Moxa CP-132U Series - Manuals

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the MOXA CP-132UL Series of industrial 2-port RS-422/485 serial boards for the PCI bus. Moxa’s Universal PCI CP-132UL series meets the new slot standard for expansion boards, and works with both 3.3V and 5V PCI slots. The CP-132UL series offers 2 independent RS-...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 1-2 Overview Industio—The Industrial Multiport Async Solution Moxa Industio products are smart, multiport serial I/O solutions for industrial applications. The CP-132U Series boards , including CP-132UL V2 , and CP-132UL-I V2 (the previous version is CP-132U-I V1) , are ...

Introduction CP-132U Series User’s Manual 1-3 PCI Solution The board complies with PCI Spec. 2.1 and does not require either switches or jumpers. The hardware configuration for the IRQ and I/O address is automatically assigned by the PCI BIOS. This means that the board MUST be plugged into the compu...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 1-4 Features The CP-132UL Series includes the following products: CP-132UL V2 2 RS-422/485 ports, Universal PCI interface with embedded Surge Protection (16 KV ESD) CP-132UL-I V2 2 RS-422/485 ports, Universal PCI interface with embedded Surge Protection and Isolation Pro...

2 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation You will need to install both hardware and software for CP-132UL Series boards. The hardware installation procedure is given in this chapter, and the next chapter deals with software installation for various operating systems. The following topics are covered in t...

Hardware Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 2-5 CP-132UL Series boards have four onboard DIP Switches, referred to below as S1-1, S1-2, S2-1, and S2-2, that allow the user to choose one of three serial interfaces—RS-422, RS-485 (2-wire), RS-485 (4-wire)—for each of the two ports. Note that S2...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 2-6 Installing the CP-132UL Series Board Step 1 : Power off the PC. Warning! To avoid damaging your system and board, make sure your computer is turned off before installing any board. Step 2: Remove the PC’s cover. Step 3: Remove the slot cover bracket if there is one. ...

3 3 Chapter 3 Software Installation In this chapter, the software driver installation, configuration, and driver update/removal procedures are described for various operating systems, including Windows NT, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000/XP/2003, DOS, FreeBSD, and Linux. Before proceeding with the softw...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-2 The following installation steps use CP-168U as an example. Installing the Driver 1. After installing the UPCI/PCI board and powering on your PC, Windows 2003 will auto detect and find the UPCI/PCI board you just added. The Found New Hardware window will open in the ...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-3 4. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested and been shown that it can support Windows OS. Click on C...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-4 6. The Found New Hardware Wizard window will open to help you install the driver for MOXA Port 0 . Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) . Click on Next to continue. 7. Select Search for the best driver in these locations , check Include this loc...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-5 8. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested and been shown that it can support Windows OS. Click on C...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-6 10. Repeat steps 6 to 9, until the port driver installation for every port is completed. How to Check the Installation There are three ways to check the installation of the CP-168U Series board. Using Device Manager 1. Use your mouse to position the cursor over your ...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-7 4. If there are any special marks, such as a question mark or an exclamation mark in front of the icons, the installation of the board or the ports was not successful. Examine the Event Log for details. Port Configuration After the driver is ins...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-8 2. Select a COM number for the port from the Port Number pull-down list. 3. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Number check-box to have subsequent ports mapped to continuous COM numbers. For example, if COM 3 is assigned to Port 1, then COM 4 will be automatically assign...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-9 4. Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from the Rx FIFO Level pull-down list. Rx FIFO trigger levels from High to Low are available, with the default set to High (120 bytes). Check Set the change to all ports check-box to apply the just defined Rx FIFO Tr...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-10 Using Event Log To use Event Log to check MOXA boards, click Start # Settings # Control Panel # Administrative Tools # Event Viewer to enter the Event Viewer program. You can find the latest information relevant to MOXA’s drivers under System category. Windows 2000/...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-11 Windows 2000 Windows XP 1. Windows 2000 can auto-detect new devices, and activate the Found New Hardware function to install a device driver for Plug and Play devices. 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Search for a suitable driver… and then ...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-13 6. Click Next to copy the driver files to your system. 7. Wait while the installation wizard searches. The next window that opens cautions you that although this software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing, this driver has already been tested a...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-15 10. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device [recommended] , and then click Next to continue. 11. Select Specify a location and then click Next to continue. 8. Input the location of the driver in the text input box, or use the Browse b...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-16 12. Insert the Moxa Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive, and then specify the location of the file as Software\Win2K-XP-2003 as shown below (change the drive letter, if needed). Click OK to continue. 13. Click Next to continue with the installation. 10. Wait while the i...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-18 How to Check the Installation There are three ways to check the installation of the CP-168U Series board. Device Manager 1. You can check the installation of the board by selecting Start # Settings # Control Panel # System , to open the System Properties window. Sel...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-19 Windows 2000 Windows XP Port Configuration After the driver is installed, the MOXA CP-168U Installation dialog box will be displayed, and the system will map the ports automatically. If one MOXA CP-168U board was installed previously, and anoth...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-21 4. Select an Rx FIFO Trigger from the Rx FIFO Level pull-down list. Rx FIFO trigger levels from High to Low are available, with the default value set to High (120 bytes). Check Set the change to all ports check-box to apply the just defined Rx ...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-22 Removing the Driver You can uninstall the board by first selecting Start # Settings # Control Panel # System . Windows 2000 Windows XP

