MosChip MCS9901 User Manual

Windows xp 32/64 bit

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Windows XP 32 / 64 bit User Manual

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 2

Obtaining Driver ................................................................................................................................ 2

Driver Installation .............................................................................................................................. 2

Verifying Driver Installation.............................................................................................................. 8

Serial Port Properties Sheet:............................................................................................................ 9

Serial Port Features and Mode Changes: ..................................................................................... 15

Direct Memory Access (DMA): ....................................................................................................... 20

Parallel Port Features and Mode Changes: .................................................................................. 21

USB Mode: ....................................................................................................................................... 21

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Uninstalling Drivers: ....................................................................................................................... 22

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Installation / Detection / Un-Installation of MCS9901 on Win 2000, Win 2003 server............... 23

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Technical Support:.......................................................................................................................... 23

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MCS9901

Preliminary

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WinXP 32/64bit User Manual

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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Direct Memory Access (DMA): ....................... 20 Parallel Port Features and Mode Changes: .................. 21 USB Mode: ............................21 Uninstalling Drivers: ........................22 Installation / Detection / Un-Installation of MCS9901 on Win 2000, Win 2003 server....23 Technical Support:.......................... 23 Ver 0.3 Preliminary...
Page 2: Introduction
MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual 1. Introduction This document describes the software driver installation procedure for MosChip MCS9901 PCIe to Serial / Parallel / USB products or other manufacturer’s product based on MosChip MCS9901 series. 2. Obtaining Driver MCS9901 software drivers can be downloadable from www.moschip.com. The driver disk contains VISTA and Windows folders for Windows Vista and Windows XP/2K operating systems respectively.
Page 3 • On successful driver installation, the utility will display “Installation Completed” message, click on “Exit” button to complete the driver installation. • Shutdown the PC and insert the MCS9901 based PCIe card into PCIe slot and then turn ON the Ver 0.3...
Page 4 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual • After restarting the PC, for the first time windows will bring up the “Found New Hardware Wizard” window to guide through the initial configuration process. Select “No, not this time” option and click on “Next” button to continue driver installation.
Page 5 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual • Select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” option and click “Next” button. Ver 0.3 Preliminary Page 5 Jan 2008...
Page 6 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual • If the “Hardware Installation” wizard pops for Windows XP compatibility, click on “Continue Anyway” button to ignore the warning message. Ver 0.3 Preliminary Page 6 Jan 2008...
Page 7 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual • Click on “Finish” button to complete the MosChip MCS9901 Peripheral Port installation. Note: Above procedure shall be followed to install the remaining ports of MCS9901 peripheral. Ver 0.3 Preliminary Page 7 Jan 2008...
Page 8: Verifying Driver Installation
4. Verifying Driver Installation MCS9901 device detection and driver installation can be confirmed from Device Manager. For Example proper detection of the MCS9901 PCIe Card (4 Serial) can be confirmed by viewing the Device manager as shown below: Ver 0.3...
Page 9: Serial Port Properties Sheet
MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual 5. Serial Port Properties Sheet: In the Device Manager window, right click on required Port and then click on “Properties” to open the Properties page of the serial port. Ver 0.3 Preliminary Page 9 Jan 2008...
Page 10 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual General Tab: The “General” Tab provides you details about “Device Type”, “Manufacturer” and “Device Status”. Ver 0.3 Preliminary Page 10 Jan 2008...
Page 11 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual Port Settings Tab: The “Port Settings” Tab is used to configure parameters of the Serial Port. These settings will be overridden by the settings configured in the serial port application. Bits per Second selection is used to set the default Baud rate settings.
Page 12 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual If you want to change the Port Number click on “Change Port Number” and select the required Port Number as shown below: Driver Tab: Ver 0.3 Preliminary Page 12 Jan 2008...
Page 13 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual The Driver Tab shows the details of Driver Provider, Driver Release Date, Driver version installed on your PC and Digital Signer details as shown above. Resource Tab: The Resource Tab gives the details of IRQ, IO Ranges and Memory ranges that are assigned to a particular Serial Port.
Page 14 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual Advanced Tab allows the user to configure Serial Port Features and Mode changes as explained below. Ver 0.3 Preliminary Page 14 Jan 2008...
Page 15: Serial Port Features And Mode Changes
MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual 6. Serial Port Features and Mode Changes: By default every serial Port will be in RS 232 Mode. Serial port can also be set to RS 422 or RS 485 Mode. select the appropriate Radio button as shown...
Page 16 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual Selecting RS 485 Mode: After selecting RS 485 Radio button you will have different Mode settings like Full Duplex, Half Duplex and Half Duplex Echo. You can select as per your requirement. Ver 0.3 Preliminary...
Page 17 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual Selecting Hardware Flow Control: To enable Hardware flow control, select the “Auto Hardware Flow Control”. This enables RTS / CTS Hardware Flow control for the selected serial port. This setting is applicable only for RS 232 Mode only.
Page 18 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual Configuring Advanced Baud rates: To Configure Advanced Baud rates click on “Adv Baudrates” button. By default “Use Standard Baudrates” option is enabled. To configure custom Baud rate select “Use Custom Baudrate”. Note: When “Use Custom Baudrate” is selected, Serial Port baudrate is independent of the value set in the Application Ver 0.3...
Page 19 MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual Input clock: When an external clock option is selected, the value of the external clock must be entered in the text box provided against “Use External Clock column”. Custom baud rates can be obtained by selecting required Input clock, DLL DLM and sampling clock Values.
Page 20: Direct Memory Access (Dma)
MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual 7. Direct Memory Access (DMA): Selecting DMA mode. For Selecting DMA Mode click on DMA Settings on Advanced TAB as shown below: To enable DMA Mode selects “TX DMA Enable” and “Rx DMA Enable” check box options.
Page 21: Parallel Port Features And Mode Changes
MCS9901 WinXP 32/64bit User Manual 8. Parallel Port Features and Mode Changes: Parallel Port Features: Parallel port will support SPP/CBFIFO/ECP/EPP modes. Parallel port mode will be automatically configured to the required mode after handshaking with the connected device. 9. USB Mode: There is no Custom driver for USB host controller.
Page 22: Uninstalling Drivers
10. Uninstalling Drivers: Using Uninstall Utility: To Uninstall MCS9901 drivers, run “MOSCHIP_PCIeUninst.exe” available in the driver disk. PCI Express Multi-I/O Drivers Uninstall window will be displayed as shown below. Click on OK button. Click on Exit button to complete un-installation process. No need to restart the PC, unless prompted by the OS.
Page 23: Installation / Detection / Un-Installation Of Mcs9901 On Win 2000, Win 2003 Server
11. Installation / Detection / Un-Installation of MCS9901 on Win 2000, Win 2003 server MCS9901 drivers of XP holds good for Win 2000, Win 2003 server - 32/64 bit also. The installation, Detection and Un-installation procedures are same as explained for Win XP.
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