Contents Chapter 1: Introduction and Description ........ 4 How to Use This Manual ................4 Introduction to the ISI Serial Cards ..............4 Introduction to ISI Modem Cards ..............6 ISI Management Software ................7 Technical Specifications ................7 Computer Requirements for ISIxxxxUPCI Cards ........7 Quick Specs for ISI460x-UPCI ...............
The ISI Serial cards can operate in either 3.3V or 5V computer motherboards. Each ISI4604-UPCI card adds four serial ports to the computer; each ISI4608-UPCI card adds eight serial ports to the computer. As many as four of these ISI cards can be added to a single computer. The...
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The ISI4608-UPCI has one 78-pin (DB78S) connector that connects to an eight-port fan-out, or octopus, cable (supplied with the card) that adds eight serial ports to the computer. The ISI4604-UPCI has a four- port fan-out cable (supplied with the card) that adds four ports to the computer.
ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide Introduction to ISI Modem Cards The IntelligentSerialInterface card, model ISI5634UPCI-4 is a server modem expansion card with four V.92data/Super G3 fax modems. The ISI5634UPCI-8 is an expansion card with eight such modems. These excellent hardware products add modems to communication servers and async hosts that have 32-bit PCI bus architecture.
230 Kbps. ISI Management Software MultiTechs ISI Management Software is shipped with each ISIxxxUPCI card. It monitors data traffic and controls the modems attached to the ISI460x-PCI card in a computer running either Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2003, Windows XP, or Windows NT version 4.0.
ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide Chapter 2Hardware Installation Introduction This chapter describes installation of the Multi-Tech ISIxxxxUPCI as an expansion card in your PCI-bus computer. Safety Warnings This product must be installed by a qualified service person. When installing or servicing this product, the phone lines must be disconnected to remove the risk of hazardous voltages.
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Chapter 2Hardware Installation 4. To avoid damaging the ISIxxxxUPCI card and your PC, make sure your computer and any peripheral equipment connected to it are turned off. The ISIxxxxUPCI can be installed in a Pentium equivalent PCI bus computer. 5. Remove the cover of your computer as instructed in your computers documentation.
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Chapter 2Hardware Installation Warning: Do not connect cable between RJ45 receptacle on the ISI5634UPCI card and any Ethernet network/device. Ethernet Such connections could damage either the Ethernet equipment or the ISI5634UPCI card. Modem Modem Modem Modem Modem Modem Modem Modem ISI5634UPCI Figure 2-3: RJ45 Connector on ISI5634UPCI not for Ethernet Warning: Do not connect...
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ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide 9a. For ISI460x-UPCI only. Attach the fan-out cable to the DB78S female connector on the ISI460x-UPCI card at the back of your computer. The RS232 connectors on the fan-out cable are for connecting to modems, multiplexers or other devices. If the other device is a local terminal port, a crossover cable (not included) is required between the octopus cable and the terminal port.
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Chapter 2Hardware Installation extends connections for four modems from the RJ-45 plug to four RJ-11 plugs. Each RJ-11 plug should then be attached to a phone line receptacle. Attach the RJ-45 connector into the appropriate RJ45 receptacle on the ISI5634UPCI card. To view a pinout diagram of the ISI5634UPCI Fan-Out Cables, see Appendix A of the User Guide.
Advanced Server, Windows NT, and Linux. This chapter describes the installation of these drivers. We also describe installation of MultiTechs Management Software for use with ISI cards under Windows 2000, 2003, XP, and NT. Installing a device driver modifies your system. For this reason, only the super user (system administrator) is allowed to perform the installation.
7. The Select OEM Option dialog box appears with the Multi-Tech ISIxxxxUPCI software listed. Click OK. The driver files will be copied from the product CD. A transient dialog box will appear indicating the progress of the setup program. 8. The MultiTech ISI Cards Setup dialog box appears. Click Add.
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Typically, in a newly outfitted server, this will be COM3. When the correct settings have been made, click OK. 10. The first MultiTech ISI Cards Setup screen will appear again with the values just entered appearing in the appropriate fields.
