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Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual Industrial 2 Port RS-422/RS-485 Serial Board for PCI Bus Dec. 1999 (1st Edition) The content of this manual is also available at Moxa Web Site. Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +866-2-8665-6373 Fax: +886-2-8665-6372 www.moxa.com support@moxa.com.tw...
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Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Moxa Technologies assumes no responsibility for its use, or for any infringements of rights of the fourth parties which may result from its use.
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If you need cable wiring information, please see the chapter 5 “Connection Cable and Cable Wiring”. If you encounter any problem during the installation, please refer to the chapter 6 “Troubleshooting”. Chapter 1 Introduction Overview and features of the Industio CP-132 Series boards, list of items and overall installation guide. Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Hardware installation for the Industio CP-132 Series boards and connection cable.
Features ........................ 1-3 Check List ......................1-4 Installation Guide....................1-5 Hardware Installation..................2-1 First Thing to Do: Interface Settings ..............2-2 Installing the Industio CP-132 Series board............2-3 Software Installation..................3-1 Windows NT......................3-1 Installing Driver........................Configuring Board and Port....................Updating Driver .........................
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DOS API-232 Library......................Utilities..........................RS-485 Programming.................... 4-9 Automatic Data Direction Control Mode (Recommended)..........By RTS Mode (For back-compatibility) ................Connection Cable and Cable Wiring ............5-1 RS-422 Cable Wiring..................... 5-1 RS-485 Cable Wiring..................... 5-3 Impedance Matching and Termination Resistors........... 5-4 Troubleshooting.....................6-1 General Troubleshooting ..................
Industio - The Industrial Multiport Async Solution The term Industio stands for smart multiport serial I/O solution for industrial applications. The Industio CP-132 Series boards, including CP-132, CP-132I, CP-132S and CP-132IS, are designed for 16-bit ISA/EISA bus. They offer 2 independent RS-422/RS-485 serial ports for connecting data acquisition equipment and many other serial devices to the PC and its compatible systems.
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PCI BIOS. Hence, the board MUST be plugged first before installing the software driver. For more PCI information, please refer to Appendix “Technical Reference”. Termination Resistor Port 1 Jumper Termination Resistor Port 2 Jumper Data Mode Switch Interface Switch Industio CP-132 Series Board Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Driver supported by Moxa and shipped with product Note: Download the newest drivers from the MOXA FTP service Check List Upon unpacking the Industio CP-132 Series package, you should find the following items: Industio CP-132 Series 2 port serial board×1 MOXA Software CD-ROM×1, which includes:...
Introduction Installation Guide This section gives a brief summary of how to install the Industio CP-132 Series under each supported operating system. The installation is simple and involves the following stages: Check the PCI BIOS settings Install the Industio CP-132 Series board...
Hardware Installation Hardware Installation Hardware Installation The installation of the Industio CP-132 Series consists of hardware and software installation. The hardware installation is detailed in this chapter. The next chapter deals with the software installation for various operating systems. The no-switch-no-jumper Industio CP-132 Series board hardware configuration for IRQ number and I/O address is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS.
The Industio CP-132 Series has the following default (factory) settings: Interface Switch SW2: Port 1: ON (RS-485) Port 2: ON (RS-485) Data Mode Switch SW1: Port 1: ON (Automatic Data Direction Control Mode) Port 2: ON (Automatic Data Direction Control...
Step 3: Remove the slot cover bracket if there is any. Step 4: Plug the Industio CP-132 Series control board firmly into a free 32-bit PCI slot. Step 5: Fasten the holding screw to fix the control board in place.
If you already have installed the driver and want to re-configure the board and port, add more boards or delete boards, please refer to the section “Configuring Board and Port”. To update or remove the driver, please go to the section, “Updating Driver” or “Removing Driver”. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Installing Driver Following is the procedure for installing the Industio CP-132 Series driver for the first time under Windows NT 4.0. Make sure the board(s) has(have) already been plugged in the system PCI slot(s). 1. Please log in NT as Administrator.
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OEM Option” dialog box, and then click [OK] to enter the “MOXA Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel” dialog box to start the installation. 6. Click [Add] button to open Property dialog box to change port setting and advanced FIFO configuration done automatically by the system. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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7. Select the newly plugged Industio CP-132 Series board from the Board Type pull down list. 8. In the “Property” dialog box, select the desired port in the port list and click [Port Setting] to enter the individual “Port #” setting dialog box to change the port COM number mappings or FIFO settings.
