Click on Finish to proceed with the rest of the installation. 12. Repeat Step 7 through Step 11 for each of the remaining seven ports. The last port to be installed will be MOXA Port 7, as shown in the following figure.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 13. The Found New Hardware pop-up window will reappear to inform you that the hardware was installed successfully. Configuring the Ports After the driver has been installed, use Device Manager to configure the CP-118U serial ports. 1. Click on Start # Settings # Control Panel # System, select the Hardware tab, and then click on Device Manager.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 2. Expand the Multi-port serial adapters tab, right click on MOXA CP-118U Series (PCI Bus), and then click on Properties to open the board’s configuration panel. 3. Click on the port you would like to configure to highlight it, and then click on Port Setting.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 4. Select a COM number for the port from the Port Number pull-down list. 5. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number checkbox to map subsequent ports automatically. The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1, then COM 4 (if not already occupied) will be assigned to Port 2, etc. 6. Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from the Rx FIFO Level pull-down list.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Using MOXA PComm Utility The PComm Diagnostic program is a useful tool for checking the status of MOXA’s multiport boards. The program can be used to test internal and external IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, etc. Use this program to ensure that your MOXA boards and ports are working properly. To start the program, click on Start # Programs # PComm Lite 2000(XP Ver 1.2) # PComm Diagnostic.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Removing the Driver 1. To uninstall the driver, click on Start # Settings # Control Panel # System, select the Hardware tab, and then click on Device Manager. Use the mouse to place the cursor over the CP-118U Series board under Multi-port serial adapters, and then click the right mouse button. Select the Uninstall… option. 2. Click on OK to proceed with uninstalling the board.
CP-118U User’s Manual 3. Software Installation The Device Manager window refreshes automatically, showing that the driver and ports for the CP-118U Series board have been removed. Windows 2000 In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows 2000. Windows 2000 supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. In order to utilize fully Windows 2000’s multi-process and multi-thread advanced features, pure 32-bit Windows 2000 device drivers were developed for MOXA multiport boards.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 1. After plugging the board into an expansion slot and powering on your PC, Windows 2000 will automatically detect the new board, and the Found New Hardware window will open. 2. When the Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard window opens, click on Next to continue.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), and then click on Next to continue. 4. Select Specify a location and then click on Next to continue.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 5. Navigate to the \CP-118U\Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder on the software CD, and then click on OK to continue. 6. Click on Next to copy the driver files to your system.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 7. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, the driver has been tested and shown that it can support the Windows OS. Click on Yes to proceed. 8. Wait while the files are copied to your hard drive.
CP-118U User’s Manual 9. Software Installation The next window shows the model number of the board, and indicates that Windows has completed the driver installation. Click on Finish to continue with the rest of the installation procedure. 10. The Found New Hardware window will reappear and indicate that the board’s ports are being installed. 11. The installation procedure is finished when the window closes.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Configuring the Ports After the driver has been installed, use Device Manager to configure the CP-118U serial ports. 1. Click on Start # Settings # Control Panel # System, select the Hardware tab, and then click on Device Manager.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 2. Expand the Multi-port serial adapters tab, right click on MOXA CP-118U Series (PCI Bus), and then click on Properties to open the board’s configuration panel. 3. Basic information about the board is displayed on the General page.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 4. Configuration tab to configure the board’s serial ports. 5. Click on the port you would like to configure to highlight it, and then click on Port Setting.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 6. Select a COM number for the port from the Port Number pull-down list. 7. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number checkbox to map subsequent ports automatically. The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1, then COM 4 (if not already occupied) will be assigned to Port 2, etc. 8. Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from the Rx FIFO Level pull-down list.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Using MOXA PComm Utility The PComm Diagnostic program is a useful tool for checking the status of MOXA’s multiport boards. The program can be used to test internal and external IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, etc. Use this program to ensure that your MOXA boards and ports are working properly. To start the program, click on Start # Programs # PComm Lite 2000(XP Ver 1.2) # PComm Diagnostic.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Removing the Driver 1. To uninstall the driver, click on Start # Settings # Control Panel # System, select the Hardware tab, and then click on Device Manager. Use the mouse to place the cursor over the CP-118U Series board under Multi-port serial adapters, and then click the right mouse button. Select the Uninstall… option. 2. Click on OK to proceed with uninstalling the board.
