Windows 95/98 Driver Installation
4. Software Installation Information
1. After powering on your PC, Windows 95/98 will automatically detect
the CP-118U board.
The board MUST be plugged in before installing the driver. See the
previous section for instructions on how to install the board in your PC.
Refer to the CP-118U User’s Manual for detailed instructions on
installing the drivers for this board.
CP-118U Smart Serial Board
Quick Installation Guide
2. Insert the CP-118U software CD in your CD-ROM drive.
3. There are differences between the installation procedures for
Windows 95 and Windows 98. However, in both cases, be sure to
install the driver from the CD’s
Windows 2003/XP Driver Installation
1. After powering on your PC, Windows 2003/XP will automatically
detect the CP-118U board.
Third Edition, January 2005
CP-118U\Software\Win9x\Windows.95 folder.
1. Overview
4. After the board has been installed, the installation wizard will open
the port configuration window.
2. Insert the CP-118U software CD in your CD-ROM drive.
CP-118U is an 8-port RS-232/422/485 Universal PCI serial board ideal
for connecting a wide range of serial devices—including terminals,
modems, printers, scanners, cash registers, bar code readers, keypads,
numeric displays, electronic scales, and data acquisition equipment—to a
PC. The board’s device drivers make full use of the 128-byte Tx/Rx FIFO
and on-chip H/W and S/W flow control, which allow data transmission at
speeds of up to 921.6 Kbps.
3. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).
NOTE: If an error message similar to “CP-118U board (BusNo=x,
DevNo=x, Port1=COMx) interrupt number is invalid!” pops up, refer
to the “Troubleshooting” chapter of the User’s Manual for
information on how to handle this error.
4. After selecting Search for the best driver in these locations, check
the Include this location in the search checkbox, and then use the
browse button to navigate to the CD’s
CP-118U\Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder.
Windows NT Driver Installation
5. Click on Continue Anyway in response to any warnings that the
1. After powering on your PC, log into NT as Administrator.
software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing.
2. Copy the folder CP-118U\Software\WinNT\Windows.nt to your
2. Package Checklist
Before installing the CP-118U board, verify that the package contains the
following items:
6. After the board has been installed, the installation wizard will guide
you through the port installation procedure, starting with port 0.
hard drive.
3. Open the Control Panel, click on the Network icon, and select the
7. If the board appears to be installed incorrectly, use the Device
Manager to check the installation of the board and ports. Click on the
+ sign next to Hardware, and then check under Multi-port serial
adapters and Ports (COM & LPT). If there are no warning marks,
such as a question mark or exclamation point in front of the board or
port icons, examine the Event Log to determine what the problem is.
Adaptors tab.
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1 CP-118U 8-port serial board
4. Click the Add button, and then Have Disk… in the Select Network
Documentation and Software CD, which contains drivers for
Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows NT, Windows 95/98,
DOS, FreeBSD, SCO, and Linux.
Adapter window.
5. Specify the exact path to the folder created in Step 2 above.
6. Select MOXA Smartio/Industio Family multiport board in the
Select OEM Option window, and then click on OK to start installing
the driver.
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CP-118U Quick Installation Guide
Windows 2000 Driver Installation
Notify your sales representative if any of the above items is missing or
damaged.
1. After powering on your PC, Windows 2000 will automatically detect
the CP-118U board.
7. When the Moxa Smartio/Industio Configuration Panel dialog box
appears, click on Add to open the Property window to modify port
settings and advanced FIFO configuration done automatically by the
system.
3. Hardware Installation Procedure
The CP-118U board MUST be plugged into the PC before the driver is
installed. Follow these steps to install the board in the PC.
2. Insert the CP-118U software CD in your CD-ROM drive.
3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended).
Linux Driver Installation
4. In Optional search location, checkmark specify a location. Navigate
to the \CP-118U\Software\Win2K-XP-2003 folder on the software
CD, and then click on OK to continue.
STEP 1: Power off the PC.
1. Execute the following commands from the Linux prompt:
#mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
#cd /
STEP 2: Use the DIP switches on the board to select the serial interface.
Refer to the Mode vs. DIP switch table below (also shown on
the board):
5. Click on Continue Anyway in response to any warnings that the
#mkdir moxa
#cd moxa
software hasn’t passed Windows Logo testing.
Mode
RS-232
RS-422
4-WIRE
RS-485
2-WIRE
RS-485
S1
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S2
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ON
S3
ON
OFF
6. After the board has been installed, the installation wizard will guide
you through the port installation procedure, starting with port 0.
#cp /mnt/cdrom/<driver directory>/mxser.tgz .
#tar xvfz mxser.tgz
7. If the board appears to be installed incorrectly, use the Device
Manager to check the installation of the board and ports. Click on the
+ sign next to Hardware, and then check under Multi-port serial
adapters and Ports (COM & LPT). If there are no warning marks,
such as a question mark or exclamation point in front of the board or
port icons, examine the Event Log to determine what the problem is.
2. #cd mxser
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
#make clean; make install
3. #cd /moxa/mxser/driver
#./msmknod
OFF
4. #modprobe mxser
STEP 3: Plug the CP-118U control board firmly into an open PCI or
PCI-X slot.
STEP 4: Fasten the holding screw to fix the control board in place.
STEP 5: Power on the PC; the BIOS will automatically set the IRQ and
I/O address.
5. Use the Moxa diagnostic utility to verify the driver status:
#cd /moxa/mxser/utility/diag
#./msdiag
6. Use the Moxa terminal utility to test the tty ports:
#cd /moxa/mxser/utility/term
#./msterm
STEP 6: Proceed with installing the driver, as described in the next
section.
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