WinNT Procedures To add additional ISIxPCI cards, click Add and repeat step 9. After the last ISI card has been added, click Close in the MultiTech ISI Cards Setup dialog box. 11. At the Network Adapters screen (where an entry for the ISI card will now appear), click Close.
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ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide designated earlier. Click Next. Transient screens will appear briefly during the detection process. The MultiTech MT5634SMI-V.92 modem should be detected. Click Next. 4. At the next screen, answer the question "On which ports do you want to install this modem?" by selecting all ports established for the ISI5634UPCI earlier in the ISI card driver installation procedure (that is, either 4 or 8 ports;...
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Ch 3Software Installation WinNT Procedures these will typically be COM3 - COM10). You must click on (and highlight) each port individually. Click Next. Transient screens will appear while the modems are assigned to the specified ports. You will then be prompted to reboot the computer.
WinNT Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide Click Close. To view COM port assignments (and make changes if necessary), use the Modems Properties screen. 7. Re-boot the computer. Installing ISI Management Software in Windows NT4 PREREQUISITES: These software programs must be installed before ISI Management software can be installed: ...
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Ch 3Software Installation WinNT Procedures To install from the WinNT4 Server CD, launch the IIS program using this path: CD-ROM-drive:\I386\InetSrv\Inetstp.exe. If the version of IIS on your Windows NT4 disk is below version 3.0, then you should upgrade the program from a Windows NT4.0 Option Pack CD or other authorized Microsoft source.
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Username having administrative rights and the corresponding Password. Then click OK. 8. The MultiTech Welcome screen will appear and, thereafter, the main ISI Management screen will appear listing the ISI cards installed on the system.
3. Turn on the PC and start Windows 2000. 4. Insert the ISI driver CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (if drivers have been downloaded from the MultiTech web site, they will typically be on diskette; in that case, insert diskette into floppy drive).
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Win2000 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide b. The Install Hardware Device Drivers screen appears. Select Search for a suitable driver ... and click Next. c. The Locate Driver Files screen appears (Windows 2000 is seeking the driver for the ISIxxxxUPCI card). Select CD- ROM drives...
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2000 Procedures f. A progress screen will appear briefly while files are being copied. g. A completion screen will appear. Click Finish. 6. Port and Modem Installation (for ISI5634UPCI cards only). Immediately after the ISI card driver installation has been completed, another set of installation wizard screens will appear.
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Finish. At this point, the Found New Hardware Multifunction Device screen and the Found New Hardware MultiTech Communications Port screen will appear in rapid succession until the appropriate number of ports (4 or 8) have been set up on the...
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Win2000 Procedures B. Modem Driver Installation. Next, a small Found New Hardware MultiTech Systems MT5634SMI-V92 screen will appear briefly. It will be followed immediately by a Found New Hardware Welcome screen, which starts the wizard-guided installation of the modem driver.
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C. Modem/Port Association. Immediately after the Modem Driver Installation wizard has run its course, the Found New Hardware MultiTech Systems MT5634SMI-V92 screen will appear repeatedly in alteration with the Digital Signature Not Found screen until software associating this modem driver with the appropriate number of ports (4 or 8) on the host computer has been set up on the host computer.
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2000 Procedures installation wizard must install eight ports. First, a small Found New Hardware Multifunction Device screen will appear briefly. It will be followed immediately by a Found New Hardware Welcome screen, which starts the wizard-guided installation of the ports.
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Finish. At this point, the Found New Hardware Multifunction Device screen and the Found New Hardware MultiTech Communications Port screen will appear in rapid succession until the appropriate number of ports (4 or 8) have been set up on the host computer.
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2000 Procedures Hardware tab and click on Device Manager to see a list of devices. Then click on Multi-port serial adapters to view the entry for the card driver. Click on Ports (COM & LPT) to view the list of ports established.
Win2000 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide the installation affects the computers registry, even if an ISIxxxxUPCI card has been uninstalled after its initial installation, any subsequent installation will be shortened in this way. Installing ISI Management Software in Windows 2000 PREREQUISITES: These software programs must be installed before ISI Management software can be installed: ...
