Comtrol SCO OpenServer User Manual
Comtrol Software
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Document Outline
- Software Installation and Configuration Guide
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- SCO OpenServer
- 1. Log in as the system administrator (root).
- 2. Invoke the custom utility.
- 3. Select the RocketPort/RocketModem device driver...
- 4. Select the Software option.
- 5. Select Remove Software.
- 6. Select Remove to confirm your choice.
- 7. Type Y to boot the kernel by default.
- 8. Type Y to rebuild the kernel environment.
- 9. Press any key to return to the custom menu.
- 10. Select Host and Exit to exit the custom utilit...
- 11. If you have other drivers to remove at this ti...
- 12. Reboot the kernel so that your changes take ef...
- 1. If needed, copy the file to your UNIX server. F...
- 2. Enter this command to rename the file: mv 6543....
- 3. Enter this command to extract the driver: uncom...
- 4. Enter this command to copy the resulting file t...
- 1. Boot the system and log in as the system admini...
- 2. Invoke the custom utility.
- 3. Select Software.
- 4. Select Install New.
- 5. Select From scosysv (where scosysv is your syst...
- 6. Insert the installation diskette in the primary...
- 7. Select Install.
- 8. Enter the number of ISA RocketPort/RocketModem ...
- 9. Choose a valid I/O address for each ISA control...
- 10. Enter the number of PCI RocketPort/RocketModem...
- 11. If you do not have any RocketModem boards inst...
- 12. If you do not have a RocketPort 485 board inst...
- 13. Press Y to boot this new kernel by default.
- 14. Press Y to rebuild the kernel environment.
- 15. Press any key to continue.
- 16. Remove the device driver installation diskette...
- 17. Select Host and Exit to exit the custom utilit...
- 18. Reboot the system so that your driver changes ...
- 1. At the root prompt, enter haltsys and press Ent...
- 2. Turn the system off and install the new hardwar...
- 3. After installing the new hardware, turn the sys...
- Table 3. Device Names
- Table 4. Baud Rate Mapping
- 3. Repeat Step 2 for each port for which you are r...
- 4. Use the normal tty administrative procedure to ...
- 1. Edit the /comtrol/rckt/baud.cfg file to list th...
- 2. Reboot the system, or execute /comtrol/rckt/bau...
- 3. Use the normal tty administrative procedure to ...
- 1. Connect a null modem cable from RocketPort Boar...
- 2. Set the terminal modem port baud rate to 38400....
- 3. Edit the following line in the /etc/inittab fil...
- 4. Enter this command to enable the port:
- 5. From the terminal, enter your login name and pa...
- 6. From the terminal, move around the system and o...
- 7. When you are finished, type exit and log out.
- 1. Disable the port you want to work with.
- 2. To enable RS-485 on a port, enter this command:...
- 3. Repeat these steps for each port you want to en...
- 1. Edit the /comtrol/rckt/rs485.cfg file to add or...
- 2. Reboot the system, or execute /comtrol/rckt/rs4...
- 1. Verify that UUCP is installed. Your system shou...
- 2. Verify that the serial port you plan to use is ...
- 3. If using an external modem with a RocketPort, c...
- 4. Disable both the modem and non-modem devices. F...
- 5. Check the /usr/lib/uucp/Devices file for the fo...
- 6. To examine the /dev directory and ensure that t...
- 7. If these devices are not owned by uucp, use the...
- 8. Enter this command to connect to the non-modem ...
- 9. Type in atz and press Enter. The modem should r...
- 10. After verifying that the modem is responding, ...
- 11. If desired, perform these steps to test dialin...
- 12. Verify that /etc/inittab is set up correctly. ...
- 13. Enter this command to enable the port for inco...
- 14. To test dial-in, dial into this modem from ano...
- Table 5. RocketModem Country Codes
- Table 6. dialRCKT Country Codes
- Table 7. makefile Country Codes
- Table 8. Printer Administration Files
- Table 9. Printer Administration Commands
- Table 10. TPRINT.CFG Keywords
- Table 11. ASCII Control Code Mnemonics
- 1. Use a null-modem cable to connect the SES1-EIA ...
- 2. Use a serial-to-parallel cable to connect the p...
- 3. Verify that the driver has been installed with ...