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If you need to install more than one board, click [Add] and repeat steps 6 to 8 to configure another board. Up to four Industio CP- 132 Series boards can be installed in a system. Click [OK] to finish the configuration. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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132, with first serial port COM3, has been enabled” for each configured board. If an error message similar to “Cannot find any configured MOXA CP- 132 board!” appears, refer to the “Troubleshooting” chapter for solutions. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
If you already have installed the driver and want to re-configure the ports, please follow this procedure. 1. In the [Control Panel], click on the [Network] icon and select the [Adapters] tab. 2. Select “MOXA Smartio/Industio Family Adapter” in “Network Adapters”. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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Therefore, there is no need to do remove action from Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box. Click [OK] to confirm the configuration changes you made. Click [Cancel] to leave the dialog with the configuration unchanged. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Software Installation Updating Driver To update the driver for the Industio CP-132 Series board, simply remove the driver, as described in the next section, and reinstall it as detailed in section, “Installing Driver”. Removing Driver To remove the driver for the Industio CP-132 Series board, 1.
In this case, you need the driver diskette. At most 4 Industio CP-132 Series boards can be installed in ONE system as long as the I/O addresses and IRQ number resources are sufficient and available in the system.
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See Section “First Time Driver Installation Stage” Configure the port See Section “Port Configuration Stage” The ports of the Industio CP-132 Series Board are ready to work. See Section “Board and Port Ready Stage” 3-11 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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This stage presents the steps for installing the driver for the first time of the first Industio CP-132 Series board. The installation of the Industio CP-132 Series board for Windows 95 and Windows 98 are slightly different and will be described in two columns.
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The system will start reading the files from the diskette. 4. Click [Finish] button. 4. Click [Have Disk] button. 5. Type A:\Windows.95 and click [OK] button. The system will start reading the files from the diskette. 3-13 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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COM numbers. For example, if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1, then COM 4 will be automatically assigned to Port 2. Note! You may skip Step 5 to 8, if the system doesn’t require a special performance tuning. 3-15 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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Click [OK] button in Property dialog box to complete the port setting. Board and Port Ready Stage Board and Port Ready Stage for Windows 95 and Windows 98 is a slight different. In this last stage, you will complete the driver installation. 3-16 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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Industio CP-132 Series board and Windows 95/98 will automatically detect the newly plugged board and skip to Port Configuration stage to do port setting. Up to now, the driver installation of the Industio CP-132 Series is complete and successful, including the board and port configuration. However, if changes of the board and port configuration are needed, please refer to the next section, “Configuring Board and Port”, for more configuration details.
1. Open [Control Panel], click [System] icon, select [Device Manager] tab, and then select Moxa Smartio/Industio multiport board. 2. Click on desired CP-132 Series board entry, and click [Properties] button. 3-18 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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3. Select [Ports Configuration] tab. 4. Click on the specific port and click [Port Setting] button to re-assign the desired COM number for the Industio CP-132 Series port mapping. Note! Step 5 is optional, if you want to assign COM numbers to Port manually.
11. Restart the system to activate the latest configuration. Updating Driver This section will discuss how to update the Windows 95/98 driver to enhance the function of the board. 1. Open [Control Panel], click [System] icon, and select [Device Manager] tab. 3-20 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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7. Click [OK] button in Install from Disk dialog box. 8. The system will automatically prompt you to restart the system, click [Yes] button to restart the system. Or [No] button if you want to reboot the system later. 3-21 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Removing Driver This section explains how to remove the Industio CP-132 Series board driver. 1. Open [Control Panel] icon, double click [Add/Remove Programs] icon, and then select [Install/Uninstall] tab. 2. Click on MOXA Smartio/Industio Driver option and then click [Add/Remove] button to start the driver removal.
“Serial Programming Tools”. Installing Driver Run the installation program, DOSINST.EXE, in the DOS driver diskette. Specify the target API-232 directory (e.g. C:\MOXA) where software driver will be copied. Press F2 to start the installation. 3-23 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
It is strongly recommended to do so. Driver Setup The following are steps for setting up the Industio CP-132 Series driver. Note that it is not intended to illustrate all the convenient functions of the setup programs when configuring the boards.
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Software Installation Note ! Up to now you have completed the setup for Industio CP-132 Series board. You may skip this step and go directly to the next step 5 if you need not change any setting or configure any board.
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The receive (input) buffer allocated in the system for each port. F5: Group edit: This is a convenient function that helps you edit the configuration of several ports at one time as a group. 3-26 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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Software Installation 4. To setup more boards, please follow the same instructions 2 to 3 described above. 5. Press F10 to save the latest configuration and exit the SETUP program. 3-27 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Setup driver…. CP-132 series (Bus=0, Dev=14): O.K.! Device driver setup O.K. It means the Industio CP-132 Series driver is installed properly. At this point, you are ready to execute application that supports API-232 functions, or start developing applications using API-232 library.