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2000 Procedures 4. A completion screen will appear. Click Finish. 5. To verify that installation was successful, go to Start | Settings | Control Panel |Administrative Tools | Services and you should see the entry "ISI Cards Management Service" with an operating status of "Started."...
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Win2000 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide 8. The MultiTech Welcome screen will appear and, thereafter, the main ISI Management screen will appear listing the ISI cards installed on the system. Note: If the browser fails to display the ISI Management screen, changes may be required for the ISIWeb service.
3. Turn on the PC and start Windows 2003. 4. Insert the ISI driver CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (if drivers have been downloaded from the MultiTech web site, they will typically be on diskette; in that case, insert diskette into floppy drive).
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Win2003 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide drivers. So, then, the path on the diskette must be a:\drivers\Win2k-XP-2003.) c. Transient screens will appear until Windows 2003 locates the driver files. Then a Hardware Installation Windows Logo Testing screen will appear. Verify that the software being loaded is for the ISIxxxxUPCI card.
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2003 Procedures d. Transient screens will appear while files are being copied. e. A completion screen will appear. Click Finish.
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Win2003 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide 6. Port and Modem Installation (for ISI5634UPCI cards only). Immediately after the ISI card driver installation has been completed, another set of installation wizard screens will appear. With this installation wizard, you will install ISI ports and modem drivers into the computers operating system and then associate the modem driver with the ports.
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2003 Procedures must be set up on that disk. Else the operating system will not find the drivers. So, then, the path on the diskette must be a:\drivers\Win2k-XP-2003.) iii. Transient screens will appear until Windows 2003 locates the driver files.
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Win2003 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide i. At the Found New Hardware Welcome screen, select Install from a list or specific location and click Next. (Note: After the first modem has been installed, it is OK, for subsequent modems, to select Install the software automatically ...
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2003 Procedures loop, but that is not the case. For the ISI4604UPCI, the installation wizard must install four ports. Similarly, for the ISI4608-UPCI, the installation wizard must install eight ports. Each port entails a separate wizard screen sequence. First, a small message bubble will emerge briefly from the Tray...
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For each port, a completion screen will appear. Click Finish. This wizard screen sequence (items a-e) will be repeated for each port, four times for the ISI4604-UPCI and eight times for the ISI4608UPCI. 8. Completion. Software installation for the ISIxxxxUPCI card is complete.
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2003 Procedures Device/Card Correspondence. In this procedure, you have established device entities in the computer (COM ports alone or COM ports with modems) that correspond to devices on the ISI card (ports only for the ISI460x-UPCI; ports & modems for the ISI5634UPCI).
Win2003 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide Installing ISI Management Software in Windows 2003 PREREQUISITES: These software programs must be installed before ISI Management software can be installed: Multi-Tech ISIxxxxUPCI card driver, and (3.0 +). Internet Information Server The ISI-UPCI card driver software needs to be installed before the ISI Management software can be installed.
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7. The Enter Network Password screen will appear. Enter a Username with administrative rights and the corresponding Password. Click OK. 8. The MultiTech Welcome screen will appear and, thereafter, the main ISI Management screen will appear listing the ISI cards installed on the system.
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Win2003 Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide b. Determine whether or not the ISIWeb program has been installed and started as follows. Go to Start | Administrative Tools | Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. In the left pane of the screen, click on the icon for the server (the host computer on which the ISI card has been installed) to display the list of its services.
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Ch 3Software Installation Win2003 Procedures e. At the New Web Service Extension screen, give this new extension a fitting name -- like ISI Web. f. Click Add and then click Browse to locate the ISIWeb.exe file. In typical circumstances, it will be at this path location: WINDOWS- drive:\Inetpub\ISIWeb\cgi-bin\ISIWeb.exe.
3. Turn on the PC and start Windows XP. 4. Insert the ISI driver CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (if drivers have been downloaded from the MultiTech web site, they will typically be on diskette; in that case, insert diskette into floppy drive).