- 4. Disable /dev/ttyr0a.
- 5. Edit /comtrol/rckt/tprint.cfg and add the follo...
- 6. Run /comtrol/rckt/psetup -t.
- 7. Run /comtrol/rckt/psetup.
- 8. Enable /dev/ttyr0a.
- 9. Enter this command:
- 10. If desired, print man pages, or cat text files...
- 11. Login on the terminal and cat files to the pri...
- 1. Shut down your system.
- 2. Place the RocketPort Diagnostics diskette in yo...
- 3. Power-up your system, and allow it to boot from...
- 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to run the di...
- 1. Run the diagnostics to determine the I/O addres...
- 2. Boot into SCO.
- 3. Edit the file /etc/conf/sdevice.d/rckt. Change ...
- 4. Use the /etc/conf/cf.d/link_unix command to rel...
- 5. Reboot the system.
- 1. Move the modem to a standard serial port and tr...
- 2. Move the modem back to the RocketPort port.
- 3. Verify that the modem switch and software setti...
- 4. Check the modem cable to make sure it is attach...
- 5. After issuing the cu command, press Enter sever...
- 6. If no lights flash, the modem cable may be defe...
- 7. Use the RocketPort Diagnostics to verify that t...
- 1. Disable the port you want to reset.
- 2. Enter this command:
- 3. Repeat this process for each modem you want to ...
- 1. Verify that the printer is powered up, connecte...
- 2. Verify that the printer is connected using the ...
- 3. Move the printer to a standard serial port, and...
- 4. Move the printer back to a RocketPort port.
- 5. Enter this command to send a file directly to t...
- 1. Enter stty -hupcl <&1 ; in the interface shell ...
- 2. Enter sleep 30 in the interface shell script im...
- 3. For applications which must access the printer ...
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- Software Installation and Configuration Guide
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- Table 1. Support Call Information
- Table 2. Device Drivers for RocketPort and RocketM...
- Windows NT
- 1. This guide assumes that you have already instal...
- 2. You must have at least one RocketPort or Rocket...
- 3. If you are using NT 3.51 or an early version of...
- 4. If you are installing the RocketPort/RocketMode...
- 5. If you are using this driver under Windows NT 3...
- 6. Finally, if you are upgrading from an earlier v...
- 1. Open the Control Panel and start the Network ap...
- 2. If using Windows NT 4.0, select the Adapters ta...
- 3. Highlight Comtrol RocketPort,RocketModem.
- 4. Click the Remove button. You are asked to verif...
- 5. Click Yes. The selected item is deleted.
- 6. Click Close. Several windows are displayed as t...
- 7. Click Yes to shut down and restart the server, ...
- 8. After removing the existing driver, use the Ins...
- 1. Locate the 6540.exe file on the distribution me...
- 2. In Windows Explorer, double-click on 6540.exe. ...
- 3. Optionally, select a different target drive and...
- 4. Click the Unzip button.
- 1. Open the Control Panel and start the Network ap...
- 2. If Windows NT 4.0, select the Adapters tab.
- 3. Windows NT 4.0 only: Click the Add button.
- 4. If Windows NT 4.0, click the Have Disk button.
- 5. If installing the driver from a diskette, inser...
- 6. Enter the drive and directory path to the insta...
- 7. Click the OK button.
- 1. Use the Board 1: droplist to select an I/O Addr...
- 2. Repeat Step 1 for Boards 2, 3, and 4, as needed...
- 3. Select the Starting COM Port number. This is th...
- 4. If you do not need to use the Advanced setup op...
- 1. Click on Advanced in the upper left-hand corner...
- 2. Select Options. The Advanced Board Options wind...
- 3. In the Baud Rate Mapping section of this window...
- 4. Use the droplist to select a new baud rate, or ...
- 5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 as required.
- 6. If mapping to a rate above 230.4K bps, set the ...
- 7. Click OK to save your changes and return to the...
- 1. Click on Advanced in the upper left-hand corner...
- 2. Select PortNames. The Advanced Port Naming wind...
- 3. Set the starting COM port numbers for each boar...
- 4. If have installed a four-port RocketPort or Roc...
- 5. When you are done, click OK to return to the Se...
- 1. Click on the Advanced menu in the upper left-ha...