CP-118U User’s Manual 3. Software Installation The Device Manager window refreshes automatically, showing that the driver and ports for the CP-118U Series board have been removed. Windows 95/98 In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows 98. The installation procedure for Windows 95 is similar. The Windows 95/98 driver supports up to 128 serial ports, from COM1 to COM128.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 1. After plugging the board into an expansion slot and powering on your PC, Windows 98 will automatically detect the new board, and display the Found New Hardware window. When the Add New Hardware Wizard window opens, click on Next to continue. 2. Select Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want. and then click on Next to proceed.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 3. Select Other Devices and then click on Next to proceed. 4. Click on Have Disk. 5. Use the Browse button to navigate to the \CP-118U\Software\Win9x\Windows.95 folder on the Documentation and Software CD, and then click on OK.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 6. Click on CP-118U Series [8-23-2004] to highlight it, and then click on Next. 7. Verify that the CP-118U Series driver will be installed, and then click on Next.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 8. Basic configuration information will be displayed in the CP-118U Series Installation window. Click on OK to complete the installation of the board. 9. This completes the installation of the CP-118U board. Click on Finish to exit the Add New Hardware Wizard. NOTE If an error message similar to “CP-118U board (BusNo=x, DevNo=x, Port1=COMx) interrupt number is invalid!” pops up, refer to the “Troubleshooting” chapter for solutions.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Configuring the Ports Follow the procedures given below to re-configure the board’s COM ports. Since CP-118U is a Universal PCI board, when a new board is added or an existing board is removed, the board’s configuration will be added or removed automatically by the operating system when you restart the PC. 1. Open the Control Panel and the double click on the System icon. 2.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 3. Basic information about the board is displayed on the General page. Click on the Ports Configuration tab to configure the board’s serial ports. 4. Click on the port you would like to configure to highlight it, and then click on Port Setting.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 5. Select a COM number for the port from the Port Number pull-down list. 6. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number checkbox to map subsequent ports automatically. The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM3 is assigned to Port 1, then COM4 (if not already occupied) will be assigned to Port 2, etc. 7. Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from the Rx FIFO Level pull-down list.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 2. Click on a MOXA CP-118U board under Moxa Smartio/Industio multiport board to highlight it, and then click on Properties. 3. Select the Driver tab, and click on Update Driver….
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 4. Click on Next. 5. Select Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want., and then click on Next.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 6. In the next window, the CP-118U Series option should already be highlighted. Click on Have Disk… and then navigate to the folder that contains the new driver file. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver update procedure.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Removing the Driver This section explains how to remove the CP-118U driver. 1. Open the Control Panel, double click on the Add/Remove Programs icon, and then select the Install/Uninstall tab. 2. Click on the MOXA Smartio/Industio Driver option and then click on Add/Remove to start the driver removal process. 3. Click on Yes to confirm that you want to remove the driver. 4. Click on OK.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Windows NT Windows NT supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. To utilize fully Windows NT’s multi-process and multi-thread advanced features, pure 32-bit Windows NT device drivers were developed for the CP-118U boards and other MOXA multiport boards. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard. Installing the Driver for the First Time The following procedure explains how to install the Smartio CP-118U driver for the first time.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 6. Select MOXA Smartio/Industio Family multiport board in the Select OEM Option window, and then click on OK to start installing the driver. 7. The Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel window appears. Click on Add to open the Property configuration window to change port settings and set advanced FIFO configuration options. 8. Continue from Step 3 in the next section, “Configuring the Ports.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 1. Open the Control Panel, click on the Network icon, and then select the Adapters tab. Click on MOXA Smartio/Industio Family Adapter to highlight it, and then click on Properties. 