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Ch 3Software Installation WinXP Procedures b. The Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search screen appears. Select Include this location and browse to CDROM-drive:\drivers\Win2k-XP-2003 and click Next. c. Transient screens will appear until XP locates the driver files.
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WinXP Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide 6. Port and Modem Installation (for ISI5634UPCI cards only). Immediately after the ISI card driver installation has been completed, another set of installation wizard screens will appear. With this installation wizard, you will install ISI ports and modem drivers into the computers operating system and then associate the modem driver with the ports.
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Ch 3Software Installation WinXP Procedures ii. At each Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search screen, select Include this location and browse to CDROM-drive:\drivers\Win2k-XP-2003. Then click Next. iii. Transient screens will appear until XP locates the driver files. At each Hardware Installation ...
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B. Modem Driver Installation. Next, a small message bubble will emerge briefly from the Tray area at the bottom right of the screen (Found New Hardware MultiTech Systems MT5634SMI- V92) followed immediately by the Found New Hardware Welcome screen. This is the beginning of a sequence of screens that will be repeated for each modem to be installed.
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Ch 3Software Installation WinXP Procedures iii. Transient screens will appear until XP locates the driver files. At each Hardware Installation Windows Logo Testing screen, click Continue Anyway. iv. Transient screens will appear while files are being copied. v. For each port, a completion screen will appear. Click Finish.
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WinXP Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide wizard, you will install ISI ports into the computers operating system. This installation sequence occurs very rapidly and is repetitive. The installation wizard may appear to be stuck in an endless loop, but that is not the case. For the ISI4604UPCI, the installation wizard must install four ports.
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Ch 3Software Installation WinXP Procedures b. At each Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search screen, select Include this location and browse to CDROM-drive:\drivers\Win2k-XP-2003. Then click Next. c. Transient screens will appear until XP locates the driver files. At each Hardware Installation ...
WinXP Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide Verification. You can verify successful installation of the ISI card, the ports, and the modems (for the ISI5634UPCI cards) by going to Start | Control Panel | System. Select the Hardware tab and click on Device Manager to view a list of devices. Then click on Multi-port serial adapters...
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Ch 3Software Installation WinXP Procedures Panel | Add or Remove Programs. In the left panel of the screen, click on Add/Remove Windows Components. Browse the list to find Internet Information Services (IIS). Be sure the check box is fully checked. If the check box is checked but gray, then some subcomponents of IIS are inactive.
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7. The Enter Network Password screen will appear. Enter a Username with administrative rights and the corresponding Password. Click OK. 8. The MultiTech Welcome screen will appear and, thereafter, the main ISI Management screen will appear listing the ISI cards installed on the system.
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Ch 3Software Installation WinXP Procedures Administrative Tools | Internet Information Services. In the left pane of the screen, click on the icon for the server (the host computer on which the ISI card has been installed) to display the list of its services. Click on Web Sites. If ISI Web...
Linux Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide Installing the ISIxxxxUPCI Driver in Linux MultiTechs version 1.01 driver for the ISIxxxxUPCI cards works with the 2.4.x Linux kernel. It has been tested with RedHat Release Versions 7.3, 8.0, and 9.0. System Requirements, Prerequisites, & Conditions of Use...
Specifically, when the script has finished running successfully, it will display the message MultiTech ISIUPCI driver loaded successfully !! The script will also create the ttyMUxy ports and list the ports it...
Linux Procedures ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide has created. If this message and a list of ports do not appear, watch for error messages. Creating Linux TTY Device Names 1. This driver retains the standard serial device properties: dial-in port files (named in the form ttyMUxy), and call-out port files (named in the form cumxy).
ISIxxxxUPCI Quick Start Guide Chapter 4Tech Support Using the Linux Port Reset Utility For ISI460x-UPCI serial cards, the port-reset utility allows you to reset ports without rebooting. For ISI5634UPCI modem cards, the port-reset utility allows you to reset both ports and modems without rebooting. To reset a serial port, the DTR pin is set to the low logic level for one second.
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