Quatech QSP-100 manual

QSP-100 Four Channel Asynchronous RS-232 PCMCIA Adapter for PCMCIA Card Standard compatible machines User's Manual QUATECH, INC. TEL: (330) 655-9000 5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway FAX: (330) 655-9010 Hudson, Ohio 44236 www.quatech.com INTERFACE CARDS FOR IBM PC/AT AND PS/2[...]

Warranty Information Quatech Inc. warrants the QSP-100 to be free of defects for five (5) years from the date of purchase. Quatech Inc. will repair or replace any adapter that fails to perform under normal operating conditions and in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document during the warranty period. Any damage that results from im[...]

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Compliances - Electromagnetic Emissions EC - Council Directive 89/336/EEC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the following standards for a digital device: EN50081-1 (EN55022, EN60555-2, EN60555-3) EN50082-1 (IEC 801-2, IEC 801-3, IEC 801-4) Type of Equipment: Information Technology Equipment Equipment Class: Comme[...]

Table Of Contents 33 9. Specifications .......................................................... 31 8. EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS ............................................ 30 7. Hardware Information ................................................... 28 6.1 Installing Quatech PCMCIA Cards under Windows CE ................... 28 6 Windows CE .........[...]

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1. Introduction The Quatech QSP-100 provides four independent RS-232 asynchronous serial communications interfaces for systems equipped with PCMCIA Type II and/or Type III expansion sockets. The QSP-100 is a PCMCIA Type II (5 mm) card and is PCMCIA PC Card Standard Specification 2.1 compliant. The QSP-100's serial ports are implemented using 1[...]

2. DOS / Windows 3.x Installation Two configuration software programs are provided with the QSP-100: a Client Driver, QSP100CL.SYS, and a card Enabler, QSP100EN.EXE. Both of these programs are executed from DOS (before entering Windows) and allow operation of the QSP-100 in both the DOS and Windows 3.x environments. For optimal operation, however, [...]

2.1 QSP-100 Client Driver for DOS In order to use the QSP-100 Client Driver, the system must be configured with Card and Socket Services software. Card and Socket Services software is not provided with the QSP-100 but is available from Quatech. IMPORTANT: Some versions of Card and Socket Services dated before 1993 do not support general purpose I/O[...]

6. Insert the QSP-100 into one of the system's PCMCIA slots. NOTE: Since the QSP-100 Client Driver supports "Hot Swapping", it is not necessary to have the QSP-100 installed when booting the system. By inserting the card before booting, however, the Client Driver will report the adapter configuration during the boot process thereby v[...]

application program checks the BIOS equipment list to determine the address of a COM port. If this option is omitted, the BIOS equipment list is not updated. 1.1.1.1Example 1 DEVICE = C:QSP-100QSP100CL.SYS In example 1, no command line arguments are specified. The Client Driver will configure a QSP-100 inserted into any socket with a base address[...]

1.1.1.3Example 3 DEVICE = C:QSP-100QSP100CL.SYS (s0,b300,i5) In example 3, a single command line argument is provided. The Client Driver will attempt to configure a QSP-100 inserted into socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5. If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable, the QSP-100 will not be configured. In addition, if a QSP-100 is inserte[...]

1.1.1.6Example 6 DEVICE = C:QSP-100QSP100CL.SYS (b300,i5) ( ) (i10) In example 6, the three command line arguments of example 5 have been re-arranged. The Client Driver will first attempt to configure a QSP-100 inserted into any socket with a base address of 300H and IRQ 5. If address 300H or IRQ 5 is unavailable, the Client Driver will proceed t[...]

2.5 Common Problems Generic Client Drivers: Many Card and Socket Services packages include a generic client driver (or SuperClient) which configures standard I/O devices. If one of these generic client drivers is installed, it may config - ure the QSP-100 causing the QSP-100 client driver to fail installation. In these cases, the user should do one[...]

IMPORTANT: In order to use the QSP-100 Enabler for DOS, the system MUST NOT be configured with Card and Socket Services software. If a Card and Socket Services software is installed, the QSP-100 Enabler may interfere with its operation and with the device(s) it controls. The QSP-100 Enabler does not support automatic configuration of adapters upon [...]

2.7 Command Line Options To configure a QSP-100 in the system, the Enabler requires one command line argument from the user to determine the configuration of the card. This argument must be enclosed in parenthe - sis and within the argument, any or all of the following parameters may be specified using a comma (no spaces) to separate each parameter[...]

Before removing a QSP-100 from its PCMCIA socket, the Enabler should be executed to free the system resources allocated when the card was installed. For this operation the Enabler provides on additional command line option: R instructs the Client Driver to release the resources previously allocated to the QSP-100. When the 'R' option is u[...]

1.1.1.4Example 4 QSP100EN.EXE (s0,b300,i3,wd8) In example 4, the Enabler will configure the QSP-100 in socket 0 with a base address of 300H and IRQ 3 using a configuration memory window at segment D800. The QSP-100's interrupt status register will be enabled and the BIOS equipment list will not be updated. 1 .1.1.5Example 5 QSP100EN.EXE (s0,b3[...]

2.8 Common Problems Memory Range Exclusion: The Enabler requires a region of high DOS memory when configuring a QSP-100. This region is 1000H bytes (4KB) long and by default begins at address D0000H (the default address may be changed using the "W" option). If a memory manager such as EMM386, QEMM, or 386Max is installed on the system, th[...]

3. OS/2 Installation In order to use the QSP-100 Client Driver for OS/2, the system must be configured as follows: 1. The system must be running OS/2 2.1 or later. 2. OS/2 PCMCIA Card and Socket Services support must be installed. If PCMCIA support was not selected when OS/2 was installed, it can be added using the Selective Install facility in the[...]