2. Select the board whose ports you wish to configure to highlight it, and then click on Property. 3. Select the just installed CP-118U board from the Board Type pull-down list, click on a specific port to highlight it, and then click on Port Setting to configure the port.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 4. Select a COM number for the port from the Port Number pull-down list. 5. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number checkbox to map subsequent ports automatically. The port numbers will be assigned in sequence. For example, if COM3 is assigned to Port 1, then COM4 (if not already occupied) will be assigned to Port 2, etc. 6. Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from the Rx FIFO Level pull-down list.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 8. Click on OK to save the settings, and then click on OK in the Property window to complete the port settings and return to the MOXA Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel window. The just configured CP-118U board will be listed, as shown below. Click on OK to return to the Network window. 9. Click on Close to close the Network window. 10. Restart the PC to activate the new settings.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation NOTE The driver configuration will NOT take effect until you restart the PC. Using Event Log Once the system restarts, you may check the event log recorded by the MOXA driver to verify that the board’s ports have been initialized successfully.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Removing the Driver To remove the CP-118U driver: 1. Open the Control Panel, click on the Network icon, and select the Adapters tab. 2. Click on MOXA Smartio/Industio Family Adapter in the Network Adapters list to highlight it. 3. Click on Remove. 4. Click on Close, and then restart the system. Updating the Driver To update the CP-118U driver: 1. Remove the current driver (see the previous subsection for instructions). 2. Restart the system. 3.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Non-Windows Drivers Drivers are provided for DOS, Linux, and SCO. DOS MOXA DOS API-232 is a software package that assists users in developing new programs, or debugging existing programs for serial communications. This section explains how to install the package, how to set up the driver, and how to load or unload the driver.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Setting up the Driver This section covers some of the setup program’s most frequently used functions. For complete details, press F1 to open the on-line help file. 1. Run BIN\SETUP.EXE. 2. Press Enter to select the model name of the MOXA board you are installing. 3. A window will open displaying basic configuration information for all boards of this type currently installed in the system. Press PgDn to configure the port settings.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation 4. You may enter or modify the settings of each port at this stage. The values displayed first are the port’s initial values that were set up when the driver was installed. 5. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the SETUP program. Legends In this section, we explain the meaning of some of the fields and functions. Port number This is the ID of the port. Application software uses port number (ID) when referring to a port.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation F5 Group Edit This is a convenient function that allows you to edit the configuration of several ports at one time as a group. Loading the Driver After completing the setup procedure, run BIN\DP-DRV.EXE from the DOS prompt to load the driver. The driver will automatically detect the boards that have already been installed. If one or more board is detected, you will see a message similar the following: Smartio/Industio Family DOS driver Version 1.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation Execute the following commands from the Linux prompt: 1. #mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom #cd / #mkdir moxa 2. #cd moxa #cp /mnt/cdrom//mxser.tgz . 3. #tar xvfz mxser.tgz 4. #cd mxser #make clean; make install 5. #cd /moxa/mxser/driver #./msmkod 6. #modprobe mxser (If you install ISA Boards, use the command # insmod mxser ioaddr=0x???, 0x???, 0x???, 0x??? <- 1st ISA, 2nd ISA, 3rd ISA, 4th ISA) Using /lib/modules/2.4.
CP-118U User’s Manual Software Installation SCO MOXA provides drivers that allow you to use the following serial board products under Linux. ! ! ! Universal PCI Boards: CP-118U, CP-168U, CP-104UL, CP-104JU, CP-102U, CP-102UL PCI Boards: C168H/PCI, C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI ISA Boards: C168H, C168HS, C168P, C104H, C104HS, C104P, CI-104J, CI-104JS Follow the steps given in this section to install the SCO driver. Note that the SCO driver provided by Moxa only supports RS-232.
CP-118U User’s Manual 5. Software Installation The Basic Configuration window will open next. You can install up to four MOXA Smartio Multiport Serial Boards under SCO Unix/SCO Open Server. MOXA Smartio Family Installation Utility (Ver 1.6) Smartio Family Basic Configuration Board No. Board Type I/O Address Interrupt Bus/Dev No.