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-23 Select the Hardware tab, and then click on Device Manager. Use the mouse to place the cursor over the CP-168U Series board under Multiport serial adapters, and then click the right mouse button. Select the Uninstall … option. Windows 2000 Windo...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-24 The Device Manager window will automatically refresh to show that the driver and ports for the CP-168U Series board have been removed. Windows 95/98 The Windows 95/98 driver supports up to 128 serial ports, from COM1 to COM128. To utilize fully the advanced multi-pr...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-26 Install the Smartio Universal PCI or PCI board in the system Start Windows 95/98 to detect the board Driver installed before? Yes No Install the driver from the driver CD. See the section, “ First Time Driver Installation ” Configure the port. See the section, “ Por...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-27 If one MOXA CP-168U board was previously installed and another MOXA CP-168U board is plugged in, the system will prompt you to skip this stage, and take care of Port Configuration, which is discussed in the next section. 1. Upon detecting the f...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-28 3. Type \Software\Win9x\Windows in the Location input box, and then click [ OK ] from the Select Other Location window. The system will start reading the files from the CD. 3. Select Other Devices and then click [ Next ]. 4. Click [ Finish ]. 4. Click [ Have Disk ]....

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-29 Board and Port Ready The final stage of the driver installation process is slightly different for Windows 95 and Windows 98. After this stage, driver installation is complete. Windows 95 Windows 98 After port configuration, you can immediately ...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-30 Configuring the Board and Ports Follow the procedures given below to re-configure the COM number for the ports of installed boards and drivers under Windows 95/98. In addition to following the procedures listed below, you may also click on [Start] # [Programs] # [MO...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-31 2. Click on the desired CP-168U board, and then click on [Properties] . 3. Select the [Ports Configuration] tab, click on the specific port, and then click on the [Port Setting] button. 4. Check the Auto Enumerating COM Name check-box to assign...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-32 all ports. 6. Select a Tx FIFO Size from the Tx FIFO Level pull-down list. Tx FIFO Levels from High to Low are available, with the default set to High (128 bytes). Check Set the change to all ports check-box to apply the just defined Tx FIFO Size to all ports. CP-13...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-33 3. Select the [Driver] tab, and click on [Update Driver...] . 4. Click on [Have Disk...] and type the path of the new driver.

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-35 3. Click [Yes] in the following message box to confirm that you want to remove the driver. 4. Click [OK] in the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box. Windows NT Windows NT supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. To utilize fu...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-37 6. Select MOXA Smartio/Industio Family multiport board in the Select OEM Option dialog box, and then click [OK] to start installing the driver. 7. The Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box appears. Click the [Add] button to open ...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-40 NOTE Double check that all Smartio CP-168U board components—including the control board—are connected and fastened tightly to ensure that the system and driver can start up. Once the system restarts, you may check the event log issued by the MOXA driver to see if th...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-41 3. Click on [Property] from the MOXA Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel to open the Property window. 4. Next, refer to the instructions given in the previous section, “ First Time Driver Installation ” from the “ Windows NT ” section.

