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- Page 1 Hardware Installation & Reference Manual Megaport SS Serial I/O Board Series PN 560092/B March 1996...
- Page 2 Notice tion without permission prohibited. Equinox, Megaport, Megaplex, and SuperSerial are registered trade- marks of Equinox Systems Inc. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective holders. Equinox makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
- Page 3 This manual is comprised of three chapters and one appendix. Manual Organization Chapter 1. Overview This chapter describes the Equinox family of Megaport SS Boards. Chapter 2. Installation Chapter 2 describes the Megaport SS Board installation. Chapter 3. Port to Device Cabling The Megaport SS Boards support a wide variety of terminals, printers and modems.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Overview Megaport SS Boards ............1-1 Software Driver ..............1-2 Adaptor Cable ..............1-3 2. Installation Assigning the ISA I/O Base Address ........ 2-1 Address Log ..............2-3 Board Installation ............. 2-3 EISA System Setup ............2-4 Micro Channel System Setup ........... 2-5 Installing the Round Cable .......... - Page 5 Hardware Installation & Reference Manual Megaport SS Serial I/O Board Series PN 560092/B March 1996...
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Page 9: Overview
Overview Equinox Megaport SS Boards are intelligent, high-speed (up to 115K bps) multiport boards providing high performance serial I/ O solutions for ISA, EISA and Micro Channel bus systems. All port interfaces are standard RS-232 with modem control and voltage surge protection. The Megaport SS Board (shown in Figure 1-1) occupies a slot in Megaport SS the host computer and provide the intelligent functions to "off-... -
Page 10: Software Driver
PART MODEL BUS Type Ports NUMBER 950267 SSM-8I 950242 SSM-12I 950241 SSM-24I 950244 SSM-12E EISA 950243 SSM-24E EISA 950246 SSM-12M Micro Channel 950245 SSM-24M Micro Channel Table 1-1. Megaport SS Boards Software Driver All Megaport SS Boards include a software driver diskette and installation manual. -
Page 11: Adaptor Cable
Adapter Cable Included with each Megaport 12/24 SS Board is an adapter cable. The adaptor cable is connected to the board and terminates with one or two 50-pin telco connector (illustrated in Figure 1-2). These connectors are attached to any one of a variety of splitters and distribution panels for device connection. - Page 12 Differences in Megaport SS vs Megaport CS Feature Megaport SS Megaport 8/12/24 CS Maximum Speed 115.2 kbps 38.4 kbps Voltage Surge Protection OS/2 Driver Support AIX Driver Support Solaris Driver Support QNX Driver Support UNIX ISA Auto Install ISA Memory Requirements 16 K bytes 8 K + 8 K / Board ISA I/O Address Configuration...
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Page 13: Installation
Installation The system requirements for ISA, EISA and Micro Channel Platforms are discussed in this chapter. Megaport SS Boards appear to the system host processor as memory. That is, they are memory mapped devices. Each board is automatically mapped into system memory at the time of device driver installation. The device driver soft-configures all boards each time the system is initialized (booted). - Page 14 BASE ADDRESS SWITCH S1 IS SHOWN SET FOR I/O BASE ADDRESS 240H Figure 2-2. ISA I/O Base Address Selections Equinox Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual...
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Page 15: Address Log
Select a unique I/O base address from the list in Figure 2-2 for the ISA host controller board. Assign the I/O base address by setting S1 (DIP switch shown in Figure 2-1) to the selected address. If you select an address that is invalid, simply shutdown your system and select another address. -
Page 16: Eisa System Setup
EISA System Setup The EISA Configuration Utility that came with your computer reserves system resources for each board (subsystem) that is installed. This resource information is stored in the EISA system CMOS. When your system boots, the Equinox software driver will read the assigned board information directly from the CMOS configuration. -
Page 17: Micro Channel System Setup
Micro Channel The Micro Channel Setup Utility that came with your computer reserves system resources for each board (subsystem) that is installed. System Setup This resource information is stored in the Micro Channel system CMOS. When your system boots, the Equinox software driver will read the assigned board information directly from the Micro Channel CMOS configuration. -
Page 18: Equinox Wiring Accessories
Installing the Adaptor Connect the adaptor cable to the Megaport SS Board connector as follows: Cable 1. Locate the 100-pin female connector on the Megaport SS Board. 2. Notice that the 100-pin cable connector is keyed such that it can only attach to the board in one orientation. With the cable properly oriented, insert the 100-pin male cable connector into the female Megaport SS Board connector and press firmly. -
Page 19: Port To Device Cabling
