Perle SPEED Quick Start Manuals

Introduction

This Quick Start Guide covers the key points of the
installation of the device driver software and host card for
your SPEED product. To obtain the latest driver software
please refer to the driver matrix page under technical support
in Perle web site.
Note
See SPEED Serial adaptors user guide, part number 5500034
for more detailed information.

Accessing the CDROM

Windows
The CDROM will be automatically mounted a short time after
placing it in the CDROM drive. View with Windows Explorer.
SCO OpenServer
1. Login to your system as super user, then load the CDROM
into your system CD drive.
2. At the command prompt, type mkdir /cdrom.
3. At the command prompt, type:
mount -f ISO9660 -r/dev/cd0 /cdrom
You can now browse the CDROM content using the File
Manager tool in the SCO OpenServer desktop.
SCO UnixWare
1. Login to your system as super user, then load the CDROM
into your system CD drive.
2. At the command prompt, type mkdir /cdrom.
3. At the command prompt, type:
mount -r -F cdfs -o nmconv=c /dev/cdrom/c1b0t0l0
/cdrom
You can now browse the CDROM content using the File
Manager tool in the SCO UnixWare desktop.
Linux
1. Login to your system as super user then load the CDROM
into your system CD drive.
2. At the command prompt, type mount /mnt/cdrom.
You can now browse the CDROM content using any one of
the file browsers available for Linux.

Installation overview

1. Install the SPEED card(s) and connect the peripherals.
2. Install the software.
3. Set-up log-ins and ports, using the SPEED configuration
utility.

Installing driver software

Windows 95 and 98
To install the SPEED device drivers and utilities for the
Windows 95 or 98 operating systems proceed as follows;
1. Turn on your PC and if required, log in.
2. Load the CDROM into your PC.
3. From the \drivers\speed\win9x directory on the CDROM,
run the setup.exe file.
4. In the Welcome window now displayed, click on the
Next > button.
5. In the Setup Complete window now displayed, click select
the Yes, I want to restart my computer now option, then
click on Finish button to confirm your selection.
6. Shutdown your PC then install any PCI host cards you
require into your system
7. Start Windows your PC.
Windows will then detect and install drivers and ports for your
PCI cards automatically.
Hint
After the machine restarts, if windows cannot find a file
whilst trying to install a device a pop-up window is
displayed asking you for the location of missing file. To
remedy this;
• In the popup window, select the windows system
directory for example,
c:\windows\system.
Device installation should then be able to continue.
Windows NT 3.51 and 4
A device driver is installed with the PortDirector software,
supplied on the CDROM. To install PortDirector:
1. Load the CDROM.
2. Access the \drivers\portdirector directory in Windows
Explorer and double-click on Setup.exe.
3. Follow the instructions on screen to install PortDirector.
Note
Any installed speed cards will be automatically detected and
assigned from PortDirector.
Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
To install under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista proceed
as follows;
1. Install the SPEED cards you require and allow the
operating system to boot.
A pop-up message is now displayed on your computer
screen saying new hardware has been detected.
2. Load the CDROM.
3. In the popup window select the
\drivers\speed\w2k\<version> directory and click OK.
Select the appropriate installation executable for your
operating system and install the SPEED driver. You can use
the Windows Device Manager for configuration.
SCO OpenServer
To install under SCO OpenServer proceed as follows;
1. Install any SPEED PCI host cards into your system.
2. Login to your system as super user, then load the CDROM
into your system CD drive.
3. Mount the CDROM using the instructions for SCO
OpenServer in Accessing the CDROM.
4. In the SCO OpenServer desktop, double click on the
System Administration folder.
5. In the System Administration window, double click on the
software manager icon.
6. In the Software Manager menu, click on
Software > Install New.
7. In the Begin Installation window, click on the From
localhostname button and then click on Continue.
8. In the Select Media window, select the Media Images
option then click on Continue.
9. In the Enter Image Directory window, type;
/cdrom/drivers/speed/openserver and then click on OK
10. In the Install Selection window, click on the Install button.
11. If you are installing other drivers, turn off the
Re-link Kernel option to prevent an unwanted kernel link.
A successful installation pop-up message is now appears.
12. In the pop-up window click on OK to close the window.
The software manager window is now updated to include the
SPEED driver in the list of installed software.
SCO UnixWare
To install the SPEED device drivers and utilities for the SCO
UnixWare operating system proceed as follows;
1. Install any SPEED PCI host cards into your system.
2. Login to your system as super user, then load the CDROM
into your system CD drive.
3. Mount the CDROM using the instructions for SCO
UnixWare in Accessing the CDROM.
4. At the command prompt, type pkgadd -d
/cdrom/drivers/speed/unixware/speed.pkg spd and press
the Enter key.
The system now displays a series of messages ending with a
successful installation message.
Linux
To install the device drivers proceed as follows:
Note
When installing SPEED drivers under Linux versions 2.2.x,
you will need to apply a patch file to the kernel before enabling
the drivers (step 4. of this procedure). See the CDROM (in the
drivers/speed/linux directory) or our website
http://www.perle.com.
As of Linux version 2.4.x, you do not need to apply a patch
on this or later kernels, you can proceed straight to enabling the
driver using step 4. of this procedure.
1. Make sure you have an up to date Linux kernel source
directory installed. See ftp://ftp.linux.org or other major
Linux web sites.
2. Copy the driver patch file onto your system in a temporary
directory. For example, /tmp.
The patch file will be named
speed.patch-<driver vers>-<kernel vers>.gz
For example, speed.patch-6-2.2.13.gz
3. At the command prompt, enter the following commands;
gunzip /tmp speed.patch-6-2.2.13.gz
cd /usr/src/linux
patch -p1 </tmp/speed.patch-6-2.2.13.gz
4. If the patch is successful, you will need to enable the driver
using the make config or make xconfig kernel utility.
The SPEED driver appears in the Character devices
section and is labelled SPEED system support. Set this to
m for modules.
5. Within either the make config or the make xconfig kernel
utility, set the Support more than 4 serial ports and
Support special multiport boards options to Y and
enable Support for sharing serial interrupts.
6. Now rebuild and install the kernel and modules. See your
Linux distribution documentation.

Installing the SPEED card(s)

Warning
Dangerous voltages exist inside computer systems. Before
installing host cards in your system, turn off the power supply
and disconnect the mains lead.
Caution
Full anti-static precautions should be taken when
handling host cards.
1. Switch your system off and remove the cover.
2. Insert each card into a vacant PCI slot.
Replace the cover of your computer and restart your machine.
The SPEED card(s) should be detected automatically.