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-42 Configuring Another CP-168U Board In this section, we explain how to configure another MOXA CP-168U board that is already installed. Up to four CP-168U boards can be installed in one system under Windows NT, provided sufficient system resources are available. In add...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-43 4. Next, refer to the instructions from the “ First Time Driver Installation ” subsection. Removing an Existing CP-168U Board Configuration First shut down your PC, and then physically remove the CP-168U board from the PCI or PCI-X slot. The ne...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-44 Updating the Driver Take the following steps to update the Smartio CP-168U board driver. 1. Open [ Control Panel ], click on the [ Network ] icon, and select the [ Adapters ] tab. 2. Click on MOXA Smartio/Industio Family Adapter from the Network Adapter list. 3. Cli...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-45 4. Click the [Close] button to exit the Network dialog box. 5. Restart the system to activate the new configuration. DOS MOXA DOS API-232 is a software package that assists users in developing new programs, or debugging existing programs for se...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-46 2. After the installation is complete, a message window will open to ask if you want to run the SETUP.EXE file. It is strongly recommended that you press Y to run this SETUP.EXE file.

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-47 Setting up the Driver The following steps use CP-134U to illustrate. This section does not cover all functions from the setup program that you might see during the configuration process. If necessary, press F1 to refer to the on-line help instr...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-48 3. Press PgDn to configure the port settings, including port number, flow control, etc. You may enter or modify the settings of each port at this stage. The values displayed first are the port’s initial values that were set up when installing the driver. NOTE Up to ...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-49 the structure of the program. TxD buffer size The TxD buffer is the transmission (output) buffer allocated by the system for each port. RxD buffer size The RxD buffer is the receiving (input) buffer allocated by the system for each port. F5 Gro...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-50 can execute applications that support API-232 functions, or start developing applications using the API-232 library. Unloading the Driver To unload (release) the driver from memory, type DP-DRV/Q at the DOS prompt. Linux The Linux driver for MOXA’s multiport serial ...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 3-51 4. # modprobe mxser <- Universal PCI or PCI (If you install ISA Boards, ase type command # insmod mxser ioaddr=0x???, 0x???, 0x???, 0x??? <- 1st ISA, 2nd ISA, 3rd ISA, 4th ISA) Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/mxser.o Warni...

4 4 Chapter 4 Serial Programming Tools Moxa supports an easy to use yet powerful serial programming library and communication troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT, Windows 95/98, and Windows 2000/XP/2003.You can save a lot of development time by using MOXA’s Serial Programming Tools. The follo...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 4-2 PComm Programming Library The serial communication library helps you develop programs for serial communications for any COM port complying with the Microsoft Win32 API. It facilitates the implementation of multi-process and multi-thread serial communication programs,...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 4-3 Monitor (for MOXA boards under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003) A useful port status monitoring program allows you to monitor data transmission of selected MOXA COM ports. It monitors data transmission/receiving throughput, and communication line status...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 4-4 Terminal Emulator Terminal Emulator can be used to connect to various ports to see if data transmission is functioning correctly. Terminal Emulator features multi-windows, and supports VT100 and ANSI terminal types. You can transfer data interactively, send patterns ...

Software Installation CP-132U Series User’s Manual 4-5 RS-485 Programming If you intend to use your CP-132UL Series board for RS-485 applications, you can refer to the RS-485 programming guide below, and also see the chapter, “Connection Cables and Cable Wiring,” for more details about RS-485 operat...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 4-6 and receiving), since it is automatically managed with the board’s built-in intelligent hardware mechanism. This means that RS-485 programming using ADDC™ mode is just as simple and straightforward as RS-232 or RS-422 programming . How to transmit and receive data fo...

5 5 Chapter 5 Connection Cables and Cable Wiring In serial data communications, the term DTE stands for Data Terminal Equipment, such as a PC’s COM1/2, serial printers, and terminals. The term DCE stands for Data Communication Equipment, such as modems.

