Troubleshooting, Before calling technical support, Rocketport infinity diagnostics – Comtrol RocketPort INFINITY User Manual

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Troubleshooting

If you are experiencing problems with the RocketPort INFINITY, review the
troubleshooting procedures for your system before calling Technical Support.

Before Calling Technical Support

Review the following information before calling Technical Support because they
will request that you perform many of the procedures or verifications before they
will be able to help you diagnose a problem.

Verify the cabling using

Connecting Serial Devices

on Page 11.

Note: Most customer problems reported to Comtrol Technical Support are

eventually traced to cabling or network problems.

If you have not done so, run the diagnostics (

RocketPort INFINITY

Diagnostics

on Page 25).

Verify that you have installed the latest RocketPort INFINITY device driver,
see

Locating the Latest Drivers and Documentation

on Page 5.

If necessary, remove or update the existing driver using the procedures in the
RocketPort INFINITY Device Driver Installation Guide for Windows or
README file packaged with the FreeBSD, Linux, QNX, or SCO OpenServer
driver.

If none of the above work, you can refer to one of these subsections:

Troubleshooting Windows Systems

on Page 26

Troubleshooting Linux Systems

on Page 28

RocketPort INFINITY Diagnostics

This subsection describes how to run the bootable diagnostic CD to verify that the
RocketPort INFINITY hardware is functioning properly. The RocketPort
INFINITY is shipped with a bootable CD that executes hardware diagnostics.

In the event that you cannot locate the CD, you can

download

the latest version

and burn the .iso image to a CD-ROM.

You can use the diagnostic to:

Confirm that the hardware is functioning

Determine resolutions to conflicts during installation

Perform a stress test on all RocketPort INFINITY ports in the system

The diagnostic requires a loopback plug to test a port or ports. A single loopback
plug is shipped with the RocketPort INFINITY. You can build additional loopback
plugs or move the loopback plug to the port you want to test. See

Connecting

Serial Devices

on Page 11 if you want to build loopback plugs.

Use the following procedure to run the diagnostics.

1.

Insert the bootable CD that contains the diagnostic and restart your machine.

The diagnostic starts automatically and takes a few minutes before the first
screen appears.

2.

Press Enter at the disclaimer screen to begin the diagnostic.

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