Multi-Tech Systems ISI9234PCIE manual

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    Intelligent Serial Interface Server Cards ISI5634UPCI & ISI9234PCIE Quick Start Guide[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 2 Quick Start Guide P/N 82010753L, Revision D Models ISI5634UPCI-4 & ISI5634UPCI-8 Models ISI9234PCIE-4 & ISI9234PCIE-8 This publication may no t be reproduc ed, in whole or in pa rt, without prior expressed written permission from Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2008 by Multi-Tech Systems, I[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 3 Safety Warnings z This product must be installed by a qualified service person. z When installing or servicing this pr oduct, the phone lines must be disconnected to remove the risk of hazardous voltages. z Never install telephone wiring during a lightning storm. z Never install telephone jacks in wet loca tions unless the j[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 4 4. Carefully remove the ISI Card from its antistatic bag, handling it only by the mounting bracket and edg es. Do not touch the g old-plated conne c t ors a l on g t he bot t o m e d g e . (Y ou may w an t t o s a ve packaging for possible future use.) 5. Locate the unused PCI slot you will be using for your ISI Card and rem[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 5 Software Installation Introduction T h e I S I C a r d s h i p s w i t h s o f t w a r e / d r i v e r s f o r e a c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g operating systems: Windows ® 2008, Vista, XP, 2003, 2 000 Se rver, and 2000 Adv anc ed Ser ver , a nd Linux. You may need to configure the modems for your country/region, the pro[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 6 4. A Found New Hardware – PCI Serial Port screen appears and asks: Allow Windows to search online for driver software for your PCI Serial Port? Select Don’t search online. 5. The next screen prompts you to Insert the disc that came w ith your PCI Serial Port . If you have the disc that came with your card, insert it now.[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 7 6. Searching disc for software…screen appears. 7. Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software screen appears. Click Install . 8. When the software for this de vice has been successfull y installed screen appears, Windows has finished installing t he driver software for this device: Multi-Tech ISI5634UPCI/I[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 8 Installation of the Communications Port 9. A Found New Hardware – Multifunction Device screen appears and asks: Allow Windows to search online for driv er software for your Multifu nction Device? Select Don’t search online . 10. The Found New Hardware – Multi func tion Device screen appears. If you have the disc that c[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 9 11. Searching disc for software…screen appears. 12. Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software screen appears. Click Install . 13. The Found New Hardw are – Multi-Tech Communicati ons Port (COM3) screen appears. The software for this dev ice has been successfully installed. Windows has finished installi[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 10 14. If you open Device Manager, you will see Other devices with four Multifunction Dev ices for the ISI-4 Card. Simi lar ly , f or the ISI-8 Card y ou will see eight Multifunction Devices. Installation of the Modem 15. A Found New Hardware – Multifunction Device screen appears and asks: Allow Windows to search online for [...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 11 16. The Found New Hardware – Multi Tech Systems MT9234SMI-V92 screen appears. If you have the disc that came with your device, insert it now. The ISI Card CD is still in the CD ROM drive. Click Next . 17. Searching disc for software screen appears. 18. Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software screen ap[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 12 20. The software for this device has be e n been successfully installed screen appears. Windows has finished installing t he driver software for this device: MultTech Systems MT9234SMI. Click Close . 21. View the Device Manager as the Modems are being installed. For the ISI1-4, the installation wizard must install four Mult[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 13 Installing the ISI Card Driver in Linux MultiTe ch' s version 1.01 driver f or t h e IS I Ca rd s w or ks w i t h the 2.4.x Linux kernel. It has been tested with RedHat Release Versions 7.3, 8.0, and 9.0. System Requirem ents, Prerequisite s, & Conditions of Use Hardware Platform: Intel x86 Linux kernel version: 2.[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 14 Building the Linux Driver 1 . Create a temporary directory: "mk d ir /mtsi_upci" 2. Copy the tar file to the temporary directory " c p ISI_U_PCI_LINUX_V_1 01 .tar.gz /mtsi_upci" 3. Go to the te mporary directory "cd /mtsi_upci" 4. Untar the file, "tar xvfzISI_U_PCI_LI NUX_V_1 01 .tar. gz&q[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 15 Verifying Successful Loadi ng of the Linux Driver 1. To confirm the successful loading of the driver, execute the command "lsmod". The driver " mtsi_upci" should be listed in the list of m o du l e s. I f t h e dr i v er i s no t l i s t e d , i n v ok e t h e " l s m o d " command again and wa[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 16 Configuring your Mode ms for your Country Different countries have different requi rements for ho w modems must function. Therefore, before you use the modems in your ISI card, you must configure them to match the defaults of the country in which you are using them. Use the Global Wizard to configure each modem as described[...]

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    ISI Quick Start Guide 17[...]

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    82010753L Patents This device covered b y one or more of the following patents: 6,031,867; 6 ,012,113; 6,009,082; 5,905,794; 5,864,560; 5,815,567; 5, 815,503; 5,812,534; 5,809,068; 5,790,532; 5,764,628; 5,764,627; 5,754,589; 5, 724,356; 5,673,268; 5,673,257; 5,644,594; 5,628,030; 5,619,508; 5,617,423; 5, 600,649; 5,592,586; 5,577,041; 5,574,725; 5,[...]