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Installation

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have a different directory name. Please link to /usr/src/linux name.

Installation for cPCI-3544 Linux Driver

1. UNPACK

Decompress the pci3544.tgz (pci3544.tgz is located in
“X:\SerialComm \cPCI-3544 \Linux” directory; X is the CD-ROM.)) :

tar xvzf pci3544.tgz

This will extract the 'cPCI_3544' directory in the Linux.
There are two subdirectories as follows:

drivers/ contains the device module and the installation script
util/ the utility for the 422/485 mode setting

2. INSTALL

DEVICE

Because of the cPCI-bus architecture, the cPCI-3544 devices can
be detected automatically. All that is required of the user is to insert
modules and to make nodes for the devices.
This can be done manually, or use our installation script below for
driver installation.

.//pci_3544/drivers/3544_inst.pl

Execute the installation script without any parameters, the usage is
displayed as follows:

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Usage:

3544_inst.pl -cards num_of_3544 -tty TTY_MAJOR -cua
CALLOUT_MAJOR -path installed_dir

num_of_3544: number of pci3544 installed
TTY_MAJOR: the Major number for serial ports of cPCI-3544i
(optional)
CALLOUT_MAJOR: the Major number for cPCI-3544 callout ports
(optional)
installed_dir: the dir. cPCI-3544 installed (optional)
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The optional parameter '-tty' and '-cua' are used to indicate the
major number for TTY serial ports and Callout ports. The user can
assign the major number for TTY and Callout ports, or use the
default setting (70/71) for these ports.

To install the driver for three cPCI-3544 cards, execute the script as
follows:
./3544_inst.pl -cards 3 -tty 70 -cua 71 -path