MOXA boards only. MOXA Windows NT or Windows 95/98 device drivers, as well as MOXA boards are required. The drivers are installed separately and detailed in the “Software Installation” chapter. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Visual Basic and Delphi, please check the help file and the sample programs in the PComm directory. Utilities Following are short descriptions of each utility. For details, please see the on-line help on the diskette. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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A convenient diagnostic program that provides internal and external testing, such as IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, DTR/DCD testing, etc., for the MOXA boards and ports to verify correct operations of both the software and hardware. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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You can also click on one of the specific displayed port in order to visualize the current communication parameters and status of that port. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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Serial Programming Tools Terminal Emulator The Terminal Emulator features multi-windows and supports terminal types of VT100 and ANSI. You can transfer data interactively, send pattern periodically or transfer file using ASCII, XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM and KERMIT protocols. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
ASCII, KERMIT, XMODEM, YMODEM and ZMODEM file transfer protocol functions. For complete API-232 function description, please see file API-232.TXT in the API-232 directory for more details. Utilities There are two utilities available for DOS: Data Scope and Diagnose, which are detailed below. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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ZMODEM and KERMIT protocols. 3. The Diagnostic test utility provides port connection test with two MOXA ports connected via a properly wired cable. Please see on-line help as running BIN\SCOPE.EXE for more usage and capability information. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
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Diagnose The Diagnose, BIN\DIAGNOSE.EXE, is a utility that can help users to diagnose the hardware condition of each port of the selected board. See on-line help for more details. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Serial Programming Tools RS-485 Programming If you intend to do RS-485 communication with Industio CP-132 Series, please follow the RS-485 programming guide below and also refer to the chapter, “Connection Cable and Cable Wiring”, for more RS-485 operation details. The Industio CP-132 Series supports only 2-wire half-duplex RS-485 communication.
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4. Turn off RTS and ready for receiving data. */ For more information on these functions, please refer to PComm library on-line Help file for Windows NT and Windows 95/98 or API-232.txt file for DOS, respectively. 4-10 Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
The RS-422 standard uses a balanced voltage digital interface to allow communications of 10M bps on cable length of 4000 feet. Ten receivers can be connected to any one driver for broadcasting systems. RS-422 pin outs for Industio CP-132 Series: CP-132 TxD-(A)
Multidrop RS-485 Half-duplex CP-132 RS-485 Device 1 Master Slave Data+ Data+ Data- Data- RS-485 Device N Slave Data+ Data- See the section “RS-485 Programming” of the chapter “Serial Programming Tools” for more RS-485 programming details. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Resistors should be added near the receiving side. CP-132 RS-422/485 Device TxD+(B) RxD+(B) TxD-(A) RxD-(A) RxD+(B) TxD+(B) RxD-(A) TxD-(A) RTS+(B) CTS+(B) RTS-(A) CTS-(A) CTS+(B) RTS+(B) CTS-(A) RTS-(A) Note: Stands for termination resistor near the receiving side Industio CP-132 Series Board Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Common Industio CP-132 Series problems and possible solutions are listed below. If you still have problems, 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 at once for faster technical support.
Please check the PCI BIOS IRQ settings first and then select an IRQ that is available. 2. After the system reboots, the error message “Cannot find any configured MOXA Smartio/Industio Series board!” appears in the Event Log. Industio CP-132 Series User’s Manual...
Please make sure the PCI board is seated firmly in the expansion slot. 3. The COM number of the Industio CP-132 Series conflicts with others. The COM numbers of different boards happen to be the same. Try to change the COM number mappings.
Due to the slot-dependency, it is necessary to re-configure the software driver once the board is plugged in different PCI slots. Up to 4 Industio CP-132 Series boards are allowed in one system. When installing more than one board, please remember the order of boards for distinguishing the installed boards.
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Problem Report Form Industio CP-132 Series Customer name: Company: Tel: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product: CP-132 Series Model : CP-132 CP-132I CP-132S CP-132IS Serial Number: ____________ 2. Moxa Driver Version: ________________ PCI slot number ________________________ 3. Moxa hardware settings: 3.1 Serial Protocol:...
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Return Procedure For product repair, exchange or refund, you must: Provide evidence of original purchase. Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF) as detailed as possible for shorter product repair time. Obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number from the sales representative or dealer. Carefully pack the product in an anti-static package, and send it, pre-paid, to the dealer.
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