CP-118U User’s Manual 8. Software Installation Press Enter to return to the main screen. Smartio Family Installation Utility (Ver 1.6) Smartio Family Basic Configuration Board No. Board Type I/O Address Interrupt Bus/Dev No. 1 CP-118U AC00 5 2/13 2 None ------------- ------------- ------------- 3 None ------------- ------------- ------------- 4 None ------------- ------------- ------------- PgDn: getty Setting Enter: Confirm Input Value 9.
4 Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools Moxa provides an easy to use yet powerful serial programming library, and communication troubleshooting utilities under Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows 95/98, and Windows NT. The following sections give details about the installation, the library, and the utilities for various platforms.
CP-118U User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools MOXA PComm PComm, a professional serial comm tool for PCs, is a software package that runs under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/95/98. PComm provides: ! ! ! ! A powerful serial communication library that simplifies serial programming tasks for most popular programming languages.
CP-118U User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools Utilities In this section, we give brief descriptions of each utility. For more information about these utilities, read the on-line help from the Documentation and Software CD. Diagnostic (for MOXA boards only) This convenient diagnostic program, which only works with MOXA boards and ports, provides internal and external testing of IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, DTR/DCD, etc.
CP-118U User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools Monitor (for Moxa boards under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003) This useful port status monitoring program allows you to monitor data transmission of selected Moxa COM ports. The program monitors data transmission/receiving throughput, and communication line status, with data updated and displayed on the screen at regular time intervals. Click on a specific port to see a graph of the current communication parameters and status of that port.
CP-118U User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools Terminal Emulator Use Terminal Emulator to connect to your PC’s serial ports to check if data is being transmitted correctly. Terminal Emulator features multi-windows, and supports VT100 and ANSI terminal types. You can transfer data interactively, send patterns periodically, and transfer files using ASCII, XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM, and KERMIT protocols. To run Terminal Emulator, click on Start # Program # Pcomm Lite # Terminal Emulator.
CP-118U User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools ADDC™ ADDC™ is the best method for switching between transmission and receiving when using 2-wire RS-485. When using ADDC™, additional code is not required to switch between data transmitting and receiving, since the switching mechanism is managed automatically by the board’s built-in intelligent hardware mechanism. This means that RS-485 programming using ADDC™ mode is just as simple and straightforward as RS-232 or RS-422 programming.
5 Chapter 5 Pin Assignments The CP-118U board has a female DB62 connector on the board, with various connection options available for connecting from the board to your serial devices. In this chapter, we give pin assignments for the board side connector, as well as pin assignments for device side connectors for the different connection options. The CP-118U board supports RS-232, RS-422, 4-wire RS-485, and 2-wire RS-485.
CP-118U User’s Manual Pin Assignments Board Side Pin Assignments—Female DB62 Port 6 Port 8 Port 7 Port 3 Port 5 Port 4 Port 2 Port 1 21 42 62 1 22 43 GND GND GND GND GND GND RS-232 Port Number Signal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TxD 1 25 6 30 33 14 38 41 RxD 22 3 27 8 11 35 16 19 RTS 44 47 49 52 54 57 60 62 CTS 43 46 48 51 53 56 59 61 DSR 23 4 28 9 12 36 17 20 GND 32, 40, 45, 50, 55, 58 DCD 24 5 29 10 13 37 18 21 DTR 2 26 7 31 34 15 39