Connection Cables and Cables Wiring CP-132U Series User’s Manual 5-3 Pinouts RS-422/485 pinouts for CP-132UL Series CP-132UL (RS-422/485) RS-422 and 4-wire RS-485 2-wire RS-485 8 CTS-(A) 9 RxD-(A) Data-(A) 10 RTS-(A) 11 RTS+(B) 12 RxD+(B) Data+(B) 21 TxD-(A) 22 SGND 23 CTS+(B) Port 1 24 TxD+(B) 2 Tx...

Connection Cables and Cables Wiring CP-132U Series User’s Manual 5-5 Cable Wiring RS-422 Point-to-point RS-422 Broadcasting CP-132UL RS-422 Device CP-132UL RS-422 Device 1 2 TxD+(B) RxD+(B) 2 TxD+(B) RxD+(B) 1 TxD-(A) RxD-(A) 3 RxD+(B) TxD+(B) 3 RxD+(B) TxD+(B) 1 TxD-(A) RxD-(A) 4 RxD-(A) TxD-(A) 4 ...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 5-6 Multidrop 2-wire RS-485 (half-duplex) CP-132UL RS-485 Device 1 Master Slave 3 Data+ Data+ 4 Data- Data- 5 GND GND RS-485 Device N Slave Data+ Data- GND Multidrop 4-wire RS-485 (full-duplex) CP-132UL RS-485 Device 1 Master Slave 2 TxD+(B) RxD+(B) 1 TxD-(A) RxD-(A) 3 R...

Connection Cables and Cables Wiring CP-132U Series User’s Manual 5-7 Impedance Matching and Termination Resistors When using RS-422/485 serial communications, an electrical signal that travels through two different resistance junctions in a transmission line will sometimes give rise to signal reflec...

6 6 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Common CP-132UL Series problems and possible solutions are listed below. If you still have problems after reading this chapter, 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. General Trou...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 6-2 2. The MOXA board and driver are activated but cannot transfer (transmit/receive) data. Hardware Causes and Solutions: a. Make sure the cable wiring is connected correctly. Refer to the “ Connection Cable and Cable Wiring ” chapter for correct cable connections. b. T...

Technical Reference CP-132U Series User’s Manual 6-3 Windows NT This section is specifically for troubleshooting under Windows NT. For general problems and solutions, see the previous section, “General Troubleshooting.” 1. After the system reboots, the error message “Another driver in the system, wh...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual 6-4 Windows 95/98 This section is specifically for troubleshooting under Windows 95/98. For general problems and solutions, see the previous section, “General Troubleshooting.” 1. The system fails to find the CP-132U Series board! ! The board(s) is(are) not plugged prope...

A A Appendix A Technical Reference Specifications Bus interface 32-bit PCI Number of ports 2 Max. No. of boards 4 I/O address Assigned by PCI BIOS IRQ Assigned by PCI BIOS Comm. controller MOXA UART (16C550C compatible) Transmission speed 50 bps to 230.4 Kbps (CP-132UL, CP-132U-I) 50 bps to 921.6 Kb...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual A-2 Power requirement CP-132UL 220 mA (+5V) CP-132UL V2 120 mA (+5V) CP-132U-I 578 mA (+5V) CP-132UL-I V2 490 mA (+5V) Dimensions (W × D) CP-132UL 120 × 64.5 mm CP-132UL V2 120 × 64.5 mm CP-132U-I 120 × 100 mm CP-132UL-I V2 120 × 64.5 mm PCI The 32-bit CP-132UL Series bo...

Technical Reference CP-132U Series User’s Manual A-3 Return Procedure For product repair, exchange, or refund, the customer must: $ Provide evidence of original purchase. $ Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer. $ Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF). Incl...

CP-132U Series User’s Manual A-4 Revision History Document Edition Revision Date Revision Details 3 rd January 27, 2004 1. Update the edition of this manual on the title page. 2. Change the contact phone number on the title page. 3. p. 5-4 Add 4-wire RS-485 pinouts. 4 th July 23, 2004 1. Updated the...