- 2. Select RocketModem. The RocketModem Configurati...
- 3. Click the checkbox for each RocketModem install...
- 4. Use the droplist to select the country where th...
- 5. Click OK to exit this window and return to the ...
- 1. Click on the Advanced menu in the upper left-ha...
- 2. Select RS485. The RS485 Override Options window...
- 3. Click the checkbox for each port on each board ...
- 4. Click OK to exit this window and return to the ...
- 1. Click on the Advanced menu in the upper left-ha...
- 2. Select Update modem.inf.
- 3. Click OK to return to the RocketPort/RocketMode...
- 1. Click the OK button.
- 2. Click OK.
- 3. If you did not install a RocketModem, or if you...
- 4. Click OK when prompted to confirm saving the ne...
- 5. Click OK when reminded that you must restart Wi...
- 6. If desired, close the program group.
- 7. Click the Close button. The Windows NT system u...
- 8. Click Yes to shut down and restart the server.
- 9. If necessary, remove the installation diskette ...
- 10. After rebooting, use the Verifying Installatio...
- 1. From the Start button menu:
- a. Select Programs.
- b. Select Comtrol RocketPort RocketModem.
- c. Select Rocket Setup.
- 2. From the Windows NT desktop:
- a. Right-click on Network Neighborhood.
- b. Select Properties.
- c. Select the Adapters tab.
- d. Click the Properties button.
- 1. Shut down the server and switch off the power.
- 2. Remove the system unit cover.
- 3. If you are installing an ISA-bus adapter, set t...
- 4. Install the new adapter in an available slot of...
- 5. Replace the cover and power up the server.
- 6. Start Windows NT and log in as the system admin...
- 7. Start the Setup program, as described under Cha...
- 8. If you added a PCI-bus adapter, select PCI-BUS ...
- 9. Click the OK button to save and exit from the S...
- 10. Shut down and restart the server, so that your...
- 1. If using a RocketPort, connect the modem(s) to ...
- 2. Open the Control Panel window.
- 3. Double-click the Modems icon.
- 4. Click the Add button.
- 5. Click Next to allow the system to auto-detect m...
- 6. Select a COM port and click Next.
- 7. If auto-detect does not correctly identify your...
- 8. Select the ports on which you wish to install t...
- 9. Click Next. The modem software is installed on ...
- 10. Click Finish. The Location Information dialog ...
- 11. Select the country where the modem will be use...
- 12. Click Finish. The Modems Properties dialog box...
- 13. If you need to configure modem properties (dat...
- 14. If you need to configure dialing properties (c...
- 15. Click Close.
- 16. Click Yes to change the Dial-Up Networking con...
- 17. Click the Add button.
- 18. Use the droplist to select the modem you are c...
- 19. Click the Configure button.
- 20. Select dial-in only, dial-out only, or dial-in...
- 21. If you have more than one modem of the same ty...
- 22. If you need to configure RAS network usage, cl...
- 23. When you are done with RAS setup, click the Co...
- 24. Shut down and reboot the server, so that your ...
- 1. Open the Control Panel and start the Network ap...
- 2. If Windows NT 4.0, select the Services tab.
- 3. Windows NT 4.0 only: Click the Add button.The S...
- 4. Highlight Remote Access Service and click the O...
- 5. Enter the location of the Window NT files (for ...
- 6. Use the droplist to select the COM port (modem)...
- 7. Highlight the COM port (Modem) and click the Co...
- 8. Select the appropriate radio button, based on t...
- 9. Highlight the COM port (modem) again and click ...
- 10. Select the appropriate dial out protocols, dia...
- 11. If you select NetBEUI on the Network Configura...
- 12. If you select TCP/IP, the following window dis...
- 13. If you select IPX, the following window displa...
- 14. Click OK to exit the Network Configuration win...
- 15. To copy the configuration you just created to ...
- 16. After setting up all the COM ports, click the ...
- 17. Click the Close button at the Network/Services...
- 18. Click Yes when asked to reboot the computer.
- 1. Open the Control Panel and start the Network ap...
- 2. If Windows NT 4.0, select the Services tab.
- 3. Highlight Remote Access Service and click the P...
- 4. To reconfigure an existing port, highlight the ...
- a. Use the droplist to select the COM port (modem)...