CP-118U User’s Manual Pin Assignments 2-wire RS-485 Port Number Signal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Data+(B) 1 25 6 30 33 14 38 41 Data-(A) 2 26 7 31 34 15 39 42 GND 32, 40, 45, 50, 55, 58 Pin Number Device Side Pin Assignments Male DB9 (Opt8-D/Opt8-M9) 1 5 6 9 Pin RS-232 RS-422 / 4-wire RS-485 2-wire RS-485 1 DCD TxD-(A) --- 2 RxD TxD+(B) --- 3 TxD RxD+(B) Data+(B) 4 DTR RxD-(A) Data-(A) 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR --- --- 7 RTS --- --- 8 CTS --- --- 9 ---
CP-118U User’s Manual Pin Assignments Male DB25 (Opt8B/C) 1 14 13 25 Pin RS-232 RS-422 / 4-wire RS-485 2-wire RS-485 2 TxD RxD+(B) Data+(B) 3 RxD TxD+(B) --- 4 RTS --- --- 5 CTS --- --- 6 DSR --- --- 7 GND GND GND 8 DCD TxD-(A) --- 20 DTR RxD-(A) Data-(A) Female DB25 (Opt8A/S) 13 1 25 14 Pin RS-232 RS-422 / 4-wire RS-485 2-wire RS-485 2 RxD TxD+(B) --- 3 TxD RxD+(B) Data+(B) 4 CTS --- --- 5 RTS --- --- 6 DTR RxD-(A) Data-(A) 7 GND GND
CP-118U User’s Manual Pin Assignments RJ45 (Opt8-RJ45) 1 8 Pin RS-232 RS-422 / 4-wire RS-485 2-wire RS-485 1 DSR --- --- 2 RTS --- --- 3 GND GND GND 4 TxD RxD+(B) Data+(B) 5 RxD TxD+(B) --- 6 DCD TxD-(A) --- 7 CTS --- --- 8 DTR RxD-(A) Data-(A) 5-5
6 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Common CP-118U Series problems and possible solutions are listed below. If you still have problems after reading this chapter, contact your dealer or Moxa for help, or use the Problem Report Form at the end of this manual to report problems to your dealer. General Troubleshooting 1. The MOXA CP-118U board cannot be detected by the MOXA driver while installing the driver. Hardware causes and solutions: a. b. c. 2. The board is not installed in the computer.
CP-118U User’s Manual Troubleshooting Windows NT This section is specifically for troubleshooting problems for Windows NT. For general problems and solutions, see the previous section, “General Troubleshooting.” 1. After the system reboots, the error message “Another driver in the system, which did not report its resources, has already claimed the interrupt used by xxx.” appears in the Event Log. This indicates the MOXA board was found, but the IRQ is conflicting with another adapter.
A Appendix A Technical Reference Product Specifications Bus interface Number of ports I/O address IRQ Data bits Stop bits Parity Flow Control UART Speed Connector Data signals Surge protection Operating temperature Power requirement Dimensions (W × D) 32-bit PCI 8 Assigned by PCI BIOS Assigned by PCI BIOS 5, 6, 7, 8 1, 1.5, 2 none, even, odd, space, mark RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF Moxa UART (16C550C or compatible) 50 bps to 921.
CP-118U User’s Manual Technical Reference PCI The 32-bit CP-118U Series board complies with PCI Specifications 2.1, and the IRQ and I/O address hardware configuration is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS. This means that you must plug in the board before installing the driver. As opposed to ISA slots, different PCI slots in the same PC may have different bus numbers and device numbers with respect to the PCI specifications.
B Appendix B Service Information This appendix shows you how to contact Moxa for information about this and other products, and how to report problems. In this appendix, we cover the following topics.
CP-118U User’s Manual Service Information MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our number one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, Moxa Internet Services has been set up to provide technical support, driver updates, product information, and user’s manual updates. The following services are provided E-mail for technical support support@moxa.com.tw (Worldwide) support@moxa.
CP-118U User’s Manual Service Information Problem Report Form MOXA CP-118U Series Customer name: Company: Tel: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product: $ CP-118U 2. Serial Number: _________________ Problem Description: Please describe the symptoms of the problem as clearly as possible, including any error messages you see. A clearly written description of the problem will allow us to reproduce the symptoms, and expedite the repair of your product.
CP-118U User’s Manual Service Information Product Return Procedure For product repair, exchange, or refund, the customer must: % Provide evidence of original purchase. % Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer. % Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF). Include as much detail as possible for a shorter product repair time. % Carefully pack the product in an anti-static package, and send it, pre-paid, to the dealer.