Port to Device Cabling This chapter describes the options available for cabling devices to ports connected to Megaport SS Boards (see Figure 3-1). These ports provide a standard RS-232 interface with modem control signals. Figure 3-1. SSM-8, SSM-12 and SSM-24 Megaport SS Boards Port to Device Cabling... -
Page 20: Port Signal Names
Port Signal Names To assist in wiring the SSM- Megaport board, Equinox sells a complete set of cabling accessories. See an Equinox Ordering Guide for more information. The names of signals on the telco connectors of the Megaport ports indicate the direction of the signals. They are either inbound (re- ceived by the Megaport board) or outbound (transmitted from the Megaport board). -
Page 21: Telco Connector Pinouts
Telco Connector This part of Chapter 3 lists the cable pinouts of the ports. The physical Pinouts ports are mapped by the device driver into UNIX/XENIX tty device names. SSM-8 Megaport Port one is the upper most port on the back of the SSM-8. See Figure 3-9 for RS232 pinout information. -
Page 22: Wiring To Terminal Devices
SSM-24 Megaport The wiring of the telco connectors on the SSM-24 Megaport Board is shown in Figure 3-3. Connector A provides ports 1-12 and is identical Board Telco Connector to the SSM-12 connector. Connector B provides ports 13-24. Pinouts Various accessories may be used to connect devices to Megaport SS ports. -
Page 23: Modular Wiring
Modular Wiring Modular splitters are used with modular adaptors and modular cables to connect devices to the board (see Figure 3-5). Modular adaptors and cables are used for attaching devices to the selected cabling option (see Figures 3-5 and 3-6). Figure 3-5. - Page 24 DB-25 Wiring DB-25 Distribution Distribution panels convert 50-pin connectors to twelve DB-25 RS- 232 connectors (see Figure 3-4). One distribution panel or fan-out Panels cable is required for 12 devices. Two are required for 24 ports. The following distribution panels are available from Equinox: Part No.
- Page 25 Figure 3-8. Internal wiring for DTE distribution panels Modular Wiring Modular Splitter Modular splitters are used with modular adaptors and modular cable. Modular splitters convert the 50-pin connector to a set of 12 modular jacks. Figure 3-5 illustrates devices connected to the Megaport using the modular splitter.
- Page 26 The modular splitter is wired as shown in Figure 3-9. Signal names shown refer to those present on the telco connector. Figure 3-9. Modular splitter wiring SSM-8 ports are wired the same as shown above for ports 1 through 8. Equinox Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual...
- Page 27 Modular Cables RJ-11 modular cable is the flat cable used for wiring telephones inside of buildings. The cable is terminated at each end with a RJ-11 modular plug (connector). This plug is inserted into the modular jack of an appropriate wiring module. Standard modular cables, available from Equinox or wiring distributors, are reversing.
- Page 28 Figure 3-11. Modular adaptors When making modular adaptors, the 3K resistor shown in Figure 3-11 may be eliminated for use with most terminals. The resistor is used to loop control signals back to the attached device when 4-wire cable is used and pin 6 is not connected.
- Page 29 Punch Blocks Punch blocks provide a quick and inexpensive solution to wiring around buildings. They may be concealed in wiring closets and individual wires run to each location where a terminal or port is to be connected. Punch blocks may be used with modular wall outlets and wiring accessories.
- Page 30 Figure 3-13. Punch block (PN 210044) wiring 3-12 Equinox Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual...
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Page 31: Support Procedures
Support Procedures Technical Support Equinox systems has made every effort to ensure that your Megaport SuperSerial Technology Board is of top quality in all respects. If you Procedures have a problem, please follow these steps: Read the appropriate hardware and software manuals and any release notes which describe the procedure you are trying to perform. - Page 32 What could be added or changed to make the manual better? Your Name: Title: Company: Phone: Send to: Equinox Systems Inc. ATTN: Customer Service One Equinox Way Sunrise, Florida 33351-6709 Phone: 954-746-9000 Fax: 954-746-9101 Equinox Megaport SS Board Series Hardware Manual...
- Page 33 Index Symbols .adf ..............2-5 DATA IN ............3-2 @638A.ADF ............2-5 DATA OUT ............3-2 210027 ............... 3-9 DB-25 ..............2-6 210036 ............... 3-9 DB-25 distribution panels ........3-6 210037 ............... 3-9 DB-25 wiring 210044 ............. 3-11 CS ports ............3-4 638A ..............
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Page 34: Software Driver
memory mapped devices ........2-1 SST Multiport Boards........1-2 Micro Channel ........... 1-1 Modem control signals ........3-1 Modular adaptors ....3-2, 3-5, 3-10, 3-11 Technical Support ..........A-1 making your own ......... 3-10 Telco connector ........2-6, 3-2 Modular cables ......... 3-5, 3-7, 3-9 Modular splitters CS ..............