- b. Click OK. The Remote Access Setup screen displa...
- c. Highlight the port/device you are adding and cl...
- 5. Select the appropriate radio button, based on t...
- 6. Highlight the COM port (modem) again and click ...
- 7. Select the appropriate dial out protocols, dial...
- 8. If using NetBEUI on this COM port, click the Ne...
- 9. Make the appropriate selection and press OK.
- 10. If using TCP/IP on this COM port, click the TC...
- 11. Make the appropriate selections for your envir...
- 12. If using IPX for use with this COM port, click...
- 13. Make the appropriate selections for the COM po...
- 14. After configuring all protocols, click OK to e...
- 15. To duplicate the configuration you just create...
- 16. After setting up all the COM ports you want to...
- 17. Click the Close button.
- 18. Click Yes to shut down and restart the server....
- 1. Connect the printer to the desired port. Use a ...
- 2. Open the Printers control panel and double-clic...
- 3. Click the My Computer checkbox, then the Next b...
- 4. If the desired COM port is on this screen, sele...
- 5. If the desired COM port is not on this list, cl...
- a. A list of printer ports displays. Click Local P...
- b. Click New Port.
- c. Type in the name of the port (for example, \\.\...
- d. Click the OK button.
- e. Click the Close button to return to the Add Pri...
- f. Click the Next button.
- 6. Select the printer make and model and click the...
- 7. To keep the driver, check Keep existing driver ...
- 8. Select whether you want this printer to be the ...
- 9. Select whether or not you want to share this pr...
- 10. Select whether to print a test page and click ...
- 1. Open the Printers control panel.
- 2. Right-click on the icon for the printer you wan...
- 3. Select the Properties option. The Properties wi...
- 4. Click the Ports tab.
- 5. Check the port you want to switch to. Remember ...
- 6. Click on the OK button. Any changes you make ta...
- 1. Verify that you are addressing the port correct...
- 2. Verify that you are using the correct types of ...
- 3. Verify that you have obtained and installed all...
- 4. Verify that you have obtained and installed the...
- 5. Verify that you are using the correct ports. Th...
- 6. If you are using an ISA-bus adapter, check to m...
- 7. If you are using a PCI-bus adapter, check to ma...
- 8. Use the Options selection on the Advanced menu ...
- 9. Make sure the RocketPort or RocketModem is seat...
- 10. Remove the driver software and reinstall it, u...
- 11. RocketModem only: If your RocketModem model su...
- 12. Use the Test Terminal program (page61) to tro...
- 13. Use the Rocketport Monitor program (page64) t...
- 14. Shut down the server, reboot from the Diagnost...
- 15. Use the Peer Tracer program (page72) to trace...
- 16. If you are unable to resolve the problem, see ...
- a. Open the Control Panel.
- b. Open the Modems applet.
- c. Select a RocketModem and click Properties.
- d. Select the Connection tab.
- e. Click the Advanced button.
- f. In the Extra settings field, enter ATS210=12
- g. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Mode...
- Table 3. Device Control Block Settings
- Table 4. Unsupported IOCTL Functionality
- 1. Select RocketModem Reset from the Comtrol progr...
- 2. Click on the Select menu option. A drop-down me...
- 3. To reset all identified RocketModem boards in t...
- 4. To reset individual modems, select the Board nu...
- 5. Click the Reset button(s) for the modem(s) you ...
- 6. When you are done, click OK to close the Board ...
- 7. Select Exit or click the close button to quit t...
- 1. Select Open Port from the Port menu. A list of ...
- 2. Select the COM port you want to test.
- 1. Place a loopback plug on the COM port you are t...
- 2. From the Port menu, select Send Test Data. The ...
- 3. If further testing is required, select Loopback...
- 4. If the port has failed in Step 2 or 3, and the ...
- 5. Repeat Steps 2 and 3. If the port now passes th...
- 1. Make sure the loop button is off.
- 2. Use AT commands to query the modem. For example...
- 3. Connect the modem to a phone line, and use atdt...
- 4. Connect two modems to phone lines, open two Tes...
- 5. Call into a host system and use Test Terminal t...
- Table 5. Port Monitor Screen Commands
- Table 6. Port Monitor Variable List
- Table 7. Peer Tracer Commands
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