3.1 Command Line Options The QSP-100 Client Driver for OS/2 supports two methods of configuration: using "system assigned" resources and using "user assigned" resources. Both options provide full PCMCIA compliance and functionality (including "Hot-swapping") but each has some advantages and disadvantages as discussed i[...]

3.3 Configuring With "User Assigned" Resources As mentioned in the previous section, allowing the OS/2 Plug-and-Play system to assign the hardware resources to the QSP-100 is ideal for OS/2 programs but can be a problem if DOS and/or Windows applications will be accessing the serial ports. This is because most DOS appli - cations write di[...]

In example 2, the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP-100 as COM3 through COM6 using I/O address 300-31F hex and IRQ 4. If COM3, 4, 5, or 6 already exists, or if the I/O address or IRQ resources are already in use, the Client Driver will attempt to configure the QSP-100 as COM7 through COM10 using I/O address 120-13F hex and IRQ 15. If [...]

3.5 Monitoring The Status Of PCMCIA Cards OS/2 Warp provides a utility called "Plug and Play for PCMCIA" that can be used to monitor the status of each PCMCIA socket. In OS/2 2.1, this utility is called "Configuration Manager". When a QSP-100 is inserted, the Card Type for the appropriate socket will display "Multi- Functio[...]

3.6 Common Problems Invalid I/O Address When Using OS/2 2.1: PCMCIA Card Services for OS/2 2.1 sometimes fails to supply a valid I/O address when using "system assigned" resources. Use the "Configuration Manager" program to examine the I/O address range assigned to the QSP-100. If this range does not begin on an even 32 byte (20[...]

4. Windows 95 Installation Windows 95 maintains a registry of all known hardware installed within the computer. Inside this hardware registry Windows 95 keeps track of all the computer's resources, such as base I/O addresses, IRQ levels, and DMA channels. In the case of a PC Card (PCMCIA) type board, Windows 95 configures the new hardware usin[...]

5. During the installation process, it may be required to supply the computer with the QSP-100 Users Manual 24[...]

Windows 95 CD or installation diskettes. The QSP-100's child devices will require the file "SERIALUI.DLL" . Insert the CD or diskette and click "OK". IMPORTANT NOTE: If the user already has these f iles installed on the computer, or if the installation disks are unav ailable, it may not be necessary to supply the computer w[...]

4.2 Viewing the QSP-100 Resource Settings The following steps detail how to view the resource settings that Windows 95 has allocated for the QSP-100. 1. Double click on the My Computer icon located on the Windows 95 desktop. This opens a folder showing various drives, Control Panel, etc. 2. Double click on the Control Panel icon. This opens another[...]

6. Click on the QSP-100 item and then click on the button labeled "Properties" . 7. Select the resource which requires a change (I/O range or IRQ) and select "Change Settings" . Make the desired changes and then click on "OK". A shutdown of the system may be required to allow the settings to change. If prompted for a s[...]

5 Installing QSP-100 under Windows NT 5.1 Installing QSP-100 Under Windows NT To allow easy configuration of the QSP-100 the Quatech Device Manager for Windows NT has been written for the hardware. This configuration util ity supports the QSP-100 only in block addressing mode. To begin the installation, open Windows Explorer and search for the ‘S[...]

Device Manager Icon on Desktop 2. Click the ‘Add’ button at the bottom of the Quatech Device Manager Window. 3. Follow the steps for the ‘Add Quatech Hardware Wizard’. QSP-100 Users Manual 29[...]

4. Complete the final steps of the installation, insert the PCMCIA Card and re-boot the computer. v Additional help is availabe online The DSP-100 PC Card should now be configured. In the future, Windows NT will automatically recognize and configure the QSP-100. Note: Windows NT does not support ‘Plug and Play ’ for PCMCIA cards. The PCMCIA Car[...]

6 Windows CE The Quatech PCMCIA Windows CD installation copies a multiple device-specific .cab files and the ini file to your desktop computer and launches the Application Manger (which resides on the user's desktop computer as a result of installing Active Syn c) with the Application Manager .ini file as a parameter. This in turn will install[...]

3. The setup program will copy the files to predetermined location, which can be changed by the user. Click next to proceed.. Installation is now complete. In the event that installation process took place with out having the Windows CE device connected to the computer and the install program will prompt the user that on the next on the next connec[...]

7. Hardware Information The QSP-100's four asynchronous serial ports are implemented using 4 standard 16C550 UARTs. Each of these UARTs requires 8 bytes of I/O space and when enabled Base Address + 24 Channel D Base Address + 16 Channel C Base Address + 8 Channel B Base Address + 0 Channel A Address assignment QSP-100 RS-232 channel which requ[...]

8. EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS An adapter cable is included with the QSP-100 to convert the PCMCIA output connector into 4 standard D-9 male RS-232 connectors as shown in the figure below. Port A Port B Port C Port D Figure 3. QSP-100 adapter cable to standard RS-232 connectors. 1 2 3 4 5 9 8 7 6 DCD RxD TxD DTR Gnd DSR RTS CTS RI Figure 4. Standard D-9 m[...]

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9. Specifications Bus Interface PCMCIA PC Card Standard 2.1 compliant Physical Dimensions Type II PCMCIA card (5mm) Maximum Baud Rate 120K Power Requirements +5 volts 35.85 mA (typical) 45.87 mA (maximum) Connector Adapter to 4 standard male D-9 QSP-100 Users Manual 36[...]

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